Full Text of HB0838 96th General Assembly
HB0838 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB0838
Introduced 2/9/2009, by Rep. Joseph M. Lyons SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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20 ILCS 105/4.02c |
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225 ILCS 7/3 |
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Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging and the Board and Care Home Act. Provides that no person may establish, operate, maintain, or offer a facility operated as a participating project under the Comprehensive Care in Residential Settings Demonstration Project or as a board and care home until he or she obtains a valid license under the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act, which remains unsuspended, unrevoked, and unexpired. Provides that no public official, agent, or employee may place any person in, or recommend that any person be placed in, or directly or indirectly cause any person to be placed in, any unlicensed facility that is required to be licensed under these provisions. Provides that no public official, agent, or employee may place the name of an unlicensed facility that is required to be licensed under these provisions on a list of programs. Provides that an entity that operates as a participating project under the Comprehensive Care in Residential Settings Demonstration Project or as a board and care home without a license is subject to the provisions, including penalties, of the Nursing Home Care Act. 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 Illinois Act on the Aging is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 4.02c as follows: | 6 |
| (20 ILCS 105/4.02c) | 7 |
| Sec. 4.02c. Comprehensive Care in Residential Settings | 8 |
| Demonstration Project.
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| (a) The Department may establish and fund a demonstration | 10 |
| program of bundled services designed to support the specialized | 11 |
| needs of clients currently residing in projects that were | 12 |
| formerly designated as Community Based Residential Facilities. | 13 |
| Participating projects must hold a valid license, which remains | 14 |
| unsuspended, unrevoked, and unexpired, under the provisions of | 15 |
| the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. | 16 |
| (a-5) No person may establish, operate, maintain, or offer | 17 |
| a facility operated as a participating project under this | 18 |
| Section until he or she obtains a valid license under the | 19 |
| Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act, which remains | 20 |
| unsuspended, unrevoked, and unexpired. No public official, | 21 |
| agent, or employee may place any person in, or recommend that | 22 |
| any person be placed in, or directly or indirectly cause any | 23 |
| person to be placed in, any unlicensed facility that is |
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| required to be licensed under this Section. No public official, | 2 |
| agent, or employee may place the name of an unlicensed facility | 3 |
| that is required to be licensed under this Section on a list of | 4 |
| programs. An entity that operates as a participating project | 5 |
| under this Section without a license is subject to the | 6 |
| provisions, including penalties, of the Nursing Home Care Act. | 7 |
| (b) The demonstration program must include, at a minimum: | 8 |
| (1) 3 meals per day; | 9 |
| (2) routine housekeeping services; | 10 |
| (3) 24-hour-a-day security; | 11 |
| (4) an emergency response system; | 12 |
| (5) personal laundry and linen service; | 13 |
| (6) assistance with activities of daily living; | 14 |
| (7) medication management; and | 15 |
| (8) money management. | 16 |
| Optional services, such as transportation and social | 17 |
| activities, may be provided. | 18 |
| (c) Reimbursement for the program shall be based on the | 19 |
| client's level of need and functional impairment, as determined | 20 |
| by the Department. Clients must meet all eligibility | 21 |
| requirements established by rule. The Department may establish | 22 |
| a capitated reimbursement mechanism based on the client's level | 23 |
| of need and functional impairment. Reimbursement for program | 24 |
| must be made to the Department-contracted provider delivering | 25 |
| the services. | 26 |
| (d) The Department shall adopt rules and provide oversight |
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| for the project, with assistance and advice provided by the | 2 |
| Assisted Living and Shared Housing Advisory Board and Assisted | 3 |
| Living and Shared Housing Quality of Life Committee. | 4 |
| The project may be funded through the Department | 5 |
| appropriations that may include Medicaid waiver funds. | 6 |
| (e) Before January 1, 2008, the Department, in consultation | 7 |
| with the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Advisory Board, | 8 |
| must report to the General Assembly on the results of the | 9 |
| demonstration project. The report must include, without | 10 |
| limitation, any recommendations for changes or improvements, | 11 |
| including changes or improvements in the administration of the | 12 |
| program and an evaluation.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-775, eff. 1-1-05.) | 14 |
| Section 10. The Board and Care Home Act is amended by | 15 |
| changing Section 3 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 7/3)
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| Sec. 3. Licensure.
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| (a) Every board and care home located in this
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| be licensed by the Department. Registration shall be in the | 20 |
| form
prescribed by the Department as a shared housing or | 21 |
| assisted living establishment under the Assisted Living and | 22 |
| Shared Housing Act.
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| (a-5) No person may establish, operate, maintain, or offer | 24 |
| a board and care home under this Act until he or she obtains a |
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| valid license under the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act, | 2 |
| which remains unsuspended, unrevoked, and unexpired. No public | 3 |
| official, agent, or employee may place any person in, or | 4 |
| recommend that any person be placed in, or directly or | 5 |
| indirectly cause any person to be placed in, any unlicensed | 6 |
| facility that is required to be licensed under this Act. No | 7 |
| public official, agent, or employee may place the name of an | 8 |
| unlicensed facility that is required to be licensed under this | 9 |
| Act on a list of programs. An entity that operates as a board | 10 |
| and care home under this Act without a license is subject to | 11 |
| the provisions, including penalties, of the Nursing Home Care | 12 |
| Act. | 13 |
| (b) (Blank).
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| (c) (Blank).
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| (d) No public official, agent, or employee may place any | 16 |
| person in, or recommend that any person be placed in, or | 17 |
| directly or indirectly cause any person to be placed in any | 18 |
| board and care home that is not licensed as an assisted living | 19 |
| or shared housing establishment. | 20 |
| (e) No public official, agent, or employee may place the | 21 |
| name of an unlicensed establishment that is required to be | 22 |
| licensed under this Act on a list of programs. | 23 |
| (f) Failure of a board and care home to comply with the | 24 |
| provisions of this Section is punishable by a fine of up to | 25 |
| $1,000. | 26 |
| (g) Failure of a board and care home to comply with the |
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| provisions of this Section within 90 days after the initial | 2 |
| finding of noncompliance is punishable by a fine of $1,000 on | 3 |
| each day the provisions of this Section are not complied with.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-21, eff. 1-1-06; 95-651, eff. 10-11-07.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 6 |
| becoming law.
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