House Sponsors: HOLBROOK-RYAN-JONES,SHIRLEY-HOFFMAN-DAVIS,STEVE, KENNER AND HOWARD. Senate Sponsors: OBAMA-WALSH,L-BOWLES-SMITH-HALVORSON Short description: NURSING HOME CR-PRENOTIFY Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that inspectors and employees of the Department who notify a facility of a pending complaint investigation or inspection shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor, fined no more than $2,500, and subject to disciplinary action by their employer. Provides that superiors who knowingly allowed the prenotification shall be subject to the same penalties. Provides that the Department must file a complaint with the Attorney General or the appropriate State's Attorney within 30 days after discovering information that leads to a good faith belief that a person has prenotified a facility. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Limits the misdemeanor to intentional violations. Deletes the amount of the fine. FISCAL NOTE (Department of Public Health) HB 313 will have no fiscal impact on the Department of Public Health. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0209 Last action date: AUG-02-2001 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 1 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status