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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Hospice Program Licensing Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 9 as follows:
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| 6 | | (210 ILCS 60/9) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6109)
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| 7 | | Sec. 9. Standards. The Department shall prescribe, by |
| 8 | | regulation,
minimum standards for licensed hospice programs.
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| 9 | | (a)
The standards for all hospice programs shall
include, |
| 10 | | but not be limited to, the following:
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| 11 | | (1) (Blank).
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| 12 | | (2) The number and qualifications of persons providing |
| 13 | | direct hospice
services.
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| 14 | | (3) The qualifications of those persons contracted |
| 15 | | with to provide
indirect
hospice services.
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| 16 | | (4) The palliative and supportive care and bereavement |
| 17 | | counseling provided
to a hospice patient and his family.
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| 18 | | (5) Hospice services provided on an inpatient basis.
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| 19 | | (6) Utilization review of patient care.
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| 20 | | (7) The quality of care provided to patients.
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| 21 | | (8) Procedures for the accurate and centralized |
| 22 | | maintenance of records
on hospice services provided to |
| 23 | | patients and their families.
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| 1 | | (9) The use of volunteers in the hospice program, and |
| 2 | | the training of
those volunteers.
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| 3 | | (10) The rights of the patient and the patient's |
| 4 | | family.
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| 5 | | (b) (Blank).
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| 6 | | (c) The standards for hospices owning or operating hospice |
| 7 | | residences
shall address the following:
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| 8 | | (1) The safety, cleanliness, and general adequacy of |
| 9 | | the premises,
including provision for maintenance of fire |
| 10 | | and health standards that conform
to State laws and |
| 11 | | municipal codes, to provide for the physical comfort,
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| 12 | | well-being, care, and protection of the residents.
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| 13 | | (2) Provisions and criteria for admission, discharge, |
| 14 | | and transfer of
residents.
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| 15 | | (3) Fee and other contractual agreements with |
| 16 | | residents.
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| 17 | | (4) Medical and supportive services for residents.
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| 18 | | (5) Maintenance of records and residents' right of |
| 19 | | access of those
records.
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| 20 | | (6) Procedures for reporting abuse or neglect of |
| 21 | | residents.
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| 22 | | (7) The number of persons who may be served in a |
| 23 | | residence, which shall
not exceed 16 persons per location.
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| 24 | | (8) The ownership, operation, and maintenance of |
| 25 | | buildings containing a
hospice residence.
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| 26 | | (9) The number of licensed hospice residences
shall not |
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| 1 | | exceed 6 before December
31, 1996 and shall not exceed 12 |
| 2 | | before December 31, 1997. The Department
shall conduct a |
| 3 | | study of the benefits of hospice residences and make a
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| 4 | | recommendation to the General Assembly as to the need to |
| 5 | | limit the number of
hospice residences after June 30, 1997. |
| 6 | | On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act |
| 7 | | of the 98th General Assembly, the number of licensed |
| 8 | | hospice residences
shall not exceed the following: |
| 9 | | (A) Five hospice residences located in counties |
| 10 | | with a population of 700,000 or more. |
| 11 | | (B) Five hospice residences located in counties |
| 12 | | with a population of 200,000 or more but less than |
| 13 | | 700,000. |
| 14 | | (C) Five hospice residences located in counties |
| 15 | | with a population of less than 200,000.
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| 16 | | (d)
In developing the standards for hospices, the |
| 17 | | Department shall take
into consideration the category of the |
| 18 | | hospice programs.
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| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 94-570, eff. 8-12-05.)
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| 20 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 21 | | becoming law.
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