101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB0109
 
Introduced 1/23/2019, by Sen. Terry Link
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
210 ILCS 32/5

     Amends the Authorized Electronic Monitoring in Long-Term Care Facilities Act. Includes in the definition of "facility" a facility that provides housing to individuals with dementia. Effective immediately.
  


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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 Authorized Electronic Monitoring in 
5Long-Term Care Facilities Act is amended  by changing Section 5 
6as follows:
 
7    (210 ILCS 32/5)
8    Sec. 5. Definitions.  As used in this Act:

9    "Authorized electronic monitoring" means the placement and 
10use of an electronic monitoring device by a resident in his or 
11her room in accordance with this Act.
12    "Department" means the Department of Public Health.

13    "Electronic monitoring device" means a surveillance 
14instrument with a fixed position video camera or an audio 
15recording device, or a combination thereof, that is installed 
16in a resident's room under the provisions of this Act and 
17broadcasts or records activity or sounds occurring in the room.
18    "Facility" means an intermediate care facility for the 
19developmentally disabled licensed under the ID/DD Community 
20Care Act that has 30 beds or more, a facility licensed under 
21the MC/DD Act, or a long-term care facility licensed under the 
22Nursing Home Care Act, or a facility that provides housing to 
23individuals with dementia, as defined in Section 3 of the 
 
 
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1Alzheimer's Disease Assistance Act. 
2    "Resident" means a person residing in a facility.
3    "Resident's representative" has the meaning given to that 
4term in (1) Section 1-123 of the Nursing Home Care Act if the 
5resident resides in a facility licensed under the Nursing Home 
6Care Act, (2) Section 1-123 of the ID/DD Community Care Act if 
7the resident resides in a facility licensed under the ID/DD 
8Community Care Act, or (3) Section 1-123 of the MC/DD Act if 
9the resident resides in a facility licensed under the MC/DD 
10Act.

11(Source: P.A. 99-430, eff. 1-1-16; 99-784, eff. 1-1-17.)
 
 
12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
13becoming law.