92nd General Assembly
Summary of HB0313
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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


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