HB0223 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB0223

 

Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

 

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

    Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Removes provisions 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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A BILL FOR

 

HB0223LRB100 04164 MJP 14170 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.)