SPRINGFIELD – A law recently signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker will extend the deadline for the state to transfer criminal defendants deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial from jail…
SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation Tuesday, May 31 that will pump an additional $700 million annually into Medicaid-funded nursing homes, provided they use that money…
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois House advanced a measure Monday, April 4 that aims to ensure nursing home patients have a right to visitors even amid a public health emergency. Senate…
SPRINGFIELD – A political battle is shaping up between Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration and one segment of the nursing home industry over a key element of the governor’s budget…
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Senate worked through a long list of bills Thursday, April 29 as lawmakers prepared to enter the final stretch of the 2021 session. Those bills included…
SPRINGFIELD – A bill that would inject more than $700 million annually into Medicaid-funded nursing homes to increase staffing levels and improve quality of care unanimously cleared…
SPRINGFIELD – Officials at the Department of Healthcare and Family Services believe they made “significant progress” this week toward reaching agreement on a plan to overhaul…
SPRINGFIELD – A new report released Wednesday, Oct. 13 says staffing shortages at nursing homes in Illinois have reached crisis proportions and that people of color are most at risk…
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