Bill Text: IL HB1435 | 2017-2018 | 100th 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: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB1435 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB1435-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. The
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8 | The
Department shall establish and provide oversight for a | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | program of supportive living facilities that seek to promote
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10 | resident independence, dignity, respect, and well-being in the | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | most
cost-effective manner. | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | A supportive living facility is either a free-standing | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | facility or a distinct
physical and operational entity within a | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | nursing facility. A supportive
living facility integrates | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | housing with health, personal care, and supportive
services and | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | is a designated setting that offers residents their own
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17 | separate, private, and distinct living units.
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18 | Sites for the operation of the program
shall be selected by | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | the Department based upon criteria
that may include the need | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | for services in a geographic area, the
availability of funding, | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | and the site's ability to meet the standards.
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22 | Beginning July 1, 2014, subject to federal approval, the | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | Medicaid rates for supportive living facilities shall be equal |
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1 | to the supportive living facility Medicaid rate effective on | ||||||
2 | June 30, 2014 increased by 8.85%.
Once the assessment imposed | ||||||
3 | at Article V-G of this Code is determined to be a permissible | ||||||
4 | tax under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, the Department | ||||||
5 | shall increase the Medicaid rates for supportive living | ||||||
6 | facilities effective on July 1, 2014 by 9.09%. The Department | ||||||
7 | shall apply this increase retroactively to coincide with the | ||||||
8 | imposition of the assessment in Article V-G of this Code in | ||||||
9 | accordance with the approval for federal financial | ||||||
10 | participation by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid | ||||||
11 | Services. | ||||||
12 | The Department may adopt rules to implement this Section. | ||||||
13 | Rules that
establish or modify the services, standards, and | ||||||
14 | conditions for participation
in the program shall be adopted by | ||||||
15 | the Department in consultation
with the Department on Aging, | ||||||
16 | the Department of Rehabilitation Services, and
the Department | ||||||
17 | of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities (or their
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18 | successor agencies).
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19 | Facilities or distinct parts of facilities which are | ||||||
20 | selected as supportive
living facilities and are in good | ||||||
21 | standing with the Department's rules are
exempt from the | ||||||
22 | provisions of the Nursing Home Care Act and the Illinois Health
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23 | Facilities Planning Act.
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24 | (Source: P.A. 98-651, eff. 6-16-14.)
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