SB2574sam001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. William Delgado

Filed: 2/8/2012

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2574

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2574 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by changing Section 3-405 as follows:

(210 ILCS 45/3-405) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-405)

Sec. 3-405. A copy of the notice required by Section 3-402 shall be placed in the resident's clinical record and a copy shall be transmitted to the Department, the resident, and the resident's representative, and, if the resident's care is paid for in whole or part through Title XIX, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.

(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)

Section 10. The ID/DD Community Care Act is amended by changing Section 3-405 as follows:

(210 ILCS 47/3-405)

Sec. 3-405. Copy of notice in resident's record; copy to Department. A copy of the notice required by Section 3-402 shall be placed in the resident's clinical record and a copy shall be transmitted to the Department, the resident, and the resident's representative, and, if the resident's care is paid for in whole or part through Title XIX, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.

(Source: P.A. 96-339, eff. 7-1-10.)

Section 15. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by changing Section 5-1.1 as follows:

(305 ILCS 5/5-1.1) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-1.1)

Sec. 5-1.1. Definitions. The terms defined in this Section shall have the meanings ascribed to them, except when the context otherwise requires.

(a) "Nursing facility" means a facility, licensed by the Department of Public Health under the Nursing Home Care Act, that provides nursing facility services within the meaning of Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act.

(b) "Intermediate care facility for the developmentally disabled" or "ICF/DD" means a facility, licensed by the Department of Public Health under the ID/DD Community Care Act, that is an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded within the meaning of Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act.

(c) "Standard services" means those services required for the care of all patients in the facility and shall, as a minimum, include the following: (1) administration; (2) dietary (standard); (3) housekeeping; (4) laundry and linen; (5) maintenance of property and equipment, including utilities; (6) medical records; (7) training of employees; (8) utilization review; (9) activities services; (10) social services; (11) disability services; and all other similar services required by either the laws of the State of Illinois or one of its political subdivisions or municipalities or by Title XIX of the Social Security Act.

(d) "Patient services" means those which vary with the number of personnel; professional and para-professional skills of the personnel; specialized equipment, and reflect the intensity of the medical and psycho-social needs of the patients. Patient services shall as a minimum include: (1) physical services; (2) nursing services, including restorative nursing; (3) medical direction and patient care planning; (4) health related supportive and habilitative services and all similar services required by either the laws of the State of Illinois or one of its political subdivisions or municipalities or by Title XIX of the Social Security Act.

(e) "Ancillary services" means those services which require a specific physician's order and defined as under the medical assistance program as not being routine in nature for skilled nursing facilities and ICF/DDs. Such services generally must be authorized prior to delivery and payment as provided for under the rules of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.

(f) "Capital" means the investment in a facility's assets for both debt and non-debt funds. Non-debt capital is the difference between an adjusted replacement value of the assets and the actual amount of debt capital.

(g) "Profit" means the amount which shall accrue to a facility as a result of its revenues exceeding its expenses as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

(h) "Non-institutional services" means those services provided under paragraph (f) of Section 3 of the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act and those services provided under Section 4.02 of the Illinois Act on the Aging.

(i) (Blank) "Exceptional medical care" means the level of medical care required by persons who are medically stable for discharge from a hospital but who require acute intensity hospital level care for physician, nurse and ancillary specialist services, including persons with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) or a related condition. Such care shall consist of those services which the Department shall determine by rule.

(j) "Institutionalized person" means an individual who is an inpatient in an ICF/DD or nursing facility, or who is an inpatient in a medical institution receiving a level of care equivalent to that of an ICF/DD or nursing facility, or who is receiving services under Section 1915(c) of the Social Security Act.

(k) "Institutionalized spouse" means an institutionalized person who is expected to receive services at the same level of care for at least 30 days and is married to a spouse who is not an institutionalized person.

(l) "Community spouse" is the spouse of an institutionalized spouse.

(Source: P.A. 96-1530, eff. 2-16-11; 97-227, eff. 1-1-12.)

(305 ILCS 5/12-10.8 rep.)

(305 ILCS 5/12-10.9 rep.)

Section 20. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by repealing Sections 12-10.8 and 12-10.9.

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