305 ILCS 5/5F-5

(305 ILCS 5/5F-5) Sec. 5F-5. Findings. The General Assembly finds that elderly Illinoisans residing in a nursing home have the right to:

(1) quality health care regardless of the payer;

(2) receive medically necessary care prescribed by their doctors;

(3) a simple appeal process when care is denied; and

(4) make decisions about their care and where they receive it.

(Source: P.A. 98-651, eff. 6-16-14.)