Full Text of SB0640 95th General Assembly
SB0640 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 SB0640
Introduced 2/8/2007, by Sen. Deanna Demuzio SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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210 ILCS 45/1-113 |
from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4151-113 |
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Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. To the general provisions that, for purposes of the Act, "long-term care facility" does not include a "supportive living facility" established under the Illinois Public Aid Code or an assisted living or shared housing establishment, adds an exception for purposes of provisions concerning the nurse aide registry and the employment of persons as a nursing assistant, habilitation aide, or child care aide. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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LRB095 10766 DRJ 31088 b |
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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
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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 Nursing Home Care Act is amended by changing | 5 |
| Section 1-113 as follows:
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| (210 ILCS 45/1-113) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4151-113)
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| Sec. 1-113. "Facility" or "long-term care facility" means a | 8 |
| private home,
institution, building, residence, or any other | 9 |
| place, whether operated for
profit or not, or a county home for | 10 |
| the infirm and chronically ill operated
pursuant to Division | 11 |
| 5-21 or 5-22 of the Counties Code, or any similar
institution | 12 |
| operated by a political subdivision of the State of Illinois, | 13 |
| which
provides, through its ownership or management, personal | 14 |
| care, sheltered care or
nursing for 3 or more persons, not | 15 |
| related to the applicant or owner by blood
or marriage. It | 16 |
| includes skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care
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| facilities as those terms are defined in Title XVIII and Title | 18 |
| XIX of the
Federal Social Security Act.
It also includes homes, | 19 |
| institutions, or
other places operated by or under the | 20 |
| authority of the Illinois Department of
Veterans' Affairs.
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| "Facility" does not include the following:
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| (1) A home, institution, or other place operated by the | 23 |
| federal government
or agency thereof, or by the State of |
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| Illinois, other than homes,
institutions, or other places | 2 |
| operated by or under the authority of the
Illinois | 3 |
| Department of Veterans' Affairs;
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| (2) A hospital, sanitarium, or other institution whose | 5 |
| principal activity
or business is the diagnosis, care, and | 6 |
| treatment of human illness through
the maintenance and | 7 |
| operation as organized facilities therefor, which is
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| required to be licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act;
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| (3) Any "facility for child care" as defined in the | 10 |
| Child Care Act of
1969;
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| (4) Any "Community Living Facility" as defined in the | 12 |
| Community Living
Facilities Licensing Act;
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| (5) Any "community residential alternative" as defined
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| in the Community Residential Alternatives Licensing Act;
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| (6) Any nursing home or sanatorium operated solely by | 16 |
| and for persons
who rely exclusively upon treatment by | 17 |
| spiritual means through prayer, in
accordance with the | 18 |
| creed or tenets of any well-recognized church or
religious | 19 |
| denomination. However, such nursing home or sanatorium | 20 |
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comply with all local laws and rules relating to | 21 |
| sanitation and safety;
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| (7) Any facility licensed by the Department of Human | 23 |
| Services as a
community-integrated living arrangement as
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| defined in the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements | 25 |
| Licensure and
Certification Act;
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| (8) Any "Supportive Residence" licensed under the |
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| Supportive
Residences Licensing Act;
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| (9) Any "supportive living facility" in good standing | 3 |
| with the program established under Section 5-5.01a of the | 4 |
| Illinois Public Aid Code , except only for purposes of the | 5 |
| employment of persons in accordance with Section 3-206.01 ;
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| (10) Any assisted living or shared housing | 7 |
| establishment licensed under
the Assisted Living and | 8 |
| Shared Housing Act , except only for purposes of the | 9 |
| employment of persons in accordance with Section 3-206.01 ; | 10 |
| or
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| (11) An Alzheimer's disease management center | 12 |
| alternative health care
model licensed under the | 13 |
| Alternative Health Care Delivery Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-342, eff. 7-26-05.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 16 |
| becoming law.
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