Bill Title: Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that all persons seeking admission to a nursing facility shall be verbally screened for risk factors associated with hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) according to guidelines established by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Provides that persons who are identified as being at high risk for hepatitis B, hepatitis C, or HIV shall be offered an opportunity to undergo laboratory testing if they will be admitted to the nursing facility for at least 7 days and are not known to be infected with any of the listed viruses. Provides that all HIV testing shall be conducted in compliance with the AIDS Confidentiality Act and that all persons determined to be susceptible to the hepatitis B virus shall be offered immunization upon admission to any nursing facility. Requires nursing facilities to document a resident's screening for risk factors associated with hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV, and whether or not the resident was immunized against hepatitis B. Effective January 1, 2011.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)

Status: (Passed) 2010-07-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1410 [HB4927 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
House	Concurrence in House	2010-05-26	81	26	5	0	112	Passed	Link	View
Senate	Third Reading in Senate	2010-05-05	42	11	6	0	59	Passed	Link	View
House	Third Reading in House	2010-03-19	109	0	2	0	111	Passed	Link	View