94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB1477

 

Introduced 02/10/05, by Rep. Elizabeth Coulson

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
210 ILCS 45/3-301   from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-301

    Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that if the Director of Public Health determines that a facility is in violation of the Act or of any rule implementing the Act, the Director must (instead of shall) serve a notice of violation upon the licensee.


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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,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by changing
5 Section 3-301 as follows:
 
6     (210 ILCS 45/3-301)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-301)
7     Sec. 3-301. If after receiving the report specified in
8 subsection (c) of Section 3-212 the Director or his designee
9 determines that a facility is in violation of this Act or of
10 any rule promulgated thereunder, he must shall serve a notice
11 of violation upon the licensee within 10 days thereafter. Each
12 notice of violation shall be prepared in writing and shall
13 specify the nature of the violation, and the statutory
14 provision or rule alleged to have been violated. The notice
15 shall inform the licensee of any action the Department may take
16 under the Act, including the requirement of a facility plan of
17 correction under Section 3-303; placement of the facility on a
18 list prepared under Section 3-304; assessment of a penalty
19 under Section 3-305; a conditional license under Sections 3-311
20 through 3-317; or license suspension or revocation under
21 Section 3-119. The Director or his designee shall also inform
22 the licensee of rights to a hearing under Section 3-703.
23 (Source: P.A. 85-1378.)