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| AN ACT concerning public aid.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act is | 5 |
| amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 3960/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1153)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2006)
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| Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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| "Health care facilities" means and includes
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| facilities and organizations:
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| 1. An ambulatory surgical treatment center required to | 12 |
| be licensed
pursuant to the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment | 13 |
| Center Act;
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| 2. An institution, place, building, or agency required | 15 |
| to be licensed
pursuant to the Hospital Licensing Act;
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| 3. Skilled and intermediate long term care facilities | 17 |
| licensed under the
Nursing
Home Care Act;
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| 3. Skilled and intermediate long term care facilities | 19 |
| licensed under the
Nursing
Home Care Act;
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| 4. Hospitals, nursing homes, ambulatory surgical | 21 |
| treatment centers, or
kidney disease treatment centers
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| maintained by the State or any department or agency | 23 |
| thereof;
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| 5. Kidney disease treatment centers, including a | 25 |
| free-standing
hemodialysis unit required to be licensed | 26 |
| under the End Stage Renal Disease Facility Act; and
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| 6. An institution, place, building, or room used for | 28 |
| the performance of
outpatient surgical procedures that is | 29 |
| leased, owned, or operated by or on
behalf of an | 30 |
| out-of-state facility.
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| No federally owned facility shall be subject to the | 32 |
| provisions of this
Act, nor facilities used solely for healing |
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| by prayer or spiritual means.
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| No facility licensed under the Supportive Residences | 3 |
| Licensing Act or the
Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act
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| shall be subject to the provisions of this Act.
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| A facility designated as a supportive living facility that | 6 |
| is in good
standing with the program
demonstration project
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| established under Section 5-5.01a of
the Illinois Public Aid | 8 |
| Code shall not be subject to the provisions of this
Act.
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| This Act does not apply to facilities granted waivers under | 10 |
| Section 3-102.2
of the Nursing Home Care Act. However, if a | 11 |
| demonstration project under that
Act applies for a certificate
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| of need to convert to a nursing facility, it shall meet the | 13 |
| licensure and
certificate of need requirements in effect as of | 14 |
| the date of application. | 15 |
| This Act does not apply to a dialysis facility that | 16 |
| provides only dialysis training, support, and related services | 17 |
| to individuals with end stage renal disease who have elected to | 18 |
| receive home dialysis. This Act does not apply to a dialysis | 19 |
| unit located in a licensed nursing home that offers or provides | 20 |
| dialysis-related services to residents with end stage renal | 21 |
| disease who have elected to receive home dialysis within the | 22 |
| nursing home. The Board, however, may require these dialysis | 23 |
| facilities and licensed nursing homes to report statistical | 24 |
| information on a quarterly basis to the Board to be used by the | 25 |
| Board to conduct analyses on the need for proposed kidney | 26 |
| disease treatment centers.
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| This Act shall not apply to the closure of an entity or a | 28 |
| portion of an
entity licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act | 29 |
| that elects to convert, in
whole or in part, to an assisted | 30 |
| living or shared housing establishment
licensed under the | 31 |
| Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act.
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| With the exception of those health care facilities | 33 |
| specifically
included in this Section, nothing in this Act | 34 |
| shall be intended to
include facilities operated as a part of | 35 |
| the practice of a physician or
other licensed health care | 36 |
| professional, whether practicing in his
individual capacity or |
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| within the legal structure of any partnership,
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| professional corporation, or unincorporated medical or
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| professional group. Further, this Act shall not apply to | 4 |
| physicians or
other licensed health care professional's | 5 |
| practices where such practices
are carried out in a portion of | 6 |
| a health care facility under contract
with such health care | 7 |
| facility by a physician or by other licensed
health care | 8 |
| professionals, whether practicing in his individual capacity
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| or within the legal structure of any partnership, medical or
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| professional corporation, or unincorporated medical or | 11 |
| professional
groups. This Act shall apply to construction or
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| modification and to establishment by such health care facility | 13 |
| of such
contracted portion which is subject to facility | 14 |
| licensing requirements,
irrespective of the party responsible | 15 |
| for such action or attendant
financial obligation.
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| "Person" means any one or more natural persons, legal | 17 |
| entities,
governmental bodies other than federal, or any | 18 |
| combination thereof.
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| "Consumer" means any person other than a person (a) whose | 20 |
| major
occupation currently involves or whose official capacity | 21 |
| within the last
12 months has involved the providing, | 22 |
| administering or financing of any
type of health care facility, | 23 |
| (b) who is engaged in health research or
the teaching of | 24 |
| health, (c) who has a material financial interest in any
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| activity which involves the providing, administering or | 26 |
| financing of any
type of health care facility, or (d) who is or | 27 |
| ever has been a member of
the immediate family of the person | 28 |
| defined by (a), (b), or (c).
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| "State Board" means the Health Facilities Planning Board.
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| "Construction or modification" means the establishment, | 31 |
| erection,
building, alteration, reconstruction, modernization, | 32 |
| improvement,
extension, discontinuation, change of ownership, | 33 |
| of or by a health care
facility, or the purchase or acquisition | 34 |
| by or through a health care facility
of
equipment or service | 35 |
| for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes or for
facility | 36 |
| administration or operation, or any capital expenditure made by
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| or on behalf of a health care facility which
exceeds the | 2 |
| capital expenditure minimum; however, any capital expenditure
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| made by or on behalf of a health care facility for (i) the | 4 |
| construction or
modification of a facility licensed under the | 5 |
| Assisted Living and Shared
Housing Act or (ii) a conversion | 6 |
| project undertaken in accordance with Section 30 of the Older | 7 |
| Adult Services Act shall be excluded from any obligations under | 8 |
| this Act.
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| "Establish" means the construction of a health care | 10 |
| facility or the
replacement of an existing facility on another | 11 |
| site.
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| "Major medical equipment" means medical equipment which is | 13 |
| used for the
provision of medical and other health services and | 14 |
| which costs in excess
of the capital expenditure minimum, | 15 |
| except that such term does not include
medical equipment | 16 |
| acquired
by or on behalf of a clinical laboratory to provide | 17 |
| clinical laboratory
services if the clinical laboratory is | 18 |
| independent of a physician's office
and a hospital and it has | 19 |
| been determined under Title XVIII of the Social
Security Act to | 20 |
| meet the requirements of paragraphs (10) and (11) of Section
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| 1861(s) of such Act. In determining whether medical equipment | 22 |
| has a value
in excess of the capital expenditure minimum, the | 23 |
| value of studies, surveys,
designs, plans, working drawings, | 24 |
| specifications, and other activities
essential to the | 25 |
| acquisition of such equipment shall be included.
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| "Capital Expenditure" means an expenditure: (A) made by or | 27 |
| on behalf of
a health care facility (as such a facility is | 28 |
| defined in this Act); and
(B) which under generally accepted | 29 |
| accounting principles is not properly
chargeable as an expense | 30 |
| of operation and maintenance, or is made to obtain
by lease or | 31 |
| comparable arrangement any facility or part thereof or any
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| equipment for a facility or part; and which exceeds the capital | 33 |
| expenditure
minimum.
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| For the purpose of this paragraph, the cost of any studies, | 35 |
| surveys, designs,
plans, working drawings, specifications, and | 36 |
| other activities essential
to the acquisition, improvement, |
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| expansion, or replacement of any plant
or equipment with | 2 |
| respect to which an expenditure is made shall be included
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| determining if such expenditure exceeds the capital | 4 |
| expenditures minimum.
Donations of equipment
or facilities to a | 5 |
| health care facility which if acquired directly by such
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| facility would be subject to review under this Act shall be | 7 |
| considered capital
expenditures, and a transfer of equipment or | 8 |
| facilities for less than fair
market value shall be considered | 9 |
| a capital expenditure for purposes of this
Act if a transfer of | 10 |
| the equipment or facilities at fair market value would
be | 11 |
| subject to review.
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| "Capital expenditure minimum" means $6,000,000, which | 13 |
| shall be annually
adjusted to reflect the increase in | 14 |
| construction costs due to inflation, for major medical | 15 |
| equipment and for all other
capital expenditures; provided, | 16 |
| however, that when a capital expenditure is
for the | 17 |
| construction or modification of a health and fitness center, | 18 |
| "capital
expenditure minimum" means the capital expenditure | 19 |
| minimum for all other
capital expenditures in effect on March | 20 |
| 1, 2000, which shall be annually
adjusted to reflect the | 21 |
| increase in construction costs due to inflation.
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| "Non-clinical service area" means an area (i) for the | 23 |
| benefit of the
patients, visitors, staff, or employees of a | 24 |
| health care facility and (ii) not
directly related to the | 25 |
| diagnosis, treatment, or rehabilitation of persons
receiving | 26 |
| services from the health care facility. "Non-clinical service | 27 |
| areas"
include, but are not limited to, chapels; gift shops; | 28 |
| news stands; computer
systems; tunnels, walkways, and | 29 |
| elevators; telephone systems; projects to
comply with life | 30 |
| safety codes; educational facilities; student housing;
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| patient, employee, staff, and visitor dining areas; | 32 |
| administration and
volunteer offices; modernization of | 33 |
| structural components (such as roof
replacement and masonry | 34 |
| work); boiler repair or replacement; vehicle
maintenance and | 35 |
| storage facilities; parking facilities; mechanical systems for
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| heating, ventilation, and air conditioning; loading docks; and |
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| repair or
replacement of carpeting, tile, wall coverings, | 2 |
| window coverings or treatments,
or furniture. Solely for the | 3 |
| purpose of this definition, "non-clinical service
area" does | 4 |
| not include health and fitness centers.
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| "Areawide" means a major area of the State delineated on a
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| geographic, demographic, and functional basis for health | 7 |
| planning and
for health service and having within it one or | 8 |
| more local areas for
health planning and health service. The | 9 |
| term "region", as contrasted
with the term "subregion", and the | 10 |
| word "area" may be used synonymously
with the term "areawide".
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| "Local" means a subarea of a delineated major area that on | 12 |
| a
geographic, demographic, and functional basis may be | 13 |
| considered to be
part of such major area. The term "subregion" | 14 |
| may be used synonymously
with the term "local".
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| "Areawide health planning organization" or "Comprehensive | 16 |
| health
planning organization" means the health systems agency | 17 |
| designated by the
Secretary, Department of Health and Human | 18 |
| Services or any successor agency.
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| "Local health planning organization" means those local | 20 |
| health
planning organizations that are designated as such by | 21 |
| the areawide
health planning organization of the appropriate | 22 |
| area.
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| "Physician" means a person licensed to practice in | 24 |
| accordance with
the Medical Practice Act of 1987, as amended.
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| "Licensed health care professional" means a person | 26 |
| licensed to
practice a health profession under pertinent | 27 |
| licensing statutes of the
State of Illinois.
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| "Director" means the Director of the Illinois Department of | 29 |
| Public Health.
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| "Agency" means the Illinois Department of Public Health.
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| "Comprehensive health planning" means health planning | 32 |
| concerned with
the total population and all health and | 33 |
| associated problems that affect
the well-being of people and | 34 |
| that encompasses health services, health
manpower, and health | 35 |
| facilities; and the coordination among these and
with those | 36 |
| social, economic, and environmental factors that affect |
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| health.
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| "Alternative health care model" means a facility or program | 3 |
| authorized
under the Alternative Health Care Delivery Act.
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| "Out-of-state facility" means a person that is both (i) | 5 |
| licensed as a
hospital or as an ambulatory surgery center under | 6 |
| the laws of another state
or that
qualifies as a hospital or an | 7 |
| ambulatory surgery center under regulations
adopted pursuant | 8 |
| to the Social Security Act and (ii) not licensed under the
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| Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act, the Hospital | 10 |
| Licensing Act, or the
Nursing Home Care Act. Affiliates of | 11 |
| out-of-state facilities shall be
considered out-of-state | 12 |
| facilities. Affiliates of Illinois licensed health
care | 13 |
| facilities 100% owned by an Illinois licensed health care | 14 |
| facility, its
parent, or Illinois physicians licensed to | 15 |
| practice medicine in all its
branches shall not be considered | 16 |
| out-of-state facilities. Nothing in
this definition shall be
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| construed to include an office or any part of an office of a | 18 |
| physician licensed
to practice medicine in all its branches in | 19 |
| Illinois that is not required to be
licensed under the | 20 |
| Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act.
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| "Change of ownership of a health care facility" means a | 22 |
| change in the
person
who has ownership or
control of a health | 23 |
| care facility's physical plant and capital assets. A change
in | 24 |
| ownership is indicated by
the following transactions: sale, | 25 |
| transfer, acquisition, lease, change of
sponsorship, or other | 26 |
| means of
transferring control.
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| "Related person" means any person that: (i) is at least 50% | 28 |
| owned, directly
or indirectly, by
either the health care | 29 |
| facility or a person owning, directly or indirectly, at
least | 30 |
| 50% of the health
care facility; or (ii) owns, directly or | 31 |
| indirectly, at least 50% of the
health care facility.
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| "Charity care" means care provided by a health care | 33 |
| facility for which the provider does not expect to receive | 34 |
| payment from the patient or a third-party payer. | 35 |
| (Source: P.A. 93-41, eff. 6-27-03; 93-766, eff. 7-20-04; | 36 |
| 93-935, eff. 1-1-05; 93-1031, eff. 8-27-04; revised 10-25-04.)
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| Section 10. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by | 2 |
| changing Section 1-113 as follows:
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| (210 ILCS 45/1-113) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4151-113)
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| Sec. 1-113. "Facility" or "long-term care facility" means a | 5 |
| private home,
institution, building, residence, or any other | 6 |
| place, whether operated for
profit or not, or a county home for | 7 |
| the infirm and chronically ill operated
pursuant to Division | 8 |
| 5-21 or 5-22 of the Counties Code, or any similar
institution | 9 |
| operated by a political subdivision of the State of Illinois, | 10 |
| which
provides, through its ownership or management, personal | 11 |
| care, sheltered care or
nursing for 3 or more persons, not | 12 |
| related to the applicant or owner by blood
or marriage. It | 13 |
| includes skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care
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| facilities as those terms are defined in Title XVIII and Title | 15 |
| XIX of the
Federal Social Security Act.
It also includes homes, | 16 |
| institutions, or
other places operated by or under the | 17 |
| authority of the Illinois Department of
Veterans' Affairs.
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| "Facility" does not include the following:
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| (1) A home, institution, or other place operated by the | 20 |
| federal government
or agency thereof, or by the State of | 21 |
| Illinois, other than homes,
institutions, or other places | 22 |
| operated by or under the authority of the
Illinois Department | 23 |
| of Veterans' Affairs;
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| (2) A hospital, sanitarium, or other institution whose | 25 |
| principal activity
or business is the diagnosis, care, and | 26 |
| treatment of human illness through
the maintenance and | 27 |
| operation as organized facilities therefor, which is
required | 28 |
| to be licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act;
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| (3) Any "facility for child care" as defined in the Child | 30 |
| Care Act of
1969;
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| (4) Any "Community Living Facility" as defined in the | 32 |
| Community Living
Facilities Licensing Act;
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| (5) Any "community residential alternative" as defined
in | 34 |
| the Community Residential Alternatives Licensing Act;
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| (6) Any nursing home or sanatorium operated solely by and | 2 |
| for persons
who rely exclusively upon treatment by spiritual | 3 |
| means through prayer, in
accordance with the creed or tenets of | 4 |
| any well-recognized church or
religious denomination. However, | 5 |
| such nursing home or sanatorium shall
comply with all local | 6 |
| laws and rules relating to sanitation and safety;
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| (7) Any facility licensed by the Department of Human | 8 |
| Services as a
community-integrated living arrangement as
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| defined in the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements | 10 |
| Licensure and
Certification Act;
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| (8) Any "Supportive Residence" licensed under the | 12 |
| Supportive
Residences Licensing Act;
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| (9) Any "supportive living facility" in good standing with | 14 |
| the program
demonstration
project established under Section | 15 |
| 5-5.01a of the Illinois Public Aid Code;
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| (10) Any assisted living or shared housing establishment | 17 |
| licensed under
the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act; or
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| (11) An Alzheimer's disease management center alternative | 19 |
| health care
model licensed under the Alternative Health Care | 20 |
| Delivery Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-763, eff. 8-14-98; 91-656, | 22 |
| eff.
1-1-01; 91-838, eff. 6-16-00.)
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| Section 15. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | 24 |
| changing Section 5-5.01a as follows:
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| (305 ILCS 5/5-5.01a)
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| Sec. 5-5.01a. Supportive living facilities program
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| demonstration project . The
For the purpose of studying | 28 |
| alternative settings for long term care, the
Department shall
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| may establish and provide oversight for a program
demonstration | 30 |
| project to
determine the viability of supportive living | 31 |
| facilities that seek to promote
resident independence, | 32 |
| dignity, respect, and well-being in the most
cost-effective | 33 |
| manner.
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| A supportive living facility is either a free-standing |
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| facility or a distinct
physical and operational entity within a | 2 |
| nursing facility. A supportive
living facility integrates | 3 |
| housing with health, personal care, and supportive
services and | 4 |
| is a designated setting that offers residents their own
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| separate, private, and distinct living units.
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| Sites for the operation of the program
Demonstration sites
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| shall be selected by the Department based upon criteria
that | 8 |
| may include the need for services in a geographic area, the
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| availability of funding, and the site's ability to meet the | 10 |
| standards.
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| The Department may adopt rules to implement this Section. | 12 |
| Rules that
establish or modify the services, standards, and | 13 |
| conditions for participation
in the program
demonstration | 14 |
| project shall be adopted by the Department in consultation
with | 15 |
| the Department on Aging, the Department of Rehabilitation | 16 |
| Services, and
the Department of Mental Health and Developmental | 17 |
| Disabilities (or their
successor agencies).
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| Facilities or distinct parts of facilities which are | 19 |
| selected as supportive
living facilities and are in good | 20 |
| standing with the Department's rules are
exempt from the | 21 |
| provisions of the Nursing Home Care Act and the Illinois Health
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| Facilities Planning Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-499, eff. 6-28-96.)
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| Section 20. The Older Adult Services Act is amended by | 25 |
| changing Section 20 as follows: | 26 |
| (320 ILCS 42/20)
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| Sec. 20. Priority service areas; service expansion. | 28 |
| (a) The requirements of this Section are subject to the | 29 |
| availability of funding. | 30 |
| (b) The Department shall expand older adult services that | 31 |
| promote independence and permit older adults to remain in their | 32 |
| own homes and communities. Priority shall be given to both the | 33 |
| expansion of services and the development of new services in | 34 |
| priority service areas. |
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| (c) Inventory of services. The Department shall develop and | 2 |
| maintain an inventory and assessment of (i) the types and | 3 |
| quantities of public older adult services and, to the extent | 4 |
| possible, privately provided older adult services, including | 5 |
| the unduplicated count, location, and characteristics of | 6 |
| individuals served by each facility, program, or service and | 7 |
| (ii) the resources supporting those services. | 8 |
| (d) Priority service areas. The Departments shall assess | 9 |
| the current and projected need for older adult services | 10 |
| throughout the State, analyze the results of the inventory, and | 11 |
| identify priority service areas, which shall serve as the basis | 12 |
| for a priority service plan to be filed with the Governor and | 13 |
| the General Assembly no later than July 1, 2006, and every 5 | 14 |
| years thereafter. | 15 |
| (e) Moneys appropriated by the General Assembly for the | 16 |
| purpose of this Section, receipts from donations, grants, fees, | 17 |
| or taxes that may accrue from any public or private sources to | 18 |
| the Department for the purpose of this Section, and savings | 19 |
| attributable to the nursing home conversion program as | 20 |
| calculated in subsection (h) shall be deposited into the | 21 |
| Department on Aging State Projects Fund. Interest earned by | 22 |
| those moneys in the Fund shall be credited to the Fund. | 23 |
| (f) Moneys described in subsection (e) from the Department | 24 |
| on Aging State Projects Fund shall be used for older adult | 25 |
| services, regardless of where the older adult receives the | 26 |
| service, with priority given to both the expansion of services | 27 |
| and the development of new services in priority service areas. | 28 |
| Fundable services shall include: | 29 |
| (1) Housing, health services, and supportive services: | 30 |
| (A) adult day care; | 31 |
| (B) adult day care for persons with Alzheimer's | 32 |
| disease and related disorders; | 33 |
| (C) activities of daily living; | 34 |
| (D) care-related supplies and equipment; | 35 |
| (E) case management; | 36 |
| (F) community reintegration; |
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| (G) companion; | 2 |
| (H) congregate meals; | 3 |
| (I) counseling and education; | 4 |
| (J) elder abuse prevention and intervention; | 5 |
| (K) emergency response and monitoring; | 6 |
| (L) environmental modifications; | 7 |
| (M) family caregiver support; | 8 |
| (N) financial; | 9 |
| (O) home delivered meals;
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| (P) homemaker; | 11 |
| (Q) home health; | 12 |
| (R) hospice; | 13 |
| (S) laundry; | 14 |
| (T) long-term care ombudsman; | 15 |
| (U) medication reminders;
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| (V) money management; | 17 |
| (W) nutrition services;
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| (X) personal care; | 19 |
| (Y) respite care; | 20 |
| (Z) residential care; | 21 |
| (AA) senior benefits outreach; | 22 |
| (BB) senior centers; | 23 |
| (CC) services provided under the Assisted Living | 24 |
| and Shared Housing Act, or sheltered care services that | 25 |
| meet the requirements of the Assisted Living and Shared | 26 |
| Housing Act, or services provided under Section | 27 |
| 5-5.01a of the Illinois Public Aid Code (the Supportive | 28 |
| Living Facilities Pilot Program); | 29 |
| (DD) telemedicine devices to monitor recipients in | 30 |
| their own homes as an alternative to hospital care, | 31 |
| nursing home care, or home visits; | 32 |
| (EE) training for direct family caregivers; | 33 |
| (FF) transition; | 34 |
| (GG) transportation; | 35 |
| (HH) wellness and fitness programs; and | 36 |
| (II) other programs designed to assist older |
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| adults in Illinois to remain independent and receive | 2 |
| services in the most integrated residential setting | 3 |
| possible for that person. | 4 |
| (2) Older Adult Services Demonstration Grants, | 5 |
| pursuant to subsection (g) of this Section. | 6 |
| (g) Older Adult Services Demonstration Grants. The | 7 |
| Department shall establish a program of demonstration grants to | 8 |
| assist in the restructuring of the delivery system for older | 9 |
| adult services and provide funding for innovative service | 10 |
| delivery models and system change and integration initiatives. | 11 |
| The Department shall prescribe, by rule, the grant application | 12 |
| process. At a minimum, every application must include: | 13 |
| (1) The type of grant sought; | 14 |
| (2) A description of the project; | 15 |
| (3) The objective of the project; | 16 |
| (4) The likelihood of the project meeting identified | 17 |
| needs; | 18 |
| (5) The plan for financing, administration, and | 19 |
| evaluation of the project; | 20 |
| (6) The timetable for implementation; | 21 |
| (7) The roles and capabilities of responsible | 22 |
| individuals and organizations; | 23 |
| (8) Documentation of collaboration with other service | 24 |
| providers, local community government leaders, and other | 25 |
| stakeholders, other providers, and any other stakeholders | 26 |
| in the community; | 27 |
| (9) Documentation of community support for the | 28 |
| project, including support by other service providers, | 29 |
| local community government leaders, and other | 30 |
| stakeholders;
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| (10) The total budget for the project; | 32 |
| (11) The financial condition of the applicant; and | 33 |
| (12) Any other application requirements that may be | 34 |
| established by the Department by rule. | 35 |
| Each project may include provisions for a designated staff | 36 |
| person who is responsible for the development of the project |
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| and recruitment of providers. | 2 |
| Projects may include, but are not limited to: adult family | 3 |
| foster care; family adult day care; assisted living in a | 4 |
| supervised apartment; personal services in a subsidized | 5 |
| housing project; evening and weekend home care coverage; small | 6 |
| incentive grants to attract new providers; money following the | 7 |
| person; cash and counseling; managed long-term care; and at | 8 |
| least one respite care project that establishes a local | 9 |
| coordinated network of volunteer and paid respite workers, | 10 |
| coordinates assignment of respite workers to caregivers and | 11 |
| older adults, ensures the health and safety of the older adult, | 12 |
| provides training for caregivers, and ensures that support | 13 |
| groups are available in the community. | 14 |
| A demonstration project funded in whole or in part by an | 15 |
| Older Adult Services Demonstration Grant is exempt from the | 16 |
| requirements of the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. To | 17 |
| the extent applicable, however, for the purpose of maintaining | 18 |
| the statewide inventory authorized by the Illinois Health | 19 |
| Facilities Planning Act, the Department shall send to the | 20 |
| Health Facilities Planning Board a copy of each grant award | 21 |
| made under this subsection (g). | 22 |
| The Department, in collaboration with the Departments of | 23 |
| Public Health and Public Aid, shall evaluate the effectiveness | 24 |
| of the projects receiving grants under this Section. | 25 |
| (h) No later than July 1 of each year, the Department of | 26 |
| Public Health shall provide information to the Department of | 27 |
| Public Aid to enable the Department of Public Aid to annually | 28 |
| document and verify the savings attributable to the nursing | 29 |
| home conversion program for the previous fiscal year to | 30 |
| estimate an annual amount of such savings that may be | 31 |
| appropriated to the Department on Aging State Projects Fund and | 32 |
| notify the General Assembly, the Department on Aging, the | 33 |
| Department of Human Services, and the Advisory Committee of the | 34 |
| savings no later than October 1 of the same fiscal year.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-1031, eff. 8-27-04.)
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