99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB3027

 

Introduced 2/18/2016, by Sen. Don Harmon

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to make the Health Care Worker Registry that includes background check and training information accessible by health care employers. Allows the Department to maintain a publicly accessible registry. Makes changes regarding information that must be contained in the registry accessible to health care employers. Requires the Department to limit specific offense information on an applicant or employee. Requires that after June 30, 2016, the public registry report that an individual is ineligible for employment if he or she has a disqualifying offense under the Health Care Worker Background Check Act and has not received a waiver under that Act. Requires that the public registry report than an individual is eligible for employment if he or she has received a waiver but not the waiver information. Amends the Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Allows a health care employer to hire an individual with a disqualifying offense if the individual has received a waiver under the Act (rather than in the discretion of the Department of Public Health, no health care employer shall knowingly hire, employ, or retain any individual in a position with duties involving direct care for clients, patients, or residents, and no long-term care facility shall knowingly hire, employ, or retain any individual in a position with duties that involve or may involve contact with residents or access to the living quarters or the financial, medical, or personal records of residents, who has been convicted of committing or attempting to commit certain offenses). Creates a Health Care Worker Registry working group in the Office of the Governor. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
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 3-206.01 as follows:
 
6    (210 ILCS 45/3-206.01)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-206.01)
7    Sec. 3-206.01. Health care worker registry.
8    (a) The Department shall establish and maintain a Health
9Care Worker Registry accessible by health care employers that
10includes background check and training information registry of
11all individuals who (i) have satisfactorily completed the
12training required by Section 3-206, (ii) have begun a current
13course of training as set forth in Section 3-206, or (iii) are
14otherwise acting as a nursing assistant, habilitation aide,
15home health aide, psychiatric services rehabilitation aide, or
16child care aide. The registry shall include the individual's
17name, his or her current address, Social Security number, and
18the date and location of the training course completed by the
19individual, and whether the individual has any of the
20disqualifying convictions listed in Section 25 of the Health
21Care Worker Background Check Act from the date of the
22individual's last criminal records check. Any individual
23placed on the registry is required to inform the Department of

 

 

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1any change of address within 30 days. A facility shall not
2employ an individual as a nursing assistant, habilitation aide,
3home health aide, psychiatric services rehabilitation aide, or
4child care aide, or newly hired as an individual who may have
5access to a resident, a resident's living quarters, or a
6resident's personal, financial, or medical records, unless the
7facility has inquired of the Department's health care worker
8registry as to information in the registry concerning the
9individual. The facility shall not employ an individual as a
10nursing assistant, habilitation aide, or child care aide if
11that individual is not on the registry unless the individual is
12enrolled in a training program under paragraph (5) of
13subsection (a) of Section 3-206 of this Act. The Department may
14also maintain a publicly accessible registry.
15    (a-5) The registry maintained by the Department exclusive
16to health care employers shall clearly indicate whether an
17applicant or employee is eligible for employment and shall
18include the following:
19        (1) information about the individual, including the
20    individual's name, his or her current address, Social
21    Security number, the date and location of the training
22    course completed by the individual, whether the individual
23    has any of the disqualifying convictions listed in Section
24    25 of the Health Care Worker Background Check Act from the
25    date of the individual's last criminal record check,
26    whether the individual has a waiver pending under Section

 

 

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1    40 of the Health Care Worker Background Check Act, and
2    whether the individual has received a waiver under Section
3    40 of that Act;
4        (2) the following language:
5            "A waiver granted by the Department of Public
6        Health is a determination that the applicant or
7        employee is eligible to work in a health care facility.
8        The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission provides
9        guidance about federal law regarding hiring of
10        individuals with criminal records."; and
11        (3) a link to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
12    guidance regarding hiring of individuals with criminal
13    records.
14    (a-10) The Department shall not post specific information
15regarding disqualifying offenses, including the charge or date
16of an offense, on the registry.
17    (a-15) After June 30, 2016, the publicly accessible
18registry maintained by the Department shall report that an
19individual is ineligible to work if he or she has a
20disqualifying offense under Section 25 of the Health Care
21Worker Background Check Act and has not received a waiver under
22Section 40 of that Act. If an applicant or employee has
23received a waiver for one or more disqualifying offenses under
24Section 40 of the Health Care Worker Background Check Act and
25he or she is otherwise eligible to work, the Department of
26Public Health shall report on the public registry that the

 

 

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1applicant or employee is eligible to work. The Department,
2however, shall not report information regarding the waiver on
3the public registry.
4    (a-20) If the Department finds that a nursing assistant,
5habilitation aide, home health aide, psychiatric services
6rehabilitation aide, or child care aide, or an unlicensed
7individual, has abused or neglected a resident or an individual
8under his or her care or misappropriated property of a resident
9or an individual under his or her care, the Department shall
10notify the individual of this finding by certified mail sent to
11the address contained in the registry. The notice shall give
12the individual an opportunity to contest the finding in a
13hearing before the Department or to submit a written response
14to the findings in lieu of requesting a hearing. If, after a
15hearing or if the individual does not request a hearing, the
16Department finds that the individual abused a resident,
17neglected a resident, or misappropriated resident property in a
18facility, the finding shall be included as part of the registry
19as well as a clear and accurate summary from the individual, if
20he or she chooses to make such a statement. The Department
21shall make the following information in the registry available
22to the public: an individual's full name; the date an
23individual successfully completed a nurse aide training or
24competency evaluation; and whether the Department has made a
25finding that an individual has been guilty of abuse or neglect
26of a resident or misappropriation of resident property. In the

 

 

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1case of inquiries to the registry concerning an individual
2listed in the registry, any information disclosed concerning
3such a finding shall also include disclosure of the
4individual's statement in the registry relating to the finding
5or a clear and accurate summary of the statement.
6    (b) The Department shall add to the health care worker
7registry records of findings as reported by the Inspector
8General or remove from the health care worker registry records
9of findings as reported by the Department of Human Services,
10under subsection (s) of Section 1-17 of the Department of Human
11Services Act.
12(Source: P.A. 99-78, eff. 7-20-15.)
 
13    Section 10. The Health Care Worker Background Check Act is
14amended by changing Sections 25, 33, and 40 and by adding
15Section 40.1 as follows:
 
16    (225 ILCS 46/25)
17    Sec. 25. Hiring of people with criminal records Persons
18ineligible to be hired by health care employers and long-term
19care facilities.
20    (a) A health care employer or long-term care facility may
21hire, employ, or retain any individual in a position involving
22direct care for clients, patients, or residents, or access to
23the living quarters or the financial, medical, or personal
24records of clients, patients, or residents who has been

 

 

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1convicted of committing or attempting to commit one or more of
2the following offenses only with a waiver described in Section
340 In the discretion of the Director of Public Health, as soon
4after January 1, 1996, January 1, 1997, January 1, 2006, or
5October 1, 2007, as applicable, and as is reasonably practical,
6no health care employer shall knowingly hire, employ, or retain
7any individual in a position with duties involving direct care
8for clients, patients, or residents, and no long-term care
9facility shall knowingly hire, employ, or retain any individual
10in a position with duties that involve or may involve contact
11with residents or access to the living quarters or the
12financial, medical, or personal records of residents, who has
13been convicted of committing or attempting to commit one or
14more of the following offenses: those defined in Sections
158-1(b), 8-1.1, 8-1.2, 9-1, 9-1.2, 9-2, 9-2.1, 9-3, 9-3.1,
169-3.2, 9-3.3, 9-3.4, 10-1, 10-2, 10-3, 10-3.1, 10-4, 10-5,
1710-7, 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 11-6,
1811-9.1, 11-9.5, 11-19.2, 11-20.1, 11-20.1B, 11-20.3, 12-1,
1912-2, 12-3.05, 12-3.1, 12-3.2, 12-3.3, 12-4, 12-4.1, 12-4.2,
2012-4.3, 12-4.4, 12-4.5, 12-4.6, 12-4.7, 12-7.4, 12-11, 12-13,
2112-14, 12-14.1, 12-15, 12-16, 12-19, 12-21, 12-21.6, 12-32,
2212-33, 12C-5, 16-1, 16-1.3, 16-25, 16A-3, 17-3, 17-56, 18-1,
2318-2, 18-3, 18-4, 18-5, 19-1, 19-3, 19-4, 19-6, 20-1, 20-1.1,
2424-1, 24-1.2, 24-1.5, or 33A-2, or subdivision (a)(4) of
25Section 11-14.4, or in subsection (a) of Section 12-3 or
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1of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012; those provided in Section
24 of the Wrongs to Children Act; those provided in Section 53
3of the Criminal Jurisprudence Act; those defined in subsection
4(c), (d), (e), (f), or (g) of Section 5 or Section , 5.1, 5.2,
57, or 9 of the Cannabis Control Act; those defined in the
6Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act; or those
7defined in Sections 401, 401.1, 404, 405, 405.1, 407, or 407.1
8of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, unless the applicant
9or employee obtains a waiver pursuant to Section 40.
10    (a-1) A health care employer or long-term care facility may
11hire, employ, or retain any individual in a position involving
12direct care for clients, patients, or residents, or access to
13the living quarters or the financial, medical, or personal
14records of clients, patients, or residents who has been
15convicted of committing or attempting to commit one or more of
16the following offenses only with a waiver described in Section
1740: those In the discretion of the Director of Public Health,
18as soon after January 1, 2004 or October 1, 2007, as
19applicable, and as is reasonably practical, no health care
20employer shall knowingly hire any individual in a position with
21duties involving direct care for clients, patients, or
22residents, and no long-term care facility shall knowingly hire
23any individual in a position with duties that involve or may
24involve contact with residents or access to the living quarters
25or the financial, medical, or personal records of residents,
26who has (i) been convicted of committing or attempting to

 

 

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1commit one or more of the offenses defined in Section 12-3.3,
212-4.2-5, 16-2, 16-30, 16G-15, 16G-20, 17-33, 17-34, 17-36,
317-44, 18-5, 20-1.2, 24-1.1, 24-1.2-5, 24-1.6, 24-3.2, or
424-3.3, or subsection (b) of Section 17-32, subsection (b) of
5Section 18-1, or subsection (b) of Section 20-1, of the
6Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012; Section 4,
75, 6, 8, or 17.02 of the Illinois Credit Card and Debit Card
8Act; or Section 11-9.1A of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the
9Criminal Code of 2012 or Section 5.1 of the Wrongs to Children
10Act; or (ii) violated Section 50-50 of the Nurse Practice Act,
11unless the applicant or employee obtains a waiver pursuant to
12Section 40 of this Act.
13    A health care employer is not required to retain an
14individual in a position with duties involving direct care for
15clients, patients, or residents, and no long-term care facility
16is required to retain an individual in a position with duties
17that involve or may involve contact with residents or access to
18the living quarters or the financial, medical, or personal
19records of residents, who has been convicted of committing or
20attempting to commit one or more of the offenses enumerated in
21this subsection.
22    (b) A health care employer shall not hire, employ, or
23retain any individual in a position with duties involving
24direct care of clients, patients, or residents, and no
25long-term care facility shall knowingly hire, employ, or retain
26any individual in a position with duties that involve or may

 

 

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1involve contact with residents or access to the living quarters
2or the financial, medical, or personal records of residents, if
3the health care employer becomes aware that the individual has
4been convicted in another state of committing or attempting to
5commit an offense that has the same or similar elements as an
6offense listed in subsection (a) or (a-1), as verified by court
7records, records from a state agency, or an FBI criminal
8history record check, unless the applicant or employee obtains
9a waiver pursuant to Section 40 of this Act. This shall not be
10construed to mean that a health care employer has an obligation
11to conduct a criminal history records check in other states in
12which an employee has resided.
13(Source: P.A. 96-710, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1551, Article 1, Section
14930, eff. 7-1-11; 96-1551, Article 2, Section 995, eff. 7-1-11;
1596-1551, Article 10, Section 10-40, eff. 7-1-11; 97-597, eff.
161-1-12; 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1109, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1150,
17eff. 1-25-13.)
 
18    (225 ILCS 46/33)
19    Sec. 33. Fingerprint-based criminal history records check.
20    (a) A fingerprint-based criminal history records check is
21not required for health care employees who have been
22continuously employed by a health care employer since October
231, 2007, have met the requirements for criminal history
24background checks prior to October 1, 2007, and have no
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1those disqualifying convictions. These employees shall be
2retained on the Health Care Worker Registry as long as they
3remain active. Nothing in this subsection (a) shall be
4construed to prohibit a health care employer from initiating a
5criminal history records check for these employees. Should
6these employees seek a new position with a different health
7care employer, then a fingerprint-based criminal history
8records check shall be required.
9    (b) On October 1, 2007 or as soon thereafter as is
10reasonably practical, in the discretion of the Director of
11Public Health, and thereafter, any student, applicant, or
12employee who desires to be included on the Department of Public
13Health's Health Care Worker Registry must authorize the
14Department of Public Health or its designee to request a
15fingerprint-based criminal history records check to determine
16if the individual has a conviction for a disqualifying offense.
17This authorization shall allow the Department of Public Health
18to request and receive information and assistance from any
19State or local governmental agency. Each individual shall
20submit his or her fingerprints to the Department of State
21Police in an electronic format that complies with the form and
22manner for requesting and furnishing criminal history record
23information prescribed by the Department of State Police. The
24fingerprints submitted under this Section shall be checked
25against the fingerprint records now and hereafter filed in the
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1The Department of State Police shall charge a fee for
2conducting the criminal history records check, which shall not
3exceed the actual cost of the records check. The livescan
4vendor may act as the designee for individuals, educational
5entities, or health care employers in the collection of
6Department of State Police fees and deposit those fees into the
7State Police Services Fund. The Department of State Police
8shall provide information concerning any criminal convictions,
9now or hereafter filed, against the individual.
10    (c) On October 1, 2007 or as soon thereafter as is
11reasonably practical, in the discretion of the Director of
12Public Health, and thereafter, an educational entity, other
13than a secondary school, conducting a nurse aide training
14program must initiate a fingerprint-based criminal history
15records check requested by the Department of Public Health
16prior to entry of an individual into the training program.
17    (d) On October 1, 2007 or as soon thereafter as is
18reasonably practical, in the discretion of the Director of
19Public Health, and thereafter, a health care employer who makes
20a conditional offer of employment to an applicant for a
21position as an employee must initiate a fingerprint-based
22criminal history record check, requested by the Department of
23Public Health, on the applicant, if such a background check has
24not been previously conducted.
25    (e) When initiating a background check requested by the
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1care employer shall electronically submit to the Department of
2Public Health the student's, applicant's, or employee's social
3security number, demographics, disclosure, and authorization
4information in a format prescribed by the Department of Public
5Health within 2 working days after the authorization is
6secured. The student, applicant, or employee must have his or
7her fingerprints collected electronically and transmitted to
8the Department of State Police within 10 working days. The
9educational entity or health care employer must transmit all
10necessary information and fees to the livescan vendor and
11Department of State Police within 10 working days after receipt
12of the authorization. This information and the results of the
13criminal history record checks shall be maintained by the
14Department of Public Health's Health Care Worker Registry.
15    (f) A direct care employer may initiate a fingerprint-based
16background check requested by the Department of Public Health
17for any of its employees, but may not use this process to
18initiate background checks for residents. The results of any
19fingerprint-based background check that is initiated with the
20Department as the requestor shall be entered in the Health Care
21Worker Registry.
22    (g) As long as the employee has had a fingerprint-based
23criminal history record check requested by the Department of
24Public Health and stays active on the Health Care Worker
25Registry, no further criminal history record checks shall be
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1notify the Department of Public Health of any additional
2convictions associated with the fingerprints previously
3submitted. Health care employers are required to check the
4Health Care Worker Registry before hiring an employee to
5determine that the individual has had a fingerprint-based
6record check requested by the Department of Public Health and
7has no disqualifying convictions or has been granted a waiver
8pursuant to Section 40 of this Act. If the individual has not
9had such a background check or is not active on the Health Care
10Worker Registry, then the health care employer must initiate a
11fingerprint-based record check requested by the Department of
12Public Health. If an individual is inactive on the Health Care
13Worker Registry, that individual is prohibited from being hired
14to work as a certified nurse aide if, since the individual's
15most recent completion of a competency test, there has been a
16period of 24 consecutive months during which the individual has
17not provided nursing or nursing-related services for pay. If
18the individual can provide proof of having retained his or her
19certification by not having a 24 consecutive month break in
20service for pay, he or she may be hired as a certified nurse
21aide and that employment information shall be entered into the
22Health Care Worker Registry.
23    (h) On October 1, 2007 or as soon thereafter as is
24reasonably practical, in the discretion of the Director of
25Public Health, and thereafter, if the Department of State
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1employee has a new conviction of a disqualifying offense, based
2upon the fingerprints that were previously submitted, then (i)
3the Health Care Worker Registry shall notify the employee's
4last known employer of the offense, (ii) a record of the
5employee's disqualifying offense shall be entered on the Health
6Care Worker Registry, and (iii) the individual shall no longer
7be eligible to work as an employee unless he or she obtains a
8waiver pursuant to Section 40 of this Act.
9    (i) On October 1, 2007, or as soon thereafter, in the
10discretion of the Director of Public Health, as is reasonably
11practical, and thereafter, each direct care employer or its
12designee must provide an employment verification for each
13employee no less than annually. The direct care employer or its
14designee must log into the Health Care Worker Registry through
15a secure login. The health care employer or its designee must
16indicate employment and termination dates within 30 days after
17hiring or terminating an employee, as well as the employment
18category and type. Failure to comply with this subsection (i)
19constitutes a licensing violation. For health care employers
20that are not licensed or certified, a fine of up to $500 may be
21imposed for failure to maintain these records. This information
22shall be used by the Department of Public Health to notify the
23last known employer of any disqualifying offenses that are
24reported by the Department of State Police.
25    (j) The Department of Public Health shall notify each
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1the information on the Health Care Worker Registry if the
2applicant or employee listed on the registry has a
3disqualifying offense and is therefore ineligible to work. In
4the event that an applicant or employee has a waiver for one or
5more disqualifying offenses pursuant to Section 40 of this Act
6and he or she is otherwise eligible to work, the Department of
7Public Health shall report that the applicant or employee is
8eligible to work and may report that the applicant or employee
9has received a waiver or has a waiver pursuant to Section 40 of
10this Act.
11    (k) The student, applicant, or employee must be notified of
12each of the following whenever a fingerprint-based criminal
13history records check is required:
14        (1) That the educational entity, health care employer,
15    or long-term care facility shall initiate a
16    fingerprint-based criminal history record check requested
17    by the Department of Public Health of the student,
18    applicant, or employee pursuant to this Act.
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 Department of State Police
24    procedure of 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 indicates
7    that the applicant has a record of a conviction of any of
8    the criminal offenses enumerated in Section 25, unless the
9    applicant obtains a waiver pursuant to Section 40 of this
10    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 in
19    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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1shall be immune from liability for notices given based on the
2results of a fingerprint-based criminal history record check.
3(Source: P.A. 95-120, eff. 8-13-07.)
 
4    (225 ILCS 46/40)
5    Sec. 40. Waiver.
6    (a) Any student, applicant, or employee listed on the
7Health Care Worker Registry may request a waiver of the
8prohibition against employment by:
9        (1) completing a waiver application on a form
10    prescribed by the Department of Public Health;
11        (2) providing a written explanation of each conviction
12    to include (i) what happened, (ii) how many years have
13    passed since the offense, (iii) the individuals involved,
14    (iv) the age of the applicant at the time of the offense,
15    and (v) any other circumstances surrounding the offense;
16    and
17        (3) providing official documentation showing that all
18    fines have been paid, if applicable and except for in the
19    instance of payment of court-imposed fines or restitution
20    in which the applicant is adhering to a payment schedule,
21    and the date probation or parole was satisfactorily
22    completed, if applicable.
23    (b) The applicant may, but is not required to, submit
24employment and character references and any other evidence
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1perform the employment responsibilities competently and
2evidence that the applicant or employee does not pose a threat
3to the health or safety of residents, patients, or clients.
4    (c) The Department of Public Health shall must inform
5health care employers if a waiver is being sought by entering a
6record on the Health Care Worker Registry that a waiver is
7pending and must act upon the waiver request within 30 days of
8receipt of all necessary information, as defined by rule. The
9Department shall send an applicant written notification of its
10decision whether to grant a waiver, except in cases where a
11rehabilitation waiver is granted Except in cases where a
12rehabilitation waiver is granted, a letter shall be sent to the
13applicant notifying the applicant that he or she has received
14an automatic waiver.
15    (d) An individual shall not be employed from the time that
16the employer receives a notification from the Department of
17Public Health based upon the results of a fingerprint-based
18criminal history records check containing disqualifying
19conditions until the time that the individual receives a
20waiver.
21    (e) The entity responsible for inspecting, licensing,
22certifying, or registering the health care employer and the
23Department of Public Health shall be immune from liability for
24any waivers granted under this Section.
25    (f) A health care employer is not obligated to employ or
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1employee who is granted a waiver under this Section.
2(Source: P.A. 95-120, eff. 8-13-07; 95-545, eff. 8-28-07;
395-876, eff. 8-21-08; 96-565, eff. 8-18-09.)
 
4    (225 ILCS 46/40.1 new)
5    Sec. 40.1. Health Care Worker Registry working group. The
6Office of the Governor shall establish a working group
7regarding the activities under this Act, with the following
8goals:
9        (1) to evaluate and monitor the success of health care
10    waivers under Section 40 in creating job opportunity for
11    people with criminal records; and
12        (2) to identify and recommend changes to the waiver
13    application and implementation process to reduce barriers
14    for applicants or employees.
15    The working group shall be comprised of representatives
16from advocacy and community-based organizations, individuals
17directly impacted by the waiver process, industry
18representatives, members of the General Assembly, and
19representatives from the Department of Public Health and the
20Office of the Governor. The working group shall meet at least 2
21times each year. In order to facilitate the goals of the
22working group, the Department of Public Health shall identify
23ways to analyze information regarding employment of people with
24waivers and report this information to the working group.
 
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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    210 ILCS 45/3-206.01from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-206.01
4    225 ILCS 46/25
5    225 ILCS 46/33
6    225 ILCS 46/40
7    225 ILCS 46/40.1 new