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90_HB3496
210 ILCS 45/3-202 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-202
210 ILCS 85/9.5 new
Amends the Nursing Home Care Act and the Hospital
Licensing Act to provide that the Department of Public Health
shall by rule require facilities licensed under the Acts to
develop automatic weather emergency warning systems.
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1 AN ACT concerning health care facilities, amending named
2 Acts.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by
6 changing Section 3-202 as follows:
7 (210 ILCS 45/3-202) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-202)
8 Sec. 3-202. The Department shall prescribe minimum
9 standards for facilities. These standards shall regulate:
10 (1) Location and construction of the facility, including
11 plumbing, heating, lighting, ventilation, and other physical
12 conditions which shall ensure the health, safety, and comfort
13 of residents and their protection from fire hazard;
14 (2) Number and qualifications of all personnel,
15 including management and nursing personnel, having
16 responsibility for any part of the care given to residents;
17 specifically, the Department shall establish staffing ratios
18 for facilities which shall specify the number of staff hours
19 per resident of care that are needed for professional nursing
20 care for various types of facilities or areas within
21 facilities;
22 (3) All sanitary conditions within the facility and its
23 surroundings, including water supply, sewage disposal, food
24 handling, and general hygiene, which shall ensure the health
25 and comfort of residents;
26 (4) Diet related to the needs of each resident based on
27 good nutritional practice and on recommendations which may be
28 made by the physicians attending the resident;
29 (5) Equipment essential to the health and welfare of the
30 residents;
31 (6) A program of habilitation and rehabilitation for
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1 those residents who would benefit from such programs;
2 (7) A program for adequate maintenance of physical plant
3 and equipment;
4 (8) Adequate accommodations, staff and services for the
5 number and types of residents for whom the facility is
6 licensed to care, including standards for temperature and
7 relative humidity within comfort zones determined by the
8 Department based upon a combination of air temperature,
9 relative humidity and air movement. Such standards shall
10 also require facility plans that provide for health and
11 comfort of residents at medical risk as determined by the
12 attending physician whenever the temperature and relative
13 humidity are outside such comfort zones established by the
14 Department.
15 (9) Development of evacuation and other appropriate
16 safety plans for use during weather, health, fire, physical
17 plant, environmental and national defense emergencies; and
18 (10) Maintenance of minimum financial or other resources
19 necessary to meet the standards established under this
20 Section, and to operate and conduct the facility in
21 accordance with this Act.
22 The Department shall by rule require a facility licensed
23 under this Act to develop an automatic weather emergency
24 warning system at the facility.
25 (Source: P.A. 83-1530.)
26 Section 10. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by
27 adding Section 9.5 as follows:
28 (210 ILCS 85/9.5 new)
29 Sec. 9.5. Weather emergency warning system. The
30 Department shall by rule require a facility licensed under
31 this Act to develop an automatic weather emergency warning
32 system at the facility.