95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1729

 

Introduced 2/22/2007, by Rep. Kevin Joyce

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
210 ILCS 9/160
210 ILCS 85/6.09   from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 147.09
225 ILCS 7/1
225 ILCS 7/2a
225 ILCS 7/3
225 ILCS 7/7

    Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act, the Hospital Licensing Act, and the Board and Care Home Registration Act to change the name of the Board and Care Home Registration Act to the Board and Care Home Act. In the Board and Care Home Registration Act, provides for the licensure (rather than the registration) of board and care homes by the Department of Public Health. Provides that a board and care home must be licensed as a shared housing or assisted living establishment under the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act in order to be licensed under the Board and Care Home Registration Act. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act is
5 amended by changing Section 160 as follows:
 
6     (210 ILCS 9/160)
7     Sec. 160. Assisted Living and Shared Housing Regulatory
8 Fund. There is created in the State treasury a special fund to
9 be known as the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Regulatory
10 Fund. All moneys received by the Department under this Act and
11 the Board and Care Home Registration Act shall be deposited
12 into the Fund. Subject to appropriation, moneys in the Fund
13 shall be used for the administration of this Act and the Board
14 and Care Home Registration Act. Interest earned on moneys in
15 the Fund shall be deposited into the Fund.
16 (Source: P.A. 94-21, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
17     Section 10. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by
18 changing Section 6.09 as follows:
 
19     (210 ILCS 85/6.09)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 147.09)
20     Sec. 6.09. (a) In order to facilitate the orderly
21 transition of aged and disabled patients from hospitals to

 

 

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1 post-hospital care, whenever a patient who qualifies for the
2 federal Medicare program is hospitalized, the patient shall be
3 notified of discharge at least 24 hours prior to discharge from
4 the hospital. With regard to pending discharges to a skilled
5 nursing facility or if home health services are ordered, the
6 hospital must inform its designated case coordination unit, as
7 defined in 89 Ill. Adm. Code 240.260, of the pending discharge
8 and must provide the patient with the case coordination unit's
9 telephone number and other contact information.
10     (b) Every hospital shall develop procedures for a physician
11 with medical staff privileges at the hospital or any
12 appropriate medical staff member to provide the discharge
13 notice prescribed in subsection (a) of this Section. The
14 procedures must include prohibitions against discharging or
15 referring a patient to any of the following if unlicensed,
16 uncertified, or unregistered: (i) a board and care facility, as
17 defined in the Board and Care Home Registration Act; (ii) an
18 assisted living and shared housing establishment, as defined in
19 the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act; (iii) a facility
20 licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act; (iv) a supportive
21 living facility, as defined in Section 5-5.01a of the Illinois
22 Public Aid Code; or (v) a free-standing hospice facility
23 licensed under the Hospice Program Licensing Act if licensure,
24 certification, or registration is required. The Department of
25 Public Health shall annually provide hospitals with a list of
26 licensed, certified, or registered board and care facilities,

 

 

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1 assisted living and shared housing establishments, nursing
2 homes, supportive living facilities, and hospice facilities.
3 Reliance upon this list by a hospital shall satisfy compliance
4 with this requirement. The procedure may also include a waiver
5 for any case in which a discharge notice is not feasible due to
6 a short length of stay in the hospital by the patient, or for
7 any case in which the patient voluntarily desires to leave the
8 hospital before the expiration of the 24 hour period.
9     (c) At least 24 hours prior to discharge from the hospital,
10 the patient shall receive written information on the patient's
11 right to appeal the discharge pursuant to the federal Medicare
12 program, including the steps to follow to appeal the discharge
13 and the appropriate telephone number to call in case the
14 patient intends to appeal the discharge.
15 (Source: P.A. 94-335, eff. 7-26-05.)
 
16     Section 15. The Board and Care Home Registration Act is
17 amended by changing Sections 1, 2a, 3, and 7 as follows:
 
18     (225 ILCS 7/1)
19     Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Board and
20 Care Home Registration Act.
21 (Source: P.A. 89-387, eff. 8-20-95.)
 
22     (225 ILCS 7/2a)
23     Sec. 2a. Staff. The staff of the facility may provide room,

 

 

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1 housekeeping, meals, protective oversight and other types of
2 assistance to the residents, as permitted under the Assisted
3 Living and Shared Housing Act.
4 (Source: P.A. 89-387, eff. 8-20-95.)
 
5     (225 ILCS 7/3)
6     Sec. 3. Licensure Registration.
7     (a) Every board and care home located in this State shall
8 be licensed by register with the Department. Registration shall
9 be in the form prescribed by the Department as a shared housing
10 or assisted living establishment under the Assisted Living and
11 Shared Housing Act. and shall include the following:
12         (1) The name, address, and telephone number of the
13     facility.
14         (2) The name, address, and telephone number of the
15     owner of the facility.
16         (3) The number of residents of the facility.
17         (4) A registration fee, as determined, by the
18     Department.
19     (b) (Blank). Every registration issued under this Act shall
20 be valid for 2 years. Upon renewal, the facility must re-apply
21 and meet the registration requirements under this Section.
22     (c) (Blank). The Department shall promulgate rules to
23 protect the rights and safety of the residents and to enforce
24 the provisions of this Act.
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1 person in, or recommend that any person be placed in, or
2 directly or indirectly cause any person to be placed in any
3 board and care home that is not licensed as an assisted living
4 or shared housing establishment registered.
5     (e) No public official, agent, or employee may place the
6 name of an unlicensed unregistered establishment that is
7 required to be licensed registered under this Act on a list of
8 programs.
9     (f) Failure of a board and care home to comply with the
10 provisions of this Section is punishable by a fine of up to
11 $1,000.
12     (g) Failure of a board and care home to comply with the
13 provisions of this Section within 90 days after the initial
14 finding of noncompliance is punishable by a fine of $1,000 on
15 each day the provisions of this Section are not complied with.
16 (Source: P.A. 94-21, eff. 1-1-06.)
 
17     (225 ILCS 7/7)
18     Sec. 7. Assisted Living and Shared Housing Regulatory Fund.
19 All licensure registration fees and fines collected pursuant to
20 the provisions of this Act shall be deposited into the Assisted
21 Living and Shared Housing Regulatory Fund. Subject to
22 appropriation, moneys deposited into the Fund shall be used for
23 the administration of this Act and the Assisted Living and
24 Shared Housing Act.
25 (Source: P.A. 94-21, eff. 1-1-06.)
 

 

 

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