HB4868 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4868

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Maurice A. West, II

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

210 ILCS 45/2-218 new

Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Requires facilities licensed under the Act to publish a record of all Type "AA", Type "A", and Type "B" violations of the facility received from the Department of Public Health for a period of no less than 5 years prior to the amendatory Act's effective date. Provides that the record must be published prominently on the facility's website. Provides disciplinary action for violation of the requirements.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

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 adding Section 2-218 as follows:

(210 ILCS 45/2-218 new)

Sec. 2-218. Publishing records of violations.

(a) A facility shall publish a record of all Type "AA", Type "A", and Type "B" violations of the facility received from the Department for a period of no less than 5 years prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly. The record must be published prominently on the facility's website either on:

(1) the homepage; or

(2) a secondary page accessed from a prominent menu option entitled "IDPH violations" at the top of the website's homepage.

(b) A violation of this Section shall result in the following disciplinary action:

(1) For a first violation, a civil penalty of up to $10,000.

(2) For a second violation, a civil penalty of up to $25,000.

(3) For a third or subsequent violation, a civil penalty of up to $50,000, or suspension or revocation of the facility's license under this Act, or both.