101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB2558

 

Introduced 1/29/2020, by Sen. Bill Cunningham

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
410 ILCS 406/30

    Amends the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Services Act. Provides that, in lieu of specified training requirements, a licensed home services agency may accept proof that a staff member has successfully completed an Alzheimer's training program that satisfies the requirements of specified provisions of the Illinois Administrative Code at or through another licensed home services agency within the 365 days before the staff member's date of employment.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning health.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5.The Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
5Services Act is amended by changing Section 30 as follows:
 
6    (410 ILCS 406/30)
7    (For Act repeal see Section 90)
8    Sec. 30. Staff training.
9    (a) (Blank).
10    (b) Staff with direct access to clients with Alzheimer's
11disease or a related dementia hired after the adoption of rules
12implementing this Act shall complete a minimum of 6 hours of
13initial training in the first 60 days of employment using an
14Alzheimer's disease and related dementias services curriculum
15compiled by the Department, except as provided in subsection
16(c).
17    (c) In lieu of the training required under subsection (b),
18a home services agency licensed under the Home Health, Home
19Services, and Home Nursing Agency Licensing Act may accept
20proof that the staff member has successfully completed an
21Alzheimer's training program that satisfies the requirements
22of subsection (e) of 77 Ill. Adm. Code 245.71 at or through
23another licensed home services agency within the 365 days

 

 

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1before the staff member's date of employment.
2    Subsection (b) shall not apply to the following:
3        (1) staff who received at least 6 hours of comparable
4    training in compliance with licensure or certified
5    training requirements; and
6        (2) staff temporarily hired or temporarily detailed by
7    a facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act to
8    permit the facility to meet statutory staffing
9    requirements.
10    (d) An Alzheimer's disease and related dementias services
11curriculum compiled by the Department and published on the
12Department's website must include at a minimum the following
13topics: understanding dementia, effectively communicating with
14individuals with dementia, assisting individuals with dementia
15in performing activities of daily living, problem solving with
16individuals with dementia who exhibit challenging behavior,
17fundamentals of dementia care, safe environments, and managing
18the activities of individuals with dementia.
19    (e) (Blank).
20    (f) Upon the adoption of rules implementing this Act, staff
21with direct access to clients with dementia shall receive 3
22hours of advanced training on caring for individuals with
23Alzheimer's disease and related dementias each year.
24    (g) Upon the adoption of rules implementing this Act,
25Alzheimer's disease and related dementias services program
26employers shall maintain training records and make them

 

 

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1available to the Department on request.
2(Source: P.A. 99-822, eff. 8-15-16; 100-1074, eff. 1-1-19.)