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90_SB1373
210 ILCS 45/3A-101
Amends the Nursing Home Care Act to extend the date to
June 30, 1999 (from June 30, 1997) for a pilot project
concerning testing a single survey process for nursing
facilities. Effective immediately.
LRB9009826NTsb
LRB9009826NTsb
1 AN ACT to amend the Nursing Home Care Act by changing
2 Section 3A-101.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by
6 changing Section 3A-101 as follows:
7 (210 ILCS 45/3A-101)
8 Sec. 3A-101. Cooperative arrangements. Not later than
9 June 30, 1996, the Department shall enter into one or more
10 cooperative arrangements with the Illinois Department of
11 Public Aid, the Department on Aging, the Office of the State
12 Fire Marshal, and any other appropriate entity for the
13 purpose of developing a single survey for nursing facilities,
14 including but not limited to facilities funded under Title
15 XVIII or Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act, or
16 both, which shall be administered and conducted solely by the
17 Department. The Departments shall test the single survey
18 process on a pilot basis, with both the Departments of Public
19 Aid and Public Health represented on the consolidated survey
20 team. The pilot will sunset June 30, 1999 1997. After June
21 30, 1999 1997, unless otherwise determined by the Governor, a
22 single survey shall be implemented by the Department of
23 Public Health which would not preclude staff from the
24 Department of Public Aid from going on-site to nursing
25 facilities to perform necessary audits and reviews which
26 shall not replicate the single State agency survey required
27 by this Act. This Article shall not apply to community or
28 intermediate care facilities for the developmentally
29 disabled.
30 (Source: P.A. 89-415, eff. 1-1-96.)
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1 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2 becoming law.