Bill Title: Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that if an emergency transfer or discharge is ordered by a resident's attending physician because of a resident's physical or mental health needs (rather than a resident's health needs), then a facility is not required to provide a minimum written notice of 21 days and is also not required to have a discussion regarding the transfer with the resident and certain other parties. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)

Status: (Passed) 2015-01-12 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1172 [SB3028 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	2014-12-04	45	0	14	0	59	Passed	Link	View
House	Third Reading in House	2014-12-02	84	23	8	0	115	Passed	Link	View
Senate	Third Reading in Senate	2014-03-06	50	0	9	0	59	Passed	Link	View

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