99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB5602

 

Introduced , by Rep. Michael Unes

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
210 ILCS 45/3-713.5

    Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that if the Department of Public Health fails to provide a written explanation of the reason or reasons why evidence or arguments submitted for an informal dispute resolution were insufficient to refute the informal dispute resolution findings within 30 days of receiving the informal dispute resolution, then the alleged licensure violation shall be withdrawn from the official record and no penalty shall be imposed. 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 3-713.5 as follows:
 
6    (210 ILCS 45/3-713.5)
7    Sec. 3-713.5. Informal dispute resolution. Pursuant to the
8requirements of subsection (c) of Section 3-212 of this Act,
9when a facility submits comments to licensure findings, it
10shall be considered an informal dispute resolution if the same
11findings were not submitted for an informal dispute resolution
12pursuant to protocols for federal certification deficiencies
13established by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
14Services. The Department shall review documentation submitted
15as the basis for an informal dispute resolution. If the
16Department determines that the submitted evidence or arguments
17were insufficient to refute the findings, then the Department
18shall provide a written explanation of the reason or reasons
19why the evidence or arguments were insufficient to refute the
20finding. If the Department fails to provide a written
21explanation of the reason or reasons why the evidence or
22arguments were insufficient to refute the informal dispute
23resolution findings within 30 days of receipt, the alleged,

 

 

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1disputed licensure violation shall be withdrawn from the
2official record and no penalty shall be imposed.
3(Source: P.A. 97-863, eff. 1-1-13.)
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5becoming law.