Bill Text: IL HB1584 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Amended
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Bill Title: Amends the Nursing Home Care Act, the ID/DD Community Care Act, and the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act. Provides that a facility which is owned by a chain organization as defined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services shall submit annually to the Department of Public Health (IDPH) an electronic copy of the Home Office Cost Statement required to be submitted by the home office of the chain to the United States Department of Health and Human Services; provides a penalty for failure to comply. Adds certain information regarding nursing homes that IDPH must make available to the public on the World Wide Web, including certain cost reports and statements and whether the facility is part of a chain. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2014-05-29 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0629 [HB1584 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB1584-Amended.html
Bill Title: Amends the Nursing Home Care Act, the ID/DD Community Care Act, and the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act. Provides that a facility which is owned by a chain organization as defined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services shall submit annually to the Department of Public Health (IDPH) an electronic copy of the Home Office Cost Statement required to be submitted by the home office of the chain to the United States Department of Health and Human Services; provides a penalty for failure to comply. Adds certain information regarding nursing homes that IDPH must make available to the public on the World Wide Web, including certain cost reports and statements and whether the facility is part of a chain. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2014-05-29 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0629 [HB1584 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB1584-Amended.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1584
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1584, AS AMENDED, by | ||||||
3 | replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | ||||||
4 | following:
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5 | "Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by | ||||||
6 | changing Sections 3-208 and 3-304.1 as follows:
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7 | (210 ILCS 45/3-208) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-208)
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8 | Sec. 3-208. (a) Each licensee shall file annually, or more | ||||||
9 | often as
the Director shall by rule prescribe, an attested | ||||||
10 | financial statement.
The Director may order an audited | ||||||
11 | financial statement
of a particular facility by an auditor of | ||||||
12 | the Director's choice, provided
the cost of such audit is paid | ||||||
13 | by the Department.
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14 | (b) No public funds shall be expended for the maintenance | ||||||
15 | of any
resident in a facility which has failed to file the | ||||||
16 | financial statement
required under this Section and no public |
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1 | funds shall be paid to or on
behalf of a facility which has | ||||||
2 | failed to file a statement.
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3 | (c) The Director of Public Health and the Director of | ||||||
4 | Healthcare and Family Services
shall promulgate under Sections | ||||||
5 | 3-801 and 3-802, one set of regulations
for the filing of these | ||||||
6 | financial statements, and shall provide in these
regulations | ||||||
7 | for forms, required information, intervals and dates of
filing | ||||||
8 | and such other provisions as they may deem necessary.
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9 | (c-5) A facility which is owned by a chain organization as | ||||||
10 | defined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services shall | ||||||
11 | submit annually to the Department a copy of the Home Office | ||||||
12 | Cost Statement required to be submitted by the home office of | ||||||
13 | the chain to the United States Department of Health and Human | ||||||
14 | Services. The Home Office Cost Statement shall not be placed on | ||||||
15 | the World Wide Web. Any request from the public received by any | ||||||
16 | public agency pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act to | ||||||
17 | disclose this Home Office Cost Statement is subject to a case | ||||||
18 | by case determination of whether to withhold the information in | ||||||
19 | whole or in part. The Department shall use subsection (b) of | ||||||
20 | Section 7 of the Freedom of Information Act as guidance on such | ||||||
21 | requests. | ||||||
22 | (d) The Director of Public Health and the Director of | ||||||
23 | Healthcare and Family Services
shall seek the advice and | ||||||
24 | comments of other State and federal agencies
which require the | ||||||
25 | submission of financial data from facilities licensed
under | ||||||
26 | this Act and shall incorporate the information requirements of
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1 | these agencies so as to impose the least possible burden on | ||||||
2 | licensees.
No other State agency may require submission of | ||||||
3 | financial data except as
expressly authorized by law or as | ||||||
4 | necessary to meet requirements of
federal statutes or | ||||||
5 | regulations. Information obtained under this Section
shall be | ||||||
6 | made available, upon request, by the Department to any other
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7 | State agency or legislative commission to which such | ||||||
8 | information is
necessary for investigations or required for the | ||||||
9 | purposes of State or
federal law or regulation.
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10 | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
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11 | (210 ILCS 45/3-304.1) | ||||||
12 | Sec. 3-304.1. Public computer access to information. | ||||||
13 | (a) The Department must make information regarding nursing | ||||||
14 | homes in the
State
available to the public in electronic form | ||||||
15 | on the World Wide Web, including all
of the
following | ||||||
16 | information: | ||||||
17 | (1) who regulates nursing homes; | ||||||
18 | (2) information in the possession of the Department | ||||||
19 | that is listed in
Sections 3-210 and 3-304; | ||||||
20 | (3) deficiencies and plans of correction; | ||||||
21 | (4) enforcement remedies; | ||||||
22 | (5) penalty letters; | ||||||
23 | (6) designation of penalty monies; | ||||||
24 | (7) the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' | ||||||
25 | Health Care
Financing Administration special projects or |
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1 | federally required inspections; | ||||||
2 | (8) advisory standards; | ||||||
3 | (9) deficiency-free surveys; | ||||||
4 | (10) enforcement actions and enforcement summaries; | ||||||
5 | and | ||||||
6 | (11) distressed facilities ; . | ||||||
7 | (12) a link to the most recent facility cost report | ||||||
8 | filed with the Department of Healthcare and Family | ||||||
9 | Services; | ||||||
10 | (13) a link to the most recent Consumer Choice | ||||||
11 | Information Report filed with the Department on Aging; | ||||||
12 | (14) whether the facility is part of a chain; the | ||||||
13 | facility shall be deemed part of a chain if it meets | ||||||
14 | criteria established by the United States Department of | ||||||
15 | Health and Human Services that identify it as owned by a | ||||||
16 | chain organization; | ||||||
17 | (15) whether the facility is a for-profit or | ||||||
18 | not-for-profit facility; and | ||||||
19 | (16) whether the facility is or is part of a continuing | ||||||
20 | care retirement community. | ||||||
21 | (b) No fee or other charge may be imposed by the Department | ||||||
22 | as a condition
of accessing the information. | ||||||
23 | (c) The electronic public access provided through the World | ||||||
24 | Wide Web shall
be
in addition to any other electronic or print | ||||||
25 | distribution of the information. | ||||||
26 | (d) The information shall be made available as provided in |
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1 | this Section in
the
shortest practicable time after it is | ||||||
2 | publicly available in any other form. | ||||||
3 | (Source: P.A. 96-1372, eff. 7-29-10.)".
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