96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0068


 
Introduced 1/14/2009, by Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














210 ILCS 9/70









    Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Provides that nothing in the Act precludes a physician licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 from providing services within the scope of his or her license to any resident (instead of providing that nothing in the Act precludes a physician licensed to practice medicine
in all its branches from providing services to any resident). Effective immediately.
















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    AN ACT concerning regulation.

 
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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 Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act is 
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amended  by changing Section 70 as follows:
 



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    (210 ILCS 9/70)



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    Sec. 70. Service requirements. An
establishment must

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provide all mandatory services and may provide optional 
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services, including
medication reminders, supervision of 
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self-administered medication and
medication administration as

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defined by this Section
and nonmedical services defined by 
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rule, whether provided directly by the
establishment or by 
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another
entity arranged for by the establishment with the 
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consent of the resident or
the resident's
representative.

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    For the purposes of this Section, "medication reminders" 
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means reminding
residents to take pre-dispensed, 
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self-administered medication, observing the
resident, and 
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documenting whether or not the resident took the medication.

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    For the purposes of this Section, "supervision of 
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self-administered
medication" means assisting the resident 
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with self-administered medication
using any combination of the 
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following: reminding residents to take medication,
reading the 
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medication label to residents, checking the self-administered

 


 






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medication dosage against the label of the medication, 
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confirming that
residents have obtained and are taking the 
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dosage as prescribed, and
documenting in writing that the 
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resident has taken (or refused to take) the
medication.  If 
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residents are physically unable to open the container, the

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container may be opened for them.  Supervision of 
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self-administered medication
shall be under the direction of a 
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licensed health care professional.

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    For the purposes of this Section, "medication 
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administration" refers to a
licensed health care professional 
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employed by an establishment engaging in
administering insulin 
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and vitamin B-12 injections,
oral medications,
topical 
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treatments, eye and ear drops, or
nitroglycerin patches.

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Non-licensed staff may not administer any medication. 

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    The Department shall specify by rule procedures for 
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medication reminders,
supervision of self-administered 
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medication, and medication administration.

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    Nothing in this Act shall preclude a physician licensed 
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under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 to practice medicine
in 
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all its branches from providing services within the scope of 
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his or her license to any resident.

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(Source: P.A. 94-256, eff. 7-19-05.)

 

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