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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2531
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2531, AS AMENDED, in | ||||||
| 3 | Section 5, Sec. 30, subsec. (d-5), by deleting "UCIA"; and
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| 4 | in Section 5, Sec. 30, subsec. (d-5), after "employees", by | ||||||
| 5 | inserting "hired on or after January 1, 2006"; and | ||||||
| 6 | in Section 5, Sec. 70, by replacing subsec. (a) with the | ||||||
| 7 | following: | ||||||
| 8 | "(a) In this Section: | ||||||
| 9 | "Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMMS) grant" | ||||||
| 10 | means the grant awarded to and distributed by the Department of | ||||||
| 11 | Public Health to enhance the conduct of criminal history | ||||||
| 12 | records checks of certain health care employees. The CMMS grant | ||||||
| 13 | is authorized by Section 307 of the federal Medicare | ||||||
| 14 | Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, | ||||||
| 15 | which establishes the framework for a program to evaluate | ||||||
| 16 | national and state background checks on perspective employees | ||||||
| 17 | with direct access to patients of long-term care facilities or | ||||||
| 18 | providers. | ||||||
| 19 | "Selected health care employer" means any of the following | ||||||
| 20 | selected to participate in the CMMS grant: | ||||||
| 21 | (1) a community living facility as defined in the | ||||||
| 22 | Community Living Facility Act; | ||||||
| 23 | (2) a long-term care facility as defined in the Nursing | ||||||
| 24 | Home Care Act; | ||||||
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| 1 | (3) a home health agency as defined in the Home Health | ||||||
| 2 | Agency Licensing Act; | ||||||
| 3 | (4) a full hospice as defined in the Hospice Licensing | ||||||
| 4 | Act; | ||||||
| 5 | (5) an establishment licensed under the Assisted | ||||||
| 6 | Living and Shared Housing Act; | ||||||
| 7 | (6) a supportive living facility as defined in the | ||||||
| 8 | Illinois Public Aid Code; | ||||||
| 9 | (7) a day training program certified by the Department | ||||||
| 10 | of Human Services; or | ||||||
| 11 | (8) a community integrated living arrangement operated | ||||||
| 12 | by a community mental health and developmental service | ||||||
| 13 | agency as defined in the Community Integrated Living | ||||||
| 14 | Arrangements Licensing and Certification Act."; and | ||||||
| 15 | in Section 5, Sec. 70, subsec. (c), after "With regards to | ||||||
| 16 | individuals", by inserting "hired on or after January 1, 2006"; | ||||||
| 17 | and | ||||||
| 18 | in Section 5, Sec. 70, subsec. (d), the sentence beginning "The | ||||||
| 19 | Department of State Police shall charge", after "actual cost of | ||||||
| 20 | the records check", by inserting "and shall be deposited into | ||||||
| 21 | the State Police Services Fund"; and | ||||||
| 22 | in Section 5, Sec. 70, by replacing subsec. (g) with the | ||||||
| 23 | following: | ||||||
| 24 | "(g) A fingerprint-based criminal history records check | ||||||
| 25 | submitted in accordance with subsection (d) of this Section | ||||||
| 26 | must meet the requirements for a UCIA criminal history records | ||||||
| 27 | check, as set forth in this Act. | ||||||
| 28 | (h) This Section shall be inapplicable upon the conclusion | ||||||
| 29 | of the CMMS grant.".
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