Bill Title: Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that all physician's orders and plans of treatment shall have the authentication of the physician and that "authentication" means an original written signature or an electronic signature system that allows for the verification of a signer's credentials. Provides that a stamp signature, with or without initials, is not sufficient.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-07-22 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0179 [SB1248 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Contact	Phone	District	Sponsorship	State Profile	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Michael Frerichs [D]	Primary	Inactive	Inactive	SD-052	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Naomi Jakobsson [D]	Primary	Inactive	Inactive	HD-103	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Monique Davis [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-027	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Al Riley [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-038	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Keith Farnham [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-043	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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