97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5019

 

Introduced 2/7/2012, by Rep. Lou Lang

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
210 ILCS 45/3-502  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-502

    Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health's placement of a monitor in a long-term care facility shall be for the purpose of working with the facility in a collaborative manner to achieve compliance with State regulations. Provides that the monitor shall file a written report (instead of report periodically) with the Department and also with the facility. Requires the monitor to participate in a meeting with the Department's regional representative and the facility. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by changing
5Section 3-502 as follows:
 
6    (210 ILCS 45/3-502)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-502)
7    Sec. 3-502. In any situation described in Section 3-501,
8the Department may place a qualified person to act as monitor
9in the facility for the purpose of working with the facility in
10a collaborative manner to achieve compliance with State
11regulations. The monitor shall observe operation of the
12facility, shall assist the facility by advising it on how to
13comply with the State regulations, and shall file a written
14report with periodically to the Department and the facility on
15the first day of each month on the operation of the facility.
16The report shall identify perceived problems and recommend
17potential changes. In addition, the monitor shall participate
18in a meeting with a regional representative of the Department
19and the facility no later than the 20th of each month. The
20purpose of the meeting shall be for the monitor to review the
21contents of the report most recently filed with the Department
22and the facility and to answer questions, permit the facility
23to address problems identified in the report, and give all

 

 

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1parties the opportunity to collectively agree on possible
2courses of action. The monitor shall then modify the report to
3reflect the outcomes of the meeting and shall submit the
4modified report to the Department and the facility no later
5than the 25th of each month.
6(Source: P.A. 81-223.)
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8becoming law.