Bill Text: IL SB3021 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Amends the MR/DD Community Care Act. Includes the size of the facility licensed under the Act to the list of factors the Director of Public Health is to consider when making a determination as to possible penalties for a violation. Effective July 1, 2010.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-19 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB3021 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB3021-Introduced.html

---

96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 SB3021 Introduced 2/4/2010, by Sen. William Delgado SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
210 ILCS 47/3-306
Amends the MR/DD Community Care Act. Includes the size of the facility licensed under the Act to the list of factors the Director of Public Health is to consider when making a determination as to possible penalties for a violation. Effective July 1, 2010.
LRB096 17653 KTG 33011 b
A BILL FOR
SB3021 LRB096 17653 KTG 33011 b
AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The MR/DD Community Care Act is amended by
changing Section 3-306 as follows:
(210 ILCS 47/3-306)
(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
delayed effective date)
Sec. 3-306. Factors to be considered in determining
penalty. In determining whether a penalty is to be imposed and
in fixing the amount of the penalty to be imposed, if any, for
a violation, the Director shall consider the following factors:
(1) The gravity of the violation, including the
probability that death or serious physical or mental harm
to a resident will result or has resulted; the severity of
the actual or potential harm, and the extent to which the
provisions of the applicable statutes or regulations were
violated;
(2) The reasonable diligence exercised by the licensee
and efforts to correct violations;
(3) Any previous violations committed by the licensee;
and
(4) The financial benefit to the facility of committing

SB3021 - 2 - LRB096 17653 KTG 33011 b
or continuing the violation; and .
(5) The size of the facility.
(Source: P.A. 96-339, eff. 7-1-10.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2010.