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1		AN ACT concerning State government.
2		Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3		represented in the General Assembly:
4		Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and
5		Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
6		amended by changing Section 2310-130 as follows:
7		(20 ILCS 2310/2310-130) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.82)
8		Sec. 2310-130. Long term care surveyors; surveyor
9		development unit Medicare or Medicaid certification fee;
10		Health Care Facility and Program Survey Fund. To establish and
11		charge a fee to any facility or program applying to be
12		certified to participate in the Medicare program under Title
13		XVIII of the federal Social Security Act or in the Medicaid
14		program under Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act to
15		cover the costs associated with the application, inspection,
16		and survey of the facility or program and processing of the
17		application. The Department shall establish the fee by rule,
18		and the fee shall be based only on those application,
19		inspection, and survey and processing costs not reimbursed to
20		the State by the federal government. The fee shall be paid by
21		the facility or program before the application is processed.
22		The fees received by the Department under this Section
23		shall be deposited into the Health Care Facility and Program

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1		Survey Fund, which is hereby created as a special fund in the
2		State treasury. Moneys in the Fund shall be appropriated to
3		the Department and may be used for any costs incurred by the
4		Department, including personnel costs, in the processing of
5		applications for Medicare or Medicaid certification.
6		Beginning July 1, 2011, the Department shall employ a
7		minimum of one surveyor for every 500 licensed long term care
8		beds. Beginning July 1, 2012, the Department shall employ a
9		minimum of one surveyor for every 400 licensed long term care
10		beds. Beginning July 1, 2013, the Department shall employ a
11		minimum of one surveyor for every 300 licensed long term care
12		beds.
13		The Department shall establish a surveyor development unit
14		funded from money deposited in the Long Term Care
15		Monitor/Receiver Fund.
16		(Source: P.A. 96-1372, eff. 7-29-10; 97-489, eff. 1-1-12.)