90th General Assembly
Summary of HB0099
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House Sponsors:
DART-HARTKE-SCOTT-SILVA-MCKEON.

Short description: 
NURSING HOMES-INSPECTR GENERAL                                             

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the Abused and Neglected Long Term Care Facility Residents      
   Reporting Act to require the Governor to appoint for a 4 year term  an      
   Inspector  General  to conduct separate and independent investigations      
   into allegations or incidents of abuse or neglect of the residents  of      
   long term care facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health.      
   Allows the Inspector General access to facilities and to all necessary      
   information  and  personnel.  Requires the Inspector General to notify      
   the proper enforcement authority of possible criminal  acts.   Permits      
   the  Inspector  General  to recommend civil or criminal actions and to      
   seek the assistance of the Attorney General  or  any  of  the  State's      
   Attorneys.   Grants  to  the  Inspector  General the power to subpoena      
   witnesses and compel production of books and papers  pertinent  to  an      
   investigation;  makes  failing to appear or to produce or giving false      
   testimony a Class A misdemeanor.  Effective immediately.                    
          FISCAL NOTE (Dept. of Public Health)                                 
          Fiscal implications to the Department are indeterminable.            
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          25 ILCS 150/1.1 new                                                  
          210 ILCS 30/6.2                 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4166.2        
          210 ILCS 30/6.3                 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4166.3        
          210 ILCS 30/6.4                 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4166.4        
          210 ILCS 30/6.5                 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4166.5        
          210 ILCS 30/6.6                 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4166.6        
          210 ILCS 30/6.7                 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4166.7        
          210 ILCS 30/6.8                 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4166.8        
        Deletes everything.  Amends the Legislative Audit Commission  Act      
   and  the  Abused  and  Neglected  Long  Term  Care  Facility Residents      
   Reporting Act. Provides that the Inspector General  under  the  Abused      
   and Neglected Long Term Care Facility Residents Reporting Act shall be      
   appointed  by  and  report  to the Legislative Audit Commission rather      
   than the Governor. Deletes repealers  in  certain  provisions  of  the      
   Abused  and Neglected Long Term Care Facility Residents Reporting Act.      
   Effective January 1, 1998.                                                  
          STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE, H-am 1                                   
          In the opinion of DCCA, HB 99, as amended by Amendment 1, fails      
          to create a State mandate under the State Mandates Act.              
          FISCAL NOTE, H-am 1 (DMHDD)                                          
          The fiscal impact for this bill is $3.1 million.                     
 
Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE

   Last action date: 99-01-12

           Location: House

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   1     SENATE -   0


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