102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4360
 
Introduced 1/5/2022, by Rep. Anna Moeller
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
210 ILCS 45/3-613 new

     Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that a long-term care facility must spend at least 85% of its total operating revenue on the direct care of residents as part of residents' resident care. Provides that the Department of Public Health and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services may adopt rules for the implementation of the amendatory provisions. Defines "direct care", "resident care", and "total operating revenue". Effective immediately.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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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 Nursing Home Care Act is amended  by adding 
5Section 3-613 as follows:
 
6    (210 ILCS 45/3-613 new)
7    Sec. 3-613. Revenue spending requirement.
8    (a) In this Section:
9    "Direct care" means the direct care provided to a 
10long-term care facility resident by a nurse, certified nurse 
11aide, or certified nurse assistant in a facility setting.
12    "Resident care" means:
13        (1) direct care;
14        (2)  support services,  including  housing, laundry, 
15    housekeeping, food service, nurse administration, activity 
16    programs, social services, and transportation,  as 
17    identified  in  reports  required  by  the  Department;
18        (3) ancillary program services, including medical,  
19    dental,  podiatric,  and  laboratory services,  inhalation, 
20    and other physical, mental, or occupational therapeutics, 
21    as identified in reports  required  by  the  Department;  and
22        (4) program  services  for residents, including personal 
23    grooming, as identified in reports required by  the  
 
 
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1    Department.
2    "Resident care" does not include administrative costs 
3(other than nurse administration), capital costs, rent, or 
4debt service costs.
5    "Total operating revenue" means the revenue received by a 
6long-term care facility from or on behalf of residents of the 
7facility, government payors, or third-party payors to pay for 
8a resident's occupancy of the facility, resident care, and the 
9operation of the facility.
10    (b) A long-term care facility must spend at least 85% of 
11its total operating revenue on the direct care of residents as 
12part of residents' resident care.
13    (c) The Department and the Department of Healthcare and 
14Family Services, as applicable, may adopt rules for the 
15implementation of this Section.
 
 
16    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
17becoming law.