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1     AN ACT concerning aging.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Act on the Aging is amended by
5 adding Section 8.09 as follows:
 
6     (20 ILCS 105/8.09 new)
7     Sec. 8.09. Unlicensed or uncertified facilities. No public
8 official, agent, or employee may place any person in or with,
9 or recommend that any person be placed in or with, or directly
10 or indirectly cause any person to be placed in or with any
11 unlicensed or uncertified: (i) board and care home as defined
12 in the Board and Care Home Act and licensed under the Assisted
13 Living Shared Housing Act; (ii) assisted living or shared
14 housing establishment as defined in the Assisted Living and
15 Shared Housing Act; (iii) facility licensed under the Nursing
16 Home Care Act; (iv) supportive living facility as described in
17 Section 5-5.01a of the Illinois Public Aid Code; (v)
18 free-standing hospice residence licensed under the Hospice
19 Program Licensing Act; or (vi) home services agency licensed
20 under the Home Health, Home Services, and Home Nursing Agency
21 Licensing Act if licensure or certification is required. No
22 public official, agent, or employee may place the name of such
23 a facility on a list of facilities to be circulated to the

 

 

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1 public, unless the facility is licensed or certified. Use of
2 the Department of Public Health's annual list of licensed
3 facilities shall satisfy compliance with this Section for all
4 facilities licensed or certified by the Illinois Department of
5 Public Health.
 
6     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7 becoming law.