Section 3-808.5: "Nursing Home Fraud, Abuse, and Neglect Prevention and Reporting" will require the following of Nursing Homes:
- To display information in the lobby, on each floor, and in the dining hall information on how to report incidents of fraud, abuse and neglect to the Illinois Medicare Fraud Unit.
- To provide information at the time of admission to each resident and/or their family members/emergency contacts information on how to reports incidents of fraud, abuse and neglect to the Illinois Medicare Fraud Unit.
- Owners and Licensees of Nursing Homes are required to keep documentation on their compliance with the new disclosure requirements.
- Any report of abuse and neglect that is made to the Administrator, Director of Nursing or person with "management authority" (presumably someone like a supervising nurse, Assistant DON, etc.) must be disclosed to the owners and licensee of the nursing home within 24 hours. The nursing home must also keep records of this reporting.
- All owners of Nursing Homes must disclose their ownership interest to the Illinois Department of Public Health within 30 days of July 30, 2010.
- Any owner that fails to meet these disclosure requirements could be found guilty of a Misdemeanor, but further failures could result in a Class 4 Felony.
- Any owner who files false information could be guilty of a Class A Misdemeanor.
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