Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB1704

Creates the MR/DD Community Care Act and amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that all intermediate care facilities for the developmentally disabled and long-term care for under age 22 facilities shall be licensed by the Department of Public Health under the MR/DD Community Care Act instead of under the Nursing Home Care Act. Makes the provisions in the MR/DD Community Care Act substantially the same as those in the Nursing Home Care Act, including provisions for the rights of residents and responsibilities of facilities, licensing, violations and penalties, and transfer or discharge of residents. Amends the Department of Human Services Act, the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act, the Illinois Income Tax Act, the Nursing Home Administrators Licensing and Disciplinary Act, the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Nursing Home Grant Assistance Act, and the Unified Code of Corrections and other Acts to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.

In the MR/DD Community Care Act, adds provisions concerning prior law and rules adopted under prior law; also makes various provisions in the Act gender-neutral. Amends the Election Code, the Illinois Act on the Aging, the Property Tax Code, the Alternative Health Care Delivery Act, the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, the Older Adult Services Act, the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Persons Act, and the Secure Residential Youth Care Facility Licensing Act to add references to the MR/DD Community Care Act. Under the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act, provides for conversion of parts of a facility licensed under the MR/DD Community Care Act to assisted living; provides that such a conversion is exempt from review by the Health Facilities Planning Board. Deletes current-law references to the Nursing Home Care Act and retains added references to the MR/DD Community Care Act: (1) in the Department of Human Services Act, in provisions concerning the Inspector General; (2) in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act, in provisions concerning release from a State facility; (3) in the Disabilities Services Act of 2003, in provisions concerning a definition of "long-term care facility" (and changes the defined term to "MR/DD community care facility"); and (4) in the Developmental Disability and Mental Disability Services Act, in provisions concerning the authority of the Department of Human Services to license, certify, and prescribe standards governing programs and services provided under the Act. Deletes the following amendatory changes: (A) in the Innovations in Long-term Care Quality Grants Act, in provisions concerning eligibility for a grant; (B) in the Assisted Living and Shared housing Act, in provisions concerning residency requirements; (C) in the Nursing Home Care Act, in provisions concerning a curriculum for training nursing assistants and others; and (D) in the Illinois Public Aid Code, in provisions concerning the Long-Term Care Provider Fund. Changes the bill's effective date; effective July 1, 2010 (instead of upon becoming law)..

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