97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3263

 

Introduced 2/24/2011, by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that when the Secretary receives notification from an Illinois State's Attorney of the filing of criminal charges alleging that a health care worker, as defined in the Health Care Worker Self-Referral Act, committed any offense that (1) involves bodily harm against a patient, including any offense based on sexual conduct or sexual penetration or (2) requires as a part of its criminal sentence to register under the Sex Offender Registration Act, the Secretary shall suspend the license of the health care worker without a hearing for 45 days, simultaneously with the institution of proceedings for a hearing. Adds provisions concerning disciplinary hearings and confidentiality. Provides that the Department shall immediately permanently revoke the license or permit of any health care worker who has been convicted of such a crime and that the Department shall not reinstate or issue a license or permit as a health care worker to any such convicted person unless that person's conviction has been vacated, overturned, or reversed. Provides that these new provisions apply notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary. Amends the Counties Code. Adds to the duties of State's Attorney the duty to: (1) notify the Department of the filing of criminal charges alleging that a health care worker committed any offense that (i) involves bodily harm against a patient, including any offense based on sexual conduct or sexual penetration or (ii) requires as a part of its criminal sentence to register under the Sex Offender Registration Act and (2) notify the Department upon the conviction of any health care worker of such a crime. Effective immediately.


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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Professional Regulation Law of
5the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding
6Sections 2105-165 and 2105-166 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 2105/2105-165 new)
8    Sec. 2105-165. Health care worker licensure actions;
9intentional felonies and sex crimes.
10    (a) Whenever the Department is informed of any allegations
11that a health care worker has, during the course of patient
12care or treatment, committed any act involving bodily harm,
13sexual conduct, or sexual penetration against a patient, the
14Department shall within 24 hours notify the appropriate local,
15State, or federal law enforcement agency.
16    (b) When the Secretary receives notification from an
17Illinois State's Attorney of the filing of criminal charges
18alleging that a health care worker, as defined in the Health
19Care Worker Self-Referral Act, committed any offense that (1)
20involves bodily harm against a patient, including any offense
21based on sexual conduct or sexual penetration, or (2) requires
22as a part of its criminal sentence to register under the Sex
23Offender Registration Act, the Secretary shall immediately

 

 

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1temporarily suspend the license of the health care worker
2without a hearing for 45 days, simultaneously with the
3institution of proceedings for a hearing in accordance with
4subsection (d) of this Section.
5    (c) If an Illinois State's Attorney files criminal felony
6charges alleging that a licensed health care worker, as defined
7in the Health Care Worker Self-Referral Act, committed any
8offense that (1) involves bodily harm against a patient,
9including any offense based on sexual conduct or sexual
10penetration, or (2) requires as a part of its criminal sentence
11to register under the Sex Offender Registration Act, then the
12State's Attorney shall provide notice to the Department of the
13health care worker's name, address, practice address, and
14license number and the patient's name.
15    (d) If the Secretary suspends a license under subsection
16(a) of this Section, then a hearing on the health care worker's
17license must be convened by the appropriate licensing or
18disciplinary board within 45 days after the summary suspension
19and completed without appreciable delay. This hearing is to
20determine whether to recommend to the Secretary that the health
21care worker's license be kept on suspended status or be
22reinstated through the duration of the criminal proceedings
23against the health care worker. In the hearing, any written
24information or communication and any other evidence submitted
25therewith may be introduced as evidence against the health care
26worker; provided however, the health care worker, or his or her

 

 

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1counsel, shall have the opportunity to impeach such evidence
2and to submit exculpatory evidence.
3    If the appropriate licensing or disciplinary board
4reinstates the license while criminal proceedings against the
5licensee are still on-going, then the Secretary shall
6immediately issue an administrative order that the licensee
7shall practice only with a chaperone, approved by the
8Secretary, during all patient encounters until the conclusion
9of the criminal proceedings against the licensee. The
10Secretary's order shall require the licensee to provide an
11acceptable written plan of compliance with the administrative
12order within 10 days after receiving the order. Failure to
13comply with the administrative order, to file a compliance
14plan, or to follow the compliance plan shall subject the
15licensee to an immediate suspension of his or her license until
16the conclusion of the criminal proceedings.
17    (e) Nothing contained in this Section shall act in any way
18to waive or modify the confidentiality of information provided
19by the State's Attorney to the extent provided by law. Any
20information reported or disclosed shall be kept for the
21confidential use of the Secretary, Department attorneys, the
22investigative staff, and authorized clerical staff, except
23that the Department may disclose information and documents to
24(1) a federal, State, or local law enforcement agency in an
25ongoing criminal investigation or (2) an appropriate licensing
26authority of another state or jurisdiction pursuant to an

 

 

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1official request made by that authority. Any information and
2documents disclosed to a federal, State, or local law
3enforcement agency may be used by that agency only for the
4investigation and prosecution of a criminal offense. Any
5information or documents disclosed by the Department to a
6professional licensing authority of another state or
7jurisdiction may only be used by that authority for
8investigations and disciplinary proceedings with regards to a
9professional license.
10    (f) Any licensee disciplined or who received an
11administrative order under this Section shall have the
12discipline or administrative order vacated and completely
13removed from the licensee's records and public view and the
14discipline or administrative order shall be afforded the same
15status as is provided information under Part 21 of Article VIII
16of the Code of Civil Procedure if (1) the charges upon which
17the discipline or administrative order is based are dropped;
18(2) the licensee is not convicted of the charges upon which the
19discipline or administrative order is based; or (3) any
20conviction for charges upon which the discipline or
21administrative order was based have been vacated, overturned,
22or reversed.
23    (g) Nothing contained in this Section shall prohibit the
24Department from initiating or maintaining a disciplinary
25action against a licensee independent from any criminal
26charges, conviction, or sex offender registration.
 

 

 

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1    (20 ILCS 2105/2105-166 new)
2    Sec. 2105-166. Revocation of license of health care worker
3for conviction of violent or sexual crime against patient; ban
4from licensure or reinstatement.
5    (a) The Department shall immediately permanently revoke
6the license or permit of any health care worker, as defined in
7the Health Care Worker Self-Referral Act, who has been
8convicted of any offense that (1) involves bodily harm against
9a patient, including any offense based on sexual conduct or
10sexual penetration, or (2) requires as a part of its criminal
11sentence to register under the Sex Offender Registration Act.
12    (b) The Department shall not issue a license or permit as a
13health care worker to any person who has been convicted of any
14offense that (1) involves bodily harm against a patient,
15including any offense based on sexual conduct or sexual
16penetration, or (2) requires as a part of its criminal sentence
17to register under the Sex Offender Registration Act unless that
18person's conviction has been vacated, overturned, or reversed.
19    (c) The provisions of this Section apply notwithstanding
20any other provision of law to the contrary.
 
21    Section 10. The Counties Code is amended by changing
22Section 3-9005 as follows:
 
23    (55 ILCS 5/3-9005)  (from Ch. 34, par. 3-9005)

 

 

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1    Sec. 3-9005. Powers and duties of State's attorney.
2    (a) The duty of each State's attorney shall be:
3        (1) To commence and prosecute all actions, suits,
4    indictments and prosecutions, civil and criminal, in the
5    circuit court for his county, in which the people of the
6    State or county may be concerned.
7        (2) To prosecute all forfeited bonds and
8    recognizances, and all actions and proceedings for the
9    recovery of debts, revenues, moneys, fines, penalties and
10    forfeitures accruing to the State or his county, or to any
11    school district or road district in his county; also, to
12    prosecute all suits in his county against railroad or
13    transportation companies, which may be prosecuted in the
14    name of the People of the State of Illinois.
15        (3) To commence and prosecute all actions and
16    proceedings brought by any county officer in his official
17    capacity.
18        (4) To defend all actions and proceedings brought
19    against his county, or against any county or State officer,
20    in his official capacity, within his county.
21        (5) To attend the examination of all persons brought
22    before any judge on habeas corpus, when the prosecution is
23    in his county.
24        (6) To attend before judges and prosecute charges of
25    felony or misdemeanor, for which the offender is required
26    to be recognized to appear before the circuit court, when

 

 

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1    in his power so to do.
2        (7) To give his opinion, without fee or reward, to any
3    county officer in his county, upon any question or law
4    relating to any criminal or other matter, in which the
5    people or the county may be concerned.
6        (8) To assist the attorney general whenever it may be
7    necessary, and in cases of appeal from his county to the
8    Supreme Court, to which it is the duty of the attorney
9    general to attend, he shall furnish the attorney general at
10    least 10 days before such is due to be filed, a manuscript
11    of a proposed statement, brief and argument to be printed
12    and filed on behalf of the people, prepared in accordance
13    with the rules of the Supreme Court. However, if such
14    brief, argument or other document is due to be filed by law
15    or order of court within this 10 day period, then the
16    State's attorney shall furnish such as soon as may be
17    reasonable.
18        (9) To pay all moneys received by him in trust, without
19    delay, to the officer who by law is entitled to the custody
20    thereof.
21        (10) To notify, by first class mail, complaining
22    witnesses of the ultimate disposition of the cases arising
23    from an indictment or an information.
24        (11) To perform such other and further duties as may,
25    from time to time, be enjoined on him by law.
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1    taxes against delinquent taxpayers for judgments to sell
2    real estate, and see that all the necessary preliminary
3    steps have been legally taken to make the judgment legal
4    and binding.
5        (13) To notify, by first-class mail, the State
6    Superintendent of Education, the applicable regional
7    superintendent of schools, and the superintendent of the
8    employing school district or the chief school
9    administrator of the employing nonpublic school, if any,
10    upon the conviction of any individual known to possess a
11    certificate issued pursuant to Article 21 of the School
12    Code of any offense set forth in Section 21-23a of the
13    School Code or any other felony conviction, providing the
14    name of the certificate holder, the fact of the conviction,
15    and the name and location of the court where the conviction
16    occurred. The certificate holder must also be
17    contemporaneously sent a copy of the notice.
18        (14) To notify, by telephone and overnight mail, the
19    Department of Financial and Professional Regulation of the
20    filing of criminal charges alleging that a health care
21    worker, as defined in the Health Care Worker Self-Referral
22    Act, committed any offense that (1) involves bodily harm
23    against a patient, including any offense based on sexual
24    conduct or sexual penetration, or (2) requires as a part of
25    its criminal sentence to register under the Sex Offender
26    Registration Act.

 

 

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1        (15) To notify, by first-class mail, the Department of
2    Financial and Professional Regulation upon the conviction
3    of any health care worker, as defined in the Health Care
4    Worker Self-Referral Act, for committing any offense that
5    (1) involves bodily harm against a patient, including any
6    offense based on sexual conduct or sexual penetration, or
7    (2) requires as a part of its criminal sentence to register
8    under the Sex Offender Registration Act, providing the name
9    of the health care worker, the fact of the conviction, and
10    the name and location of the court where the conviction
11    occurred.
12    (b) The State's Attorney of each county shall have
13authority to appoint one or more special investigators to serve
14subpoenas, make return of process and conduct investigations
15which assist the State's Attorney in the performance of his
16duties. A special investigator shall not carry firearms except
17with permission of the State's Attorney and only while carrying
18appropriate identification indicating his employment and in
19the performance of his assigned duties.
20    Subject to the qualifications set forth in this subsection,
21special investigators shall be peace officers and shall have
22all the powers possessed by investigators under the State's
23Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Act.
24    No special investigator employed by the State's Attorney
25shall have peace officer status or exercise police powers
26unless he or she successfully completes the basic police

 

 

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1training course mandated and approved by the Illinois Law
2Enforcement Training Standards Board or such board waives the
3training requirement by reason of the special investigator's
4prior law enforcement experience or training or both. Any
5State's Attorney appointing a special investigator shall
6consult with all affected local police agencies, to the extent
7consistent with the public interest, if the special
8investigator is assigned to areas within that agency's
9jurisdiction.
10    Before a person is appointed as a special investigator, his
11fingerprints shall be taken and transmitted to the Department
12of State Police. The Department shall examine its records and
13submit to the State's Attorney of the county in which the
14investigator seeks appointment any conviction information
15concerning the person on file with the Department. No person
16shall be appointed as a special investigator if he has been
17convicted of a felony or other offense involving moral
18turpitude. A special investigator shall be paid a salary and be
19reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in performing his
20assigned duties. The county board shall approve the salary and
21actual expenses and appropriate the salary and expenses in the
22manner prescribed by law or ordinance.
23    (c) The State's Attorney may request and receive from
24employers, labor unions, telephone companies, and utility
25companies location information concerning putative fathers and
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1paternity or establishing, enforcing, or modifying a child
2support obligation. In this subsection, "location information"
3means information about (i) the physical whereabouts of a
4putative father or noncustodial parent, (ii) the putative
5father or noncustodial parent's employer, or (iii) the salary,
6wages, and other compensation paid and the health insurance
7coverage provided to the putative father or noncustodial parent
8by the employer of the putative father or noncustodial parent
9or by a labor union of which the putative father or
10noncustodial parent is a member.
11    (d) For each State fiscal year, the State's Attorney of
12Cook County shall appear before the General Assembly and
13request appropriations to be made from the Capital Litigation
14Trust Fund to the State Treasurer for the purpose of providing
15assistance in the prosecution of capital cases in Cook County
16and for the purpose of providing assistance to the State in
17post-conviction proceedings in capital cases under Article 122
18of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 and in relation to
19petitions filed under Section 2-1401 of the Code of Civil
20Procedure in relation to capital cases. The State's Attorney
21may appear before the General Assembly at other times during
22the State's fiscal year to request supplemental appropriations
23from the Trust Fund to the State Treasurer.
24    (e) The State's Attorney shall have the authority to enter
25into a written agreement with the Department of Revenue for
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1Code of 1961 against persons who have issued to the Department
2checks or other orders in violation of the provisions of
3paragraph (d) of subsection (B) of Section 17-1 of the Criminal
4Code of 1961, with the Department to retain the amount owing
5upon the dishonored check or order along with the dishonored
6check fee imposed under the Uniform Penalty and Interest Act,
7with the balance of damages, fees, and costs collected under
8Section 17-1a of the Criminal Code of 1961 to be retained by
9the State's Attorney. The agreement shall not affect the
10allocation of fines and costs imposed in any criminal
11prosecution.
12(Source: P.A. 96-431, eff. 8-13-09.)
 
13    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14becoming law.

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    20 ILCS 2105/2105-165 new
4    20 ILCS 2105/2105-166 new
5    55 ILCS 5/3-9005from Ch. 34, par. 3-9005