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| 1 | AN ACT concerning health.
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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 all hospice programs shall
include, | ||||||
| 10 | but not be limited to, the following:
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| 11 | (1) (Blank).
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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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| 1 | (9) The use of volunteers in the hospice program, and | ||||||
| 2 | the training of
those volunteers.
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| 3 | (10) The rights of the patient and the patient's | ||||||
| 4 | family.
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| 5 | (b) (Blank).
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| 6 | (c) The standards for hospices owning or operating hospice | ||||||
| 7 | residences
shall address the following:
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| 8 | (1) The safety, cleanliness, and general adequacy of | ||||||
| 9 | the premises,
including provision for maintenance of fire | ||||||
| 10 | and health standards that conform
to State laws and | ||||||
| 11 | municipal codes, to provide for the physical comfort,
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| 12 | well-being, care, and protection of the residents.
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| 13 | (2) Provisions and criteria for admission, discharge, | ||||||
| 14 | and transfer of
residents.
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| 15 | (3) Fee and other contractual agreements with | ||||||
| 16 | residents.
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| 17 | (4) Medical and supportive services for residents.
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| 18 | (5) Maintenance of records and residents' right of | ||||||
| 19 | access of those
records.
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| 20 | (6) Procedures for reporting abuse or neglect of | ||||||
| 21 | residents.
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| 22 | (7) The number of persons who may be served in a | ||||||
| 23 | residence, which shall
not exceed 20 16 persons per | ||||||
| 24 | location.
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| 25 | (8) The ownership, operation, and maintenance of | ||||||
| 26 | buildings containing a
hospice residence.
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| 1 | (9) The number of licensed hospice residences
shall not | ||||||
| 2 | exceed 6 before December
31, 1996 and shall not exceed 12 | ||||||
| 3 | before December 31, 1997. The Department
shall conduct a | ||||||
| 4 | study of the benefits of hospice residences and make a
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| 5 | recommendation to the General Assembly as to the need to | ||||||
| 6 | limit the number of
hospice residences after June 30, 1997. | ||||||
| 7 | On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act | ||||||
| 8 | of the 98th General Assembly, the number of licensed | ||||||
| 9 | hospice residences
shall not exceed the following: | ||||||
| 10 | (A) Five hospice residences located in counties | ||||||
| 11 | with a population of 700,000 or more. | ||||||
| 12 | (B) Five hospice residences located in counties | ||||||
| 13 | with a population of 200,000 or more but less than | ||||||
| 14 | 700,000. | ||||||
| 15 | (C) Five hospice residences located in counties | ||||||
| 16 | with a population of less than 200,000.
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| 17 | (d)
In developing the standards for hospices, the | ||||||
| 18 | Department shall take
into consideration the category of the | ||||||
| 19 | hospice programs.
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| 20 | (Source: P.A. 98-207, eff. 8-9-13.)
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| 21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 22 | becoming law.
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