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HB0803 Engrossed                               LRB9103500ACtm

 1        AN ACT to amend the  Nursing  Home  Care  Act  by  adding
 2    Section 3-304.1.

 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section 5.  The Nursing  Home  Care  Act  is  amended  by
 6    adding Section 3-304.1 as follows:

 7        (210 ILCS 45/3-304.1 new)
 8        Sec. 3-304.1.  Public computer access to information.
 9        (a)  The   Department  must  make  information  regarding
10    nursing homes  in  the  State  available  to  the  public  in
11    electronic  form  on the World Wide Web, including all of the
12    following information:
13             (1)  who regulates nursing homes;
14             (2)  information in the possession of the Department
15        that is listed in Sections 3-210 and 3-304;
16             (3)  deficiencies and plans of correction;
17             (4)  enforcement remedies;
18             (5)  penalty letters;
19             (6)  designation of penalty monies;
20             (7)  the  U.S.  Department  of  Health   and   Human
21        Services'  Health  Care  Financing Administration special
22        projects or federally required inspections;
23             (8)  advisory standards;
24             (9)  deficiency-free surveys; and
25             (10)  enforcement actions and enforcement summaries.
26        (b)  No fee  or  other  charge  may  be  imposed  by  the
27    Department as a condition of accessing the information.
28        (c)  The  electronic  public  access provided through the
29    World Wide Web shall be in addition to any  other  electronic
30    or print distribution of the information.
31        (d)  The  information shall be made available as provided
 
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 1    in this Section in the shortest practicable time after it  is
 2    publicly available in any other form.

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