Bill Text: IL HB0877 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Requires that the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board, in collaboration with a subcommittee of the Older Adult Services Advisory Committee, review and revise the Bed Need Methodology for Long Term Care and analyze the nursing home bed needs at the State's township level. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-23 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan [HB0877 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB0877-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB0877 Introduced 2/10/2009, by Rep. Daniel V. Beiser SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 3960/12.6 new
Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Requires that the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board, in collaboration with a subcommittee of the Older Adult Services Advisory Committee, review and revise the Bed Need Methodology for Long Term Care and analyze the nursing home bed needs at the State's township level. Effective immediately.
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act is
amended by adding Section 12.6 as follows:
(20 ILCS 3960/12.6 new)
Sec. 12.6. Review of long term care bed need methodology
and analysis of township level bed need.
(a) This Section applies with respect to health care
facilities licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act only.
(b) Pursuant to subsection (19) of Section 25 of the Older
Adult Services Act, the Board shall review the existing Bed
Need Methodology for Long Term Care, updating the assumptions
used to establish the methodology to make them consistent with
modern older adult services. The review shall include
assessment of (i) the Bed Need Methodology for Long Term Care
used by other states and methodologies recommended by experts
in the field, (ii) published surveys of individuals age 65 and
older regarding their long term needs and preferences, and
(iii) demographic data of bed usage in Illinois. Revisions to
the existing Bed Need Methodology also shall take into account
not only long term bed usage but short stay usage as well.
(c) The Board shall conduct a bed need analysis on the

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township level, using the revised Bed Need Methodology for Long
Term Care, to ensure that an adequate number of beds is
available on a community basis and that those individuals in
need of short term and long term nursing home stays are not
isolated from their families. The analysis also shall take into
account the needs of religious and ethnic groups.
(d) Revisions to the existing Bed Need Methodology for Long
Term Care and the township level bed need analysis shall be
completed in collaboration with the Nursing Home Conversion
Subcommittee of the Older Adult Services Advisory Committee to
reduce duplication of efforts, to ensure efficient use of staff
time, and to ensure consistency in outcomes.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.