96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB3473


 
Introduced 2/10/2010, by Sen. Heather Steans
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		








  



20 ILCS 105/4.03
  from Ch. 23, par. 6104.03







    Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Requires the Department on Aging, in cooperation with certain agencies, to determine whether any persons (instead of only "Alzheimer's Disease and related disorders victims and persons who are deemed as blind or disabled under the Social Security Act") who are in need of long-term care may be satisfactorily cared for in their homes. Vests responsibility for pre-screening in case coordination units or any agencies designated by the Department of Human Services (instead of only in case coordination units). Requires all persons who are admitted to and remain in a nursing facility for 90 or more days to be re-screened at the end of the 90 day period to assess their continuing need for nursing facility care. Effective immediately.
















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    AN ACT concerning state government.

 
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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 Illinois Act on the Aging is amended  by 
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changing Section 4.03 as follows:
 


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    (20 ILCS 105/4.03)  (from Ch. 23, par. 6104.03)



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    Sec. 4.03. The Department on Aging, in cooperation with the 
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Department of
Human Services and any other appropriate State, 
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local or
federal agency, shall, without regard to income 
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guidelines, establish a
nursing home prescreening program to 
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determine whether any persons Alzheimer's Disease
and related 
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disorders victims, and persons who are deemed as blind or

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disabled as defined by the Social Security Act and who are in 
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need of long
term care, may be satisfactorily cared for in 
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their homes through the use
of home and community based 
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services. Responsibility for prescreening shall be vested with 
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case coordination units or any agencies designated by the 
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Department.
Prescreening shall occur: (i) when hospital 
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discharge planners have advised the case coordination unit of 
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the imminent risk of nursing home placement of a patient who 
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meets the above criteria and in advance of discharge of the 
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patient; or (ii) when a case coordination unit has been advised 
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of the imminent risk of nursing home placement of an individual 
 


 






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in the community.  The individual who is prescreened shall be 
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informed of all appropriate options, including placement in a 
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nursing home and the availability of in-home and 
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community-based services and shall be advised of her or his 
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right to refuse nursing home, in-home, community-based, or all 
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services. All persons admitted to a nursing home facility who 
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remain in the facility for a period of 90 days shall be 
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re-screened at the end of the 90 day period to assess their 
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continuing need for nursing facility care and shall be advised 
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of all other available care options.  Case coordination units 
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under
contract with the Department may charge a fee for the 
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prescreening provided
under this Section and the fee shall be 
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no greater than the cost of such
services to the case 
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coordination unit. At the time of each prescreening, case 
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coordination units shall provide information regarding the 
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Office of State Long Term Care Ombudsman's Residents Right to 
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Know database as authorized in subsection (c-5) of Section 
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4.04.

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(Source: P.A. 95-80, eff. 8-13-07; 95-823, eff. 1-1-09; 96-328, 
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eff. 8-11-09.)

 

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