HB1646 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB095 09425 DRJ 29622 b

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1646

Introduced 2/22/2007, by Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

210 ILCS 9/75

Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Provides that for the purposes of certain categories of persons who may not be accepted for residency in an establishment, a licensed health care professional may (instead of may not) be employed by the owner or operator of the establishment, its parent entity, or any other entity with ownership common to either the owner or operator of the establishment or parent entity, including but not limited to an affiliate of the owner or operator of the establishment. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act is amended by changing Section 75 as follows:

(210 ILCS 9/75)

Sec. 75. Residency Requirements.

(a) No individual shall be accepted for residency or remain in residence if the establishment cannot provide or secure appropriate services, if the individual requires a level of service or type of service for which the establishment is not licensed or which the establishment does not provide, or if the establishment does not have the staff appropriate in numbers and with appropriate skill to provide such services.

(b) Only adults may be accepted for residency.

(c) A person shall not be accepted for residency if:

(1) the person poses a serious threat to himself or herself or to others;

(2) the person is not able to communicate his or her needs and no resident representative residing in the establishment, and with a prior relationship to the person, has been appointed to direct the provision of services;

(3) the person requires total assistance with 2 or more activities of daily living;

(4) the person requires the assistance of more than one paid caregiver at any given time with an activity of daily living;

(5) the person requires more than minimal assistance in moving to a safe area in an emergency;

(6) the person has a severe mental illness, which for the purposes of this Section means a condition that is characterized by the presence of a major mental disorder as classified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) (American Psychiatric Association, 1994), where the individual is substantially disabled due to mental illness in the areas of self-maintenance, social functioning, activities of community living and work skills, and the disability specified is expected to be present for a period of not less than one year, but does not mean Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia based on organic or physical disorders;

(7) the person requires intravenous therapy or intravenous feedings unless self-administered or administered by a qualified, licensed health care professional;

(8) the person requires gastrostomy feedings unless self-administered or administered by a licensed health care professional;

(9) the person requires insertion, sterile irrigation, and replacement of catheter, except for routine maintenance of urinary catheters, unless the catheter care is self-administered or administered by a licensed health care professional;

(10) the person requires sterile wound care unless care is self-administered or administered by a licensed health care professional;

(11) the person requires sliding scale insulin administration unless self-performed or administered by a licensed health care professional;

(12) the person is a diabetic requiring routine insulin injections unless the injections are self-administered or administered by a licensed health care professional;

(13) the person requires treatment of stage 3 or stage 4 decubitus ulcers or exfoliative dermatitis;

(14) the person requires 5 or more skilled nursing visits per week for conditions other than those listed in items (13) and (15) of this subsection for a period of 3 consecutive weeks or more except when the course of treatment is expected to extend beyond a 3 week period for rehabilitative purposes and is certified as temporary by a physician; or

(15) other reasons prescribed by the Department by rule.

(d) A resident with a condition listed in items (1) through (15) of subsection (c) shall have his or her residency terminated.

(e) Residency shall be terminated when services available to the resident in the establishment are no longer adequate to meet the needs of the resident. This provision shall not be interpreted as limiting the authority of the Department to require the residency termination of individuals.

(f) Subsection (d) of this Section shall not apply to terminally ill residents who receive or would qualify for hospice care and such care is coordinated by a hospice program licensed under the Hospice Program Licensing Act or other licensed health care professional employed by a licensed home health agency and the establishment and all parties agree to the continued residency.

(g) Items (3), (4), (5), and (9) of subsection (c) shall not apply to a quadriplegic, paraplegic, or individual with neuro-muscular diseases, such as muscular dystrophy and multiple sclerosis, or other chronic diseases and conditions as defined by rule if the individual is able to communicate his or her needs and does not require assistance with complex medical problems, and the establishment is able to accommodate the individual's needs. The Department shall prescribe rules pursuant to this Section that address special safety and service needs of these individuals.

(h) For the purposes of items (7) through (10) of subsection (c), a licensed health care professional may not be employed by the owner or operator of the establishment, its parent entity, or any other entity with ownership common to either the owner or operator of the establishment or parent entity, including but not limited to an affiliate of the owner or operator of the establishment. Nothing in this Section is meant to limit a resident's right to choose his or her health care provider.

(Source: P.A. 93-141, eff. 7-10-03; 94-256, eff. 7-19-05; 94-570, eff. 8-12-05; revised 8-19-05.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.