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92_HB1562
LRB9204777LDcs
1 AN ACT in relation to health services.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Abused and Neglected Long Term Care
5 Facility Residents Reporting Act is amended by changing
6 Section 2 as follows:
7 (210 ILCS 30/2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4162)
8 Sec. 2. Department of Public Health; protective
9 services. The Illinois Department of Public Health shall
10 upon receiving reports made under this Act, seek to protect
11 residents and prevent further harm to the resident who was
12 the subject of the report and other residents in the
13 facility. In performing these duties, the Department may
14 utilize such protective services of other State departments,
15 commissions, boards or other agencies and any voluntary
16 agencies as are available.
17 (Source: P.A. 82-120.)