94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB5442

 

Introduced 01/27/06, by Rep. Tom Cross

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
305 ILCS 5/5-5.22

    Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning nursing homes.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning public aid.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
5 changing Section 5-5.22 as follows:
 
6     (305 ILCS 5/5-5.22)
7     Sec. 5-5.22. Nursing homes; inspections of care. With
8 respect to facilities licensed under the the Nursing Home Care
9 Act, the Department of Public Aid (now Healthcare and Family
10 Services) may not initiate or reinstate inspections of care
11 before July 1, 2003. Nothing in this Section, however,
12 prohibits a facility from requesting, nor the Department from
13 conducting, an interim inspection of care if the facility meets
14 the requirements outlined in the Department's rules in effect
15 on November 15, 2001.
16 (Source: P.A. 92-725, eff. 7-25-02; revised 12-15-05.)