HB5133 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5133

Introduced 2/8/2012, by Rep. David R. Leitch

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

210 ILCS 45/3-108

from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-108

Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall enter into an interagency agreement with the Office of the State Fire Marshal under which the latter shall conduct all surveys, evaluations, or inspections of nursing homes with respect to facility standards regulating protection of residents from fire hazard.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by changing Section 3-108 as follows:

(210 ILCS 45/3-108) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-108)

Sec. 3-108. The Department shall coordinate the functions within State government affecting facilities licensed under this Act and shall cooperate with other State agencies which establish standards or requirements for facilities to assure necessary, equitable, and consistent State supervision of licensees without unnecessary duplication of survey, evaluation, and consultation services or complaint investigations. The Department shall cooperate with the Department of Human Services in regard to facilities containing more than 20% of residents for whom the Department of Human Services has mandated follow-up responsibilities under the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act.

The Department shall cooperate with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services in regard to facilities where recipients of public aid are residents.

The Department shall immediately refer to the Department of Professional Regulation for investigation any credible evidence of which it has knowledge that an individual licensed by that Department has violated this Act or any rule issued under this Act.

The Department shall enter into an interagency agreement with the Office of the State Fire Marshal under which the Office of the State Fire Marshal shall conduct all surveys, evaluations, or inspections of nursing homes with respect to facility standards prescribed by the Department regulating protection of residents from fire hazard.

The Department shall enter into agreements with other State Departments, agencies or commissions to effectuate the purpose of this Section.

(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)