Bill Text: IL HB4342 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Allows long-term care facilities to provide an opioid treatment program if they receive written approval from the Department of Public Health. Provides requirements for such an opioid treatment program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4342 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB4342-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB4342 Introduced , by Rep. Thomas M. Bennett SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
210 ILCS 45/2-218 new
Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Allows long-term care facilities to provide an opioid treatment program if they receive written approval from the Department of Public Health. Provides requirements for such an opioid treatment program.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by adding
Section 2-218 as follows:
(210 ILCS 45/2-218 new)
Sec. 2-218. Opioid treatment program.
(a) A long-term care facility that desires to provide an
opioid treatment program must first receive written approval
from the Department. The approval shall be granted only if it
can be shown that the program will not interfere in any way
with the residents in the other parts of the facility.
(b) The opioid treatment program must be in a completely
separate and distinct part of the long-term care facility and
must include all beds in that separate and distinct part. It
must be completely separated from the rest of the facility and
have separate entrances.
(c) Beds designated for opioid treatment shall not be used
for long-term care residents, nor shall beds designated for
long-term care residents be used for residents undergoing
treatment for opioids.
(d) The opioid treatment program staff shall not be
utilized in performing services in the long-term care area of

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the facility, nor shall long-term care program staff be
utilized to provide any services in the opioid treatment
designated area.
(e) There may be joint use of laundry, food service,
housekeeping, and administrative services, provided written
approval is obtained from the Department. The approval shall be
granted only if it can be shown that the joint usage will not
interfere in any way with the residents in other parts of the
facility.