Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
Filed: 2/24/2004
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2726 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2726 on page 3, by 
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replacing lines 31 through 33 with the following:  
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"to visit either by federal or State law.  Under the supervision 
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of a regional ombudsman, volunteers may be used to investigate 
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or resolve complaints, except those related to abuse and 
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neglect, as prohibited by standards established by the 
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Department.   All volunteers must submit to"; and

 
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on page 4, immediately below line 5, by inserting the 
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following:
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    "For the purposes of this Section, "abuse" and "neglect" 
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have the following meanings.
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    "Abuse" means (i) the  willful infliction of injury, 
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unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or cruel punishment 
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with resulting physical harm, pain, or mental anguish or (ii) 
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willful deprivation by a person, including a caregiver, of 
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goods or services that are necessary to avoid physical harm, 
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mental anguish, or mental illness.
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    "Neglect" means the failure to provide for oneself the 
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goods or services that are necessary to avoid physical harm, 
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mental anguish, or mental illness or the failure of a caregiver 
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to provide these goods and services."; and
 
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on page 8, by replacing lines 17 through 19 with the following:
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    "(4) a regional long term care ombudsman program under 
 


 






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Section 4.04 of the Illinois Act on the Aging only for the 
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purpose of securing background checks on all paid and volunteer 
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ombudsmen.".