Full Text of HB1066 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 Hospice Program Licensing Act is amended by | 5 |
| adding Section 15 as follows: | 6 |
| (210 ILCS 60/15 new) | 7 |
| Sec. 15. Hospice and Palliative Care Advisory Board. | 8 |
| (a) The Director shall appoint a Hospice and Palliative | 9 |
| Care Advisory Board ("the Board") to consult with the | 10 |
| Department as provided in this Section. The membership of the | 11 |
| Board shall be as follows: | 12 |
| (1) The Director, ex officio, who shall be a nonvoting | 13 |
| member and shall serve as chairman of the Board. | 14 |
| (2) One representative of each of the following State | 15 |
| agencies, each of whom shall be a nonvoting member: the | 16 |
| Department of
Healthcare and Family Services, the | 17 |
| Department of Human Services, and the Department on Aging. | 18 |
| (3) One member who is a physician licensed to
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| medicine in all its branches, selected from the | 20 |
| recommendations of a statewide professional society | 21 |
| representing physicians licensed to practice medicine in | 22 |
| all its branches in all specialties. | 23 |
| (4) One member who is a registered nurse,
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| the recommendations of professional nursing associations. | 2 |
| (5) Four members selected from the
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| organizations whose primary membership consists of hospice | 4 |
| programs. | 5 |
| (6) Two members who represent the general
public and | 6 |
| who have no responsibility for management or formation of | 7 |
| policy of a hospice program and no financial interest in a | 8 |
| hospice program. | 9 |
| (7) One member selected from the
recommendations of | 10 |
| consumer organizations that engage in advocacy or legal | 11 |
| representation on behalf of hospice patients and their | 12 |
| immediate families. | 13 |
| (b) Of the initial appointees, 4 shall serve for terms of 2 | 14 |
| years, 4 shall serve for terms of 3 years, and 5 shall serve | 15 |
| for terms of 4 years, as determined by lot at the first meeting | 16 |
| of the Board. Each successor member shall be appointed for a | 17 |
| term of 4 years. A member appointed to fill a vacancy before | 18 |
| the expiration of the term for which his or her predecessor was | 19 |
| appointed shall be appointed to serve for the remainder of that | 20 |
| term. | 21 |
| (c) The Board shall meet as frequently as the chairman | 22 |
| deems necessary, but not less than 4 times each year. Upon the | 23 |
| request of 4 or more Board members, the chairman shall call a | 24 |
| meeting of the Board. A Board member may designate a | 25 |
| replacement to serve at a Board meeting in place of the member | 26 |
| by submitting a letter stating that designation to the chairman |
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| before or at the Board meeting. The replacement member must | 2 |
| represent the same general interests as the member being | 3 |
| replaced, as described in paragraphs (1) through (7) of | 4 |
| subsection (a). | 5 |
| (d) Board members are entitled to reimbursement for their | 6 |
| actual expenses incurred in performing their duties. | 7 |
| (e) The Board shall advise the Department on all aspects of | 8 |
| the Department's responsibilities under this Act, including | 9 |
| the format and content of any rules adopted by the Department | 10 |
| on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | 11 |
| 95th General Assembly. Any such rule or amendment to a rule | 12 |
| proposed on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act | 13 |
| of the 95th General Assembly, except an emergency rule adopted | 14 |
| pursuant to Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative | 15 |
| Procedure Act, that is adopted without obtaining the advice of | 16 |
| the Board is null and void. If the Department fails to follow | 17 |
| the advice of the Board with respect to a proposed rule or | 18 |
| amendment to a rule, the Department shall, before adopting the | 19 |
| rule or amendment to a rule, transmit a written explanation of | 20 |
| the reason for its action to the Board. During its review of | 21 |
| rules, the Board shall analyze the economic and regulatory | 22 |
| impact of those rules. If the Board, having been asked for its | 23 |
| advice with respect to a proposed rule or amendment to a rule, | 24 |
| fails to advise the Department within 90 days, the proposed | 25 |
| rule or amendment shall be considered to have been acted upon | 26 |
| by the Board.
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