Full Text of SB1471 102nd General Assembly
SB1471sam001 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Sue Rezin Filed: 4/8/2021
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1471
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1471 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 | | Outbreak Preparedness Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: | 7 | | "Department" means the Department of Public Health. | 8 | | "Facility" means a private or public home, institution, | 9 | | building, residence, or any other place, whether operated for | 10 | | profit or not, or a county home for the infirm and chronically | 11 | | ill that provides, through its ownership or management, | 12 | | personal care, sheltered care, or nursing for 3 or more | 13 | | persons, not related to the applicant or owner by blood or | 14 | | marriage. "Facility" includes skilled nursing facilities and | 15 | | intermediate care facilities as those terms are defined in | 16 | | Title XVIII and Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act |
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| 1 | | and homes, institutions, or other places operated by or under | 2 | | the authority of the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs. | 3 | | "Facility" does not include the following: | 4 | | (1) A home, institution, or other place operated by | 5 | | the federal government or an agency thereof. | 6 | | (2) A hospital, sanitarium, or other institution whose | 7 | | principal activity or business is the diagnosis, care, and | 8 | | treatment of human illness through the maintenance and | 9 | | operation as an organized facility therefor, and that is | 10 | | required to be licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act. | 11 | | (3) Any facility for child care as defined in Section | 12 | | 2.05 of the Child Care Act of 1969. | 13 | | (4) Any Community Living Facility as defined in | 14 | | Section 3 of the Community Living Facilities Licensing | 15 | | Act. | 16 | | (5) Any nursing home or sanatorium operated solely by | 17 | | and for persons who rely exclusively upon treatment by | 18 | | spiritual means through prayer, in accordance with the | 19 | | creed or tenets of any well-recognized church or religious | 20 | | denomination. However, the nursing home or sanatorium | 21 | | shall comply with all local laws and rules relating to | 22 | | sanitation and safety. | 23 | | (6) A medical foster home, as defined in 38 CFR 17.73, | 24 | | that is under the oversight of the United States | 25 | | Department of Veterans Affairs.
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| 1 | | Section 10. Infectious disease outbreak procedures. A | 2 | | facility shall create procedures for limiting the spread of an | 3 | | infectious disease outbreak, conduct training for all facility | 4 | | personnel, including contractors, and conduct yearly outbreak | 5 | | safety drills. | 6 | | Section 15. Emergency rulemaking. To provide for the | 7 | | expeditious and timely implementation of this Act, emergency | 8 | | rules to implement any provision of this Act may be adopted by | 9 | | the Department subject to the provisions of Section 5-45 of | 10 | | the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. | 11 | | Section 80. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is | 12 | | amended by adding Section 5-45.8 as follows: | 13 | | (5 ILCS 100/5-45.8 new) | 14 | | Sec. 5-45.8. Emergency rulemaking; Outbreak Preparedness | 15 | | Act. To provide for the expeditious and timely implementation | 16 | | of the Outbreak Preparedness Act, emergency rules implementing | 17 | | the Outbreak Preparedness Act may be adopted in accordance | 18 | | with Section 5-45 by the Department of Public Health. The | 19 | | adoption of emergency rules authorized by Section 5-45 and | 20 | | this Section is deemed to be necessary for the public | 21 | | interest, safety, and welfare. | 22 | | This Section is repealed on January 1, 2027.
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| 1 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 2 | | becoming law.".
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