Full Text of SB0417 99th General Assembly
SB0417eng 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning public aid.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 12-4.48 as follows: | 6 | | (305 ILCS 5/12-4.48) | 7 | | Sec. 12-4.48 12-4.47 . Long-Term Services and Supports | 8 | | Disparities Task Force. | 9 | | (a) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall | 10 | | establish a Long-Term Services and Supports Disparities Task | 11 | | Force. | 12 | | (b) Members of the Task Force shall be appointed by the | 13 | | Director of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services | 14 | | and shall include representatives of the following agencies, | 15 | | organizations, or groups: | 16 | | (1) The Governor's office. | 17 | | (2) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services. | 18 | | (3) The Department of Human Services. | 19 | | (4) The Department on Aging. | 20 | | (5) The Department of Human Rights. | 21 | | (6) Area Agencies on Aging. | 22 | | (7) The Department of Public Health. | 23 | | (8) Managed Care Plans. |
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| 1 | | (9) The for-profit urban nursing home or assisted | 2 | | living industry. | 3 | | (10) The for-profit rural nursing home or assisted | 4 | | living industry. | 5 | | (11) The not-for-profit nursing home or assisted | 6 | | living industry. | 7 | | (12) The home care association or home care industry. | 8 | | (13) The adult day care association or adult day care | 9 | | industry. | 10 | | (14) An association representing workers who provide | 11 | | long-term services and supports. | 12 | | (15) A representative of providers that serve the | 13 | | predominantly ethnic minority populations. | 14 | | (16) Case Management Organizations. | 15 | | (17) Three consumer representatives which may include | 16 | | a consumer of long-term services and supports or an | 17 | | individual who advocates for such consumers. For purposes | 18 | | of this provision, "consumer representative" means a | 19 | | person who is not an elected official and who has no | 20 | | financial interest in a health or long-term care delivery | 21 | | system. | 22 | | (c) The Task Force shall not meet unless all consumer | 23 | | representative positions are filled. The Task Force shall | 24 | | reflect diversity in race, ethnicity, and gender. | 25 | | (d) The Chair of the Task Force shall be appointed by the | 26 | | Director of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. |
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| 1 | | (e) The Director of the Department of Healthcare and Family | 2 | | Services shall assign appropriate staff and resources to | 3 | | support the efforts of the Task Force. The Task Force shall | 4 | | meet as often as necessary but not less than 4 times per | 5 | | calendar year. | 6 | | (f) The Task Force shall promote and facilitate | 7 | | communication, coordination, and collaboration among relevant | 8 | | State agencies and communities of color, limited | 9 | | English-speaking communities, and the private and public | 10 | | entities providing services to those communities. | 11 | | (g) The Task Force shall do all of the following: | 12 | | (1) Document the number and types of Long-Term Services | 13 | | and Supports (LTSS) providers in the State and the number | 14 | | of clients served in each setting. | 15 | | (2) Document the number and racial profiles of | 16 | | residents using LTSS , including, but not limited to, | 17 | | residential nursing facilities, assisted living | 18 | | facilities, adult day care, home health services, and other | 19 | | home and community based long-term care services. | 20 | | (3) Document the number and profiles of family or | 21 | | informal caregivers who provide care for minority elders. | 22 | | (4) Compare data over multiple years to identify trends | 23 | | in the delivery of LTSS for each racial or ethnic category | 24 | | including: Alaskan Native or American Indian, Asian or | 25 | | Pacific Islander, black or African American, Hispanic, or | 26 | | white. |
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| 1 | | (5) Identify any racial disparities in the provision of | 2 | | care in various LTSS settings and determine factors that | 3 | | might influence the disparities found. | 4 | | (6) Identify any disparities uniquely experienced in | 5 | | metropolitan or rural areas and make recommendations to | 6 | | address these areas. | 7 | | (7) Assess whether the LTSS industry, including | 8 | | managed care plans and independent providers, is equipped | 9 | | to offer culturally sensitive, competent, and | 10 | | linguistically appropriate care to meet the needs of a | 11 | | diverse aging population and their informal and formal | 12 | | caregivers. | 13 | | (8) Consider whether to recommend that the State | 14 | | require all home and community based services as a | 15 | | condition of licensure to report data similar to that | 16 | | gathered under the Minimum Data Set and required when a new | 17 | | resident is admitted to a nursing home. | 18 | | (9) Identify and prioritize recommendations for | 19 | | actions to be taken by the State to address disparity | 20 | | issues identified in the course of these studies. | 21 | | (10) Monitor the progress of the State in eliminating | 22 | | racial disparities in the delivery of LTSS. | 23 | | (h) The Task Force shall conduct public hearings, | 24 | | inquiries, studies, and other forms of information gathering to | 25 | | identify how the actions of State government contribute to or | 26 | | reduce racial disparities in long-term care settings. |
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| 1 | | (i) The Task Force shall report its findings and | 2 | | recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly no | 3 | | later than 2 years one year after the effective date of this | 4 | | amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly. Annual reports | 5 | | shall be issued every year thereafter and shall include | 6 | | documentation of progress made to eliminate disparities in | 7 | | long-term care service settings.
| 8 | | (Source: P.A. 98-825, eff. 8-1-14; revised 10-14-14.)
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