Bill Text: IL HB3300 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that a licensee shall pay the actual damages (instead of the actual damages and costs and attorney's fees) to a facility resident whose rights, as specified in certain provisions of the Act, are violated. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3300 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB3300-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB3300 Introduced , by Rep. Elaine Nekritz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
210 ILCS 45/3-602 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-602
Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that a licensee shall pay the actual damages (instead of the actual damages and costs and attorney's fees) to a facility resident whose rights, as specified in certain provisions of the Act, are violated. Effective immediately.
LRB099 10933 RPS 31273 b
A BILL FOR
HB3300 LRB099 10933 RPS 31273 b
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 3-602 as follows:
(210 ILCS 45/3-602) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-602)
Sec. 3-602. The licensee shall pay the actual damages and
costs and attorney's fees to a facility resident whose rights,
as specified in Part 1 of Article II of this Act, are violated.
(Source: P.A. 89-197, eff. 7-21-95.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.