(210 ILCS 28/5)
Sec. 5. State policy. The following statements are the policy of this
State:
(1) Every nursing home resident is entitled to live |
| in safety and decency and to receive competent and respectful care that meets the requirements of State and federal law.
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(2) Responding to sexual assaults of nursing home
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| residents and to unnecessary nursing home resident deaths is a State and a community responsibility.
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(3) When a nursing home resident is sexually
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| assaulted or dies unnecessarily, the response by the State and the community to the assault or death must include an accurate and complete determination of the cause of the assault or death and the development and implementation of measures to prevent future assaults or deaths from similar causes. The response may include court action, including prosecution of persons who may be responsible for the assault or death and proceedings to protect other residents of the facility where the resident lived, and disciplinary action against persons who failed to meet their professional responsibilities to the resident.
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(4) Professionals from disparate disciplines and
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| agencies who have responsibilities for nursing home residents and expertise that can promote resident safety and well-being should share their expertise and knowledge so that the goals of determining the causes of sexual assaults and unnecessary resident deaths, planning and providing services to surviving residents, and preventing future assaults and unnecessary deaths can be achieved.
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(5) A greater understanding of the incidence and
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| causes of sexual assaults against nursing home residents and unnecessary nursing home resident deaths is necessary if the State is to prevent future assaults and unnecessary deaths.
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(6) Multi-disciplinary and multi-agency reviews of
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| sexual assaults against nursing home residents and unnecessary nursing home resident deaths can assist the State and counties in (i) investigating resident sexual assaults and deaths, (ii) developing a greater understanding of the incidence and causes of resident sexual assault and deaths and the methods for preventing those assaults and deaths, and (iii) identifying gaps in services to nursing home residents.
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(7) Access to information regarding assaulted and
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| deceased nursing home residents by multi-disciplinary and multi-agency nursing home resident sexual assault and death review teams is necessary for those teams to fulfill their purposes and duties.
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(Source: P.A. 93-577, eff. 8-21-03; 94-931, eff. 6-26-06.)
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(210 ILCS 28/15)
Sec. 15. Residential health care facility resident sexual assault and
death review teams;
establishment.
(a) The Director, in consultation with the Executive Council and with law
enforcement agencies
and other professionals who work in the field of investigating, treating, or
preventing nursing home resident abuse or neglect in the State, shall
appoint members to two residential health care facility resident sexual assault
and death review
teams. The Director shall appoint more teams if the Director or the existing teams determine that more teams are necessary to achieve the purposes of this Act. An Executive Council shall be organized no later than when at least 4 teams are formed. The members of a
team shall be appointed for 2-year staggered terms and shall be eligible for
reappointment
upon the expiration of their terms.
(b) Each review team shall
consist of at least one member from each of the following categories:
(1) Geriatrician or other physician knowledgeable |
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(2) Representative of the Department.
(3) State's Attorney or State's Attorney's
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(4) Representative of a local law enforcement agency.
(5) Representative of the Illinois Attorney General.
(6) Psychologist or psychiatrist.
(7) Representative of a local health department.
(8) Representative of a social service or health care
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| agency that provides services to persons with mental illness, in a program whose accreditation to provide such services is recognized by the Office of Mental Health within the Department of Human Services.
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(9) Representative of a social service or health care
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| agency that provides services to persons with developmental disabilities, in a program whose accreditation to provide such services is recognized by the Office of Developmental Disabilities within the Department of Human Services.
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(10) Coroner or forensic pathologist.
(11) Representative of the local sub-state ombudsman.
(12) Representative of a nursing home resident
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(13) Representative of a local hospital, trauma
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(14) Representative of an organization that
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Each review team may make recommendations to the Director concerning
additional appointments.
Each review team member must have demonstrated experience and an
interest in investigating, treating, or preventing nursing home resident abuse
or
neglect.
(c) Each review team shall
select a chairperson from among its members. The chairperson shall also serve
on the Illinois Residential Health Care Facility Sexual Assault and Death
Review Teams Executive
Council.
(Source: P.A. 93-577, eff. 8-21-03; 94-931, eff. 6-26-06.)
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(210 ILCS 28/20)
Sec. 20. Reviews of nursing home resident sexual assaults and deaths.
(a) Every case of sexual assault of a nursing home resident that the Department determined to be valid shall be reviewed by the
review team for the region that has primary case management responsibility.
(b) Every death of a nursing home resident shall be reviewed by the review
team for
the region that has primary case management responsibility, if the
deceased resident is one of the following:
(1) A person whose death is reviewed by the |
| Department during any regulatory activity, whether or not there were any federal or State violations.
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(2) A person about whose care the Department received
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| a complaint alleging that the resident's care violated federal or State standards so as to contribute to the resident's death.
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(3) A resident whose death is referred to the
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| Department for investigation by a local coroner, medical examiner, or law enforcement agency.
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A review team may, at its discretion, review other sudden, unexpected, or
unexplained nursing home resident deaths. The Department shall bring such deaths to the attention of the teams when it determines that doing so will help to achieve the purposes of this Act.
(c) A review team's purpose
in conducting reviews of resident sexual assaults and deaths is to do the
following:
(1) Assist in determining the cause and manner of the
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| resident's assault or death, when requested.
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(2) Evaluate means, if any, by which the assault or
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(3) Report its findings to the Director and make
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| recommendations that may help to reduce the number of sexual assaults on and unnecessary deaths of nursing home residents.
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(4) Promote continuing education for professionals
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| involved in investigating, treating, and preventing nursing home resident abuse and neglect as a means of preventing sexual assaults and unnecessary deaths of nursing home residents.
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(5) Make specific recommendations to the Director
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| concerning the prevention of sexual assaults and unnecessary deaths of nursing home residents and the establishment of protocols for investigating resident sexual assaults and deaths.
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(d) A review team must review the sexual assault or death cases submitted to it on a quarterly basis. The
review team must meet at least once in each calendar quarter if there are cases to be reviewed. The Department shall forward cases pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this Section within 120 days after completion of the investigation.
(e) Within 90 days after receiving recommendations
made by a review team under item (5) of subsection (c), the Director must
review those recommendations and respond to the review team. The Director shall
implement
recommendations as feasible and appropriate and shall respond to the review
team in writing to
explain the implementation or nonimplementation of the recommendations.
(f) In any instance when a review team does not operate in accordance with
established protocol, the Director, in consultation and cooperation with the
Executive Council, must take any necessary actions to bring the review team
into compliance with the protocol.
(Source: P.A. 93-577, eff. 8-21-03; 94-931, eff. 6-26-06.)
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(210 ILCS 28/30)
Sec. 30.
Public access to information.
(a) Meetings of the review
teams and the Executive Council shall be closed to the public. Meetings of the
review teams and the Executive Council are not subject to the Open Meetings
Act, as provided in that Act.
(b) Records and information provided to a
review team and the Executive Council, and records
maintained by a review team or the Executive Council, are confidential and not
subject
to the Freedom of Information Act, as provided in that Act.
Nothing contained in this subsection (b) prevents the sharing or disclosure of
records, other than those produced by a review team or the
Executive Council, relating or pertaining to the sexual assault or death of a
resident.
(c) Members of a review team
and the Executive Council are not subject to examination, in any civil or
criminal
proceeding, concerning information presented to members of the review team or
the
Executive Council or opinions formed by members of the review team or the
Executive
Council based on that information. A person may, however, be examined
concerning information provided to a review team or the Executive Council that
is
otherwise available to the public.
(d) Records and information produced by a
review team and the Executive Council are not subject to
discovery or subpoena and are not admissible as evidence in any civil or
criminal
proceeding. Those records and information are, however, subject to discovery or
a subpoena, and are admissible as evidence, to the extent they are otherwise
available to the public.
(Source: P.A. 93-577, eff. 8-21-03.)
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(210 ILCS 28/40)
Sec. 40. Executive Council.
(a) The Illinois Residential Health Care Facility Resident Sexual Assault
and Death Review
Teams Executive Council, consisting of the chairperson of each
review team established under Section 15, is the coordinating and oversight
body for residential health care facility
resident sexual assault and death review teams and activities in Illinois. The
vice-chairperson of a review team, as designated by the
chairperson, may
serve as a back-up member or an alternate member of the Executive Council, if
the chairperson of the review team is unavailable to serve on the
Executive Council. The Director may appoint to the Executive Council any
ex-officio members deemed necessary. Persons with expertise needed by the
Executive Council may be invited to meetings. The Executive Council must
select from its members a chairperson and a vice-chairperson, each to serve a
2-year, renewable term.
The Executive Council must meet at least 4 times during each calendar year if there is business to discuss.
(b) The Department must provide or arrange for the staff support necessary
for the review teams and Executive Council to assist them in carrying out their duties.
(c) The Executive Council has, but is not limited to, the following duties:
(1) To request assistance from the Department as |
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(2) To consult with the Director concerning the
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(3) To ensure that the teams' work is coordinated and
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| in compliance with the statutes and the operating protocol.
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(4) To ensure that the data, results, findings, and
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| recommendations of the review teams are adequately used to make any necessary changes in the policies, procedures, and statutes in order to protect nursing home residents in a timely manner.
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(5) To collaborate with the Department in order to
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| develop any legislation needed to prevent nursing home resident sexual assaults and unnecessary deaths and to protect nursing home residents.
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(6) To assist in the development of an annual report
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(7) To ensure that the review teams' review processes
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| are standardized in order to convey data, findings, and recommendations in a usable format.
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(8) To serve as a link with other review teams
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(9) To provide for training to update the knowledge
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| and skills of review team members and to promote the exchange of information between review teams.
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(10) To provide the review teams with the most
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| current information and practices concerning nursing home resident sexual assault and unnecessary death review and related topics.
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(11) To perform any other functions necessary to
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(d) Until an Executive Council is formed, the Department shall assist the review teams in performing the duties described in subsection (c).
(Source: P.A. 93-577, eff. 8-21-03; 94-931, eff. 6-26-06.)
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