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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB4249 Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Removes provision that prohibit the use of resident identification wristlets without a physician's order. Requires identification wristlets to be employed for every resident.
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| | HB4249 | | LRB099 12822 RPS 36639 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 2-106a as follows:
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| 6 | | (210 ILCS 45/2-106a)
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| 7 | | Sec. 2-106a. Resident identification wristlet. |
| 8 | | Identification wristlets shall be employed for every resident. |
| 9 | | Each identification wristlet shall No identification
wristlets |
| 10 | | shall be employed except as ordered by a physician who |
| 11 | | documents the
need for such mandatory identification in the |
| 12 | | resident's clinical record. When
identification bracelets are |
| 13 | | required, they must identify the resident's name,
and the name, |
| 14 | | telephone number, and address of the facility issuing the |
| 15 | | identification wristlet.
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| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 97-861, eff. 7-30-12.)
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