Full Text of HB1117 103rd General Assembly
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| | 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 Hospice Program Licensing Act is amended by | | 5 | | changing Section 9 as follows:
| | 6 | | (210 ILCS 60/9) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6109)
| | 7 | | Sec. 9. Standards. The Department shall prescribe, by | | 8 | | regulation,
minimum standards for licensed hospice programs.
| | 9 | | (a)
The standards for all hospice programs shall
include, | | 10 | | but not be limited to, the following:
| | 11 | | (1) (Blank).
| | 12 | | (2) The number and qualifications of persons providing | | 13 | | direct hospice
services.
| | 14 | | (3) The qualifications of those persons contracted | | 15 | | with to provide
indirect
hospice services.
| | 16 | | (4) The palliative and supportive care and bereavement | | 17 | | counseling provided
to a hospice patient and his family.
| | 18 | | (5) Hospice services provided on an inpatient basis.
| | 19 | | (6) Utilization review of patient care.
| | 20 | | (7) The quality of care provided to patients.
| | 21 | | (8) Procedures for the accurate and centralized | | 22 | | maintenance of records
on hospice services provided to | | 23 | | patients and their families.
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| | 1 | | (9) The use of volunteers in the hospice program, and | | 2 | | the training of
those volunteers.
| | 3 | | (10) The rights of the patient and the patient's | | 4 | | family.
| | 5 | | (b) (Blank).
| | 6 | | (c) The standards for hospices owning or operating hospice | | 7 | | residences
shall address the following:
| | 8 | | (1) The safety, cleanliness, and general adequacy of | | 9 | | the premises,
including provision for maintenance of fire | | 10 | | and health standards that conform
to State laws and | | 11 | | municipal codes, to provide for the physical comfort,
| | 12 | | well-being, care, and protection of the residents.
| | 13 | | (2) Provisions and criteria for admission, discharge, | | 14 | | and transfer of
residents.
| | 15 | | (3) Fee and other contractual agreements with | | 16 | | residents.
| | 17 | | (4) Medical and supportive services for residents.
| | 18 | | (5) Maintenance of records and residents' right of | | 19 | | access of those
records.
| | 20 | | (6) Procedures for reporting abuse or neglect of | | 21 | | residents.
| | 22 | | (7) The number of persons who may be served in a | | 23 | | residence, which shall
not exceed 24 20 persons per | | 24 | | location.
| | 25 | | (8) The ownership, operation, and maintenance of | | 26 | | buildings containing a
hospice residence.
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| | 1 | | (9) The number of licensed hospice residences
shall | | 2 | | not exceed 6 before December
31, 1996 and shall not exceed | | 3 | | 12 before December 31, 1997. The Department
shall conduct | | 4 | | a study of the benefits of hospice residences and make a
| | 5 | | recommendation to the General Assembly as to the need to | | 6 | | limit the number of
hospice residences after June 30, | | 7 | | 1997. | | 8 | | The On and after the effective date of this amendatory | | 9 | | Act of the 98th General Assembly, the number of licensed | | 10 | | hospice residences
shall not exceed the following: | | 11 | | (A) Sixteen Five hospice residences located in | | 12 | | counties with a population of 700,000 or more. | | 13 | | (B) Sixteen Five hospice residences located in | | 14 | | counties with a population of 200,000 or more but less | | 15 | | than 700,000. | | 16 | | (C) Sixteen Five hospice residences located in | | 17 | | counties with a population of less than 200,000.
| | 18 | | (d)
In developing the standards for hospices, the | | 19 | | Department shall take
into consideration the category of the | | 20 | | hospice programs.
| | 21 | | (Source: P.A. 100-744, eff. 8-10-18.)
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