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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB2944

Introduced 1/27/2026, by Sen. David Koehler

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

210 ILCS 45/2-104.3

Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Replaces provisions concerning
serious mental illness rescreening. Provides that all persons admitted to
a nursing home facility with a diagnosis of serious mental illness shall
receive a follow-up visit within 60 days after admission and shall receive
a resident review by the Department of Human Services or its designee
promptly after a significant change in the resident's physical or mental
condition. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall ensure
there are no conflicts of interest for pre-admission screeners.
LRB104 17963 BAB 31400 b

A BILL FOR

SB2944
LRB104 17963 BAB 31400 b
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AN ACT concerning regulation.

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:

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Section 5.
The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by
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changing Section 2-104.3 as follows:

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(210 ILCS 45/2-104.3)
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Sec. 2-104.3.
Serious mental illness;
resident review

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rescreening
.
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(a) All persons admitted to a nursing home facility with a
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diagnosis of serious mental illness
shall receive a follow-up
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visit within 60 days after admission and shall receive a
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resident review

who remain in the facility for a period of 90
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days shall be re-screened
by the Department of Human Services
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or its designee
promptly after a significant change in the
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resident's physical or mental condition

at the end of the
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90-day period, at 6 months, and annually thereafter to assess
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their continuing need for nursing facility care and shall be
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advised of all other available care options
.
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(b) The Department of Human Services
, by rule,
shall
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ensure there are no

provide for a prohibition on
conflicts of
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interest for pre-admission screeners.
The rule shall provide
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for waiver of those conflicts by the Department of Human
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Services if the Department of Human Services determines that a

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scarcity of qualified pre-admission screeners exists in a
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given community and that, absent a waiver of conflict, an
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insufficient number of pre-admission screeners would be
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available. If a conflict is waived, the pre-admission screener
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shall disclose the conflict of interest to the screened
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individual in the manner provided for by rule of the
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Department of Human Services. For the purposes of this
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subsection, a "conflict of interest" includes, but is not
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limited to, the existence of a professional or financial
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relationship between (i) a PAS-MH corporate or a PAS-MH agent
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performing the rescreening and (ii) a community provider or
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long-term care facility.

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(Source: P.A. 96-1372, eff. 7-29-10.)

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