93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB6750


 
Introduced 02/09/04, by Suzanne Bassi - Mark H. Beaubien Jr. - Elizabeth Coulson - Patricia R. Bellock - Sidney H. Mathias
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














210 ILCS 60/9
  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6109







    Amends the Hospice Program Licensing Act. Provides that a hospice program must meet all federal standards for certification under Medicare, except that a patient's anticipated life expectancy may be one year or less.  Provides that the Department of Public Health's standards for hospice programs shall not require that a hospice program be certified under the Medicare program.  Effective immediately.
















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A BILL FOR









 











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    AN ACT concerning hospice programs.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Hospice Program Licensing Act is amended  by 
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changing Section 9 as follows:
 



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    (210 ILCS 60/9)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6109)



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    Sec. 9. Standards. The Department shall prescribe, by 
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regulation,
minimum standards for licensed hospice programs.

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    (a) The standards for full hospices shall
include but not 
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be limited to:


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        (1) Compliance with the requirements in Section 8.


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        (2) The number and qualifications of persons providing 
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    direct hospice
services.


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        (3) The qualifications of those persons contracted 
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    with to provide
indirect
hospice services.


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        (4) The palliative and supportive care and bereavement 
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    counseling provided
to a hospice patient and his family.


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        (5) Hospice services provided on an inpatient basis.


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        (6) Utilization review of patient care.


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        (7) The quality of care provided to patients.


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        (8) Procedures for the accurate and centralized 
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    maintenance of records
on hospice services provided to 
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    patients and their families.


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        (9) The use of volunteers in the hospice program, and 
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    the training of
those volunteers.


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        (10) The rights of the patient and the patient's 
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    family.

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    (b) The standards for volunteer hospice programs shall 
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include but not be
limited to:


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        (1) The direct and indirect services provided by the 
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    hospice, including
the qualifications of personnel 
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    providing medical care.


 


 






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        (2) Quality review of the services provided by the 
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    hospice program.


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        (3) Procedures for the accurate and centralized 
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    maintenance of records
on hospice services provided to 
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    patients and their families.


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        (4) The rights of the patient and the patient's family.


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        (5) The use of volunteers in the hospice program.


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        (6) The disclosure to the patients of the range of 
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    hospice services
provided and not provided by the hospice 
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    program.

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    (c) The standards for hospices owning or operating hospice 
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residences
shall address the following:


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        (1) The safety, cleanliness, and general adequacy of 
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    the premises,
including provision for maintenance of fire 
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    and health standards that conform
to State laws and 
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    municipal codes, to provide for the physical comfort,

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    well-being, care, and protection of the residents.


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        (2) Provisions and criteria for admission, discharge, 
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    and transfer of
residents.


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        (3) Fee and other contractual agreements with 
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    residents.


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        (4) Medical and supportive services for residents.


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        (5) Maintenance of records and residents' right of 
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    access of those
records.


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        (6) Procedures for reporting abuse or neglect of 
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    residents.


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        (7) The number of persons who may be served in a 
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    residence, which shall
not exceed 16 persons per location.


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        (8) The ownership, operation, and maintenance of 
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    buildings containing a
hospice residence.


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        (9) The number of licensed hospice residences
shall not 
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    exceed 6 before December
31, 1996 and shall not exceed 12 
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    before December 31, 1997.  The Department
shall conduct a 
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    study of the benefits of hospice residences and make a

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    recommendation to the General Assembly as to the need to 
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    limit the number of
hospice residences after June 30, 1997.

 


 






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    (d) In developing the standards for hospices, the 
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Department shall take
into consideration the category of the 
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hospice programs.
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    (e) A hospice program must meet the minimum standards for 
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certification under the Medicare program set forth in 42 U.S.C. 
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1395 and following and in the federal regulations implementing 
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those statutory provisions, except that a patient's 
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anticipated life expectancy may be one year or less.  The 
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Department's standards shall not require that a hospice program 
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be certified under the Medicare program.


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(Source: P.A. 89-278, eff. 8-10-95.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.