SB3151 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB3151

Introduced 2/19/2016, by Sen. Wm. Sam McCann

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

210 ILCS 45/3-808

Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health, in consultation with the Department of State Police, shall include in its protocol best practices for the preservation of crime scenes, subject to the needs of a resident who has been sexually assaulted in a long term care facility or elsewhere.

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 3-808 as follows:

(210 ILCS 45/3-808)

Sec. 3-808. Protocol for sexual assault victims; nursing home. The Department shall develop a protocol for the care and treatment of residents who have been sexually assaulted in a long term care facility or elsewhere. In consultation with the Department of State Police, the Department shall include in its protocol best practices for the preservation of crime scenes, subject to the needs of a resident who has been sexually assaulted.

(Source: P.A. 96-1372, eff. 7-29-10.)