Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB3119

Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Authorizes the use of electronic monitoring devices in a resident's room provided that specified conditions are met. Provides who may authorize the use of the monitoring devices. Provides for the reporting of abuse and neglect discovered via the electronic monitoring of the resident's room. Effective immediately.

Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the bill as introduced with the following changes: (i) removes references to audio monitoring; (ii) provides that the person requesting the monitoring, as an alternative to obtaining the consent of the other residents in the room, must ensure that the camera is focused on the resident for whom the monitoring is requested; (iii) provides that, if the other residents in the room object to the monitoring, the facility must allow the resident for whom the monitoring request is made to occupy the bed furthest from the door in order to protect the privacy rights of the other residents in the room; (iv) removes language requiring the facility to place a resident in a different room to accommodate a request to conduct monitoring; (v) provides that the person who requests the monitoring shall maintain control of all tapes or recordings resulting from the monitoring; (vi) changes time frames for the purposes of reporting abuse and neglect; and (v) changes the effective date to July 1, 2004.

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