97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB3461

 

Introduced 2/7/2012, by Sen. David Koehler

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
210 ILCS 45/2-102.5 new

    Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that a facility may request that a guardian designate in writing a representative to act on the guardian's behalf if, in an emergency, the facility cannot locate the guardian by telephone. Provides that the guardian may specify in writing the circumstances under which the guardian's representative may act. Effective immediately.


LRB097 16980 DRJ 62171 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB3461LRB097 16980 DRJ 62171 b

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 adding
5Section 2-102.5 as follows:
 
6    (210 ILCS 45/2-102.5 new)
7    Sec. 2-102.5. Guardian's representative. A facility may
8request that a guardian designate in writing a representative
9to act on the guardian's behalf if, in an emergency, the
10facility cannot locate the guardian by telephone. The guardian
11may specify in writing the circumstances under which the
12guardian's representative may act.
 
13    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14becoming law.