Bill Text: IL HB5541 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Long-Term Care Facility COVID-19 Mitigation Act. Requires long-term care facilities to conduct regular universal testing for all facility residents and staff and disclose all COVID-19 cases and deaths to facility residents, residents' family members, the Department of Public Health, and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall coordinate with local, State, and federal governments to establish COVID-19 alternate care sites with staffing. Requires the Department to establish a commission to implement increased State oversight of facilities, provide additional staff resources and personal protective equipment (PPE) for workers, and consider receivership for facilities with chronic public health violations. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-04-04 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason [HB5541 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB5541-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB5541 Introduced , by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
Creates the Long-Term Care Facility COVID-19 Mitigation Act. Requires long-term care facilities to conduct regular universal testing for all facility residents and staff and disclose all COVID-19 cases and deaths to facility residents, residents' family members, the Department of Public Health, and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall coordinate with local, State, and federal governments to establish COVID-19 alternate care sites with staffing. Requires the Department to establish a commission to implement increased State oversight of facilities, provide additional staff resources and personal protective equipment (PPE) for workers, and consider receivership for facilities with chronic public health violations. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning health.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
Long-Term Care Facility COVID-19 Mitigation Act.
Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
"Department" means the Department of Public Health.
"Long-term care facility" means an establishment licensed
under the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act, a Community
Living Facility licensed under the Community Living Facilities
Licensing Act, a facility licensed under the Life Care
Facilities Act, a facility licensed under the Nursing Home
Care Act, a facility licensed under the MC/DD Act, or a
facility licensed under the ID/DD Community Care Act.
Section 10. COVID-19 mitigation. To mitigate the spread of
COVID-19 and prevent deaths in the facility, a long-term care
facility shall:
(1) conduct regular universal testing for all facility
residents and staff; and
(2) disclose all COVID-19 cases and deaths to facility
residents, residents' family members, the Department, and
the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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A long-term care facility shall give members of its staff
who test positive for COVID-19 15 days of paid sick leave.
Long-term care facilities shall give its staff hazard pay
due to the clear and present danger of working in facilities
with limited personal protective equipment (PPE) and high
rates of COVID-19 infections.
Section 15. Alternate care sites; commission.
(a) The Department shall coordinate with local, State, and
federal governments to establish COVID-19 alternate care sites
with staffing.
(b) The Department shall establish a commission to
implement increased State oversight of facilities, provide
additional staff resources and personal protective equipment
(PPE) for workers, and consider receivership for facilities
with chronic public health violations.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.