House Sponsors: BELLOCK. Senate Sponsors: SYVERSON Short description: HEALTH FACILITIES-TECH Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Abused and Neglected Long Term Care Facility Residents Reporting Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes reference to: 210 ILCS 30/1 Adds reference to: 20 ILCS 1705/7.3 new 210 ILCS 30/6.2 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4166.2 210 ILCS 45/3-206.01 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-206.01 Deletes everything. Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that the Department shall require that no facility, service agency, or support agency providing mental health or developmental disability services that is licensed, certified, operated, or funded by the Department shall employ a person who is identified by the nurse aide registry as having been the subject of a substantiated finding of abuse or neglect of a service recipient. Amends the Abused and Neglected Long Term Care Facility Residents Reporting Act. Provides that the Office of the Inspector General shall take into account any mitigating or aggravating circumstances when determining if a report of abuse or neglect should be substantiated. Requires the Inspector General to promulgate rules to establish criteria for determining mitigating or aggravating circumstances. Requires the Inspector General to give notice of his or her determination to accept or reject a preliminary report of the investigation of alleged abuse or neglect to the person alleged to have been responsible for the abuse or neglect and to the facility or agency. Adds the person alleged to have been responsible for the abuse or neglect to the list of those who may request clarification or reconsideration based on additional information. Provides that the Inspector General shall report to the Department of Public Health's nurse aide registry the identity of individuals against whom there has been a substantiated finding of abuse or neglect of a service recipient. Provides for removal of a report from the registry if an individual is terminated by an employer as the result of the circumstances that led to the finding of abuse or neglect and that finding is later overturned under a grievance or arbitration procedure. Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall add to or remove from the registry the individuals reported by the Inspector General. Effective January 1, 2002. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: JAN-07-2003 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 1 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status