Senate Sponsors: FAWELL-PARKER-SIEBEN-GEO-KARIS-LINK, HALVORSON, REA, TROTTER, SMITH, BOMKE, WATSON, MUNOZ, SULLIVAN, JACOBS, DEL VALLE, OBAMA, LIGHTFORD, SILVERSTEIN, VIVERITO, SHADID, HENDON, BOWLES, KLEMM, BERMAN, CULLERTON, PETERSON, MAHAR, DEMUZIO, DILLARD, RADOGNO, DELEO, LUECHTEFELD, DONAHUE, MYERS,J, O'DANIEL, JONES,E, LAUZEN, JONES,W, SYVERSON AND NOLAND. House Sponsors: LYONS,JOSEPH-CAPPARELLI-MCGUIRE-COWLISHAW-COULSON Short description: ASSISTED LIVING-SHARED HOUSING Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Creates the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Provides for the Act to be administered by the Department on Aging. Permits the development and operation of assisted living and shared housing establishments for senior citizens. Assisted living and shared housing establishments provide residential accommodations and specified services to seniors. Certain services including meals, housekeeping, security, and necessary assistance with activities of daily living must be provided. Requires all housing to be provided pursuant to contract. Establishes minimum staffing levels. Requires facilities to be licensed and establishes license requirements. Sets forth penalties for violations. Creates the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Advisory Board to advise the Director of Aging in the administration of the Act. Creates the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Regulatory Fund. Requires the Department on Aging to study and report the effects of the Act upon the availability of housing for seniors. Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging to include assisted liv- ing and shared housing establishments in the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program. Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act and the Nursing Home Care Act to exclude assisted living and shared housing establishments from the scope of those Acts. Amends the Health Care Worker Background Check Act, the Alzheimer's Special Care Disclosure Act, and the Abused and Neglected Long Term Care Facility Residents Reporting Act to include assisted living and shared housing establishments within the scope of those Acts. Effective January 1, 2001 except that provisions relating to the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Advisory Board and powers and duties of the Department on Aging take effect upon becoming law. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Provides that a long-term care facility may elect to retain its Certificate of Need for sheltered care beds converted to assisted living use. Excludes facilities licensed under the Hospice Program Licensing Act from the scope of the bill. Provides that medication must be administered by a licensed health care professional. Limits the powers of the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Advisory Board. Removes provisions exempting licensees under this Act from the Nursing Home Care Act. Also makes technical changes. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Provides that notice required to be given to residents regarding termination of a resident's residency in an establishment may be waived when there is imminent danger of death or serious physical harm to the resident, not when there is merely an emergency situation. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: 01-01-09 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 2 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status