410 ILCS 430/ Renal Disease Treatment Act.
(410 ILCS 430/0.01) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 22.30)
Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Renal Disease Treatment Act.
(Source: P.A. 86‑1324.) |
(410 ILCS 430/1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 22.31)
Sec. 1. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall establish a program for the care and treatment of persons suffering from chronic renal diseases. This program shall assist persons suffering from chronic renal diseases who require lifesaving care and treatment for such renal disease, but who are unable to pay for such services on a continuing basis.
(Source: P.A. 95‑331, eff. 8‑21‑07.)
(410 ILCS 430/2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 22.32)
Sec. 2. The Director of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly Director of Public Aid) shall appoint a Renal Disease Advisory Committee to consult with the Department in the administration of this Act. The Committee shall be composed of 15 persons representing hospitals and medical schools which establish dialysis centers or kidney transplant programs, voluntary agencies interested in kidney diseases, physicians licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches, and the general public. Each member shall hold office for a term of 4 years and until his successor is appointed and qualified, except that the terms of the members appointed pursuant to Public Act 78‑538 shall expire as designated at the time of appointment, 1 at the end of the first year, 1 at the end of the second year, 1 at the end of the third year, and 1 at the end of the fourth year, after the date of appointment. Any person appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term. The Committee shall meet as frequently as the Director of Healthcare and Family Services deems necessary, but not less than once each year. The Committee members shall receive no compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in carrying out their duties as members of this Committee.
(Source: P.A. 95‑331, eff. 8‑21‑07.)
(410 ILCS 430/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 22.33)
Sec. 3. Duties of Departments of Healthcare and Family Services and Public Health.
(A) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall:
(a) With the advice of the Renal Disease Advisory
| Committee, develop standards for determining eligibility for care and treatment under this program. Among other standards so developed under this paragraph, candidates, to be eligible for care and treatment, must be evaluated in a center properly staffed and equipped for such evaluation. | |
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(d) Extend financial assistance to persons suffering |
| from chronic renal diseases in obtaining the medical, surgical, nursing, pharmaceutical, and technical services necessary in caring for such diseases, including the renting of home dialysis equipment. The Renal Disease Advisory Committee shall recommend to the Department the extent of financial assistance, including the reasonable charges and fees, for: | |
(1) Treatment in a dialysis facility;
(2) Hospital treatment for dialysis and |
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(3) Treatment in a limited care facility;
(4) Home dialysis training; and
(5) Home dialysis.
(e) Assist in equipping dialysis centers.
(B) The Department of Public Health shall:
(a) Assist in the development and expansion of |
| programs for the care and treatment of persons suffering from chronic renal diseases, including dialysis and other medical or surgical procedures and techniques that will have a lifesaving effect in the care and treatment of persons suffering from these diseases. | |
(b) Assist in the development of programs for the |
| prevention of chronic renal diseases. | |
(c) Institute and carry on an educational program |
| among physicians, hospitals, public health departments, and the public concerning chronic renal diseases, including the dissemination of information and the conducting of educational programs concerning the prevention of chronic renal diseases and the methods for the care and treatment of persons suffering from these diseases. | |
(Source: P.A. 95‑331, eff. 8‑21‑07.) |
(410 ILCS 430/3.01) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 22.33.01)
Sec. 3.01. The provisions of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act are hereby expressly adopted and shall apply to all administrative rules and procedures of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services under this Act, except that Section 5‑35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act relating to procedures for rule‑making does not apply to the adoption of any rule required by federal law in connection with which the Department is precluded by law from exercising any discretion.
(Source: P.A. 95‑331, eff. 8‑21‑07.)