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1     AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Act on the Aging is amended by
5 changing Sections 4.02 and 4.12 as follows:
 
6     (20 ILCS 105/4.02)  (from Ch. 23, par. 6104.02)
7     Sec. 4.02. The Department shall establish a program of
8 services to prevent unnecessary institutionalization of
9 persons age 60 and older in need of long term care or who are
10 established as persons who suffer from Alzheimer's disease or a
11 related disorder under the Alzheimer's Disease Assistance Act,
12 thereby enabling them to remain in their own homes or in other
13 living arrangements. Such preventive services, which may be
14 coordinated with other programs for the aged and monitored by
15 area agencies on aging in cooperation with the Department, may
16 include, but are not limited to, any or all of the following:
17         (a) home health services;
18         (b) home nursing services;
19         (c) homemaker services;
20         (d) chore and housekeeping services;
21         (e) adult day services;
22         (f) home-delivered meals;
23         (g) education in self-care;

 

 

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1         (h) personal care services;
2         (i) adult day health services;
3         (j) habilitation services;
4         (k) respite care;
5         (k-5) community reintegration services;
6         (l) other nonmedical social services that may enable
7     the person to become self-supporting; or
8         (m) clearinghouse for information provided by senior
9     citizen home owners who want to rent rooms to or share
10     living space with other senior citizens.
11     The Department shall establish eligibility standards for
12 such services taking into consideration the unique economic and
13 social needs of the target population for whom they are to be
14 provided. Such eligibility standards shall be based on the
15 recipient's ability to pay for services; provided, however,
16 that in determining the amount and nature of services for which
17 a person may qualify, consideration shall not be given to the
18 value of cash, property or other assets held in the name of the
19 person's spouse pursuant to a written agreement dividing
20 marital property into equal but separate shares or pursuant to
21 a transfer of the person's interest in a home to his spouse,
22 provided that the spouse's share of the marital property is not
23 made available to the person seeking such services.
24     Beginning July 1, 2002, the Department shall require as a
25 condition of eligibility that all financially eligible
26 applicants and recipients apply for medical assistance under

 

 

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1 Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code in accordance with
2 rules promulgated by the Department.
3     The Department shall, in conjunction with the Department of
4 Public Aid (now Department of Healthcare and Family Services),
5 seek appropriate amendments under Sections 1915 and 1924 of the
6 Social Security Act. The purpose of the amendments shall be to
7 extend eligibility for home and community based services under
8 Sections 1915 and 1924 of the Social Security Act to persons
9 who transfer to or for the benefit of a spouse those amounts of
10 income and resources allowed under Section 1924 of the Social
11 Security Act. Subject to the approval of such amendments, the
12 Department shall extend the provisions of Section 5-4 of the
13 Illinois Public Aid Code to persons who, but for the provision
14 of home or community-based services, would require the level of
15 care provided in an institution, as is provided for in federal
16 law. Those persons no longer found to be eligible for receiving
17 noninstitutional services due to changes in the eligibility
18 criteria shall be given 60 days notice prior to actual
19 termination. Those persons receiving notice of termination may
20 contact the Department and request the determination be
21 appealed at any time during the 60 day notice period. With the
22 exception of the lengthened notice and time frame for the
23 appeal request, the appeal process shall follow the normal
24 procedure. In addition, each person affected regardless of the
25 circumstances for discontinued eligibility shall be given
26 notice and the opportunity to purchase the necessary services

 

 

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1 through the Community Care Program. If the individual does not
2 elect to purchase services, the Department shall advise the
3 individual of alternative services. The target population
4 identified for the purposes of this Section are persons age 60
5 and older with an identified service need. Priority shall be
6 given to those who are at imminent risk of
7 institutionalization. The services shall be provided to
8 eligible persons age 60 and older to the extent that the cost
9 of the services together with the other personal maintenance
10 expenses of the persons are reasonably related to the standards
11 established for care in a group facility appropriate to the
12 person's condition. These non-institutional services, pilot
13 projects or experimental facilities may be provided as part of
14 or in addition to those authorized by federal law or those
15 funded and administered by the Department of Human Services.
16 The Departments of Human Services, Healthcare and Family
17 Services, Public Health, Veterans' Affairs, and Commerce and
18 Economic Opportunity and other appropriate agencies of State,
19 federal and local governments shall cooperate with the
20 Department on Aging in the establishment and development of the
21 non-institutional services. The Department shall require an
22 annual audit from all chore/housekeeping and homemaker vendors
23 contracting with the Department under this Section. The annual
24 audit shall assure that each audited vendor's procedures are in
25 compliance with Department's financial reporting guidelines
26 requiring an administrative and employee wage and benefits cost

 

 

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1 split as defined in administrative rules. The audit is a public
2 record under the Freedom of Information Act. The Department
3 shall execute, relative to the nursing home prescreening
4 project, written inter-agency agreements with the Department
5 of Human Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family
6 Services, to effect the following: (1) intake procedures and
7 common eligibility criteria for those persons who are receiving
8 non-institutional services; and (2) the establishment and
9 development of non-institutional services in areas of the State
10 where they are not currently available or are undeveloped. On
11 and after July 1, 1996, all nursing home prescreenings for
12 individuals 60 years of age or older shall be conducted by the
13 Department.
14     As part of the Department on Aging's routine training of
15 care coordinators case managers and care coordinator case
16 manager supervisors, the Department may include information on
17 family futures planning for persons who are age 60 or older and
18 who are caregivers of their adult children with developmental
19 disabilities. The content of the training shall be at the
20 Department's discretion.
21     No later than July 1, 2008, the Department's case
22 management program shall be transitioned to a fully integrated
23 care coordination program. The care coordination program shall
24 incorporate the concepts of client direction and consumer focus
25 and shall take into account the client's needs and preferences.
26 Comprehensive care coordination shall include activities such

 

 

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1 as: (1) comprehensive assessment of the client; (2) development
2 and implementation of a service plan with the client to
3 mobilize the formal and family resources and services
4 identified in the assessment to meet the needs of the client,
5 including coordination of the resources and services with (A)
6 any other plans that exist for various formal services, such as
7 hospital discharge plans, and (B) the information and
8 assistance services; (3) coordination and monitoring of formal
9 and family service delivery, regardless of the funding source,
10 including coordination and monitoring to ensure that services
11 specified in the plan are being provided; (4) assistance with
12 the completion of applications for services, referrals to
13 non-government funded services, health promotion, and ensuring
14 continuity of care across care settings; (5) periodic
15 reassessment and revision of the status of the client with the
16 client or, if necessary, the client's designated
17 representative; and (6) in accordance with the wishes of the
18 client, advocacy on behalf of the client for needed services or
19 resources.
20     A comprehensive assessment shall be performed, using a
21 holistic tool identified by the Department and supported by an
22 electronic intake assessment and care planning system linked to
23 a central location. The comprehensive assessment process shall
24 include a face to face interview in the client's home or
25 temporary overnight abode and shall determine the level of
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1 social needs of the client. Assessment interviews shall
2 accommodate the scheduling needs of the client and the client's
3 representative or representatives, who shall participate at
4 the discretion of the client. The Department shall provide, by
5 administrative rule, guidelines for determining the conditions
6 under which a comprehensive assessment shall be performed and
7 the activities of care coordination offered to each care
8 recipient. The care plan shall include the needs identified by
9 the assessment and incorporate the goals and preferences of the
10 client. Care plans shall also include all services needed by
11 the client regardless of the funding source and delineate
12 between services provided, services unavailable, and services
13 refused by the client. Case coordination units shall be
14 reimbursed for care coordination in a just and equitable manner
15 reflective of the actual cost of providing care coordination.
16 By January 1, 2008, the Department shall develop a rate
17 structure, in collaboration with case coordination units and
18 advocates for care recipients, that reflects the activities of
19 coordination provided. The Department shall reevaluate the
20 rate structure by July 2010.
21     The Department is authorized to establish a system of
22 recipient copayment for services provided under this Section,
23 such copayment to be based upon the recipient's ability to pay
24 but in no case to exceed the actual cost of the services
25 provided. Additionally, any portion of a person's income which
26 is equal to or less than the federal poverty standard shall not

 

 

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1 be considered by the Department in determining the copayment.
2 The level of such copayment shall be adjusted whenever
3 necessary to reflect any change in the officially designated
4 federal poverty standard.
5     The Department, or the Department's authorized
6 representative, shall recover the amount of moneys expended for
7 services provided to or in behalf of a person under this
8 Section by a claim against the person's estate or against the
9 estate of the person's surviving spouse, but no recovery may be
10 had until after the death of the surviving spouse, if any, and
11 then only at such time when there is no surviving child who is
12 under age 21, blind, or permanently and totally disabled. This
13 paragraph, however, shall not bar recovery, at the death of the
14 person, of moneys for services provided to the person or in
15 behalf of the person under this Section to which the person was
16 not entitled; provided that such recovery shall not be enforced
17 against any real estate while it is occupied as a homestead by
18 the surviving spouse or other dependent, if no claims by other
19 creditors have been filed against the estate, or, if such
20 claims have been filed, they remain dormant for failure of
21 prosecution or failure of the claimant to compel administration
22 of the estate for the purpose of payment. This paragraph shall
23 not bar recovery from the estate of a spouse, under Sections
24 1915 and 1924 of the Social Security Act and Section 5-4 of the
25 Illinois Public Aid Code, who precedes a person receiving
26 services under this Section in death. All moneys for services

 

 

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1 paid to or in behalf of the person under this Section shall be
2 claimed for recovery from the deceased spouse's estate.
3 "Homestead", as used in this paragraph, means the dwelling
4 house and contiguous real estate occupied by a surviving spouse
5 or relative, as defined by the rules and regulations of the
6 Department of Healthcare and Family Services, regardless of the
7 value of the property.
8     The Department shall develop procedures to enhance
9 availability of services on evenings, weekends, and on an
10 emergency basis to meet the respite needs of caregivers.
11 Procedures shall be developed to permit the utilization of
12 services in successive blocks of 24 hours up to the monthly
13 maximum established by the Department. Workers providing these
14 services shall be appropriately trained.
15     Beginning on the effective date of this Amendatory Act of
16 1991, no person may perform chore/housekeeping and homemaker
17 services under a program authorized by this Section unless that
18 person has been issued a certificate of pre-service to do so by
19 his or her employing agency. Information gathered to effect
20 such certification shall include (i) the person's name, (ii)
21 the date the person was hired by his or her current employer,
22 and (iii) the training, including dates and levels. Persons
23 engaged in the program authorized by this Section before the
24 effective date of this amendatory Act of 1991 shall be issued a
25 certificate of all pre- and in-service training from his or her
26 employer upon submitting the necessary information. The

 

 

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1 employing agency shall be required to retain records of all
2 staff pre- and in-service training, and shall provide such
3 records to the Department upon request and upon termination of
4 the employer's contract with the Department. In addition, the
5 employing agency is responsible for the issuance of
6 certifications of in-service training completed to their
7 employees.
8     The Department is required to develop a system to ensure
9 that persons working as homemakers and chore housekeepers
10 receive increases in their wages when the federal minimum wage
11 is increased by requiring vendors to certify that they are
12 meeting the federal minimum wage statute for homemakers and
13 chore housekeepers. An employer that cannot ensure that the
14 minimum wage increase is being given to homemakers and chore
15 housekeepers shall be denied any increase in reimbursement
16 costs.
17     The Community Care Program Advisory Committee is created in
18 the Department on Aging. The Director shall appoint individuals
19 to serve in the Committee, who shall serve at their own
20 expense. Members of the Committee must abide by all applicable
21 ethics laws. The Committee shall advise the Department on
22 issues related to the Department's program of services to
23 prevent unnecessary institutionalization. The Committee shall
24 meet on a bi-monthly basis and shall serve to identify and
25 advise the Department on present and potential issues affecting
26 the service delivery network, the program's clients, and the

 

 

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1 Department and to recommend solution strategies. Persons
2 appointed to the Committee shall be appointed on, but not
3 limited to, their own and their agency's experience with the
4 program, geographic representation, and willingness to serve.
5 The Committee shall include, but not be limited to,
6 representatives from the following agencies and organizations:
7         (a) at least 4 adult day service representatives;
8         (b) at least 4 care case coordination unit
9     representatives;
10         (c) at least 4 representatives from in-home direct care
11     service agencies;
12         (d) at least 2 representatives of statewide trade or
13     labor unions that represent in-home direct care service
14     staff;
15         (e) at least 2 representatives of Area Agencies on
16     Aging;
17         (f) at least 2 non-provider representatives from a
18     policy, advocacy, research, or other service organization;
19         (g) at least 2 representatives from a statewide
20     membership organization for senior citizens; and
21         (h) at least 2 citizen members 60 years of age or
22     older.
23     Nominations may be presented from any agency or State
24 association with interest in the program. The Director, or his
25 or her designee, shall serve as the permanent co-chair of the
26 advisory committee. One other co-chair shall be nominated and

 

 

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1 approved by the members of the committee on an annual basis.
2 Committee members' terms of appointment shall be for 4 years
3 with one-quarter of the appointees' terms expiring each year.
4 At no time may a member serve more than one consecutive term in
5 any capacity on the committee. The Department shall fill
6 vacancies that have a remaining term of over one year, and this
7 replacement shall occur through the annual replacement of
8 expiring terms. The Director shall designate Department staff
9 to provide technical assistance and staff support to the
10 committee. Department representation shall not constitute
11 membership of the committee. All Committee papers, issues,
12 recommendations, reports, and meeting memoranda are advisory
13 only. The Director, or his or her designee, shall make a
14 written report, as requested by the Committee, regarding issues
15 before the Committee.
16     The Department on Aging and the Department of Human
17 Services shall cooperate in the development and submission of
18 an annual report on programs and services provided under this
19 Section. Such joint report shall be filed with the Governor and
20 the General Assembly on or before September 30 each year.
21     The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall
22 be satisfied by filing copies of the report with the Speaker,
23 the Minority Leader and the Clerk of the House of
24 Representatives and the President, the Minority Leader and the
25 Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Research Unit, as
26 required by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization

 

 

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1 Act and filing such additional copies with the State Government
2 Report Distribution Center for the General Assembly as is
3 required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State Library
4 Act.
5     Those persons previously found eligible for receiving
6 non-institutional services whose services were discontinued
7 under the Emergency Budget Act of Fiscal Year 1992, and who do
8 not meet the eligibility standards in effect on or after July
9 1, 1992, shall remain ineligible on and after July 1, 1992.
10 Those persons previously not required to cost-share and who
11 were required to cost-share effective March 1, 1992, shall
12 continue to meet cost-share requirements on and after July 1,
13 1992. Beginning July 1, 1992, all clients will be required to
14 meet eligibility, cost-share, and other requirements and will
15 have services discontinued or altered when they fail to meet
16 these requirements.
17 (Source: P.A. 93-85, eff. 1-1-04; 93-902, eff. 8-10-04; 94-48,
18 eff. 7-1-05; 94-269, eff. 7-19-05; 94-336, eff. 7-26-05;
19 94-954, eff. 6-27-06.)
 
20     (20 ILCS 105/4.12)
21     Sec. 4.12. Assistance to nursing home residents.
22     (a) The Department on Aging shall assist eligible nursing
23 home residents and their families to select long-term care
24 options that meet their needs and reflect their preferences. At
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1 representative may decline further assistance.
2     (b) To provide assistance, the Department shall develop a
3 program of transition services with follow-up in selected areas
4 of the State, to be expanded statewide as funding becomes
5 available. The program shall be developed in consultation with
6 nursing homes, care coordinators case managers, Area Agencies
7 on Aging, and others interested in the well-being of frail
8 elderly Illinois residents. The Department shall establish
9 administrative rules pursuant to the Illinois Administrative
10 Procedure Act with respect to resident eligibility, assessment
11 of the resident's health, cognitive, social, and financial
12 needs, development of comprehensive service transition plans,
13 and the level of services that must be available prior to
14 transition of a resident into the community.
15 (Source: P.A. 93-902, eff. 8-10-04.)
 
16     Section 10. The Older Adult Services Act is amended by
17 changing Section 25 as follows:
 
18     (320 ILCS 42/25)
19     Sec. 25. Older adult services restructuring. No later than
20 January 1, 2005, the Department shall commence the process of
21 restructuring the older adult services delivery system.
22 Priority shall be given to both the expansion of services and
23 the development of new services in priority service areas.
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1 include, but not be limited to, the following:
2     (1) Planning. The Department shall develop a plan to
3 restructure the State's service delivery system for older
4 adults. The plan shall include a schedule for the
5 implementation of the initiatives outlined in this Act and all
6 other initiatives identified by the participating agencies to
7 fulfill the purposes of this Act. Financing for older adult
8 services shall be based on the principle that "money follows
9 the individual". The plan shall also identify potential
10 impediments to delivery system restructuring and include any
11 known regulatory or statutory barriers.
12     (2) Comprehensive care coordination case management. The
13 Department shall implement a statewide system of holistic
14 comprehensive case management. The system shall include the
15 identification and implementation of a universal,
16 comprehensive assessment tool to be used statewide to determine
17 the level of physical, functional, cognitive, psycho-social,
18 social socialization, and financial needs of older adults. This
19 tool shall be supported by an electronic intake, assessment,
20 and care planning system linked to a central location.
21 "Comprehensive care coordination case management" shall
22 include activities such includes services and coordination
23 such as (i) comprehensive assessment of the older adult
24 (including the physical, functional, cognitive, psycho-social,
25 and social needs of the individual); (ii) development and
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1 mobilize the formal and family resources and services
2 identified in the assessment to meet the needs of the older
3 adult, including coordination of the resources and services
4 with any other plans that exist for various formal services,
5 such as hospital discharge plans, and with the information and
6 assistance services; (iii) coordination and monitoring of
7 formal and family service delivery, regardless of the funding
8 source, including coordination and monitoring to ensure that
9 services specified in the plan are being provided; (iv)
10 assistance with completion of applications for services,
11 referrals to non-government funded services, health promotion,
12 and ensuring continuity of care across care settings; (v)
13 periodic reassessment and revision of the status of the older
14 adult with the older adult or, if necessary, the older adult's
15 designated representative; and (vi) (v) in accordance with the
16 wishes of the older adult, advocacy on behalf of the older
17 adult for needed services or resources.
18     (3) Coordinated point of entry. The Department shall
19 implement and publicize a statewide coordinated point of entry
20 using a uniform name, identity, logo, and toll-free number.
21     (4) Public web site. The Department shall develop a public
22 web site that provides links to available services, resources,
23 and reference materials concerning caregiving, diseases, and
24 best practices for use by professionals, older adults, and
25 family caregivers.
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1 expand older adult services that promote independence and
2 permit older adults to remain in their own homes and
3 communities.
4     (6) Consumer-directed home and community-based services.
5 The Department shall expand the range of service options
6 available to permit older adults to exercise maximum choice and
7 control over their care.
8     (7) Comprehensive delivery system. The Department shall
9 expand opportunities for older adults to receive services in
10 systems that integrate acute and chronic care.
11     (8) Enhanced transition and follow-up services. The
12 Department shall implement a program of transition from one
13 residential setting to another and follow-up services,
14 regardless of residential setting, pursuant to rules with
15 respect to (i) resident eligibility, (ii) assessment of the
16 resident's health, cognitive, social, and financial needs,
17 (iii) development of transition plans, and (iv) the level of
18 services that must be available before transitioning a resident
19 from one setting to another.
20     (9) Family caregiver support. The Department shall develop
21 strategies for public and private financing of services that
22 supplement and support family caregivers.
23     (10) Quality standards and quality improvement. The
24 Department shall establish a core set of uniform quality
25 standards for all providers that focus on outcomes and take
26 into consideration consumer choice and satisfaction, and the

 

 

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1 Department shall require each provider to implement a
2 continuous quality improvement process to address consumer
3 issues. The continuous quality improvement process must
4 benchmark performance, be person-centered and data-driven, and
5 focus on consumer satisfaction.
6     (11) Workforce. The Department shall develop strategies to
7 attract and retain a qualified and stable worker pool, provide
8 living wages and benefits, and create a work environment that
9 is conducive to long-term employment and career development.
10 Resources such as grants, education, and promotion of career
11 opportunities may be used.
12     (12) Coordination of services. The Department shall
13 identify methods to better coordinate service networks to
14 maximize resources and minimize duplication of services and
15 ease of application.
16     (13) Barriers to services. The Department shall identify
17 barriers to the provision, availability, and accessibility of
18 services and shall implement a plan to address those barriers.
19 The plan shall: (i) identify barriers, including but not
20 limited to, statutory and regulatory complexity, reimbursement
21 issues, payment issues, and labor force issues; (ii) recommend
22 changes to State or federal laws or administrative rules or
23 regulations; (iii) recommend application for federal waivers
24 to improve efficiency and reduce cost and paperwork; (iv)
25 develop innovative service delivery models; and (v) recommend
26 application for federal or private service grants.

 

 

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1     (14) Reimbursement and funding. The Department shall
2 investigate and evaluate costs and payments by defining costs
3 to implement a uniform, audited provider cost reporting system
4 to be considered by all Departments in establishing payments.
5 To the extent possible, multiple cost reporting mandates shall
6 not be imposed.
7     (15) Medicaid nursing home cost containment and Medicare
8 utilization. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services
9 (formerly Department of Public Aid), in collaboration with the
10 Department on Aging and the Department of Public Health and in
11 consultation with the Advisory Committee, shall propose a plan
12 to contain Medicaid nursing home costs and maximize Medicare
13 utilization. The plan must not impair the ability of an older
14 adult to choose among available services. The plan shall
15 include, but not be limited to, (i) techniques to maximize the
16 use of the most cost-effective services without sacrificing
17 quality and (ii) methods to identify and serve older adults in
18 need of minimal services to remain independent, but who are
19 likely to develop a need for more extensive services in the
20 absence of those minimal services.
21     (16) Bed reduction. The Department of Public Health shall
22 implement a nursing home conversion program to reduce the
23 number of Medicaid-certified nursing home beds in areas with
24 excess beds. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services
25 shall investigate changes to the Medicaid nursing facility
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1 include, but are not limited to, incentive payments that will
2 enable facilities to adjust to the restructuring and expansion
3 of services required by the Older Adult Services Act, including
4 adjustments for the voluntary closure or layaway of nursing
5 home beds certified under Title XIX of the federal Social
6 Security Act. Any savings shall be reallocated to fund
7 home-based or community-based older adult services pursuant to
8 Section 20.
9     (17) Financing. The Department shall investigate and
10 evaluate financing options for older adult services and shall
11 make recommendations in the report required by Section 15
12 concerning the feasibility of these financing arrangements.
13 These arrangements shall include, but are not limited to:
14         (A) private long-term care insurance coverage for
15     older adult services;
16         (B) enhancement of federal long-term care financing
17     initiatives;
18         (C) employer benefit programs such as medical savings
19     accounts for long-term care;
20         (D) individual and family cost-sharing options;
21         (E) strategies to reduce reliance on government
22     programs;
23         (F) fraudulent asset divestiture and financial
24     planning prevention; and
25         (G) methods to supplement and support family and
26     community caregiving.

 

 

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1     (18) Older Adult Services Demonstration Grants. The
2 Department shall implement a program of demonstration grants
3 that will assist in the restructuring of the older adult
4 services delivery system, and shall provide funding for
5 innovative service delivery models and system change and
6 integration initiatives pursuant to subsection (g) of Section
7 20.
8     (19) Bed need methodology update. For the purposes of
9 determining areas with excess beds, the Departments shall
10 provide information and assistance to the Health Facilities
11 Planning Board to update the Bed Need Methodology for Long-Term
12 Care to update the assumptions used to establish the
13 methodology to make them consistent with modern older adult
14 services.
15     (20) Affordable housing. The Departments shall utilize the
16 recommendations of Illinois' Annual Comprehensive Housing
17 Plan, as developed by the Affordable Housing Task Force through
18 the Governor's Executive Order 2003-18, in their efforts to
19 address the affordable housing needs of older adults.
20     The Older Adult Services Advisory Committee shall
21 investigate innovative and promising practices operating as
22 demonstration or pilot projects in Illinois and in other
23 states. The Department on Aging shall provide the Older Adult
24 Services Advisory Committee with a list of all demonstration or
25 pilot projects funded by the Department on Aging, including
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1 arrangement. The Committee shall work with the Department on
2 Aging to evaluate the viability of expanding these programs
3 into other areas of the State.
4 (Source: P.A. 93-1031, eff. 8-27-04; 94-236, eff. 7-14-05;
5 94-766, eff. 1-1-07.)
 
6     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7 becoming law.