SB3461 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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.

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 adding Section 2-102.5 as follows:

(210 ILCS 45/2-102.5 new)

Sec. 2-102.5. Guardian's representative. 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. The guardian may specify in writing the circumstances under which the guardian's representative may act.

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