Public Act 90-0763 of the 90th General Assembly
Public Act 90-0763
HB3286 Enrolled LRB9008395LDbd
AN ACT to amend the Nursing Home Care Act by amending
Section 1-113.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by
changing Section 1-113 as follows:
(210 ILCS 45/1-113) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4151-113)
Sec. 1-113. "Facility" or "long-term care facility"
means a private home, institution, building, residence, or
any other place, whether operated for profit or not, or a
county home for the infirm and chronically ill operated
pursuant to Division 5-21 or 5-22 of the Counties Code, or
any similar institution operated by a political subdivision
of the State of Illinois, which provides, through its
ownership or management, personal care, sheltered care or
nursing for 3 or more persons, not related to the applicant
or owner by blood or marriage. It includes skilled nursing
facilities and intermediate care facilities as those terms
are defined in Title XVIII and Title XIX of the Federal
Social Security Act. It also includes homes, institutions, or
other places operated by or under the authority of the
Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs.
"Facility" does not include the following:
(1) A home, institution, or other place operated by the
federal government or agency thereof, or by the State of
Illinois, other than homes, institutions, or other places
operated by or under the authority of the Illinois Department
of Veterans' Affairs;
(2) A hospital, sanitarium, or other institution whose
principal activity or business is the diagnosis, care, and
treatment of human illness through the maintenance and
operation as organized facilities therefor, which is required
to be licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act;
(3) Any "facility for child care" as defined in the
Child Care Act of 1969;
(4) Any "Community Living Facility" as defined in the
Community Living Facilities Licensing Act;
(5) Any "community residential alternative" as defined
in the Community Residential Alternatives Licensing Act;
(6) Any nursing home or sanatorium operated solely by
and for persons who rely exclusively upon treatment by
spiritual means through prayer, in accordance with the creed
or tenets of any well-recognized church or religious
denomination. However, such nursing home or sanatorium shall
comply with all local laws and rules relating to sanitation
and safety;
(7) Any facility licensed by the Department of Human
Services as a community-integrated living arrangement as
defined in the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements
Licensure and Certification Act;
(8) Any "Supportive Residence" licensed under the
Supportive Residences Licensing Act; or
(9) Any "supportive living facility" in good standing
with the demonstration project established under Section
5-5.01a of the Illinois Public Aid Code.
(Source: P.A. 89-499, eff. 6-28-96; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97;
90-14, eff. 7-1-97.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July
1, 1998.