Bill Text: IL SB3028 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that if an emergency transfer or discharge is ordered by a resident's attending physician because of a resident's physical or mental health needs (rather than a resident's health needs), then a facility is not required to provide a minimum written notice of 21 days and is also not required to have a discussion regarding the transfer with the resident and certain other parties. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-01-12 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1172 [SB3028 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB3028-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that if an emergency transfer or discharge is ordered by a resident's attending physician because of a resident's physical or mental health needs (rather than a resident's health needs), then a facility is not required to provide a minimum written notice of 21 days and is also not required to have a discussion regarding the transfer with the resident and certain other parties. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-01-12 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1172 [SB3028 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SB3028-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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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 changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 3-402 as follows:
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6 | (210 ILCS 45/3-402) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-402) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 3-402. Involuntary transfer or discharge of a resident | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | from a facility
shall be preceded by the discussion required | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | under Section 3-408 and by
a minimum written notice
of 21 days, | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | except in one of the following instances: | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | (a) When an emergency transfer or discharge is ordered
by | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | the resident's attending physician because of the resident's | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | physical or mental health
care needs. | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | (b) When the transfer or discharge is mandated by the | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | physical safety of
other residents, the facility staff, or | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | facility visitors, as
documented in the clinical record.
The | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | Department shall be notified prior to any such involuntary | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | transfer
or discharge. The Department shall immediately offer | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | transfer, or discharge
and relocation assistance to residents | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | transferred or discharged under this
subparagraph (b), and the | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | Department may place relocation teams as
provided in Section | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | 3-419 of this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | (c) When an identified offender is within the provisional |
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1 | admission period defined in Section 1-120.3. If the Identified | ||||||
2 | Offender Report and Recommendation prepared under Section | ||||||
3 | 2-201.6 shows that the identified offender poses a serious | ||||||
4 | threat or danger to the physical safety of other residents, the | ||||||
5 | facility staff, or facility visitors in the admitting facility | ||||||
6 | and the facility determines that it is unable to provide a safe | ||||||
7 | environment for the other residents, the facility staff, or | ||||||
8 | facility visitors, the facility shall transfer or discharge the | ||||||
9 | identified offender within 3 days after its receipt of the | ||||||
10 | Identified Offender Report and Recommendation. | ||||||
11 | (Source: P.A. 96-1372, eff. 7-29-10.)
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12 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
13 | becoming law.
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