SB2936 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

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

Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by changing Section 3-202.1 as follows:

(210 ILCS 45/3-202.1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-202.1)

Sec. 3-202.1. The Department shall develop and implement a system of alerting and educating facilities and their personnel as to the existence or possibility of weather or other hazardous circumstances which may endanger resident health or safety safety and designating any precautions to prevent or minimize such danger. The Department may assist any facility experiencing difficulty in dealing with such emergencies. The Department may provide for announcement to the public of the dangers posed to facility residents by such existing or potential weather or hazardous circumstances.

(Source: P.A. 83-1530.)