Bill Text: IL SB1229 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that the Directory published each year by the Department of Public Health for each public health region listing facilities shall contain the facility website address, if any.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-01-24 - Referred to Assignments [SB1229 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-SB1229-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1229 Introduced 1/24/2025, by Sen. Patrick J. Joyce SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
210 ILCS 45/2-207 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4152-207
Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that the Directory published each year by the Department of Public Health for each public health region listing facilities shall contain the facility website address, if any.
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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 Nursing Home Care Act is amended by
changing Section 2-207 as follows:
(210 ILCS 45/2-207) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4152-207)
Sec. 2-207. (a) Each year the Department shall publish a
Directory for each public health region listing facilities to
be made available to the public and be available at all
Department offices. The Department may charge a fee for the
Directory. The Directory shall contain, at a minimum, the
following information:
(1) The name and address of the facility;
(2) The number and type of licensed beds;
(3) The name of the cooperating hospital, if any;
(4) The name of the administrator;
(5) The facility telephone number; and
(6) Membership in a provider association and accreditation
by any such organization; and .
(7) The facility website address, if any.
(b) Detailed information concerning basic costs for care
and operating policies shall be available to the public upon
request at each facility. However, a facility may refuse to

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make available any proprietary operating policies to the
extent such facility reasonably believes such policies may be
revealed to a competitor.
(Source: P.A. 81-1349.)