92nd General Assembly
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Senate Sponsors:
OBAMA-RONEN.

House Sponsors:
LANG

Short description: 
LONG TERM CARE INSP GEN REPEAL                                             

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the Abused and Neglected Long Term Care Facility Residents      
   Reporting Act.  Removes provisions abolishing the  Inspector  General.      
   Effective immediately.                                                      
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                
        Extends the authorization for the office of the Inspector General      
   until January 1, 2004, rather than permanently.                             
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          20 ILCS 1705/4                  from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-4          
          20 ILCS 1705/7                  from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-7          
          20 ILCS 1705/15                 from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-15         
          210 ILCS 5/6.19 new                                                  
          210 ILCS 45/2-106               from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4152-106      
          210 ILCS 45/2-106.1                                                  
          225 ILCS 65/5-10                                                     
        Amends  the  Mental   Health   and   Developmental   Disabilities      
   Administrative   Act.   Provides   that   the   quarterly  reports  on      
   state-operated facilities for the  mentally  ill  and  developmentally      
   disabled  shall include adverse federal certification or accreditation      
   findings.   Provides  that,  no  later  than  January  1,  2002,   the      
   Department  of Human Services shall adopt standards for recording on a      
   prescribed form all patient care, diagnosis, and  treatment  at  every      
   facility  under  the  jurisdiction of the Department. Provides that no      
   later than January 1, 2002, every facility under the  jurisdiction  of      
   the  Department  and  all  services provided in those facilities shall      
   comply with all of the applicable  standards  adopted  by  the  Social      
   Security  Administration  under the Medicare Subchapter of the federal      
   Social Security Act. Makes various changes  concerning:  pre-discharge      
   determinations; discharge records; visits following placement; reports      
   and  evaluations;  treatment  plans;  quality  assurance  for  certain      
   persons  in  long term care facilities; resident assessment; and other      
   matters. Amends the Abused  and  Neglected  Long  Term  Care  Facility      
   Residents  Reporting Act. Eliminates sunset language for the Office of      
   the Inspector General. Deletes other  repeal  provisions.  Amends  the      
   Nursing Home Care Act regarding the restraint of residents. Amends the      
   Hospital  Licensing  Act to require hospitals to have a written policy      
   regarding the use of  restraints.  Amends  the  Nursing  and  Advanced      
   Practice  Nursing Act.  Adds the ordering of restraint or seclusion to      
   the definition of "registered professional  nursing  practice".   Some      
   parts of the bill are effective immediately.                                
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2.                                                 
          Adds reference to:                                                   
          730 ILCS 5/5-2-4                from Ch. 38, par. 1005-2-4           
        Amends the Unified Code of Corrections relating to persons  found      
   not  guilty  by reason of insanity.  Provides that the court may order      
   the  Department  of  Human  Services  to  provide  care  to  a  person      
   conditionally released.  Provides for additional  5  year  periods  of      
   conditional   release   after  a   hearing.  Provides  that  when  the      
   Department of Human Services contracts with an agency to provide  care      
   for persons who are conditionally released after having been found not      
   guilty  by  reason  of insanity, the contracting process shall require      
   services  to  be  identified  in  a  treatment  plan,   the   resource      
   requirements  to  provide  those services, the parties responsible for      
   providing  those  resources,  and  the  process  for  securing  future      
   treatment and supportive service and resource needs.                        
 
Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE

   Last action date: JAN-07-2003

           Location: Senate

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   2     SENATE -   1


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