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Public Act 91-0290

HB0803 Enrolled                                LRB9103500ACtm

    AN ACT to amend the  Nursing  Home  Care  Act  by  adding
Section 3-304.1.

    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 3-304.1 as follows:

    (210 ILCS 45/3-304.1 new)
    Sec. 3-304.1.  Public computer access to information.
    (a)  The   Department  must  make  information  regarding
nursing homes  in  the  State  available  to  the  public  in
electronic  form  on the World Wide Web, including all of the
following information:
         (1)  who regulates nursing homes;
         (2)  information in the possession of the Department
    that is listed in Sections 3-210 and 3-304;
         (3)  deficiencies and plans of correction;
         (4)  enforcement remedies;
         (5)  penalty letters;
         (6)  designation of penalty monies;
         (7)  the  U.S.  Department  of  Health   and   Human
    Services'  Health  Care  Financing Administration special
    projects or federally required inspections;
         (8)  advisory standards;
         (9)  deficiency-free surveys; and
         (10)  enforcement actions and enforcement summaries.
    (b)  No fee  or  other  charge  may  be  imposed  by  the
Department as a condition of accessing the information.
    (c)  The  electronic  public  access provided through the
World Wide Web shall be in addition to any  other  electronic
or print distribution of the information.
    (d)  The  information shall be made available as provided
in this Section in the shortest practicable time after it  is
publicly available in any other form.

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