97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB3499

 

Introduced 2/8/2012, by Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
210 ILCS 45/3-309  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-309

    Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. In provisions authorizing a facility to respond to the assessment of a fine by transmitting to the Department of Public Health a percentage of the amount assessed instead of requesting a hearing, provides that a facility may transmit to the Department 65% of the amount assessed for each violation specified in the penalty assessment (deletes an alternative provision authorizing a facility to transmit up to 75% of the amount assessed in the case of a fine subject to offset by the amount of a federal civil monetary penalty). Effective immediately.


LRB097 18284 DRJ 63510 b

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

SB3499LRB097 18284 DRJ 63510 b

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 Nursing Home Care Act is amended by changing
5Section 3-309 as follows:
 
6    (210 ILCS 45/3-309)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-309)
7    Sec. 3-309. A facility may contest an assessment of a
8penalty by sending a written request to the Department for
9hearing under Section 3-703. Upon receipt of the request the
10Department shall hold a hearing as provided under Section
113-703. Instead of requesting a hearing pursuant to Section
123-703, a facility may, within 10 business days after receipt of
13the notice of violation and fine assessment, transmit to the
14Department (i) 65% of the amount assessed for each violation
15specified in the penalty assessment or (ii) in the case of a
16fine subject to offset under paragraph (10) of Section 3-305,
17up to 75% of the amount assessed.
18(Source: P.A. 96-1372, eff. 7-29-10.)
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20becoming law.