92nd General Assembly
Summary of HB6042
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House Sponsors:
TENHOUSE-BELLOCK-WOJCIK.

Short description: 
LONG-TRM CR DEMO GRANTS ACT                                                

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Creates the Innovations in Long-term Care  Quality  Demonstration      
   Grants  Act.  Requires  the  Director  of Public Health to establish a      
   long-term care grant program that demonstrates the best practices  and      
   innovation for long-term care service, delivery, and housing. Provides      
   that  the  grants  must  fund  programs that demonstrate creativity in      
   service provision through the  scope  of  their  program  or  service.      
   Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act and the Nursing Home      
   Care  Act. Provides that one-half of the penalties collected each year      
   from those Acts shall be used to award grants under the Innovations in      
   Long-term   Care   Quality   Demonstration   Grants   Act.   Effective      
   immediately.                                                                
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          210 ILCS 9/160                                                       
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          30 ILCS 105/5.570 new                                                
        Replaces the title and  everything  after  the  enacting  clause.      
   Reinserts  the  bill as introduced with the following changes. Changes      
   the name of the Act to  the  Innovations  in  Long-term  Care  Quality      
   Grants Act. Creates the Innovations in Long-term Care Quality Demon-        
   stration Grants Fund. Provides for review, ranking, and recommendation      
   of  applications by a commission (rather than a review panel) composed      
   of specified members. Deletes the  provision  capping  the  grants  at      
   $500,000  annually.  Deletes the provision in the Assisted Living and       
   Shared Housing Act providing that one-half of the penalties collected       
   each year from that Act shall be used to award the grants. Makes            
   other changes. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Innovations       
   in Long-term Care Quality Demonstration Grants Fund. Effective              
   immediately.                                                                
 
Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE

   Last action date: JAN-07-2003

           Location: House

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   1     SENATE -   0


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