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| Public Act 098-0085 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning health facilities.
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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 3-304.1 and by adding Section 3-518 as follows: | ||||
(210 ILCS 45/3-304.1) | ||||
Sec. 3-304.1. Public computer access to information. | ||||
(a) The Department must make information regarding nursing | ||||
homes in the
State
available to the public in electronic form | ||||
on the World Wide Web, including all
of the
following | ||||
information: | ||||
(1) who regulates nursing homes; | ||||
(2) information in the possession of the Department | ||||
that is listed in
Sections 3-210 and 3-304; | ||||
(3) deficiencies and plans of correction; | ||||
(4) enforcement remedies; | ||||
(5) penalty letters; | ||||
(6) designation of penalty monies; | ||||
(7) the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' | ||||
Health Care
Financing Administration special projects or | ||||
federally required inspections; | ||||
(8) advisory standards; | ||||
(9) deficiency-free surveys; | ||||
(10) enforcement actions and enforcement summaries; | ||
and | ||
(11) distressed facilities; and . | ||
(12) the report submitted under Section 3-518. | ||
(b) No fee or other charge may be imposed by the Department | ||
as a condition
of accessing the information. | ||
(c) The electronic public access provided through the World | ||
Wide Web shall
be
in addition to any other electronic or print | ||
distribution of the information. | ||
(d) The information shall be made available as provided in | ||
this Section in
the
shortest practicable time after it is | ||
publicly available in any other form. | ||
(Source: P.A. 96-1372, eff. 7-29-10.) | ||
(210 ILCS 45/3-518 new) | ||
Sec. 3-518. Fines. Beginning January 15, 2014, and each | ||
January 15 thereafter, the Department shall submit to the | ||
General Assembly, the Department's Long-Term Care Facility | ||
Advisory Board, and the State Ombudsman an accounting of all | ||
federal and State fines received by the Department in the | ||
preceding fiscal year by the fund in which they have been | ||
deposited. For each fund, the report shall show the source of | ||
all moneys that are deposited into each fund and the purpose | ||
and amount of all expenditures from each fund.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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