HB5442 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning public aid.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by changing Section 5-5.22 as follows:

(305 ILCS 5/5-5.22)

Sec. 5-5.22. Nursing homes; inspections of care. With respect to facilities licensed under the the Nursing Home Care Act, the Department of Public Aid (now Healthcare and Family Services) may not initiate or reinstate inspections of care before July 1, 2003. Nothing in this Section, however, prohibits a facility from requesting, nor the Department from conducting, an interim inspection of care if the facility meets the requirements outlined in the Department's rules in effect on November 15, 2001.

(Source: P.A. 92-725, eff. 7-25-02; revised 12-15-05.)