LOPEZ-ACEVEDO. 210 ILCS 45/3-202 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-202 Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall prescribe minimum standards that shall regulate procedures that prevent a resident from eloping by leaving the building without supervision, including procedures that will alert the facility staff if there is an elopement, which shall include use of equipment on all exterior doors that automatically signals a patient elopement. Provides that any exterior door that is supervised during certain periods of the day may have a device that disconnects the signal on a part-time basis when there is direct supervision of that door. Provides that if there is constant 24-hour a day supervision for exterior doors that prevents elopement by a patient, automatic signaling equipment is not required. 00-01-20 H FIRST READING 00-01-20 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES 00-01-25 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR ACEVEDO 01-01-09 H SESSION SINE DIE END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary