SB2695 Engrossed

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    AN ACT concerning regulation.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended  by changing 
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Section 3-421 as follows:
 



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    (210 ILCS 45/3-421)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-421)



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    Sec. 3-421. In any transfer or discharge conducted under 
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subsection (e)
of Section 3-415, the Department shall notify 
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the facility and any resident
to be removed that an emergency 
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has been found to exist and removal
has been ordered, and shall 
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involve the residents in removal planning if
possible. With the 
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consent of the resident or his or her representative, the 
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facility must inform the resident's designated case 
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coordination unit, as defined in 89 Ill. Adm. Code 240.260, of 
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the resident's pending discharge and must provide the resident 
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or his or her representative with the case coordination unit's 
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telephone number and other contact information. Following 
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emergency removal, the Department shall provide written
notice 
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to the facility, to the resident, to the resident's 
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representative,
if any, and to a member of the resident's 
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family, where practicable, of
the basis for the finding that an 
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emergency existed and of the right to
challenge removal under 
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Section 3-422.


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

 

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