Rep. Terra Costa Howard

Filed: 3/21/2023

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2102

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2102 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Health Care Worker Background Check Act is
5amended by changing Sections 25 and 33 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 46/25)
7    Sec. 25. Hiring of people with criminal records by health
8care employers and long-term care facilities.
9    (a) A health care employer or long-term care facility may
10hire, employ, or retain any individual in a position involving
11direct care for clients, patients, or residents, or access to
12the living quarters or the financial, medical, or personal
13records of clients, patients, or residents who has been
14convicted of committing or attempting to commit one or more of
15the following offenses under the laws of this State, or of an
16offense that is substantially equivalent to the following

 

 

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1offenses under the laws of any other state or of the laws of
2the United States, as verified by court records, records from
3a state agency, or a Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal
4history records check, only with a waiver described in Section
540: those defined in Sections 8-1(b), 8-1.1, 8-1.2, 9-1,
69-1.2, 9-2, 9-2.1, 9-3, 9-3.1, 9-3.2, 9-3.3, 9-3.4, 10-1,
710-2, 10-3, 10-3.1, 10-4, 10-5, 10-7, 11-1.20, 11-1.30,
811-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 11-6, 11-9.1, 11-9.2, 11-9.3,
911-9.4-1, 11-9.5, 11-19.2, 11-20.1, 11-20.1B, 11-20.3, 12-1,
1012-2, 12-3.05, 12-3.1, 12-3.2, 12-3.3, 12-4, 12-4.1, 12-4.2,
1112-4.3, 12-4.4, 12-4.5, 12-4.6, 12-4.7, 12-7.4, 12-11, 12-13,
1212-14, 12-14.1, 12-15, 12-16, 12-19, 12-20.5, 12-21, 12-21.5,
1312-21.6, 12-32, 12-33, 12C-5, 12C-10, 16-1, 16-1.3, 16-25,
1416A-3, 17-3, 17-56, 18-1, 18-2, 18-3, 18-4, 18-5, 19-1, 19-3,
1519-4, 19-6, 20-1, 20-1.1, 24-1, 24-1.2, 24-1.5, 24-1.8,
1624-3.8, or 33A-2, or subdivision (a)(4) of Section 11-14.4, or
17in subsection (a) of Section 12-3 or subsection (a) or (b) of
18Section 12-4.4a, of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal
19Code of 2012; those provided in Section 4 of the Wrongs to
20Children Act; those provided in Section 53 of the Criminal
21Jurisprudence Act; those defined in subsection (c), (d), (e),
22(f), or (g) of Section 5 or Section 5.1, 5.2, 7, or 9 of the
23Cannabis Control Act; those defined in the Methamphetamine
24Control and Community Protection Act; those defined in
25Sections 401, 401.1, 404, 405, 405.1, 407, or 407.1 of the
26Illinois Controlled Substances Act; or subsection (a) of

 

 

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1Section 3.01, Section 3.02, or Section 3.03 of the Humane Care
2for Animals Act.
3    (a-1) A health care employer or long-term care facility
4may hire, employ, or retain any individual in a position
5involving direct care for clients, patients, or residents, or
6access to the living quarters or the financial, medical, or
7personal records of clients, patients, or residents who has
8been convicted of committing or attempting to commit one or
9more of the following offenses under the laws of this State, or
10of an offense that is substantially equivalent to the
11following offenses under the laws of any other state or of the
12laws of the United States, as verified by court records,
13records from a state agency, or a Federal Bureau of
14Investigation criminal history records check, only with a
15waiver described in Section 40: those offenses defined in
16Section 12-3.3, 12-4.2-5, 16-2, 16-30, 16G-15, 16G-20, 17-33,
1717-34, 17-36, 17-44, 18-5, 20-1.2, 24-1.1, 24-1.2-5, 24-1.6,
1824-3.2, or 24-3.3, or subsection (b) of Section 17-32,
19subsection (b) of Section 18-1, or subsection (b) of Section
2020-1, of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of
212012; Section 4, 5, 6, 8, or 17.02 of the Illinois Credit Card
22and Debit Card Act; or Section 11-9.1A of the Criminal Code of
231961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 or Section 5.1 of the Wrongs
24to Children Act; or (ii) violated Section 50-50 of the Nurse
25Practice Act.
26    A health care employer is not required to retain an

 

 

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1individual in a position with duties involving direct care for
2clients, patients, or residents, and no long-term care
3facility is required to retain an individual in a position
4with duties that involve or may involve contact with residents
5or access to the living quarters or the financial, medical, or
6personal records of residents, who has been convicted of
7committing or attempting to commit one or more of the offenses
8enumerated in this subsection.
9    (b) A health care employer shall not hire, employ, or
10retain, whether paid or on a volunteer basis, any individual
11in a position with duties involving direct care of clients,
12patients, or residents, and no long-term care facility shall
13knowingly hire, employ, or retain, whether paid or on a
14volunteer basis, any individual in a position with duties that
15involve or may involve contact with residents or access to the
16living quarters or the financial, medical, or personal records
17of residents, if the health care employer becomes aware that
18the individual has been convicted in another state of
19committing or attempting to commit an offense that has the
20same or similar elements as an offense listed in subsection
21(a) or (a-1), as verified by court records, records from a
22state agency, or an FBI criminal history record check, unless
23the applicant or employee obtains a waiver pursuant to Section
2440 of this Act. This shall not be construed to mean that a
25health care employer has an obligation to conduct a criminal
26history records check in other states in which an employee has

 

 

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1resided.
2    (c) A health care employer shall not hire, employ, or
3retain, whether paid or on a volunteer basis, any individual
4in a position with duties involving direct care of clients,
5patients, or residents, who has a finding by the Department of
6abuse, neglect, misappropriation of property, or theft denoted
7on the Health Care Worker Registry.
8    (d) A health care employer shall not hire, employ, or
9retain, whether paid or on a volunteer basis, any individual
10in a position with duties involving direct care of clients,
11patients, or residents if the individual has a verified and
12substantiated finding of abuse, neglect, or financial
13exploitation, as identified within the Adult Protective
14Service Registry established under Section 7.5 of the Adult
15Protective Services Act.
16    (e) A health care employer shall not hire, employ, or
17retain, whether paid or on a volunteer basis, any individual
18in a position with duties involving direct care of clients,
19patients, or residents who has a finding by the Department of
20Human Services of physical or sexual abuse, financial
21exploitation, or egregious neglect of an individual denoted on
22the Health Care Worker Registry.
23(Source: P.A. 99-872, eff. 1-1-17; 100-432, eff. 8-25-17.)
 
24    (225 ILCS 46/33)
25    Sec. 33. Fingerprint-based criminal history records check.

 

 

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1    (a) A fingerprint-based criminal history records check is
2not required for health care employees who have been
3continuously employed by a health care employer since October
41, 2007, have met the requirements for criminal history
5background checks prior to October 1, 2007, and have no
6disqualifying convictions or requested and received a waiver
7of those disqualifying convictions. These employees shall be
8retained on the Health Care Worker Registry as long as they
9remain active. Nothing in this subsection (a) shall be
10construed to prohibit a health care employer from initiating a
11criminal history records check for these employees. Should
12these employees seek a new position with a different health
13care employer, then a fingerprint-based criminal history
14records check shall be required.
15    (b) On October 1, 2007 or as soon thereafter as is
16reasonably practical, in the discretion of the Director of
17Public Health, and thereafter, any student, applicant, or
18employee who desires to be included on the Department of
19Public Health's Health Care Worker Registry shall authorize
20the Department of Public Health or its designee to request a
21fingerprint-based criminal history records check to determine
22if the individual has a conviction for a disqualifying
23offense. This authorization shall allow the Department of
24Public Health to request and receive information and
25assistance from any State or governmental agency. Each
26individual shall submit his or her fingerprints to the

 

 

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1Illinois State Police in an electronic format that complies
2with the form and manner for requesting and furnishing
3criminal history record information prescribed by the Illinois
4State Police. Such fingerprints shall be transmitted through a
5livescan fingerprint vendor licensed by the Department of
6Financial and Professional Regulation. The fingerprints
7submitted under this Section shall be checked against the
8Illinois State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation
9criminal history record databases, now and hereafter filed,
10including, but not limited to, civil, criminal, and latent
11fingerprint databases. the fingerprint records now and
12hereafter filed in the Illinois State Police criminal history
13record databases. The Illinois State Police shall charge a fee
14for conducting the criminal history records check, which shall
15be deposited into the State Police Services Fund and shall not
16exceed the actual cost of the records check. The Illinois
17State Police shall furnish, pursuant to positive
18identification, records of Illinois convictions and shall
19forward the national criminal history record information to
20the department or agency. The Illinois State Police shall
21forward the applicant's fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of
22Investigation. The Illinois State Police shall request that
23the Federal Bureau of Investigation conduct a national
24criminal history pertaining to the applicant The livescan
25vendor may act as the designee for individuals, educational
26entities, or health care employers in the collection of

 

 

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1Illinois State Police fees and deposit those fees into the
2State Police Services Fund. The Illinois State Police shall
3provide information concerning any criminal convictions, now
4or hereafter filed, against the individual.
5    (c) On October 1, 2007 or as soon thereafter as is
6reasonably practical, in the discretion of the Director of
7Public Health, and thereafter, an educational entity, other
8than a secondary school, conducting a nurse aide training
9program shall initiate a fingerprint-based criminal history
10records check required by this Act prior to entry of an
11individual into the training program.
12    (d) On October 1, 2007 or as soon thereafter as is
13reasonably practical, in the discretion of the Director of
14Public Health, and thereafter, a health care employer who
15makes a conditional offer of employment to an applicant for a
16position as an employee shall initiate a fingerprint-based
17criminal history record check, requested by the Department of
18Public Health, on the applicant, if such a background check
19has not been previously conducted. Workforce intermediaries
20and organizations providing pro bono legal services may
21initiate a fingerprint-based criminal history record check if
22a conditional offer of employment has not been made and a
23background check has not been previously conducted for an
24individual who has a disqualifying conviction and is receiving
25services from a workforce intermediary or an organization
26providing pro bono legal services.

 

 

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1    (e) When initiating a background check requested by the
2Department of Public Health, an educational entity, health
3care employer, workforce intermediary, or organization that
4provides pro bono legal services shall electronically submit
5to the Department of Public Health the student's, applicant's,
6or employee's social security number, demographics,
7disclosure, and authorization information in a format
8prescribed by the Department of Public Health within 2 working
9days after the authorization is secured. The student,
10applicant, or employee shall have his or her fingerprints
11collected electronically and transmitted to the Illinois State
12Police within 10 working days. The educational entity, health
13care employer, workforce intermediary, or organization that
14provides pro bono legal services shall transmit all necessary
15information and fees to the livescan vendor and Illinois State
16Police within 10 working days after receipt of the
17authorization. This information and the results of the
18criminal history record checks shall be maintained by the
19Department of Public Health's Health Care Worker Registry.
20    (f) A direct care employer may initiate a
21fingerprint-based background check required by this Act for
22any of its employees, but may not use this process to initiate
23background checks for residents. The results of any
24fingerprint-based background check that is initiated with the
25Department as the requester shall be entered in the Health
26Care Worker Registry.

 

 

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1    (g) As long as the employee or trainee has had a
2fingerprint-based criminal history record check required by
3this Act and stays active on the Health Care Worker Registry,
4no further criminal history record checks are required, as the
5Illinois State Police shall notify the Department of Public
6Health of any additional convictions associated with the
7fingerprints previously submitted. Health care employers shall
8check the Health Care Worker Registry before hiring an
9employee to determine that the individual has had a
10fingerprint-based record check required by this Act and has no
11disqualifying convictions or has been granted a waiver
12pursuant to Section 40 of this Act. If the individual has not
13had such a background check or is not active on the Health Care
14Worker Registry, then the health care employer shall initiate
15a fingerprint-based record check requested by the Department
16of Public Health. If an individual is inactive on the Health
17Care Worker Registry, that individual is prohibited from being
18hired to work as a certified nursing assistant if, since the
19individual's most recent completion of a competency test,
20there has been a period of 24 consecutive months during which
21the individual has not provided nursing or nursing-related
22services for pay. If the individual can provide proof of
23having retained his or her certification by not having a
2424-consecutive-month break in service for pay, he or she may
25be hired as a certified nursing assistant and that employment
26information shall be entered into the Health Care Worker

 

 

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1Registry.
2    (h) On October 1, 2007 or as soon thereafter as is
3reasonably practical, in the discretion of the Director of
4Public Health, and thereafter, if the Illinois State Police
5notifies the Department of Public Health that an employee has
6a new conviction of a disqualifying offense, based upon the
7fingerprints that were previously submitted, then (i) the
8Health Care Worker Registry shall notify the employee's last
9known employer of the offense, (ii) a record of the employee's
10disqualifying offense shall be entered on the Health Care
11Worker Registry, and (iii) the individual shall no longer be
12eligible to work as an employee unless he or she obtains a
13waiver pursuant to Section 40 of this Act.
14    (i) On October 1, 2007, or as soon thereafter, in the
15discretion of the Director of Public Health, as is reasonably
16practical, and thereafter, each direct care employer or its
17designee shall provide an employment verification for each
18employee no less than annually. The direct care employer or
19its designee shall log into the Health Care Worker Registry
20through a secure login. The health care employer or its
21designee shall indicate employment and termination dates
22within 30 days after hiring or terminating an employee, as
23well as the employment category and type. Failure to comply
24with this subsection (i) constitutes a licensing violation. A
25fine of up to $500 may be imposed for failure to maintain these
26records. This information shall be used by the Department of

 

 

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1Public Health to notify the last known employer of any
2disqualifying offenses that are reported by the Illinois State
3Police.
4    (j) In the event that an applicant or employee has a waiver
5for one or more disqualifying offenses pursuant to Section 40
6of this Act and he or she is otherwise eligible to work, the
7Health Care Worker Registry shall indicate that the applicant
8or employee is eligible to work and that additional
9information is available on the Health Care Worker Registry.
10The Health Care Worker Registry may indicate that the
11applicant or employee has received a waiver.
12    (k) The student, applicant, or employee shall be notified
13of each of the following whenever a fingerprint-based criminal
14history records check is required:
15        (1) That the educational entity, health care employer,
16    or long-term care facility shall initiate a
17    fingerprint-based criminal history record check required
18    by this Act of the student, applicant, or employee.
19        (2) That the student, applicant, or employee has a
20    right to obtain a copy of the criminal records report that
21    indicates a conviction for a disqualifying offense and
22    challenge the accuracy and completeness of the report
23    through an established Illinois State Police procedure of
24    Access and Review.
25        (3) That the applicant, if hired conditionally, may be
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1    the applicant has a record of a conviction of any of the
2    criminal offenses enumerated in Section 25, unless the
3    applicant obtains a waiver pursuant to Section 40 of this
4    Act.
5        (4) That the applicant, if not hired conditionally,
6    shall not be hired if the criminal records report
7    indicates that the applicant has a record of a conviction
8    of any of the criminal offenses enumerated in Section 25,
9    unless the applicant obtains a waiver pursuant to Section
10    40 of this Act.
11        (5) That the employee shall be terminated if the
12    criminal records report indicates that the employee has a
13    record of a conviction of any of the criminal offenses
14    enumerated in Section 25.
15        (6) If, after the employee has originally been
16    determined not to have disqualifying offenses, the
17    employer is notified that the employee has a new
18    conviction(s) of any of the criminal offenses enumerated
19    in Section 25, then the employee shall be terminated.
20    (l) A health care employer or long-term care facility may
21conditionally employ an applicant for up to 3 months pending
22the results of a fingerprint-based criminal history record
23check requested by the Department of Public Health.
24    (m) The Department of Public Health or an entity
25responsible for inspecting, licensing, certifying, or
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1facility shall be immune from liability for notices given
2based on the results of a fingerprint-based criminal history
3record check.
4    (n) As used in this Section:
5    "Workforce intermediaries" means organizations that
6function to provide job training and employment services.
7Workforce intermediaries include institutions of higher
8education, faith-based and community organizations, and
9workforce investment boards.
10    "Organizations providing pro bono legal services" means
11legal services performed without compensation or at a
12significantly reduced cost to the recipient that provide
13services designed to help individuals overcome statutory
14barriers that would prevent them from entering positions in
15the healthcare industry.
16(Source: P.A. 101-176, eff. 7-31-19; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)".