Bill Text: IL HB4427 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Provides that the Director of Aging shall consult with the Director of Public Health on the appointment of one representative of the Department on Aging (rather than consulting with the Director of Public Health on the appointment of all nonvoting members). Provides that, of the 3 voting members selected by the Director of Public Health from candidates recommended by consumer organizations that engage solely in advocacy or legal representation on behalf of senior citizens, at least one member must be a resident of an assisted living or shared housing establishment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-07-01 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0599 [HB4427 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4427-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4427 Introduced , by Rep. Jenn Ladisch Douglass SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
210 ILCS 9/113
Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Provides that one representative of the Office of the State Long Term Care Ombudsman (instead of one representative of the Department on Aging) is a nonvoting member of the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Advisory Board. Adds a certified long term care ombudsman and 3 current or former residents of an assisted living establishment or shared housing establishment as voting members of the Board.
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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 Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act is
amended by changing Section 113 as follows:
(210 ILCS 9/113)
Sec. 113. Assisted Living and Shared Housing Advisory
Board.
(a) The Governor shall establish an Assisted Living and
Shared Housing Advisory Board. The Advisory Board shall
consist of the following members:
(1) the Director, who shall serve as chair and as an ex
officio, nonvoting member;
(2) the Director of Aging, who shall serve as
vice-chair and as an ex officio, nonvoting member;
(3) the following nonvoting members, appointed by the
Director:
(A) one representative of the Department; and
(B) one representative of the Office of the State
Long Term Care Ombudsman Department on Aging;
(4) the following voting members, appointed by the
Director:
(A) 6 members selected from candidates recommended

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by an organization of providers whose membership
consists of assisted living establishments;
(B) 3 members appointed by the Director from
candidates recommended by a consumer organization that
engages solely in advocacy or legal representation on
behalf of senior citizens;
(C) a physician;
(D) a registered professional nurse; and
(E) 2 members with expertise in the area of
gerontology research or legal research regarding
implementation of laws applying to assisted living
establishments; .
(F) a certified long term care ombudsman; and
(G) 3 current or former residents of an assisted
living establishment or shared housing establishment.
(b) Members of the Advisory Board shall serve for terms of
3 years or until the member's successor is appointed by the
Director, but the Director shall stagger the terms of initial
appointees to the Advisory Board as follows: the terms of
one-third shall expire after one year; the terms of one-third
shall expire after 2 years; and the terms of one-third shall
expire after 3 years. All initial members shall be appointed
by January 1, 2025. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy
occurring before the expiration of the term for which his or
her predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the
remainder of that term. The Advisory Board shall meet

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