Rep. Lou Lang
Filed: 3/26/2012
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5019 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5019 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended  by 
5changing Section 3-502 as follows:
 



6    (210 ILCS 45/3-502)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-502)



7    Sec. 3-502. 
When a monitor is placed in a facility in In 
8any situation described in Section 3-501, the Department
may 
9place a qualified person to act as monitor in the facility. The 
10monitor
shall observe operation of the facility, shall assist 
11the facility by advising
it on how to comply with the State 
12regulations, and shall report periodically
to the Department on 
13the operation of the facility. Reports from the monitor shall 
14be submitted to the Department on the first day of each month. 
15Upon written request by the facility, the Department shall 
16provide the facility with a redacted copy of the report, 
 
 
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1subject to the confidentiality restrictions as stated in 
2Section 2-206 of this Act and with the name, room number, or 
3any other characteristic that may enable the specific person to 
4be identified who has given information to the monitor deleted. 
5Monitor reports shall not be subject to the Freedom of 
6Information Act,  as provided in that Act. A facility may submit 
7to the Department and the monitor a statement refuting any of 
8the statements or disputing any of the recommendations 
9contained in the monitor report. 

10(Source: P.A. 81-223.)

 

11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
12becoming law.".