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| 1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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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 Nursing Home Care Act is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 1-113 as follows:
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| 6 | (210 ILCS 45/1-113) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4151-113)
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| 7 | Sec. 1-113. "Facility" or "long-term care facility" means a | ||||||
| 8 | private home,
institution, building, residence, or any other | ||||||
| 9 | place, whether operated for
profit or not, or a county home for | ||||||
| 10 | the infirm and chronically ill operated
pursuant to Division | ||||||
| 11 | 5-21 or 5-22 of the Counties Code, or any similar
institution | ||||||
| 12 | operated by a political subdivision of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 13 | which
provides, through its ownership or management, personal | ||||||
| 14 | care, sheltered care or
nursing for 3 or more persons, not | ||||||
| 15 | related to the applicant or owner by blood
or marriage. It | ||||||
| 16 | includes skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care
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| 17 | facilities as those terms are defined in Title XVIII and Title | ||||||
| 18 | XIX of the
Federal Social Security Act.
It also includes homes, | ||||||
| 19 | institutions, or
other places operated by or under the | ||||||
| 20 | authority of the Illinois Department of
Veterans' Affairs.
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| 21 | "Facility" does not include the following:
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| 22 | (1) A home, institution, or other place operated by the | ||||||
| 23 | federal government
or agency thereof, or by the State of | ||||||
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| 1 | Illinois, other than homes,
institutions, or other places | ||||||
| 2 | operated by or under the authority of the
Illinois | ||||||
| 3 | Department of Veterans' Affairs;
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| 4 | (2) A hospital, sanitarium, or other institution whose | ||||||
| 5 | principal activity
or business is the diagnosis, care, and | ||||||
| 6 | treatment of human illness through
the maintenance and | ||||||
| 7 | operation as organized facilities therefor, which is
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| 8 | required to be licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act;
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| 9 | (3) Any "facility for child care" as defined in the | ||||||
| 10 | Child Care Act of
1969;
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| 11 | (4) Any "Community Living Facility" as defined in the | ||||||
| 12 | Community Living
Facilities Licensing Act;
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| 13 | (5) Any "community residential alternative" as defined
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| 14 | in the Community Residential Alternatives Licensing Act;
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| 15 | (6) Any nursing home or sanatorium operated solely by | ||||||
| 16 | and for persons
who rely exclusively upon treatment by | ||||||
| 17 | spiritual means through prayer, in
accordance with the | ||||||
| 18 | creed or tenets of any well-recognized church or
religious | ||||||
| 19 | denomination. However, such nursing home or sanatorium | ||||||
| 20 | shall
comply with all local laws and rules relating to | ||||||
| 21 | sanitation and safety;
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| 22 | (7) Any facility licensed by the Department of Human | ||||||
| 23 | Services as a
community-integrated living arrangement as
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| 24 | defined in the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements | ||||||
| 25 | Licensure and
Certification Act;
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| 26 | (8) Any "Supportive Residence" licensed under the | ||||||
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| 1 | Supportive
Residences Licensing Act;
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| 2 | (9) Any "supportive living facility" in good standing | ||||||
| 3 | with the program established under Section 5-5.01a of the | ||||||
| 4 | Illinois Public Aid Code, except only for purposes of the | ||||||
| 5 | employment of persons in accordance with Section 3-206.01;
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| 6 | (10) Any assisted living or shared housing | ||||||
| 7 | establishment licensed under
the Assisted Living and | ||||||
| 8 | Shared Housing Act, except only for purposes of the | ||||||
| 9 | employment of persons in accordance with Section 3-206.01;
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| 10 | (11) An Alzheimer's disease management center | ||||||
| 11 | alternative health care
model licensed under the | ||||||
| 12 | Alternative Health Care Delivery Act;
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| 13 | (12) A facility licensed under the ID/DD Community Care | ||||||
| 14 | Act; or | ||||||
| 15 | (13) A facility licensed under the Specialized Mental | ||||||
| 16 | Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013; or . | ||||||
| 17 | (14) A medical foster home, as defined in 38 CFR 17.73, | ||||||
| 18 | that is under the oversight of the United States Department | ||||||
| 19 | of Veterans Affairs. | ||||||
| 20 | (Source: P.A. 97-38, eff. 6-28-11; 97-227, eff. 1-1-12; 97-813, | ||||||
| 21 | eff. 7-13-12; 98-104, eff. 7-22-13.)
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