Patrick J. Joyce, Illinois Senate from the 40th District (D) | https://www.facebook.com/senPatrickjoyce40/
Patrick J. Joyce, Illinois Senate from the 40th District (D) | https://www.facebook.com/senPatrickjoyce40/
According to the Illinois General Assembly site, the legislature summarized the bill's official text as follows: "Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that the Directory published each year by the Department of Public Health for each public health region listing facilities shall contain the facility website address, if any."
The following is our breakdown, based on the actual bill text, and may include interpretation to clarify its provisions.
In essence, this bill amends the Nursing Home Care Act to require that the annual Directory published by the Department of Public Health for each public health region includes the facility website address, if available. The Directory, which the Department may provide for a fee, will also continue to list the facility's name and address, the number and type of licensed beds, the name of the cooperating hospital, the administrator's name, the facility's phone number, membership in a provider association, and accreditation status. Additionally, detailed information on basic care costs and operating policies must be accessible to the public upon request at each facility, though proprietary policies may be withheld to protect competitive interests.
Patrick J. Joyce has proposed another eight bills since the beginning of the 104th session.
Joyce graduated from Illinois State University with a BA.
Patrick Joyce is currently serving in the Illinois State Senate, representing the state's 40th Senate District. He replaced previous state senator Toi Hutchinson in 2019.
Bills in Illinois follow a multi-step legislative process, beginning with introduction in either the House or Senate, followed by committee review, floor debates, and votes in both chambers before reaching the governor for approval or veto. The General Assembly operates on a biennial schedule, and while typically thousands of bills are introduced each session, only a fraction successfully pass through the process to become law.
You can read more about bills and other measures here.
| Bill Number | Date Introduced | Short Description |
|---|---|---|
| SB1229 | 01/24/2025 | Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that the Directory published each year by the Department of Public Health for each public health region listing facilities shall contain the facility website address, if any. |
| SB1230 | 01/24/2025 | Amends the Capital Development Board Act. Provides that, on or before July 1, 2026, and every year thereafter, the Capital Development Board shall submit a report to the General Assembly and the Governor concerning all upcoming and proposed projects constructed by or under the supervision of the Board. |
| SB0217 | 01/22/2025 | Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning creation of a firefighters' pension fund. |
| SB0218 | 01/22/2025 | Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that aggravated assault of a teacher upon school grounds or grounds adjacent to a school or in any part of a building used for school purposes is a Class 4 felony (rather than a Class A misdemeanor). |
| SB0258 | 01/22/2025 | Amends the Personnel Code. Provides that, if requirements exist under federal law, regulation, or rule for administration of programs by methods relating to the establishment and maintenance of personnel standards on a merit basis on January 1, 2025, those requirements shall remain in place for the purpose of administration of those programs by the State. Effective immediately. |
| SB0151 | 01/17/2025 | Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| SB0152 | 01/17/2025 | Amends the Illinois Fire Protection Training Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| SB0153 | 01/17/2025 | Amends the Illinois Fire Protection Training Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| SB0154 | 01/17/2025 | Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning creation of a firefighters' pension fund. |
| SB0155 | 01/17/2025 | Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that an elected or appointed member of a public body of a township may satisfy specified training requirements of the Act by participating in a course of training sponsored or conducted by an organization that represents townships created under the Township Code. Specifies the contents of the course of training. Provides that if an organization that represents townships provides a course of training, it must provide a certificate of course completion to each elected or appointed member of a public body who successfully completes that course of training. |
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