Full Text of HB5930 99th General Assembly
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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
the
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 a biennial report no later than | 18 | | April 1 of each even-numbered 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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