Bill Text: IL HB1421 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning supportive living facilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-23 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1421 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB1421-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning public aid.
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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 Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 5-5.01a as follows:
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6 | (305 ILCS 5/5-5.01a)
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7 | Sec. 5-5.01a. Supportive living facilities program. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) The
The
Department shall establish and provide | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | oversight for a program of supportive living facilities that | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | seek to promote
resident independence, dignity, respect, and | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | well-being in the most
cost-effective manner. | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | A supportive living facility is (i) a free-standing | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | facility or (ii) a distinct
physical and operational entity | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | within a mixed-use building that meets the criteria | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | established in subsection (d). A supportive
living facility | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | integrates housing with health, personal care, and supportive
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17 | services and is a designated setting that offers residents | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | their own
separate, private, and distinct living units.
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19 | Sites for the operation of the program
shall be selected | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | by the Department based upon criteria
that may include the | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | need for services in a geographic area, the
availability of | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | funding, and the site's ability to meet the standards.
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23 | (b) Beginning July 1, 2014, subject to federal approval, |
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1 | the Medicaid rates for supportive living facilities shall be | ||||||
2 | equal to the supportive living facility Medicaid rate | ||||||
3 | effective on June 30, 2014 increased by 8.85%.
Once the | ||||||
4 | assessment imposed at Article V-G of this Code is determined | ||||||
5 | to be a permissible tax under Title XIX of the Social Security | ||||||
6 | Act, the Department shall increase the Medicaid rates for | ||||||
7 | supportive living facilities effective on July 1, 2014 by | ||||||
8 | 9.09%. The Department shall apply this increase retroactively | ||||||
9 | to coincide with the imposition of the assessment in Article | ||||||
10 | V-G of this Code in accordance with the approval for federal | ||||||
11 | financial participation by the Centers for Medicare and | ||||||
12 | Medicaid Services. | ||||||
13 | The Medicaid rates for supportive living facilities | ||||||
14 | effective on July 1, 2017 must be equal to the rates in effect | ||||||
15 | for supportive living facilities on June 30, 2017 increased by | ||||||
16 | 2.8%. | ||||||
17 | Subject to federal approval, the Medicaid rates for | ||||||
18 | supportive living services on and after July 1, 2019 must be at | ||||||
19 | least 54.3% of the average total nursing facility services per | ||||||
20 | diem for the geographic areas defined by the Department while | ||||||
21 | maintaining the rate differential for dementia care and must | ||||||
22 | be updated whenever the total nursing facility service per | ||||||
23 | diems are updated. | ||||||
24 | (c) The Department may adopt rules to implement this | ||||||
25 | Section. Rules that
establish or modify the services, | ||||||
26 | standards, and conditions for participation
in the program |
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1 | shall be adopted by the Department in consultation
with the | ||||||
2 | Department on Aging, the Department of Rehabilitation | ||||||
3 | Services, and
the Department of Mental Health and | ||||||
4 | Developmental Disabilities (or their
successor agencies).
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5 | (d) Subject to federal approval by the Centers for | ||||||
6 | Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Department shall accept | ||||||
7 | for consideration of certification under the program any | ||||||
8 | application for a site or building where distinct parts of the | ||||||
9 | site or building are designated for purposes other than the | ||||||
10 | provision of supportive living services, but only if: | ||||||
11 | (1) those distinct parts of the site or building are | ||||||
12 | not designated for the purpose of providing assisted | ||||||
13 | living services as required under the Assisted Living and | ||||||
14 | Shared Housing Act; | ||||||
15 | (2) those distinct parts of the site or building are | ||||||
16 | completely separate from the part of the building used for | ||||||
17 | the provision of supportive living program services, | ||||||
18 | including separate entrances; | ||||||
19 | (3) those distinct parts of the site or building do | ||||||
20 | not share any common spaces with the part of the building | ||||||
21 | used for the provision of supportive living program | ||||||
22 | services; and | ||||||
23 | (4) those distinct parts of the site or building do | ||||||
24 | not share staffing with the part of the building used for | ||||||
25 | the provision of supportive living program services. | ||||||
26 | (e) Facilities or distinct parts of facilities which are |
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1 | selected as supportive
living facilities and are in good | ||||||
2 | standing with the Department's rules are
exempt from the | ||||||
3 | provisions of the Nursing Home Care Act and the Illinois | ||||||
4 | Health
Facilities Planning Act.
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5 | (Source: P.A. 100-23, eff. 7-6-17; 100-583, eff. 4-6-18; | ||||||
6 | 100-587, eff. 6-4-18; 101-10, eff. 6-5-19.)
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