(210 ILCS 45/2‑108) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4152‑108)
Sec. 2‑108. Every resident shall be permitted unimpeded, private and uncensored communication of his choice by mail, public telephone or visitation.
(a) The administrator shall ensure that correspondence is conveniently received and mailed, and that telephones are reasonably accessible.
(b) The administrator shall ensure that residents may have private visits at any reasonable hour unless such visits are not medically advisable for the resident as documented in the resident's clinical record by the resident's physician.
(c) The administrator shall ensure that space for visits is available and that facility personnel knock, except in an emergency, before entering any resident's room.
(d) Unimpeded, private and uncensored communication by mail, public telephone and visitation may be reasonably restricted by a physician only in order to protect the resident or others from harm, harassment or intimidation, provided that the reason for any such restriction is placed in the resident's clinical record by the physician and that notice of such restriction shall be given to all residents upon admission. However, all letters addressed by a resident to the Governor, members of the General Assembly, Attorney General, judges, state's attorneys, officers of the Department, or licensed attorneys at law shall be forwarded at once to the persons to whom they are addressed without examination by facility personnel. Letters in reply from the officials and attorneys mentioned above shall be delivered to the recipient without examination by facility personnel.
(e) The administrator shall ensure that married residents residing in the same facility be allowed to reside in the same room within the facility unless there is no room available in the facility or it is deemed medically inadvisable by the residents' attending physician and so documented in the residents' medical records.
(Source: P.A. 81‑223.) |
(210 ILCS 45/2‑110)
(from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4152‑110)
Sec. 2‑110.
(a) Any employee or agent of a public agency, any representative of a community legal services program or any other member of the general public shall be permitted access at reasonable hours to any individual resident of any facility, but only if there is neither a commercial purpose nor effect to such access and if the purpose is to do any of the following:
(1) Visit, talk with and make personal, social and
| legal services available to all residents; | |
(2) Inform residents of their rights and entitlements |
| and their corresponding obligations, under federal and State laws, by means of educational materials and discussions in groups and with individual residents; | |
(3) Assist residents in asserting their legal rights |
| regarding claims for public assistance, medical assistance and social security benefits, as well as in all other matters in which residents are aggrieved. Assistance may include counseling and litigation; or | |
(4) Engage in other methods of asserting, advising |
| and representing residents so as to extend to them full enjoyment of their rights. | |
(a‑5) If a resident of a licensed facility is an identified offender, any federal, State, or local law enforcement officer or county probation officer shall be permitted reasonable access to the individual resident to verify compliance with the requirements of the Sex Offender Registration Act, to verify compliance with the requirements of Public Act 94‑163 and this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, or to verify compliance with applicable terms of probation, parole, or mandatory supervised release.
(b) All persons entering a facility under this Section shall promptly notify appropriate facility personnel of their presence. They shall, upon request, produce identification to establish their identity. No such person shall enter the immediate living area of any resident without first identifying himself and then receiving permission from the resident to enter. The rights of other residents present in the room shall be respected. A resident may terminate at any time a visit by a person having access to the resident's living area under this Section.
(c) This Section shall not limit the power of the Department or other public agency otherwise permitted or required by law to enter and inspect a facility.
(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this Section, the administrator of a facility may refuse access to the facility to any person if the presence of that person in the facility would be injurious to the health and safety of a resident or would threaten the security of the property of a resident or the facility, or if the person seeks access to the facility for commercial purposes. Any person refused access to a facility may within 10 days request a hearing under Section 3‑703. In that proceeding, the burden of proof as to the right of the facility to refuse access under this Section shall be on the facility.
(Source: P.A. 94‑163, eff. 7‑11‑05; 94‑752, eff. 5‑10‑06.) |
(210 ILCS 45/2‑108) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4152‑108)
Sec. 2‑108. Every resident shall be permitted unimpeded, private and uncensored communication of his choice by mail, public telephone or visitation.
(a) The administrator shall ensure that correspondence is conveniently received and mailed, and that telephones are reasonably accessible.
(b) The administrator shall ensure that residents may have private visits at any reasonable hour unless such visits are not medically advisable for the resident as documented in the resident's clinical record by the resident's physician.
(c) The administrator shall ensure that space for visits is available and that facility personnel knock, except in an emergency, before entering any resident's room.
(d) Unimpeded, private and uncensored communication by mail, public telephone and visitation may be reasonably restricted by a physician only in order to protect the resident or others from harm, harassment or intimidation, provided that the reason for any such restriction is placed in the resident's clinical record by the physician and that notice of such restriction shall be given to all residents upon admission. However, all letters addressed by a resident to the Governor, members of the General Assembly, Attorney General, judges, state's attorneys, officers of the Department, or licensed attorneys at law shall be forwarded at once to the persons to whom they are addressed without examination by facility personnel. Letters in reply from the officials and attorneys mentioned above shall be delivered to the recipient without examination by facility personnel.
(e) The administrator shall ensure that married residents residing in the same facility be allowed to reside in the same room within the facility unless there is no room available in the facility or it is deemed medically inadvisable by the residents' attending physician and so documented in the residents' medical records.
(Source: P.A. 81‑223.) |
(210 ILCS 45/2‑110)
(from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4152‑110)
Sec. 2‑110.
(a) Any employee or agent of a public agency, any representative of a community legal services program or any other member of the general public shall be permitted access at reasonable hours to any individual resident of any facility, but only if there is neither a commercial purpose nor effect to such access and if the purpose is to do any of the following:
(1) Visit, talk with and make personal, social and
| legal services available to all residents; | |
(2) Inform residents of their rights and entitlements |
| and their corresponding obligations, under federal and State laws, by means of educational materials and discussions in groups and with individual residents; | |
(3) Assist residents in asserting their legal rights |
| regarding claims for public assistance, medical assistance and social security benefits, as well as in all other matters in which residents are aggrieved. Assistance may include counseling and litigation; or | |
(4) Engage in other methods of asserting, advising |
| and representing residents so as to extend to them full enjoyment of their rights. | |
(a‑5) If a resident of a licensed facility is an identified offender, any federal, State, or local law enforcement officer or county probation officer shall be permitted reasonable access to the individual resident to verify compliance with the requirements of the Sex Offender Registration Act, to verify compliance with the requirements of Public Act 94‑163 and this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, or to verify compliance with applicable terms of probation, parole, or mandatory supervised release.
(b) All persons entering a facility under this Section shall promptly notify appropriate facility personnel of their presence. They shall, upon request, produce identification to establish their identity. No such person shall enter the immediate living area of any resident without first identifying himself and then receiving permission from the resident to enter. The rights of other residents present in the room shall be respected. A resident may terminate at any time a visit by a person having access to the resident's living area under this Section.
(c) This Section shall not limit the power of the Department or other public agency otherwise permitted or required by law to enter and inspect a facility.
(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this Section, the administrator of a facility may refuse access to the facility to any person if the presence of that person in the facility would be injurious to the health and safety of a resident or would threaten the security of the property of a resident or the facility, or if the person seeks access to the facility for commercial purposes. Any person refused access to a facility may within 10 days request a hearing under Section 3‑703. In that proceeding, the burden of proof as to the right of the facility to refuse access under this Section shall be on the facility.
(Source: P.A. 94‑163, eff. 7‑11‑05; 94‑752, eff. 5‑10‑06.) |