97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1521

 

Introduced 2/15/2011, by Rep. Chapin Rose

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
210 ILCS 35/8.5 new
210 ILCS 47/3-216 new
210 ILCS 135/13 new
225 ILCS 10/5.7 new
405 ILCS 30/3.5 new

    Amends the Community Living Facilities Licensing Act, the MR/DD Community Care Act, Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act, Child Care Act of 1969, and the Community Services Act. Provides that for the various facilities licensed or established under those Acts, the Departments responsible for enforcement shall review the necessity of State Fire Marshal inspections if local fire authorities enforce codes that are more stringent than those applied by the State Fire Marshal and the local fire authorities issue a clearance of the various sites. Effective immediately.


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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 Living Facilities Licensing Act is
5amended by adding Section 8.5 as follows:
 
6    (210 ILCS 35/8.5 new)
7    Sec. 8.5. Fire inspections; authority.
8    (a) Per the requirements of Public Act 96-1141, on January
91, 2011 a report titled "Streamlined Auditing and Monitoring
10for Community Based Services: First Steps Toward a More
11Efficient System for Providers, State Government, and the
12Community" was provided for members of the General Assembly.
13The report, which was developed by a steering committee of
14community providers, trade associations, and designated
15representatives from the Departments of Children and Family
16Services, Healthcare and Family Services, Human Services, and
17Public Health, issued a series of recommendations, including
18recommended changes to Administrative Rules and Illinois
19statutes, on the categories of deemed status for accreditation,
20fiscal audits, centralized repository of information,
21Medicaid, technology, contracting, and streamlined monitoring
22procedures. It is the intent of the 97th General Assembly to
23pursue implementation of those recommendations that have been

 

 

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1determined to require Acts of the General Assembly.
2    (b) For facilities licensed under this Act, the Department
3shall review the necessity of State Fire Marshal inspections if
4local fire authorities enforce codes that are more stringent
5than those applied by the State Fire Marshal and the local fire
6authorities issue a clearance of the facility sites.
 
7    Section 10. The MR/DD Community Care Act is amended by
8adding Section 3-216 as follows:
 
9    (210 ILCS 47/3-216 new)
10    Sec. 3-216. Fire inspections; authority.
11    (a) Per the requirements of Public Act 96-1141, on January
121, 2011 a report titled "Streamlined Auditing and Monitoring
13for Community Based Services: First Steps Toward a More
14Efficient System for Providers, State Government, and the
15Community" was provided for members of the General Assembly.
16The report, which was developed by a steering committee of
17community providers, trade associations, and designated
18representatives from the Departments of Children and Family
19Services, Healthcare and Family Services, Human Services, and
20Public Health, issued a series of recommendations, including
21recommended changes to Administrative Rules and Illinois
22statutes, on the categories of deemed status for accreditation,
23fiscal audits, centralized repository of information,
24Medicaid, technology, contracting, and streamlined monitoring

 

 

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1procedures. It is the intent of the 97th General Assembly to
2pursue implementation of those recommendations that have been
3determined to require Acts of the General Assembly.
4    (b) For facilities licensed under this Act, the Department
5shall review the necessity of State Fire Marshal inspections if
6local fire authorities enforce codes that are more stringent
7than those applied by the State Fire Marshal and the local fire
8authorities issue a clearance of the facility sites.
 
9    Section 15. The Community-Integrated Living Arrangements
10Licensure and Certification Act is amended by adding Section 13
11as follows:
 
12    (210 ILCS 135/13 new)
13    Sec. 13. Fire inspections; authority.
14    (a) Per the requirements of Public Act 96-1141, on January
151, 2011 a report titled "Streamlined Auditing and Monitoring
16for Community Based Services: First Steps Toward a More
17Efficient System for Providers, State Government, and the
18Community" was provided for members of the General Assembly.
19The report, which was developed by a steering committee of
20community providers, trade associations, and designated
21representatives from the Departments of Children and Family
22Services, Healthcare and Family Services, Human Services, and
23Public Health, issued a series of recommendations, including
24recommended changes to Administrative Rules and Illinois

 

 

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1statutes, on the categories of deemed status for accreditation,
2fiscal audits, centralized repository of information,
3Medicaid, technology, contracting, and streamlined monitoring
4procedures. It is the intent of the 97th General Assembly to
5pursue implementation of those recommendations that have been
6determined to require Acts of the General Assembly.
7    (b) For community-integrated living arrangements licensed
8under this Act, the Department shall review the necessity of
9State Fire Marshal inspections if local fire authorities
10enforce codes that are more stringent than those applied by the
11State Fire Marshal and the local fire authorities issue a
12clearance of the facility sites.
 
13    Section 20. The Child Care Act of 1969 is amended by adding
14Section 5.7 as follows:
 
15    (225 ILCS 10/5.7 new)
16    Sec. 5.7. Fire inspections; authority.
17    (a) Per the requirements of Public Act 96-1141, on January
181, 2011 a report titled "Streamlined Auditing and Monitoring
19for Community Based Services: First Steps Toward a More
20Efficient System for Providers, State Government, and the
21Community" was provided for members of the General Assembly.
22The report, which was developed by a steering committee of
23community providers, trade associations, and designated
24representatives from the Departments of Children and Family

 

 

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1Services, Healthcare and Family Services, Human Services, and
2Public Health, issued a series of recommendations, including
3recommended changes to Administrative Rules and Illinois
4statutes, on the categories of deemed status for accreditation,
5fiscal audits, centralized repository of information,
6Medicaid, technology, contracting, and streamlined monitoring
7procedures. It is the intent of the 97th General Assembly to
8pursue implementation of those recommendations that have been
9determined to require Acts of the General Assembly.
10    (b) For child care facilities licensed under this Act, the
11Department shall review the necessity of State Fire Marshal
12inspections if local fire authorities enforce codes that are
13more stringent than those applied by the State Fire Marshal and
14the local fire authorities issue a clearance of the facility
15sites.
 
16    Section 25. The Community Services Act is amended by adding
17Section 3.5 as follows:
 
18    (405 ILCS 30/3.5 new)
19    Sec. 3.5. Fire inspections; authority.
20    (a) Per the requirements of Public Act 96-1141, on January
211, 2011 a report titled "Streamlined Auditing and Monitoring
22for Community Based Services: First Steps Toward a More
23Efficient System for Providers, State Government, and the
24Community" was provided for members of the General Assembly.

 

 

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1The report, which was developed by a steering committee of
2community providers, trade associations, and designated
3representatives from the Departments of Children and Family
4Services, Healthcare and Family Services, Human Services, and
5Public Health, issued a series of recommendations, including
6recommended changes to Administrative Rules and Illinois
7statutes, on the categories of deemed status for accreditation,
8fiscal audits, centralized repository of information,
9Medicaid, technology, contracting, and streamlined monitoring
10procedures. It is the intent of the 97th General Assembly to
11pursue implementation of those recommendations that have been
12determined to require Acts of the General Assembly.
13    (b) For provider organizations established under this Act,
14the Department shall review the necessity of State Fire Marshal
15inspections if local fire authorities enforce codes that are
16more stringent than those applied by the State Fire Marshal and
17the local fire authorities issue a clearance of the facility
18sites.
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20becoming law.