Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
Filed: 4/8/2015
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 417 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 417 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended  by 
5changing Section 12-4.48 as follows:
 
6    (305 ILCS 5/12-4.48)
7    Sec. 12-4.48 12-4.47. Long-Term Services and Supports 
8Disparities Task Force.
9    (a) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall 
10establish a Long-Term Services and Supports Disparities Task 
11Force.
12    (b) Members of the Task Force shall be appointed by the 
13Director of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services 
14and shall include representatives of the following agencies, 
15organizations,  or groups:
16        (1) The Governor's office.
 
 
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1        (2) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
2        (3) The Department of Human Services.
3        (4) The Department on Aging.
4        (5) The Department of Human Rights.
5        (6) Area Agencies on Aging.
6        (7) The Department of Public Health.
7        (8) Managed Care Plans.
8        (9) The for-profit urban nursing home or assisted 
9    living industry.
10        (10) The for-profit rural nursing home or assisted 
11    living industry.
12        (11) The not-for-profit nursing home or assisted 
13    living industry.
14        (12) The home care association or home care industry.
15        (13) The adult day care association or adult day care 
16    industry.
17        (14) An association representing workers who provide 
18    long-term services and supports.
19        (15) A representative of providers that serve the 
20    predominantly ethnic minority populations.
21        (16) Case Management Organizations. 
22        (17) Three consumer representatives which may include 
23    a consumer of long-term services and supports or an 
24    individual who advocates for such consumers. For purposes 
25    of this provision, "consumer representative" means a 
26    person who is not an elected official and who has no 
 
 
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1    financial interest in a health or long-term care delivery 
2    system. 
3    (c) The Task Force shall not meet unless all consumer 
4representative positions are filled.  The Task Force shall 
5reflect diversity in race, ethnicity, and gender.
6    (d) The Chair of the Task Force shall be appointed by the 
7Director of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
8    (e) The Director of the Department of Healthcare and Family 
9Services shall assign appropriate staff and resources to 
10support the efforts of the Task Force.  The Task Force shall 
11meet as often as necessary but not less than 4 times per 
12calendar year.
13    (f) The Task Force shall promote and facilitate 
14communication, coordination, and collaboration among relevant 
15State agencies and communities of color, limited 
16English-speaking communities, and the private and public 
17entities providing services to those communities.
18    (g)      The Task Force shall do all of the following:
19        (1) Document the number and types of Long-Term Services 
20    and Supports (LTSS)  providers in the State and the number 
21    of clients served in each setting.
22        (2) Document the number and racial profiles of 
23    residents using LTSS, including, but not limited to, 
24    residential nursing facilities, assisted living 
25    facilities, adult day care, home health services, and other 
26    home and community based long-term care services.
 
 
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1        (3) Document the number and profiles of  family or 
2    informal caregivers who provide care for minority elders.
3        (4) Compare data over multiple years to identify trends 
4    in the delivery of LTSS for each racial or ethnic category 
5    including: Alaskan Native or American Indian, Asian or 
6    Pacific Islander, black or African American, Hispanic, or 
7    white.
8        (5) Identify any racial disparities in the provision of 
9    care in various LTSS settings and determine factors that 
10    might influence the disparities found.
11        (6) Identify any disparities uniquely experienced in 
12    metropolitan or rural areas and make recommendations to 
13    address these areas.
14        (7) Assess whether the LTSS industry, including 
15    managed care plans and independent providers, is equipped 
16    to offer culturally sensitive, competent, and 
17    linguistically appropriate care to meet the needs of a 
18    diverse aging population and their informal and formal 
19    caregivers.
20        (8) Consider whether to recommend that the State 
21    require all home and community based services as a 
22    condition of licensure to report data similar to that 
23    gathered under the Minimum Data Set and required when a new 
24    resident is admitted to a nursing home.
25        (9) Identify and prioritize recommendations for 
26    actions to be taken by the State to address disparity 
 
 
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1    issues identified in the course of these studies.
2        (10) Monitor the progress of the State in eliminating 
3    racial disparities in the delivery of LTSS.
4    (h)      The Task Force shall conduct public hearings, 
5inquiries, studies, and other forms of information gathering to 
6identify how the actions of State government contribute to or 
7reduce racial disparities in long-term care settings.
8    (i)      The Task Force shall report its findings and 
9recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly no 
10later than 2 years one year after the effective date of this 
11amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.  Annual reports 
12shall be issued every year thereafter and shall include 
13documentation of progress made to eliminate disparities in 
14long-term care service settings.

15(Source: P.A. 98-825, eff. 8-1-14; revised 10-14-14.)".