Full Text of SB0640 95th General Assembly
SB0640eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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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 Nursing Home Care Act is amended by changing | 5 |
| Section 1-113 as follows:
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| (210 ILCS 45/1-113) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4151-113)
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| Sec. 1-113. "Facility" or "long-term care facility" means a | 8 |
| private home,
institution, building, residence, or any other | 9 |
| place, whether operated for
profit or not, or a county home for | 10 |
| the infirm and chronically ill operated
pursuant to Division | 11 |
| 5-21 or 5-22 of the Counties Code, or any similar
institution | 12 |
| operated by a political subdivision of the State of Illinois, | 13 |
| which
provides, through its ownership or management, personal | 14 |
| care, sheltered care or
nursing for 3 or more persons, not | 15 |
| related to the applicant or owner by blood
or marriage. It | 16 |
| includes skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care
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| facilities as those terms are defined in Title XVIII and Title | 18 |
| XIX of the
Federal Social Security Act.
It also includes homes, | 19 |
| institutions, or
other places operated by or under the | 20 |
| authority of the Illinois Department of
Veterans' Affairs.
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| "Facility" does not include the following:
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| (1) A home, institution, or other place operated by the | 23 |
| federal government
or agency thereof, or by the State of |
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| Illinois, other than homes,
institutions, or other places | 2 |
| operated by or under the authority of the
Illinois | 3 |
| Department of Veterans' Affairs;
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| (2) A hospital, sanitarium, or other institution whose | 5 |
| principal activity
or business is the diagnosis, care, and | 6 |
| treatment of human illness through
the maintenance and | 7 |
| operation as organized facilities therefor, which is
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| required to be licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act;
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| (3) Any "facility for child care" as defined in the | 10 |
| Child Care Act of
1969;
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| (4) Any "Community Living Facility" as defined in the | 12 |
| Community Living
Facilities Licensing Act;
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| (5) Any "community residential alternative" as defined
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| in the Community Residential Alternatives Licensing Act;
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| (6) Any nursing home or sanatorium operated solely by | 16 |
| and for persons
who rely exclusively upon treatment by | 17 |
| spiritual means through prayer, in
accordance with the | 18 |
| creed or tenets of any well-recognized church or
religious | 19 |
| denomination. However, such nursing home or sanatorium | 20 |
| shall
comply with all local laws and rules relating to | 21 |
| sanitation and safety;
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| (7) Any facility licensed by the Department of Human | 23 |
| Services as a
community-integrated living arrangement as
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| defined in the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements | 25 |
| Licensure and
Certification Act;
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| (8) Any "Supportive Residence" licensed under the |
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| Supportive
Residences Licensing Act;
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| (9) Any "supportive living facility" in good standing | 3 |
| with the program established under Section 5-5.01a of the | 4 |
| Illinois Public Aid Code , except only for purposes of the | 5 |
| employment of persons in accordance with Section 3-206.01 ;
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| (10) Any assisted living or shared housing | 7 |
| establishment licensed under
the Assisted Living and | 8 |
| Shared Housing Act , except only for purposes of the | 9 |
| employment of persons in accordance with Section 3-206.01 ; | 10 |
| or
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| (11) An Alzheimer's disease management center | 12 |
| alternative health care
model licensed under the | 13 |
| Alternative Health Care Delivery Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-342, eff. 7-26-05.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 16 |
| becoming law.
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