NURS HOME-HOSP-HANDLE PATIENTS Senate SponsorsSen. Donne E. Trotter 1/9/2007SenateSession Sine Die 210 ILCS 45/3-217 new210 ILCS 85/6.22 newAmends the Nursing Home Care Act and the Hospital Licensing Act. Requires every nursing home and hospital to adopt and ensure implementation of a policy to identify, assess, and develop strategies to control the risk of injury to residents, patients, and nurses associated with the lifting, transferring, repositioning, or movement of a resident or patient. Sets forth certain items that must be included in the policy, including (i) an analysis of the risk of injury to residents, patients, and nurses posed by the handling needs of the resident or patient populations served by the nursing home or hospital and the physical environment in which resident or patient handling and movement occurs and (ii) education of nurses in the identification, assessment, and control of risk of injury to residents, patients, and nurses during resident or patient handling. Effective immediately. 1/20/2006SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Donne E. Trotter 1/20/2006SenateFirst Reading 1/20/2006SenateReferred to Rules 2/1/2006SenateAssigned to Health & Human Services 2/8/2006SenatePostponed - Health & Human Services 2/16/2006SenatePostponed - Health & Human Services 2/17/2006SenateRule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Rules 1/9/2007SenateSession Sine Die