Public Act 096-0379
 		





HB0838 Enrolled
LRB096 03649 DRJ 13677 b






    AN ACT concerning regulation.

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



 
    Section 5. The Board and Care Home  Act is amended  by 
changing Section 3 as follows:
 



    (225 ILCS 7/3)



    Sec. 3. Licensure. 

    (a) Every board and care home located in this
State shall 
be licensed by the Department. Licensure  Registration shall be 
in the form
prescribed by the Department as a shared housing or 
assisted living establishment under the Assisted Living and 
Shared Housing Act.





    (b) (Blank).

    (c) (Blank).

    (d) No public official, agent, or employee may place any 
person in, or recommend that any person be placed in, or 
directly or indirectly cause any person to be placed in any 
board and care home that is not licensed as an assisted living 
or shared housing establishment.
    (e) No public official, agent, or employee may place the 
name of a board and care home that is not licensed as an 
assisted living or shared housing establishment an unlicensed 
establishment that is required to be licensed under this Act on 
a list of programs.
    (f) Failure of a board and care home to become licensed as 
an assisted living or shared housing establishment shall be 
deemed a violation of the Assisted Living and Shared Housing 
Act and shall be subject to the penalties for such a violation 
prescribed under that Act comply with the provisions of this 
Section is punishable by a fine of up to $1,000.
    (g) (Blank). Failure of a board and care home to comply 
with the provisions of this Section within 90 days after the 
initial finding of noncompliance is punishable by a fine of 
$1,000 on each day the provisions of this Section are not 
complied with.

(Source: P.A. 94-21, eff. 1-1-06; 95-651, eff. 10-11-07.)

 

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




Effective Date:  8/13/2009