SB0574 Enrolled LRB095 06519 DRJ 26621 b

1     AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Community-Integrated Living Arrangements
5 Licensure and Certification Act is amended by adding Section 12
6 as follows:
 
7     (210 ILCS 135/12 new)
8     Sec. 12. Nursing services. Subject to appropriation, the
9 Department shall adjust its rate methodology for
10 community-integrated living arrangements using as a guide the
11 findings and recommendations of the CILA nursing services
12 reimbursement working group established by Senate Resolution
13 514 of the 94th General Assembly in order to improve the
14 efficient and effective utilization of nursing personnel, to
15 increase the levels of nursing services, and to improve access
16 and availability of nursing services for residents of
17 community-integrated living arrangements.
 
18     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19 becoming law.