Bill Text: IL HB4331 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Authorized Electronic Monitoring in Long-Term Care Facilities Act. Includes assisted living establishments and shared housing establishments licensed under the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act in the definition of "facility".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-29 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB4331 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB4331-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 Authorized Electronic Monitoring in | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Long-Term Care Facilities Act is amended by changing Section 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | as follows:
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7 | (210 ILCS 32/5) | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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9 | "Authorized electronic monitoring" means the placement and | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | use of an electronic monitoring device by a resident in his or | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | her room in accordance with this Act. | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
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13 | "Electronic monitoring device" means a surveillance | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | instrument with a fixed position video camera or an audio | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | recording device, or a combination thereof, that is installed | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | in a resident's room under the provisions of this Act and | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | broadcasts or records activity or sounds occurring in the room. | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | "Facility" means an intermediate care facility for the | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | developmentally disabled licensed under the ID/DD Community | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | Care Act that has 30 beds or more, a facility licensed under | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | the MC/DD Act, a long-term care facility licensed under the | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | Nursing Home Care Act, or a facility that provides housing to | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | individuals with dementia, as defined in Section 3 of the |
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1 | Alzheimer's Disease Assistance Act , or an assisted living | ||||||
2 | establishment or shared housing establishment licensed under | ||||||
3 | the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act . | ||||||
4 | "Resident" means a person residing in a facility. | ||||||
5 | "Resident's representative" has the meaning given to that | ||||||
6 | term in (1) Section 1-123 of the Nursing Home Care Act if the | ||||||
7 | resident resides in a facility licensed under the Nursing Home | ||||||
8 | Care Act, (2) Section 1-123 of the ID/DD Community Care Act if | ||||||
9 | the resident resides in a facility licensed under the ID/DD | ||||||
10 | Community Care Act, or (3) Section 1-123 of the MC/DD Act if | ||||||
11 | the resident resides in a facility licensed under the MC/DD | ||||||
12 | Act.
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13 | (Source: P.A. 101-160, eff. 7-26-19.)
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