Rep. Natalie A. Manley

Filed: 4/20/2018

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1447

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1447 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Hospice Program Licensing Act is amended by
5changing Section 9 as follows:
 
6    (210 ILCS 60/9)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6109)
7    Sec. 9. Standards. The Department shall prescribe, by
8regulation, minimum standards for licensed hospice programs.
9    (a) The standards for all hospice programs shall include,
10but not be limited to, the following:
11        (1) (Blank).
12        (2) The number and qualifications of persons providing
13    direct hospice services.
14        (3) The qualifications of those persons contracted
15    with to provide indirect hospice services.
16        (4) The palliative and supportive care and bereavement

 

 

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1    counseling provided to a hospice patient and his family.
2        (5) Hospice services provided on an inpatient basis.
3        (6) Utilization review of patient care.
4        (7) The quality of care provided to patients.
5        (8) Procedures for the accurate and centralized
6    maintenance of records on hospice services provided to
7    patients and their families.
8        (9) The use of volunteers in the hospice program, and
9    the training of those volunteers.
10        (10) The rights of the patient and the patient's
11    family.
12    (b) (Blank).
13    (c) The standards for hospices owning or operating hospice
14residences shall address the following:
15        (1) The safety, cleanliness, and general adequacy of
16    the premises, including provision for maintenance of fire
17    and health standards that conform to State laws and
18    municipal codes, to provide for the physical comfort,
19    well-being, care, and protection of the residents.
20        (2) Provisions and criteria for admission, discharge,
21    and transfer of residents.
22        (3) Fee and other contractual agreements with
23    residents.
24        (4) Medical and supportive services for residents.
25        (5) Maintenance of records and residents' right of
26    access of those records.

 

 

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1        (6) Procedures for reporting abuse or neglect of
2    residents.
3        (7) The number of persons who may be served in a
4    residence, which shall not exceed 20 16 persons per
5    location.
6        (8) The ownership, operation, and maintenance of
7    buildings containing a hospice residence.
8        (9) The number of licensed hospice residences shall not
9    exceed 6 before December 31, 1996 and shall not exceed 12
10    before December 31, 1997. The Department shall conduct a
11    study of the benefits of hospice residences and make a
12    recommendation to the General Assembly as to the need to
13    limit the number of hospice residences after June 30, 1997.
14        On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act
15    of the 98th General Assembly, the number of licensed
16    hospice residences shall not exceed the following:
17            (A) Five hospice residences located in counties
18        with a population of 700,000 or more.
19            (B) Five hospice residences located in counties
20        with a population of 200,000 or more but less than
21        700,000.
22            (C) Five hospice residences located in counties
23        with a population of less than 200,000.
24    (d) In developing the standards for hospices, the
25Department shall take into consideration the category of the
26hospice programs.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 98-207, eff. 8-9-13.)
 
2    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3becoming law.".