97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5009

 

Introduced 2/7/2012, by Rep. Daniel V. Beiser

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
210 ILCS 45/2-106a

    Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that when resident identification bracelets are required, they must identify the issuing facility's telephone number. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by changing
5Section 2-106a as follows:
 
6    (210 ILCS 45/2-106a)
7    Sec. 2-106a. Resident identification wristlet. No
8identification wristlets shall be employed except as ordered by
9a physician who documents the need for such mandatory
10identification in the resident's clinical record. When
11identification bracelets are required, they must identify the
12resident's name, and the name, telephone number, and address of
13the facility issuing the identification wristlet.
14(Source: P.A. 88-263.)
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
16becoming law.