SB3420 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB3420

Introduced 2/7/2012, by Sen. Mike Jacobs

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

210 ILCS 45/1-123

from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4151-123

Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that "resident's representative" means a person other than the owner "not related to the resident". Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning nursing homes.

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 1-123 as follows:

(210 ILCS 45/1-123) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4151-123)

Sec. 1-123. "Resident's representative" means a person other than the owner not related to the resident, or an agent or employee of a facility not related to the resident, designated in writing by a resident to be his representative, or the resident's guardian, or the parent of a minor resident for whom no guardian has been appointed.

(Source: P.A. 81-223.)

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