101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4884

 

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Gregory Harris

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
210 ILCS 135/14.6 new
305 ILCS 5/12-21.21 new

    Amends the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act. Provides that no later than January 1, 2021, the Department of Public Health shall adopt rules under the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to require remote monitoring and support services at community-integrated living arrangements. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the Department of Human Services to jointly submit the necessary application to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for a waiver or State Plan amendment to allow remote monitoring and support services as a waiver-reimbursable service for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities and seniors requiring in-home care. Provides that the application shall be submitted no later than 60 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning public aid.
 
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 adding Section
614.6 as follows:
 
7    (210 ILCS 135/14.6 new)
8    Sec. 14.6. Remote support services. No later than January
91, 2021, the Department shall adopt rules under the Illinois
10Administrative Procedure Act to require remote monitoring and
11support services at community-integrated living arrangements.
 
12    Section 10. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
13adding Section 12-21.21 as follows:
 
14    (305 ILCS 5/12-21.21 new)
15    Sec. 12-21.21. Federal waiver or State Plan amendment. The
16Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the Department
17of Human Services shall jointly submit the necessary
18application to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
19Services for a waiver or State Plan amendment to allow remote
20monitoring and support services as a waiver-reimbursable
21service for persons with intellectual and developmental

 

 

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1disabilities and seniors requiring in-home care. The
2application shall be submitted no later than 60 days after the
3effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General
4Assembly.
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6becoming law.