100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB2857

 

Introduced , by Rep. Mary E. Flowers

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
210 ILCS 135/4  from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1704

    Amends the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act. Provides that licenses for community mental health or developmental services agencies are valid for one year (rather than 3 years). Provides that an agency licensed under the Act or a community-integrated living arrangement certified by an agency must maintain for public inspection copies of investigative reports and surveys conducted by the Department of Human Services. Provides that the Department must prepare a quarterly report detailing violations of the Act by an agency licensed under the Act or a community-integrated living arrangement certified by an agency and publish the report on its website. Provides that the report must include the name and address of each agency and community-integrated living arrangement that violates the Act.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Community-Integrated Living Arrangements
5Licensure and Certification Act is amended by changing Section
64 as follows:
 
7    (210 ILCS 135/4)  (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1704)
8    Sec. 4. (a) Any community mental health or developmental
9services agency who wishes to develop and support a variety of
10community-integrated living arrangements may do so pursuant to
11a license issued by the Department under this Act. However,
12programs established under or otherwise subject to the Child
13Care Act of 1969, the Nursing Home Care Act, the Specialized
14Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the ID/DD Community
15Care Act, or the MC/DD Act, as now or hereafter amended, shall
16remain subject thereto, and this Act shall not be construed to
17limit the application of those Acts.
18    (b) The system of licensure established under this Act
19shall be for the purposes of:
20        (1) Insuring that all recipients residing in
21    community-integrated living arrangements are receiving
22    appropriate community-based services, including treatment,
23    training and habilitation or rehabilitation;

 

 

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1        (2) Insuring that recipients' rights are protected and
2    that all programs provided to and placements arranged for
3    recipients comply with this Act, the Mental Health and
4    Developmental Disabilities Code, and applicable Department
5    rules and regulations;
6        (3) Maintaining the integrity of communities by
7    requiring regular monitoring and inspection of placements
8    and other services provided in community-integrated living
9    arrangements.
10    The licensure system shall be administered by a quality
11assurance unit within the Department which shall be
12administratively independent of units responsible for funding
13of agencies or community services.
14    (c) As a condition of being licensed by the Department as a
15community mental health or developmental services agency under
16this Act, the agency shall certify to the Department that:
17        (1) All recipients residing in community-integrated
18    living arrangements are receiving appropriate
19    community-based services, including treatment, training
20    and habilitation or rehabilitation;
21        (2) All programs provided to and placements arranged
22    for recipients are supervised by the agency; and
23        (3) All programs provided to and placements arranged
24    for recipients comply with this Act, the Mental Health and
25    Developmental Disabilities Code, and applicable Department
26    rules and regulations.

 

 

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1    (d) An applicant for licensure as a community mental health
2or developmental services agency under this Act shall submit an
3application pursuant to the application process established by
4the Department by rule and shall pay an application fee in an
5amount established by the Department, which amount shall not be
6more than $200.
7    (e) If an applicant meets the requirements established by
8the Department to be licensed as a community mental health or
9developmental services agency under this Act, after payment of
10the licensing fee, the Department shall issue a license valid
11for one year 3 years from the date thereof unless suspended or
12revoked by the Department or voluntarily surrendered by the
13agency.
14    (f) Upon application to the Department, the Department may
15issue a temporary permit to an applicant for a 6-month period
16to allow the holder of such permit reasonable time to become
17eligible for a license under this Act.
18    (g)(1) The Department may conduct site visits to an agency
19licensed under this Act, or to any program or placement
20certified by the agency, and inspect the records or premises,
21or both, of such agency, program or placement as it deems
22appropriate, for the purpose of determining compliance with
23this Act, the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
24Code, and applicable Department rules and regulations. An
25agency licensed under this Act or a community-integrated living
26arrangement certified by an agency must maintain for public

 

 

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1inspection copies of investigative reports and surveys
2conducted by the Department.
3    (2) If the Department determines that an agency licensed
4under this Act is not in compliance with this Act or the rules
5and regulations promulgated under this Act, the Department
6shall serve a notice of violation upon the licensee. Each
7notice of violation shall be prepared in writing and shall
8specify the nature of the violation, the statutory provision or
9rule alleged to have been violated, and that the licensee
10submit a plan of correction to the Department if required. The
11notice shall also inform the licensee of any other action which
12the Department might take pursuant to this Act and of the right
13to a hearing. The Department must prepare a quarterly report
14detailing violations of this Act by an agency licensed under
15this Act or a community-integrated living arrangement
16certified by an agency and publish the report on its website;
17the report must include the name and address of each agency and
18community-integrated living arrangement that violates this
19Act.
20    (g-5) As determined by the Department, a disproportionate
21number or percentage of licensure complaints; a
22disproportionate number or percentage of substantiated cases
23of abuse, neglect, or exploitation involving an agency; an
24apparent unnatural death of an individual served by an agency;
25any egregious or life-threatening abuse or neglect within an
26agency; or any other significant event as determined by the

 

 

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1Department shall initiate a review of the agency's license by
2the Department, as well as a review of its service agreement
3for funding. The Department shall adopt rules to establish the
4process by which the determination to initiate a review shall
5be made and the timeframe to initiate a review upon the making
6of such determination.
7    (h) Upon the expiration of any license issued under this
8Act, a license renewal application shall be required of and a
9license renewal fee in an amount established by the Department
10shall be charged to a community mental health or developmental
11services agency, provided that such fee shall not be more than
12$200.
13(Source: P.A. 98-104, eff. 7-22-13; 99-180, eff. 7-29-15.)