Rep. Kent Gaffney

Filed: 3/27/2012

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5633

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5633 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by
5changing Section 2-110 as follows:
 
6    (210 ILCS 45/2-110)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4152-110)
7    Sec. 2-110. (a) The resident has the right to immediate
8access to individuals listed in paragraphs (1) through (6) of
9this subsection and the facility must provide immediate access
10to any resident by individuals listed in paragraphs (1) through
11(6) of this subsection:
12        (1) any representative of the State;
13        (2) the resident's individual physician;
14        (3) the State's long-term care ombudsman, established
15    under Section 307(a)(12) of the federal Older Americans Act
16    of 1965;

 

 

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1        (4) the agency responsible for the protection and
2    advocacy system for mentally ill individuals established
3    under the Protection and Advocacy for Mentally Ill Persons
4    Act;
5        (5) immediate family or other relatives of the resident
6    subject to the resident's right to deny or withdraw consent
7    at any time; and
8        (6) others who are visiting with the consent of the
9    resident subject to reasonable restrictions and the
10    resident's right to deny or withdraw consent at any time.
11    Any employee or agent of a public agency, any
12representative of a community legal services program or any
13other member of the general public shall be permitted access at
14reasonable hours to any individual resident of any facility,
15but only if there is neither a commercial purpose nor effect to
16such access and if the purpose is to do any of the following:
17        (1) Visit, talk with and make personal, social and
18    legal services available to all residents;
19        (2) Inform residents of their rights and entitlements
20    and their corresponding obligations, under federal and
21    State laws, by means of educational materials and
22    discussions in groups and with individual residents;
23        (3) Assist residents in asserting their legal rights
24    regarding claims for public assistance, medical assistance
25    and social security benefits, as well as in all other
26    matters in which residents are aggrieved. Assistance may

 

 

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1    include counseling and litigation; or
2        (4) Engage in other methods of asserting, advising and
3    representing residents so as to extend to them full
4    enjoyment of their rights.
5    (a-3) The facility shall provide reasonable access to any
6entity or individual that provides health, social, legal, or
7other services to the resident, subject to the resident's right
8to deny or withdraw consent at any time.
9    (a-5) If a resident of a licensed facility is an identified
10offender, any federal, State, or local law enforcement officer
11or county probation officer shall be permitted reasonable
12access to the individual resident to verify compliance with the
13requirements of the Sex Offender Registration Act, to verify
14compliance with the requirements of Public Act 94-163 and this
15amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, or to verify
16compliance with applicable terms of probation, parole, or
17mandatory supervised release.
18    (b) All persons entering a facility under this Section
19shall promptly notify appropriate facility personnel of their
20presence. They shall, upon request, produce identification to
21establish their identity and the identity of the agency,
22program, or organization they represent. No such person shall
23enter the immediate living area of any resident without first
24identifying himself and then receiving permission from the
25resident to enter. The rights of other residents present in the
26room shall be respected. A resident may terminate at any time a

 

 

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1visit by a person having access to the resident's living area
2under this Section, upon which the visitor must immediately
3leave the living area.
4    (c) This Section shall not limit the power of the
5Department or other public agency otherwise permitted or
6required by law to enter and inspect a facility, including any
7employee or agent of a public agency acting in response to an
8order of the court.
9    (d) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this Section, the
10administrator of a facility may refuse access to the facility
11to any person if the presence of that person in the facility
12would be injurious to the health and safety of a resident or
13would threaten the security of the property of a resident or
14the facility, or if the person seeks access to the facility for
15commercial purposes. Any person refused access to a facility
16may within 10 days request a hearing under Section 3-703. In
17that proceeding, the burden of proof as to the right of the
18facility to refuse access under this Section shall be on the
19facility.
20(Source: P.A. 94-163, eff. 7-11-05; 94-752, eff. 5-10-06.)
 
21    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22becoming law.".