96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB2936

 

Introduced 1/28/2010, by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
210 ILCS 45/3-202.1   from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-202.1

    Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning facility safety.


LRB096 19779 KTG 35216 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB2936 LRB096 19779 KTG 35216 b

1     AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by changing
5 Section 3-202.1 as follows:
 
6     (210 ILCS 45/3-202.1)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-202.1)
7     Sec. 3-202.1. The Department shall develop and implement a
8 system of alerting and educating facilities and their personnel
9 as to the existence or possibility of weather or other
10 hazardous circumstances which may endanger resident health or
11 safety safety and designating any precautions to prevent or
12 minimize such danger. The Department may assist any facility
13 experiencing difficulty in dealing with such emergencies. The
14 Department may provide for announcement to the public of the
15 dangers posed to facility residents by such existing or
16 potential weather or hazardous circumstances.
17 (Source: P.A. 83-1530.)