SB2726sam001 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Iris Y. Martinez

Filed: 2/24/2004

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2726

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2726 on page 3, by replacing lines 31 through 33 with the following: "to visit either by federal or State law. Under the supervision of a regional ombudsman, volunteers may be used to investigate or resolve complaints, except those related to abuse and neglect, as prohibited by standards established by the Department. All volunteers must submit to"; and

on page 4, immediately below line 5, by inserting the following:

"For the purposes of this Section, "abuse" and "neglect" have the following meanings.

"Abuse" means (i) the willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or cruel punishment with resulting physical harm, pain, or mental anguish or (ii) willful deprivation by a person, including a caregiver, of goods or services that are necessary to avoid physical harm, mental anguish, or mental illness.

"Neglect" means the failure to provide for oneself the goods or services that are necessary to avoid physical harm, mental anguish, or mental illness or the failure of a caregiver to provide these goods and services."; and

on page 8, by replacing lines 17 through 19 with the following:

"(4) a regional long term care ombudsman program under Section 4.04 of the Illinois Act on the Aging only for the purpose of securing background checks on all paid and volunteer ombudsmen.".