Bill Text: IL HB4763 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act, the Community Living Facilities Licensing Act, the Life Care Facilities Act, the Nursing Home Care Act, the MC/DD Act, and the ID/DD Community Care Act. Provides that establishments or facilities licensed under the Acts shall post on the establishment's or facility's website specified information about the Department on Aging's Long Term Care Ombudsman Program. Provides that an establishment or facility may comply with the provisions by posting the required information on the website of its parent company if the establishment does not maintain a unique website and is not required to comply with the provisions if the establishment or facility and any parent company do not maintain a website. Effective January 1, 2023.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-03-07 - Referred to Assignments [HB4763 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB4763-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 Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act is | ||||||
| 5 | amended by adding Section 73 as follows:
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| 6 | (210 ILCS 9/73 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 73. Posting of Long Term Care Ombudsman Program | ||||||
| 8 | information. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) Except as provided under subsection (b), all licensed | ||||||
| 10 | establishments shall post on the home page of the | ||||||
| 11 | establishment's website the following: | ||||||
| 12 | (1) The statement "The Illinois Long Term Care | ||||||
| 13 | Ombudsman Program is a free resident advocacy service | ||||||
| 14 | available to the public.". | ||||||
| 15 | (2) The Long Term Care Ombudsman Program's statewide | ||||||
| 16 | toll-free telephone number. | ||||||
| 17 | (3) A link to the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program's | ||||||
| 18 | website. | ||||||
| 19 | (b) An establishment: | ||||||
| 20 | (1) may comply with this Section by posting the | ||||||
| 21 | required information on the website of the establishment's | ||||||
| 22 | parent company if the establishment does not maintain a | ||||||
| 23 | unique website; and | ||||||
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| 1 | (2) is not required to comply with this Section if the | ||||||
| 2 | establishment and any parent company do not maintain a | ||||||
| 3 | website.
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| 4 | Section 10. The Life Care Facilities Act is amended by | ||||||
| 5 | adding Section 10.2 as follows:
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| 6 | (210 ILCS 40/10.2 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 10.2. Posting of Long Term Care Ombudsman Program | ||||||
| 8 | information. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) Except as provided under subsection (b), all licensed | ||||||
| 10 | facilities shall post on the home page of the facility's | ||||||
| 11 | website the following: | ||||||
| 12 | (1) The statement "The Illinois Long Term Care | ||||||
| 13 | Ombudsman Program is a free resident advocacy service | ||||||
| 14 | available to the public.". | ||||||
| 15 | (2) The Long Term Care Ombudsman Program's statewide | ||||||
| 16 | toll-free telephone number. | ||||||
| 17 | (3) A link to the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program's | ||||||
| 18 | website. | ||||||
| 19 | (b) A facility: | ||||||
| 20 | (1) may comply with this Section by posting the | ||||||
| 21 | required information on the website of the facility's | ||||||
| 22 | parent company if the facility does not maintain a unique | ||||||
| 23 | website; and | ||||||
| 24 | (2) is not required to comply with this Section if the | ||||||
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| 1 | facility and any parent company do not maintain a website.
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| 2 | Section 15. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by adding | ||||||
| 3 | Section 3-613 as follows:
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| 4 | (210 ILCS 45/3-613 new) | ||||||
| 5 | Sec. 3-613. Posting of Long Term Care Ombudsman Program | ||||||
| 6 | information. | ||||||
| 7 | (a) Except as provided under subsection (b), all licensed | ||||||
| 8 | facilities shall post on the home page of the facility's | ||||||
| 9 | website the following: | ||||||
| 10 | (1) The statement "The Illinois Long Term Care | ||||||
| 11 | Ombudsman Program is a free resident advocacy service | ||||||
| 12 | available to the public.". | ||||||
| 13 | (2) The Long Term Care Ombudsman Program's statewide | ||||||
| 14 | toll-free telephone number. | ||||||
| 15 | (3) A link to the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program's | ||||||
| 16 | website. | ||||||
| 17 | (b) A facility: | ||||||
| 18 | (1) may comply with this Section by posting the | ||||||
| 19 | required information on the website of the facility's | ||||||
| 20 | parent company if the facility does not maintain a unique | ||||||
| 21 | website; and | ||||||
| 22 | (2) is not required to comply with this Section if the | ||||||
| 23 | facility and any parent company do not maintain a website.
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| 1 | Section 20. The MC/DD Act is amended by adding Section | ||||||
| 2 | 3-613 as follows:
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| 3 | (210 ILCS 46/3-613 new) | ||||||
| 4 | Sec. 3-613. Posting of Long Term Care Ombudsman Program | ||||||
| 5 | information. | ||||||
| 6 | (a) Except as provided under subsection (b), all licensed | ||||||
| 7 | facilities shall post on the home page of the facility's | ||||||
| 8 | website the following: | ||||||
| 9 | (1) The statement "The Illinois Long Term Care | ||||||
| 10 | Ombudsman Program is a free resident advocacy service | ||||||
| 11 | available to the public.". | ||||||
| 12 | (2) The Long Term Care Ombudsman Program's statewide | ||||||
| 13 | toll-free telephone number. | ||||||
| 14 | (3) A link to the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program's | ||||||
| 15 | website. | ||||||
| 16 | (b) A facility: | ||||||
| 17 | (1) may comply with this Section by posting the | ||||||
| 18 | required information on the website of the facility's | ||||||
| 19 | parent company if the facility does not maintain a unique | ||||||
| 20 | website; and | ||||||
| 21 | (2) is not required to comply with this Section if the | ||||||
| 22 | facility and any parent company do not maintain a website.
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| 23 | Section 25. The ID/DD Community Care Act is amended by | ||||||
| 24 | adding Section 3-613 as follows:
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| 1 | (210 ILCS 47/3-613 new) | ||||||
| 2 | Sec. 3-613. Posting of Long Term Care Ombudsman Program | ||||||
| 3 | information. | ||||||
| 4 | (a) Except as provided under subsection (b), all licensed | ||||||
| 5 | facilities shall post on the home page of the facility's | ||||||
| 6 | website the following: | ||||||
| 7 | (1) The statement "The Illinois Long Term Care | ||||||
| 8 | Ombudsman Program is a free resident advocacy service | ||||||
| 9 | available to the public.". | ||||||
| 10 | (2) The Long Term Care Ombudsman Program's statewide | ||||||
| 11 | toll-free telephone number. | ||||||
| 12 | (3) A link to the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program's | ||||||
| 13 | website. | ||||||
| 14 | (b) A facility: | ||||||
| 15 | (1) may comply with this Section by posting the | ||||||
| 16 | required information on the website of the facility's | ||||||
| 17 | parent company if the facility does not maintain a unique | ||||||
| 18 | website; and | ||||||
| 19 | (2) is not required to comply with this Section if the | ||||||
| 20 | facility and any parent company do not maintain a website.
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| 21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
| 22 | 1, 2023.
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