Full Text of HB0809 95th General Assembly
HB0809 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB0809
Introduced 2/7/2007, by Rep. Elizabeth Coulson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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210 ILCS 85/6.09 |
from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 147.09 |
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Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that with regard to pending discharges to a skilled nursing facility, the hospital must provide for an assessment by a case coordination unit prior to discharge. Effective immediately.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | |
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT |
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A BILL FOR
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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 Hospital Licensing Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 6.09 as follows:
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| (210 ILCS 85/6.09) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 147.09)
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| Sec. 6.09. (a) In order to facilitate the orderly | 8 |
| transition of aged
and disabled patients from hospitals to | 9 |
| post-hospital care, whenever a
patient who qualifies for the
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| federal Medicare program is hospitalized, the patient shall be | 11 |
| notified
of discharge at least
24 hours prior to discharge from
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| the hospital. With regard to pending discharges to a skilled | 13 |
| nursing facility , the hospital must provide for an assessment | 14 |
| by a case coordination unit, as defined in 89 Ill. Adm. Code | 15 |
| 240.260, prior to discharge or if home health services are | 16 |
| ordered, the hospital must inform its designated case | 17 |
| coordination unit, as defined in 89 Ill. Adm. Code 240.260, of | 18 |
| the pending discharge and must provide the patient with the | 19 |
| case coordination unit's telephone number and other contact | 20 |
| information.
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| (b) Every hospital shall develop procedures for a physician | 22 |
| with medical
staff privileges at the hospital or any | 23 |
| appropriate medical staff member to
provide the discharge |
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| notice prescribed in subsection (a) of this Section. The | 2 |
| procedures must include prohibitions against discharging or | 3 |
| referring a patient to any of the following if unlicensed, | 4 |
| uncertified, or unregistered: (i) a board and care facility, as | 5 |
| defined in the Board and Care Home Registration Act; (ii) an | 6 |
| assisted living and shared housing establishment, as defined in | 7 |
| the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act; (iii) a facility | 8 |
| licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act; (iv) a supportive | 9 |
| living facility, as defined in Section 5-5.01a of the Illinois | 10 |
| Public Aid Code; or (v) a free-standing hospice facility | 11 |
| licensed under the Hospice Program Licensing Act if licensure, | 12 |
| certification, or registration is required. The Department of | 13 |
| Public Health shall annually provide hospitals with a list of | 14 |
| licensed, certified, or registered board and care facilities, | 15 |
| assisted living and shared housing establishments, nursing | 16 |
| homes, supportive living facilities, and hospice facilities. | 17 |
| Reliance upon this list by a hospital shall satisfy compliance | 18 |
| with this requirement.
The procedure may also include a waiver | 19 |
| for any case in which a discharge
notice is not feasible due to | 20 |
| a short length of stay in the hospital by the patient,
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| any case in which the patient voluntarily desires to leave the
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| hospital before the expiration of the
24 hour period.
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| (c) At least
24 hours prior to discharge from the hospital, | 24 |
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patient shall receive written information on the patient's | 25 |
| right to appeal the
discharge pursuant to the
federal Medicare | 26 |
| program, including the steps to follow to appeal
the discharge |
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| and the appropriate telephone number to call in case the
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| patient intends to appeal the discharge.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-335, eff. 7-26-05.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 5 |
| becoming law.
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