99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB3300

 

Introduced , by Rep. Elaine Nekritz

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
210 ILCS 45/3-602  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-602

    Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that a licensee shall pay the actual damages (instead of the actual damages and costs and attorney's fees) to a facility resident whose rights, as specified in certain provisions of the Act, are violated. Effective immediately.


LRB099 10933 RPS 31273 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB3300LRB099 10933 RPS 31273 b

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 Nursing Home Care Act is amended by changing
5Section 3-602 as follows:
 
6    (210 ILCS 45/3-602)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-602)
7    Sec. 3-602. The licensee shall pay the actual damages and
8costs and attorney's fees to a facility resident whose rights,
9as specified in Part 1 of Article II of this Act, are violated.
10(Source: P.A. 89-197, eff. 7-21-95.)
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12becoming law.