Sen. Mattie Hunter

Filed: 3/6/2009

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1704

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1704 on page 1,
3 line 4, after "TITLE", by inserting ", PRIOR LAW,"; and
 
4 on page 1, after line 6, by inserting the following:
 
5     "Section 1-101.05. Prior law.
6     (a) This Act provides for licensure of intermediate care
7 facilities for the developmentally disabled and long-term care
8 for under age 22 facilities under this Act instead of under the
9 Nursing Home Care Act. On and after the effective date of this
10 Act, those facilities shall be governed by this Act instead of
11 the Nursing Home Care Act.
12     (b) If any other Act of the General Assembly changes, adds,
13 or repeals a provision of the Nursing Home Care Act that is the
14 same as or substantially similar to a provision of this Act,
15 then that change, addition, or repeal in the Nursing Home Care
16 Act shall be construed together with this Act.

 

 

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1     (c) Nothing in this Act affects the validity or effect of
2 any finding, decision, or action made or taken by the
3 Department or the Director under the Nursing Home Care Act
4 before the effective date of this Act with respect to a
5 facility subject to licensure under this Act. That finding,
6 decision, or action shall continue to apply to the facility on
7 and after the effective date of this Act. Any finding,
8 decision, or action with respect to the facility made or taken
9 on or after the effective date of this Act shall be made or
10 taken as provided in this Act."; and
 
11 on page 8, lines 8 and 18, by replacing "his" each time it
12 appears with "his or her"; and
 
13 on page 10, line 20, by replacing "his" with "his or her"; and
 
14 on page 11, lines 8, 9, 13, and 14, by replacing "his" each
15 time it appears with "his or her"; and
 
16 on page 11, line 8, by replacing "he" with "he or she"; and
 
17 on page 12, lines 8, 13, 18, 19, and 20, by replacing "his"
18 each time it appears with "his or her"; and
 
19 on page 13, line 20, by replacing "his" each time it appears
20 with "his or her"; and
 

 

 

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1 on page 14, line 20, by replacing "his" with "his or her"; and
 
2 on page 14, line 24, by replacing "his" with "the resident's";
3 and
 
4 on page 19, line 13, by replacing "his" with "his or her"; and
 
5 on page 20, line 24, by replacing "his" with "the resident's";
6 and
 
7 on page 22, line 12, by replacing "himself" with "himself or
8 herself"; and
 
9 on page 23, line 6, by replacing "he" with "he or she"; and
 
10 on page 23, lines 7, 10, and 11, by replacing "his" each time
11 it appears with "his or her"; and
 
12 on page 23, line 16, by replacing "himself" with "himself or
13 herself"; and
 
14 on page 26, line 3, by replacing "his" with "his or her"; and
 
15 on page 27, line 13, by replacing "his" with "his or her"; and
 

 

 

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1 on page 29, lines 2 and 20, by replacing "he" each time it
2 appears with "he or she"; and
 
3 on page 29, line 26, by replacing "his" with "his or her"; and
 
4 on page 30, line 9, by replacing "his" with "his or her"; and
 
5 on page 32, lines 7 and 13, by replacing "his" each time it
6 appears with "his or her"; and
 
7 on page 39, line 6, by replacing "him" with "him or her"; and
 
8 on page 42, line 14, by replacing "he" with "he or she"; and
 
9 on page 49, line 21, by replacing "he" with "he or she"; and
 
10 on page 60, line 21, by replacing "." with ";"; and
 
11 on page 70, line 14, by replacing "his" with "his or her"; and
 
12 on page 76, lines 3 and 21, by replacing "denote" each time it
13 appears with "designate"; and
 
14 on page 89, lines 7 and 20, by replacing "his" each time it
15 appears with "his or her"; and
 

 

 

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1 on page 89, line 9, by replacing "he" with "the Director or his
2 or her designee"; and
 
3 on page 100, line 20, by replacing "he" with "the Director";
4 and
 
5 on page 109, line 12, after "Program", by inserting "under
6 Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code"; and
 
7 on page 113, line 13, by replacing "Title XIX" with "assistance
8 under Title XIX of the Social Security Act"; and
 
9 on page 114, line 19, by replacing "his" with "his or her"; and
 
10 on page 116, lines 2 and 3, by replacing "Title XIX recipients"
11 with "recipients of assistance under Title XIX of the Social
12 Security Act"; and
 
13 on page 128, line 11, by replacing "he" with "he or she"; and
 
14 on page 135, line 5, by replacing "his" with "his or her"; and
 
15 on page 141, line 15, by replacing "his" with "his or her"; and
 
16 on page 144, line 4, by replacing "his" with "his or her"; and
 

 

 

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1 on page 148, after line 3, by inserting the following:
 
2     "Section 3-801.05. Rules adopted under prior law. The
3 Department shall adopt rules to implement the changes
4 concerning licensure of facilities under this Act instead of
5 under the Nursing Home Care Act. Until the Department adopts
6 those rules, the rules adopted under the Nursing Home Care Act
7 that apply to facilities subject to licensure under this Act
8 shall continue to apply to those facilities."; and
 
9 on page 151, after line 13, by inserting the following:
 
10     "Section 90-2. The Election Code is amended by changing
11 Sections 3-3, 4-6.3, 4-10, 5-9, 5-16.3, 6-50.3, 6-56, 19-4,
12 19-12.1, and 19-12.2 as follows:
 
13     (10 ILCS 5/3-3)  (from Ch. 46, par. 3-3)
14     Sec. 3-3. Every honorably discharged soldier or sailor who
15 is an inmate of any soldiers' and sailors' home within the
16 State of Illinois or any person who is a resident of a facility
17 licensed or certified pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act or
18 the MR/DD Community Care Act for 30 days or longer, and who is
19 a citizen of the United States and has resided in this State
20 and in the election district 30 days next preceding any
21 election shall be entitled to vote in the election district in
22 which any such home in which he is an inmate or resident is

 

 

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1 located, for all officers that now are or hereafter may be
2 elected by the people, and upon all questions that may be
3 submitted to the vote of the people: Provided, that he shall
4 declare upon oath, that it was his bona fide intention at the
5 time he entered said home to become a resident thereof.
6 (Source: P.A. 86-820.)
 
7     (10 ILCS 5/4-6.3)  (from Ch. 46, par. 4-6.3)
8     Sec. 4-6.3. The county clerk may establish a temporary
9 place of registration for such times and at such locations
10 within the county as the county clerk may select. However, no
11 temporary place of registration may be in operation during the
12 27 days preceding an election. Notice of the time and place of
13 registration under this Section shall be published by the
14 county clerk in a newspaper having a general circulation in the
15 county not less than 3 nor more than 15 days before the holding
16 of such registration.
17     Temporary places of registration shall be established so
18 that the areas of concentration of population or use by the
19 public are served, whether by facilities provided in places of
20 private business or in public buildings or in mobile units.
21 Areas which may be designated as temporary places of
22 registration include, but are not limited to, facilities
23 licensed or certified pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act or
24 the MR/DD Community Care Act, Soldiers' and Sailors' Homes,
25 shopping centers, business districts, public buildings and

 

 

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1 county fairs.
2     Temporary places of registration shall be available to the
3 public not less than 2 hours per year for each 1,000 population
4 or fraction thereof in the county.
5     All temporary places of registration shall be manned by
6 deputy county clerks or deputy registrars appointed pursuant to
7 Section 4-6.2.
8 (Source: P.A. 92-816, eff. 8-21-02.)
 
9     (10 ILCS 5/4-10)  (from Ch. 46, par. 4-10)
10     Sec. 4-10. Except as herein provided, no person shall be
11 registered, unless he applies in person to a registration
12 officer, answers such relevant questions as may be asked of him
13 by the registration officer, and executes the affidavit of
14 registration. The registration officer shall require the
15 applicant to furnish two forms of identification, and except in
16 the case of a homeless individual, one of which must include
17 his or her residence address. These forms of identification
18 shall include, but not be limited to, any of the following:
19 driver's license, social security card, public aid
20 identification card, utility bill, employee or student
21 identification card, credit card, or a civic, union or
22 professional association membership card. The registration
23 officer shall require a homeless individual to furnish evidence
24 of his or her use of the mailing address stated. This use may
25 be demonstrated by a piece of mail addressed to that individual

 

 

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1 and received at that address or by a statement from a person
2 authorizing use of the mailing address. The registration
3 officer shall require each applicant for registration to read
4 or have read to him the affidavit of registration before
5 permitting him to execute the affidavit.
6     One of the registration officers or a deputy registration
7 officer, county clerk, or clerk in the office of the county
8 clerk, shall administer to all persons who shall personally
9 apply to register the following oath or affirmation:
10     "You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that you will fully and
11 truly answer all such questions as shall be put to you touching
12 your name, place of residence, place of birth, your
13 qualifications as an elector and your right as such to register
14 and vote under the laws of the State of Illinois."
15     The registration officer shall satisfy himself that each
16 applicant for registration is qualified to register before
17 registering him. If the registration officer has reason to
18 believe that the applicant is a resident of a Soldiers' and
19 Sailors' Home or any facility which is licensed or certified
20 pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act or the MR/DD Community
21 Care Act, the following question shall be put, "When you
22 entered the home which is your present address, was it your
23 bona fide intention to become a resident thereof?" Any voter of
24 a township, city, village or incorporated town in which such
25 applicant resides, shall be permitted to be present at the
26 place of any precinct registration and shall have the right to

 

 

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1 challenge any applicant who applies to be registered.
2     In case the officer is not satisfied that the applicant is
3 qualified he shall forthwith notify such applicant in writing
4 to appear before the county clerk to complete his registration.
5 Upon the card of such applicant shall be written the word
6 "incomplete" and no such applicant shall be permitted to vote
7 unless such registration is satisfactorily completed as
8 hereinafter provided. No registration shall be taken and marked
9 as incomplete if information to complete it can be furnished on
10 the date of the original application.
11     Any person claiming to be an elector in any election
12 precinct and whose registration card is marked "Incomplete" may
13 make and sign an application in writing, under oath, to the
14 county clerk in substance in the following form:
15     "I do solemnly swear that I, ...., did on (insert date)
16 make application to the board of registry of the .... precinct
17 of the township of .... (or to the county clerk of .... county)
18 and that said board or clerk refused to complete my
19 registration as a qualified voter in said precinct. That I
20 reside in said precinct, that I intend to reside in said
21 precinct, and am a duly qualified voter of said precinct and am
22 entitled to be registered to vote in said precinct at the next
23 election.
24 (Signature of applicant) ............................."
 
25     All such applications shall be presented to the county

 

 

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1 clerk or to his duly authorized representative by the
2 applicant, in person between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00
3 p.m. on any day after the days on which the 1969 and 1970
4 precinct re-registrations are held but not on any day within 27
5 days preceding the ensuing general election and thereafter for
6 the registration provided in Section 4-7 all such applications
7 shall be presented to the county clerk or his duly authorized
8 representative by the applicant in person between the hours of
9 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on any day prior to 27 days preceding
10 the ensuing general election. Such application shall be heard
11 by the county clerk or his duly authorized representative at
12 the time the application is presented. If the applicant for
13 registration has registered with the county clerk, such
14 application may be presented to and heard by the county clerk
15 or by his duly authorized representative upon the dates
16 specified above or at any time prior thereto designated by the
17 county clerk.
18     Any otherwise qualified person who is absent from his
19 county of residence either due to business of the United States
20 or because he is temporarily outside the territorial limits of
21 the United States may become registered by mailing an
22 application to the county clerk within the periods of
23 registration provided for in this Article, or by simultaneous
24 application for absentee registration and absentee ballot as
25 provided in Article 20 of this Code.
26     Upon receipt of such application the county clerk shall

 

 

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1 immediately mail an affidavit of registration in duplicate,
2 which affidavit shall contain the following and such other
3 information as the State Board of Elections may think it proper
4 to require for the identification of the applicant:
5     Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first
6 or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial
7 for such middle name, if any.
8     Sex.
9     Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue or
10 other location of the dwelling, and such additional clear and
11 definite description as may be necessary to determine the exact
12 location of the dwelling of the applicant. Where the location
13 cannot be determined by street and number, then the Section,
14 congressional township and range number may be used, or such
15 other information as may be necessary, including post office
16 mailing address.
17     Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the
18 precinct.
19     Nativity. The State or country in which the applicant was
20 born.
21     Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
22 naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place and date of
23 naturalization.
24     Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
25     Out of State address of ..........................
26
AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION

 

 

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1 State of ...........)  
2                    )ss
3 County of ..........)
4     I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
5 United States; that on the day of the next election I shall
6 have resided in the State of Illinois and in the election
7 precinct 30 days; that I am fully qualified to vote, that I am
8 not registered to vote anywhere else in the United States, that
9 I intend to remain a resident of the State of Illinois and of
10 the election precinct, that I intend to return to the State of
11 Illinois, and that the above statements are true.
12
..............................
13
(His or her signature or mark)
14     Subscribed and sworn to before me, an officer qualified to
15 administer oaths, on (insert date).
16
........................................
17
Signature of officer administering oath.
18     Upon receipt of the executed duplicate affidavit of
19 Registration, the county clerk shall transfer the information
20 contained thereon to duplicate Registration Cards provided for
21 in Section 4-8 of this Article and shall attach thereto a copy
22 of each of the duplicate affidavit of registration and
23 thereafter such registration card and affidavit shall
24 constitute the registration of such person the same as if he
25 had applied for registration in person.
26 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 92-816, eff. 8-21-02.)
 

 

 

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1     (10 ILCS 5/5-9)  (from Ch. 46, par. 5-9)
2     Sec. 5-9. Except as herein provided, no person shall be
3 registered unless he applies in person to registration officer,
4 answers such relevant questions as may be asked of him by the
5 registration officer, and executes the affidavit of
6 registration. The registration officer shall require the
7 applicant to furnish two forms of identification, and except in
8 the case of a homeless individual, one of which must include
9 his or her residence address. These forms of identification
10 shall include, but not be limited to, any of the following:
11 driver's license, social security card, public aid
12 identification card, utility bill, employee or student
13 identification card, credit card, or a civic, union or
14 professional association membership card. The registration
15 officer shall require a homeless individual to furnish evidence
16 of his or her use of the mailing address stated. This use may
17 be demonstrated by a piece of mail addressed to that individual
18 and received at that address or by a statement from a person
19 authorizing use of the mailing address. The registration
20 officer shall require each applicant for registration to read
21 or have read to him the affidavit of registration before
22 permitting him to execute the affidavit.
23     One of the Deputy Registrars, the Judge of Registration, or
24 an Officer of Registration, County Clerk, or clerk in the
25 office of the County Clerk, shall administer to all persons who

 

 

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1 shall personally apply to register the following oath or
2 affirmation:
3     "You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that you will fully and
4 truly answer all such questions as shall be put to you touching
5 your place of residence, name, place of birth, your
6 qualifications as an elector and your right as such to register
7 and vote under the laws of the State of Illinois."
8     The Registration Officer shall satisfy himself that each
9 applicant for registration is qualified to register before
10 registering him. If the registration officer has reason to
11 believe that the applicant is a resident of a Soldiers' and
12 Sailors' Home or any facility which is licensed or certified
13 pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act or the MR/DD Community
14 Care Act, the following question shall be put, "When you
15 entered the home which is your present address, was it your
16 bona fide intention to become a resident thereof?" Any voter of
17 a township, city, village or incorporated town in which such
18 applicant resides, shall be permitted to be present at the
19 place of precinct registration, and shall have the right to
20 challenge any applicant who applies to be registered.
21     In case the officer is not satisfied that the applicant is
22 qualified, he shall forthwith in writing notify such applicant
23 to appear before the County Clerk to furnish further proof of
24 his qualifications. Upon the card of such applicant shall be
25 written the word "Incomplete" and no such applicant shall be
26 permitted to vote unless such registration is satisfactorily

 

 

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1 completed as hereinafter provided. No registration shall be
2 taken and marked as "incomplete" if information to complete it
3 can be furnished on the date of the original application.
4     Any person claiming to be an elector in any election
5 precinct in such township, city, village or incorporated town
6 and whose registration is marked "Incomplete" may make and sign
7 an application in writing, under oath, to the County Clerk in
8 substance in the following form:
9     "I do solemnly swear that I, .........., did on (insert
10 date) make application to the Board of Registry of the ........
11 precinct of ........ ward of the City of .... or of the
12 ......... District ......... Town of .......... (or to the
13 County Clerk of .............) and ............ County; that
14 said Board or Clerk refused to complete my registration as a
15 qualified voter in said precinct, that I reside in said
16 precinct (or that I intend to reside in said precinct), am a
17 duly qualified voter and entitled to vote in said precinct at
18 the next election.
19
...........................
20
(Signature of Applicant)"
21     All such applications shall be presented to the County
22 Clerk by the applicant, in person between the hours of nine
23 o'clock a.m. and five o'clock p.m., on Monday and Tuesday of
24 the third week subsequent to the weeks in which the 1961 and
25 1962 precinct re-registrations are to be held, and thereafter
26 for the registration provided in Section 5-17 of this Article,

 

 

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1 all such applications shall be presented to the County Clerk by
2 the applicant in person between the hours of nine o'clock a.m.
3 and nine o'clock p.m. on Monday and Tuesday of the third week
4 prior to the date on which such election is to be held.
5     Any otherwise qualified person who is absent from his
6 county of residence either due to business of the United States
7 or because he is temporarily outside the territorial limits of
8 the United States may become registered by mailing an
9 application to the county clerk within the periods of
10 registration provided for in this Article or by simultaneous
11 application for absentee registration and absentee ballot as
12 provided in Article 20 of this Code.
13     Upon receipt of such application the county clerk shall
14 immediately mail an affidavit of registration in duplicate,
15 which affidavit shall contain the following and such other
16 information as the State Board of Elections may think it proper
17 to require for the identification of the applicant:
18     Name. The name of the applicant, giving surname and first
19 or Christian name in full, and the middle name or the initial
20 for such middle name, if any.
21     Sex.
22     Residence. The name and number of the street, avenue or
23 other location of the dwelling, and such additional clear and
24 definite description as may be necessary to determine the exact
25 location of the dwelling of the applicant. Where the location
26 cannot be determined by street and number, then the Section,

 

 

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1 congressional township and range number may be used, or such
2 other information as may be necessary, including post office
3 mailing address.
4     Term of residence in the State of Illinois and the
5 precinct.
6     Nativity. The State or country in which the applicant was
7 born.
8     Citizenship. Whether the applicant is native born or
9 naturalized. If naturalized, the court, place and date of
10 naturalization.
11     Age. Date of birth, by month, day and year.
12     Out of State address of ..........................
13
AFFIDAVIT OF REGISTRATION
14 State of .........)  
15                  )ss
16 County of ........)
17     I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the
18 United States; that on the day of the next election I shall
19 have resided in the State of Illinois for 6 months and in the
20 election precinct 30 days; that I am fully qualified to vote,
21 that I am not registered to vote anywhere else in the United
22 States, that I intend to remain a resident of the State of
23 Illinois and of the election precinct, that I intend to return
24 to the State of Illinois, and that the above statements are
25 true.
26
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1
(His or her signature or mark)
2     Subscribed and sworn to before me, an officer qualified to
3 administer oaths, on (insert date).
4
........................................
5
Signature of officer administering oath.

 
6
7     Upon receipt of the executed duplicate affidavit of
8 Registration, the county clerk shall transfer the information
9 contained thereon to duplicate Registration Cards provided for
10 in Section 5-7 of this Article and shall attach thereto a copy
11 of each of the duplicate affidavit of registration and
12 thereafter such registration card and affidavit shall
13 constitute the registration of such person the same as if he
14 had applied for registration in person.
15 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
 
16     (10 ILCS 5/5-16.3)  (from Ch. 46, par. 5-16.3)
17     Sec. 5-16.3. The county clerk may establish temporary
18 places of registration for such times and at such locations
19 within the county as the county clerk may select. However, no
20 temporary place of registration may be in operation during the
21 27 days preceding an election. Notice of time and place of
22 registration at any such temporary place of registration under
23 this Section shall be published by the county clerk in a
24 newspaper having a general circulation in the county not less

 

 

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1 than 3 nor more than 15 days before the holding of such
2 registration.
3     Temporary places of registration shall be established so
4 that the areas of concentration of population or use by the
5 public are served, whether by facilities provided in places of
6 private business or in public buildings or in mobile units.
7 Areas which may be designated as temporary places of
8 registration include, but are not limited to, facilities
9 licensed or certified pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act or
10 the MR/DD Community Care Act, Soldiers' and Sailors' Homes,
11 shopping centers, business districts, public buildings and
12 county fairs.
13     Temporary places of registration shall be available to the
14 public not less than 2 hours per year for each 1,000 population
15 or fraction thereof in the county.
16     All temporary places of registration shall be manned by
17 deputy county clerks or deputy registrars appointed pursuant to
18 Section 5-16.2.
19 (Source: P.A. 92-816, eff. 8-21-02.)
 
20     (10 ILCS 5/6-50.3)  (from Ch. 46, par. 6-50.3)
21     Sec. 6-50.3. The board of election commissioners may
22 establish temporary places of registration for such times and
23 at such locations as the board may select. However, no
24 temporary place of registration may be in operation during the
25 27 days preceding an election. Notice of the time and place of

 

 

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1 registration at any such temporary place of registration under
2 this Section shall be published by the board of election
3 commissioners in a newspaper having a general circulation in
4 the city, village or incorporated town not less than 3 nor more
5 than 15 days before the holding of such registration.
6     Temporary places of registration shall be established so
7 that the areas of concentration of population or use by the
8 public are served, whether by facilities provided in places of
9 private business or in public buildings or in mobile units.
10 Areas which may be designated as temporary places of
11 registration include, but are not limited to facilities
12 licensed or certified pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act or
13 the MR/DD Community Care Act, Soldiers' and Sailors' Homes,
14 shopping centers, business districts, public buildings and
15 county fairs.
16     Temporary places of registration shall be available to the
17 public not less than 2 hours per year for each 1,000 population
18 or fraction thereof in the county.
19     All temporary places of registration shall be manned by
20 employees of the board of election commissioners or deputy
21 registrars appointed pursuant to Section 6-50.2.
22 (Source: P.A. 92-816, eff. 8-21-02.)
 
23     (10 ILCS 5/6-56)  (from Ch. 46, par. 6-56)
24     Sec. 6-56. Not more than 30 nor less than 28 days before
25 any election under this Article, all owners, managers,

 

 

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1 administrators or operators of hotels, lodging houses, rooming
2 houses, furnished apartments or facilities licensed or
3 certified under the Nursing Home Care Act, which house 4 or
4 more persons, outside the members of the family of such owner,
5 manager, administrator or operator, shall file with the board
6 of election commissioners a report, under oath, together with
7 one copy thereof, in such form as may be required by the board
8 of election commissioners, of the names and descriptions of all
9 lodgers, guests or residents claiming a voting residence at the
10 hotels, lodging houses, rooming houses, furnished apartments,
11 or facility licensed or certified under the Nursing Home Care
12 Act or the MR/DD Community Care Act under their control. In
13 counties having a population of 500,000 or more such report
14 shall be made on forms mailed to them by the board of election
15 commissioners. The board of election commissioners shall sort
16 and assemble the sworn copies of the reports in numerical order
17 according to ward and according to precincts within each ward
18 and shall, not later than 5 days after the last day allowed by
19 this Article for the filing of the reports, maintain one
20 assembled set of sworn duplicate reports available for public
21 inspection until 60 days after election days. Except as is
22 otherwise expressly provided in this Article, the board shall
23 not be required to perform any duties with respect to the sworn
24 reports other than to mail, sort, assemble, post and file them
25 as hereinabove provided.
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1 conducted by the Board of Election Commissioners prior to a
2 Primary or Election, the board of election commissioners shall
3 compare the original copy of each such report with the list of
4 registered voters from such addresses. Every person registered
5 from such address and not listed in such report or whose name
6 is different from any name so listed, shall immediately after
7 the last day of registration be sent a notice through the
8 United States mail, at the address appearing upon his
9 registration record card, requiring him to appear before the
10 board of election commissioners on one of the days specified in
11 Section 6-45 of this Article and show cause why his
12 registration should not be cancelled. The provisions of
13 Sections 6-45, 6-46 and 6-47 of this Article shall apply to
14 such hearing and proceedings subsequent thereto.
15     Any owner, manager or operator of any such hotel, lodging
16 house, rooming house or furnished apartment who shall fail or
17 neglect to file such statement and copy thereof as in this
18 Article provided, may, upon written information of the attorney
19 for the election commissioners, be cited by the election
20 commissioners or upon the complaint of any voter of such city,
21 village or incorporated town, to appear before them and furnish
22 such sworn statement and copy thereof and make such oral
23 statements under oath regarding such hotel, lodging house,
24 rooming house or furnished apartment, as the election
25 commissioners may require. The election commissioners shall
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1 preceding the week in which such election is to be held. Such
2 citation shall be served not later than the day preceding the
3 day on which it is returnable.
4 (Source: P.A. 86-820.)
 
5     (10 ILCS 5/19-4)   (from Ch. 46, par. 19-4)
6     Sec. 19-4. Mailing or delivery of ballots - Time.)
7 Immediately upon the receipt of such application either by
8 mail, not more than 40 days nor less than 5 days prior to such
9 election, or by personal delivery not more than 40 days nor
10 less than one day prior to such election, at the office of such
11 election authority, it shall be the duty of such election
12 authority to examine the records to ascertain whether or not
13 such applicant is lawfully entitled to vote as requested,
14 including a verification of the applicant's signature by
15 comparison with the signature on the official registration
16 record card, and if found so to be entitled to vote, to post
17 within one business day thereafter the name, street address,
18 ward and precinct number or township and district number, as
19 the case may be, of such applicant given on a list, the pages
20 of which are to be numbered consecutively to be kept by such
21 election authority for such purpose in a conspicuous, open and
22 public place accessible to the public at the entrance of the
23 office of such election authority, and in such a manner that
24 such list may be viewed without necessity of requesting
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1 other information of an applicant for an absentee ballot, the
2 election authority shall transmit that name and other posted
3 information to the State Board of Elections, which shall
4 maintain those names and other information in an electronic
5 format on its website, arranged by county and accessible to
6 State and local political committees. Within 2 business days
7 after posting a name and other information on the list within
8 its office, the election authority shall mail, postage prepaid,
9 or deliver in person in such office an official ballot or
10 ballots if more than one are to be voted at said election. Mail
11 delivery of Temporarily Absent Student ballot applications
12 pursuant to Section 19-12.3 shall be by nonforwardable mail.
13 However, for the consolidated election, absentee ballots for
14 certain precincts may be delivered to applicants not less than
15 25 days before the election if so much time is required to have
16 prepared and printed the ballots containing the names of
17 persons nominated for offices at the consolidated primary. The
18 election authority shall enclose with each absentee ballot or
19 application written instructions on how voting assistance
20 shall be provided pursuant to Section 17-14 and a document,
21 written and approved by the State Board of Elections,
22 enumerating the circumstances under which a person is
23 authorized to vote by absentee ballot pursuant to this Article;
24 such document shall also include a statement informing the
25 applicant that if he or she falsifies or is solicited by
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1 ballot, such applicant or other is subject to penalties
2 pursuant to Section 29-10 and Section 29-20 of the Election
3 Code. Each election authority shall maintain a list of the
4 name, street address, ward and precinct, or township and
5 district number, as the case may be, of all applicants who have
6 returned absentee ballots to such authority, and the name of
7 such absent voter shall be added to such list within one
8 business day from receipt of such ballot. If the absentee
9 ballot envelope indicates that the voter was assisted in
10 casting the ballot, the name of the person so assisting shall
11 be included on the list. The list, the pages of which are to be
12 numbered consecutively, shall be kept by each election
13 authority in a conspicuous, open, and public place accessible
14 to the public at the entrance of the office of the election
15 authority and in a manner that the list may be viewed without
16 necessity of requesting permission for viewing.
17     Each election authority shall maintain a list for each
18 election of the voters to whom it has issued absentee ballots.
19 The list shall be maintained for each precinct within the
20 jurisdiction of the election authority. Prior to the opening of
21 the polls on election day, the election authority shall deliver
22 to the judges of election in each precinct the list of
23 registered voters in that precinct to whom absentee ballots
24 have been issued by mail.
25     Each election authority shall maintain a list for each
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1 student ballots. The list shall be maintained for each election
2 jurisdiction within which such voters temporarily abide.
3 Immediately after the close of the period during which
4 application may be made by mail for absentee ballots, each
5 election authority shall mail to each other election authority
6 within the State a certified list of all such voters
7 temporarily abiding within the jurisdiction of the other
8 election authority.
9     In the event that the return address of an application for
10 ballot by a physically incapacitated elector is that of a
11 facility licensed or certified under the Nursing Home Care Act
12 or the MR/DD Community Care Act, within the jurisdiction of the
13 election authority, and the applicant is a registered voter in
14 the precinct in which such facility is located, the ballots
15 shall be prepared and transmitted to a responsible judge of
16 election no later than 9 a.m. on the Saturday, Sunday or Monday
17 immediately preceding the election as designated by the
18 election authority under Section 19-12.2. Such judge shall
19 deliver in person on the designated day the ballot to the
20 applicant on the premises of the facility from which
21 application was made. The election authority shall by mail
22 notify the applicant in such facility that the ballot will be
23 delivered by a judge of election on the designated day.
24     All applications for absentee ballots shall be available at
25 the office of the election authority for public inspection upon
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1 authority until 30 days after the election, except during the
2 time such applications are kept in the office of the election
3 authority pursuant to Section 19-7, and except during the time
4 such applications are in the possession of the judges of
5 election.
6 (Source: P.A. 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.)
 
7     (10 ILCS 5/19-12.1)  (from Ch. 46, par. 19-12.1)
8     Sec. 19-12.1. Any qualified elector who has secured an
9 Illinois Disabled Person Identification Card in accordance
10 with The Illinois Identification Card Act, indicating that the
11 person named thereon has a Class 1A or Class 2 disability or
12 any qualified voter who has a permanent physical incapacity of
13 such a nature as to make it improbable that he will be able to
14 be present at the polls at any future election, or any voter
15 who is a resident of a facility licensed or certified pursuant
16 to the Nursing Home Care Act or the MR/DD Community Care Act
17 and has a condition or disability of such a nature as to make
18 it improbable that he will be able to be present at the polls
19 at any future election, may secure a disabled voter's or
20 nursing home resident's identification card, which will enable
21 him to vote under this Article as a physically incapacitated or
22 nursing home voter.
23     Application for a disabled voter's or nursing home
24 resident's identification card shall be made either: (a) in
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1 board of election commissioners, as the case may be, and shall
2 be accompanied by the affidavit of the attending physician
3 specifically describing the nature of the physical incapacity
4 or the fact that the voter is a nursing home resident and is
5 physically unable to be present at the polls on election days;
6 or (b) by presenting, in writing or otherwise, to the county
7 clerk or board of election commissioners, as the case may be,
8 proof that the applicant has secured an Illinois Disabled
9 Person Identification Card indicating that the person named
10 thereon has a Class 1A or Class 2 disability. Upon the receipt
11 of either the sworn-to application and the physician's
12 affidavit or proof that the applicant has secured an Illinois
13 Disabled Person Identification Card indicating that the person
14 named thereon has a Class 1A or Class 2 disability, the county
15 clerk or board of election commissioners shall issue a disabled
16 voter's or nursing home resident's identification card. Such
17 identification cards shall be issued for a period of 5 years,
18 upon the expiration of which time the voter may secure a new
19 card by making application in the same manner as is prescribed
20 for the issuance of an original card, accompanied by a new
21 affidavit of the attending physician. The date of expiration of
22 such five-year period shall be made known to any interested
23 person by the election authority upon the request of such
24 person. Applications for the renewal of the identification
25 cards shall be mailed to the voters holding such cards not less
26 than 3 months prior to the date of expiration of the cards.

 

 

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1     Each disabled voter's or nursing home resident's
2 identification card shall bear an identification number, which
3 shall be clearly noted on the voter's original and duplicate
4 registration record cards. In the event the holder becomes
5 physically capable of resuming normal voting, he must surrender
6 his disabled voter's or nursing home resident's identification
7 card to the county clerk or board of election commissioners
8 before the next election.
9     The holder of a disabled voter's or nursing home resident's
10 identification card may make application by mail for an
11 official ballot within the time prescribed by Section 19-2.
12 Such application shall contain the same information as is
13 included in the form of application for ballot by a physically
14 incapacitated elector prescribed in Section 19-3 except that it
15 shall also include the applicant's disabled voter's
16 identification card number and except that it need not be sworn
17 to. If an examination of the records discloses that the
18 applicant is lawfully entitled to vote, he shall be mailed a
19 ballot as provided in Section 19-4. The ballot envelope shall
20 be the same as that prescribed in Section 19-5 for physically
21 disabled voters, and the manner of voting and returning the
22 ballot shall be the same as that provided in this Article for
23 other absentee ballots, except that a statement to be
24 subscribed to by the voter but which need not be sworn to shall
25 be placed on the ballot envelope in lieu of the affidavit
26 prescribed by Section 19-5.

 

 

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1     Any person who knowingly subscribes to a false statement in
2 connection with voting under this Section shall be guilty of a
3 Class A misdemeanor.
4     For the purposes of this Section, "nursing home resident"
5 includes a resident of a facility licensed under the MR/DD
6 Community Care Act.
7 (Source: P.A. 86-820; 86-875; 86-1028.)
 
8     (10 ILCS 5/19-12.2)  (from Ch. 46, par. 19-12.2)
9     Sec. 19-12.2. Voting by physically incapacitated electors
10 who have made proper application to the election authority not
11 later than 5 days before the regular primary and general
12 election of 1980 and before each election thereafter shall be
13 conducted on the premises of facilities licensed or certified
14 pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act or the MR/DD Community
15 Care Act for the sole benefit of residents of such facilities.
16 Such voting shall be conducted during any continuous period
17 sufficient to allow all applicants to cast their ballots
18 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. either on the Friday,
19 Saturday, Sunday or Monday immediately preceding the regular
20 election. This absentee voting on one of said days designated
21 by the election authority shall be supervised by two election
22 judges who must be selected by the election authority in the
23 following order of priority: (1) from the panel of judges
24 appointed for the precinct in which such facility is located,
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1 within the jurisdiction of the election authority in the same
2 ward or township, as the case may be, in which the facility is
3 located or, only in the case where a judge or judges from the
4 precinct, township or ward are unavailable to serve, (3) from a
5 panel of judges appointed for any other precinct within the
6 jurisdiction of the election authority. The two judges shall be
7 from different political parties. Not less than 30 days before
8 each regular election, the election authority shall have
9 arranged with the chief administrative officer of each facility
10 in his or its election jurisdiction a mutually convenient time
11 period on the Friday, Saturday, Sunday or Monday immediately
12 preceding the election for such voting on the premises of the
13 facility and shall post in a prominent place in his or its
14 office a notice of the agreed day and time period for
15 conducting such voting at each facility; provided that the
16 election authority shall not later than noon on the Thursday
17 before the election also post the names and addresses of those
18 facilities from which no applications were received and in
19 which no supervised absentee voting will be conducted. All
20 provisions of this Code applicable to pollwatchers shall be
21 applicable herein. To the maximum extent feasible, voting
22 booths or screens shall be provided to insure the privacy of
23 the voter. Voting procedures shall be as described in Article
24 17 of this Code, except that ballots shall be treated as
25 absentee ballots and shall not be counted until the close of
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1 concluded voting, the judges shall seal the ballots in an
2 envelope and affix their signatures across the flap of the
3 envelope. Immediately thereafter, the judges shall bring the
4 sealed envelope to the office of the election authority who
5 shall deliver such ballots to the election authority's central
6 ballot counting location prior to the closing of the polls on
7 the day of election. The judges of election shall also report
8 to the election authority the name of any applicant in the
9 facility who, due to unforeseen circumstance or condition or
10 because of a religious holiday, was unable to vote. In this
11 event, the election authority may appoint a qualified person
12 from his or its staff to deliver the ballot to such applicant
13 on the day of election. This staff person shall follow the same
14 procedures prescribed for judges conducting absentee voting in
15 such facilities and shall return the ballot to the central
16 ballot counting location before the polls close. However, if
17 the facility from which the application was made is also used
18 as a regular precinct polling place for that voter, voting
19 procedures heretofore prescribed may be implemented by 2 of the
20 election judges of opposite party affiliation assigned to that
21 polling place during the hours of voting on the day of the
22 election. Judges of election shall be compensated not less than
23 $25.00 for conducting absentee voting in such facilities.
24     Not less than 120 days before each regular election, the
25 Department of Public Health shall certify to the State Board of
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1 pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act or the MR/DD Community
2 Care Act, and shall indicate the approved bed capacity and the
3 name of the chief administrative officer of each such facility,
4 and the State Board of Elections shall certify the same to the
5 appropriate election authority within 20 days thereafter.
6 (Source: P.A. 94-1000, eff. 7-3-06.)
 
7     Section 90-4. The Illinois Act on the Aging is amended by
8 changing Section 4.08 as follows:
 
9     (20 ILCS 105/4.08)
10     Sec. 4.08. Rural and small town meals program. Subject to
11 appropriation, the Department may establish a program to ensure
12 the availability of congregate or home-delivered meals in
13 communities with populations of under 5,000 that are not
14 located within the large urban counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane,
15 Lake, or Will.
16     The Department may meet these requirements by entering into
17 agreements with Area Agencies on Aging or Department designees,
18 which shall in turn enter into grants or contractual agreements
19 with such local entities as restaurants, cafes, churches,
20 facilities licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act, the MR/DD
21 Community Care Act, the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act,
22 or the Hospital Licensing Act, facilities certified by the
23 Department of Healthcare and Family Services, senior centers,
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1     First consideration shall be given to entities that can
2 cost effectively meet the needs of seniors in the community by
3 preparing the food locally.
4     In no instance shall funds provided pursuant to this
5 Section be used to replace funds allocated to a given area or
6 program as of the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
7 95th General Assembly.
8     The Department shall establish guidelines and standards by
9 administrative rule, which shall include submission of an
10 expenditure plan by the recipient of the funds.
11 (Source: P.A. 95-68, eff. 8-13-07; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)"; and
 
12 on page 160, by replacing lines 7 through 9 with the following:
13 "health care worker registry under Section 3-206.01 of the
14 MR/DD Community Care Act Nursing Home Care Act the identity of
15 individuals against whom"; and
 
16 on page 161, by replacing lines 18 and 19 with the following:
17 "worker registry under Section 3-206.01 of the MR/DD Community
18 Care Act Nursing Home Care Act."; and
 
19 on page 167, by replacing lines 10 and 11 with the following:
20 "oversight as defined by the MR/DD Community Care Act Nursing
21 Home Care Act, for which placement arrangements"; and
 
22 on page 173, by replacing lines 8 and 9 with the following:

 

 

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1 "defined by the MR/DD Community Care Act Nursing Home Care Act,
2 or in designated community living situations or"; and
 
3 on page 181, by replacing lines 21 and 22 with the following:
4     ""MR/DD community care Long-term care facility". The term
5 "MR/DD community care long-term care facility", for the
6 purposes of this Article, means a skilled"; and
 
7 on page 181, by replacing lines 24 and 25 with the following:
8 "licensure by the Department of Public Health under the MR/DD
9 Community Care Act Nursing Home Care Act, an intermediate"; and
 
10 on page 204, by replacing lines 5 and 6 with the following:
11     "licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act;
12         3.5. Skilled and intermediate care facilities licensed
13     under the MR/DD Community Care Act;"; and
 
14 on page 206, line 2, before the comma, by inserting "or the
15 MR/DD Community Care Act"; and
 
16 on page 214, by replacing lines 25 and 26 with the following:
17 "care facilities licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act,
18 skilled or intermediate care facilities licensed under the
19 MR/DD Community Care Act, or nursing homes licensed under the";
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1 on page 220, by replacing lines 4 and 5 with the following:
2 "(i) licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act, (ii) licensed
3 under the MR/DD Community Care Act, or (iii) (ii) licensed
4 under the Hospital"; and
 
5 by deleting lines 17 through 24 on page 223 and line 1 on page
6 224; and
 
7 on page 287, after line 5, by inserting the following:
 
8     "Section 90-67. The Property Tax Code is amended by
9 changing Sections 15-168, 15-170, and 15-172 as follows:
 
10     (35 ILCS 200/15-168)
11     Sec. 15-168. Disabled persons' homestead exemption.
12     (a) Beginning with taxable year 2007, an annual homestead
13 exemption is granted to disabled persons in the amount of
14 $2,000, except as provided in subsection (c), to be deducted
15 from the property's value as equalized or assessed by the
16 Department of Revenue. The disabled person shall receive the
17 homestead exemption upon meeting the following requirements:
18         (1) The property must be occupied as the primary
19     residence by the disabled person.
20         (2) The disabled person must be liable for paying the
21     real estate taxes on the property.
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1     the property or have a legal or equitable interest in the
2     property as evidenced by a written instrument. In the case
3     of a leasehold interest in property, the lease must be for
4     a single family residence.
5     A person who is disabled during the taxable year is
6 eligible to apply for this homestead exemption during that
7 taxable year. Application must be made during the application
8 period in effect for the county of residence. If a homestead
9 exemption has been granted under this Section and the person
10 awarded the exemption subsequently becomes a resident of a
11 facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act or the MR/DD
12 Community Care Act, then the exemption shall continue (i) so
13 long as the residence continues to be occupied by the
14 qualifying person's spouse or (ii) if the residence remains
15 unoccupied but is still owned by the person qualified for the
16 homestead exemption.
17     (b) For the purposes of this Section, "disabled person"
18 means a person unable to engage in any substantial gainful
19 activity by reason of a medically determinable physical or
20 mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or
21 has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period
22 of not less than 12 months. Disabled persons filing claims
23 under this Act shall submit proof of disability in such form
24 and manner as the Department shall by rule and regulation
25 prescribe. Proof that a claimant is eligible to receive
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1 constitute proof of disability for purposes of this Act.
2 Issuance of an Illinois Disabled Person Identification Card
3 stating that the claimant is under a Class 2 disability, as
4 defined in Section 4A of The Illinois Identification Card Act,
5 shall constitute proof that the person named thereon is a
6 disabled person for purposes of this Act. A disabled person not
7 covered under the Federal Social Security Act and not
8 presenting a Disabled Person Identification Card stating that
9 the claimant is under a Class 2 disability shall be examined by
10 a physician designated by the Department, and his status as a
11 disabled person determined using the same standards as used by
12 the Social Security Administration. The costs of any required
13 examination shall be borne by the claimant.
14     (c) For land improved with (i) an apartment building owned
15 and operated as a cooperative or (ii) a life care facility as
16 defined under Section 2 of the Life Care Facilities Act that is
17 considered to be a cooperative, the maximum reduction from the
18 value of the property, as equalized or assessed by the
19 Department, shall be multiplied by the number of apartments or
20 units occupied by a disabled person. The disabled person shall
21 receive the homestead exemption upon meeting the following
22 requirements:
23         (1) The property must be occupied as the primary
24     residence by the disabled person.
25         (2) The disabled person must be liable by contract with
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1     property taxes on the property of the cooperative or life
2     care facility. In the case of a life care facility, the
3     disabled person must be liable for paying the apportioned
4     property taxes under a life care contract as defined in
5     Section 2 of the Life Care Facilities Act.
6         (3) The disabled person must be an owner of record of a
7     legal or equitable interest in the cooperative apartment
8     building. A leasehold interest does not meet this
9     requirement.
10 If a homestead exemption is granted under this subsection, the
11 cooperative association or management firm shall credit the
12 savings resulting from the exemption to the apportioned tax
13 liability of the qualifying disabled person. The chief county
14 assessment officer may request reasonable proof that the
15 association or firm has properly credited the exemption. A
16 person who willfully refuses to credit an exemption to the
17 qualified disabled person is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
18     (d) The chief county assessment officer shall determine the
19 eligibility of property to receive the homestead exemption
20 according to guidelines established by the Department. After a
21 person has received an exemption under this Section, an annual
22 verification of eligibility for the exemption shall be mailed
23 to the taxpayer.
24     In counties with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the
25 chief county assessment officer shall provide to each person
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1 designate any other person to receive a duplicate of any notice
2 of delinquency in the payment of taxes assessed and levied
3 under this Code on the person's qualifying property. The
4 duplicate notice shall be in addition to the notice required to
5 be provided to the person receiving the exemption and shall be
6 given in the manner required by this Code. The person filing
7 the request for the duplicate notice shall pay an
8 administrative fee of $5 to the chief county assessment
9 officer. The assessment officer shall then file the executed
10 designation with the county collector, who shall issue the
11 duplicate notices as indicated by the designation. A
12 designation may be rescinded by the disabled person in the
13 manner required by the chief county assessment officer.
14     (e) A taxpayer who claims an exemption under Section 15-165
15 or 15-169 may not claim an exemption under this Section.
16 (Source: P.A. 95-644, eff. 10-12-07.)
 
17     (35 ILCS 200/15-170)
18     Sec. 15-170. Senior Citizens Homestead Exemption. An
19 annual homestead exemption limited, except as described here
20 with relation to cooperatives or life care facilities, to a
21 maximum reduction set forth below from the property's value, as
22 equalized or assessed by the Department, is granted for
23 property that is occupied as a residence by a person 65 years
24 of age or older who is liable for paying real estate taxes on
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1 legal or equitable interest therein as evidenced by a written
2 instrument, except for a leasehold interest, other than a
3 leasehold interest of land on which a single family residence
4 is located, which is occupied as a residence by a person 65
5 years or older who has an ownership interest therein, legal,
6 equitable or as a lessee, and on which he or she is liable for
7 the payment of property taxes. Before taxable year 2004, the
8 maximum reduction shall be $2,500 in counties with 3,000,000 or
9 more inhabitants and $2,000 in all other counties. For taxable
10 years 2004 through 2005, the maximum reduction shall be $3,000
11 in all counties. For taxable years 2006 and 2007, the maximum
12 reduction shall be $3,500 and, for taxable years 2008 and
13 thereafter, the maximum reduction is $4,000 in all counties.
14     For land improved with an apartment building owned and
15 operated as a cooperative, the maximum reduction from the value
16 of the property, as equalized by the Department, shall be
17 multiplied by the number of apartments or units occupied by a
18 person 65 years of age or older who is liable, by contract with
19 the owner or owners of record, for paying property taxes on the
20 property and is an owner of record of a legal or equitable
21 interest in the cooperative apartment building, other than a
22 leasehold interest. For land improved with a life care
23 facility, the maximum reduction from the value of the property,
24 as equalized by the Department, shall be multiplied by the
25 number of apartments or units occupied by persons 65 years of
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1 leasehold interest in the facility, who are liable, under a
2 contract with the owner or owners of record of the facility,
3 for paying property taxes on the property. In a cooperative or
4 a life care facility where a homestead exemption has been
5 granted, the cooperative association or the management firm of
6 the cooperative or facility shall credit the savings resulting
7 from that exemption only to the apportioned tax liability of
8 the owner or resident who qualified for the exemption. Any
9 person who willfully refuses to so credit the savings shall be
10 guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. Under this Section and
11 Sections 15-175, 15-176, and 15-177, "life care facility" means
12 a facility, as defined in Section 2 of the Life Care Facilities
13 Act, with which the applicant for the homestead exemption has a
14 life care contract as defined in that Act.
15     When a homestead exemption has been granted under this
16 Section and the person qualifying subsequently becomes a
17 resident of a facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act
18 or the MR/DD Community Care Act, the exemption shall continue
19 so long as the residence continues to be occupied by the
20 qualifying person's spouse if the spouse is 65 years of age or
21 older, or if the residence remains unoccupied but is still
22 owned by the person qualified for the homestead exemption.
23     A person who will be 65 years of age during the current
24 assessment year shall be eligible to apply for the homestead
25 exemption during that assessment year. Application shall be
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1 his residence.
2     Beginning with assessment year 2003, for taxes payable in
3 2004, property that is first occupied as a residence after
4 January 1 of any assessment year by a person who is eligible
5 for the senior citizens homestead exemption under this Section
6 must be granted a pro-rata exemption for the assessment year.
7 The amount of the pro-rata exemption is the exemption allowed
8 in the county under this Section divided by 365 and multiplied
9 by the number of days during the assessment year the property
10 is occupied as a residence by a person eligible for the
11 exemption under this Section. The chief county assessment
12 officer must adopt reasonable procedures to establish
13 eligibility for this pro-rata exemption.
14     The assessor or chief county assessment officer may
15 determine the eligibility of a life care facility to receive
16 the benefits provided by this Section, by affidavit,
17 application, visual inspection, questionnaire or other
18 reasonable methods in order to insure that the tax savings
19 resulting from the exemption are credited by the management
20 firm to the apportioned tax liability of each qualifying
21 resident. The assessor may request reasonable proof that the
22 management firm has so credited the exemption.
23     The chief county assessment officer of each county with
24 less than 3,000,000 inhabitants shall provide to each person
25 allowed a homestead exemption under this Section a form to
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1 of delinquency in the payment of taxes assessed and levied
2 under this Code on the property of the person receiving the
3 exemption. The duplicate notice shall be in addition to the
4 notice required to be provided to the person receiving the
5 exemption, and shall be given in the manner required by this
6 Code. The person filing the request for the duplicate notice
7 shall pay a fee of $5 to cover administrative costs to the
8 supervisor of assessments, who shall then file the executed
9 designation with the county collector. Notwithstanding any
10 other provision of this Code to the contrary, the filing of
11 such an executed designation requires the county collector to
12 provide duplicate notices as indicated by the designation. A
13 designation may be rescinded by the person who executed such
14 designation at any time, in the manner and form required by the
15 chief county assessment officer.
16     The assessor or chief county assessment officer may
17 determine the eligibility of residential property to receive
18 the homestead exemption provided by this Section by
19 application, visual inspection, questionnaire or other
20 reasonable methods. The determination shall be made in
21 accordance with guidelines established by the Department.
22     In counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the
23 county board may by resolution provide that if a person has
24 been granted a homestead exemption under this Section, the
25 person qualifying need not reapply for the exemption.
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1 assessor or chief county assessment officer requires annual
2 application for verification of eligibility for an exemption
3 once granted under this Section, the application shall be
4 mailed to the taxpayer.
5     The assessor or chief county assessment officer shall
6 notify each person who qualifies for an exemption under this
7 Section that the person may also qualify for deferral of real
8 estate taxes under the Senior Citizens Real Estate Tax Deferral
9 Act. The notice shall set forth the qualifications needed for
10 deferral of real estate taxes, the address and telephone number
11 of county collector, and a statement that applications for
12 deferral of real estate taxes may be obtained from the county
13 collector.
14     Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 of the State Mandates Act,
15 no reimbursement by the State is required for the
16 implementation of any mandate created by this Section.
17 (Source: P.A. 94-794, eff. 5-22-06; 95-644, eff. 10-12-07;
18 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)
 
19     (35 ILCS 200/15-172)
20     Sec. 15-172. Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze Homestead
21 Exemption.
22     (a) This Section may be cited as the Senior Citizens
23 Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption.
24     (b) As used in this Section:
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1 application under this Section.
2     "Base amount" means the base year equalized assessed value
3 of the residence plus the first year's equalized assessed value
4 of any added improvements which increased the assessed value of
5 the residence after the base year.
6     "Base year" means the taxable year prior to the taxable
7 year for which the applicant first qualifies and applies for
8 the exemption provided that in the prior taxable year the
9 property was improved with a permanent structure that was
10 occupied as a residence by the applicant who was liable for
11 paying real property taxes on the property and who was either
12 (i) an owner of record of the property or had legal or
13 equitable interest in the property as evidenced by a written
14 instrument or (ii) had a legal or equitable interest as a
15 lessee in the parcel of property that was single family
16 residence. If in any subsequent taxable year for which the
17 applicant applies and qualifies for the exemption the equalized
18 assessed value of the residence is less than the equalized
19 assessed value in the existing base year (provided that such
20 equalized assessed value is not based on an assessed value that
21 results from a temporary irregularity in the property that
22 reduces the assessed value for one or more taxable years), then
23 that subsequent taxable year shall become the base year until a
24 new base year is established under the terms of this paragraph.
25 For taxable year 1999 only, the Chief County Assessment Officer
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1 applied and qualified for the exemption and (ii) the existing
2 base year. The assessment officer shall select as the new base
3 year the year with the lowest equalized assessed value. An
4 equalized assessed value that is based on an assessed value
5 that results from a temporary irregularity in the property that
6 reduces the assessed value for one or more taxable years shall
7 not be considered the lowest equalized assessed value. The
8 selected year shall be the base year for taxable year 1999 and
9 thereafter until a new base year is established under the terms
10 of this paragraph.
11     "Chief County Assessment Officer" means the County
12 Assessor or Supervisor of Assessments of the county in which
13 the property is located.
14     "Equalized assessed value" means the assessed value as
15 equalized by the Illinois Department of Revenue.
16     "Household" means the applicant, the spouse of the
17 applicant, and all persons using the residence of the applicant
18 as their principal place of residence.
19     "Household income" means the combined income of the members
20 of a household for the calendar year preceding the taxable
21 year.
22     "Income" has the same meaning as provided in Section 3.07
23 of the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief
24 and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, except that, beginning in
25 assessment year 2001, "income" does not include veteran's
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1     "Internal Revenue Code of 1986" means the United States
2 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any successor law or laws
3 relating to federal income taxes in effect for the year
4 preceding the taxable year.
5     "Life care facility that qualifies as a cooperative" means
6 a facility as defined in Section 2 of the Life Care Facilities
7 Act.
8     "Maximum income limitation" means:
9         (1) $35,000 prior to taxable year 1999;
10         (2) $40,000 in taxable years 1999 through 2003;
11         (3) $45,000 in taxable years 2004 through 2005;
12         (4) $50,000 in taxable years 2006 and 2007; and
13         (5) $55,000 in taxable year 2008 and thereafter.
14     "Residence" means the principal dwelling place and
15 appurtenant structures used for residential purposes in this
16 State occupied on January 1 of the taxable year by a household
17 and so much of the surrounding land, constituting the parcel
18 upon which the dwelling place is situated, as is used for
19 residential purposes. If the Chief County Assessment Officer
20 has established a specific legal description for a portion of
21 property constituting the residence, then that portion of
22 property shall be deemed the residence for the purposes of this
23 Section.
24     "Taxable year" means the calendar year during which ad
25 valorem property taxes payable in the next succeeding year are
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1     (c) Beginning in taxable year 1994, a senior citizens
2 assessment freeze homestead exemption is granted for real
3 property that is improved with a permanent structure that is
4 occupied as a residence by an applicant who (i) is 65 years of
5 age or older during the taxable year, (ii) has a household
6 income that does not exceed the maximum income limitation,
7 (iii) is liable for paying real property taxes on the property,
8 and (iv) is an owner of record of the property or has a legal or
9 equitable interest in the property as evidenced by a written
10 instrument. This homestead exemption shall also apply to a
11 leasehold interest in a parcel of property improved with a
12 permanent structure that is a single family residence that is
13 occupied as a residence by a person who (i) is 65 years of age
14 or older during the taxable year, (ii) has a household income
15 that does not exceed the maximum income limitation, (iii) has a
16 legal or equitable ownership interest in the property as
17 lessee, and (iv) is liable for the payment of real property
18 taxes on that property.
19     In counties of 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, the amount of
20 the exemption for all taxable years is the equalized assessed
21 value of the residence in the taxable year for which
22 application is made minus the base amount. In all other
23 counties, the amount of the exemption is as follows: (i)
24 through taxable year 2005 and for taxable year 2007 and
25 thereafter, the amount of this exemption shall be the equalized
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1 application is made minus the base amount; and (ii) for taxable
2 year 2006, the amount of the exemption is as follows:
3         (1) For an applicant who has a household income of
4     $45,000 or less, the amount of the exemption is the
5     equalized assessed value of the residence in the taxable
6     year for which application is made minus the base amount.
7         (2) For an applicant who has a household income
8     exceeding $45,000 but not exceeding $46,250, the amount of
9     the exemption is (i) the equalized assessed value of the
10     residence in the taxable year for which application is made
11     minus the base amount (ii) multiplied by 0.8.
12         (3) For an applicant who has a household income
13     exceeding $46,250 but not exceeding $47,500, the amount of
14     the exemption is (i) the equalized assessed value of the
15     residence in the taxable year for which application is made
16     minus the base amount (ii) multiplied by 0.6.
17         (4) For an applicant who has a household income
18     exceeding $47,500 but not exceeding $48,750, the amount of
19     the exemption is (i) the equalized assessed value of the
20     residence in the taxable year for which application is made
21     minus the base amount (ii) multiplied by 0.4.
22         (5) For an applicant who has a household income
23     exceeding $48,750 but not exceeding $50,000, the amount of
24     the exemption is (i) the equalized assessed value of the
25     residence in the taxable year for which application is made
26     minus the base amount (ii) multiplied by 0.2.

 

 

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1     When the applicant is a surviving spouse of an applicant
2 for a prior year for the same residence for which an exemption
3 under this Section has been granted, the base year and base
4 amount for that residence are the same as for the applicant for
5 the prior year.
6     Each year at the time the assessment books are certified to
7 the County Clerk, the Board of Review or Board of Appeals shall
8 give to the County Clerk a list of the assessed values of
9 improvements on each parcel qualifying for this exemption that
10 were added after the base year for this parcel and that
11 increased the assessed value of the property.
12     In the case of land improved with an apartment building
13 owned and operated as a cooperative or a building that is a
14 life care facility that qualifies as a cooperative, the maximum
15 reduction from the equalized assessed value of the property is
16 limited to the sum of the reductions calculated for each unit
17 occupied as a residence by a person or persons (i) 65 years of
18 age or older, (ii) with a household income that does not exceed
19 the maximum income limitation, (iii) who is liable, by contract
20 with the owner or owners of record, for paying real property
21 taxes on the property, and (iv) who is an owner of record of a
22 legal or equitable interest in the cooperative apartment
23 building, other than a leasehold interest. In the instance of a
24 cooperative where a homestead exemption has been granted under
25 this Section, the cooperative association or its management
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1 only to the apportioned tax liability of the owner who
2 qualified for the exemption. Any person who willfully refuses
3 to credit that savings to an owner who qualifies for the
4 exemption is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
5     When a homestead exemption has been granted under this
6 Section and an applicant then becomes a resident of a facility
7 licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act or the MR/DD Community
8 Care Act, the exemption shall be granted in subsequent years so
9 long as the residence (i) continues to be occupied by the
10 qualified applicant's spouse or (ii) if remaining unoccupied,
11 is still owned by the qualified applicant for the homestead
12 exemption.
13     Beginning January 1, 1997, when an individual dies who
14 would have qualified for an exemption under this Section, and
15 the surviving spouse does not independently qualify for this
16 exemption because of age, the exemption under this Section
17 shall be granted to the surviving spouse for the taxable year
18 preceding and the taxable year of the death, provided that,
19 except for age, the surviving spouse meets all other
20 qualifications for the granting of this exemption for those
21 years.
22     When married persons maintain separate residences, the
23 exemption provided for in this Section may be claimed by only
24 one of such persons and for only one residence.
25     For taxable year 1994 only, in counties having less than
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1 submit an application by February 15, 1995 to the Chief County
2 Assessment Officer of the county in which the property is
3 located. In counties having 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, for
4 taxable year 1994 and all subsequent taxable years, to receive
5 the exemption, a person may submit an application to the Chief
6 County Assessment Officer of the county in which the property
7 is located during such period as may be specified by the Chief
8 County Assessment Officer. The Chief County Assessment Officer
9 in counties of 3,000,000 or more inhabitants shall annually
10 give notice of the application period by mail or by
11 publication. In counties having less than 3,000,000
12 inhabitants, beginning with taxable year 1995 and thereafter,
13 to receive the exemption, a person shall submit an application
14 by July 1 of each taxable year to the Chief County Assessment
15 Officer of the county in which the property is located. A
16 county may, by ordinance, establish a date for submission of
17 applications that is different than July 1. The applicant shall
18 submit with the application an affidavit of the applicant's
19 total household income, age, marital status (and if married the
20 name and address of the applicant's spouse, if known), and
21 principal dwelling place of members of the household on January
22 1 of the taxable year. The Department shall establish, by rule,
23 a method for verifying the accuracy of affidavits filed by
24 applicants under this Section, and the Chief County Assessment
25 Officer may conduct audits of any taxpayer claiming an
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1 eligible to receive the exemption. Each application shall
2 contain or be verified by a written declaration that it is made
3 under the penalties of perjury. A taxpayer's signing a
4 fraudulent application under this Act is perjury, as defined in
5 Section 32-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961. The applications
6 shall be clearly marked as applications for the Senior Citizens
7 Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption and must contain a notice
8 that any taxpayer who receives the exemption is subject to an
9 audit by the Chief County Assessment Officer.
10     Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, in
11 counties having fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants, if an
12 applicant fails to file the application required by this
13 Section in a timely manner and this failure to file is due to a
14 mental or physical condition sufficiently severe so as to
15 render the applicant incapable of filing the application in a
16 timely manner, the Chief County Assessment Officer may extend
17 the filing deadline for a period of 30 days after the applicant
18 regains the capability to file the application, but in no case
19 may the filing deadline be extended beyond 3 months of the
20 original filing deadline. In order to receive the extension
21 provided in this paragraph, the applicant shall provide the
22 Chief County Assessment Officer with a signed statement from
23 the applicant's physician stating the nature and extent of the
24 condition, that, in the physician's opinion, the condition was
25 so severe that it rendered the applicant incapable of filing
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1 applicant regained the capability to file the application.
2     Beginning January 1, 1998, notwithstanding any other
3 provision to the contrary, in counties having fewer than
4 3,000,000 inhabitants, if an applicant fails to file the
5 application required by this Section in a timely manner and
6 this failure to file is due to a mental or physical condition
7 sufficiently severe so as to render the applicant incapable of
8 filing the application in a timely manner, the Chief County
9 Assessment Officer may extend the filing deadline for a period
10 of 3 months. In order to receive the extension provided in this
11 paragraph, the applicant shall provide the Chief County
12 Assessment Officer with a signed statement from the applicant's
13 physician stating the nature and extent of the condition, and
14 that, in the physician's opinion, the condition was so severe
15 that it rendered the applicant incapable of filing the
16 application in a timely manner.
17     In counties having less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, if an
18 applicant was denied an exemption in taxable year 1994 and the
19 denial occurred due to an error on the part of an assessment
20 official, or his or her agent or employee, then beginning in
21 taxable year 1997 the applicant's base year, for purposes of
22 determining the amount of the exemption, shall be 1993 rather
23 than 1994. In addition, in taxable year 1997, the applicant's
24 exemption shall also include an amount equal to (i) the amount
25 of any exemption denied to the applicant in taxable year 1995
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1 (ii) the amount of any exemption denied to the applicant in
2 taxable year 1996 as a result of using 1994, rather than 1993,
3 as the base year, and (iii) the amount of the exemption
4 erroneously denied for taxable year 1994.
5     For purposes of this Section, a person who will be 65 years
6 of age during the current taxable year shall be eligible to
7 apply for the homestead exemption during that taxable year.
8 Application shall be made during the application period in
9 effect for the county of his or her residence.
10     The Chief County Assessment Officer may determine the
11 eligibility of a life care facility that qualifies as a
12 cooperative to receive the benefits provided by this Section by
13 use of an affidavit, application, visual inspection,
14 questionnaire, or other reasonable method in order to insure
15 that the tax savings resulting from the exemption are credited
16 by the management firm to the apportioned tax liability of each
17 qualifying resident. The Chief County Assessment Officer may
18 request reasonable proof that the management firm has so
19 credited that exemption.
20     Except as provided in this Section, all information
21 received by the chief county assessment officer or the
22 Department from applications filed under this Section, or from
23 any investigation conducted under the provisions of this
24 Section, shall be confidential, except for official purposes or
25 pursuant to official procedures for collection of any State or
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1 sanction imposed by this Act or by any statute or ordinance
2 imposing a State or local tax. Any person who divulges any such
3 information in any manner, except in accordance with a proper
4 judicial order, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
5     Nothing contained in this Section shall prevent the
6 Director or chief county assessment officer from publishing or
7 making available reasonable statistics concerning the
8 operation of the exemption contained in this Section in which
9 the contents of claims are grouped into aggregates in such a
10 way that information contained in any individual claim shall
11 not be disclosed.
12     (d) Each Chief County Assessment Officer shall annually
13 publish a notice of availability of the exemption provided
14 under this Section. The notice shall be published at least 60
15 days but no more than 75 days prior to the date on which the
16 application must be submitted to the Chief County Assessment
17 Officer of the county in which the property is located. The
18 notice shall appear in a newspaper of general circulation in
19 the county.
20     Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 of the State Mandates Act,
21 no reimbursement by the State is required for the
22 implementation of any mandate created by this Section.
23 (Source: P.A. 94-794, eff. 5-22-06; 95-644, eff. 10-12-07.)";
24 and
 
25 on page 303, after line 3, by inserting the following:
 

 

 

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1     "Section 90-73. The Alternative Health Care Delivery Act is
2 amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
 
3     (210 ILCS 3/15)
4     Sec. 15. License required. No health care facility or
5 program that meets the definition and scope of an alternative
6 health care model shall operate as such unless it is a
7 participant in a demonstration program under this Act and
8 licensed by the Department as an alternative health care model.
9 The provisions of this Section as they relate to subacute care
10 hospitals shall not apply to hospitals licensed under the
11 Illinois Hospital Licensing Act or skilled nursing facilities
12 licensed under the Illinois Nursing Home Care Act or the MR/DD
13 Community Care Act; provided, however, that the facilities
14 shall not hold themselves out to the public as subacute care
15 hospitals. The provisions of this Act concerning children's
16 respite care centers shall not apply to any facility licensed
17 under the Hospital Licensing Act, the Nursing Home Care Act,
18 the MR/DD Community Care Act, or the University of Illinois
19 Hospital Act that provides respite care services to children.
20 (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)"; and
 
21 on page 305, line 9, by replacing "75" with "145"; and
 
22 on page 307, by replacing lines 2 through 4 with the following:

 

 

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1 "MR/DD Community Care Act. However, a long term care facility
2 licensed under either of those Acts may convert distinct parts
3 of the facility to assisted living. If the long term care
4 facility elects to"; and
 
5 on page 312, by replacing lines 7 through 9 with the following:
6 "MR/DD Community Care Act. A long term care facility licensed
7 under either of those Acts may, however, convert sections of
8 the facility to assisted living. If the long term care facility
9 elects to do so, the"; and
 
10 by replacing lines 16 through 25 on page 317, all of pages 318
11 through 321, and lines 1 and 2 on page 322 with the following:
 
12     "(210 ILCS 9/145)
13     Sec. 145. Conversion of facilities. Entities licensed as
14 facilities under the Nursing Home Care Act or the MR/DD
15 Community Care Act may elect to convert to a license under this
16 Act. Any facility that chooses to convert, in whole or in part,
17 shall follow the requirements in the Nursing Home Care Act or
18 the MR/DD Community Care Act, as applicable, and rules
19 promulgated under those Acts that Act regarding voluntary
20 closure and notice to residents. Any conversion of existing
21 beds licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act or the MR/DD
22 Community Care Act to licensure under this Act is exempt from
23 review by the Health Facilities Planning Board.

 

 

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1 (Source: P.A. 91-656, eff. 1-1-01.)"; and
 
2 on page 332, line 23, by replacing "1-113, 3-202.5, and 3-206"
3 with "1-113 and 3-202.5"; and
 
4 on page 333, by replacing lines 10 and 11 with the following:
5 "includes skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care
6 facilities as those terms are defined in"; and
 
7 on page 335, by replacing lines 6 through 8 with the following:
8         "(12) A facility licensed under the MR/DD Community
9     Care Act."; and
 
10 by deleting lines 14 through 25 on page 341, all of pages 342
11 through 345, and lines 1 through 5 on page 346; and
 
12 on page 357, line 11, by replacing "and" with "facilities
13 licensed under the MR/DD Community Care Act, and"; and
 
14 on page 369, lines 9 and 10, by deleting "or the MR/DD
15 Community Care Act"; and
 
16 on page 369, line 23, after the period, by inserting "The term
17 also means any facility licensed under the MR/DD Community Care
18 Act."; and
 

 

 

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1 on page 391, line 24, by deleting "5B-8,"; and
 
2 by deleting lines 19 through 25 on page 406, all of pages 407
3 and 408, and lines 1 through 4 on page 409; and
 
4 on page 414, after line 12, by inserting the following:
 
5     "Section 90-157. The Elder Abuse and Neglect Act is amended
6 by changing Section 2 as follows:
 
7     (320 ILCS 20/2)  (from Ch. 23, par. 6602)
8     Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the
9 context requires otherwise:
10     (a) "Abuse" means causing any physical, mental or sexual
11 injury to an eligible adult, including exploitation of such
12 adult's financial resources.
13     Nothing in this Act shall be construed to mean that an
14 eligible adult is a victim of abuse, neglect, or self-neglect
15 for the sole reason that he or she is being furnished with or
16 relies upon treatment by spiritual means through prayer alone,
17 in accordance with the tenets and practices of a recognized
18 church or religious denomination.
19     Nothing in this Act shall be construed to mean that an
20 eligible adult is a victim of abuse because of health care
21 services provided or not provided by licensed health care
22 professionals.

 

 

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1     (a-5) "Abuser" means a person who abuses, neglects, or
2 financially exploits an eligible adult.
3     (a-7) "Caregiver" means a person who either as a result of
4 a family relationship, voluntarily, or in exchange for
5 compensation has assumed responsibility for all or a portion of
6 the care of an eligible adult who needs assistance with
7 activities of daily living.
8     (b) "Department" means the Department on Aging of the State
9 of Illinois.
10     (c) "Director" means the Director of the Department.
11     (d) "Domestic living situation" means a residence where the
12 eligible adult lives alone or with his or her family or a
13 caregiver, or others, or a board and care home or other
14 community-based unlicensed facility, but is not:
15         (1) A licensed facility as defined in Section 1-113 of
16     the Nursing Home Care Act;
17         (1.5) A facility licensed under the MR/DD Community
18     Care Act;
19         (2) A "life care facility" as defined in the Life Care
20     Facilities Act;
21         (3) A home, institution, or other place operated by the
22     federal government or agency thereof or by the State of
23     Illinois;
24         (4) A hospital, sanitarium, or other institution, the
25     principal activity or business of which is the diagnosis,
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1     maintenance and operation of organized facilities
2     therefor, which is required to be licensed under the
3     Hospital Licensing Act;
4         (5) A "community living facility" as defined in the
5     Community Living Facilities Licensing Act;
6         (6) A "community residential alternative" as defined
7     in the Community Residential Alternatives Licensing Act;
8         (7) A "community-integrated living arrangement" as
9     defined in the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements
10     Licensure and Certification Act;
11         (8) An assisted living or shared housing establishment
12     as defined in the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act;
13     or
14         (9) A supportive living facility as described in
15     Section 5-5.01a of the Illinois Public Aid Code.
16     (e) "Eligible adult" means a person 60 years of age or
17 older who resides in a domestic living situation and is, or is
18 alleged to be, abused, neglected, or financially exploited by
19 another individual or who neglects himself or herself.
20     (f) "Emergency" means a situation in which an eligible
21 adult is living in conditions presenting a risk of death or
22 physical, mental or sexual injury and the provider agency has
23 reason to believe the eligible adult is unable to consent to
24 services which would alleviate that risk.
25     (f-5) "Mandated reporter" means any of the following
26 persons while engaged in carrying out their professional

 

 

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1 duties:
2         (1) a professional or professional's delegate while
3     engaged in: (i) social services, (ii) law enforcement,
4     (iii) education, (iv) the care of an eligible adult or
5     eligible adults, or (v) any of the occupations required to
6     be licensed under the Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act,
7     the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act, the
8     Illinois Dental Practice Act, the Dietetic and Nutrition
9     Services Practice Act, the Marriage and Family Therapy
10     Licensing Act, the Medical Practice Act of 1987, the
11     Naprapathic Practice Act, the Nurse Practice Act, the
12     Nursing Home Administrators Licensing and Disciplinary
13     Act, the Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act, the
14     Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987, the Pharmacy
15     Practice Act, the Illinois Physical Therapy Act, the
16     Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987, the Podiatric
17     Medical Practice Act of 1987, the Respiratory Care Practice
18     Act, the Professional Counselor and Clinical Professional
19     Counselor Licensing Act, the Illinois Speech-Language
20     Pathology and Audiology Practice Act, the Veterinary
21     Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 2004, and the Illinois
22     Public Accounting Act;
23         (2) an employee of a vocational rehabilitation
24     facility prescribed or supervised by the Department of
25     Human Services;
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1     services in or through an unlicensed community based
2     facility;
3         (4) any religious practitioner who provides treatment
4     by prayer or spiritual means alone in accordance with the
5     tenets and practices of a recognized church or religious
6     denomination, except as to information received in any
7     confession or sacred communication enjoined by the
8     discipline of the religious denomination to be held
9     confidential;
10         (5) field personnel of the Department of Healthcare and
11     Family Services, Department of Public Health, and
12     Department of Human Services, and any county or municipal
13     health department;
14         (6) personnel of the Department of Human Services, the
15     Guardianship and Advocacy Commission, the State Fire
16     Marshal, local fire departments, the Department on Aging
17     and its subsidiary Area Agencies on Aging and provider
18     agencies, and the Office of State Long Term Care Ombudsman;
19         (7) any employee of the State of Illinois not otherwise
20     specified herein who is involved in providing services to
21     eligible adults, including professionals providing medical
22     or rehabilitation services and all other persons having
23     direct contact with eligible adults;
24         (8) a person who performs the duties of a coroner or
25     medical examiner; or
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1     an emergency medical technician.
2     (g) "Neglect" means another individual's failure to
3 provide an eligible adult with or willful withholding from an
4 eligible adult the necessities of life including, but not
5 limited to, food, clothing, shelter or health care. This
6 subsection does not create any new affirmative duty to provide
7 support to eligible adults. Nothing in this Act shall be
8 construed to mean that an eligible adult is a victim of neglect
9 because of health care services provided or not provided by
10 licensed health care professionals.
11     (h) "Provider agency" means any public or nonprofit agency
12 in a planning and service area appointed by the regional
13 administrative agency with prior approval by the Department on
14 Aging to receive and assess reports of alleged or suspected
15 abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation.
16     (i) "Regional administrative agency" means any public or
17 nonprofit agency in a planning and service area so designated
18 by the Department, provided that the designated Area Agency on
19 Aging shall be designated the regional administrative agency if
20 it so requests. The Department shall assume the functions of
21 the regional administrative agency for any planning and service
22 area where another agency is not so designated.
23     (i-5) "Self-neglect" means a condition that is the result
24 of an eligible adult's inability, due to physical or mental
25 impairments, or both, or a diminished capacity, to perform
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1 her own health, including: providing essential food, clothing,
2 shelter, and health care; and obtaining goods and services
3 necessary to maintain physical health, mental health,
4 emotional well-being, and general safety.
5     (j) "Substantiated case" means a reported case of alleged
6 or suspected abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, or
7 self-neglect in which a provider agency, after assessment,
8 determines that there is reason to believe abuse, neglect, or
9 financial exploitation has occurred.
10 (Source: P.A. 94-1064, eff. 1-1-07; 95-639, eff. 10-5-07;
11 95-689, eff. 10-29-07; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)
 
12     Section 90-158. The Older Adult Services Act is amended by
13 changing Section 10 as follows:
 
14     (320 ILCS 42/10)
15     Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act:
16     "Advisory Committee" means the Older Adult Services
17 Advisory Committee.
18     "Certified nursing home" means any nursing home licensed
19 under the Nursing Home Care Act or the MR/DD Community Care Act
20 and certified under Title XIX of the Social Security Act to
21 participate as a vendor in the medical assistance program under
22 Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code.
23     "Comprehensive case management" means the assessment of
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1 older adult or the older adult's designated representative and
2 the arrangement, coordination, and monitoring of an optimum
3 package of services to meet the needs of the older adult.
4     "Consumer-directed" means decisions made by an informed
5 older adult from available services and care options, which may
6 range from independently making all decisions and managing
7 services directly to limited participation in decision-making,
8 based upon the functional and cognitive level of the older
9 adult.
10     "Coordinated point of entry" means an integrated access
11 point where consumers receive information and assistance,
12 assessment of needs, care planning, referral, assistance in
13 completing applications, authorization of services where
14 permitted, and follow-up to ensure that referrals and services
15 are accessed.
16     "Department" means the Department on Aging, in
17 collaboration with the departments of Public Health and
18 Healthcare and Family Services and other relevant agencies and
19 in consultation with the Advisory Committee, except as
20 otherwise provided.
21     "Departments" means the Department on Aging, the
22 departments of Public Health and Healthcare and Family
23 Services, and other relevant agencies in collaboration with
24 each other and in consultation with the Advisory Committee,
25 except as otherwise provided.
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1 individual who is an uncompensated provider of home-based or
2 community-based care to an older adult.
3     "Health services" means activities that promote, maintain,
4 improve, or restore mental or physical health or that are
5 palliative in nature.
6     "Older adult" means a person age 60 or older and, if
7 appropriate, the person's family caregiver.
8     "Person-centered" means a process that builds upon an older
9 adult's strengths and capacities to engage in activities that
10 promote community life and that reflect the older adult's
11 preferences, choices, and abilities, to the extent
12 practicable.
13     "Priority service area" means an area identified by the
14 Departments as being less-served with respect to the
15 availability of and access to older adult services in Illinois.
16 The Departments shall determine by rule the criteria and
17 standards used to designate such areas.
18     "Priority service plan" means the plan developed pursuant
19 to Section 25 of this Act.
20     "Provider" means any supplier of services under this Act.
21     "Residential setting" means the place where an older adult
22 lives.
23     "Restructuring" means the transformation of Illinois'
24 comprehensive system of older adult services from funding
25 primarily a facility-based service delivery system to
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1 account the continuing need for 24-hour skilled nursing care
2 and congregate housing with services.
3     "Services" means the range of housing, health, financial,
4 and supportive services, other than acute health care services,
5 that are delivered to an older adult with functional or
6 cognitive limitations, or socialization needs, who requires
7 assistance to perform activities of daily living, regardless of
8 the residential setting in which the services are delivered.
9     "Supportive services" means non-medical assistance given
10 over a period of time to an older adult that is needed to
11 compensate for the older adult's functional or cognitive
12 limitations, or socialization needs, or those services
13 designed to restore, improve, or maintain the older adult's
14 functional or cognitive abilities.
15 (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)"; and
 
16 on page 422, after line 6, by inserting the following:
 
17     "Section 90-167. The Protection and Advocacy for Mentally
18 Ill Persons Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
 
19     (405 ILCS 45/3)  (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1353)
20     Sec. 3. Powers and Duties.
21     (A) In order to properly exercise its powers and duties,
22 the agency shall have the authority to:
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1     mentally ill persons if the incidents are reported to the
2     agency or if there is probable cause to believe that the
3     incidents occurred. In case of conflict with provisions of
4     the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act or the Nursing
5     Home Care Act, the provisions of those Acts shall apply.
6         (2) Pursue administrative, legal and other appropriate
7     remedies to ensure the protection of the rights of mentally
8     ill persons who are receiving care and treatment in this
9     State.
10         (3) Pursue administrative, legal and other remedies on
11     behalf of an individual who:
12             (a) was a mentally ill individual; and
13             (b) is a resident of this State, but only with
14         respect to matters which occur within 90 days after the
15         date of the discharge of such individual from a
16         facility providing care and treatment.
17         (4) Establish a board which shall:
18             (a) advise the protection and advocacy system on
19         policies and priorities to be carried out in protecting
20         and advocating the rights of mentally ill individuals;
21         and
22             (b) include attorneys, mental health
23         professionals, individuals from the public who are
24         knowledgeable about mental illness, a provider of
25         mental health services, individuals who have received
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1         members of such individuals. At least one-half the
2         members of the board shall be individuals who have
3         received or are receiving mental health services or who
4         are family members of such individuals.
5         (5) On January 1, 1988, and on January 1 of each
6     succeeding year, prepare and transmit to the Secretary of
7     the United States Department of Health and Human Services
8     and to the Illinois Secretary of Human Services a report
9     describing the activities, accomplishments and
10     expenditures of the protection and advocacy system during
11     the most recently completed fiscal year.
12     (B) The agency shall have access to all mental health
13 facilities as defined in Sections 1-107 and 1-114 of the Mental
14 Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, all facilities as
15 defined in Section 1-113 of the Nursing Home Care Act, all
16 facilities as defined in Section 1-113 of the MR/DD Community
17 Care Act, all facilities as defined in Section 2.06 of the
18 Child Care Act of 1969, as now or hereafter amended, and all
19 other facilities providing care or treatment to mentally ill
20 persons. Such access shall be granted for the purposes of
21 meeting with residents and staff, informing them of services
22 available from the agency, distributing written information
23 about the agency and the rights of persons who are mentally
24 ill, conducting scheduled and unscheduled visits, and
25 performing other activities designed to protect the rights of
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1     (C) The agency shall have access to all records of mentally
2 ill persons who are receiving care or treatment from a
3 facility, subject to the limitations of this Act, the Mental
4 Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act, the
5 Nursing Home Care Act and the Child Care Act of 1969, as now or
6 hereafter amended. If the mentally ill person has a legal
7 guardian other than the State or a designee of the State, the
8 facility director shall disclose the guardian's name, address
9 and telephone number to the agency upon its request. In cases
10 of conflict with provisions of the Abused and Neglected Child
11 Reporting Act and the Nursing Home Care Act, the provisions of
12 the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act and the Nursing
13 Home Care Act shall apply. The agency shall also have access,
14 for the purpose of inspection and copying, to the records of a
15 mentally ill person (i) who by reason of his or her mental or
16 physical condition is unable to authorize the agency to have
17 such access; (ii) who does not have a legal guardian or for
18 whom the State or a designee of the State is the legal
19 guardian; and (iii) with respect to whom a complaint has been
20 received by the agency or with respect to whom there is
21 probable cause to believe that such person has been subjected
22 to abuse or neglect.
23     The agency shall provide written notice to the mentally ill
24 person and the State guardian of the nature of the complaint
25 based upon which the agency has gained access to the records.
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1 the agency unless the person who is mentally ill and the State
2 guardian are provided 7 days advance written notice, except in
3 emergency situations, of the agency's intent to redisclose such
4 record. Within such 7-day period, the mentally ill person or
5 the State guardian may seek an injunction prohibiting the
6 agency's redisclosure of such record on the grounds that such
7 redisclosure is contrary to the interests of the mentally ill
8 person.
9     Upon request, the authorized agency shall be entitled to
10 inspect and copy any clinical or trust fund records of mentally
11 ill persons which may further the agency's investigation of
12 alleged problems affecting numbers of mentally ill persons.
13 When required by law, any personally identifiable information
14 of mentally ill persons shall be removed from the records.
15 However, the agency may not inspect or copy any records or
16 other materials when the removal of personally identifiable
17 information imposes an unreasonable burden on any facility as
18 defined by the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
19 Code, the Nursing Home Care Act or the Child Care Act of 1969,
20 or any other facility providing care or treatment to mentally
21 ill persons.
22     (D) Prior to instituting any legal action in a federal or
23 State court on behalf of a mentally ill individual, an eligible
24 protection and advocacy system, or a State agency or nonprofit
25 organization which entered into a contract with such an
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1 and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Individuals Act of 1986, shall
2 exhaust in a timely manner all administrative remedies where
3 appropriate. If, in pursuing administrative remedies, the
4 system, State agency or organization determines that any matter
5 with respect to such individual will not be resolved within a
6 reasonable time, the system, State agency or organization may
7 pursue alternative remedies, including the initiation of
8 appropriate legal action.
9 (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)"; and
 
10 on page 431, by replacing lines 19 and 20 with the following:
11 "otherwise subject to the Child Care Act of 1969 or the MR/DD
12 Community Care Act Nursing Home Care Act, as now or"; and
 
13 on page 455, after line 6, by inserting the following:
 
14     "Section 90-187. The Secure Residential Youth Care
15 Facility Licensing Act is amended by changing Section 45-10 as
16 follows:
 
17     (730 ILCS 175/45-10)
18     Sec. 45-10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
19     "Department" means the Illinois Department of Corrections.
20     "Director" means the Director of Corrections.
21     "Secure residential youth care facility" means a facility
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1 custody; (2) that is designed and operated so as to ensure that
2 all entrances and exits from the facility, or from a building
3 or distinct part of a building within the facility, are under
4 the exclusive control of the staff of the facility, whether or
5 not the youth has freedom of movement within the perimeter of
6 the facility or within the perimeter of a building or distinct
7 part of a building within the facility; and (3) that uses
8 physically restrictive construction including, but not limited
9 to, locks, bolts, gates, doors, bars, fences, and screen
10 barriers. This definition does not include jails, prisons,
11 detention centers, or other such correctional facilities;
12 State operated mental health facilities; or facilities
13 operating as psychiatric hospitals under a license pursuant to
14 the MR/DD Community Care Act, the Nursing Home Care Act, or the
15 Hospital Licensing Act.
16     "Youth" means an adjudicated delinquent who is 18 years of
17 age or under and is transferred to the Department pursuant to
18 Section 3-10-11 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
19 (Source: P.A. 88-680, eff. 1-1-95.)"; and
 
20 on page 457, by replacing lines 9 and 10 with the following:
 
21     "Section 99-99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July
22 1, 2010.".