NURSNG HOME-IDENTIFIED OFFENDR

Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that the required screening for nursing home services must include a background check. Provides that the purpose of a required risk assessment is to determine the degree of risk that an identified offender poses to the safety of facility residents and what security procedures are necessary to provide for their protection, including whether the identified offender should be segregated from other facility residents. Provides for the conditional admission of a resident pending receipt of a background check and for an identified offender's emergency discharge if the facility determines that it cannot meet the conditions set forth in the risk assessments. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.