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    AN ACT concerning State government.

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


 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act is 
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amended  by adding Section 12.6 as follows:
 
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    (20 ILCS 3960/12.6  new)
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    Sec. 12.6. Review of long term care bed need methodology 
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and analysis of township level bed need.
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    (a) This Section applies with respect to health care 
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facilities licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act only.
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    (b) Pursuant to subsection (19) of Section 25 of the Older 
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Adult Services Act, the Board shall review the existing Bed 
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Need Methodology for Long Term Care, updating the assumptions 
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used to establish the methodology to make them consistent with 
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modern older adult services.  The review shall include 
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assessment of (i) the Bed Need Methodology for Long Term Care 
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used by other states and methodologies recommended by experts 
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in the field, (ii) published surveys of individuals age 65 and 
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older regarding their long term needs and preferences, and 
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(iii) demographic data of bed usage in Illinois.  Revisions to 
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the existing Bed Need Methodology also shall take into account 
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not only long term bed usage but short stay usage as well.
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    (c) The Board shall conduct a bed need analysis on the 
 


 






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township level, using the revised Bed Need Methodology for Long 
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Term Care, to ensure that an adequate number of beds is 
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available on a community basis and that those individuals in 
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need of short term and long term nursing home stays are not 
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isolated from their families.  The analysis also shall take into 
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account the needs of religious and ethnic groups.
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    (d) Revisions to the existing Bed Need Methodology for Long 
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Term Care and the township level bed need analysis shall be 
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completed in collaboration with the Nursing Home Conversion 
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Subcommittee of the Older Adult Services Advisory Committee to 
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reduce duplication of efforts, to ensure efficient use of staff 
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time, and to ensure consistency in outcomes. 
 

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