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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 6042
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 6042 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT to create the Innovations in Long-term Care
5 Quality Grants Act."; and
6 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
7 following:
8 "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
9 Innovations in Long-term Care Quality Grants Act.
10 Section 5. Grant program. The Director of Public Health
11 shall establish a long-term care grant program that
12 demonstrates the best practices and innovation for long-term
13 care service, delivery, and housing. The grants must fund
14 programs that demonstrate creativity in service provision
15 through the scope of their program or service.
16 Section 10. Eligibility for grant. Grants may only be
17 made to facilities licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act.
18 Grants may only be made for projects that show innovations
19 and measurable improvement in resident care, quality of life,
20 use of technology, or customer satisfaction.
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1 Section 15. Innovations in Long-term Care Quality
2 Demonstration Grants Fund. There is created in the State
3 treasury a special fund to be known as the Innovations in
4 Long-term Care Quality Demonstration Grants Fund. Grants
5 shall be funded using penalties collected under the Nursing
6 Home Care Act. Subject to appropriation, moneys in the Fund
7 shall be used for demonstration grants to nursing homes.
8 Interest earned on moneys in the Fund shall be deposited into
9 the Fund.
10 Section 20. Award of grants.
11 (a) Applications for grants must be made on forms
12 prescribed by the Director of Public Health.
13 (b) The applications must be reviewed, ranked, and
14 recommended by a commission composed of 5 representatives
15 chosen from recommendations made by organizations
16 representing long-term care facilities in Illinois, a citizen
17 member from AARP, one representative from a disabled advocacy
18 organization, one representative from the statewide ombudsman
19 organization, one representative from academia, the Director
20 of Public Health, the Director of Aging, and one
21 representative selected by the leader of each legislative
22 caucus. With the exception of legislative members, members
23 shall be appointed by the Director of Public Health.
24 (c) The commission shall rank applications according to
25 the following criteria:
26 (1) improvement in direct care to residents;
27 (2) increased efficiency through the use of
28 technology;
29 (3) improved quality of care through the use of
30 technology;
31 (4) increased access and delivery of service;
32 (5) enhancement of nursing staff training;
33 (6) effectiveness of the project as a
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1 demonstration; and
2 (7) transferability of the project to other sites.
3 (d) The Director shall award grants based on the
4 recommendations of the panel.
5 Section 95. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by
6 changing Section 3-310 as follows:
7 (210 ILCS 45/3-310) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-310)
8 Sec. 3-310. All penalties shall be paid to the
9 Department within 10 days of receipt of notice of assessment
10 or, if the penalty is contested under Section 3-309, within
11 10 days of receipt of the final decision, unless the decision
12 is appealed and the order is stayed by court order under
13 Section 3-713. A penalty assessed under this Act shall be
14 collected by the Department and shall be deposited with the
15 State Treasurer into the Long Term Care Monitor/Receiver
16 Fund. If the person or facility against whom a penalty has
17 been assessed does not comply with a written demand for
18 payment within 30 days, the Director shall issue an order to
19 do any of the following:
20 (1) Direct the State Treasurer to deduct the amount
21 of the fine from amounts otherwise due from the State for
22 the penalty and remit that amount to the Department;
23 (2) Add the amount of the penalty to the facility's
24 licensing fee; if the licensee refuses to make the
25 payment at the time of application for renewal of its
26 license, the license shall not be renewed; or
27 (3) Bring an action in circuit court to recover the
28 amount of the penalty.
29 One-half of the fines and penalties collected each year
30 shall be used to award grants under the Innovations in
31 Long-term Care Quality Grants Act.
32 (Source: P.A. 86-663.)
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1 Section 300. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
2 Section 5.570 as follows:
3 (30 ILCS 105/5.570 new)
4 Sec. 5.570. The Innovations in Long-term Care Quality
5 Demonstration Grants Fund.
6 Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7 becoming law.".