093_HB0775

 
                                     LRB093 05305 DRJ 05395 b

 1        AN ACT in relation to health facilities.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act is
 5    amended by changing Section 25 as follows:

 6        (210 ILCS 9/25)
 7        Sec.  25.  License requirement.  No person may establish,
 8    operate, maintain, or offer an establishment as  an  assisted
 9    living  establishment  or  shared  housing  establishment  as
10    defined by this the Act within this State unless and until he
11    or  she  obtains  a valid license, which remains unsuspended,
12    unrevoked, and unexpired.  No public official or employee may
13    place any person in, or recommend that any person  be  placed
14    in,  or directly or indirectly cause any  person to be placed
15    in any establishment that is being operated without  a  valid
16    license.  An  entity  that  operates as an assisted living or
17    shared housing establishment as defined by this Act without a
18    license  shall  be  subject  to  the  provisions,   including
19    penalties, of the Nursing Home Care Act.  No entity shall use
20    in its name or advertise "assisted living" unless licensed as
21    an  assisted  living  establishment  under  this  Act or as a
22    shelter care facility under the Nursing Home  Care  Act  that
23    also meets the definition of an assisted living establishment
24    under  this  Act,  except that a shared housing establishment
25    licensed  under  this  Act  may  advertise  assisted   living
26    services.
27    (Source: P.A. 91-656, eff. 1-1-01.)