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1 | AN ACT concerning health care workers.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Health Care Worker Background Check Act is | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by changing Sections 25 and 65 as follows:
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6 | (225 ILCS 46/25)
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7 | Sec. 25. Persons ineligible to be hired by health care | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | employers.
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9 | (a) No
After January 1, 1996, or January 1, 1997, as | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | applicable, no
health care employer shall knowingly hire, | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | employ, or retain any
individual in a position with duties | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | involving direct care for clients,
patients, or residents, who | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | has been convicted of committing or attempting to
commit one or | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | more of the offenses defined in Sections 8-1.1, 8-1.2, 9-1,
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15 | 9-1.2, 9-2, 9-2.1, 9-3, 9-3.1, 9-3.2, 9-3.3, 10-1, 10-2, 10-3, | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | 10-3.1, 10-4,
10-5, 10-7, 11-6, 11-9.1, 11-19.2, 11-20.1, 12-1, | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | 12-2, 12-3, 12-3.1,
12-3.2, 12-4, 12-4.1, 12-4.2, 12-4.3, | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | 12-4.4, 12-4.5, 12-4.6, 12-4.7, 12-7.4,
12-11, 12-13, 12-14, | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | 12-14.1, 12-15, 12-16, 12-19, 12-21, 12-21.6, 12-32,
12-33, | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | 16-1, 16-1.3,
16A-3, 17-3, 18-1, 18-2, 18-3, 18-4, 18-5, 19-1, | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | 19-3, 19-4, 20-1, 20-1.1,
24-1, 24-1.2, 24-1.5, or 33A-2 of the | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Criminal Code of 1961; those provided in
Section 4 of the | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Wrongs to Children Act; those provided in Section 53 of the
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24 | Criminal Jurisprudence Act; those defined in Section 5, 5.1, | |||||||||||||||||||||
25 | 5.2, 7, or 9 of
the Cannabis Control Act; or those defined in | |||||||||||||||||||||
26 | Sections 401, 401.1, 404, 405,
405.1, 407, or 407.1 of the | |||||||||||||||||||||
27 | Illinois Controlled Substances Act, unless the
applicant or | |||||||||||||||||||||
28 | employee obtains a waiver pursuant to Section 40.
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29 | (a-1) After January 1, 2004, no health care employer shall | |||||||||||||||||||||
30 | knowingly hire , employ, or retain
any individual in a position | |||||||||||||||||||||
31 | with duties involving direct care for clients,
patients, or | |||||||||||||||||||||
32 | residents who has (i) been convicted of committing or |
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1 | attempting
to commit one or more of the offenses defined in | ||||||
2 | Section 12-3.3, 12-4.2-5,
16-2, 16G-15, 16G-20, 18-5, 20-1.2, | ||||||
3 | 24-1.1, 24-1.2-5, 24-1.6, 24-3.2, or 24-3.3
of the Criminal | ||||||
4 | Code of 1961; Section 4, 5, 6, 8, or 17.02 of the Illinois
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5 | Credit Card and Debit Card Act; or Section 5.1 of the Wrongs to | ||||||
6 | Children Act;
or (ii) violated Section 10-5 of the Nursing and | ||||||
7 | Advanced Practice Nursing Act.
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8 | A UCIA criminal history record check need not be redone for | ||||||
9 | health care
employees who were
have been continuously employed | ||||||
10 | by a health care employer on or before
since
January 1, 2004, | ||||||
11 | but nothing in this Section prohibits a health care employer
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12 | from initiating a criminal history check for these employees.
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13 | A health care employer is not required to retain an | ||||||
14 | individual in a position
with duties involving direct care for | ||||||
15 | clients, patients, or residents who has
been convicted of | ||||||
16 | committing or attempting to commit one or more of
the offenses | ||||||
17 | enumerated in this subsection.
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18 | (b) A health care employer shall not hire, employ, or | ||||||
19 | retain any
individual in a position with duties involving | ||||||
20 | direct care of clients,
patients, or residents if the health | ||||||
21 | care employer becomes aware that the
individual has been | ||||||
22 | convicted in another state of committing or attempting to
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23 | commit an offense that has the same or similar elements as an | ||||||
24 | offense listed in
subsection (a) or (a-1), as verified by court | ||||||
25 | records, records from a state
agency, or an FBI criminal | ||||||
26 | history record check. This shall not be construed to
mean that | ||||||
27 | a health care employer has an obligation to conduct a criminal
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28 | history records check in other states in which an employee has | ||||||
29 | resided.
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30 | (Source: P.A. 93-224, eff. 7-18-03.)
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31 | (225 ILCS 46/65)
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32 | Sec. 65. Health Care Worker Task Force. A Health Care | ||||||
33 | Worker Task Force
shall be appointed to study and make | ||||||
34 | recommendations on statutory changes to
this Act.
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35 | (a) The Task Force shall monitor the status of the |
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1 | implementation of this
Act and monitor complaint | ||||||
2 | investigations relating to this Act by the Department
on Aging, | ||||||
3 | Department of Public Health, Department of Professional | ||||||
4 | Regulation,
and the Department of Human Services to determine | ||||||
5 | the criminal background, if
any, of health care workers who | ||||||
6 | have had findings of abuse, theft, or
exploitation.
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7 | (b) The Task Force shall make recommendations concerning | ||||||
8 | modifications to
the list of offenses enumerated in Section 25, | ||||||
9 | including time limits on all or
some of the disqualifying | ||||||
10 | offenses, and any other necessary or desirable
changes to the | ||||||
11 | Act.
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12 | (c) The Task Force shall issue an interim report to the | ||||||
13 | Governor and General
Assembly no later than September 1, 2004
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14 | January 1, 2004 . The final report shall be issued no
later than | ||||||
15 | September 30, 2005, and shall include specific statutory | ||||||
16 | changes
recommended, if any.
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17 | (d) The Task Force shall be composed of the following | ||||||
18 | members, who shall
serve without pay:
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19 | (1) a chairman knowledgeable about health care issues, | ||||||
20 | who shall be
appointed by the Governor;
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21 | (2) the Director of Public Health or his or her | ||||||
22 | designee;
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23 | (3) the Director of State Police or his or her | ||||||
24 | designee;
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25 | (4)
(3.5) the Director of Public Aid or his or her | ||||||
26 | designee;
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27 | (5)
(3.6) the Secretary of Human Services or his or her | ||||||
28 | designee;
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29 | (6)
(3.7) the Director of Aging or his or her designee;
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30 | (7)
(4) 2 representatives of health care providers, who | ||||||
31 | shall be appointed
by the Governor;
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32 | (8)
(5) 2 representatives of health care employees, who | ||||||
33 | shall be appointed
by the Governor;
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34 | (9)
(5.5) a representative of a Community Care | ||||||
35 | homemaker program, who shall
be appointed by the Governor;
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36 | (10)
(6) a representative of the general public who has |
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1 | an interest in health
care, who shall be appointed by the | ||||||
2 | Governor; and
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3 | (11)
(7) 4 members of the General Assembly, one | ||||||
4 | appointed by the Speaker of
the House, one appointed by the | ||||||
5 | House Minority Leader, one appointed by the
President of | ||||||
6 | the Senate, and one appointed by the Senate Minority | ||||||
7 | Leader.
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8 | (Source: P.A. 93-224, eff. 7-18-03.)
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9 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
10 | becoming law.
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