HB3344ham002 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Suzanne M. Ness

Filed: 4/1/2024

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3344

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3344 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act is amended by adding Section 13.3 as follows:

(210 ILCS 135/13.3 new)

Sec. 13.3. Occupancy factor. The Division of Developmental Disabilities of the Department shall, in cases of medically required absences from a community-integrated living arrangement, provide 100% of the per diem reimbursement for any absence to providers while the community-integrated living arrangement holds the vacancy for the absent resident. Medically required absences shall be exempt from and shall not contribute toward the Department-determined occupancy factor limit. The absent resident may return to the community-integrated living arrangement when the resident is medically able to return. The Division of Developmental Disabilities shall provide 100% of the per diem reimbursement for any nonmedically required planned absence that is included in a resident's Personal Plan beyond the Department-determined occupancy factor limit to providers. The Division of Developmental Disabilities shall provide 50% of the per diem reimbursement for all other absences beyond the Department-determined occupancy factor limit.

As used in this Section, "medically required absences" means a situation in which a resident is temporarily absent from a community-integrated living arrangement to receive medical treatment or for other reasons that have been recommended by medical personnel, including, but not limited to, hospitalizations, placements in short-term stabilization homes or State-operated facilities, stays in nursing facilities, rehabilitation in long-term care facilities, or other absences for legitimate medical reasons.

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