Sen. Gary Forby
Filed: 3/19/2010
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5223
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5223 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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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 |
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1 | Section 5-5.01a of the Illinois Public Aid Code; (v) | ||||||
2 | free-standing hospice residence licensed under the Hospice | ||||||
3 | Program Licensing Act; or (vi) home services agency licensed | ||||||
4 | under the Home Health, Home Services, and Home Nursing Agency | ||||||
5 | Licensing Act if licensure or certification is required. No | ||||||
6 | public official, agent, or employee may place the name of such | ||||||
7 | a facility on a list of facilities to be circulated to the | ||||||
8 | public, unless the facility is licensed or certified. Use of | ||||||
9 | the Department of Public Health's annual list of licensed | ||||||
10 | facilities shall satisfy compliance with this Section for all | ||||||
11 | facilities licensed or certified by the Illinois Department of | ||||||
12 | Public Health.
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13 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
14 | becoming law.".
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