101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB0178

 

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 must 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) ensuring 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) ensuring 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 up to a 2-year
16period to allow the holder of such permit reasonable time to
17become eligible 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. The
25Department shall conduct inspections of the records and
26premises of each community-integrated living arrangement

 

 

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

 

 

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1apparent unnatural death of an individual served by an agency;
2any egregious or life-threatening abuse or neglect within an
3agency; or any other significant event as determined by the
4Department shall initiate a review of the agency's license by
5the Department, as well as a review of its service agreement
6for funding. The Department shall adopt rules to establish the
7process by which the determination to initiate a review shall
8be made and the timeframe to initiate a review upon the making
9of such determination.
10    (h) Upon the expiration of any license issued under this
11Act, a license renewal application shall be required of and a
12license renewal fee in an amount established by the Department
13shall be charged to a community mental health or developmental
14services agency, provided that such fee shall not be more than
15$200.
16    (i) A public or private agency, association, partnership,
17corporation, or organization that has had a license revoked
18under subsection (b) of Section 6 of this Act may not apply for
19or possess a license under a different name.
20(Source: P.A. 99-180, eff. 7-29-15; 100-58, eff. 8-11-17;
21100-313, eff. 8-24-17; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)