Bill Title: Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to adopt rules to establish a process for independent third party investigation of a long-term care facility's complaint about Department employees or individuals acting on behalf of the Department in making an inspection, survey, or evaluation under the Act. Requires the rules to include necessary and appropriate protections to ensure that a person filing a complaint in good faith does not suffer any adverse effect on account of having done so. Effective January 1, 2013.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-07-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0863 [HB5134 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
Senate	Third Reading in Senate	2012-05-25	54	0	5	0	59	Passed	Link	View
House	Third Reading in House	2012-03-29	109	0	0	2	111	Passed	Link	View

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