Sen. Bill Cunningham
Filed: 5/23/2019
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1438 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1438 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:


 
 
4    "Section 5. The Life Care Facilities Act is amended  by 
5adding Section 13 as follows:
 
6    (210 ILCS 40/13 new)
7    Sec. 13. Continuing Care Retirement Community Transparency 
8Task Force.
9    (a)   There is created a Continuing Care Retirement Community 
10Transparency Task Force consisting of the following members:
11        (1) The Director of Aging, or the Director's designee.
12        (2) The Director of Public Health, or the Director's 
13    designee.
14        (3) One member of the House of Representatives 
15    appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
16        (4) One member of the House of Representatives 
 
 
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1    appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of 
2    Representatives.
3        (5) One member of the Senate appointed by the President 
4    of the Senate.
5        (6) One member of the Senate appointed by the Minority 
6    Leader of the Senate.
7        (7) One member from each of the following organizations 
8    appointed by the Director of Public Health:
9            (A)   2 representatives selected from 
10        recommendations of a statewide organization 
11        representing retired people;
12            (B)   2 representatives selected from 
13        recommendations of a statewide organization 
14        representing Alzheimer's research;
15            (C)   2 representatives selected from 
16        recommendations of a statewide organization 
17        representing Illinois nursing home communities;
18            (D)   One representative selected from 
19        recommendations of a senior living facility housing 50 
20        residents or more; and
21            (E)   One representative selected from 
22        recommendations of a senior living facility housing 
23        fewer than 50 residents.
24    (b)   The Task Force is created to research and collect 
25information on transparency and consumer protection issues 
26related to life care contracts. The Task Force shall review 
 
 
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1existing legal frameworks to identify all existing consumer 
2protections for residents living in continuing care retirement 
3communities and all areas in which more consumer protections 
4for continuing care retirement community residents are 
5necessary. The Task Force shall identify any shortcomings of 
6the definition of "life care contract" in Section 2 and 
7determine whether that definition should be expanded to include 
8more senior living facilities.
9    (c)   The members appointed to the Task Force pursuant to 
10subsection (a) shall be appointed no later than 30 days after 
11the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General 
12Assembly.
13    (d)   The first meeting of the Task Force shall be no later 
14than 30 days after all members of the Task Force have been 
15appointed. The members of the Task Force shall receive no 
16compensation for their services but may be reimbursed for 
17expenses from appropriations made for that purpose.
18    (e) The Department of Public Health shall provide 
19administrative and other support to the Task Force. 
20    (f)   The Task Force shall report its findings to the 
21Governor and General Assembly by December 31, 2019.
22    (G)   This Section is repealed on January 1, 2020.
 
 
23    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
24becoming law.".