Full Text of HB6750 93rd General Assembly
HB6750 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004 HB6750
Introduced 02/09/04, by Suzanne Bassi - Mark H. Beaubien Jr. - Elizabeth Coulson - Patricia R. Bellock - Sidney H. Mathias SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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210 ILCS 60/9 |
from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6109 |
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Amends the Hospice Program Licensing Act. Provides that a hospice program must meet all federal standards for certification under Medicare, except that a patient's anticipated life expectancy may be one year or less. Provides that the Department of Public Health's standards for hospice programs shall not require that a hospice program be certified under the Medicare program. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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LRB093 20151 DRJ 45896 b |
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| AN ACT concerning hospice programs.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Hospice Program Licensing Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 9 as follows:
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| (210 ILCS 60/9) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6109)
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| Sec. 9. Standards. The Department shall prescribe, by | 8 |
| regulation,
minimum standards for licensed hospice programs.
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| (a) The standards for full hospices shall
include but not | 10 |
| be limited to:
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| (1) Compliance with the requirements in Section 8.
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| (2) The number and qualifications of persons providing | 13 |
| direct hospice
services.
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| (3) The qualifications of those persons contracted | 15 |
| with to provide
indirect
hospice services.
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| (4) The palliative and supportive care and bereavement | 17 |
| counseling provided
to a hospice patient and his family.
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| (5) Hospice services provided on an inpatient basis.
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| (6) Utilization review of patient care.
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| (7) The quality of care provided to patients.
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| (8) Procedures for the accurate and centralized | 22 |
| maintenance of records
on hospice services provided to | 23 |
| patients and their families.
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| (9) The use of volunteers in the hospice program, and | 25 |
| the training of
those volunteers.
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| (10) The rights of the patient and the patient's | 27 |
| family.
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| (b) The standards for volunteer hospice programs shall | 29 |
| include but not be
limited to:
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| (1) The direct and indirect services provided by the | 31 |
| hospice, including
the qualifications of personnel | 32 |
| providing medical care.
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| (2) Quality review of the services provided by the | 2 |
| hospice program.
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| (3) Procedures for the accurate and centralized | 4 |
| maintenance of records
on hospice services provided to | 5 |
| patients and their families.
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| (4) The rights of the patient and the patient's family.
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| (5) The use of volunteers in the hospice program.
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| (6) The disclosure to the patients of the range of | 9 |
| hospice services
provided and not provided by the hospice | 10 |
| program.
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| (c) The standards for hospices owning or operating hospice | 12 |
| residences
shall address the following:
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| (1) The safety, cleanliness, and general adequacy of | 14 |
| the premises,
including provision for maintenance of fire | 15 |
| and health standards that conform
to State laws and | 16 |
| municipal codes, to provide for the physical comfort,
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| well-being, care, and protection of the residents.
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| (2) Provisions and criteria for admission, discharge, | 19 |
| and transfer of
residents.
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| (3) Fee and other contractual agreements with | 21 |
| residents.
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| (4) Medical and supportive services for residents.
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| (5) Maintenance of records and residents' right of | 24 |
| access of those
records.
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| (6) Procedures for reporting abuse or neglect of | 26 |
| residents.
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| (7) The number of persons who may be served in a | 28 |
| residence, which shall
not exceed 16 persons per location.
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| (8) The ownership, operation, and maintenance of | 30 |
| buildings containing a
hospice residence.
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| (9) The number of licensed hospice residences
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| exceed 6 before December
31, 1996 and shall not exceed 12 | 33 |
| before December 31, 1997. The Department
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| study of the benefits of hospice residences and make a
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| recommendation to the General Assembly as to the need to | 36 |
| limit the number of
hospice residences after June 30, 1997.
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| (d) In developing the standards for hospices, the | 2 |
| Department shall take
into consideration the category of the | 3 |
| hospice programs. | 4 |
| (e) A hospice program must meet the minimum standards for | 5 |
| certification under the Medicare program set forth in 42 U.S.C. | 6 |
| 1395 and following and in the federal regulations implementing | 7 |
| those statutory provisions, except that a patient's | 8 |
| anticipated life expectancy may be one year or less. The | 9 |
| Department's standards shall not require that a hospice program | 10 |
| be certified under the Medicare program.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-278, eff. 8-10-95.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 13 |
| becoming law.
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