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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB2453
Introduced 02/17/05, by Rep. Elizabeth Coulson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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210 ILCS 85/6.09 |
from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 147.09 |
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Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Requires a hospital's discharge planner to provide the patient with information to enable the patient to contact the Department on Aging's case coordination unit. Requires that hospital procedures in connection with giving a discharge notice include prohibitions against discharges or referrals to unlicensed, uncertified, or unregistered facilities or service providers that are required to be licensed, certified, or registered. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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HB2453 |
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LRB094 08680 DRJ 41056 b |
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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 6.09 as follows:
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| (210 ILCS 85/6.09) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 147.09)
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| Sec. 6.09. (a) In order to facilitate the orderly |
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| transition of aged
and disabled patients from hospitals to |
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| post-hospital care, whenever a
patient who qualifies for the
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| federal Medicare program is hospitalized, the patient shall be |
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| notified
of discharge at least
24 hours prior to discharge from
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| the hospital. Pending approval from the patient, the discharge |
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| planner must inform his or her designated case coordination |
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| unit, as defined in 89 Ill. Adm. Code 240.260, of the pending |
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| discharge and must provide the patient with the case |
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| coordination unit's telephone number and other contact |
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| information.
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| (b) Every hospital shall develop procedures for a physician |
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| with medical
staff privileges at the hospital or any |
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| appropriate medical staff member to
provide the discharge |
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| notice prescribed in subsection (a) of this Section. The |
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| procedures must include prohibitions against discharging or |
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| referring a patient to an unlicensed, uncertified, or |
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| unregistered facility or service provider that is required to |
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| be licensed, certified, or registered.
The procedure may also |
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| include a waiver for any case in which a discharge
notice is |
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| not feasible due to a short length of stay in the hospital by |
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| the patient,
or for any case in which the patient voluntarily |
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| desires to leave the
hospital before the expiration of the
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| hour period.
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| (c) At least
24 hours prior to discharge from the hospital, |
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| the
patient shall receive written information on the patient's |