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1 | AN ACT concerning hospice programs.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Hospice Program Licensing Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 9 as follows:
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6 | (210 ILCS 60/9) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6109)
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7 | Sec. 9. Standards. The Department shall prescribe, by | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | regulation,
minimum standards for licensed hospice programs.
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9 | (a) The standards for full hospices shall
include but not | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | be limited to:
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11 | (1) Compliance with the requirements in Section 8.
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12 | (2) The number and qualifications of persons providing | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | direct hospice
services.
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14 | (3) The qualifications of those persons contracted | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | with to provide
indirect
hospice services.
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16 | (4) The palliative and supportive care and bereavement | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | counseling provided
to a hospice patient and his family.
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18 | (5) Hospice services provided on an inpatient basis.
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19 | (6) Utilization review of patient care.
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20 | (7) The quality of care provided to patients.
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21 | (8) Procedures for the accurate and centralized | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | maintenance of records
on hospice services provided to | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | patients and their families.
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24 | (9) The use of volunteers in the hospice program, and | |||||||||||||||||||
25 | the training of
those volunteers.
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26 | (10) The rights of the patient and the patient's | |||||||||||||||||||
27 | family.
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28 | (b) The standards for volunteer hospice programs shall | |||||||||||||||||||
29 | include but not be
limited to:
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30 | (1) The direct and indirect services provided by the | |||||||||||||||||||
31 | hospice, including
the qualifications of personnel | |||||||||||||||||||
32 | providing medical care.
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1 | (2) Quality review of the services provided by the | ||||||
2 | hospice program.
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3 | (3) Procedures for the accurate and centralized | ||||||
4 | maintenance of records
on hospice services provided to | ||||||
5 | patients and their families.
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6 | (4) The rights of the patient and the patient's family.
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7 | (5) The use of volunteers in the hospice program.
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8 | (6) The disclosure to the patients of the range of | ||||||
9 | hospice services
provided and not provided by the hospice | ||||||
10 | program.
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11 | (c) The standards for hospices owning or operating hospice | ||||||
12 | residences
shall address the following:
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13 | (1) The safety, cleanliness, and general adequacy of | ||||||
14 | the premises,
including provision for maintenance of fire | ||||||
15 | and health standards that conform
to State laws and | ||||||
16 | municipal codes, to provide for the physical comfort,
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17 | well-being, care, and protection of the residents.
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18 | (2) Provisions and criteria for admission, discharge, | ||||||
19 | and transfer of
residents.
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20 | (3) Fee and other contractual agreements with | ||||||
21 | residents.
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22 | (4) Medical and supportive services for residents.
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23 | (5) Maintenance of records and residents' right of | ||||||
24 | access of those
records.
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25 | (6) Procedures for reporting abuse or neglect of | ||||||
26 | residents.
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27 | (7) The number of persons who may be served in a | ||||||
28 | residence, which shall
not exceed 16 persons per location.
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29 | (8) The ownership, operation, and maintenance of | ||||||
30 | buildings containing a
hospice residence.
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31 | (9) The number of licensed hospice residences
shall not | ||||||
32 | exceed 6 before December
31, 1996 and shall not exceed 12 | ||||||
33 | before December 31, 1997. The Department
shall conduct a | ||||||
34 | study of the benefits of hospice residences and make a
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35 | recommendation to the General Assembly as to the need to | ||||||
36 | limit the number of
hospice residences after June 30, 1997.
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1 | (d) In developing the standards for hospices, the | ||||||
2 | Department shall take
into consideration the category of the | ||||||
3 | hospice programs. | ||||||
4 | (e) A hospice program must meet the minimum standards for | ||||||
5 | certification under the Medicare program set forth in 42 U.S.C. | ||||||
6 | 1395 and following and in the federal regulations implementing | ||||||
7 | those statutory provisions, except that a patient's | ||||||
8 | anticipated life expectancy may be one year or less. The | ||||||
9 | Department's standards shall not require that a hospice program | ||||||
10 | be certified under the Medicare program.
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11 | (Source: P.A. 89-278, eff. 8-10-95.)
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12 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
13 | becoming law.
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