Bill Text: IL HB4180 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Life Care Facilities Act. Provides that a resident is entitled to be represented by at least one resident voting member on the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the resident's provider. Requires a provider with more than one facility to seat as a member on the provider's board of directors or equivalent governing body at least one resident from each of the provider's facilities in the State. Provides that a resident has the right to self-organization. Prohibits reprisal by a provider in response to specified activities. Requires a provider's board of directors or equivalent governing body to (1) hold quarterly meetings to discuss specified subjects and (2) consult and discuss with a facility's residents or the representatives of a facility's residents any proposed action that might significantly affect the well-being of the facility's residents or the financial stability of the facility before taking the proposed action. Requires the Department of Public Health to ensure that providers comply with the provisions by instituting a penalty for noncompliance. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-04 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4180 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB4180-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB4180 Introduced , by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
210 ILCS 40/13 new
Amends the Life Care Facilities Act. Provides that a resident is entitled to be represented by at least one resident voting member on the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the resident's provider. Requires a provider with more than one facility to seat as a member on the provider's board of directors or equivalent governing body at least one resident from each of the provider's facilities in the State. Provides that a resident has the right to self-organization. Prohibits reprisal by a provider in response to specified activities. Requires a provider's board of directors or equivalent governing body to (1) hold quarterly meetings to discuss specified subjects and (2) consult and discuss with a facility's residents or the representatives of a facility's residents any proposed action that might significantly affect the well-being of the facility's residents or the financial stability of the facility before taking the proposed action. Requires the Department of Public Health to ensure that providers comply with the provisions by instituting a penalty for noncompliance. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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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 Life Care Facilities Act is amended by
adding Section 13 as follows:
(210 ILCS 40/13 new)
Sec. 13. Resident rights; board of directors.
(a) A resident is entitled to be represented by at least
one resident voting member on the board of directors or
equivalent governing body of the resident's provider. A
provider with more than one facility must seat as a voting
member on the provider's board of directors or equivalent
governing body at least one resident from each of the
provider's facilities in this State. A resident voting member
shall be elected by a resident's association or similar body,
without input from the provider's board of directors or
equivalent governing body.
(b) A resident has the right to self-organization.
Reprisal by a provider is not permitted in response to
activities including, but not limited to, participation in a
resident's association or organization or complaint to the
Department of the provider's violation of this Section or any
other State law.

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(c) A provider's board of directors or equivalent
governing body must hold quarterly meetings for open
discussion of subjects including, but not limited to, income,
expenditure, and financial trends and issues as they apply to
the continuing care retirement community and proposed changes
in policies, programs, and services.
(d) A provider's board of directors or equivalent
governing body shall consult and discuss with a facility's
residents or the representatives of a facility's residents any
proposed action that might significantly affect the well-being
of the facility's residents or the financial stability of the
facility before taking the proposed action.
(e) The Department shall ensure that providers comply with
the provisions of this Section by instituting a penalty for
noncompliance with this Section.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.