HB0071 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB0071

Introduced 1/19/2007, by Rep. Lou Lang

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

210 ILCS 45/3-206.01

from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-206.01

Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the nurse aide registry.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by changing Section 3-206.01 as follows:

(210 ILCS 45/3-206.01) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-206.01)

Sec. 3-206.01. Nurse aide registry.

(a) The The Department shall establish and maintain a registry of all individuals who have satisfactorily completed the training required by Section 3-206. The registry shall include the name of the nursing assistant, habilitation aide, or child care aide, his or her current address, Social Security number, and the date and location of the training course completed by the individual, and the date of the individual's last criminal records check. Any individual placed on the registry is required to inform the Department of any change of address within 30 days. A facility shall not employ an individual as a nursing assistant, habilitation aide, or child care aide unless the facility has inquired of the Department as to information in the registry concerning the individual and shall not employ anyone not on the registry unless the individual is enrolled in a training program under paragraph (5) of subsection (a) of Section 3-206 of this Act.

If the Department finds that a nursing assistant, habilitation aide, or child care aide has abused a resident, neglected a resident, or misappropriated resident property in a facility, the Department shall notify the individual of this finding by certified mail sent to the address contained in the registry. The notice shall give the individual an opportunity to contest the finding in a hearing before the Department or to submit a written response to the findings in lieu of requesting a hearing. If, after a hearing or if the individual does not request a hearing, the Department finds that the individual abused a resident, neglected a resident, or misappropriated resident property in a facility, the finding shall be included as part of the registry as well as a brief statement from the individual, if he or she chooses to make such a statement. The Department shall make information in the registry available to the public. In the case of inquiries to the registry concerning an individual listed in the registry, any information disclosed concerning such a finding shall also include disclosure of any statement in the registry relating to the finding or a clear and accurate summary of the statement.

(b) The Department shall add to the nurse aide registry records of findings as reported by the Inspector General or remove from the nurse aide registry records of findings as reported by the Department of Human Services, under Section 6.2 of the Abused and Neglected Long Term Care Facility Residents Reporting Act.

(Source: P.A. 91-598, eff. 1-1-00; 92-473, eff. 1-1-02; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02.)