Bill Text: IL SB0648 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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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) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB0648 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB0648-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB0648 Introduced 1/31/2019, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 5/5-5.01a
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning supportive living facilities.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning public aid.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
changing Section 5-5.01a as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/5-5.01a)
Sec. 5-5.01a. Supportive living facilities program.
(a) The The Department shall establish and provide
oversight for a program of supportive living facilities that
seek to promote resident independence, dignity, respect, and
well-being in the most cost-effective manner.
A supportive living facility is (i) a free-standing
facility or (ii) a distinct physical and operational entity
within a mixed-use building that meets the criteria established
in subsection (d). A supportive living facility integrates
housing with health, personal care, and supportive services and
is a designated setting that offers residents their own
separate, private, and distinct living units.
Sites for the operation of the program shall be selected by
the Department based upon criteria that may include the need
for services in a geographic area, the availability of funding,
and the site's ability to meet the standards.
(b) Beginning July 1, 2014, subject to federal approval,

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the Medicaid rates for supportive living facilities shall be
equal to the supportive living facility Medicaid rate effective
on June 30, 2014 increased by 8.85%. Once the assessment
imposed at Article V-G of this Code is determined to be a
permissible tax under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, the
Department shall increase the Medicaid rates for supportive
living facilities effective on July 1, 2014 by 9.09%. The
Department shall apply this increase retroactively to coincide
with the imposition of the assessment in Article V-G of this
Code in accordance with the approval for federal financial
participation by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services.
The Medicaid rates for supportive living facilities
effective on July 1, 2017 must be equal to the rates in effect
for supportive living facilities on June 30, 2017 increased by
2.8%.
The Medicaid rates for supportive living facilities
effective on July 1, 2018 must be equal to the rates in effect
for supportive living facilities on June 30, 2018.
(c) The Department may adopt rules to implement this
Section. Rules that establish or modify the services,
standards, and conditions for participation in the program
shall be adopted by the Department in consultation with the
Department on Aging, the Department of Rehabilitation
Services, and the Department of Mental Health and Developmental
Disabilities (or their successor agencies).

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(d) Subject to federal approval by the Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services, the Department shall accept for
consideration of certification under the program any
application for a site or building where distinct parts of the
site or building are designated for purposes other than the
provision of supportive living services, but only if:
(1) those distinct parts of the site or building are
not designated for the purpose of providing assisted living
services as required under the Assisted Living and Shared
Housing Act;
(2) those distinct parts of the site or building are
completely separate from the part of the building used for
the provision of supportive living program services,
including separate entrances;
(3) those distinct parts of the site or building do not
share any common spaces with the part of the building used
for the provision of supportive living program services;
and
(4) those distinct parts of the site or building do not
share staffing with the part of the building used for the
provision of supportive living program services.
(e) Facilities or distinct parts of facilities which are
selected as supportive living facilities and are in good
standing with the Department's rules are exempt from the
provisions of the Nursing Home Care Act and the Illinois Health
Facilities Planning Act.

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(Source: P.A. 100-23, eff. 7-6-17; 100-583, eff. 4-6-18;
100-587, eff. 6-4-18.)