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, on and after 36 months after the amendatory Act's effective date, facilities or establishments licensed under the Acts are prohibited from: (1) being owned by and leased or rented to related business entities; and (2) employing a service provider that is a related business entity of the owner of the facility or establishment. Provides that a facility or establishment shall not charge any over-market rate for a resident's rent or for services provided to a resident. Provides that the provisions do not apply to any facility or establishment that does not receive State or federal funds through Medicaid or Medicare. Contains other provisions.
Rep. Anna Moeller
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Creates the Mental Health Inpatient Facility Access Act. Requires the Department of Human Services' Division of Mental Health to develop a written, strategic plan that comprehensively addresses improving access to inpatient psychiatric beds in State-operated mental health facilities for individuals needing a hospital level of care. Provides that the plan shall include annual training requirements for State-operated inpatient mental health facility clinicians, regular and periodic mental health assessments of individuals admitted to State-operated facilities, updated facility policies and procedures aimed at increasing opportunities for home visits and work programs that assist with community reintegration, steps to increase access to community-based mental health services that provide outpatient alternatives and step-down services, certification requirements for mental health clinicians, and other matters. Requires the plan to be made publicly available in one year. Prohibits the Department from making further reductions in State-operated inpatient mental health bed capacity. Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, in collaboration with the Department of Human Services, to allow for hospital presumptive eligibility for Medicaid enrollment for individuals presenting in hospital emergency rooms who are in a psychiatric crisis and meet the federal criteria for hospital presumptive eligibility. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to amend its Illinois Continuity of Care and Administrative Simplification 1115 Waiver if necessary to implement hospital presumptive eligibility as permitted under the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
Declares support for the City of Elgin and the Coalition to Stop CPKC in their opposition to the merger of the Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern railroads. Urges the Federal Surface Transportation Board to reject the CPKC merger application.
Amends "An Act making appropriations" (Public Act 101-637). Appropriates $1,500,000 (rather than $15,000) to the Office of the Secretary of State from the Alzheimers Awareness Fund for grants to the Alzheimers Disease and Related Disorders Association, Greater Illinois Chapter, for Alzheimers care, support, education, and awareness programs. Effective immediately.
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires perinatal doula services and evidence-based home visiting services to be covered under the medical assistance program for persons who are otherwise eligible for medical assistance. Provides that perinatal doula services include regular visits beginning in the prenatal period and continuing into the postnatal period, inclusive of continuous support during labor and delivery, that support healthy pregnancies and positive birth outcomes. Provides that perinatal doula services may be embedded in an existing program, such as evidence-based home visiting. Provides that perinatal doula services provided during the prenatal period may be provided weekly, services provided during the labor and delivery period may be provided for the entire duration of labor and the time immediately following birth, and services provided during the postpartum period may be provided up to 12 months postpartum. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to adopt rules. Requires the Department, during the rulemaking process, to consider the expertise of and consult with doula program experts, doula training providers, practicing doulas, and home visiting experts, along with State agencies implementing perinatal doula services and relevant bodies under the Illinois Early Learning Council. Requires the Department to seek any State plan amendments or waivers necessary to implement the amendatory Act and to secure federal financial participation for expenditures made by the Department for perinatal doula services and evidence-based home visiting services. Effective July 1, 2022.
Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that within one month after the effective date of the amendatory Act, all facilities licensed under the Act must adopt and implement a COVID-19 vaccination mandate that requires all facility staff members licensed in this State to receive a single-shot COVID-19 vaccine or the first dose of a 2-dose COVID-19 vaccine within 7 business days after the facility's mandate takes effect. Provides that the mandate must also require those licensed facility staff members who receive the first dose of a 2-dose COVID-19 vaccine to receive the second dose within the timeframe recommended by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Requires the Department of Public Health to issue a notice of noncompliance to facilities and licensed facility staff members who violate the provisions of the amendatory Act. Provides that a facility shall be fined $500 for each week that the facility fails to comply, not to exceed $24,000 per calendar year. Provides that if a facility fails to comply with the requirements of the amendatory Act within 10 business days after receiving a notice of noncompliance, the Department shall notify the facility in writing that its operational license is subject to revocation. Provides that if a facility staff member fails to comply with a facility's COVID-19 vaccination mandate within 5 business days after receiving a notice of noncompliance, the facility staff member shall be notified by the Department that his or her occupational or professional license will be revoked. Provides that a facility staff member's license will be reinstituted upon providing proof of compliance with the facility's COVID-19 vaccination mandate to the Department. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Nursing Home Infection Control Fund. Effective immediately.
Declares January 2022 as Cervical Health Awareness Month. Encourages all citizens to recognize that cervical cancer is preventable and to encourage the women in their lives to avail themselves of the tests and vaccines that have proven so effective in preventing cervical cancer.
Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Provides that the Naprapathic Practice Act is repealed on January 1, 2028 (instead of January 1, 2023). Amends the Naprapathic Practice Act. Defines "email address of record". Provides that all applicants and licensees shall provide a valid physical and email address and inform the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation of any change of physical or email address within 14 days. Provides that the Department shall assign a customer's identification number to each applicant for a license. Provides that making a material misstatement in furnishing information to the Department is grounds for disciplinary action. Provides that a person not licensed under the Act and engaged in the business of offering naprapathy services shall not aid, assist, procure, advise, employ, or contract with any unlicensed person to practice naprapathy contrary to the rules of the Act. Provides that the Department may refuse to issue or may suspend the license of any person who fails to file a tax return. Makes changes to the provisions regarding physical and mental examinations of a licensee or applicant. Removes a provision that provides that if the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation fails to issue a final order within 30 days after receipt of the hearing officer's findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendations, then the hearing officer's determinations become a final order. Makes other changes. Specified provisions are effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 225 ILCS 63/15 225 ILCS 63/17 225 ILCS 63/36 new 225 ILCS 63/150 225 ILCS 63/155 225 ILCS 63/165 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Repeals the Naprapathic Practice Act on January 1, 2028 (instead of January 1, 2023). Amends the Naprapathic Practice Act. Defines "Board" and "email address of record". Provides that all applicants and licensees shall provide a valid address and email address to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and inform the Department of any change of address or email address within 14 days. Provides that naprapathic practice means identification, evaluation, and treatment (rather than only the evaluation) of persons with connective tissue disorders through the use of naprapathic case history and palpation or treatment. Provides that a naprapath shall order additional screening if the patient does not demonstrate measurable or functional improvement after 6 visits and continued improvement thereafter. Provides that a naprapath shall refer a patient to the patient's treating health care profession of record if the patient's condition is determined to be beyond the scope of practice of the naprapath. Provides that a person may be qualified to receive a license as a naprapath if he or she is at least 21 years of age (rather than 18 years of age) and, for licenses granted on or after January 1, 2028, has graduated from a 4-year college level program or its equivalent approved by the Department. Creates the Board of Naprapathy. Provides for membership and duties of the Board. Provides that the Department shall assign a customer's identification number to each applicant for a license. Provides that making a material misstatement in furnishing information to the Department is grounds for disciplinary action. Provides that a person not licensed under the Act and engaged in the business of offering naprapathy services shall not aid, assist, procure, advise, employ, or contract with any unlicensed person to practice naprapathy contrary to the Act. Provides that the Department may refuse to issue or may suspend the license of any person who fails to file a tax return, to pay the tax, penalty, or interest shown in a filed tax return, or to pay any final assessment of tax, penalty, or interest. Makes changes to the provisions regarding physical and mental examinations of a licensee or applicant. Removes a provision that provides that if the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation fails to issue a final order within 30 days after receipt of the hearing officer's findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendations, then the hearing officer's determinations become a final order. Provides that the Board shall review the report of the hearing office and present its findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendations to the Secretary. Provides that an order shall be prima facie proof that the Board and its members are qualified to act. Removes a provision that provides that exhibits shall be certified without cost. Repeals a provision regarding rosters. Makes conforming and other changes. Provisions amending the Regulatory Sunset Act are effective immediately.
Creates the Clean Jobs, Workforce and Contractor Equity Act. Creates the Equity and Empowerment in Clean Energy Advisory Board to administer the Clean Jobs Workforce Hubs Program, the Expanding Clean Energy Entrepreneurship and Contractor Incubator Network Program, the Returning Residents Clean Jobs Training Program, and the Illinois Clean Energy Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Primes Contractor Accelerator. Creates the Illinois Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund Act, the Community Energy, Climate, and Jobs Planning Act, the Energy Community Reinvestment Act, the Clean Energy Empowerment Zone Tax Credit Act, the Coal Severance Fee Act, the Building Energy Performance Standard Act, and the Public Utilities Intervenor Compensation Act. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to allow for emergency rulemaking. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Energy Community Reinvestment Fund, the Illinois Commerce Commission Intervenor Compensation Fund, and the Illinois Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund. Amends the Electric Vehicle Act, the Energy Efficient Building Act, the Illinois Power Agency Act, the Illinois Income Tax Act, the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the School Code, the Public Utilities Act, the Environmental Protection Act, the Illinois Nuclear Facility Safety Act, and the Prevailing Wage Act by making changes to implement certain programs. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Crematory Regulation Act. Provides that "cremation" includes natural organic reduction. Defines "natural organic reduction". Effective immediately.