95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB0809


 
Introduced 2/7/2007, by Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














210 ILCS 85/6.09
  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 147.09







    Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that with regard to pending discharges to  a skilled nursing facility, the hospital must provide for an assessment by a case coordination unit prior to discharge. Effective immediately.
















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STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
















 


 


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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. With regard to pending discharges to  a skilled 
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nursing facility, the hospital must provide for an assessment 
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by a case coordination unit, as defined in 89 Ill. Adm. Code 
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240.260,                                          prior to discharge or if home health services are 
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ordered, the hospital must inform its designated case 
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coordination unit, as defined in 89 Ill. Adm. Code 240.260, of 
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the pending discharge and must provide the patient with the 
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case 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 any of the following if unlicensed, 
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uncertified, or unregistered: (i) a board and care facility, as 
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defined in the Board and Care Home Registration Act; (ii) an 
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assisted living and shared housing establishment, as defined in 
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the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act;  (iii) a facility 
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licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act; (iv) a supportive 
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living facility, as defined in Section 5-5.01a of the Illinois 
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Public Aid Code;  or (v) a free-standing hospice facility 
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licensed under the Hospice Program Licensing Act if licensure, 
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certification, or registration is required.  The Department of 
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Public Health shall annually provide hospitals with a list of 
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licensed, certified, or registered board and care facilities, 
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assisted living and shared housing establishments, nursing 
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homes, supportive living facilities, and hospice facilities. 
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Reliance upon this list by a hospital shall satisfy compliance 
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with this requirement.
The procedure may also include a waiver 
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for any case in which a discharge
notice is not feasible due to 
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a short length of stay in the hospital by the patient,
or for 
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any case in which the patient voluntarily desires to leave the

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hospital before the expiration of the
24 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 
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right to appeal the
discharge pursuant to the
federal Medicare 
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program, including the steps to follow to appeal
the discharge 
 


 






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and the appropriate telephone number to call in case the

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patient intends to appeal the discharge.

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(Source: P.A. 94-335, eff. 7-26-05.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.