104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB3071
 
Introduced 1/28/2026, by Sen. Graciela Guzmán
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
210 ILCS 32/5
    Amends the Authorized Electronic Monitoring in Long-Term Care Facilities Act. Includes an establishment under the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act in the definition of "facility". Makes a conforming change in a the definition of "resident's representative". 


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A BILL FOR
 
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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Authorized Electronic Monitoring in 
5Long-Term Care Facilities Act is amended by changing Section 5 
6as follows:
 
7    (210 ILCS 32/5)
8    Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: 
9    "Authorized electronic monitoring" means the placement and 
10use of an electronic monitoring device by a resident in his or 
11her room in accordance with this Act.
12    "Department" means the Department of Public Health. 
13    "Electronic monitoring device" means a surveillance 
14instrument with a fixed position video camera or an audio 
15recording device, or a combination thereof, that is installed 
16in a resident's room under the provisions of this Act and 
17broadcasts or records activity or sounds occurring in the 
18room.
19    "Facility" means an intermediate care facility for the 
20developmentally disabled licensed under the ID/DD Community 
21Care Act that has 30 beds or more, a facility licensed under 
22the MC/DD Act, a long-term care facility licensed under the 
23Nursing Home Care Act, an establishment under the Assisted 
 
 
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1Living and Shared Housing Act, or a facility that provides 
2housing to individuals with dementia, as defined in Section 3 
3of the Alzheimer's Disease Assistance Act. 
4    "Resident" means a person residing in a facility.
5    "Resident's representative" has the meaning given to that 
6term in (1) Section 1-123 of the Nursing Home Care Act if the 
7resident resides in a facility licensed under the Nursing Home 
8Care Act, (2) Section 1-123 of the ID/DD Community Care Act if 
9the resident resides in a facility licensed under the ID/DD 
10Community Care Act, (3) Section 9-10 of the Assisted Living 
11and Shared Housing Act if the resident resides in an 
12establishment under the Assisted Living and Shared Housing 
13Act, or (4) (3) Section 1-123 of the MC/DD Act if the resident 
14resides in a facility licensed under the MC/DD Act.
15(Source: P.A. 101-160, eff. 7-26-19.)