Full Text of SB2799 99th General Assembly
SB2799 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 SB2799 Introduced 2/17/2016, by Sen. Dan Duffy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 20 ILCS 1005/1005-45 | was 20 ILCS 1005/43a.06 | 20 ILCS 1505/1505-20 | was 20 ILCS 1505/43.13 | 225 ILCS 510/13 | from Ch. 111, par. 963 |
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Amends the Department of Employment Security Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and the Department of Labor Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Employment Security rather than the Department of Labor shall monitor the employment progress of women and minorities in the workforce and report to the General Assembly. Amends the Nurse Agency Licensing Act. Requires the nurse agency to check the Health Care Worker Registry (rather than contact the Department of Public Health) before employing, assigning, or referring a certified nurse aide to verify that the certified nurse aide is eligible to be hired by health care employers or long-term care facilities pursuant to the Health Care Worker Background Check Act.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Department of Employment Security Law of the
| 5 | | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing | 6 | | Section 1005-45 as follows:
| 7 | | (20 ILCS 1005/1005-45) (was 20 ILCS 1005/43a.06)
| 8 | | Sec. 1005-45. Prosperity of laboring men and women. | 9 | | (a) The Department has
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power to acquire and diffuse | 10 | | among the people useful information
concerning the means of | 11 | | promoting the material, social, intellectual, and
moral | 12 | | prosperity of laboring men and women. | 13 | | (b) The Department shall monitor the employment progress of | 14 | | women and
minorities in the work force, including access to the | 15 | | public sector,
the private sector, labor unions, and collective | 16 | | bargaining units.
This
information shall be provided to the | 17 | | General Assembly in the form of an
annual report no later than | 18 | | April 1 of each year.
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
| 20 | | Section 10. The Department of Labor Law of the
Civil | 21 | | Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section | 22 | | 1505-20 as follows:
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| 1 | | (20 ILCS 1505/1505-20) (was 20 ILCS 1505/43.13)
| 2 | | Sec. 1505-20. Prosperity of laboring men and women; | 3 | | progress of women and
minorities. | 4 | | (a) The Department has the power to acquire and diffuse
| 5 | | among the people useful information
concerning the means of | 6 | | promoting the material, social, intellectual, and
moral | 7 | | prosperity of laboring men and women.
| 8 | | (b) (Blank). The Department shall monitor the employment | 9 | | progress of women and
minorities in the work force, including | 10 | | access to the public sector,
the private sector, labor unions, | 11 | | and collective bargaining units.
This
information shall be | 12 | | provided to the General Assembly in the form of an
annual | 13 | | report no later than April 1 of each year.
| 14 | | (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
| 15 | | Section 15. The Nurse Agency Licensing Act is amended by | 16 | | changing Section 13 as follows:
| 17 | | (225 ILCS 510/13) (from Ch. 111, par. 963)
| 18 | | Sec. 13. Application for employment.
| 19 | | (a) Every nurse agency shall cause
each applicant for | 20 | | employment, assignment, or referral, as a nurse to
complete an | 21 | | application form including the following information:
| 22 | | (1) name and address of the applicant;
| 23 | | (2) whether or not such applicant is a nurse currently |
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| 1 | | licensed by the
Department of Professional Regulation;
| 2 | | (3) if so licensed, the number and date of such | 3 | | license; and
| 4 | | (4) references and dates and places of previous | 5 | | employment.
| 6 | | Prior to employing, assigning, or referring a nurse, the | 7 | | agency shall
contact the Department of Professional Regulation | 8 | | to determine whether the
nurse's license is valid and in good | 9 | | standing. Written verification shall
be sent by the Department | 10 | | of Professional Regulation within 20 working
days. At least | 11 | | biennially thereafter, the agency shall contact the
Department | 12 | | of Professional Regulation to verify this information in
| 13 | | writing. The nurse agency shall review the disciplinary report | 14 | | published
by the Department of Professional Regulation on a | 15 | | monthly basis to
determine whether the nurse's license is valid | 16 | | and in good standing.
| 17 | | (b) Every nurse agency shall cause each applicant for | 18 | | employment,
assignment, or referral, as a certified nurse aide | 19 | | to complete an
application form including the following | 20 | | information:
| 21 | | (1) name and address of the applicant;
| 22 | | (2) whether or not the nurse aide is registered as | 23 | | having completed a
certified course as approved by the | 24 | | Department of Public Health;
| 25 | | (3) references and dates and places of previous | 26 | | employment.
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| 1 | | Prior to employing, assigning, or referring a certified | 2 | | nurse aide, the agency shall review the information provided on | 3 | | the Health Care Worker Registry to verify that the | 4 | | certification is valid and that the certified nurse aide is not | 5 | | ineligible to be hired by health care employers or long-term | 6 | | care facilities pursuant to Section 25 of the Health Care | 7 | | Worker Background Check Act. Prior to employing, assigning or | 8 | | referring a certified nurse aide, the
agency shall contact the | 9 | | Department of Public Health to determine whether
the | 10 | | certification is valid and that the certified nurse aide is not | 11 | | listed
on the abuse register. Written verification shall be | 12 | | sent by the Department
of Public Health within 20 working days.
| 13 | | (c) Every nurse agency shall check at least 2 recent | 14 | | references and the
dates of employment provided by the | 15 | | applicant, unless the applicant has not
had 2 previous | 16 | | employers.
| 17 | | (d) Nurses or certified nurses aides employed, assigned, or | 18 | | referred to
a health care facility by a nurse agency shall be | 19 | | deemed to be employees of
the nurse agency while working for | 20 | | the nurse agency or on nurse agency
employment, assignment or | 21 | | referral.
| 22 | | (Source: P.A. 86-817; 86-1043.)
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