101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4868
 
Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Maurice A. West, II
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
210 ILCS 45/2-218 new

     Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Requires facilities licensed under the Act to publish a record of all Type "AA", Type "A", and Type "B" violations of the facility received from the Department of Public Health for a period of no less than 5 years prior to the amendatory Act's effective date. Provides that the record must be published prominently on the facility's website. Provides disciplinary action for violation of the requirements.
  


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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 adding 
5Section 2-218 as follows:
 
6    (210 ILCS 45/2-218 new)
7    Sec. 2-218. Publishing records of violations. 
8    (a) A facility shall publish a record of all Type "AA", 
9Type "A", and Type "B" violations of the facility received from 
10the Department for a period of no less than 5 years prior to 
11the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General 
12Assembly. The record must be published prominently on the 
13facility's website either on:
14        (1) the homepage; or
15        (2) a secondary page accessed from a prominent menu 
16    option entitled "IDPH violations" at the top of the 
17    website's homepage.
18    (b) A violation of this Section shall result in the 
19following disciplinary action:
20        (1) For a first violation, a civil penalty of up to 
21    $10,000.
22        (2) For a second violation, a civil penalty of up to 
23    $25,000.
 
 
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1        (3) For a third or subsequent violation, a civil 
2    penalty of up to $50,000, or suspension or revocation of 
3    the facility's license under this Act, or both.