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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 Board and Care Home  Act is amended  by 
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changing Section 3 as follows:
 



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    (225 ILCS 7/3)



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    Sec. 3. Licensure. 

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    (a) Every board and care home located in this
State shall 
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be licensed by the Department. Licensure  Registration shall be 
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in the form
prescribed by the Department as a shared housing or 
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assisted living establishment under the Assisted Living and 
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Shared Housing Act.





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    (b) (Blank).

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    (c) (Blank).

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    (d) No public official, agent, or employee may place any 
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person in, or recommend that any person be placed in, or 
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directly or indirectly cause any person to be placed in any 
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board and care home that is not licensed as an assisted living 
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or shared housing establishment.
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    (e) No public official, agent, or employee may place the 
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name of a board and care home that is not licensed as an 
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assisted living or shared housing establishment an unlicensed 
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establishment that is required to be licensed under this Act on 
 


 






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a list of programs.
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    (f) Failure of a board and care home to become licensed as 
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an assisted living or shared housing establishment shall be 
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deemed a violation of the Assisted Living and Shared Housing 
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Act and shall be subject to the penalties for such a violation 
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prescribed under that Act comply with the provisions of this 
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Section is punishable by a fine of up to $1,000.
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    (g) (Blank). Failure of a board and care home to comply 
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with the provisions of this Section within 90 days after the 
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initial finding of noncompliance is punishable by a fine of 
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$1,000 on each day the provisions of this Section are not 
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complied with.

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(Source: P.A. 94-21, eff. 1-1-06; 95-651, eff. 10-11-07.)

 

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