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Public Act 0744 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Public Act 100-0744

HB1447 Enrolled LRB100 03171 MJP 13176 b

    AN ACT concerning health.

    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section 5. The Hospice Program Licensing Act is amended by
changing Section 9 as follows:

    (210 ILCS 60/9)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6109)
    Sec. 9. Standards. The Department shall prescribe, by
regulation, minimum standards for licensed hospice programs.
    (a) The standards for all hospice programs shall include,
but not be limited to, the following:
        (1) (Blank).
        (2) The number and qualifications of persons providing
    direct hospice services.
        (3) The qualifications of those persons contracted
    with to provide indirect hospice services.
        (4) The palliative and supportive care and bereavement
    counseling provided to a hospice patient and his family.
        (5) Hospice services provided on an inpatient basis.
        (6) Utilization review of patient care.
        (7) The quality of care provided to patients.
        (8) Procedures for the accurate and centralized
    maintenance of records on hospice services provided to
    patients and their families.
        (9) The use of volunteers in the hospice program, and
    the training of those volunteers.
        (10) The rights of the patient and the patient's
    family.
    (b) (Blank).
    (c) The standards for hospices owning or operating hospice
residences shall address the following:
        (1) The safety, cleanliness, and general adequacy of
    the premises, including provision for maintenance of fire
    and health standards that conform to State laws and
    municipal codes, to provide for the physical comfort,
    well-being, care, and protection of the residents.
        (2) Provisions and criteria for admission, discharge,
    and transfer of residents.
        (3) Fee and other contractual agreements with
    residents.
        (4) Medical and supportive services for residents.
        (5) Maintenance of records and residents' right of
    access of those records.
        (6) Procedures for reporting abuse or neglect of
    residents.
        (7) The number of persons who may be served in a
    residence, which shall not exceed20 ~~16~~ persons per
    location.
        (8) The ownership, operation, and maintenance of
    buildings containing a hospice residence.
        (9) The number of licensed hospice residences shall not
    exceed 6 before December 31, 1996 and shall not exceed 12
    before December 31, 1997. The Department shall conduct a
    study of the benefits of hospice residences and make a
    recommendation to the General Assembly as to the need to
    limit the number of hospice residences after June 30, 1997.
        On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act
    of the 98th General Assembly, the number of licensed
    hospice residences shall not exceed the following:
            (A) Five hospice residences located in counties
        with a population of 700,000 or more.
            (B) Five hospice residences located in counties
        with a population of 200,000 or more but less than
        700,000.
            (C) Five hospice residences located in counties
        with a population of less than 200,000.
    (d) In developing the standards for hospices, the
Department shall take into consideration the category of the
hospice programs.
(Source: P.A. 98-207, eff. 8-9-13.)

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 8/10/2018

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