HB3862 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3862

Introduced 10/27/2011, by Rep. Jack D. Franks

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

210 ILCS 62/30

Amends the End Stage Renal Disease Facility Act to include in the list of items for which rules adopted pursuant to the Act shall contain minimum standards, a source of emergency backup power at an end stage renal disease facility.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning health facilities.

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

Section 5. The End Stage Renal Disease Facility Act is amended by changing Section 30 as follows:

(210 ILCS 62/30)

Sec. 30. Minimum standards.

(a) The rules adopted pursuant to this Act shall contain minimum standards to protect the health and safety of a patient of an end stage renal disease facility, including standards for:

(1) the qualifications and supervision of the professional staff and other personnel;

(2) the equipment used by the facility to insure that it is compatible with the health and safety of the patients;

(3) the sanitary and hygienic conditions in the facility;

(4) quality assurance for patient care;

(5) clinical records maintained by the facility;

(6) design and space requirements for the facility to insure safe access by patients and personnel and for ensuring patient privacy;

(7) indicators of the quality of care provided by the facility; and

(8) water treatment and reuse by the facility; and .

(9) a source of emergency backup power at the facility.

(b) These standards shall be consistent with the requirements for a supplier of end stage renal disease services under Titles XVIII and XIX of the federal Social Security Act.

(Source: P.A. 92-794, eff. 7-1-03.)