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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Community Living Facilities Licensing Act is
5amended by adding Section 8.5 as follows:
 
6    (210 ILCS 35/8.5 new)
7    Sec. 8.5. Fire inspections; authority.
8    (a) Per the requirements of Public Act 96-1141, on January
91, 2011 a report titled "Streamlined Auditing and Monitoring
10for Community Based Services: First Steps Toward a More
11Efficient System for Providers, State Government, and the
12Community" was provided for members of the General Assembly.
13The report, which was developed by a steering committee of
14community providers, trade associations, and designated
15representatives from the Departments of Children and Family
16Services, Healthcare and Family Services, Human Services, and
17Public Health, issued a series of recommendations, including
18recommended changes to Administrative Rules and Illinois
19statutes, on the categories of deemed status for accreditation,
20fiscal audits, centralized repository of information,
21Medicaid, technology, contracting, and streamlined monitoring
22procedures. It is the intent of the 97th General Assembly to
23pursue implementation of those recommendations that have been

 

 

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1determined to require Acts of the General Assembly.
2    (b) For facilities licensed under this Act, the Office of
3the State Fire Marshal shall provide the necessary fire
4inspection to comply with licensing requirements. The Office of
5the State Fire Marshal may enter into an agreement with another
6State agency to conduct this inspection if qualified personnel
7are employed by that agency. Code enforcement inspection of the
8facility by the local authority shall only occur if the local
9authority having jurisdiction enforces code requirements that
10are more stringent than those enforced by the State Fire
11Marshal. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a local fire
12authority from conducting fire incident planning activities.
 
13    Section 10. The MR/DD Community Care Act is amended by
14adding Section 3-216 as follows:
 
15    (210 ILCS 47/3-216 new)
16    Sec. 3-216. Fire inspections; authority.
17    (a) Per the requirements of Public Act 96-1141, on January
181, 2011 a report titled "Streamlined Auditing and Monitoring
19for Community Based Services: First Steps Toward a More
20Efficient System for Providers, State Government, and the
21Community" was provided for members of the General Assembly.
22The report, which was developed by a steering committee of
23community providers, trade associations, and designated
24representatives from the Departments of Children and Family

 

 

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1Services, Healthcare and Family Services, Human Services, and
2Public Health, issued a series of recommendations, including
3recommended changes to Administrative Rules and Illinois
4statutes, on the categories of deemed status for accreditation,
5fiscal audits, centralized repository of information,
6Medicaid, technology, contracting, and streamlined monitoring
7procedures. It is the intent of the 97th General Assembly to
8pursue implementation of those recommendations that have been
9determined to require Acts of the General Assembly.
10    (b) For facilities licensed under this Act, the Office of
11the State Fire Marshal shall provide the necessary fire
12inspection to comply with licensing requirements. The Office of
13the State Fire Marshal may enter into an agreement with another
14State agency to conduct this inspection if qualified personnel
15are employed by that agency. Code enforcement inspection of the
16facility by the local authority shall only occur if the local
17authority having jurisdiction enforces code requirements that
18are more stringent than those enforced by the State Fire
19Marshal. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a local fire
20authority from conducting fire incident planning activities.
 
21    Section 15. The Community-Integrated Living Arrangements
22Licensure and Certification Act is amended by adding Section 13
23as follows:
 
24    (210 ILCS 135/13 new)

 

 

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1    Sec. 13. Fire inspections; authority.
2    (a) Per the requirements of Public Act 96-1141, on January
31, 2011 a report titled "Streamlined Auditing and Monitoring
4for Community Based Services: First Steps Toward a More
5Efficient System for Providers, State Government, and the
6Community" was provided for members of the General Assembly.
7The report, which was developed by a steering committee of
8community providers, trade associations, and designated
9representatives from the Departments of Children and Family
10Services, Healthcare and Family Services, Human Services, and
11Public Health, issued a series of recommendations, including
12recommended changes to Administrative Rules and Illinois
13statutes, on the categories of deemed status for accreditation,
14fiscal audits, centralized repository of information,
15Medicaid, technology, contracting, and streamlined monitoring
16procedures. It is the intent of the 97th General Assembly to
17pursue implementation of those recommendations that have been
18determined to require Acts of the General Assembly.
19    (b) For community-integrated living arrangements licensed
20under this Act, the Office of the State Fire Marshal shall
21provide the necessary fire inspection to comply with licensing
22requirements. The Office of the State Fire Marshal may enter
23into an agreement with another State agency to conduct this
24inspection if qualified personnel are employed by that agency.
25Code enforcement inspection of the facility by the local
26authority shall only occur if the local authority having

 

 

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1jurisdiction enforces code requirements that are more
2stringent than those enforced by the State Fire Marshal.
3Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a local fire authority
4from conducting fire incident planning activities.
 
5    Section 20. The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by adding
6Section 5.7 as follows:
 
7    (225 ILCS 10/5.7 new)
8    Sec. 5.7. Fire inspections; authority.
9    (a) Per the requirements of Public Act 96-1141, on January
101, 2011 a report titled "Streamlined Auditing and Monitoring
11for Community Based Services: First Steps Toward a More
12Efficient System for Providers, State Government, and the
13Community" was provided for members of the General Assembly.
14The report, which was developed by a steering committee of
15community providers, trade associations, and designated
16representatives from the Departments of Children and Family
17Services, Healthcare and Family Services, Human Services, and
18Public Health, issued a series of recommendations, including
19recommended changes to Administrative Rules and Illinois
20statutes, on the categories of deemed status for accreditation,
21fiscal audits, centralized repository of information,
22Medicaid, technology, contracting, and streamlined monitoring
23procedures. It is the intent of the 97th General Assembly to
24pursue implementation of those recommendations that have been

 

 

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1determined to require Acts of the General Assembly.
2    (b) For child care facilities licensed under this Act, the
3Office of the State Fire Marshal shall provide the necessary
4fire inspection to comply with licensing requirements. The
5Office of the State Fire Marshal may enter into an agreement
6with another State agency to conduct this inspection if
7qualified personnel are employed by that agency. Code
8enforcement inspection of the facility by the local authority
9shall only occur if the local authority having jurisdiction
10enforces code requirements that are more stringent than those
11enforced by the State Fire Marshal. Nothing in this Section
12shall prohibit a local fire authority from conducting fire
13incident planning activities.
 
14    Section 25. The Community Services Act is amended by adding
15Section 3.5 as follows:
 
16    (405 ILCS 30/3.5 new)
17    Sec. 3.5. Fire inspections; authority.
18    (a) Per the requirements of Public Act 96-1141, on January
191, 2011 a report titled "Streamlined Auditing and Monitoring
20for Community Based Services: First Steps Toward a More
21Efficient System for Providers, State Government, and the
22Community" was provided for members of the General Assembly.
23The report, which was developed by a steering committee of
24community providers, trade associations, and designated

 

 

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1representatives from the Departments of Children and Family
2Services, Healthcare and Family Services, Human Services, and
3Public Health, issued a series of recommendations, including
4recommended changes to Administrative Rules and Illinois
5statutes, on the categories of deemed status for accreditation,
6fiscal audits, centralized repository of information,
7Medicaid, technology, contracting, and streamlined monitoring
8procedures. It is the intent of the 97th General Assembly to
9pursue implementation of those recommendations that have been
10determined to require Acts of the General Assembly.
11    (b) For provider organizations established under this Act,
12the Office of the State Fire Marshal shall provide the
13necessary fire inspection to comply with this Act. The Office
14of the State Fire Marshal may enter into an agreement with
15another State agency to conduct this inspection if qualified
16personnel are employed by that agency. Code enforcement
17inspection of the facility by the local authority shall only
18occur if the local authority having jurisdiction enforces code
19requirements that are more stringent than those enforced by the
20State Fire Marshal. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a
21local fire authority from conducting fire incident planning
22activities.
 
23    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24becoming law.