Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Directs the Department of Public Health to study current and potential uses of electronic monitoring and recording for the purpose of preventing and identifying abuse and neglect within assisted living establishments. Requires the Department to report its findings to the General Assembly and Governor. Provides that, if the Department determines, after conducting its study, that the benefits of monitoring within assisted living establishments outweigh the costs of that monitoring, then the Department may adopt rules requiring the installation and use of electronic monitoring and recording within assisted living establishments.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 210 ILCS 9/79