98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB2353

 

Introduced 2/15/2013, by Sen. Heather A. Steans

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
210 ILCS 45/3-207  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-207
210 ILCS 45/3-304.1
210 ILCS 47/3-207
210 ILCS 47/3-304.1
210 ILCS 48/3-207
210 ILCS 48/3-304.1

    Amends the Nursing Home Care Act, the ID/DD Community Care Act, and the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act. Provides that a facility which is owned by a chain organization as defined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services shall submit annually to the Department of Public Health (IDPH) an electronic copy of the Home Office Cost Statement required to be submitted by the home office of the chain to the United States Department of Health and Human Services; provides a penalty for failure to comply. Adds certain information regarding nursing homes that IDPH must make available to the public on the World Wide Web, including certain cost reports and statements and whether the facility is part of a chain. 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 Nursing Home Care Act is amended by changing
5Sections 3-207 and 3-304.1 as follows:
 
6    (210 ILCS 45/3-207)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-207)
7    Sec. 3-207. Statement of ownership.
8    (a) As a condition of the issuance or renewal of the
9license of any facility, the applicant shall file a statement
10of ownership. The applicant shall update the information
11required in the statement of ownership within 10 days of any
12change.
13    (b) The statement of ownership shall include the following:
14        (1) The name, address, telephone number, occupation or
15    business activity, business address and business telephone
16    number of the person who is the owner of the facility and
17    every person who owns the building in which the facility is
18    located, if other than the owner of the facility, which is
19    the subject of the application or license; and if the owner
20    is a partnership or corporation, the name of every partner
21    and stockholder of the owner;
22        (2) The name and address of any facility, wherever
23    located, any financial interest in which is owned by the

 

 

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1    applicant, if the facility were required to be licensed if
2    it were located in this State;
3        (3) Other information necessary to determine the
4    identity and qualifications of an applicant or licensee to
5    operate a facility in accordance with this Act as required
6    by the Department in regulations.
7    (c) The information in the statement of ownership shall be
8public information and shall be available from the Department.
9    (d) A facility which is owned by a chain organization as
10defined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services shall
11submit annually to the Department an electronic copy of the
12Home Office Cost Statement required to be submitted by the home
13office of the chain to the United States Department of Health
14and Human Services. The facility shall send the cost statement
15in electronic form to the Department forthwith after it submits
16the statement to the Department of Health and Human Services.
17Each week that a facility fails to comply with the requirements
18of this subsection shall be cited as a separate administrative
19warning.
20(Source: P.A. 85-1183.)
 
21    (210 ILCS 45/3-304.1)
22    Sec. 3-304.1. Public computer access to information.
23    (a) The Department must make information regarding nursing
24homes in the State available to the public in electronic form
25on the World Wide Web, including all of the following

 

 

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1information:
2        (1) who regulates nursing homes;
3        (2) information in the possession of the Department
4    that is listed in Sections 3-210 and 3-304;
5        (3) deficiencies and plans of correction;
6        (4) enforcement remedies;
7        (5) penalty letters;
8        (6) designation of penalty monies;
9        (7) the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services'
10    Health Care Financing Administration special projects or
11    federally required inspections;
12        (8) advisory standards;
13        (9) deficiency-free surveys;
14        (10) enforcement actions and enforcement summaries;
15    and
16        (11) distressed facilities; .
17        (12) a link to the most recent facility cost report
18    filed with the Department of Healthcare and Family
19    Services;
20        (13) a link to the most recent Consumer Choice
21    Information Report filed with the Department on Aging;
22        (14) whether the facility is part of a chain; the
23    facility shall be deemed part of a chain if it meets
24    criteria established by the United States Department of
25    Health and Human Services that identify it as owned by a
26    chain organization; and

 

 

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1        (15) a copy of the latest Home Office Cost Statement,
2    if any, filed by the home office of the owner of the
3    facility with the United States Department of Health and
4    Human Services.
5    (b) No fee or other charge may be imposed by the Department
6as a condition of accessing the information.
7    (c) The electronic public access provided through the World
8Wide Web shall be in addition to any other electronic or print
9distribution of the information.
10    (d) The information shall be made available as provided in
11this Section in the shortest practicable time after it is
12publicly available in any other form.
13(Source: P.A. 96-1372, eff. 7-29-10.)
 
14    Section 10. The ID/DD Community Care Act is amended by
15changing Sections 3-207 and 3-304.1 as follows:
 
16    (210 ILCS 47/3-207)
17    Sec. 3-207. Statement of ownership.    
18    (a) As a condition of the issuance or renewal of the
19license of any facility, the applicant shall file a statement
20of ownership. The applicant shall update the information
21required in the statement of ownership within 10 days of any
22change.
23    (b) The statement of ownership shall include the following:
24        (1) The name, address, telephone number, occupation or

 

 

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1    business activity, business address and business telephone
2    number of the person who is the owner of the facility and
3    every person who owns the building in which the facility is
4    located, if other than the owner of the facility, which is
5    the subject of the application or license; and if the owner
6    is a partnership or corporation, the name of every partner
7    and stockholder of the owner;
8        (2) The name and address of any facility, wherever
9    located, any financial interest in which is owned by the
10    applicant, if the facility were required to be licensed if
11    it were located in this State;
12        (3) Other information necessary to determine the
13    identity and qualifications of an applicant or licensee to
14    operate a facility in accordance with this Act as required
15    by the Department in regulations.
16    (c) The information in the statement of ownership shall be
17public information and shall be available from the Department.
18    (d) A facility which is owned by a chain organization as
19defined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services shall
20submit annually to the Department an electronic copy of the
21Home Office Cost Statement required to be submitted by the home
22office of the chain to the United States Department of Health
23and Human Services. The facility shall send the cost statement
24in electronic form to the Department forthwith after it submits
25the statement to the Department of Health and Human Services.
26Each week that a facility fails to comply with the requirements

 

 

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1of this subsection shall be cited as a separate administrative
2warning.
3(Source: P.A. 96-339, eff. 7-1-10.)
 
4    (210 ILCS 47/3-304.1)
5    Sec. 3-304.1. Public computer access to information.
6    (a) The Department must make information regarding nursing
7homes in the State available to the public in electronic form
8on the World Wide Web, including all of the following
9information:
10        (1) who regulates facilities licensed under this Act;
11        (2) information in the possession of the Department
12    that is listed in Sections 3-210 and 3-304;
13        (3) deficiencies and plans of correction;
14        (4) enforcement remedies;
15        (5) penalty letters;
16        (6) designation of penalty monies;
17        (7) the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services'
18    Health Care Financing Administration special projects or
19    federally required inspections;
20        (8) advisory standards;
21        (9) deficiency free surveys;
22        (10) enforcement actions and enforcement summaries;
23    and
24        (11) distressed facilities; .
25        (12) a link to the most recent facility cost report

 

 

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1    filed with the Department of Healthcare and Family
2    Services;
3        (13) a link to the most recent Consumer Choice
4    Information Report filed with the Department on Aging;
5        (14) whether the facility is part of a chain; the
6    facility shall be deemed part of a chain if it meets
7    criteria established by the United States Department of
8    Health and Human Services that identify it as owned by a
9    chain organization; and
10        (15) a copy of the latest Home Office Cost Statement,
11    if any, filed by the home office of the owner of the
12    facility with the United States Department of Health and
13    Human Services.
14    (b) No fee or other charge may be imposed by the Department
15as a condition of accessing the information.
16    (c) The electronic public access provided through the World
17Wide Web shall be in addition to any other electronic or print
18distribution of the information.
19    (d) The information shall be made available as provided in
20this Section in the shortest practicable time after it is
21publicly available in any other form.
22(Source: P.A. 96-339, eff. 7-1-10; 97-38, eff. 6-28-11.)
 
23    Section 15. The Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation
24Act is amended by changing Sections 3-207 and 3-304.1 as
25follows:
 

 

 

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1    (210 ILCS 48/3-207)
2    Sec. 3-207. Statement of ownership.    
3    (a) As a condition of the issuance or renewal of the
4license of any facility, the applicant shall file a statement
5of ownership. The applicant shall update the information
6required in the statement of ownership within 10 days of any
7change.
8    (b) The statement of ownership shall include the following:
9        (1) The name, address, telephone number, occupation or
10    business activity, business address and business telephone
11    number of the person who is the owner of the facility and
12    every person who owns the building in which the facility is
13    located, if other than the owner of the facility, which is
14    the subject of the application or license; and if the owner
15    is a partnership or corporation, the name of every partner
16    and stockholder of the owner;
17        (2) The name and address of any facility, wherever
18    whereever located, any financial interest in which is owned
19    by the applicant, if the facility were required to be
20    licensed if it were located in this State;
21        (3) Other information necessary to determine the
22    identity and qualifications of an applicant or licensee to
23    operate a facility in accordance with this Act as required
24    by the Department in regulations.
25    (c) The information in the statement of ownership shall be

 

 

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1public information and shall be available from the Department.
2    (d) A facility which is owned by a chain organization as
3defined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services shall
4submit annually to the Department an electronic copy of the
5Home Office Cost Statement required to be submitted by the home
6office of the chain to the United States Department of Health
7and Human Services. The facility shall send the cost statement
8in electronic form to the Department forthwith after it submits
9the statement to the Department of Health and Human Services.
10Each week that a facility fails to comply with the requirements
11of this subsection shall be cited as a separate administrative
12warning.
13(Source: P.A. 97-38, eff. 6-28-11; revised 8-3-12.)
 
14    (210 ILCS 48/3-304.1)
15    Sec. 3-304.1. Public computer access to information.
16    (a) The Department must make information regarding nursing
17homes in the State available to the public in electronic form
18on the World Wide Web, including all of the following
19information:
20        (1) who regulates facilities licensed under this Act;
21        (2) information in the possession of the Department
22    that is listed in Sections 3-210 and 3-304;
23        (3) deficiencies and plans of correction;
24        (4) enforcement remedies;
25        (5) penalty letters;

 

 

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1        (6) designation of penalty monies;
2        (7) the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services'
3    special projects or federally required inspections;
4        (8) advisory standards;
5        (9) deficiency free surveys;
6        (10) enforcement actions and enforcement summaries;
7    and
8        (11) distressed facilities; .
9        (12) a link to the most recent facility cost report
10    filed with the Department of Healthcare and Family
11    Services;
12        (13) a link to the most recent Consumer Choice
13    Information Report filed with the Department on Aging;
14        (14) whether the facility is part of a chain; the
15    facility shall be deemed part of a chain if it meets
16    criteria established by the United States Department of
17    Health and Human Services that identify it as owned by a
18    chain organization; and
19        (15) a copy of the latest Home Office Cost Statement,
20    if any, filed by the home office of the owner of the
21    facility with the United States Department of Health and
22    Human Services.
23    (b) No fee or other charge may be imposed by the Department
24as a condition of accessing the information.
25    (c) The electronic public access provided through the World
26Wide Web shall be in addition to any other electronic or print

 

 

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1distribution of the information.
2    (d) The information shall be made available as provided in
3this Section in the shortest practicable time after it is
4publicly available in any other form.
5(Source: P.A. 97-38, eff. 6-28-11.)
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7becoming law.