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91_SB1499
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1 AN ACT to amend the Department of Professional Regulation
2 Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Department of Professional Regulation Law
6 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by
7 adding Section 2105-157 as follows:
8 (20 ILCS 2105/2105-157 new)
9 Sec. 2105-157. Nursing home advisory committee. The
10 Department shall cooperate with the Department of Public
11 Health in establishing an advisory committee to monitor the
12 status of referrals made to the Department pursuant to
13 Section 3-108 of the Nursing Home Care Act. The committee
14 shall be composed of up to 5 persons, chosen by the
15 departments, all of whom (i) are members of professions that
16 provide care or services to nursing home residents and are
17 regulated by the Department or (ii) are persons admitted to
18 practice law in Illinois. At least 2 members of the
19 committee shall represent a consumer organization that
20 engages solely in advocacy or legal representation on behalf
21 of nursing home residents and their immediate families.
22 Representatives of the Department of Public Health, and
23 employees of any other state agency whose participation is
24 requested by the 2 departments, shall meet monthly with the
25 committee to (1) inform it of the status of referrals made to
26 the Department pursuant to Section 3-108 of the Nursing Home
27 Care Act, (2) assist the Department in developing expertise
28 in the investigation of those referrals by creating a
29 specialized unit within the Department to investigate
30 complaints related to nursing homes, (3) consider how a
31 specialized unit can conduct efficient and professional
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1 investigations while protecting the safety and well-being of
2 nursing home residents whose care is the subject of a
3 complaint and, when appropriate, protecting the
4 confidentiality of witnesses, and (4) advise the Department
5 about how to minimize duplication of the efforts of the 2
6 departments and make their determinations and recommendations
7 consistent. No member of the committee shall reveal, to any
8 other person, the identity of any individual whose conduct is
9 the subject of committee proceedings. Any member of the
10 committee who violates this confidentiality requirement is
11 subject to professional discipline.