HB 5000

Abstract

Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Provides that a person shall not be accepted for residency if that person requires level 3 or level 4 sterile wound care unless care is self-administered or administered by a licensed health care professional. Removes the prohibition on accepting a person for residency if that person requires insertion, sterile irrigation, and replacement of catheter, except for routine maintenance of urinary catheters, unless the catheter care is self-administered or administered by a license health care professional. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Restores language which specifies that a person shall not be accepted for residency if the person requires sterile wound care (rather than level 3 or level 4 sterile wound care) unless care is self-administered or administered by a licensed health care professional. Fiscal Note (Dept. of Public Health) The Illinois Department of Public Health estimates an increase in costs of $432,960 due to a need to survey additional complaints resulting from allowing residents with catheter care needs to be admitted to assisted living facilities. Racial Impact Note (Dept. of Public Health) Per 25 ILCS 83/110-5, The Illinois Department of Public Health does not expect HB5000 to have a disparate impact on racial and ethnic minorities. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 210 ILCS 9/10 210 ILCS 9/76 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Defines "infection control committee" and "infection preventionist". Provides that a person shall not be accepted for residency to an assisted living establishment or shared housing establishment if the person requires insertion, sterile irrigation, and replacement of catheter, except for routine maintenance of urinary catheters, unless the catheter care is self-administered or administered by a licensed health care professional or a nurse in compliance with education, certification, and training in catheter care or infection control by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with oversight from an infection preventionist or infection control committee. Requires an assisted living establishment or shared housing establishment that provides catheter care to one or more residents to designate at least one person as an Infection Prevention and Control Professional to develop and implement policies governing control of infections and communicable diseases. Makes other changes. Effective July 1, 2025.