Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB4735

Creates the Nursing Facility Bed Moratorium and Modernization Act. Provides that, except as specifically provided, the Health Facilities Planning Board shall deny any request for a permit or exemption for a new nursing facility bed if that license would result in an increase in the medical assistance reimbursement amount for the purposes of the medical assistance program under Title XIX of the Social Security Act. Provides that any nursing facility that has, for the previous 3 years, provided services to at least 50% of its resident population under the medical assistance program under Title XIX of the Social Security Act is eligible to apply for a Nursing Facility Modernization Grant. Provides that Nursing Facility Modernization Grants shall be available from the Nursing Facility Modernization Fund for capital or one-time capital expenditures, for a maximum of $1,000,000 per nursing facility; provided that grantees shall be required to provide 20% as match toward the total cost of the capital project. Requires the Director of Public Health, in coordination with the Director of Public Aid and the Director of Aging, to submit a report containing analysis of the effect of the nursing facility moratorium and Nursing Facility Modernization Program to the Governor and the General Assembly on January 1, 2006 and on January 1 of each year thereafter. Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act to provide that no person shall establish, construct, or modify a long term care nursing facility except as authorized under the Nursing Facility Bed Moratorium and Modernization Act. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Nursing Facility Modernization Fund. Effective immediately.

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Nursing Facility Bed Conversion and Modernization Act. Provides that any nursing facility that has, for the previous 3 years, provided services to at least 35% of its resident population under the medical assistance program under Title XIX of the Social Security Act is eligible to apply for a Nursing Facility Conversion and Modernization Grant. Provides that Nursing Facility Conversion and Modernization Grants shall be available from the Nursing Facility Conversion and Modernization Fund for capital or one-time capital expenditures, for a maximum of $1,000,000 per nursing facility; provided that grantees shall be required to provide 20% as match toward the total cost of the capital project. Requires the Director of Public Health, in coordination with the Director of Public Aid and the Director of Aging, to submit a report containing analysis of the effect of the Nursing Facility Conversion and Modernization Program to the Governor and the General Assembly on January 1, 2006 and on January 1 of each year thereafter. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Nursing Facility Conversion and Modernization Fund. Effective immediately.

Makes changes in the definition of "nursing facility". Defines "conversion and modernization" and makes conforming changes to use the term throughout. Provides that recipients of Nursing Facility Conversion and Modernization Grants may offer to provide more than the required 20% match toward the cost of the capital project. Makes changes in the factors to be considered in distribution of the grants. In provisions regarding promulgation of rules and reporting, adds the Secretary of Human Services to the list of persons with whom the Director of Public Health shall coordinate. Changes references to licensed nursing facility beds to certified nursing facility beds. Provides that nothing in the provisions concerning the Nursing Facility Conversion and Modernization Program shall prohibit a nursing facility from moving or transferring a resident as authorized by the Nursing Home Care Act. Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act to provide that the criteria and standards for health care planning, including but not limited to the statewide inventory, shall not be adjusted by any change in the number of nursing facility beds resulting from nursing home conversion or modernization pursuant to the Nursing Facility Conversion and Modernization Act. Makes other changes.

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