102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3607

 

Introduced 2/22/2021, 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 2 years (rather than 3 years). Provides that if a community mental health or developmental services agency receives a compliance score as the result of a survey or audit from the Department of Human Services or the Bureau of Accreditation, Licensure and Certification that is less than acceptably compliant, the agency shall implement a plan of corrections to address the violations listed in the survey or audit and may be subject to additional sanctions based on the agency's compliance score, including, but not limited to, a freeze on admissions or revocation of the agency's license.


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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
23    treatment, 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
2health or developmental services agency under this Act shall
3submit an application pursuant to the application process
4established by the Department by rule and shall pay an
5application fee in an amount established by the Department,
6which amount shall not be more 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 2 3 years from the date thereof unless suspended or revoked
12by the Department or voluntarily surrendered by the agency.
13    (f) Upon application to the Department, the Department may
14issue a temporary permit to an applicant for up to a 2-year
15period to allow the holder of such permit reasonable time to
16become eligible for a license under this Act.
17    (g)(1) The Department may conduct site visits to an agency
18licensed under this Act, or to any program or placement
19certified by the agency, and inspect the records or premises,
20or both, of such agency, program or placement as it deems
21appropriate, for the purpose of determining compliance with
22this Act, the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
23Code, and applicable Department rules and regulations. The
24Department shall conduct inspections of the records and
25premises of each community-integrated living arrangement
26certified under this Act at least once every 2 years.

 

 

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1    (2) If the Department determines that an agency licensed
2under this Act is not in compliance with this Act or the rules
3and regulations promulgated under this Act, the Department
4shall serve a notice of violation upon the licensee. Each
5notice of violation shall be prepared in writing and shall
6specify the nature of the violation, the statutory provision
7or rule alleged to have been violated, and that the licensee
8submit a plan of correction to the Department if required. The
9notice shall also inform the licensee of any other action
10which the Department might take pursuant to this Act and of the
11right to a hearing.
12    (3) If an agency licensed under this Act receives a
13compliance score as the result of a survey or audit from the
14Department or the Bureau of Accreditation, Licensure and
15Certification that is less than acceptably compliant, then the
16agency shall implement a plan of corrections to address the
17violations listed in the survey or audit and may be subject to
18additional sanctions based on the agency's compliance score,
19including, but not limited to, a freeze on admissions and
20revocation of the agency's license.
21    (g-5) As determined by the Department, a disproportionate
22number or percentage of licensure complaints; a
23disproportionate number or percentage of substantiated cases
24of abuse, neglect, or exploitation involving an agency; an
25apparent unnatural death of an individual served by an agency;
26any egregious or life-threatening abuse or neglect within an

 

 

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1agency; or any other significant event as determined by the
2Department shall initiate a review of the agency's license by
3the Department, as well as a review of its service agreement
4for funding. The Department shall adopt rules to establish the
5process by which the determination to initiate a review shall
6be made and the timeframe to initiate a review upon the making
7of such determination.
8    (h) Upon the expiration of any license issued under this
9Act, a license renewal application shall be required of and a
10license renewal fee in an amount established by the Department
11shall be charged to a community mental health or developmental
12services agency, provided that such fee shall not be more than
13$200.
14    (i) A public or private agency, association, partnership,
15corporation, or organization that has had a license revoked
16under subsection (b) of Section 6 of this Act may not apply for
17or possess a license under a different name.
18(Source: P.A. 99-180, eff. 7-29-15; 100-58, eff. 8-11-17;
19100-313, eff. 8-24-17; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)