Bill Text: IL SB1982 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Sets forth a definition for "institution for mental diseases". Provides that electroconvulsive therapy may only be administered to a resident who has provided informed consent pursuant the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code or under a Court order pursuant to the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that no adult may be admitted to institutions for mental diseases or to certain sections of nursing homes except as provided for in certain provisions of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Makes other changes. Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code to make changes in provisions concerning emergency administration of psychotropic medication. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB1982 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB1982-Amended.html
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1982
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1982 as follows:
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| 3 | on page 1, by replacing lines 9 through 12 with the following: | ||||||
| 4 | "Institution for mental diseases" means a nursing facility | ||||||
| 5 | meeting the definition of "institution for mental diseases" in | ||||||
| 6 | 42 CFR 435.1009, as applied by the Department of Healthcare and | ||||||
| 7 | Family Services."; and
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| 8 | on page 12, by replacing lines 25 and 26 with the following:
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| 9 | "Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on June | ||||||
| 10 | 30, 2012.".
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