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HB 3392

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2025 Regular Session

Requires assisted living and shared housing to maintain a written emergency plan for resident needs and run six drills yearly, including night staff drills and evacuations.

In committee upon adjournment.
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Bill Summary · HB 3392

HB 3392 — Summary (Assisted Living and Shared Housing Establishments: Emergency Plans & Drills)

Status: In committee upon adjournment (last action: 2025-06-28)
Introduced: February 2025 (filed 2/7/2025; first reading 2/18/2025)
Primary sponsor: Rep. Norine K. Hammond
Primary change: Adds Section 91 to the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Establishments Act (210 ILCS 9)

Purpose / Intent

Require assisted living and shared housing establishments to adopt comprehensive written emergency/disaster plans that account for residents’ physical and cognitive needs and to increase the frequency and scope of disaster preparedness drills. The bill aims to improve resident safety during disasters, extreme temperatures, power outages, flooding, and other emergencies.

Key provisions

  • New statutory section (210 ILCS 9/91) requiring each establishment to maintain a written emergency/disaster plan addressing:

    • Protection of all persons, shelter-in-place procedures, evacuation to areas of refuge, and full building evacuation when necessary.
    • Physical and cognitive needs of residents, including special staff response and procedures to ensure the safety of residents with unusual needs. Plans must be revised when such residents are admitted.
    • Temporary relocation procedures for disasters requiring relocation.
    • Movement to safe locations within the facility for tornado or severe thunderstorm warnings.
    • Temporary relocation if bedroom temperatures fall below 55°F for 12+ hours due to mechanical failure or power loss.
    • Provisions when the indoor heat index/apparent temperature in living/dining/activities/sleeping areas exceeds 80°F (per NOAA).
    • Addressing power outages and flood-contingency if located on a flood plain.

  • Drill requirements:

    • At least 6 drills per year, scheduled bimonthly.
    • At least 2 drills must be staff-only and conducted at night when residents are sleeping.
    • Drills must be conducted under varied conditions to ensure all personnel on all shifts are trained for assigned tasks, familiar with firefighting equipment, and to evaluate plan effectiveness.
    • Drills should include residents (except nighttime staff-only drills) and involve actual evacuation to an assembly point unless a local fire-department-approved shelter-in-place protocol exists.
    • If full evacuation is deemed “impractical” (e.g., high number of occupants with severe mobility limitations), drills must simulate realistic evacuation scenarios; residents who cannot meaningfully assist need not participate in full evacuation drills.

Who is affected

  • Assisted living and shared housing establishments (operators and management)
  • Residents, particularly those with mobility, medical, or cognitive limitations
  • Staff (training and night drills)
  • Local fire departments and emergency management (coordination/approval for shelter-in-place protocols)
  • Potentially families, temporary relocation providers, and vendors supplying backup power or transport

Potential impacts and considerations

  • Operational: increased planning, documentation, coordination with local emergency services, and staff training time.
  • Financial: costs for additional drills, staff overtime for night drills, possible investments in backup power, HVAC upgrades, relocation arrangements, and equipment familiarization.
  • Safety: intended to improve preparedness and response, reduce risk during extreme temperature events, outages, floods, and severe weather.
  • Flexibility: the bill provides limited exceptions (impractical evacuation classification) but requires realistic simulation when full evacuation cannot be performed.

Legislative timeline / actions (selected)

  • Filed: 2025-02-07
  • First reading: 2025-02-18
  • Referred to Rules, Human Services, then Public Health committees (public hearing 2025-06-25)
  • In committee upon adjournment: 2025-06-28

Related bill: HB 1356 (companion)

If you want, I can produce a compliant checklist template establishments could use to meet the new plan and drill requirements.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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