HB5009 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5009

Introduced 2/7/2012, by Rep. Daniel V. Beiser

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

210 ILCS 45/2-106a

Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that when resident identification bracelets are required, they must identify the issuing facility's telephone number. Effective immediately.

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STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

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

Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by changing Section 2-106a as follows:

(210 ILCS 45/2-106a)

Sec. 2-106a. Resident identification wristlet. No identification wristlets shall be employed except as ordered by a physician who documents the need for such mandatory identification in the resident's clinical record. When identification bracelets are required, they must identify the resident's name, and the name, telephone number, and address of the facility issuing the identification wristlet.

(Source: P.A. 88-263.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.