Rep. Suzanne Bassi

Filed: 3/30/2004

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 6750

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 6750 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
 
4     "AN ACT concerning hospice programs.
 
5     WHEREAS, The General Assembly intends to provide one
6 standard definition of "hospice" by establishing minimum
7 standards for all providers of hospice care in Illinois; and
 
8     WHEREAS, The General Assembly does not intend to force any
9 volunteer hospice program out of business but instead intends
10 to bring such programs into compliance with certain minimum
11 standards applicable to all providers of hospice care in
12 Illinois; therefore"; and
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14 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
15 following:
 
16     "Section 5. The Hospice Program Licensing Act is amended by
17 changing Sections 3, 4, 5, 8, and 9 and by adding Section 8.5
18 as follows:
 
19     (210 ILCS 60/3)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6103)
20     Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
21 context otherwise requires:

 

 

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1     (a) "Bereavement" means the period of time during which the
2 hospice patient's family experiences and adjusts to the death
3 of the hospice patient.
4     (b) "Department" means the Illinois Department of Public
5 Health.
6     (c) "Director" means the Director of the Illinois
7 Department of Public Health.
8     (d) "Hospice Full hospice" means a coordinated program of
9 palliative care that provides for the physical, emotional, and
10 spiritual care needs of a terminally ill patient and his or her
11 family. The goal of such care is to achieve the highest quality
12 of life as defined by the patient and his or her family through
13 the relief of suffering and control of symptoms. home and
14 inpatient care providing directly, or through agreement,
15 palliative and supportive medical, health and other services to
16 terminally ill patients and their families. A full hospice
17 utilizes a medically directed interdisciplinary hospice care
18 team of professionals and volunteers. The program provides care
19 to meet the physical, psychological, social, spiritual and
20 other special needs which are experienced during the final
21 stages of illness and during dying and bereavement. Home care
22 is to be provided on a part-time, intermittent, regularly
23 scheduled basis, and on an on-call around-the-clock basis
24 according to patient and family need. To the maximum extent
25 possible, care shall be furnished in the patient's home. Should
26 in-patient care be required, services are to be provided with
27 the intent of minimizing the length of such care and shall only
28 be provided in a hospital licensed under the Hospital Licensing
29 Act, or a skilled nursing facility licensed under the Nursing
30 Home Care Act.
31     (e) "Hospice care team" means an interdisciplinary working
32 unit composed of but not limited to a physician licensed to
33 practice medicine in all of its branches, a nurse licensed
34 pursuant to the Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act, a

 

 

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1 social worker, a pastoral or other counselor, and trained
2 volunteers. The patient and the patient's family are considered
3 members of the hospice care team when development or revision
4 of the patient's plan of care takes place.
5     (f) "Hospice patient" means a terminally ill person
6 receiving hospice services.
7     (g) "Hospice patient's family" means a hospice patient's
8 immediate family consisting of a spouse, sibling, child, parent
9 and those individuals designated as such by the patient for the
10 purposes of this Act.
11     (g-1) "Hospice residence" means a home, apartment
12 building, or similar building providing living quarters:
13         (1) that is owned or operated by a person licensed to
14 operate as a full hospice; and
15         (2) at which hospice services are provided to facility
16 residents.
17     A building that is licensed under the Hospital Licensing
18 Act or the Nursing Home Care Act is not a hospice residence.
19     (h) "Hospice services" means palliative and supportive
20 care provided to a hospice patient and his or her family to
21 meet the special need arising out of the physical, emotional,
22 spiritual and social stresses which are experienced during the
23 final stages of illness and during dying and bereavement.
24 Services provided to the terminally ill patient shall be
25 furnished, to the maximum extent possible, in the patient's
26 home. Should inpatient care be required, services are to be
27 provided with the intent of minimizing the length of such care.
28     (i) "Palliative care" means the management of pain and
29 other distressing symptoms that incorporates medical, nursing,
30 psychosocial, and spiritual care according to the needs,
31 values, beliefs, and culture or cultures of the patient and his
32 or her family. The evaluation and treatment is
33 patient-centered, with a focus on the central role of the
34 family unit in decision-making. treatment to provide for the

 

 

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1 reduction or abatement of pain and other troubling symptoms,
2 rather than treatment aimed at investigation and intervention
3 for the purpose of cure or inappropriate prolongation of life.
4     (j) "Hospice service plan" means a plan detailing the
5 specific hospice services offered by a full or volunteer
6 hospice, and the administrative and direct care personnel
7 responsible for those services. The plan shall include but not
8 be limited to:
9         (1) Identification of the person or persons
10 administratively responsible for the program.
11         (2) The estimated average monthly patient census.
12         (3) The proposed geographic area the hospice will
13 serve.
14         (4) A listing of those hospice services provided
15 directly by the hospice, and those hospice services
16 provided indirectly through a contractual agreement.
17         (5) The name and qualifications of those persons or
18 entities under contract to provide indirect hospice
19 services.
20         (6) The name and qualifications of those persons
21 providing direct hospice services, with the exception of
22 volunteers.
23         (7) A description of how the hospice plans to utilize
24 volunteers in the provision of hospice services.
25         (8) A description of the program's record keeping
26 system.
27     (k) "Terminally ill" means a medical prognosis by a
28 physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches
29 that a patient has an anticipated life expectancy of one year
30 or less.
31     (l) "Volunteer" means a person who offers his or her
32 services to a hospice without compensation. Reimbursement for a
33 volunteer's expenses in providing hospice service shall not be
34 considered compensation.

 

 

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1     (m) "Volunteer hospice" means a program which provides
2 hospice services to patients regardless of their ability to
3 pay, with emphasis on the utilization of volunteers to provide
4 services, under the administration of a not-for-profit agency.
5 This definition does not prohibit the employment of staff.
6 (Source: P.A. 93-319, eff. 7-23-03.)
 
7     (210 ILCS 60/4)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6104)
8     Sec. 4. License.
9     (a) No person shall establish, conduct or maintain a full
10 or volunteer hospice without first obtaining a license from the
11 Department. A hospice residence may be operated only at the
12 locations listed on the license. A full hospice owning or
13 operating a hospice residence is not subject to the provisions
14 of the Nursing Home Care Act in owning or operating a hospice
15 residence.
16     (b) No public or private agency shall advertise or present
17 itself to the public as a full or volunteer hospice which
18 provides hospice services without meeting the provisions of
19 subsection (a).
20     (c) The license shall be valid only in the possession of
21 the hospice to which it was originally issued and shall not be
22 transferred or assigned to any other person, agency, or
23 corporation.
24     (d) The license shall be renewed annually.
25     (e) The license shall be displayed in a conspicuous place
26 inside the hospice program office.
27 (Source: P.A. 93-319, eff. 7-23-03.)
 
28     (210 ILCS 60/5)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6105)
29     Sec. 5. Application for License. An application for license
30 or renewal thereof to operate as a full or volunteer hospice
31 shall be made to the Department upon forms provided by it, and
32 shall contain information reasonably required by the

 

 

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1 Department, taking into consideration the different categories
2 of hospice programs. The application shall be accompanied by:
3     (1) The hospice service plan;
4     (2) A financial statement containing information deemed
5 appropriate by the Department for the category of the
6 applicant; and
7     (3) A uniform license fee determined by the Department
8 based on the hospice program's category.
9 (Source: P.A. 84-427.)
 
10     (210 ILCS 60/8)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6108)
11     Sec. 8. General Requirements for Full Hospices. Hospices
12 Full hospices shall comply with the following requirements of
13 this Act, including the standards adopted by the Department
14 under Section 9.
15     (a) The hospice program's services shall include physician
16 services, nursing services, medical social services,
17 counseling, and volunteer services. These services shall be
18 coordinated with those of the hospice patient's primary or
19 attending physician.
20     (b) The hospice program shall coordinate its services with
21 professional and nonprofessional services already in the
22 community. The program may contract out for elements of its
23 services; however, direct patient contact and overall
24 coordination of hospice services shall be maintained by the
25 hospice care team. Any contract entered into between a hospice
26 and a health care facility or service provider shall specify
27 that the hospice retain the responsibility for planning and
28 coordinating hospice services and care on behalf of a hospice
29 patient and his family. All contracts shall be in compliance
30 with this Act. No hospice which contracts for any hospice
31 service shall charge fees for services provided directly by the
32 hospice care team which duplicate contractual services
33 provided to the individual patient or his family.

 

 

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1     (c) The hospice care team shall be responsible for the
2 coordination of home and inpatient care.
3     (d) The hospice program shall have a medical director who
4 shall be a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of
5 its branches. The medical director shall have overall
6 responsibility for medical direction of the care and treatment
7 of patients and their families rendered by the hospice care
8 team, and shall consult and cooperate with the patient's
9 attending physician.
10     (e) The hospice program shall have a bereavement program
11 which shall provide a continuum of supportive services for the
12 family.
13     (f) The hospice program shall foster independence of the
14 patient and his family by providing training, encouragement and
15 support so that the patient and family can care for themselves
16 as much as possible.
17     (g) The hospice program shall not impose the dictates of
18 any value or belief system on its patients and their families.
19     (h) The hospice program shall clearly define its admission
20 criteria. Decisions on admissions shall be made by a hospice
21 care team and shall be dependent upon the expressed request and
22 informed consent of the patient or the patient's legal
23 guardian.
24     (i) The hospice program shall keep accurate, current and
25 confidential records on all hospice patients and their
26 families.
27     (j) The hospice program shall utilize the services of
28 trained volunteers.
29     (k) The hospice program shall consist of both home care and
30 inpatient care which incorporates the following
31 characteristics:
32     (1) The home care component shall be the primary form of
33 care, and shall be available on a part-time, intermittent,
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1 basis, according to patient and family need.
2     (2) The inpatient component shall primarily be used only
3 for short-term stays.
4 If possible, inpatient care should closely approximate a
5 home-like environment, and provide overnight family visitation
6 within the facility.
7 (Source: P.A. 83-457.)
 
8     (210 ILCS 60/8.5 new)
9     Sec. 8.5. Volunteer hospice. The changes made by this
10 amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly do not apply to a
11 volunteer hospice until July 1, 2005.
 
12     (210 ILCS 60/9)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6109)
13     Sec. 9. Standards. The Department shall prescribe, by
14 regulation, minimum standards for licensed hospice programs.
15     (a) (Blank). The standards for full hospices shall include
16 but not be limited to:
17         (1) Compliance with the requirements in Section 8.
18         (2) The number and qualifications of persons providing
19 direct hospice services.
20         (3) The qualifications of those persons contracted
21 with to provide indirect hospice services.
22         (4) The palliative and supportive care and bereavement
23 counseling provided to a hospice patient and his family.
24         (5) Hospice services provided on an inpatient basis.
25         (6) Utilization review of patient care.
26         (7) The quality of care provided to patients.
27         (8) Procedures for the accurate and centralized
28 maintenance of records on hospice services provided to
29 patients and their families.
30         (9) The use of volunteers in the hospice program, and
31 the training of those volunteers.
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1 family.
2     (b) The standards for volunteer hospice programs shall
3 include but not be limited to:
4         (1) The direct and indirect services provided by the
5 hospice, including the qualifications of personnel
6 providing medical care.
7         (2) Quality review of the services provided by the
8 hospice program.
9         (3) Procedures for the accurate and centralized
10 maintenance of records on hospice services provided to
11 patients and their families.
12         (4) The rights of the patient and the patient's family.
13         (5) The use of volunteers in the hospice program.
14         (6) The disclosure to the patients of the range of
15 hospice services provided and not provided by the hospice
16 program.
17     This subsection (b) is inoperative after June 30, 2005.
18     (c) The standards for hospices owning or operating hospice
19 residences shall address the following:
20         (1) The safety, cleanliness, and general adequacy of
21 the premises, including provision for maintenance of fire
22 and health standards that conform to State laws and
23 municipal codes, to provide for the physical comfort,
24 well-being, care, and protection of the residents.
25         (2) Provisions and criteria for admission, discharge,
26 and transfer of residents.
27         (3) Fee and other contractual agreements with
28 residents.
29         (4) Medical and supportive services for residents.
30         (5) Maintenance of records and residents' right of
31 access of those records.
32         (6) Procedures for reporting abuse or neglect of
33 residents.
34         (7) The number of persons who may be served in a

 

 

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1 residence, which shall not exceed 16 persons per location.
2         (8) The ownership, operation, and maintenance of
3 buildings containing a hospice residence.
4         (9) The number of licensed hospice residences shall not
5 exceed 6 before December 31, 1996 and shall not exceed 12
6 before December 31, 1997. The Department shall conduct a
7 study of the benefits of hospice residences and make a
8 recommendation to the General Assembly as to the need to
9 limit the number of hospice residences after June 30, 1997.
10     (d) A hospice program must meet the minimum standards for
11 certification under the Medicare program and set forth in the
12 Conditions of Participation under 42 CFR Part 418. In
13 developing the standards for hospices, the Department shall
14 take into consideration the category of the hospice programs.
15 (Source: P.A. 89-278, eff. 8-10-95.)
 
16     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
17 2004.".