HB4288 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB4288

Introduced 1/5/2022, by Rep. Suzanne Ness

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

210 ILCS 45/2-116 new

Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that a resident who is an end-of-life hospice patient, and who does not receive palliative care, has the right to a private room in the resident's facility, regardless of the resident's method of payment for residency at the facility. Provides that the resident's facility shall ensure that the resident's family members have full access to visit the resident at the facility.

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 adding Section 2-116 as follows:

(210 ILCS 45/2-116 new)

Sec. 2-116. Hospice individuals; private rooms; family member access. A resident who is an end-of-life hospice patient, and who does not receive palliative care, has the right to a private room in the resident's facility, regardless of the resident's method of payment for residency at the facility, including, but not limited to, payment through private funding, Medicare, or Medicaid. The resident's facility shall ensure that the resident's family members have full access to visit the resident at the facility.