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HB4436 Engrossed |
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LRB093 20597 DRJ 46418 b |
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| AN ACT concerning hospital workers.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by adding |
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| Section 17 as follows: |
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| (210 ILCS 85/17 new) |
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| Sec. 17. Nurse overtime prohibited. |
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| (a) Definitions. As used in this Section: |
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| "Nurse" means any registered nurse, licensed practical |
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| nurse, or assistive nursing professional who receives an hourly |
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| wage and has direct responsibility to oversee or carry out |
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| medical regimens or nursing care for one or more patients. |
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| "Overtime" means work in excess of an agreed-to, |
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| predetermined scheduled work shift not to exceed 16 hours in |
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| any 24-hour period, or work in excess of 120 hours in a |
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| consecutive 14-day period, but does not include time spent by |
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| nurses being on call. In a hospital for which a collective |
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| bargaining agreement is in place, the collective bargaining |
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| agreement shall prevail. |
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| "On-call" means the status of a nurse who has agreed to be |
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| scheduled as available for a specific time period but who is |
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| not scheduled to a patient-specific assignment until and when |
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| patient needs require the nurse's nursing services and the |
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| nurse is then requested to work in order to ensure the |
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| availability of qualified specialty staff to meet an unexpected |
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| patient need or provide continuity through completion of a |
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| case, treatment or procedure. |
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| "Unforeseen emergent circumstance" means an unusual, |
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| unpredictable, unforeseen, or unexpected circumstance calling |
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| for additional clinical assistance or care where the hospital |
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| has no reasonable alternative for obtaining such care or |
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| assistance. |