Sen. Thomas Cullerton
Filed: 4/3/2017
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2031
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2031 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Section 1-123 as follows:
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6 | (210 ILCS 45/1-123) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4151-123)
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7 | Sec. 1-123.
"Resident's representative" means a person | ||||||
8 | other than the
owner not related to the resident, or an agent | ||||||
9 | or employee of a facility not related to the resident,
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10 | designated in writing by a resident to be his representative, | ||||||
11 | or the resident's
guardian. "Resident's representative" | ||||||
12 | includes:
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13 | (1) an individual chosen by the resident to act on | ||||||
14 | behalf of the resident in order to support the resident in | ||||||
15 | decision-making; access medical, social, or other personal | ||||||
16 | information of the resident; manage financial matters; or |
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1 | receive notifications; | ||||||
2 | (2) a person authorized by State or federal law, | ||||||
3 | including, but not limited to, agents under power of | ||||||
4 | attorney, representative payees, and other fiduciaries, to | ||||||
5 | act on behalf of the resident in order to support the | ||||||
6 | resident in decision-making; access medical, social, or | ||||||
7 | other personal information of the resident; manage | ||||||
8 | financial matters; or receive notifications; | ||||||
9 | (3) a legal representative, as used in Section 712 of | ||||||
10 | the federal Older Americans Act (42 U.S.C. 3058g); or | ||||||
11 | (4) the court-appointed guardian or conservator of a | ||||||
12 | resident. | ||||||
13 | Nothing in this definition is intended to expand the scope of | ||||||
14 | authority of any resident's representative beyond that | ||||||
15 | authority specifically authorized by the resident, State or | ||||||
16 | federal law, or a court of competent jurisdiction. | ||||||
17 | (Source: P.A. 97-869, eff. 7-30-12; 98-149, eff. 8-2-13.)
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18 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
19 | becoming law.".
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