94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB1430


 
Introduced 2/10/2005, by Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














210 ILCS 45/3-610
  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-610







    Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that a nursing home employee or agent who becomes aware of another employee or agent's theft or misappropriation of a resident's property must immediately report the matter to the facility administrator.  Provides that a facility administrator who becomes aware of a nursing home employee or agent's theft or misappropriation of a resident's property must immediately report the matter by telephone and in writing to the resident's representative, to the Department of Public Health, and to the local law enforcement agency. Prohibits retaliation against a nursing home employee or agent who reports the theft or misappropriation of a resident's property.
















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HB1430

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    AN ACT concerning regulation.

 
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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 3-610 as follows:
 



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    (210 ILCS 45/3-610)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-610)



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    Sec. 3-610. Duty to report violations.

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    (a) A facility employee or agent who becomes aware of abuse 
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or
neglect of a resident prohibited by Section 2-107 shall 
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immediately report
the matter to the Department and to the 
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facility administrator.  A facility
administrator who becomes 
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aware of abuse or neglect of a resident prohibited
by Section 
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2-107 shall immediately report the matter by telephone and in

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writing to the resident's representative, and to the 
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Department.  Any person
may report a violation of Section 2-107 
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to the Department.

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    (b) A facility employee or agent who becomes aware of 
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another facility employee or agent's theft or misappropriation 
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of a resident's property must immediately report the matter to 
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the facility administrator.  A facility administrator who 
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becomes aware of a facility employee or agent's theft or 
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misappropriation of a resident's property must immediately 
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report the matter by telephone and in writing to the resident's 
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representative, to the Department, and to the local law 
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enforcement agency.  Neither a licensee nor its employees or 
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agents may dismiss or otherwise retaliate against a facility 
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employee or agent who reports the theft or misappropriation of 
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a resident's property under this subsection.

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(Source: P.A. 82-120.)