HB1321 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB1321

Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

210 ILCS 9/25

Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a license requirement.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

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

Section 5. The Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act is amended by changing Section 25 as follows:

(210 ILCS 9/25)

Sec. 25. License requirement. No person may establish, operate, maintain, or offer an establishment as an assisted living establishment or shared housing establishment as defined by the the Act within this State unless and until he or she obtains a valid license, which remains unsuspended, unrevoked, and unexpired. No public official, agent, or employee may place any person in, or recommend that any person be placed in, or directly or indirectly cause any person to be placed in any establishment that meets the definition under this Act that is being operated without a valid license. No public official, agent, or employee may place the name of an unlicensed establishment that is required to be licensed under this Act on a list of programs. An entity that operates as an assisted living or shared housing establishment as defined by this Act without a license shall be subject to the provisions, including penalties, of the Nursing Home Care Act. No entity shall use in its name or advertise "assisted living" unless licensed as an assisted living establishment under this Act or as a shelter care facility under the Nursing Home Care Act that also meets the definition of an assisted living establishment under this Act, except a shared housing establishment licensed under this Act may advertise assisted living services.

(Source: P.A. 93-141, eff. 7-10-03.)