Illinois Senate Bill 3615 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 19 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-03-18 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to establish by rule guidelines for required continuing education of all employees who inspect, survey, or evaluate a facility and to offer continuing education opportunities at least quarterly. Provides that the Department shall notify a facility and complainant of its findings regarding a complainant's complaint within 5 calendar days (rather than 10 days) of the determination. Provides that employees of a State or unit of local government agency charged with inspecting, surveying, or evaluating facilities are required to complete at least 10 hours of continuing education annually. Provides that if a facility is found to have violated any provision of the Act or rule adopted under the Act, the facility shall develop a plan of correction to address deficiencies indicated in a statement of deficiency. Requires the Department to approve or deny the plan of correction within 72 hours after receiving the plan of correction. Provides that the Department shall conduct an annual review of all survey activity from the preceding calendar year (rather than conduct an annual review) and make a report including specified information concerning the complaint and survey process. Contains other provisions.

NURSING HOMES-INSPECTIONS

Sen. Mattie Hunter [D]	Sen. Melinda Bush [D]	Sen. Patrick Joyce [D]	Sen. Adriane Johnson [D]
Sen. Robert Peters [D]	Sen. Antonio Munoz [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-03-18	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
2022-02-10	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As February 18, 2022
2022-02-10	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
2022-02-09	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert Peters
2022-02-07	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson
2022-01-31	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Patrick J. Joyce
2022-01-19	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2022-01-19	Senate	First Reading
2022-01-19	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
210	45	3-212	Amended Code	Citation Text
210	45	3-702	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3615&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=110&GA=102
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/10200SB3615.htm