Bill Text: IL HB1117 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Amends the Hospice Program Licensing Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health's standards for hospices owning or operating hospice residences shall address the number of persons who may be served in a hospice residence, which shall not exceed 24 (rather than 20) persons per location. Provides that the number of licensed hospice residences shall not exceed 16 (rather than 5) located in counties meeting specified population requirements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0114 [HB1117 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB1117-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Amends the Hospice Program Licensing Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health's standards for hospices owning or operating hospice residences shall address the number of persons who may be served in a hospice residence, which shall not exceed 24 (rather than 20) persons per location. Provides that the number of licensed hospice residences shall not exceed 16 (rather than 5) located in counties meeting specified population requirements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0114 [HB1117 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB1117-Engrossed.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Hospice Program Licensing Act is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Section 9 as follows:
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6 | (210 ILCS 60/9) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6109)
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7 | Sec. 9. Standards. The Department shall prescribe, by | ||||||
8 | regulation,
minimum standards for licensed hospice programs.
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9 | (a)
The standards for all hospice programs shall
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10 | but not be limited to, the following:
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11 | (1) (Blank).
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12 | (2) The number and qualifications of persons providing | ||||||
13 | direct hospice
services.
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14 | (3) The qualifications of those persons contracted | ||||||
15 | with to provide
indirect
hospice services.
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16 | (4) The palliative and supportive care and bereavement | ||||||
17 | counseling provided
to a hospice patient and his family.
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18 | (5) Hospice services provided on an inpatient basis.
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19 | (6) Utilization review of patient care.
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20 | (7) The quality of care provided to patients.
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21 | (8) Procedures for the accurate and centralized | ||||||
22 | maintenance of records
on hospice services provided to | ||||||
23 | patients and their families.
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1 | (9) The use of volunteers in the hospice program, and | ||||||
2 | the training of
those volunteers.
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3 | (10) The rights of the patient and the patient's | ||||||
4 | family.
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5 | (b) (Blank).
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6 | (c) The standards for hospices owning or operating hospice | ||||||
7 | residences
shall address the following:
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8 | (1) The safety, cleanliness, and general adequacy of | ||||||
9 | the premises,
including provision for maintenance of fire | ||||||
10 | and health standards that conform
to State laws and | ||||||
11 | municipal codes, to provide for the physical comfort,
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12 | well-being, care, and protection of the residents.
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13 | (2) Provisions and criteria for admission, discharge, | ||||||
14 | and transfer of
residents.
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15 | (3) Fee and other contractual agreements with | ||||||
16 | residents.
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17 | (4) Medical and supportive services for residents.
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18 | (5) Maintenance of records and residents' right of | ||||||
19 | access of those
records.
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20 | (6) Procedures for reporting abuse or neglect of | ||||||
21 | residents.
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22 | (7) The number of persons who may be served in a | ||||||
23 | residence, which shall
not exceed 24 20 persons per | ||||||
24 | location.
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25 | (8) The ownership, operation, and maintenance of | ||||||
26 | buildings containing a
hospice residence.
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1 | (9) The number of licensed hospice residences
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2 | not exceed 6 before December
31, 1996 and shall not exceed | ||||||
3 | 12 before December 31, 1997. The Department
shall conduct | ||||||
4 | a study of the benefits of hospice residences and make a
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5 | recommendation to the General Assembly as to the need to | ||||||
6 | limit the number of
hospice residences after June 30, | ||||||
7 | 1997. | ||||||
8 | The On and after the effective date of this amendatory | ||||||
9 | Act of the 98th General Assembly, the number of licensed | ||||||
10 | hospice residences
shall not exceed the following: | ||||||
11 | (A) Sixteen Five hospice residences located in | ||||||
12 | counties with a population of 700,000 or more. | ||||||
13 | (B) Sixteen Five hospice residences located in | ||||||
14 | counties with a population of 200,000 or more but less | ||||||
15 | than 700,000. | ||||||
16 | (C) Sixteen Five hospice residences located in | ||||||
17 | counties with a population of less than 200,000.
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18 | (d)
In developing the standards for hospices, the | ||||||
19 | Department shall take
into consideration the category of the | ||||||
20 | hospice programs.
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21 | (Source: P.A. 100-744, eff. 8-10-18.)
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