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                                     LRB093 06995 AMC 14248 a

 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,".