Full Text of SB2935 96th General Assembly
SB2935 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 SB2935
Introduced 1/28/2010, by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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210 ILCS 45/3-202 |
from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-202 |
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Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning facility staffing.
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A BILL FOR
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LRB096 19781 KTG 35218 b |
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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by changing | 5 |
| Section 3-202 as follows:
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| (210 ILCS 45/3-202) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-202)
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| Sec. 3-202. The Department shall prescribe minimum | 8 |
| standards for facilities. These standards shall regulate:
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| (1) Location and construction of the facility, | 10 |
| including plumbing, heating,
lighting, ventilation, and | 11 |
| other physical conditions which shall ensure the
health, | 12 |
| safety, and comfort of residents and their protection from | 13 |
| fire hazard;
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| (2) Number and qualifications of all personnel, | 15 |
| including management and
nursing personnel, having | 16 |
| responsibility for any part of the care given
to residents; | 17 |
| specifically, the Department shall establish staffing | 18 |
| ratios ratios
for facilities which shall specify the number | 19 |
| of staff hours per resident
of care that are needed for | 20 |
| professional nursing care for various types
of facilities | 21 |
| or areas within facilities;
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| (3) All sanitary conditions within the facility and its | 23 |
| surroundings,
including water supply, sewage disposal, |
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| food handling, and general hygiene,
which shall ensure the | 2 |
| health and comfort of residents;
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| (4) Diet related to the needs of each resident based on | 4 |
| good nutritional
practice and on recommendations which may | 5 |
| be made by the physicians attending
the resident;
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| (5) Equipment essential to the health and welfare of | 7 |
| the residents;
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| (6) A program of habilitation and rehabilitation for | 9 |
| those residents who
would benefit from such programs;
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| (7) A program for adequate maintenance of physical | 11 |
| plant and equipment;
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| (8) Adequate accommodations, staff and services for | 13 |
| the number and
types of residents for whom the facility is | 14 |
| licensed to care, including
standards for temperature and | 15 |
| relative humidity within comfort zones determined
by the | 16 |
| Department based upon a combination of air temperature, | 17 |
| relative
humidity and air movement. Such standards shall | 18 |
| also require facility plans
that provide for health and | 19 |
| comfort of residents at medical risk as determined
by the | 20 |
| attending physician whenever the temperature and relative | 21 |
| humidity
are outside such comfort zones established by the | 22 |
| Department. The standards must include a requirement that | 23 |
| areas of a nursing home used by residents of the nursing | 24 |
| home be air conditioned and heated by means of operable | 25 |
| air-conditioning and heating equipment. The areas subject | 26 |
| to this air-conditioning and heating requirement include, |
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| without limitation, bedrooms or common areas such as | 2 |
| sitting rooms, activity rooms, living rooms, community | 3 |
| rooms, and dining rooms. No later than July 1, 2008, the | 4 |
| Department shall submit a report to the General Assembly | 5 |
| concerning the impact of the changes made by this | 6 |
| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly;
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| (9) Development of evacuation and other appropriate | 8 |
| safety plans for
use during weather, health, fire, physical | 9 |
| plant, environmental and
national defense emergencies; and
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| (10) Maintenance of minimum financial or other | 11 |
| resources necessary to
meet the standards established | 12 |
| under this Section, and to operate and
conduct the facility | 13 |
| in accordance with this Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-31, eff. 8-9-07.)
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