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Public Act 92-0784
SB2001 Enrolled LRB9214820DJmg
AN ACT to create the Innovations in Long-term Care
Quality Grants Act.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
Innovations in Long-term Care Quality Grants Act.
Section 5. Grant program. The Director of Public Health
shall establish a long-term care grant program that
demonstrates the best practices and innovation for long-term
care service, delivery, and housing. The grants must fund
programs that demonstrate creativity in service provision
through the scope of their program or service.
Section 10. Eligibility for grant. Grants may only be
made to facilities licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act.
Grants may only be made for projects that show innovations
and measurable improvement in resident care, quality of life,
use of technology, or customer satisfaction.
Section 15. Innovations in Long-term Care Quality
Demonstration Grants Fund. There is created in the State
treasury a special fund to be known as the Innovations in
Long-term Care Quality Demonstration Grants Fund. Grants
shall be funded using federal civil monetary penalties
collected and deposited into the Long Term Care
Monitor/Receiver Fund established under the Nursing Home Care
Act. Subject to appropriation, moneys in the Fund shall be
used for demonstration grants to nursing homes. Interest
earned on moneys in the Fund shall be deposited into the
Fund.
Section 20. Award of grants.
(a) Applications for grants must be made on forms
prescribed by the Director of Public Health.
(b) The applications must be reviewed, ranked, and
recommended by a commission composed of 5 representatives
chosen from recommendations made by organizations
representing long-term care facilities in Illinois, a citizen
member from AARP, one representative from a disabled advocacy
organization, one representative from the statewide ombudsman
organization, one representative from academia, the Director
of Public Health, the Director of Aging, and one
representative selected by the leader of each legislative
caucus. With the exception of legislative members, members
shall be appointed by the Director of Public Health. The
commission shall perform its duties under this subsection (b)
in consultation with the medical school located at the
Champaign-Urbana campus of the University of Illinois.
(c) The commission shall rank applications according to
the following criteria:
(1) improvement in direct care to residents;
(2) increased efficiency through the use of
technology;
(3) improved quality of care through the use of
technology;
(4) increased access and delivery of service;
(5) enhancement of nursing staff training;
(6) effectiveness of the project as a
demonstration; and
(7) transferability of the project to other sites.
(d) The Director shall award grants based on the
recommendations of the commission and after a thorough review
of the compliance history of the long-term care facility.
Section 95. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by
changing Section 3-310 as follows:
(210 ILCS 45/3-310) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-310)
Sec. 3-310. All penalties shall be paid to the
Department within 10 days of receipt of notice of assessment
or, if the penalty is contested under Section 3-309, within
10 days of receipt of the final decision, unless the decision
is appealed and the order is stayed by court order under
Section 3-713. A penalty assessed under this Act shall be
collected by the Department and shall be deposited with the
State Treasurer into the Long Term Care Monitor/Receiver
Fund. If the person or facility against whom a penalty has
been assessed does not comply with a written demand for
payment within 30 days, the Director shall issue an order to
do any of the following:
(1) Direct the State Treasurer to deduct the amount
of the fine from amounts otherwise due from the State for
the penalty and remit that amount to the Department;
(2) Add the amount of the penalty to the facility's
licensing fee; if the licensee refuses to make the
payment at the time of application for renewal of its
license, the license shall not be renewed; or
(3) Bring an action in circuit court to recover the
amount of the penalty.
With the approval of the federal centers for Medicaid and
Medicare services, the Director of Public Health shall set
aside 50% of the federal civil monetary penalties collected
each year to be used to award grants under the Innovations in
Long-term Care Quality Grants Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-663.)
Section 300. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
Section 5.570 as follows:
(30 ILCS 105/5.570 new)
Sec. 5.570. The Innovations in Long-term Care Quality
Demonstration Grants Fund.
Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
Passed in the General Assembly May 22, 2002.
Approved August 06, 2002.
Effective August 06, 2002.
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