94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB3453

 

Introduced 2/23/2005, by Rep. Dave Winters

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
210 ILCS 45/3-107   from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-107

    Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health's rules in connection with nursing home inspections and surveys must allow for flexibility in the survey process and the timing of inspections in the case of facilities that have a satisfactory record of meeting the requirements under the Act. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by changing
5 Section 3-107 as follows:
 
6     (210 ILCS 45/3-107)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-107)
7     Sec. 3-107. Inspections; surveys.
8     (a) The Department and the city, village or incorporated
9 town shall have the right at any time to visit and inspect the
10 premises and personnel of any facility for the purpose of
11 determining whether the applicant or licensee is in compliance
12 with this Act or with the local ordinances which govern the
13 regulation of the facility. The Department may survey any
14 former facility which once held a license to ensure that the
15 facility is not again operating without a license.
16 Municipalities may charge a reasonable license or renewal fee
17 for the regulation of facilities, which fees shall be in
18 addition to the fees paid to the Department.
19     (b) The Department's rules in connection with facility
20 inspections and surveys must allow for flexibility in the
21 survey process and the timing of inspections in the case of
22 facilities that have a satisfactory record of meeting the
23 requirements under this Act.
24 (Source: P.A. 81-223.)
 
25     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
26 becoming law.