SB2695enr 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB2695 Enrolled LRB094 17993 DRJ 53296 b

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by changing Section 3-421 as follows:

(210 ILCS 45/3-421) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-421)

Sec. 3-421. In any transfer or discharge conducted under subsection (e) of Section 3-415, the Department shall notify the facility and any resident to be removed that an emergency has been found to exist and removal has been ordered, and shall involve the residents in removal planning if possible. With the consent of the resident or his or her representative, the facility must inform the resident's designated case coordination unit, as defined in 89 Ill. Adm. Code 240.260, of the resident's pending discharge and must provide the resident or his or her representative with the case coordination unit's telephone number and other contact information. Following emergency removal, the Department shall provide written notice to the facility, to the resident, to the resident's representative, if any, and to a member of the resident's family, where practicable, of the basis for the finding that an emergency existed and of the right to challenge removal under Section 3-422.

(Source: P.A. 81-223.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.