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| Public Act 095-0031 |
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by changing | ||||
Section 3-202 as follows:
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(210 ILCS 45/3-202) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-202)
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Sec. 3-202. The Department shall prescribe minimum | ||||
standards for facilities. These standards shall regulate:
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(1) Location and construction of the facility, including | ||||
plumbing, heating,
lighting, ventilation, and other physical | ||||
conditions which shall ensure the
health, safety, and comfort | ||||
of residents and their protection from fire hazard;
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(2) Number and qualifications of all personnel, including | ||||
management and
nursing personnel, having responsibility for | ||||
any part of the care given
to residents; specifically, the | ||||
Department shall establish staffing ratios
for facilities | ||||
which shall specify the number of staff hours per resident
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care that are needed for professional nursing care for various | ||||
types
of facilities or areas within facilities;
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(3) All sanitary conditions within the facility and its | ||||
surroundings,
including water supply, sewage disposal, food | ||||
handling, and general hygiene,
which shall ensure the health | ||||
and comfort of residents;
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(4) Diet related to the needs of each resident based on | ||
good nutritional
practice and on recommendations which may be | ||
made by the physicians attending
the resident;
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(5) Equipment essential to the health and welfare of the | ||
residents;
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(6) A program of habilitation and rehabilitation for those | ||
residents who
would benefit from such programs;
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(7) A program for adequate maintenance of physical plant | ||
and equipment;
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(8) Adequate accommodations, staff and services for the | ||
number and
types of residents for whom the facility is licensed | ||
to care, including
standards for temperature and relative | ||
humidity within comfort zones determined
by the Department | ||
based upon a combination of air temperature, relative
humidity | ||
and air movement. Such standards shall also require facility | ||
plans
that provide for health and comfort of residents at | ||
medical risk as determined
by the attending physician whenever | ||
the temperature and relative humidity
are outside such comfort | ||
zones established by the Department. The standards must include | ||
a requirement that areas of a nursing home used by residents of | ||
the nursing home be air conditioned and heated by means of | ||
operable air-conditioning and heating equipment. The areas | ||
subject to this air-conditioning and heating requirement | ||
include, without limitation, bedrooms or common areas such as | ||
sitting rooms, activity rooms, living rooms, community rooms, | ||
and dining rooms. No later than July 1, 2008, the Department | ||
shall submit a report to the General Assembly concerning the | ||
impact of the changes made by this amendatory Act of the 95th | ||
General Assembly;
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(9) Development of evacuation and other appropriate safety | ||
plans for
use during weather, health, fire, physical plant, | ||
environmental and
national defense emergencies; and
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(10) Maintenance of minimum financial or other resources | ||
necessary to
meet the standards established under this Section, | ||
and to operate and
conduct the facility in accordance with this | ||
Act.
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(Source: P.A. 83-1530.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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