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Full Text of HB5580  95th General Assembly

HB5580 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 


 
95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB5580

 

Introduced , by Rep. John E. Bradley

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
210 ILCS 45/3-217 new

    Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health may develop a program to collaborate with long-term care facilities on quality assurance issues. Provides that the Department may seek all necessary waivers of federal requirements to permit the full implementation of the program, and provides that implementation of the program is subject to the availability of funding for that purpose. Effective immediately.


LRB095 18284 DRJ 44368 b

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB5580 LRB095 18284 DRJ 44368 b

1     AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by adding
5 Section 3-217 as follows:
 
6     (210 ILCS 45/3-217 new)
7     Sec. 3-217. Quality Assurance Review. The Department may
8 develop a program to collaborate with facilities on quality
9 assurance issues, the scope of which shall be set forth in
10 rules. The Department may seek all necessary waivers of federal
11 requirements to permit the full implementation of the program.
12 Implementation of the program is subject to the availability of
13 funding for that purpose.
 
14     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15 becoming law.