Full Text of HB1521 97th General Assembly
HB1521eng 97TH 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 Community Living Facilities Licensing Act is | 5 | | amended by adding Section 8.5 as follows: | 6 | | (210 ILCS 35/8.5 new) | 7 | | Sec. 8.5. Fire inspections; authority. | 8 | | (a) Per the requirements of Public Act 96-1141, on January | 9 | | 1, 2011 a report titled "Streamlined Auditing and Monitoring | 10 | | for Community Based Services: First Steps Toward a More | 11 | | Efficient System for Providers, State Government, and the | 12 | | Community" was provided for members of the General Assembly. | 13 | | The report, which was developed by a steering committee of | 14 | | community providers, trade associations, and designated | 15 | | representatives from the Departments of Children and Family | 16 | | Services, Healthcare and Family Services, Human Services, and | 17 | | Public Health, issued a series of recommendations, including | 18 | | recommended changes to Administrative Rules and Illinois | 19 | | statutes, on the categories of deemed status for accreditation, | 20 | | fiscal audits, centralized repository of information, | 21 | | Medicaid, technology, contracting, and streamlined monitoring | 22 | | procedures. It is the intent of the 97th General Assembly to | 23 | | pursue implementation of those recommendations that have been |
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| 1 | | determined to require Acts of the General Assembly. | 2 | | (b) For facilities licensed under this Act, the Office of | 3 | | the State Fire Marshal shall provide the necessary fire | 4 | | inspection to comply with licensing requirements. The Office of | 5 | | the State Fire Marshal may enter into an agreement with another | 6 | | State agency to conduct this inspection if qualified personnel | 7 | | are employed by that agency. Code enforcement inspection of the | 8 | | facility by the local authority shall only occur if the local | 9 | | authority having jurisdiction enforces code requirements that | 10 | | are more stringent than those enforced by the State Fire | 11 | | Marshal. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a local fire | 12 | | authority from conducting fire incident planning activities. | 13 | | Section 10. The MR/DD Community Care Act is amended by | 14 | | adding Section 3-216 as follows: | 15 | | (210 ILCS 47/3-216 new) | 16 | | Sec. 3-216. Fire inspections; authority. | 17 | | (a) Per the requirements of Public Act 96-1141, on January | 18 | | 1, 2011 a report titled "Streamlined Auditing and Monitoring | 19 | | for Community Based Services: First Steps Toward a More | 20 | | Efficient System for Providers, State Government, and the | 21 | | Community" was provided for members of the General Assembly. | 22 | | The report, which was developed by a steering committee of | 23 | | community providers, trade associations, and designated | 24 | | representatives from the Departments of Children and Family |
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| 1 | | Services, Healthcare and Family Services, Human Services, and | 2 | | Public Health, issued a series of recommendations, including | 3 | | recommended changes to Administrative Rules and Illinois | 4 | | statutes, on the categories of deemed status for accreditation, | 5 | | fiscal audits, centralized repository of information, | 6 | | Medicaid, technology, contracting, and streamlined monitoring | 7 | | procedures. It is the intent of the 97th General Assembly to | 8 | | pursue implementation of those recommendations that have been | 9 | | determined to require Acts of the General Assembly. | 10 | | (b) For facilities licensed under this Act, the Office of | 11 | | the State Fire Marshal shall provide the necessary fire | 12 | | inspection to comply with licensing requirements. The Office of | 13 | | the State Fire Marshal may enter into an agreement with another | 14 | | State agency to conduct this inspection if qualified personnel | 15 | | are employed by that agency. Code enforcement inspection of the | 16 | | facility by the local authority shall only occur if the local | 17 | | authority having jurisdiction enforces code requirements that | 18 | | are more stringent than those enforced by the State Fire | 19 | | Marshal. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a local fire | 20 | | authority from conducting fire incident planning activities. | 21 | | Section 15. The Community-Integrated Living Arrangements | 22 | | Licensure and
Certification Act is amended by adding Section 13 | 23 | | as follows: | 24 | | (210 ILCS 135/13 new) |
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| 1 | | Sec. 13. Fire inspections; authority. | 2 | | (a) Per the requirements of Public Act 96-1141, on January | 3 | | 1, 2011 a report titled "Streamlined Auditing and Monitoring | 4 | | for Community Based Services: First Steps Toward a More | 5 | | Efficient System for Providers, State Government, and the | 6 | | Community" was provided for members of the General Assembly. | 7 | | The report, which was developed by a steering committee of | 8 | | community providers, trade associations, and designated | 9 | | representatives from the Departments of Children and Family | 10 | | Services, Healthcare and Family Services, Human Services, and | 11 | | Public Health, issued a series of recommendations, including | 12 | | recommended changes to Administrative Rules and Illinois | 13 | | statutes, on the categories of deemed status for accreditation, | 14 | | fiscal audits, centralized repository of information, | 15 | | Medicaid, technology, contracting, and streamlined monitoring | 16 | | procedures. It is the intent of the 97th General Assembly to | 17 | | pursue implementation of those recommendations that have been | 18 | | determined to require Acts of the General Assembly. | 19 | | (b) For community-integrated living arrangements licensed | 20 | | under this Act, the Office of the State Fire Marshal shall | 21 | | provide the necessary fire inspection to comply with licensing | 22 | | requirements. The Office of the State Fire Marshal may enter | 23 | | into an agreement with another State agency to conduct this | 24 | | inspection if qualified personnel are employed by that agency. | 25 | | Code enforcement inspection of the facility by the local | 26 | | authority shall only occur if the local authority having |
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| 1 | | jurisdiction enforces code requirements that are more | 2 | | stringent than those enforced by the State Fire Marshal. | 3 | | Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a local fire authority | 4 | | from conducting fire incident planning activities. | 5 | | Section 20. The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by adding | 6 | | Section 5.7 as follows: | 7 | | (225 ILCS 10/5.7 new) | 8 | | Sec. 5.7. Fire inspections; authority. | 9 | | (a) Per the requirements of Public Act 96-1141, on January | 10 | | 1, 2011 a report titled "Streamlined Auditing and Monitoring | 11 | | for Community Based Services: First Steps Toward a More | 12 | | Efficient System for Providers, State Government, and the | 13 | | Community" was provided for members of the General Assembly. | 14 | | The report, which was developed by a steering committee of | 15 | | community providers, trade associations, and designated | 16 | | representatives from the Departments of Children and Family | 17 | | Services, Healthcare and Family Services, Human Services, and | 18 | | Public Health, issued a series of recommendations, including | 19 | | recommended changes to Administrative Rules and Illinois | 20 | | statutes, on the categories of deemed status for accreditation, | 21 | | fiscal audits, centralized repository of information, | 22 | | Medicaid, technology, contracting, and streamlined monitoring | 23 | | procedures. It is the intent of the 97th General Assembly to | 24 | | pursue implementation of those recommendations that have been |
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| 1 | | determined to require Acts of the General Assembly. | 2 | | (b) For child care facilities licensed under this Act, the | 3 | | Office of the State Fire Marshal shall provide the necessary | 4 | | fire inspection to comply with licensing requirements. The | 5 | | Office of the State Fire Marshal may enter into an agreement | 6 | | with another State agency to conduct this inspection if | 7 | | qualified personnel are employed by that agency. Code | 8 | | enforcement inspection of the facility by the local authority | 9 | | shall only occur if the local authority having jurisdiction | 10 | | enforces code requirements that are more stringent than those | 11 | | enforced by the State Fire Marshal. Nothing in this Section | 12 | | shall prohibit a local fire authority from conducting fire | 13 | | incident planning activities. | 14 | | Section 25. The Community Services Act is amended by adding | 15 | | Section 3.5 as follows: | 16 | | (405 ILCS 30/3.5 new) | 17 | | Sec. 3.5. Fire inspections; authority. | 18 | | (a) Per the requirements of Public Act 96-1141, on January | 19 | | 1, 2011 a report titled "Streamlined Auditing and Monitoring | 20 | | for Community Based Services: First Steps Toward a More | 21 | | Efficient System for Providers, State Government, and the | 22 | | Community" was provided for members of the General Assembly. | 23 | | The report, which was developed by a steering committee of | 24 | | community providers, trade associations, and designated |
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| 1 | | representatives from the Departments of Children and Family | 2 | | Services, Healthcare and Family Services, Human Services, and | 3 | | Public Health, issued a series of recommendations, including | 4 | | recommended changes to Administrative Rules and Illinois | 5 | | statutes, on the categories of deemed status for accreditation, | 6 | | fiscal audits, centralized repository of information, | 7 | | Medicaid, technology, contracting, and streamlined monitoring | 8 | | procedures. It is the intent of the 97th General Assembly to | 9 | | pursue implementation of those recommendations that have been | 10 | | determined to require Acts of the General Assembly. | 11 | | (b) For provider organizations established under this Act, | 12 | | the Office of the State Fire Marshal shall provide the | 13 | | necessary fire inspection to comply with this Act. The Office | 14 | | of the State Fire Marshal may enter into an agreement with | 15 | | another State agency to conduct this inspection if qualified | 16 | | personnel are employed by that agency. Code enforcement | 17 | | inspection of the facility by the local authority shall only | 18 | | occur if the local authority having jurisdiction enforces code | 19 | | requirements that are more stringent than those enforced by the | 20 | | State Fire Marshal. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a | 21 | | local fire authority from conducting fire incident planning | 22 | | activities.
| 23 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 24 | | becoming law.
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