97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3927

 

Introduced 1/10/2012, by Rep. Keith Farnham

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
210 ILCS 45/2-207.1 new
210 ILCS 45/3-206  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-206

    Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that upon the request of a resident representative, a facility shall provide the names and job titles of all employees that had access to a resident, the resident's room, and the resident's financial records in the 30 days preceding an alleged incident that resulted in the filing of a complaint with the Department of Public Health. Provides that the facility shall prepare the list and provide it electronically to the requesting resident representative within 30 days after the filing of the complaint. Adds to the mandated curriculum for training nursing assistants, habilitation aides, and child care aides participation in training each year that assists nursing assistants and habilitation aides in coping with individuals of advanced years who have hearing, memory, physical, and cognitive impairments. Provides that the training shall use a curriculum approved by the Department of Public Health. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning health facilities.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by changing
5Section 3-206 and by adding Section 2-207.1 as follows:
 
6    (210 ILCS 45/2-207.1 new)
7    Sec. 2-207.1. Employee information. Upon the request of a
8resident representative, a facility shall provide the names and
9job titles of all employees that had access to a resident, the
10resident's room, and the resident's financial records in the 30
11days preceding an alleged incident that resulted in the filing
12of a complaint with the Department of Public Health. The
13facility shall prepare the list and provide it electronically
14to the requesting resident representative within 30 days after
15the filing of the complaint.
 
16    (210 ILCS 45/3-206)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-206)
17    Sec. 3-206. The Department shall prescribe a curriculum for
18training nursing assistants, habilitation aides, and child
19care aides.
20    (a) No person, except a volunteer who receives no
21compensation from a facility and is not included for the
22purpose of meeting any staffing requirements set forth by the

 

 

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1Department, shall act as a nursing assistant, habilitation
2aide, or child care aide in a facility, nor shall any person,
3under any other title, not licensed, certified, or registered
4to render medical care by the Department of Professional
5Regulation, assist with the personal, medical, or nursing care
6of residents in a facility, unless such person meets the
7following requirements:
8        (1) Be at least 16 years of age, of temperate habits
9    and good moral character, honest, reliable and
10    trustworthy.
11        (2) Be able to speak and understand the English
12    language or a language understood by a substantial
13    percentage of the facility's residents.
14        (3) Provide evidence of employment or occupation, if
15    any, and residence for 2 years prior to his present
16    employment.
17        (4) Have completed at least 8 years of grade school or
18    provide proof of equivalent knowledge.
19        (5) Begin a current course of training for nursing
20    assistants, habilitation aides, or child care aides,
21    approved by the Department, within 45 days of initial
22    employment in the capacity of a nursing assistant,
23    habilitation aide, or child care aide at any facility. Such
24    courses of training shall be successfully completed within
25    120 days of initial employment in the capacity of nursing
26    assistant, habilitation aide, or child care aide at a

 

 

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1    facility. Nursing assistants, habilitation aides, and
2    child care aides who are enrolled in approved courses in
3    community colleges or other educational institutions on a
4    term, semester or trimester basis, shall be exempt from the
5    120 day completion time limit. The Department shall adopt
6    rules for such courses of training. These rules shall
7    include procedures for facilities to carry on an approved
8    course of training within the facility.
9        The Department may accept comparable training in lieu
10    of the 120 hour course for student nurses, foreign nurses,
11    military personnel, or employees employes of the
12    Department of Human Services.
13        The facility shall develop and implement procedures,
14    which shall be approved by the Department, for an ongoing
15    review process, which shall take place within the facility,
16    for nursing assistants, habilitation aides, and child care
17    aides.
18        At the time of each regularly scheduled licensure
19    survey, or at the time of a complaint investigation, the
20    Department may require any nursing assistant, habilitation
21    aide, or child care aide to demonstrate, either through
22    written examination or action, or both, sufficient
23    knowledge in all areas of required training. If such
24    knowledge is inadequate the Department shall require the
25    nursing assistant, habilitation aide, or child care aide to
26    complete inservice training and review in the facility

 

 

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1    until the nursing assistant, habilitation aide, or child
2    care aide demonstrates to the Department, either through
3    written examination or action, or both, sufficient
4    knowledge in all areas of required training.
5        (6) Be familiar with and have general skills related to
6    resident care.
7        (7) Participate in training each year that assists
8    nursing assistants and habilitation aides in coping with
9    individuals of advanced years who have hearing, memory,
10    physical, and cognitive impairments. Training shall use a
11    curriculum approved by the Department.
12    (a-0.5) An educational entity, other than a secondary
13school, conducting a nursing assistant, habilitation aide, or
14child care aide training program shall initiate a criminal
15history record check in accordance with the Health Care Worker
16Background Check Act prior to entry of an individual into the
17training program. A secondary school may initiate a criminal
18history record check in accordance with the Health Care Worker
19Background Check Act at any time during or after a training
20program.
21    (a-1) Nursing assistants, habilitation aides, or child
22care aides seeking to be included on the registry maintained
23under Section 3-206.01 on or after January 1, 1996 must
24authorize the Department of Public Health or its designee to
25request a criminal history record check in accordance with the
26Health Care Worker Background Check Act and submit all

 

 

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1necessary information. An individual may not newly be included
2on the registry unless a criminal history record check has been
3conducted with respect to the individual.
4    (b) Persons subject to this Section shall perform their
5duties under the supervision of a licensed nurse.
6    (c) It is unlawful for any facility to employ any person in
7the capacity of nursing assistant, habilitation aide, or child
8care aide, or under any other title, not licensed by the State
9of Illinois to assist in the personal, medical, or nursing care
10of residents in such facility unless such person has complied
11with this Section.
12    (d) Proof of compliance by each employee with the
13requirements set out in this Section shall be maintained for
14each such employee by each facility in the individual personnel
15folder of the employee. Proof of training shall be obtained
16only from the health care worker registry.
17    (e) Each facility shall obtain access to the health care
18worker registry's web application, maintain the employment and
19demographic information relating to each employee, and verify
20by the category and type of employment that each employee
21subject to this Section meets all the requirements of this
22Section.
23    (f) Any facility that is operated under Section 3-803 shall
24be exempt from the requirements of this Section.
25    (g) Each skilled nursing and intermediate care facility
26that admits persons who are diagnosed as having Alzheimer's

 

 

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1disease or related dementias shall require all nursing
2assistants, habilitation aides, or child care aides, who did
3not receive 12 hours of training in the care and treatment of
4such residents during the training required under paragraph (5)
5of subsection (a), to obtain 12 hours of in-house training in
6the care and treatment of such residents. If the facility does
7not provide the training in-house, the training shall be
8obtained from other facilities, community colleges or other
9educational institutions that have a recognized course for such
10training. The Department shall, by rule, establish a recognized
11course for such training. The Department's rules shall provide
12that such training may be conducted in-house at each facility
13subject to the requirements of this subsection, in which case
14such training shall be monitored by the Department.
15    The Department's rules shall also provide for
16circumstances and procedures whereby any person who has
17received training that meets the requirements of this
18subsection shall not be required to undergo additional training
19if he or she is transferred to or obtains employment at a
20different facility or a facility other than a long-term care
21facility but remains continuously employed for pay as a nursing
22assistant, habilitation aide, or child care aide. Individuals
23who have performed no nursing or nursing-related services for a
24period of 24 consecutive months shall be listed as "inactive"
25and as such do not meet the requirements of this Section.
26Licensed sheltered care facilities shall be exempt from the

 

 

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1requirements of this Section.
2(Source: P.A. 96-1372, eff. 7-29-10.)
 
3    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4becoming law.