94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2204

 

Introduced 1/11/2006, by Sen. Deanna Demuzio

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
405 ILCS 90/35

    Amends the Health Care Workplace Violence Prevention Act. Increases the membership of the pilot project task force from 6 to 10, adding one representative of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; one representative of the Illinois Federation of Public Employees; and 2 representatives of the Department of Human Services, one representing the Division of Mental Health and the other representing the Division of Developmental Disabilities. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning health.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Health Care Workplace Violence Prevention
5 Act is amended by changing Section 35 as follows:
 
6     (405 ILCS 90/35)
7     Sec. 35. Pilot project; task force.
8     (a) The Department of Human Services and the Department of
9 Public Health shall initially implement this Act as a 2-year
10 pilot project in which only the following health care
11 workplaces shall participate:
12         (1) The Chester Mental Health Center.
13         (2) The Alton Mental Health Center.
14         (3) The Douglas Singer Mental Health Center.
15         (4) The Andrew McFarland Mental Health Center.
16         (5) The Jacksonville Developmental Center.
17     Each health care workplace participating in the pilot
18 project shall comply with this Act as provided in this Act.
19     (b) The Governor shall convene a 10-member 6-member task
20 force consisting of the following: one member appointed by the
21 President of the Senate; one member appointed by the Minority
22 Leader of the Senate; one member appointed by the Speaker of
23 House of Representatives; one member appointed by the Minority
24 Leader of the House of Representatives; one representative from
25 a statewide association representing licensed registered
26 professional nurses; one representative of the American
27 Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; one
28 representative of the Illinois Federation of Public Employees;
29 and 3 representatives of the Department of Human Services, with
30 one representative from the Division of Mental Health and one
31 representative from the Division of Developmental Disabilities
32 of and one representative from the Department of Human

 

 

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1 Services. The task force shall submit a report to the Illinois
2 General Assembly by January 1, 2008 that shall (i) evaluate the
3 effectiveness of the health care workplace violence prevention
4 pilot project in the facilities participating in the pilot
5 project and (ii) make recommendations concerning the
6 implementation of workplace violence prevention programs in
7 all health care workplaces.
8 (Source: P.A. 94-347, eff. 7-28-05.)
 
9     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10 becoming law.