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	1	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2877 Introduced , by Rep. Nicolle Grasse SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 210 ILCS 60/15 Amends the Hospice Program Licensing Act. Provides that, no later than December 31, 2026, the Hospice and Palliative Care Advisory Board shall submit a report to the General Assembly on the state of care for individuals experiencing a serious or life-limiting illness and their family caregivers. Requires the report to include, at a minimum, data regarding the availability of and need for hospice and palliative care services in Illinois; data showing the relative value of non-hospice adult palliative care to the State of Illinois and its citizens; evidence-based recommendations to educate health care professionals and the public about non-hospice palliative care; and recommendations for state standards for adult palliative care. LRB104 08747 BAB 18801 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2877 Introduced , by Rep. Nicolle Grasse SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 210 ILCS 60/15 210 ILCS 60/15 Amends the Hospice Program Licensing Act. Provides that, no later than December 31, 2026, the Hospice and Palliative Care Advisory Board shall submit a report to the General Assembly on the state of care for individuals experiencing a serious or life-limiting illness and their family caregivers. Requires the report to include, at a minimum, data regarding the availability of and need for hospice and palliative care services in Illinois; data showing the relative value of non-hospice adult palliative care to the State of Illinois and its citizens; evidence-based recommendations to educate health care professionals and the public about non-hospice palliative care; and recommendations for state standards for adult palliative care. LRB104 08747 BAB 18801 b LRB104 08747 BAB 18801 b A BILL FOR
	2	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2877 Introduced , by Rep. Nicolle Grasse SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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	5	+	Amends the Hospice Program Licensing Act. Provides that, no later than December 31, 2026, the Hospice and Palliative Care Advisory Board shall submit a report to the General Assembly on the state of care for individuals experiencing a serious or life-limiting illness and their family caregivers. Requires the report to include, at a minimum, data regarding the availability of and need for hospice and palliative care services in Illinois; data showing the relative value of non-hospice adult palliative care to the State of Illinois and its citizens; evidence-based recommendations to educate health care professionals and the public about non-hospice palliative care; and recommendations for state standards for adult palliative care.
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3	11		1 AN ACT concerning regulation.
4	12		2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5	13		3 represented in the General Assembly:
6	14		4 Section 5. The Hospice Program Licensing Act is amended by
7	15		5 changing Section 15 as follows:
8	16		6 (210 ILCS 60/15)
9	17		7 Sec. 15. Hospice and Palliative Care Advisory Board.
10	18		8 (a) The Director shall appoint a Hospice and Palliative
11	19		9 Care Advisory Board ("the Board") to consult with the
12	20		10 Department as provided in this Section. The membership of the
13	21		11 Board shall be as follows:
14	22		12 (1) The Director, ex officio, who shall be a nonvoting
15	23		13 member and shall serve as chairman of the Board.
16	24		14 (2) One representative of each of the following State
17	25		15 agencies, each of whom shall be a nonvoting member: the
18	26		16 Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the
19	27		17 Department of Human Services, and the Department on Aging.
20	28		18 (3) One member who is a physician licensed to practice
21	29		19 medicine in all its branches, selected from the
22	30		20 recommendations of a statewide professional society
23	31		21 representing physicians licensed to practice medicine in
24	32		22 all its branches in all specialties.
25	33		23 (4) One member who is a registered nurse, selected
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	40	+	Amends the Hospice Program Licensing Act. Provides that, no later than December 31, 2026, the Hospice and Palliative Care Advisory Board shall submit a report to the General Assembly on the state of care for individuals experiencing a serious or life-limiting illness and their family caregivers. Requires the report to include, at a minimum, data regarding the availability of and need for hospice and palliative care services in Illinois; data showing the relative value of non-hospice adult palliative care to the State of Illinois and its citizens; evidence-based recommendations to educate health care professionals and the public about non-hospice palliative care; and recommendations for state standards for adult palliative care.
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34	68		1 from the recommendations of professional nursing
35	69		2 associations.
36	70		3 (5) Four members selected from the recommendations of
37	71		4 organizations whose primary membership consists of hospice
38	72		5 programs.
39	73		6 (6) Two members who represent the general public and
40	74		7 who have no responsibility for management or formation of
41	75		8 policy of a hospice program and no financial interest in a
42	76		9 hospice program.
43	77		10 (7) One member selected from the recommendations of
44	78		11 consumer organizations that engage in advocacy or legal
45	79		12 representation on behalf of hospice patients and their
46	80		13 immediate families.
47	81		14 (b) Of the initial appointees, 4 shall serve for terms of 2
48	82		15 years, 4 shall serve for terms of 3 years, and 5 shall serve
49	83		16 for terms of 4 years, as determined by lot at the first meeting
50	84		17 of the Board. Each successor member shall be appointed for a
51	85		18 term of 4 years. A member appointed to fill a vacancy before
52	86		19 the expiration of the term for which his or her predecessor was
53	87		20 appointed shall be appointed to serve for the remainder of
54	88		21 that term.
55	89		22 (c) The Board shall meet as frequently as the chairman
56	90		23 deems necessary, but not less than 4 times each year. Upon the
57	91		24 request of 4 or more Board members, the chairman shall call a
58	92		25 meeting of the Board. A Board member may designate a
59	93		26 replacement to serve at a Board meeting in place of the member
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70	104		1 by submitting a letter stating that designation to the
71	105		2 chairman before or at the Board meeting. The replacement
72	106		3 member must represent the same general interests as the member
73	107		4 being replaced, as described in paragraphs (1) through (7) of
74	108		5 subsection (a).
75	109		6 (d) Board members are entitled to reimbursement for their
76	110		7 actual expenses incurred in performing their duties.
77	111		8 (e) The Board shall advise the Department on all aspects
78	112		9 of the Department's responsibilities under this Act, including
79	113		10 the format and content of any rules adopted by the Department
80	114		11 on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
81	115		12 95th General Assembly. Any such rule or amendment to a rule
82	116		13 proposed on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
83	117		14 of the 95th General Assembly, except an emergency rule adopted
84	118		15 pursuant to Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative
85	119		16 Procedure Act, that is adopted without obtaining the advice of
86	120		17 the Board is null and void. If the Department fails to follow
87	121		18 the advice of the Board with respect to a proposed rule or
88	122		19 amendment to a rule, the Department shall, before adopting the
89	123		20 rule or amendment to a rule, transmit a written explanation of
90	124		21 the reason for its action to the Board. During its review of
91	125		22 rules, the Board shall analyze the economic and regulatory
92	126		23 impact of those rules. If the Board, having been asked for its
93	127		24 advice with respect to a proposed rule or amendment to a rule,
94	128		25 fails to advise the Department within 90 days, the proposed
95	129		26 rule or amendment shall be considered to have been acted upon
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107		-	2 (f) The Board shall also review pediatric palliative care
108		-	3 issues as provided in the Pediatric Palliative Care Act.
109		-	4 (g) No later than December 31, 2026, the Board shall
110		-	5 submit a report to the General Assembly on the state of care
111		-	6 for individuals experiencing a serious or life-limiting
112		-	7 illness and their family caregivers. The report shall include
113		-	8 at a minimum:
114		-	9 (1) data regarding the availability of and need for
115		-	10 hospice and palliative care services in Illinois;
116		-	11 (2) data showing the relative value of non-hospice
117		-	12 adult palliative care to the State of Illinois and its
118		-	13 citizens;
119		-	14 (3) evidence-based recommendations to educate health
120		-	15 care professionals and the public about non-hospice
121		-	16 palliative care; and
122		-	17 (4) recommendations for state standards for adult
123		-	18 palliative care.
124		-	19 (Source: P.A. 95-133, eff. 1-1-08; 96-1078, eff. 7-16-10.)
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