Full Text of SB2100 096th General Assembly
SB2100 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 SB2100
Introduced 2/20/2009, by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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210 ILCS 45/3-103 |
from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-103 |
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Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that an initial application for licensure under the Act must be accompanied by verification of financial responsibility. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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LRB096 08562 DRJ 18685 b |
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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 Nursing Home Care Act is amended by changing | 5 |
| Section 3-103 as follows:
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| (210 ILCS 45/3-103) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-103)
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| Sec. 3-103. The procedure for obtaining a valid license | 8 |
| shall be as follows:
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| (1) Application to operate a facility shall be made to
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| the Department on forms furnished by the Department.
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| (2)
All license applications shall be accompanied with | 12 |
| an application fee.
The fee
for an annual license shall be | 13 |
| $995. Facilities that pay a fee or assessment pursuant to | 14 |
| Article V-C of the Illinois Public Aid Code shall be exempt | 15 |
| from the license fee imposed under this item (2). The fee | 16 |
| for a 2-year
license shall be double the fee for the annual | 17 |
| license set forth in the
preceding sentence. The
fees | 18 |
| collected
shall be deposited with the State Treasurer into | 19 |
| the Long Term Care
Monitor/Receiver Fund, which has been | 20 |
| created as a special fund in the State
treasury.
This | 21 |
| special fund is to be used by the Department for expenses | 22 |
| related to
the appointment of monitors and receivers as | 23 |
| contained in Sections 3-501
through 3-517 of this Act and |
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| for implementation of the Abuse Prevention Review Team Act. | 2 |
| At the end of each fiscal year, any funds in excess of
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| $1,000,000 held in the Long Term Care Monitor/Receiver Fund | 4 |
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deposited in the State's General Revenue Fund. The | 5 |
| application shall be under
oath and the submission of false | 6 |
| or misleading information shall be a Class
A misdemeanor. | 7 |
| The application shall contain the following information:
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| (a) The name and address of the applicant if an | 9 |
| individual, and if a firm,
partnership, or | 10 |
| association, of every member thereof, and in the case | 11 |
| of
a corporation, the name and address thereof and of | 12 |
| its officers and its
registered agent, and in the case | 13 |
| of a unit of local government, the name
and address of | 14 |
| its chief executive officer;
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| (b) The name and location of the facility for which | 16 |
| a license is sought;
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| (c) The name of the person or persons under whose | 18 |
| management or
supervision
the facility will be | 19 |
| conducted;
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| (d) The number and type of residents for which | 21 |
| maintenance, personal care,
or nursing is to be | 22 |
| provided; and
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| (e) Such information relating to the number, | 24 |
| experience, and training
of the employees of the | 25 |
| facility, any management agreements for the operation
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| of the facility, and of the moral character of the |
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| applicant and employees
as the Department may deem | 2 |
| necessary.
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| (3) Each initial application shall be accompanied by a | 4 |
| financial
statement setting forth the financial condition | 5 |
| of the applicant , by verification of financial | 6 |
| responsibility, and by a
statement from the unit of local | 7 |
| government having zoning jurisdiction over
the facility's | 8 |
| location stating that the location of the facility is not | 9 |
| in
violation of a zoning ordinance. An initial application | 10 |
| for a new facility
shall be accompanied by a permit as | 11 |
| required by the "Illinois Health Facilities
Planning Act". | 12 |
| After the application is approved, the applicant shall
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| advise the Department every 6 months of any changes in the | 14 |
| information
originally provided in the application.
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| (4) Other information necessary to determine the | 16 |
| identity and qualifications
of an applicant to operate a | 17 |
| facility in accordance with this Act shall
be included in | 18 |
| the application as required by the Department in | 19 |
| regulations.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-32, eff. 7-1-03; 93-841, eff. 7-30-04; 94-931, | 21 |
| eff. 6-26-06.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 23 |
| becoming law.
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