SB0869 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB0869

Introduced 2/8/2007, by Sen. Susan Garrett - Emil Jones, Jr.

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

210 ILCS 86/20

Amends the Hospital Report Card Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning orientation and training programs.

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 Hospital Report Card Act is amended by changing Section 20 as follows:

(210 ILCS 86/20)

Sec. 20. Orientation and training.

(a) All health care facilities shall have established an orientation process that that provides initial job training and information and assesses the direct care nursing staff's ability to fulfill specified responsibilities.

(b) Personnel not competent for a given unit shall not be assigned to work there without direct supervision until appropriately trained.

(c) Staff training information will be available upon request, without any information identifying a patient, employee, or licensed professional at the hospital.

(Source: P.A. 93-563, eff. 1-1-04.)