Public Act 097-0861
 
HB5009 EnrolledLRB097 16999 DRJ 62190 b

    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 2-106a as follows:
 
    (210 ILCS 45/2-106a)
    Sec. 2-106a. Resident identification wristlet. No
identification wristlets shall be employed except as ordered by
a physician who documents the need for such mandatory
identification in the resident's clinical record. When
identification bracelets are required, they must identify the
resident's name, and the name, telephone number, and address of
the facility issuing the identification wristlet.
(Source: P.A. 88-263.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.

Effective Date: 07/30/2012