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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB5388
Introduced 2/5/2010, by Rep. Constance A. Howard SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the MR/DD Community Care Act. Includes the size of the facility licensed under the Act to the list of factors the Director of Public Health is to consider when making a determination as to possible penalties for a violation. Effective July 1, 2010.
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A BILL FOR
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HB5388 |
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LRB096 17652 KTG 33010 b |
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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The MR/DD Community Care Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 3-306 as follows: |
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| (210 ILCS 47/3-306) |
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| (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a |
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| delayed effective date )
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| Sec. 3-306. Factors to be considered in determining |
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| penalty. In determining whether a penalty is to be imposed and |
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| in fixing the amount of the penalty to be imposed, if any, for |
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| a violation, the Director shall consider the following factors: |
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| (1) The gravity of the violation, including the |
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| probability that death or serious physical or mental harm |
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| to a resident will result or has resulted; the severity of |
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| the actual or potential harm, and the extent to which the |
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| provisions of the applicable statutes or regulations were |
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| violated; |
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| (2) The reasonable diligence exercised by the licensee |
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| and efforts to correct violations; |
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| (3) Any previous violations committed by the licensee; |
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| and |
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| (4) The financial benefit to the facility of committing |