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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2276

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill  2276  on  page  1,
 3    line   26,   after  "branches",  by  inserting  ",  statewide
 4    organizations representing nursing homes,"; and

 5    on page 3, line 2, by changing "Section  6.19"  to  "Sections
 6    6.19 and 6.20"; and

 7    on page 3, after line 14, by inserting the following:

 8        "(210 ILCS 85/6.20 new)
 9        Sec.  6.20.  Use  of  restraints.  Each hospital licensed
10    under this Act must have a written policy to address the  use
11    of  restraints and seclusion in the hospital.  The Department
12    shall establish, by rule, the provisions that the policy must
13    include,  which,    to  the  extent  practicable,  should  be
14    consistent  with  the  requirements  for participation in the
15    federal  Medicare  program.   Each    hospital  policy  shall
16    include periodic review of the use of restraints or seclusion
17    in the hospital.
18        In  hospitals,  restraints  or  seclusion  may  only   be
19    ordered  by  (i) a physician licensed to practice medicine in
20    all its branches  or (ii) a registered nurse with supervisory
21    responsibilities as authorized by  the  medical  staff.   The
22    medical  staff  of  a hospital may  adopt a policy specifying
 
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 1    the requirements for the use of restraints or  seclusion  and
 2    identifying  whether  a  registered  nurse  with  supervisory
 3    responsibilities may order restraints  or  seclusion  in  the
 4    hospital  when  the  patient's  treating  physician  is   not
 5    available.
 6        Registered  nurses  authorized  to  order  restraints  or
 7    seclusion shall have appropriate training and  experience  as
 8    determined   by medical staff policy.  The treating physician
 9    shall be notified when restraints or seclusion are ordered by
10    a registered  nurse.  Nothing in this Section requires that a
11    medical staff authorize a registered nurse  with  supervisory
12    responsibilities  to order restraints or seclusion.".

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