Full Text of HB0370 95th General Assembly
HB0370 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB0370
Introduced 1/26/2007, by Rep. Jack D. Franks SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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210 ILCS 45/3-202 |
from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-202 |
30 ILCS 805/8.31 new |
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Amends the Nursing Home Care Act and the State Mandates Act. Provides that the minimum standards adopted by the Department of Public Health for the operation of nursing homes must include a requirement that all areas of a nursing home used by residents of the nursing home be air conditioned; provides that such areas include bedrooms and common areas such as sitting rooms, activity rooms, living rooms, community rooms, and dining rooms. Provides that no reimbursement by the State is required for the implementation of any mandate created by this requirement. Effective immediately.
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STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT |
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A BILL FOR
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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, including | 10 |
| plumbing, heating,
lighting, ventilation, and other physical | 11 |
| conditions which shall ensure the
health, safety, and comfort | 12 |
| of residents and their protection from fire hazard;
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| (2) Number and qualifications of all personnel, including | 14 |
| management and
nursing personnel, having responsibility for | 15 |
| any part of the care given
to residents; specifically, the | 16 |
| Department shall establish staffing ratios
for facilities | 17 |
| which shall specify the number of staff hours per resident
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| care that are needed for professional nursing care for various | 19 |
| types
of facilities or areas within facilities;
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| (3) All sanitary conditions within the facility and its | 21 |
| surroundings,
including water supply, sewage disposal, food | 22 |
| handling, and general hygiene,
which shall ensure the health | 23 |
| and comfort of residents;
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| (4) Diet related to the needs of each resident based on | 2 |
| good nutritional
practice and on recommendations which may be | 3 |
| made by the physicians attending
the resident;
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| (5) Equipment essential to the health and welfare of the | 5 |
| residents;
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| (6) A program of habilitation and rehabilitation for those | 7 |
| residents who
would benefit from such programs;
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| (7) A program for adequate maintenance of physical plant | 9 |
| and equipment;
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| (8) Adequate accommodations, staff and services for the | 11 |
| number and
types of residents for whom the facility is licensed | 12 |
| to care, including
standards for temperature and relative | 13 |
| humidity within comfort zones determined
by the Department | 14 |
| based upon a combination of air temperature, relative
humidity | 15 |
| and air movement. Such standards shall also require facility | 16 |
| plans
that provide for health and comfort of residents at | 17 |
| medical risk as determined
by the attending physician whenever | 18 |
| the temperature and relative humidity
are outside such comfort | 19 |
| zones established by the Department. The standards must include | 20 |
| a requirement that all areas of a nursing home used by | 21 |
| residents of the nursing home be air conditioned. The areas | 22 |
| subject to this air-conditioning requirement include, without | 23 |
| limitation, bedrooms and common areas such as sitting rooms, | 24 |
| activity rooms, living rooms, community rooms, and dining | 25 |
| rooms.
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| (9) Development of evacuation and other appropriate safety |
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| plans for
use during weather, health, fire, physical plant, | 2 |
| environmental and
national defense emergencies; and
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| (10) Maintenance of minimum financial or other resources | 4 |
| necessary to
meet the standards established under this Section, | 5 |
| and to operate and
conduct the facility in accordance with this | 6 |
| Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 83-1530.)
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| Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding | 9 |
| Section 8.31 as follows: | 10 |
| (30 ILCS 805/8.31 new) | 11 |
| Sec. 8.31. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 | 12 |
| of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the | 13 |
| implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of | 14 |
| the 95th General Assembly.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 16 |
| becoming law.
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