97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5849

 

Introduced 2/16/2012, by Rep. David R. Leitch

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
210 ILCS 45/3-301  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-301

    Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to establish a statewide central review team to review all alleged Type "AA" or Type "A" violations of the Act and all alleged violations, cited at the level of substandard quality of care, of federal rules concerning certification of long-term care facilities to participate in the Medicaid program. Requires such review before the Director of Public Health or his or her designee determines that a violation exists and serves a notice of violation. Requires the review team to analyze all available data and precedents for the purpose of ensuring that determinations of violations are consistent throughout the State. Provides that upon concluding a review of an alleged violation, the review team shall submit its written findings and recommendations to the Director. Effective January 1, 2013.


LRB097 17890 DRJ 65940 b

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB5849LRB097 17890 DRJ 65940 b

1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by changing
5Section 3-301 as follows:
 
6    (210 ILCS 45/3-301)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-301)
7    Sec. 3-301. Determination of violation; notice; review
8team.
9    (a) If after receiving the report specified in subsection
10(c) of Section 3-212 the Director or his designee determines
11that a facility is in violation of this Act or of any rule
12promulgated thereunder, then, except as provided in subsection
13(b), he shall serve a notice of violation upon the licensee
14within 10 days thereafter. Each notice of violation shall be
15prepared in writing and shall specify the nature of the
16violation, and the statutory provision or rule alleged to have
17been violated. The notice shall inform the licensee of any
18action the Department may take under the Act, including the
19requirement of a facility plan of correction under Section
203-303; placement of the facility on a list prepared under
21Section 3-304; assessment of a penalty under Section 3-305; a
22conditional license under Sections 3-311 through 3-317; or
23license suspension or revocation under Section 3-119. The

 

 

HB5849- 2 -LRB097 17890 DRJ 65940 b

1Director or his designee shall also inform the licensee of
2rights to a hearing under Section 3-703.
3    (b) The Department shall establish a statewide central
4review team to review (i) all alleged Type "AA" or Type "A"
5violations of this Act or the rules promulgated thereunder and
6(ii) all alleged violations, cited at the level of substandard
7quality of care, of federal rules concerning certification of
8long-term care facilities to participate in the Medicaid
9program. The review team shall review all such alleged
10violations before the Director or his or her designee
11determines that a violation exists and serves a notice of
12violation under subsection (a). In conducting a review under
13this subsection, the review team shall analyze all available
14data and precedents for the purpose of ensuring that
15determinations of violations are consistent throughout the
16State. Upon concluding a review of an alleged violation, the
17review team shall submit its written findings and
18recommendations to the Director.
19(Source: P.A. 85-1378.)
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
211, 2013.