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| notice prescribed in subsection (a) of this Section. The |
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| procedures must include prohibitions against discharging or |
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| referring a patient to any of the following if unlicensed, |
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| uncertified, or unregistered: (i) a board and care facility, as |
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| defined in the Board and Care Home Registration Act; (ii) an |
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| assisted living and shared housing establishment, as defined in |
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| the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act; (iii) a facility |
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| licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act; (iv) a supportive |
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| living facility, as defined in Section 5-5.01a of the Illinois |
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| Public Aid Code; or (v) a free-standing hospice facility |
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| licensed under the Hospice Program Licensing Act if licensure, |
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| certification, or registration is required. The Department of |
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| Public Health shall annually provide hospitals with a list of |
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| licensed, certified, or registered board and care facilities, |
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| assisted living and shared housing establishments, nursing |
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| homes, supportive living facilities, and hospice facilities. |
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| Reliance upon this list by a hospital shall satisfy compliance |
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| with this requirement.
The procedure may also include a waiver |
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| for any case in which a discharge
notice is not feasible due to |
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| a short length of stay in the hospital by the patient,
or for |
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| any case in which the patient voluntarily desires to leave the
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| hospital before the expiration of the
24 hour period.
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| (c) At least
24 hours prior to discharge from the hospital, |
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| the
patient shall receive written information on the patient's |
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| right to appeal the
discharge pursuant to the
federal Medicare |
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| program, including the steps to follow to appeal
the discharge |