Illinois senate president Don Harmon is helping owners of for-profit nursing homes dodge accountability for allowing illegal retaliation to continue in facilities.

Help put people before profit with 3 clicks: your own senator and senate president Harmon will hear from you.

Fear of retaliation for speaking up about abuse or violations silences residents, allows problems to fester, and helps owners skimp on care and maximize profits.

Sen. Lakesia Collins and 17 co-sponsors want to finally hold owners accountable by finally giving them with an incentive to ensure the facilities they own follow the law. This proposal is based on proven anti-retaliation laws in rental housing that have been on the books in several Illinois cities and counties for many years.  

Facility residents are asking for your voice, to send a message that is too loud to ignore.

Many Senate leaders are standing with the people. Harmon says he agrees illegal retaliation against facility residents is a problem that should not be tolerated, but owners should not be held accountable (disregarding 'respondeat superior,' a core principle behind much civil rights and environmental justice law)

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See here for some of the groups calling for ending illegal retaliation, and holding owners accountable.