93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
SB2957


 
Introduced 2/6/2004, by Wendell E. Jones
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














210 ILCS 45/3-202
  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-202







    Amends the Nursing Home Care Act.  Provides for minimum staffing standards for any dedicated unit within a nursing facility that provides treatment and care to residents with Alzheimer's Disease or dementia.
















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A BILL FOR









 











SB2957

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    AN ACT concerning in relation to nursing homes.

 
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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 
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Section 3-202 as follows:
 



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    (210 ILCS 45/3-202)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-202)



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    Sec. 3-202. The Department shall prescribe minimum 
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standards for facilities. These standards shall regulate:

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    (1) Location and construction of the facility, including 
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plumbing, heating,
lighting, ventilation, and other physical 
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conditions which shall ensure the
health, safety, and comfort 
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of residents and their protection from fire hazard;

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    (2) Number and qualifications of all personnel, including 
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management and
nursing personnel, having responsibility for 
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any part of the care given
to residents; specifically, the 
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Department shall establish staffing ratios
for facilities 
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which shall specify the number of staff hours per resident
of 
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care that are needed for professional nursing care for various 
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types
of facilities or areas within facilities;

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    (2a) The staffing of any unit, within a facility, dedicated 
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to the treatment and care of residents with Alzheimer's Disease 
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or dementia. The staffing ratio shall not exceed 5 residents 
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for every Registered Nurse;

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    (3) All sanitary conditions within the facility and its 
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surroundings,
including water supply, sewage disposal, food 
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handling, and general hygiene,
which shall ensure the health 
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and comfort of residents;

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    (4) Diet related to the needs of each resident based on 
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good nutritional
practice and on recommendations which may be 
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made by the physicians attending
the resident;

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    (5) Equipment essential to the health and welfare of the 
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residents;

 


 






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    (6) A program of habilitation and rehabilitation for those 
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residents who
would benefit from such programs;

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    (7) A program for adequate maintenance of physical plant 
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and equipment;

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    (8) Adequate accommodations, staff and services for the 
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number and
types of residents for whom the facility is licensed 
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to care, including
standards for temperature and relative 
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humidity within comfort zones determined
by the Department 
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based upon a combination of air temperature, relative
humidity 
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and air movement.  Such standards shall also require facility 
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plans
that provide for health and comfort of residents at 
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medical risk as determined
by the attending physician whenever 
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the temperature and relative humidity
are outside such comfort 
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zones established by the Department.

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    (9) Development of evacuation and other appropriate safety 
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plans for
use during weather, health, fire, physical plant, 
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environmental and
national defense emergencies; and

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    (10) Maintenance of minimum financial or other resources 
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necessary to
meet the standards established under this Section, 
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and to operate and
conduct the facility in accordance with this 
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Act.

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(Source: P.A. 83-1530.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.