093_HB3198ham001
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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3198
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 3198 on page 4,
3 line 30, by replacing "based on a" with "against whom there
4 is a substantiated"; and
5 on page 4, line 31, by replacing "that is" with "that is";
6 and
7 on page 4, line 32, after the period, by inserting "Any
8 person who is a member of a collective bargaining unit
9 pursuant to the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act or any
10 federal labor statute may elect to use the grievance or
11 arbitration process under subsection (g-5) of this Section as
12 an alternative to the appeal process described in this
13 subsection (c)."; and
14 on page 4, line 34, by replacing "Department's" with
15 "Department of Human Services'"; and
16 on page 5, line 1, after the period, by inserting "At such
17 hearing the Inspector General shall be required to establish
18 by a preponderance of the evidence that the reported incident
19 did occur and that the actions of the person or agency met
20 the general standard for a finding of abuse or neglect. If,
21 as a result of such hearing, the Inspector General's
22 substantiated finding of abuse or neglect is overturned, the
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1 Department shall in no case report such finding to the
2 Department of Public Health's nurse aide registry. If a
3 finding that has already been reported to the Department of
4 Public Health's nurse aide registry is later overturned as a
5 result of such hearing, the report must be removed from the
6 registry."; and
7 on page 6, lines 14 and 15, by replacing "under subsection
8 (c)," with "under this subsection (c),"; and
9 on page 6, line 16, by replacing "process," with "process as
10 implemented under subsection (c) of his Section,".