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| 1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Community-Integrated Living Arrangements | ||||||
| 5 | Licensure and
Certification Act is amended by changing Section | ||||||
| 6 | 6 as follows:
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| 7 | (210 ILCS 135/6) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1706)
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| 8 | Sec. 6. (a) The Department shall deny an application for a | ||||||
| 9 | license,
or revoke or refuse to renew the license of a | ||||||
| 10 | community mental health or
developmental services agency, or | ||||||
| 11 | refuse to issue a license to the holder
of a temporary permit, | ||||||
| 12 | if the Department determines that the applicant,
agency or | ||||||
| 13 | permit holder has not complied with a provision of this Act, | ||||||
| 14 | the
Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, or | ||||||
| 15 | applicable Department
rules and regulations. Specific grounds | ||||||
| 16 | for denial or revocation of a
license, or refusal to renew a | ||||||
| 17 | license or to
issue a license to the holder of a temporary | ||||||
| 18 | permit, shall include but not be limited to:
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| 19 | (1) Submission of false information either on | ||||||
| 20 | Department licensure forms
or during an inspection;
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| 21 | (2) Refusal to allow an inspection to occur;
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| 22 | (3) Violation of this Act or rules and regulations | ||||||
| 23 | promulgated under this Act;
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| 1 | (4) Violation of the rights of a recipient;
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| 2 | (5) Failure to submit or implement a plan of correction | ||||||
| 3 | within the
specified time period; or | ||||||
| 4 | (6) Failure to submit a workplace violence prevention | ||||||
| 5 | plan in compliance with the Health Care Workplace Violence | ||||||
| 6 | Prevention Act.
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| 7 | (b) If the Department determines that the operation of a | ||||||
| 8 | community mental health
or developmental services agency or one | ||||||
| 9 | or more of the programs or
placements certified by the agency | ||||||
| 10 | under this Act jeopardizes the health,
safety or welfare of the | ||||||
| 11 | recipients served by the agency, the Department
may immediately | ||||||
| 12 | revoke the agency's license and may direct the agency to
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| 13 | withdraw recipients from any such program or placement.
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| 14 | (c) The Office of Inspector General of the Department of | ||||||
| 15 | Human Services shall continue to have jurisdiction over the | ||||||
| 16 | agency and the individuals it served at the time the agency's | ||||||
| 17 | license was revoked for up to one year after the date that the | ||||||
| 18 | license was revoked. | ||||||
| 19 | (Source: P.A. 94-347, eff. 7-28-05.)
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| 20 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 21 | becoming law.
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