Bill Text: IL HB0223 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Removes provisions that prohibit the use of resident identification wristlets without a physician's order. Requires identification wristlets to be employed for every resident.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-24 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0293 [HB0223 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB0223-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Removes provisions that prohibit the use of resident identification wristlets without a physician's order. Requires identification wristlets to be employed for every resident.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-24 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0293 [HB0223 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB0223-Engrossed.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 2-106a as follows:
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6 | (210 ILCS 45/2-106a)
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7 | Sec. 2-106a. Resident identification wristlet. An | ||||||
8 | identification wristlet may be employed for any resident upon a | ||||||
9 | physician's order, which shall document the need for the | ||||||
10 | identification wristlet in the resident's clinical record. A | ||||||
11 | facility may require a resident residing in an Alzheimer's | ||||||
12 | disease unit with a history of wandering to wear an | ||||||
13 | identification wristlet, unless the resident's guardian or | ||||||
14 | power of attorney directs that the wristlet be removed. All | ||||||
15 | identification wristlets shall include, at a
minimum, No | ||||||
16 | identification
wristlets shall be employed except as ordered by | ||||||
17 | a physician who documents the
need for such mandatory | ||||||
18 | identification in the resident's clinical record. When
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19 | identification bracelets are required, they must identify the | ||||||
20 | resident's name ,
and the name, telephone number, and address of | ||||||
21 | the facility issuing the identification wristlet.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 97-861, eff. 7-30-12.)
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