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Executive Committee
Filed: 5/30/2007
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 574
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 574 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Community-Integrated Living Arrangements |
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| Licensure and
Certification Act is amended by adding Section 12 |
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| as follows: |
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| (210 ILCS 135/12 new) |
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| Sec. 12. Nursing services. Subject to appropriation, the |
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| Department shall adjust its rate methodology for |
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| community-integrated living arrangements using as a guide the |
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| findings and recommendations of the CILA nursing services |
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| reimbursement working group established by Senate Resolution |
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| 514 of the 94th General Assembly in order to improve the |
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| efficient and effective utilization of nursing personnel, to |
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| increase the levels of nursing services, and to improve access |
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| and availability of nursing services for residents of |