Bill Amendment: IL HB1438 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: CANNABIS REGULATION & TAX ACT
Status: 2019-06-25 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0027 [HB1438 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB1438-Senate_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: CANNABIS REGULATION & TAX ACT
Status: 2019-06-25 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0027 [HB1438 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB1438-Senate_Amendment_001.html
| |||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1438
| ||||||
| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1438 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| ||||||
| 4 | "Section 5. The Life Care Facilities Act is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | adding Section 13 as follows:
| ||||||
| 6 | (210 ILCS 40/13 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 13. Continuing Care Retirement Community Transparency | ||||||
| 8 | Task Force. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) There is created a Continuing Care Retirement Community | ||||||
| 10 | Transparency Task Force consisting of the following members: | ||||||
| 11 | (1) The Director of Aging, or the Director's designee. | ||||||
| 12 | (2) The Director of Public Health, or the Director's | ||||||
| 13 | designee. | ||||||
| 14 | (3) One member of the House of Representatives | ||||||
| 15 | appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. | ||||||
| 16 | (4) One member of the House of Representatives | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of | ||||||
| 2 | Representatives. | ||||||
| 3 | (5) One member of the Senate appointed by the President | ||||||
| 4 | of the Senate. | ||||||
| 5 | (6) One member of the Senate appointed by the Minority | ||||||
| 6 | Leader of the Senate. | ||||||
| 7 | (7) One member from each of the following organizations | ||||||
| 8 | appointed by the Director of Public Health: | ||||||
| 9 | (A) 2 representatives selected from | ||||||
| 10 | recommendations of a statewide organization | ||||||
| 11 | representing retired people; | ||||||
| 12 | (B) 2 representatives selected from | ||||||
| 13 | recommendations of a statewide organization | ||||||
| 14 | representing Alzheimer's research; | ||||||
| 15 | (C) 2 representatives selected from | ||||||
| 16 | recommendations of a statewide organization | ||||||
| 17 | representing Illinois nursing home communities; | ||||||
| 18 | (D) One representative selected from | ||||||
| 19 | recommendations of a senior living facility housing 50 | ||||||
| 20 | residents or more; and | ||||||
| 21 | (E) One representative selected from | ||||||
| 22 | recommendations of a senior living facility housing | ||||||
| 23 | fewer than 50 residents. | ||||||
| 24 | (b) The Task Force is created to research and collect | ||||||
| 25 | information on transparency and consumer protection issues | ||||||
| 26 | related to life care contracts. The Task Force shall review | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | existing legal frameworks to identify all existing consumer | ||||||
| 2 | protections for residents living in continuing care retirement | ||||||
| 3 | communities and all areas in which more consumer protections | ||||||
| 4 | for continuing care retirement community residents are | ||||||
| 5 | necessary. The Task Force shall identify any shortcomings of | ||||||
| 6 | the definition of "life care contract" in Section 2 and | ||||||
| 7 | determine whether that definition should be expanded to include | ||||||
| 8 | more senior living facilities. | ||||||
| 9 | (c) The members appointed to the Task Force pursuant to | ||||||
| 10 | subsection (a) shall be appointed no later than 30 days after | ||||||
| 11 | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General | ||||||
| 12 | Assembly. | ||||||
| 13 | (d) The first meeting of the Task Force shall be no later | ||||||
| 14 | than 30 days after all members of the Task Force have been | ||||||
| 15 | appointed. The members of the Task Force shall receive no | ||||||
| 16 | compensation for their services but may be reimbursed for | ||||||
| 17 | expenses from appropriations made for that purpose. | ||||||
| 18 | (e) The Department of Public Health shall provide | ||||||
| 19 | administrative and other support to the Task Force. | ||||||
| 20 | (f) The Task Force shall report its findings to the | ||||||
| 21 | Governor and General Assembly by December 31, 2019. | ||||||
| 22 | (G) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2020.
| ||||||
| 23 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 24 | becoming law.".
| ||||||
