Full Text of SB3465 103rd General Assembly
SB3465 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 SB3465 Introduced 2/8/2024, by Sen. Ram Villivalam SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | 210 ILCS 45/3-209 | from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-209 |
| Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that a facility that has received a notice of violation for a violation of minimum staffing requirements is not required to display a notice concerning the violation if staffing was at 90% of the minimum staffing requirements or the facility corrected the violation of the minimum staffing requirements before the posting deadline. Effective immediately. |
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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 | 5 | | changing Section 3-209 as follows: | 6 | | (210 ILCS 45/3-209) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-209) | 7 | | Sec. 3-209. Required posting of information. | 8 | | (a) Every facility shall conspicuously post for display in | 9 | | an area of its offices accessible to residents, employees, and | 10 | | visitors the following: | 11 | | (1) Its current license; | 12 | | (2) A description, provided by the Department, of | 13 | | complaint procedures established under this Act and the | 14 | | name, address, and telephone number of a person authorized | 15 | | by the Department to receive complaints; | 16 | | (3) A copy of any order pertaining to the facility | 17 | | issued by the Department or a court; | 18 | | (4) A list of the material available for public | 19 | | inspection under Section 3-210; | 20 | | (5) Phone numbers and websites for rights protection | 21 | | services must be posted in common areas and at the main | 22 | | entrance and provided upon entry and at the request of | 23 | | residents or the resident's representative in accordance |
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| 1 | | with 42 CFR 483.10(j)(4); and | 2 | | (6) The statement "The Illinois Long-Term Care | 3 | | Ombudsman Program is a free resident advocacy service | 4 | | available to the public.". | 5 | | In accordance with F574 of the State Operations Manual for | 6 | | Long-Term Care Facilities, the administrator shall post for | 7 | | all residents and at the main entrance the name, address, and | 8 | | telephone number of the appropriate State governmental office | 9 | | where complaints may be lodged in language the resident can | 10 | | understand, which must include notice of the grievance | 11 | | procedure of the facility or program as well as addresses and | 12 | | phone numbers for the Office of Health Care Regulation and the | 13 | | Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program and a website showing the | 14 | | information of a facility's ownership. The facility shall | 15 | | include a link to the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program's | 16 | | website on the home page of the facility's website. | 17 | | (b) A facility that has received a notice of violation for | 18 | | a violation of the minimum staffing requirements under Section | 19 | | 3-202.05 shall display, during the period of time the facility | 20 | | is out of compliance, a notice stating in Calibri (body) font | 21 | | and 26-point type in black letters on an 8.5 by 11 inch white | 22 | | paper the following: | 23 | | "Notice Dated: ................... | 24 | | This facility does not currently meet the minimum staffing | 25 | | ratios required by law. Posted at the direction of the |
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| 1 | | Illinois Department of Public Health.". | 2 | | The notice must be posted, at a minimum, at all publicly | 3 | | used exterior entryways into the facility, inside the main | 4 | | entrance lobby, and next to any registration desk for easily | 5 | | accessible viewing. The notice must also be posted on the main | 6 | | page of the facility's website. The Department shall have the | 7 | | discretion to determine the gravity of any violation and, | 8 | | taking into account mitigating and aggravating circumstances | 9 | | and facts, may reduce the requirement of, and amount of time | 10 | | for, posting the notice. | 11 | | The display of information under this subsection (b) by a | 12 | | facility is not required if: | 13 | | (1) staffing was at 90% of the minimum staffing | 14 | | requirements; or | 15 | | (2) the facility has corrected the violation of the | 16 | | minimum staffing requirements before the posting deadline. | 17 | | (Source: P.A. 101-10, eff. 6-5-19; 102-1080, eff. 1-1-23 .) | 18 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 19 | | becoming law. |
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