HB5009 EnrolledLRB097 16999 DRJ 62190 b

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.