Full Text of HB0892 95th General Assembly
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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by changing | 5 |
| Section 3-202 as follows:
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| (210 ILCS 45/3-202) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-202)
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| Sec. 3-202. The Department shall prescribe minimum | 8 |
| standards for facilities. These standards shall regulate:
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| (1) Location and construction of the facility, including | 10 |
| plumbing, heating,
lighting, ventilation, and other physical | 11 |
| conditions which shall ensure the
health, safety, and comfort | 12 |
| of residents and their protection from fire hazard;
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| (2) Number and qualifications of all personnel, including | 14 |
| management and
nursing personnel, having responsibility for | 15 |
| any part of the care given
to residents; specifically, the | 16 |
| Department shall establish staffing ratios
for facilities | 17 |
| which shall specify the number of staff hours per resident
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| care that are needed for professional nursing care for various | 19 |
| types
of facilities or areas within facilities;
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| (3) All sanitary conditions within the facility and its | 21 |
| surroundings,
including water supply, sewage disposal, food | 22 |
| handling, and general hygiene,
which shall ensure the health | 23 |
| and comfort of residents;
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| (4) Diet related to the needs of each resident based on | 2 |
| good nutritional
practice and on recommendations which may be | 3 |
| made by the physicians attending
the resident;
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| (5) Equipment essential to the health and welfare of the | 5 |
| residents;
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| (6) A program of habilitation and rehabilitation for those | 7 |
| residents who
would benefit from such programs;
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| (7) A program for adequate maintenance of physical plant | 9 |
| and equipment;
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| (8) Adequate accommodations, staff and services for the | 11 |
| number and
types of residents for whom the facility is licensed | 12 |
| to care, including
standards for temperature and relative | 13 |
| humidity within comfort zones determined
by the Department | 14 |
| based upon a combination of air temperature, relative
humidity | 15 |
| and air movement. Such standards shall also require facility | 16 |
| plans
that provide for health and comfort of residents at | 17 |
| medical risk as determined
by the attending physician whenever | 18 |
| the temperature and relative humidity
are outside such comfort | 19 |
| zones established by the Department. The standards must include | 20 |
| a requirement that areas of a nursing home used by residents of | 21 |
| the nursing home be air conditioned and heated by means of | 22 |
| operable air-conditioning and heating equipment. The areas | 23 |
| subject to this air-conditioning and heating requirement | 24 |
| include, without limitation, bedrooms or common areas such as | 25 |
| sitting rooms, activity rooms, living rooms, community rooms, | 26 |
| and dining rooms. No later than July 1, 2008, the Department |
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| shall submit a report to the General Assembly concerning the | 2 |
| impact of the changes made by this amendatory Act of the 95th | 3 |
| General Assembly;
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| (9) Development of evacuation and other appropriate safety | 5 |
| plans for
use during weather, health, fire, physical plant, | 6 |
| environmental and
national defense emergencies; and
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| (10) Maintenance of minimum financial or other resources | 8 |
| necessary to
meet the standards established under this Section, | 9 |
| and to operate and
conduct the facility in accordance with this | 10 |
| Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 83-1530.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 13 |
| becoming law.
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