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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB1838
Introduced 2/20/2009, by Sen. Deanna Demuzio SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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20 ILCS 2805/2.10 |
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210 ILCS 45/3-101.5 new |
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Amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Act and the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that if there is a conflict between the provisions of the Department of Veterans Affairs Act and the provisions of the Nursing Home Care Act concerning an Illinois Veterans Home operated by the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs, then the provisions of the Department of Veterans Affairs Act shall apply. Provides that an Illinois Veterans Home licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act and operated by the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs is exempt from certain provisions of the Nursing Home Care Act, including provisions concerning license fees, licensing by municipalities, facility plan review, annual financial statements, violations and penalties, and actions by residents for injunctive and declaratory relief. Provides that such a Home is also exempt from provisions of the Nursing Home Care Act concerning standards for facilities, so long as the Home meets the standards for similar provisions required or regulated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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SB1838 |
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LRB096 07881 DRJ 17984 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 Department of Veterans Affairs Act is |
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| amended by changing Section 2.10 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 2805/2.10)
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| Sec. 2.10. Conflicts with the Nursing Home Care Act. If |
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| there is a
conflict between the provisions of this Act and the |
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| provisions of the
Nursing Home Care Act concerning an Illinois |
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| Veterans Home not operated by the
Department of Veterans' |
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| Affairs, then the provisions of the Nursing Home Care
Act shall |
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| apply. If there is a conflict between the provisions of this |
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| Act and the provisions of the Nursing Home Care Act concerning |
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| an Illinois Veterans Home operated by the Illinois Department |
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| of Veterans' Affairs, then the provisions of this Act shall |
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| apply.
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| (Source: P.A. 90-168, eff. 7-23-97.)
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| Section 10. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by adding |
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| Section 3-101.5 as follows:
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| (210 ILCS 45/3-101.5 new) |
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| Sec. 3-101.5. Illinois Veterans Homes. An Illinois |