Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB1263 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1263 Introduced 1/28/2025, by Sen. Omar Aquino SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 210 ILCS 45/2-101 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4152-101210 ILCS 45/2-106.5 new210 ILCS 49/3-101 Amends the Nursing Home Care Act and the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013. Provides that residents of nursing home facilities have the right to outdoor access. Provides that residents of nursing home facilities and consumers served by mental health rehabilitation facilities shall be free to enter and leave the facilities as they choose. Provides that a facility may suspend this right only if the resident's or consumer's physician examines the resident or consumer and determines that leaving the facility would pose a danger to other residents or consumers or an immediate and substantial danger to the resident's or consumer's safety and well-being, which shall be explained to the resident or consumer and documented in the resident's or consumer's medical chart. LRB104 06083 BAB 16116 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1263 Introduced 1/28/2025, by Sen. Omar Aquino SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 210 ILCS 45/2-101 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4152-101210 ILCS 45/2-106.5 new210 ILCS 49/3-101 210 ILCS 45/2-101 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4152-101 210 ILCS 45/2-106.5 new 210 ILCS 49/3-101 Amends the Nursing Home Care Act and the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013. Provides that residents of nursing home facilities have the right to outdoor access. Provides that residents of nursing home facilities and consumers served by mental health rehabilitation facilities shall be free to enter and leave the facilities as they choose. Provides that a facility may suspend this right only if the resident's or consumer's physician examines the resident or consumer and determines that leaving the facility would pose a danger to other residents or consumers or an immediate and substantial danger to the resident's or consumer's safety and well-being, which shall be explained to the resident or consumer and documented in the resident's or consumer's medical chart. LRB104 06083 BAB 16116 b LRB104 06083 BAB 16116 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1263 Introduced 1/28/2025, by Sen. Omar Aquino SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
3	3	210 ILCS 45/2-101 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4152-101210 ILCS 45/2-106.5 new210 ILCS 49/3-101 210 ILCS 45/2-101 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4152-101 210 ILCS 45/2-106.5 new 210 ILCS 49/3-101
4	4	210 ILCS 45/2-101 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4152-101
5	5	210 ILCS 45/2-106.5 new
6	6	210 ILCS 49/3-101
7	7	Amends the Nursing Home Care Act and the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013. Provides that residents of nursing home facilities have the right to outdoor access. Provides that residents of nursing home facilities and consumers served by mental health rehabilitation facilities shall be free to enter and leave the facilities as they choose. Provides that a facility may suspend this right only if the resident's or consumer's physician examines the resident or consumer and determines that leaving the facility would pose a danger to other residents or consumers or an immediate and substantial danger to the resident's or consumer's safety and well-being, which shall be explained to the resident or consumer and documented in the resident's or consumer's medical chart.
8	8	LRB104 06083 BAB 16116 b LRB104 06083 BAB 16116 b
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13	13	1 AN ACT concerning long-term care.
14	14	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
15	15	3 represented in the General Assembly:
16	16	4 Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by
17	17	5 changing Section 2-101 and by adding Section 2-106.5 as
18	18	6 follows:
19	19	7 (210 ILCS 45/2-101) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4152-101)
20	20	8 Sec. 2-101. No resident shall be deprived of any rights,
21	21	9 benefits, or privileges guaranteed by State or federal law,
22	22	10 the Constitution of the State of Illinois, or the Constitution
23	23	11 of the United States solely on account of his or her status as
24	24	12 a resident of a facility. Residents shall have the right to be
25	25	13 treated with courtesy and respect by employees or persons
26	26	14 providing medical services or care and shall have their human
27	27	15 and civil rights maintained in all aspects of medical care as
28	28	16 defined in the State Operations Manual for Long-Term Care
29	29	17 Facilities. In accordance with 42 CFR 483.10, residents shall
30	30	18 have their basic human needs, including, but not limited to,
31	31	19 water, food, medication, toileting, and personal hygiene, and
32	32	20 outdoor access, accommodated in a timely manner, as defined by
33	33	21 the person and agreed upon by the interdisciplinary team.
34	34	22 Residents have the right to maintain their autonomy as much as
35	35	23 possible.
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39	39	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1263 Introduced 1/28/2025, by Sen. Omar Aquino SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
40	40	210 ILCS 45/2-101 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4152-101210 ILCS 45/2-106.5 new210 ILCS 49/3-101 210 ILCS 45/2-101 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4152-101 210 ILCS 45/2-106.5 new 210 ILCS 49/3-101
41	41	210 ILCS 45/2-101 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4152-101
42	42	210 ILCS 45/2-106.5 new
43	43	210 ILCS 49/3-101
44	44	Amends the Nursing Home Care Act and the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013. Provides that residents of nursing home facilities have the right to outdoor access. Provides that residents of nursing home facilities and consumers served by mental health rehabilitation facilities shall be free to enter and leave the facilities as they choose. Provides that a facility may suspend this right only if the resident's or consumer's physician examines the resident or consumer and determines that leaving the facility would pose a danger to other residents or consumers or an immediate and substantial danger to the resident's or consumer's safety and well-being, which shall be explained to the resident or consumer and documented in the resident's or consumer's medical chart.
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74	74	1 (Source: P.A. 102-1080, eff. 1-1-23.)
75	75	2 (210 ILCS 45/2-106.5 new)
76	76	3 Sec. 2-106.5. Right to enter and leave a facility. A
77	77	4 resident shall be free to enter and leave the facility as the
78	78	5 resident chooses. A nursing home may suspend this right only
79	79	6 if the resident's physician examines the resident and
80	80	7 determines that leaving the facility would pose a danger to
81	81	8 other residents or an immediate and substantial danger to the
82	82	9 resident's safety and well-being. The physician shall explain
83	83	10 to the resident why the resident's right to enter and leave the
84	84	11 facility is being suspended, and the reason shall be
85	85	12 documented in the resident's medical chart.
86	86	13 Section 10. The Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation
87	87	14 Act of 2013 is amended by changing Section 3-101 as follows:
88	88	15 (210 ILCS 49/3-101)
89	89	16 Sec. 3-101. Consumers' rights. Consumers served by a
90	90	17 facility under this Act shall have all the rights guaranteed
91	91	18 pursuant to Chapter II, Article I of the Mental Health and
92	92	19 Developmental Disabilities Code. Additionally, a consumer has
93	93	20 the right to enter and leave the facility as the consumer
94	94	21 chooses, unless the consumer's physician examines the consumer
95	95	22 and determines that leaving the facility would pose a danger
96	96	23 to other consumers or an immediate and substantial danger to
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