91st General Assembly
Summary of SB1114
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Senate Sponsors:
DONAHUE-PHILIP.

House Sponsors:
RYDER-BELLOCK-DAVIS,MONIQUE-MATHIAS

Short description: 
HEALTH CARE WORKER                                                         

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the Nursing Home Care Act.  Changes Sections  in  the  Act      
   regarding  training and qualifications, registrations, and grounds for      
   discipline of a registration to make the individuals  regulated  under      
   the  Sections  nursing  assistants, habilitation aides, and child care      
   aides rather than  nurse  aides,  orderlies,  and  nurse  technicians.      
   Amends  the Health Care Worker Background Check Act.  Makes changes in      
   the definitions of "direct care" and "health  care  employer".   Makes      
   changes  in  the  Sections regarding exemptions, hiring by health care      
   employers,  non-fingerprint  based  UCIA  criminal   records   checks,      
   fingerprint-based UCIA criminal records checks, waivers, immunity from      
   liability, and offenses.  Amends the Mental Health  and  Developmental      
   Disabilities Code.  Requires that founded reports of abuse be reported      
   to  the  registry  established  in  the Nursing Home Care Act.  Adds a      
   Section requiring certain  individuals  to  be  registered  under  the      
   registry  established in the Nursing Home Care Act.  Effective January      
   1, 2000.                                                                    
        SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                
          Deletes reference to:                                                
          405 ILCS 5/3-210                                                     
          405 ILCS 5/3-210.1 new                                               
        Deletes everything.  Amends the Nursing Home Care  Act.   Changes      
   Sections   in   the   Act   regarding   training  and  qualifications,      
   registrations, and grounds for discipline of a  registration  to  make      
   the  individuals  regulated  under  the  Sections  nursing assistants,      
   habilitation aides, and child care  aides  rather  than  nurse  aides,      
   orderlies,  and  nurse  technicians.   Amends  the  Health Care Worker      
   Background Check Act.  Makes changes in  the  definitions  of  "Direct      
   care"  and  "Health  care  employer".   Makes  changes in the Sections      
   regarding exemptions, hiring by health care employers, non-fingerprint      
   based UCIA criminal records checks,  fingerprint-based  UCIA  criminal      
   records  checks,  waivers,  immunity  from  liability,  and  offenses.      
   Effective January 1, 2000.                                                  
        HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1.                                                 
        Provides for removal of designation from the registry, unless the      
   Department determines that the removal of designation is  not  in  the      
   public interest.                                                            
 
Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0598

   Last action date: 99-08-14

           Location: Senate

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   1     SENATE -   1


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