SB0938enr 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB0938 Enrolled LRB100 07027 MJP 17081 b

AN ACT concerning health.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013 is amended by changing Sections 2-101 and 4-102 as follows:

(210 ILCS 49/2-101)

Sec. 2-101. Standards for facilities.

(a) The Department shall, by rule, prescribe minimum standards for each level of care for facilities to be in place during the provisional licensure period and thereafter. These standards shall include, but are not limited to, the following:

(1) life safety standards that will ensure the health, safety and welfare of residents and their protection from hazards;

(2) number and qualifications of all personnel, including management and clinical personnel, having responsibility for any part of the care given to consumers; specifically, the Department shall establish staffing ratios for facilities which shall specify the number of staff hours per consumer of care that are needed for each level of care offered within the facility;

(3) all sanitary conditions within the facility and its surroundings, including water supply, sewage disposal, food handling, and general hygiene which shall ensure the health and comfort of consumers;

(4) a program for adequate maintenance of physical plant and equipment;

(5) adequate accommodations, staff, and services for the number and types of services being offered to consumers for whom the facility is licensed to care;

(6) development of evacuation and other appropriate safety plans for use during weather, health, fire, physical plant, environmental, and national defense emergencies;

(7) maintenance of minimum financial or other resources necessary to meet the standards established under this Section, and to operate and conduct the facility in accordance with this Act; and

(8) standards for coercive free environment, restraint, and therapeutic separation.

(b) Any requirement contained in administrative rule concerning a percentage of single occupancy rooms shall be calculated based on the total number of licensed or provisionally licensed beds under this Act on January 1, 2019 and shall not be calculated on a per-facility basis.

(Source: P.A. 98-104, eff. 7-22-13.)

(210 ILCS 49/4-102)

Sec. 4-102. Necessity of license. No person may establish, operate, maintain, offer, or advertise a facility within this State unless and until he or she obtains a valid license therefor as hereinafter provided, which license remains unsuspended, unrevoked, and unexpired. No public official or employee may place any person in, or recommend that any person be in, or directly or indirectly cause any person to be placed in any facility that is being operated without a valid license. All licenses and licensing procedures established under Article III of the Nursing Home Care Act, except those contained in Section 3-202, shall be deemed valid under this Act until the Department establishes licensure. The Department is granted the authority under this Act to establish provisional licensure and licensing procedures under this Act by emergency rule and shall do so within 120 days of the effective date of this Act. The Department shall not grant a provisional license to any facility that does not possess a provisional license on November 30, 2018 and is licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act on or before November 30, 2018. The Department shall not grant a license to any facility that has not first received a provisional license. The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly do not apply to the provisions of subsection (c) of Section 1-101.5 concerning facility closure and relocation.

(Source: P.A. 98-104, eff. 7-22-13.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.