98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB5450

 

Introduced , by Rep. Greg Harris

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
210 ILCS 45/3-601  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-601
210 ILCS 45/3-602  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-602
210 ILCS 45/3-603  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-603
210 ILCS 45/3-604  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-604

    Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that the owner and licensee of a facility are liable to a resident or the representative of the resident's estate appointed under the Probate Act of 1975, a special administrator appointed under the Code of Civil Procedure, or a special administrator appointed under the Wrongful Death Act (rather than only the resident) for any intentional or negligent act or omission of their agents or employees which injures or causes the death of the resident (rather than which injures the resident). Provides that the licensee shall pay the actual damages or damages accruing under the Wrongful Death Act or both, costs, and attorney's fees to a facility resident whose rights are violated or to the representative of the resident's estate appointed under the Probate Act of 1975, a special administrator appointed under the Code of Civil Procedure, or a special administrator appointed under the Wrongful Death Act (rather than the licensee shall pay the actual damages and costs and attorney's fees to a facility resident whose rights are violated). Provides that a resident or the representative of the resident's estate appointed under the Probate Act of 1975, a special administrator appointed under the Code of Civil Procedure, or a special administrator appointed under the Wrongful Death Act (rather than only the resident) may maintain an action under the Act; makes a corresponding change concerning remedies.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by changing
5Sections 3-601, 3-602, 3-603, and 3-604 as follows:
 
6    (210 ILCS 45/3-601)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-601)
7    Sec. 3-601. The owner and licensee are liable to a resident
8or the representative of the resident's estate appointed under
9the Probate Act of 1975, a special administrator appointed
10under the Code of Civil Procedure, or a special administrator
11appointed under the Wrongful Death Act for any intentional or
12negligent act or omission of their agents or employees which
13injures or causes the death of the resident.
14(Source: P.A. 81-223.)
 
15    (210 ILCS 45/3-602)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-602)
16    Sec. 3-602. The licensee shall pay the actual damages or
17damages accruing under the Wrongful Death Act or both, and
18costs, and attorney's fees to a facility resident whose rights,
19as specified in Part 1 of Article II of this Act, are violated
20or to the representative of the resident's estate appointed
21under the Probate Act of 1975, a special administrator
22appointed under the Code of Civil Procedure, or a special

 

 

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1administrator appointed under the Wrongful Death Act.
2(Source: P.A. 89-197, eff. 7-21-95.)
 
3    (210 ILCS 45/3-603)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-603)
4    Sec. 3-603. A resident or the representative of the
5resident's estate appointed under the Probate Act of 1975, a
6special administrator appointed under the Code of Civil
7Procedure, or a special administrator appointed under the
8Wrongful Death Act may maintain an action under this Act for
9any other type of relief, including injunctive and declaratory
10relief, permitted by law.
11(Source: P.A. 81-223.)
 
12    (210 ILCS 45/3-604)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-604)
13    Sec. 3-604. Any damages recoverable under Sections 3-601
14through 3-607, including minimum damages as provided by these
15Sections, may be recovered in any action which a court may
16authorize to be brought as a class action pursuant to the Civil
17Practice Law. The remedies provided in Sections 3-601 through
183-607, are in addition to and cumulative with any other legal
19remedies available to a resident or the representative of the
20resident's estate appointed under the Probate Act of 1975, a
21special administrator appointed under the Code of Civil
22Procedure, or a special administrator appointed under the
23Wrongful Death Act. Exhaustion of any available administrative
24remedies shall not be required prior to commencement of suit

 

 

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1hereunder.
2(Source: P.A. 82-783.)