93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5163

 

Introduced 02/05/04, by Joseph M. Lyons

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 105/4.12 new

    Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Requires the Department on Aging, in cooperation with the departments of Public Health, Public Aid, and Human Services, to implement a quality profile system for nursing homes and, beginning July 1, 2005, assisted living facilities. Requires the Department on Aging to develop the quality profiles using surveys of consumers of long-term care services. Requires implementation of a system for dissemination of the profiles to consumers, providers, and purchasers of long-term care services by July 1, 2005.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning aging.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Act on the Aging is amended by
5 adding Section 4.12 as follows:
 
6     (20 ILCS 105/4.12 new)
7     Sec. 4.12. Long-term care quality profiles.
8     (a) Quality profiles. The Department on Aging, in
9 cooperation with the departments of Public Health, Public Aid,
10 and Human Services, shall develop and implement a quality
11 profile system for facilities licensed under the Nursing Home
12 Care Act and, beginning not later than July 1, 2005, facilities
13 licensed as assisted living establishments under the Assisted
14 Living and Shared Housing Act. The system must be developed and
15 implemented to the extent possible without the collection of
16 significant amounts of new data. To the extent possible, the
17 system must incorporate or be coordinated with information on
18 quality maintained by the Department on Aging, the departments
19 of Public Health, Public Aid, or Human Services, area agencies
20 on aging, the Office of State Long Term Care Ombudsman
21 established under Section 4.04, long-term care trade
22 associations, and other entities. The system must be designed
23 to provide information on quality of facilities and services to
24 the following:
25         (1) Consumers of long-term care services and their
26     families, to facilitate informed choices of service
27     providers.
28         (2) Providers of long-term care services, to enable
29     them to measure the results of their quality improvement
30     efforts and compare quality achievements with other
31     service providers.
32         (3) Public and private purchasers of long-term care

 

 

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1     services, to enable them to purchase high-quality care.
2     The system must be developed in consultation with area
3     agencies on aging and with representatives of consumers of
4     long-term care services, providers of long-term care services,
5     and labor unions. Within the limits of available
6     appropriations, the Department on Aging may employ consultants
7     to assist with this project.
8     (b) Quality measurement tools. The Department on Aging
9     shall identify and apply existing quality measurement tools to
10     do the following:
11         (1) Emphasize quality of care and its relationship to
12     quality of life.
13         (2) Address the needs of various users of long-term
14     care services, including, but not limited to, short-stay
15     residents, persons with behavioral problems, persons with
16     dementia, and persons who are members of minority groups.
17     The tools must be identified and applied, to the extent
18     possible, without requiring providers to supply information
19     beyond current State and federal requirements.
20     (c) Consumer surveys. Following identification of the
21     quality measurement tools under subsection (b), the Department
22     on Aging shall conduct surveys of consumers of long-term care
23     services to develop quality profiles of providers of long-term
24     care services. To the extent possible, the surveys must be
25     conducted face-to-face by State employees or contractors. At
26     the discretion of the Department, the surveys may be conducted
27     by telephone or by provider staff. Surveys must be conducted
28     periodically to update quality profiles of individual service
29     providers.
30     (d) Dissemination of profiles. By July 1, 2005, the
31     Department on Aging shall implement a system to disseminate the
32     quality profiles developed under this Section. The profiles may
33     be disseminated through the Department to consumers,
34     providers, and purchasers of long-term care services through
35     all feasible printed and electronic outlets. The Department may
36     conduct a public awareness campaign to inform potential users

 

 

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1     of long-term care services regarding profile contents and
2     potential uses.