Full Text of SB1665 99th General Assembly
SB1665 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 SB1665 Introduced 2/20/2015, by Sen. Christine Radogno SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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210 ILCS 45/1-113 | from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4151-113 |
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Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that the definition of "facility" does not include a medical foster home, as defined by federal regulation, that is under the oversight of the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs. Effective immediately.
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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 Nursing Home Care Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 1-113 as follows:
| 6 | | (210 ILCS 45/1-113) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4151-113)
| 7 | | 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
| 17 | | 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 , but | 21 | | not medical foster homes, as defined in 38 CFR 17.73, that are | 22 | | under the oversight of the Illinois Department of Veterans' | 23 | | Affairs .
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| 1 | | "Facility" does not include the following:
| 2 | | (1) A home, institution, or other place operated by the | 3 | | federal government
or agency thereof, or by the State of | 4 | | Illinois ( , other than homes,
institutions, or other places | 5 | | operated by or under the authority of the
Illinois | 6 | | Department of Veterans' Affairs , except as otherwise | 7 | | provided in this Section) ;
| 8 | | (2) A hospital, sanitarium, or other institution whose | 9 | | principal activity
or business is the diagnosis, care, and | 10 | | treatment of human illness through
the maintenance and | 11 | | operation as organized facilities therefor, which is
| 12 | | required to be licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act;
| 13 | | (3) Any "facility for child care" as defined in the | 14 | | Child Care Act of
1969;
| 15 | | (4) Any "Community Living Facility" as defined in the | 16 | | Community Living
Facilities Licensing Act;
| 17 | | (5) Any "community residential alternative" as defined
| 18 | | in the Community Residential Alternatives Licensing Act;
| 19 | | (6) Any nursing home or sanatorium operated solely by | 20 | | and for persons
who rely exclusively upon treatment by | 21 | | spiritual means through prayer, in
accordance with the | 22 | | creed or tenets of any well-recognized church or
religious | 23 | | denomination. However, such nursing home or sanatorium | 24 | | shall
comply with all local laws and rules relating to | 25 | | sanitation and safety;
| 26 | | (7) Any facility licensed by the Department of Human |
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| 1 | | Services as a
community-integrated living arrangement as
| 2 | | defined in the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements | 3 | | Licensure and
Certification Act;
| 4 | | (8) Any "Supportive Residence" licensed under the | 5 | | Supportive
Residences Licensing Act;
| 6 | | (9) Any "supportive living facility" in good standing | 7 | | with the program established under Section 5-5.01a of the | 8 | | Illinois Public Aid Code, except only for purposes of the | 9 | | employment of persons in accordance with Section 3-206.01;
| 10 | | (10) Any assisted living or shared housing | 11 | | establishment licensed under
the Assisted Living and | 12 | | Shared Housing Act, except only for purposes of the | 13 | | employment of persons in accordance with Section 3-206.01;
| 14 | | (11) An Alzheimer's disease management center | 15 | | alternative health care
model licensed under the | 16 | | Alternative Health Care Delivery Act;
| 17 | | (12) A facility licensed under the ID/DD Community Care | 18 | | Act; or | 19 | | (13) A facility licensed under the Specialized Mental | 20 | | Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013. | 21 | | (Source: P.A. 97-38, eff. 6-28-11; 97-227, eff. 1-1-12; 97-813, | 22 | | eff. 7-13-12; 98-104, eff. 7-22-13.)
| 23 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 24 | | becoming law.
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