Full Text of HB1191 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Act on the Aging is amended by | 5 | | changing Sections 4.01 and 4.04 as follows:
| 6 | | (20 ILCS 105/4.01) (from Ch. 23, par. 6104.01)
| 7 | | Sec. 4.01. Additional powers and duties of the Department. | 8 | | In addition
to powers and duties otherwise provided by law, the | 9 | | Department shall have the
following powers and duties:
| 10 | | (1) To evaluate all programs, services, and facilities for | 11 | | the aged
and for minority senior citizens within the State and | 12 | | determine the extent
to which present public or private | 13 | | programs, services and facilities meet the
needs of the aged.
| 14 | | (2) To coordinate and evaluate all programs, services, and | 15 | | facilities
for the Aging and for minority senior citizens | 16 | | presently furnished by State
agencies and make appropriate | 17 | | recommendations regarding such services, programs
and | 18 | | facilities to the Governor and/or the General Assembly.
| 19 | | (3) To function as the sole State agency to develop a | 20 | | comprehensive
plan to meet the needs of the State's senior | 21 | | citizens and the State's
minority senior citizens.
| 22 | | (4) To receive and disburse State and federal funds made | 23 | | available
directly to the Department including those funds made |
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| 1 | | available under the
Older Americans Act and the Senior | 2 | | Community Service Employment Program for
providing services | 3 | | for senior citizens and minority senior citizens or for
| 4 | | purposes related thereto, and shall develop and administer any | 5 | | State Plan
for the Aging required by federal law.
| 6 | | (5) To solicit, accept, hold, and administer in behalf of | 7 | | the State
any grants or legacies of money, securities, or | 8 | | property to the State of
Illinois for services to senior | 9 | | citizens and minority senior citizens or
purposes related | 10 | | thereto.
| 11 | | (6) To provide consultation and assistance to communities, | 12 | | area agencies
on aging, and groups developing local services | 13 | | for senior citizens and
minority senior citizens.
| 14 | | (7) To promote community education regarding the problems | 15 | | of senior
citizens and minority senior citizens through | 16 | | institutes, publications,
radio, television and the local | 17 | | press.
| 18 | | (8) To cooperate with agencies of the federal government in | 19 | | studies
and conferences designed to examine the needs of senior | 20 | | citizens and minority
senior citizens and to prepare programs | 21 | | and facilities to meet those needs.
| 22 | | (9) To establish and maintain information and referral | 23 | | sources
throughout the State when not provided by other | 24 | | agencies.
| 25 | | (10) To provide the staff support that may reasonably be | 26 | | required
by the Council.
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| 1 | | (11) To make and enforce rules and regulations necessary | 2 | | and proper
to the performance of its duties.
| 3 | | (12) To establish and fund programs or projects or | 4 | | experimental facilities
that are specially designed as | 5 | | alternatives to institutional care.
| 6 | | (13) To develop a training program to train the counselors | 7 | | presently
employed by the Department's aging network to provide | 8 | | Medicare
beneficiaries with counseling and advocacy in | 9 | | Medicare, private health
insurance, and related health care | 10 | | coverage plans. The Department shall
report to the General | 11 | | Assembly on the implementation of the training
program on or | 12 | | before December 1, 1986.
| 13 | | (14) To make a grant to an institution of higher learning | 14 | | to study the
feasibility of establishing and implementing an | 15 | | affirmative action
employment plan for the recruitment, | 16 | | hiring, training and retraining of
persons 60 or more years old | 17 | | for jobs for which their employment would not
be precluded by | 18 | | law.
| 19 | | (15) To present one award annually in each of the | 20 | | categories of community
service, education, the performance | 21 | | and graphic arts, and the labor force
to outstanding Illinois | 22 | | senior citizens and minority senior citizens in
recognition of | 23 | | their individual contributions to either community service,
| 24 | | education, the performance and graphic arts, or the labor | 25 | | force. The awards
shall be presented to 4 senior citizens and | 26 | | minority senior citizens
selected from a list of 44 nominees |
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| 1 | | compiled annually by
the Department. Nominations shall be | 2 | | solicited from senior citizens'
service providers, area | 3 | | agencies on aging, senior citizens'
centers, and senior | 4 | | citizens' organizations. The Department shall establish a | 5 | | central location within
the State to be designated as the | 6 | | Senior Illinoisans Hall of Fame for the
public display of all | 7 | | the annual awards, or replicas thereof.
| 8 | | (16) To establish multipurpose senior centers through area | 9 | | agencies on
aging and to fund those new and existing | 10 | | multipurpose senior centers
through area agencies on aging, the | 11 | | establishment and funding to begin in
such areas of the State | 12 | | as the Department shall designate by rule and as
specifically | 13 | | appropriated funds become available.
| 14 | | (17) To develop the content and format of the | 15 | | acknowledgment regarding
non-recourse reverse mortgage loans | 16 | | under Section 6.1 of the Illinois
Banking Act; to provide | 17 | | independent consumer information on reverse
mortgages and | 18 | | alternatives; and to refer consumers to independent
counseling | 19 | | services with expertise in reverse mortgages.
| 20 | | (18) To develop a pamphlet in English and Spanish which may | 21 | | be used by
physicians licensed to practice medicine in all of | 22 | | its branches pursuant
to the Medical Practice Act of 1987, | 23 | | pharmacists licensed pursuant to the
Pharmacy Practice Act, and | 24 | | Illinois residents 65 years of age or
older for the purpose of | 25 | | assisting physicians, pharmacists, and patients in
monitoring | 26 | | prescriptions provided by various physicians and to aid persons
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| 1 | | 65 years of age or older in complying with directions for | 2 | | proper use of
pharmaceutical prescriptions. The pamphlet may | 3 | | provide space for recording
information including but not | 4 | | limited to the following:
| 5 | | (a) name and telephone number of the patient;
| 6 | | (b) name and telephone number of the prescribing | 7 | | physician;
| 8 | | (c) date of prescription;
| 9 | | (d) name of drug prescribed;
| 10 | | (e) directions for patient compliance; and
| 11 | | (f) name and telephone number of dispensing pharmacy.
| 12 | | In developing the pamphlet, the Department shall consult | 13 | | with the
Illinois State Medical Society, the Center for | 14 | | Minority Health Services,
the Illinois Pharmacists Association | 15 | | and
senior citizens organizations. The Department shall | 16 | | distribute the
pamphlets to physicians, pharmacists and | 17 | | persons 65 years of age or older
or various senior citizen | 18 | | organizations throughout the State.
| 19 | | (19) To conduct a study of the feasibility of
implementing | 20 | | the Senior Companion Program throughout the State.
| 21 | | (20) The reimbursement rates paid through the community | 22 | | care program
for chore housekeeping services and home care | 23 | | aides
shall be the same.
| 24 | | (21) From funds appropriated to the Department from the | 25 | | Meals on Wheels
Fund, a special fund in the State treasury that | 26 | | is hereby created, and in
accordance with State and federal |
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| 1 | | guidelines and the intrastate funding
formula, to make grants | 2 | | to area agencies on aging, designated by the
Department, for | 3 | | the sole purpose of delivering meals to homebound persons 60
| 4 | | years of age and older.
| 5 | | (22) To distribute, through its area agencies on aging, | 6 | | information
alerting seniors on safety issues regarding | 7 | | emergency weather
conditions, including extreme heat and cold, | 8 | | flooding, tornadoes, electrical
storms, and other severe storm | 9 | | weather. The information shall include all
necessary | 10 | | instructions for safety and all emergency telephone numbers of
| 11 | | organizations that will provide additional information and | 12 | | assistance.
| 13 | | (23) To develop guidelines for the organization and | 14 | | implementation of
Volunteer Services Credit Programs to be | 15 | | administered by Area Agencies on
Aging or community based | 16 | | senior service organizations. The Department shall
hold public | 17 | | hearings on the proposed guidelines for public comment, | 18 | | suggestion,
and determination of public interest. The | 19 | | guidelines shall be based on the
findings of other states and | 20 | | of community organizations in Illinois that are
currently | 21 | | operating volunteer services credit programs or demonstration
| 22 | | volunteer services credit programs. The Department shall offer | 23 | | guidelines for
all aspects of the programs including, but not | 24 | | limited to, the following:
| 25 | | (a) types of services to be offered by volunteers;
| 26 | | (b) types of services to be received upon the |
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| 1 | | redemption of service
credits;
| 2 | | (c) issues of liability for the volunteers and the | 3 | | administering
organizations;
| 4 | | (d) methods of tracking service credits earned and | 5 | | service credits
redeemed;
| 6 | | (e) issues of time limits for redemption of service | 7 | | credits;
| 8 | | (f) methods of recruitment of volunteers;
| 9 | | (g) utilization of community volunteers, community | 10 | | service groups, and
other resources for delivering | 11 | | services to be received by service credit
program clients;
| 12 | | (h) accountability and assurance that services will be | 13 | | available to
individuals who have earned service credits; | 14 | | and
| 15 | | (i) volunteer screening and qualifications.
| 16 | | The Department shall submit a written copy of the guidelines to | 17 | | the General
Assembly by July 1, 1998.
| 18 | | (24) To hold conferences, trainings, and other programs for | 19 | | which the Department shall determine by rule a reasonable fee | 20 | | to cover related administrative costs. Rules to implement the | 21 | | fee authority granted by this paragraph (24) must be adopted in | 22 | | accordance with all provisions of the Illinois Administrative | 23 | | Procedure Act and all rules and procedures of the Joint | 24 | | Committee on Administrative Rules; any purported rule not so | 25 | | adopted, for whatever reason, is unauthorized. | 26 | | (Source: P.A. 95-298, eff. 8-20-07; 95-689, eff. 10-29-07; |
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| 1 | | 95-876, eff. 8-21-08; 96-918, eff. 6-9-10.)
| 2 | | (20 ILCS 105/4.04) (from Ch. 23, par. 6104.04)
| 3 | | Sec. 4.04. Long Term Care Ombudsman Program. The purpose of | 4 | | the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program is to ensure that older | 5 | | persons and persons with disabilities receive quality | 6 | | services. This is accomplished by providing advocacy services | 7 | | for residents of long term care facilities and participants | 8 | | receiving home care and community-based care. Managed care is | 9 | | increasingly becoming the vehicle for delivering health and | 10 | | long-term services and supports to seniors and persons with | 11 | | disabilities, including dual eligible participants. The | 12 | | additional ombudsman authority will allow advocacy services to | 13 | | be provided to Illinois participants for the first time and | 14 | | will produce a cost savings for the State of Illinois by | 15 | | supporting the rebalancing efforts of the Patient Protection | 16 | | and Affordable Care Act.
| 17 | | (a) Long Term Care Ombudsman Program. The Department shall
| 18 | | establish a Long Term Care Ombudsman Program, through the | 19 | | Office of State
Long Term Care Ombudsman ("the Office"), in | 20 | | accordance with the provisions of
the Older Americans Act of | 21 | | 1965, as now or hereafter amended. The Long Term Care Ombudsman | 22 | | Program is authorized, subject to sufficient appropriations, | 23 | | to advocate on behalf of older persons and persons with | 24 | | disabilities residing in their own homes or community-based | 25 | | settings, relating to matters which may adversely affect the |
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| 1 | | health, safety, welfare, or rights of such individuals.
| 2 | | (b) Definitions. As used in this Section, unless the | 3 | | context requires
otherwise:
| 4 | | (1) "Access" has the same meaning as in Section 1-104 | 5 | | of the Nursing
Home Care Act, as now or hereafter amended; | 6 | | that is, it means the right to:
| 7 | | (i) Enter any long term care facility or assisted | 8 | | living or shared
housing establishment or supportive | 9 | | living facility;
| 10 | | (ii) Communicate privately and without restriction | 11 | | with any resident, regardless of age,
who consents to | 12 | | the communication;
| 13 | | (iii) Seek consent to communicate privately and | 14 | | without restriction
with any participant or resident, | 15 | | regardless of age;
| 16 | | (iv) Inspect the clinical and other records of a | 17 | | participant or resident, regardless of age, with the
| 18 | | express written consent of the participant or | 19 | | resident;
| 20 | | (v) Observe all areas of the long term care | 21 | | facility or supportive
living facilities, assisted | 22 | | living or shared housing establishment except the
| 23 | | living area of any resident who protests the | 24 | | observation ; and .
| 25 | | (vi) Subject to permission of the participant or | 26 | | resident requesting services or his or her |
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| 1 | | representative, enter a home or community-based | 2 | | setting.
| 3 | | (2) "Long Term Care Facility" means (i) any facility as | 4 | | defined by Section
1-113 of the Nursing Home Care Act, as | 5 | | now or hereafter amended; and (ii) any
skilled nursing | 6 | | facility or a nursing facility which meets the
requirements | 7 | | of Section 1819(a), (b), (c), and (d) or Section 1919(a), | 8 | | (b),
(c), and (d) of the Social Security Act, as now or | 9 | | hereafter amended (42
U.S.C. 1395i-3(a), (b), (c), and (d) | 10 | | and 42 U.S.C. 1396r(a), (b), (c), and
(d)); and any | 11 | | facility as defined by Section 1-113 of the MR/DD Community | 12 | | Care Act, as now or hereafter amended.
| 13 | | (2.5) "Assisted living establishment" and "shared | 14 | | housing establishment"
have the meanings given those terms | 15 | | in Section 10 of the Assisted Living and
Shared Housing | 16 | | Act.
| 17 | | (2.7) "Supportive living facility" means a facility | 18 | | established under
Section 5-5.01a of the Illinois Public | 19 | | Aid Code.
| 20 | | (2.8) "Community-based setting" means any place of | 21 | | abode other than an individual's private home.
| 22 | | (3) "State Long Term Care Ombudsman" means any person | 23 | | employed by the
Department to fulfill
the requirements of | 24 | | the Office of State Long Term Care Ombudsman as
required | 25 | | under the Older Americans Act of 1965, as now or hereafter | 26 | | amended,
and Departmental policy.
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| 1 | | (3.1) "Ombudsman" means any designated representative | 2 | | of the State Long Term Care Ombudsman Program a regional | 3 | | long
term care ombudsman program ; provided that the | 4 | | representative, whether he is
paid for or volunteers his | 5 | | ombudsman services, shall be qualified and
designated by | 6 | | the Office to perform the duties of an ombudsman as | 7 | | specified by
the Department in rules and in accordance with | 8 | | the provisions of
the Older Americans Act of 1965, as now | 9 | | or hereafter amended.
| 10 | | (4) "Participant" means an older person or persons with | 11 | | disabilities who are eligible for services under any of the | 12 | | following: | 13 | | (i) A medical assistance waiver administered by | 14 | | the State. | 15 | | (ii) A managed care organization providing care | 16 | | coordination and other services to seniors and persons | 17 | | with disabilities. | 18 | | (5) "Resident" means an older individual who resides in | 19 | | a long-term care facility. | 20 | | (c) Ombudsman; rules. The Office of State Long Term Care | 21 | | Ombudsman shall
be composed of at least one full-time ombudsman | 22 | | and shall include a system of
designated regional long term | 23 | | care ombudsman programs. Each regional program
shall be | 24 | | designated by the State Long Term Care Ombudsman as a | 25 | | subdivision of
the Office and any representative of a regional | 26 | | program shall be treated as a
representative of the Office.
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| 1 | | The Department, in consultation with the Office, shall | 2 | | promulgate
administrative rules in accordance with the | 3 | | provisions of the Older Americans
Act of 1965, as now or | 4 | | hereafter amended, to establish the responsibilities of
the | 5 | | Department and the Office of State Long Term Care Ombudsman and | 6 | | the
designated regional Ombudsman programs. The administrative | 7 | | rules shall include
the responsibility of the Office and | 8 | | designated regional programs to
investigate and resolve | 9 | | complaints made by or on behalf of residents of long
term care | 10 | | facilities, supportive living facilities, and assisted living | 11 | | and
shared housing establishments, and participants residing | 12 | | in their own homes or community-based settings, including the | 13 | | option to serve residents and participants under the age of 60, | 14 | | relating to actions, inaction, or
decisions of providers, or | 15 | | their representatives, of such long term care
facilities , of | 16 | | supported living facilities, of assisted living and shared
| 17 | | housing establishments, of public agencies, or of social | 18 | | services agencies,
which may adversely affect the health, | 19 | | safety, welfare, or rights of such
residents and participants . | 20 | | The Office and designated regional programs may represent all | 21 | | residents and participants , but are not required by this Act to | 22 | | represent persons under 60 years of age, except to the extent | 23 | | required by federal law.
When necessary and appropriate, | 24 | | representatives of the Office shall refer
complaints to the | 25 | | appropriate regulatory State agency.
The Department, in | 26 | | consultation with the Office, shall cooperate with the
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| 1 | | Department of Human Services and other State agencies in | 2 | | providing information and training to
designated regional long | 3 | | term care ombudsman programs about the appropriate
assessment | 4 | | and treatment (including information about appropriate | 5 | | supportive
services, treatment options, and assessment of | 6 | | rehabilitation potential) of the participants residents they | 7 | | serve , including children,
persons with mental illness (other | 8 | | than Alzheimer's disease and related
disorders), and persons | 9 | | with developmental disabilities . | 10 | | The State Long Term Care Ombudsman and all other ombudsmen, | 11 | | as defined in paragraph (3.1) of subsection (b) must submit to | 12 | | background checks under the Health Care Worker Background Check | 13 | | Act and receive training, as prescribed by the Illinois | 14 | | Department on Aging, before visiting facilities , private | 15 | | homes, or community-based settings . The training must include | 16 | | information specific to assisted living establishments, | 17 | | supportive living facilities, and shared housing | 18 | | establishments , private homes, and community-based settings | 19 | | and to the rights of residents and participants guaranteed | 20 | | under the corresponding Acts and administrative rules.
| 21 | | (c-5) Consumer Choice Information Reports. The Office | 22 | | shall: | 23 | | (1) In collaboration with the Attorney General, create | 24 | | a Consumer Choice Information Report form to be completed | 25 | | by all licensed long term care facilities to aid | 26 | | Illinoisans and their families in making informed choices |
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| 1 | | about long term care. The Office shall create a Consumer | 2 | | Choice Information Report for each type of licensed long | 3 | | term care facility. The Office shall collaborate with the | 4 | | Attorney General and the Department of Human Services to | 5 | | create a Consumer Choice Information Report form for | 6 | | facilities licensed under the MR/DD Community Care Act. | 7 | | (2) Develop a database of Consumer Choice Information | 8 | | Reports completed by licensed long term care facilities | 9 | | that includes information in the following consumer | 10 | | categories: | 11 | | (A) Medical Care, Services, and Treatment. | 12 | | (B) Special Services and Amenities. | 13 | | (C) Staffing. | 14 | | (D) Facility Statistics and Resident Demographics. | 15 | | (E) Ownership and Administration. | 16 | | (F) Safety and Security. | 17 | | (G) Meals and Nutrition. | 18 | | (H) Rooms, Furnishings, and Equipment. | 19 | | (I) Family, Volunteer, and Visitation Provisions. | 20 | | (3) Make this information accessible to the public, | 21 | | including on the Internet by means of a hyperlink labeled | 22 | | "Resident's Right to Know" on the Office's World Wide Web | 23 | | home page. Information about facilities licensed under the | 24 | | MR/DD Community Care Act shall be made accessible to the | 25 | | public by the Department of Human Services, including on | 26 | | the Internet by means of a hyperlink labeled "Resident's |
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| 1 | | and Families' Right to Know" on the Department of Human | 2 | | Services' "For Customers" website. | 3 | | (4) Have the authority, with the Attorney General, to | 4 | | verify that information provided by a facility is accurate. | 5 | | (5) Request a new report from any licensed facility | 6 | | whenever it deems necessary.
| 7 | | (6) Include in the Office's Consumer Choice
| 8 | | Information Report for each type of licensed long term care
| 9 | | facility additional information on each licensed long term
| 10 | | care facility in the State of Illinois, including
| 11 | | information regarding each facility's compliance with the
| 12 | | relevant State and federal statutes, rules, and standards;
| 13 | | customer satisfaction surveys; and information generated
| 14 | | from quality measures developed by the Centers for Medicare
| 15 | | and Medicaid Services. | 16 | | (d) Access and visitation rights.
| 17 | | (1) In accordance with subparagraphs (A) and (E) of | 18 | | paragraph (3) of
subsection (c) of Section 1819
and | 19 | | subparagraphs (A) and (E) of paragraph (3) of subsection | 20 | | (c) of Section
1919 of the Social Security Act, as now or | 21 | | hereafter amended (42 U.S.C.
1395i-3 (c)(3)(A) and (E) and | 22 | | 42 U.S.C. 1396r (c)(3)(A) and (E)), and
Section
712 of the | 23 | | Older Americans Act of 1965, as now or hereafter
amended | 24 | | (42 U.S.C. 3058f), a long term care facility, supportive | 25 | | living
facility, assisted living
establishment, and shared | 26 | | housing establishment must:
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| 1 | | (i) permit immediate access to any resident, | 2 | | regardless of age, by a designated
ombudsman; and
| 3 | | (ii) permit representatives of the Office, with | 4 | | the permission of the
resident's legal representative | 5 | | or legal guardian, to examine a resident's
clinical and | 6 | | other records, regardless of the age of the resident, | 7 | | and if a resident is unable to consent to such
review, | 8 | | and has no legal guardian, permit representatives of | 9 | | the Office
appropriate access, as defined by the | 10 | | Department, in consultation with the
Office, in | 11 | | administrative rules, to the resident's records.
| 12 | | (2) Each long term care facility, supportive living | 13 | | facility, assisted
living establishment, and
shared | 14 | | housing establishment shall display, in multiple, | 15 | | conspicuous
public places within the facility accessible | 16 | | to both visitors and residents and
in an easily readable | 17 | | format, the address and phone number of the Office of the
| 18 | | Long Term Care Ombudsman, in a manner prescribed by the | 19 | | Office.
| 20 | | (e) Immunity. An ombudsman or any representative of the | 21 | | Office participating
in the good faith performance of his or | 22 | | her official duties
shall have immunity from any liability | 23 | | (civil, criminal or otherwise) in
any proceedings (civil, | 24 | | criminal or otherwise) brought as a consequence of
the | 25 | | performance of his official duties.
| 26 | | (f) Business offenses.
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| 1 | | (1) No person shall:
| 2 | | (i) Intentionally prevent, interfere with, or | 3 | | attempt to impede in any
way any representative of the | 4 | | Office in the performance of his
official
duties under | 5 | | this Act and the Older Americans Act of 1965; or
| 6 | | (ii) Intentionally retaliate, discriminate | 7 | | against, or effect reprisals
against any long term care | 8 | | facility resident or employee for contacting or
| 9 | | providing information to any representative of the | 10 | | Office.
| 11 | | (2) A violation of this Section is a business offense, | 12 | | punishable by a
fine not to exceed $501.
| 13 | | (3) The Director of Aging, in consultation with the | 14 | | Office, shall
notify the State's Attorney of the
county in | 15 | | which the long term care facility, supportive living | 16 | | facility, or
assisted living or shared housing | 17 | | establishment is located,
or the Attorney General, of any | 18 | | violations of this Section.
| 19 | | (g) Confidentiality of records and identities. The | 20 | | Department shall
establish procedures for the disclosure by the | 21 | | State Ombudsman or the regional
ombudsmen
entities of files | 22 | | maintained by the program. The procedures shall provide that
| 23 | | the files and records may be disclosed only at the discretion | 24 | | of the State Long
Term Care
Ombudsman or the person designated | 25 | | by the State Ombudsman to disclose the files
and records, and | 26 | | the procedures shall prohibit the disclosure of the identity
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| 1 | | any complainant, resident, participant, witness, or employee | 2 | | of a long term care provider
unless:
| 3 | | (1) the complainant, resident, participant, witness, | 4 | | or employee of a long term care
provider or his or her | 5 | | legal representative consents to the disclosure and the
| 6 | | consent is in writing;
| 7 | | (2) the complainant, resident, participant, witness, | 8 | | or employee of a long term care
provider gives consent | 9 | | orally; and the consent is documented contemporaneously
in | 10 | | writing in
accordance with such requirements as the | 11 | | Department shall establish; or
| 12 | | (3) the disclosure is required by court order.
| 13 | | (h) Legal representation. The Attorney General shall
| 14 | | provide legal representation to any representative of the | 15 | | Office
against
whom suit or other legal action is brought in | 16 | | connection with the
performance of the representative's | 17 | | official duties, in accordance with the
State Employee | 18 | | Indemnification Act.
| 19 | | (i) Treatment by prayer and spiritual means. Nothing in | 20 | | this Act shall
be construed to authorize or require the medical | 21 | | supervision, regulation
or control of remedial care or | 22 | | treatment of any resident in a long term
care facility operated | 23 | | exclusively by and for members or adherents of any
church or | 24 | | religious denomination the tenets and practices of which | 25 | | include
reliance solely upon spiritual means through prayer for | 26 | | healing.
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| 1 | | (j) The Long Term Care Ombudsman Fund is created as a | 2 | | special fund in the State treasury to receive moneys for the | 3 | | express purposes of this Section. All interest earned on moneys | 4 | | in the fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys contained in | 5 | | the fund shall be used to support the purposes of this Section. | 6 | | (Source: P.A. 96-328, eff. 8-11-09; 96-758, eff. 8-25-09; | 7 | | 96-1372, eff. 7-29-10; 97-38, eff. 6-28-11.)
| 8 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 9 | | becoming law.
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