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 Bill Status of HB4558  94th General Assembly


Short Description:  NURS HOME-HOSP-HANDLE PATIENTS

House Sponsors
Rep. Angelo Saviano

Last Action
DateChamber Action
  1/9/2007HouseSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
210 ILCS 45/3-217 new
210 ILCS 85/6.22 new


Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Requires every nursing home and hospital to adopt and ensure implementation of a policy to identify, assess, and develop strategies to control the risk of injury to residents, patients, and nurses associated with the lifting, transferring, repositioning, or movement of a resident or patient. Sets forth certain items that must be included in the policy, including (i) an analysis of the risk of injury to residents, patients, and nurses posed by the handling needs of the resident or patient populations served by the nursing home or hospital and the physical environment in which resident or patient handling and movement occurs and (ii) education of nurses in the identification, assessment, and control of risk of injury to residents, patients, and nurses during resident or patient handling. Effective immediately.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  1/11/2006HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Angelo Saviano
  1/11/2006HouseFirst Reading
  1/11/2006HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  1/9/2007HouseSession Sine Die

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