99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB4249

 

Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
210 ILCS 45/2-106a

    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.


LRB099 12822 RPS 36639 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB4249LRB099 12822 RPS 36639 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 2-106a as follows:
 
6    (210 ILCS 45/2-106a)
7    Sec. 2-106a. Resident identification wristlet.
8Identification wristlets shall be employed for every resident.
9Each identification wristlet shall No identification wristlets
10shall be employed except as ordered by a physician who
11documents the need for such mandatory identification in the
12resident's clinical record. When identification bracelets are
13required, they must identify the resident's name, and the name,
14telephone number, and address of the facility issuing the
15identification wristlet.
16(Source: P.A. 97-861, eff. 7-30-12.)