Bill Text: IL HB5133 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall enter into an interagency agreement with the Office of the State Fire Marshal under which the latter shall conduct all surveys, evaluations, or inspections of nursing homes with respect to facility standards regulating protection of residents from fire hazard.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5133 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB5133-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB5133 Introduced , by Rep. David R. Leitch SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
210 ILCS 45/3-108 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-108
Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall enter into an interagency agreement with the Office of the State Fire Marshal under which the latter shall conduct all surveys, evaluations, or inspections of nursing homes with respect to facility standards regulating protection of residents from fire hazard.
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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 changing
Section 3-108 as follows:
(210 ILCS 45/3-108) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-108)
Sec. 3-108. The Department shall coordinate the functions
within State government affecting facilities licensed under
this Act and shall cooperate with other State agencies which
establish standards or requirements for facilities to assure
necessary, equitable, and consistent State supervision of
licensees without unnecessary duplication of survey,
evaluation, and consultation services or complaint
investigations. The Department shall cooperate with the
Department of Human Services in regard to facilities containing
more than 20% of residents for whom the Department of Human
Services has mandated follow-up responsibilities under the
Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative
Act.
The Department shall cooperate with the Department of
Healthcare and Family Services in regard to facilities where
recipients of public aid are residents.
The Department shall immediately refer to the Department of

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Professional Regulation for investigation any credible
evidence of which it has knowledge that an individual licensed
by that Department has violated this Act or any rule issued
under this Act.
The Department shall enter into an interagency agreement
with the Office of the State Fire Marshal under which the
Office of the State Fire Marshal shall conduct all surveys,
evaluations, or inspections of nursing homes with respect to
facility standards prescribed by the Department regulating
protection of residents from fire hazard.
The Department shall enter into agreements with other State
Departments, agencies or commissions to effectuate the purpose
of this Section.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)