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Rep. Tom Demmer
Filed: 3/29/2017
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1953
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1953 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 3-602 as follows:
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| 6 | | (210 ILCS 45/3-602) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-602)
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| 7 | | Sec. 3-602.
The licensee shall pay the actual damages and |
| 8 | | costs and
attorney's fees to a facility
resident
whose rights, |
| 9 | | as specified in Part 1 of Article II of this Act, are violated. |
| 10 | | If non-monetary relief is sought under this Section, then the |
| 11 | | licensee shall also pay costs and attorney's fees to a facility |
| 12 | | resident whose rights, as specified in Part 1 of Article II of |
| 13 | | this Act, are violated. If monetary relief is sought under this |
| 14 | | Section, then costs and attorney's fees are not recoverable by |
| 15 | | a facility resident whose rights, as specified in Part 1 of |
| 16 | | Article II of this Act, are violated.
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