Bill Text: IL HB5257 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Requires long-term care facilities and hospitals licensed under the Act to prove upon inspection by the Department of Public Health that the long-term care facility or hospital has provided testing for Legionnaires' disease and to provide the results of that testing to the Department.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5257 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB5257-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning health.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by adding | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Sections 3-206.06 and 6.28 as follows:
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6 | (210 ILCS 45/3-206.06 new) | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 3-206.06. Testing for Legionnaires. A facility | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | licensed under this Act must prove upon inspection by the | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Department that it has provided testing for Legionnaires | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | disease. The facility must also provide the results of that | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | testing to the Department.
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12 | (210 ILCS 45/6.28 new) | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Sec. 6.28. Testing for Legionnaires. A hospital licensed | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | under this Act must prove upon inspection by the Department | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | that it has provided testing for Legionnaires disease. The | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | hospital must also provide the results of that testing to the | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Department.
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