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92_HB6042
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1 AN ACT to create the Innovations in Long-term Care
2 Quality Demonstration Grants Act.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
6 Innovations in Long-term Care Quality Demonstration Grants
7 Act.
8 Section 5. Grant program. The Director of Public Health
9 shall establish a long-term care grant program that
10 demonstrates the best practices and innovation for long-term
11 care service, delivery, and housing. The grants must fund
12 programs that demonstrate creativity in service provision
13 through the scope of their program or service.
14 Section 10. Eligibility for grant. Grants may only be
15 made to those who are licensed under the Nursing Home Care
16 Act or the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Grants may
17 only be made for projects that show innovations and
18 measurable improvement in resident care, quality of life, use
19 of technology, or customer satisfaction.
20 Section 15. Funding. Grants shall be funded through
21 penalties collected under the Nursing Home Care Act and the
22 Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act.
23 Section 20. Award of grants.
24 (a) Applications for grants must be made on forms
25 prescribed by the Director of Public Health.
26 (b) The applications must be reviewed, ranked, and
27 recommended by a review panel composed of members of the Long
28 Term Care Facility Advisory Board and the Assisted Living and
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1 Shared Housing Advisory Board. The review panel shall consist
2 of 4 representatives from long-term care, 4 representatives
3 from assisted living and shared housing, 4 citizen members, 2
4 representatives from business, one member representing
5 academia, and one State agency representative. The members
6 shall be appointed by the Director of Public Health.
7 (c) The review panel shall rank applications according
8 to the following criteria:
9 (1) improvement in direct care to residents;
10 (2) increased efficiency through the use of
11 technology;
12 (3) improved quality of care through the use of
13 technology;
14 (4) increased access and delivery of service;
15 (5) enhancement of nursing staff training;
16 (6) effectiveness of the project as a
17 demonstration; and
18 (7) transferability of the project to other sites.
19 (d) The Director shall award grants based on the
20 recommendations of the panel. Grants for eligible projects
21 may not exceed $500,000 annually.
22 Section 90. The Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act
23 is amended by changing Section 160 as follows:
24 (210 ILCS 9/160)
25 Sec. 160. Assisted Living and Shared Housing Regulatory
26 Fund. There is created in the State treasury a special fund
27 to be known as the Assisted Living and Shared Housing
28 Regulatory Fund. All moneys received by the Department under
29 this Act shall be deposited into the Fund. Subject to
30 appropriation, one-half of the penalties collected each year
31 shall be used to award grants under the Innovations in
32 Long-term Care Quality Demonstration Grants Act, and the
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1 remaining moneys in the Fund shall be used for the
2 administration of this Act. Interest earned on moneys in the
3 Fund shall be deposited into the Fund.
4 (Source: P.A. 91-656, eff. 1-1-01.)
5 Section 95. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by
6 changing Section 3-310 as follows:
7 (210 ILCS 45/3-310) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-310)
8 Sec. 3-310. All penalties shall be paid to the
9 Department within 10 days of receipt of notice of assessment
10 or, if the penalty is contested under Section 3-309, within
11 10 days of receipt of the final decision, unless the decision
12 is appealed and the order is stayed by court order under
13 Section 3-713. A penalty assessed under this Act shall be
14 collected by the Department and shall be deposited with the
15 State Treasurer into the Long Term Care Monitor/Receiver
16 Fund. If the person or facility against whom a penalty has
17 been assessed does not comply with a written demand for
18 payment within 30 days, the Director shall issue an order to
19 do any of the following:
20 (1) Direct the State Treasurer to deduct the amount
21 of the fine from amounts otherwise due from the State for
22 the penalty and remit that amount to the Department;
23 (2) Add the amount of the penalty to the facility's
24 licensing fee; if the licensee refuses to make the
25 payment at the time of application for renewal of its
26 license, the license shall not be renewed; or
27 (3) Bring an action in circuit court to recover the
28 amount of the penalty.
29 One half of the penalties collected each year shall be
30 used to award grants under the Innovations in Long-term Care
31 Quality Demonstration Grants Act.
32 (Source: P.A. 86-663.)
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1 Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2 becoming law.