Full Text of HB6706 93rd General Assembly
HB6706 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004 HB6706
Introduced 2/9/2004, by Rep. Sidney H. Mathias - Patricia Reid Lindner - James H. Meyer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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320 ILCS 10/1.5 |
from Ch. 23, par. 6201.5 |
320 ILCS 10/2 |
from Ch. 23, par. 6202 |
320 ILCS 10/3 |
from Ch. 23, par. 6203 |
320 ILCS 10/4 |
from Ch. 23, par. 6204 |
320 ILCS 10/5 |
from Ch. 23, par. 6205 |
320 ILCS 10/6 |
from Ch. 23, par. 6206 |
320 ILCS 10/8 |
from Ch. 23, par. 6208 |
320 ILCS 10/11 |
from Ch. 23, par. 6211 |
320 ILCS 10/12 |
from Ch. 23, par. 6212 |
320 ILCS 10/7 rep. |
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320 ILCS 10/9 rep. |
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320 ILCS 10/10 rep. |
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Creates the Family Caregiver Act, to be administered
by the Department on Aging, for the purpose of encouraging family members to
provide care for their elderly family members. Requires the Department to
contract with area agencies on aging and other appropriate agencies to provide
family caregiver support services to the extent of available funding. Provides
that the services include counseling, training, and respite care.
Requires the Department to seek federal funding for a demonstration project.
Also
authorizes caregiver support services for grandparents who are primary
caregivers for their grandchildren.
Amends the Respite Program Act.
Deletes references to abused adults and to functionally disabled or cognitively
impaired adults (so that the Act applies to "frail or disabled" adults).
Defines a "frail or disabled adult" as a
person age 60 (instead of 55) or older
and who either (i) suffers from Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder or
(ii) is unable to attend to his or her daily needs without assistance or
regular supervision. Deletes references to the Council on
Aging. Makes other changes.
Effective July 1, 2004.
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| AN ACT in relation to aging.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 |
| Family Caregiver Act.
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| Section 5. Legislative findings. The General Assembly | 7 |
| recognizes the
following:
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| (1) Family caregivers, serving without compensation, | 9 |
| have been the
mainstay of the long-term care system in this | 10 |
| country. Care provided by these
informal caregivers is the | 11 |
| most crucial factor in avoiding or postponing
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| institutionalization of the State's residents.
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| (2) Among non-institutionalized persons needing | 14 |
| assistance with personal
care needs, two-thirds depend | 15 |
| solely on family and friends for assistance.
Another 25% | 16 |
| supplement family care with services from paid providers. | 17 |
| Only a
little more than 5% rely exclusively on paid | 18 |
| services.
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| (3) Family caregivers are frequently under substantial | 20 |
| physical,
psychological, and financial stress. Unrelieved | 21 |
| by support services available
to the caregiver, this stress | 22 |
| may lead to premature or unnecessary
institutionalization | 23 |
| of the care recipient or deterioration in the health
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| condition and family circumstances of the caregiver.
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| (4) Two out of 3 family caregivers, due to being | 26 |
| employed outside the
home, experience additional stress. | 27 |
| Two-thirds of working caregivers report
conflicts between | 28 |
| work and caregiving, requiring them to rearrange their work
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| schedules, work fewer than normal hours, or take an unpaid | 30 |
| leave of absence.
For this population, caregiver support | 31 |
| services have the added benefit of
allowing family | 32 |
| caregivers to remain active members of our State's
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| workforce.
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| Section 10. Legislative intent. It is the intent of the | 3 |
| General Assembly to
establish a multi-faceted family caregiver | 4 |
| support program to assist unpaid
family caregivers and | 5 |
| grandparents or other older individuals who are relative
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| caregivers, who are informal providers of in-home and community | 7 |
| care to
older individuals or children.
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| Services provided under this program shall do the | 9 |
| following:
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| (1) Provide information, relief, and support to family | 11 |
| and other unpaid
caregivers of older individuals and | 12 |
| children.
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| (2) Encourage family members to provide care for their | 14 |
| family
members who are older individuals and children.
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| (3) Provide temporary substitute support services or | 16 |
| living arrangements
to allow
a period of relief or rest for | 17 |
| caregivers.
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| (4) Be provided in the least restrictive setting | 19 |
| available consistent with
the individually assessed needs | 20 |
| of older individuals and children.
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| (5) Include services appropriate to the needs of family | 22 |
| members caring for
older individuals and children, | 23 |
| including older individuals with dementia.
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| (6) Provide family caregivers with services that | 25 |
| enable them to make
informed decisions about current and | 26 |
| future care plans, solve day-to-day
caregiving
problems, | 27 |
| learn essential care giving skills, and locate services | 28 |
| that may
strengthen their capacity to provide care.
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| Section 15. Definitions. In this Act:
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| "Caregiver" or "family caregiver" means an adult family | 31 |
| member, or another
individual, who is an informal provider of | 32 |
| in-home and community care to an
older individual, or a | 33 |
| grandparent or older individual who is a relative
caregiver.
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| "Child" or "children" means an individual or individuals 18 |
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| years of age or
under.
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| "Department" means the Department on Aging.
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| "Eligible participant" means a family caregiver or a | 4 |
| grandparent or older
individual who is a relative caregiver.
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| "Family caregiver support services" includes, but is not | 6 |
| limited to, the
following:
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| (1) Information to caregivers about available | 8 |
| services.
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| (2) Assistance to caregivers in gaining access to the | 10 |
| services.
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| (3) Individual counseling, organization of support | 12 |
| groups, and caregiver
training for caregivers to assist the | 13 |
| caregivers in making decisions and
solving problems | 14 |
| relating to their caregiving roles.
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| (4) Respite care to enable
caregivers to be temporarily | 16 |
| relieved from
their
caregiving responsibilities.
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| (5) Supplemental services, on a limited basis, to | 18 |
| complement the care
provided by the caregivers.
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| (6) Other services as identified by the Department and | 20 |
| defined by rule.
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| "Frail individual" means an older individual who is | 22 |
| determined to be
functionally impaired because the individual | 23 |
| (i) is unable to perform from at
least 2 activities of daily | 24 |
| living without substantial human assistance,
including
verbal | 25 |
| reminding, physical cueing, or supervision or (ii) due to a | 26 |
| cognitive or
other mental impairment, requires substantial | 27 |
| supervision because the
individual behaves in a manner that | 28 |
| poses a serious health or safety hazard to
the individual or to | 29 |
| another individual.
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| "Grandparent or older individual who is a relative | 31 |
| caregiver" means a
grandparent or step-grandparent of a child, | 32 |
| or a relative of a child by blood
or marriage, who:
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| (1) lives with the child;
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| (2) is the primary caregiver for the child because the | 35 |
| child's biological
or adoptive parents are unable or | 36 |
| unwilling to serve as the primary caregiver
for the child; |
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| (3) has a legal relationship to the child, such as | 3 |
| legal custody or
guardianship, or is raising the child | 4 |
| informally.
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| "Informal provider" means an individual who is not | 6 |
| compensated for the care
he or she provides.
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| "Older individual" means an individual who is 60 years of | 8 |
| age or older,
except for a grandparent or older individual who | 9 |
| is a relative caregiver.
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| "Respite care" means
substitute supports or living | 11 |
| arrangements provided on an intermittent,
occasional basis. | 12 |
| The term includes, but is not limited to, in-home respite
care, | 13 |
| adult day care, child care, and institutional care.
The term | 14 |
| also includes respite care as defined in Section 2 of the | 15 |
| Respite
Program Act to the extent that such services are | 16 |
| allowable and participants are
eligible under the National | 17 |
| Family Caregiver Support Program.
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| Section 16. Family caregiver demonstration grant. The | 19 |
| Department shall seek
federal funding for the establishment and | 20 |
| assessment of a Family Caregiver
Training and Support | 21 |
| Demonstration Project. The Department is authorized to
fund
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| sites, one in a rural community and one in a more urban area. | 23 |
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Department
shall adopt rules governing participation and | 24 |
| oversight of the program.
The Department shall seek technical | 25 |
| assistance from the Department of Public
Aid and the Department | 26 |
| of Human Services. The Department shall
advise the Governor and | 27 |
| the General Assembly regarding the effectiveness of
the program | 28 |
| within 6 months after the conclusion of the demonstration | 29 |
| period.
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| Section 20. Powers and duties of the Department. The | 31 |
| Department shall
administer this Act and shall adopt rules and | 32 |
| standards the Department deems
necessary for that purpose.
At a | 33 |
| minimum, those rules and standards shall address the following:
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| (1) Standards and mechanisms designed to ensure the |
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| quality of services
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| available under this Act.
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| (2) Data collection and record maintenance.
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| The Department shall administer this Act in coordination | 5 |
| with Section 4.02
and related provisions of the Illinois Act on | 6 |
| the Aging.
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| Section 25. Provision of services. The Department shall | 8 |
| contract with area
agencies on aging and other appropriate | 9 |
| agencies to conduct family caregiver
support services to the | 10 |
| extent of available State and federal funding.
Services | 11 |
| provided under this Act must be provided according to the | 12 |
| requirements
of federal law and rules, except for the provision | 13 |
| of services to grandparents
or older individuals who are | 14 |
| relative caregivers when State funding is utilized
to provide | 15 |
| those services.
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| Section 30. Eligibility for respite and supplemental | 17 |
| services. When a
family
caregiver is providing in-home and | 18 |
| community care to an older individual, the
older
individual | 19 |
| must be a frail individual as defined in this Act in order for | 20 |
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family
caregiver to be eligible to receive respite and | 21 |
| supplemental services.
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| Section 35. Health care practitioners and facilities not | 23 |
| impaired. Nothing
in this Act shall impair the practice of any | 24 |
| licensed health care practitioner
or licensed health care | 25 |
| facility.
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| Section 40. Entitlement not created; funding; waivers.
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| (a) Nothing in this Act
creates or provides
any individual | 28 |
| with an entitlement to services or benefits. It is the General
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| Assembly's intent that services under this Act shall be made | 30 |
| available only to
the extent of the availability and level of | 31 |
| appropriations made by the General
Assembly.
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| (b) The Director may seek and obtain State and federal |
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| funds that may be
available to finance services under this Act, | 2 |
| and may also seek and
obtain other non-State resources for | 3 |
| which the State may be eligible.
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| (c) The Department may seek appropriate waivers of federal | 5 |
| requirements from
the U.S. Department of Health and Human | 6 |
| Services.
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| Section 90. The Respite Program Act is amended by changing | 8 |
| Sections 1.5, 2,
3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, and 12 as follows:
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| (320 ILCS 10/1.5) (from Ch. 23, par. 6201.5)
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| Sec. 1.5. Purpose. It is hereby found and determined by | 11 |
| the General
Assembly that respite care provides relief and | 12 |
| support to the primary
care-giver of a frail or abused or | 13 |
| functionally disabled or
cognitively
impaired older adult and | 14 |
| provides
by providing a break for the
caregiver from the | 15 |
| continuous
responsibilities of care-giving. Without this | 16 |
| support, the primary
care-giver's ability to continue in his or | 17 |
| her role would be jeopardized;
thereby increasing the risk of | 18 |
| institutionalization of the frail or abused
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functionally
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| disabled or cognitively impaired older adult.
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| By providing
improving and expanding the in-home respite | 21 |
| care
services currently
available through intermittent planned | 22 |
| or emergency relief to the care-giver
during the regular | 23 |
| week-day, evening, and weekend hours, both the special
physical | 24 |
| and psychological needs of the primary care-giver and the frail | 25 |
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abused or functionally disabled , or cognitively impaired | 26 |
| older adult,
who
is the recipient of continuous care, shall be | 27 |
| met reducing or preventing
the need for institutionalization.
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| Furthermore, the primary care-giver providing continuous | 29 |
| care is
frequently under substantial financial stress. Respite | 30 |
| care and other
supportive services sustain and preserve the | 31 |
| primary care-giver and family
caregiving unit. It is the intent | 32 |
| of the General Assembly that this
amendatory Act of 1992 ensure | 33 |
| that Illinois primary care-givers of
frail or abused or | 34 |
| functionally disabled or cognitively impaired
older
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| have access to affordable, appropriate in-home respite care | 2 |
| services.
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| (Source: P.A. 87-974.)
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| (320 ILCS 10/2) (from Ch. 23, par. 6202)
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| Sec. 2. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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| (1) "Respite care" means the provision of intermittent and | 7 |
| temporary
substitute care or supervision of frail or abused or | 8 |
| functionally
disabled
or cognitively impaired older adults on | 9 |
| behalf of and in the absence
of the primary care-giver, for the | 10 |
| purpose of providing relief from the stress
or responsibilities | 11 |
| concomitant with providing constant care, so as to enable
the | 12 |
| care-giver to continue the provision of care in the home. | 13 |
| Respite care
should be available to sustain the primary
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| care-giver throughout the period
of care-giving, which can vary | 15 |
| from several months to a number of years.
Respite care can be | 16 |
| provided in the home, in a community based day care
setting | 17 |
| during the day, overnight,
in a substitute residential setting | 18 |
| such as a long-term care facility
required to be licensed under | 19 |
| the Nursing Home Care Act or the Assisted Living
and Shared | 20 |
| Housing Act,
or for more extended periods of time on a
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| temporary basis.
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| (1.5) "In-home respite care" means care provided by an
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| appropriately trained paid worker providing short-term | 24 |
| intermittent care,
supervision, or companionship to the frail | 25 |
| or
disabled adult in the home while relieving
the care-giver, | 26 |
| by permitting a short-term break from the care-giver's
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| care-giving
role. This support may contribute to the delay, | 28 |
| reduction, and prevention of
institutionalization by enabling | 29 |
| the care-giver to continue in his or her
care-giving role. | 30 |
| In-home respite care should be flexible and available in a
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| manner that is responsive to the needs of the care-giver. This
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| may consist of evening respite care services that are available | 33 |
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6:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. Monday through Friday and weekend | 34 |
| respite care
services from 6:00 p.m. Friday to 8:00 a.m. | 35 |
| Monday.
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| (2) "Care-giver" shall mean the family member or other | 2 |
| natural person
who normally provides the daily care or | 3 |
| supervision of a frail , abused or
disabled elderly adult. Such | 4 |
| care-giver may, but need not, reside in the
same household as | 5 |
| the frail or disabled adult.
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| (3) (Blank).
"Provider" shall mean any entity enumerated in | 7 |
| paragraph
(1) of
this Section which is the supplier of services | 8 |
| providing respite.
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| (4) (Blank).
"Sponsor" shall mean the provider, public | 10 |
| agency or
community group
approved by the Director which | 11 |
| establishes a contractual relationship with
the Department for | 12 |
| the purposes of providing services to persons under this
Act, | 13 |
| and which is responsible for the recruitment of providers, the
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| coordination and arrangement of provider services in a manner | 15 |
| which meets
client needs, the general supervision of the local | 16 |
| program, and the submission
of such information or reports as | 17 |
| may be required by the Director.
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| (5) (Blank).
"Director" shall mean the Director of Aging.
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| (6) "Department" shall mean the Department on Aging.
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| (7) (Blank).
"Abused" shall have the same meaning ascribed | 21 |
| to it in
Section 103
of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of | 22 |
| 1986.
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| (8) "Frail or disabled adult" shall mean any person | 24 |
| suffering
from Alzheimer's disease who is 60
55 years of age or | 25 |
| older and
or any adult
60 years of age or older, who either (i) | 26 |
| suffers from Alzheimer's disease
or a related disorder or (ii)
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| is unable to attend to his or her daily needs
without the | 28 |
| assistance or regular supervision of a care-giver due to mental
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| or physical impairment and who is otherwise eligible for | 30 |
| services on the
basis of his or her level of impairment.
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| (9) "Emergency respite care" means the immediate placement | 32 |
| of a
trained, in-home respite care worker in the home during an | 33 |
| emergency or
unplanned event , or during a temporary placement | 34 |
| outside the home, to
substitute for the primary care-giver. | 35 |
| Emergency respite
care may be provided in the home on one or | 36 |
| more occasions unless an
extension is deemed necessary by the |
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| case coordination unit. When there
is an urgent need for | 2 |
| emergency respite care, procedures to accommodate
this need | 3 |
| must be determined. An emergency is:
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| (a) An unplanned event that results in the immediate | 5 |
| and unavoidable
absence of the primary care-giver from the | 6 |
| home in an excess of 4 hours at
a
time when no other | 7 |
| qualified care-giver is available.
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| (b) An unplanned situation that prevents the primary
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| care-giver from
providing the care required by a frail or | 10 |
| abused or functionally disabled
or cognitively impaired
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| adult living at home.
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| (c) An unplanned event that threatens the health and | 13 |
| safety of the
frail or disabled adult.
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| (d) An unplanned event that threatens the health and | 15 |
| safety of the
primary care-giver thereby placing the frail | 16 |
| or abused or functionally
disabled or cognitively impaired | 17 |
| older adult in danger.
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| (10) (Blank).
"Primary care-giver" means the spouse, | 19 |
| relative, or
friend,
18 years
of age or older, who provides the | 20 |
| daily in-home care and supervision of a
frail or abused or | 21 |
| functionally disabled or cognitively impaired older
adult. A | 22 |
| primary care-giver may, but does not need to, reside in the | 23 |
| same
household as the frail or abused or functionally disabled | 24 |
| or cognitively
impaired adult. A primary care-giver requires | 25 |
| intermittent relief from
his or her caregiving duties to | 26 |
| continue to function as the
primary care-giver.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 92-16, eff. 6-28-01.)
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| (320 ILCS 10/3) (from Ch. 23, par. 6203)
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| Sec. 3. Respite Program. The Director is hereby authorized | 30 |
| to administer
a program of
establish
respite projects for the | 31 |
| purposes of providing care and assistance to persons
in need | 32 |
| and to deter the institutionalization of frail or disabled or
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| functionally disabled or cognitively impaired adults.
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| (Source: P.A. 87-974.)
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| (320 ILCS 10/4) (from Ch. 23, par. 6204)
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| Sec. 4. No Limit to Care. Nothing contained in this Act | 3 |
| shall be construed
so as to limit, modify or otherwise affect | 4 |
| the provisions , for
long-term
in-home services being provided | 5 |
| under , of Section 4.02 of the Illinois
Act on the Aging.
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| (Source: P.A. 87-974.)
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| (320 ILCS 10/5) (from Ch. 23, par. 6205)
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| Sec. 5. Eligibility. The Department may establish | 9 |
| eligibility standards for
respite services taking into | 10 |
| consideration the unique economic and social needs
of the | 11 |
| population for whom they are to be provided. The population | 12 |
| identified
for the purposes of this Act includes persons | 13 |
| suffering from Alzheimer's
disease or a related disorder and | 14 |
| persons who are 60
55 years
of age or older , or persons age 60
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| and older with
an identified service need. Priority shall be | 16 |
| given in all cases to frail ,
abused or functionally disabled or | 17 |
| cognitively impaired adults.
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| (Source: P.A. 87-974.)
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| (320 ILCS 10/6) (from Ch. 23, par. 6206)
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| Sec. 6. Responsibilities.
The following requirements | 21 |
| shall apply for
any projects authorized under Section 3 of this | 22 |
| Act:
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| (a) The Department
Director shall administer this Act and | 24 |
| shall
adopt rules and standards the Department deems necessary | 25 |
| for that purpose
establish target areas needing respite care
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| services .
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| (b) The Department
Director shall make grants to or | 28 |
| contract with
Area Agencies on Aging and other appropriate | 29 |
| community-based organizations to
provide respite care under | 30 |
| this Act
publicize the existence of, and
make available,
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| application forms for sponsors seeking to
establish a respite | 32 |
| program .
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| (c) (Blank).
The application forms shall require the | 34 |
| following
information and any
other information the Director |
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| (1) Identity and qualifications of a sponsor.
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| (2) Identity and qualifications of a provider and a | 4 |
| plan for the
coordination of services.
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| (3) An assessment of the community need, support and | 6 |
| participation for
respite services. The assessment shall | 7 |
| include documentation.
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| (4) Plans for the coordination and arrangement of | 9 |
| provider services in a
manner that meets client needs.
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| (5) A fiscal plan, including specific provisions for | 11 |
| the utilization
of existing reimbursement and funding | 12 |
| sources and the development of local
financial support.
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| (6) Plans for publicizing the purpose of the project | 14 |
| and the services to
be provided.
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| (7) Certification of licensure or certification of any | 16 |
| individual,
agency or family providing a service subject to | 17 |
| licensure, or certification
under State law.
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| (d) (Blank).
The Director shall review and evaluate
each | 19 |
| application and present
each application for review and | 20 |
| evaluation by the Council on Aging
established under Section 7 | 21 |
| of the Illinois Act on the Aging. The Council
and the | 22 |
| Department shall approve a number of applications and, within | 23 |
| the
amounts appropriated, award grants for the operation of | 24 |
| respite programs.
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| (e) (Blank).
The application approved by the Director and | 26 |
| the Council
on Aging
shall be the service plan of the provider. | 27 |
| The Director
shall ensure that each service plan is coordinated | 28 |
| with the designated area
agency provided for in Sections 3.07 | 29 |
| and 3.08 of the Illinois Act on the
Aging, the local public | 30 |
| health authority, and any other public or private
service | 31 |
| provider to ensure that every effort will be made to utilize
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| existing funding sources and service providers and to avoid | 33 |
| unnecessary
duplication of services.
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| (f) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit, | 35 |
| modify, or otherwise
affect the provision of long-term in-home | 36 |
| services under Section 4.02 of the
Illinois Act on the Aging.
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| (Source: P.A. 87-974.)
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| (320 ILCS 10/8) (from Ch. 23, par. 6208)
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| Sec. 8. Funding.
Services
Respite projects authorized | 4 |
| under this Act
shall be
funded only to the extent of available | 5 |
| appropriations for such purposes. The
Director may
shall seek | 6 |
| and obtain State and federal funds that may
be
available to | 7 |
| finance respite care
grants awarded under Section 6 of this | 8 |
| Act, and may
shall also
seek and obtain
other non-state | 9 |
| resources for which the State may be eligible.
Implementation
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| of projects under this Act shall be contingent upon the | 11 |
| availability of federal
financial participation. To the extent | 12 |
| necessary for implementation of this
Act, The Department may
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| shall seek appropriate waivers of federal
requirements from
the | 14 |
| U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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| (Source: P.A. 87-974.)
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| (320 ILCS 10/11) (from Ch. 23, par. 6211)
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| Sec. 11. Respite Care Worker Training.
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| (a) A respite care worker shall be an appropriately trained
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| individual whose duty it is to provide in-home supervision and | 20 |
| assistance to a
frail or abused or functionally disabled or | 21 |
| cognitively impaired
older
adult in order to allow the primary
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| care-giver a break from his or her
continuous care-giving | 23 |
| responsibilities.
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| (b) The Director may prescribe minimum training guidelines
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| standards
for respite
care workers to ensure that the special | 26 |
| needs of persons receiving services
under this Act and their | 27 |
| primary caregivers will be met. The Director may
designate | 28 |
| Alzheimer's disease associations and community agencies to
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| conduct such training. Nothing in this Act should be construed | 30 |
| to exempt
any individual providing a service subject to | 31 |
| licensure or certification
under State law from these | 32 |
| requirements.
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| (Source: P.A. 87-974.)
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| (320 ILCS 10/12) (from Ch. 23, par. 6212)
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| Sec. 12. Annual Report. The Director shall submit a report | 3 |
| each year
to the Governor and the General Assembly detailing | 4 |
| the progress of the
respite care services provided
programs | 5 |
| established under this Act. The report shall include:
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| (a) a financial report for each program;
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| (b) a qualitative and quantitative profile of sponsors, | 8 |
| providers,
care-givers and recipients participating in the | 9 |
| program;
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| (c) a comparative assessment of the costs and effectiveness | 11 |
| of each
service or combination of services provided;
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| (d) an assessment of the nature and extent of the demand | 13 |
| for services; and
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| (e) an evaluation of the success of programs receiving | 15 |
| grants for
services.
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| (Source: P.A. 87-974.)
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| (320 ILCS 10/7 rep.)
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| (320 ILCS 10/9 rep.)
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| (320 ILCS 10/10 rep.)
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| Section 91. The Respite Program Act is amended by repealing | 21 |
| Sections 7, 9,
and
10.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on July | 23 |
| 1, 2004.
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