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 1        AN  ACT  to  create  the  Innovations  in  Long-term Care
 2    Quality Grants Act.

 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section  1.  Short  title.  This  Act may be cited as the
 6    Innovations in Long-term Care Quality Grants Act.

 7        Section 5. Grant program. The Director of  Public  Health
 8    shall   establish   a   long-term  care  grant  program  that
 9    demonstrates the best practices and innovation for  long-term
10    care  service,  delivery,  and  housing. The grants must fund
11    programs that demonstrate  creativity  in  service  provision
12    through the scope of their program or service.

13        Section  10.  Eligibility  for  grant. Grants may only be
14    made to facilities licensed under the Nursing Home Care  Act.
15    Grants  may  only  be made for projects that show innovations
16    and measurable improvement in resident care, quality of life,
17    use of technology, or customer satisfaction.

18        Section  15.  Innovations  in  Long-term   Care   Quality
19    Demonstration  Grants  Fund.  There  is  created in the State
20    treasury a special fund to be known  as  the  Innovations  in
21    Long-term  Care  Quality  Demonstration  Grants Fund.  Grants
22    shall  be  funded  using  federal  civil  monetary  penalties
23    collected   and   deposited   into   the   Long   Term   Care
24    Monitor/Receiver Fund established under the Nursing Home Care
25    Act.  Subject to appropriation, moneys in the Fund  shall  be
26    used  for  demonstration  grants  to nursing homes.  Interest
27    earned on moneys in the Fund  shall  be  deposited  into  the
28    Fund.
 
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 1        Section 20. Award of grants.
 2        (a)  Applications  for  grants  must  be  made  on  forms
 3    prescribed by the Director of Public Health.
 4        (b)  The  applications  must  be  reviewed,  ranked,  and
 5    recommended  by  a  commission  composed of 5 representatives
 6    chosen   from   recommendations   made    by    organizations
 7    representing long-term care facilities in Illinois, a citizen
 8    member from AARP, one representative from a disabled advocacy
 9    organization, one representative from the statewide ombudsman
10    organization,  one representative from academia, the Director
11    of  Public  Health,  the   Director   of   Aging,   and   one
12    representative  selected  by  the  leader of each legislative
13    caucus. With the exception of  legislative  members,  members
14    shall  be  appointed  by  the Director of Public Health.  The
15    commission shall perform its duties under this subsection (b)
16    in consultation  with  the  medical  school  located  at  the
17    Champaign-Urbana campus of the University of Illinois.
18        (c)  The  commission shall rank applications according to
19    the following criteria:
20             (1)  improvement in direct care to residents;
21             (2)  increased  efficiency  through   the   use   of
22        technology;
23             (3)  improved  quality  of  care  through the use of
24        technology;
25             (4)  increased access and delivery of service;
26             (5)  enhancement of nursing staff training;
27             (6)  effectiveness   of    the    project    as    a
28        demonstration; and
29             (7)  transferability of the project to other sites.
30        (d)  The   Director  shall  award  grants  based  on  the
31    recommendations of the commission and after a thorough review
32    of the compliance history of the long-term care facility.

33        Section 95.  The Nursing Home  Care  Act  is  amended  by
 
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 1    changing Section 3-310 as follows:

 2        (210 ILCS 45/3-310) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-310)
 3        Sec.   3-310.    All  penalties  shall  be  paid  to  the
 4    Department within 10 days of receipt of notice of  assessment
 5    or,  if  the penalty is contested under Section 3-309, within
 6    10 days of receipt of the final decision, unless the decision
 7    is appealed and the order is  stayed  by  court  order  under
 8    Section  3-713.   A  penalty assessed under this Act shall be
 9    collected by the Department and shall be deposited  with  the
10    State  Treasurer  into  the  Long  Term Care Monitor/Receiver
11    Fund. If the person or facility against whom  a  penalty  has
12    been  assessed  does  not  comply  with  a written demand for
13    payment within 30 days, the Director shall issue an order  to
14    do any of the following:
15             (1)  Direct the State Treasurer to deduct the amount
16        of the fine from amounts otherwise due from the State for
17        the penalty and remit that amount to the Department;
18             (2)  Add the amount of the penalty to the facility's
19        licensing  fee;  if  the  licensee  refuses  to  make the
20        payment at the time of application  for  renewal  of  its
21        license, the license shall not be renewed; or
22             (3)  Bring an action in circuit court to recover the
23        amount of the penalty.
24        With the approval of the federal centers for Medicaid and
25    Medicare  services,  the  Director of Public Health shall set
26    aside 50% of the federal civil monetary  penalties  collected
27    each year to be used to award grants under the Innovations in
28    Long-term Care Quality Grants Act.
29    (Source: P.A. 86-663.)

30        Section  300.  The State Finance Act is amended by adding
31    Section 5.570 as follows:
 
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 1        (30 ILCS 105/5.570 new)
 2        Sec. 5.570.  The Innovations in  Long-term  Care  Quality
 3    Demonstration Grants Fund.

 4        Section  999.  Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
 5    becoming law.

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