Bill Title: Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that to protect the residents' funds, a facility shall at the time of admission provide each resident, resident's guardian, resident's representative, or resident's immediate family member with a written statement explaining to the resident and to the resident's spouse their obligation to comply with the asset and income disclosure requirements of the federal Social Security Act and the regulations duly promulgated thereunder. Provides that the signed acknowledgment that the facility is to obtain from each resident, resident's guardian, resident's representative, or resident's immediate family member shall acknowledge that such person understands that failure to comply with asset and income disclosure requirements may result in the denial of Medicaid eligibility. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-08-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0523 [SB1197 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	Concurrence in Senate	2013-05-31	58	0	1	0	59	Passed	Link	View
House	Third Reading in House	2013-05-23	113	0	0	0	113	Passed	Link	View
Senate	Third Reading in Senate	2013-03-21	57	0	2	0	59	Passed	Link	View

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