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1     AN ACT concerning health.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Health Care Workplace Violence Prevention
5 Act is amended by changing Section 35 as follows:
 
6     (405 ILCS 90/35)
7     Sec. 35. Pilot project; task force.
8     (a) The Department of Human Services and the Department of
9 Public Health shall initially implement this Act as a 2-year
10 pilot project in which only the following health care
11 workplaces shall participate:
12         (1) The Chester Mental Health Center.
13         (2) The Alton Mental Health Center.
14         (3) The Douglas Singer Mental Health Center.
15         (4) The Andrew McFarland Mental Health Center.
16         (5) The Jacksonville Developmental Center.
17     Each health care workplace participating in the pilot
18 project shall comply with this Act as provided in this Act.
19     (b) The Governor shall convene a 11-member 6-member task
20 force consisting of the following: one member appointed by the
21 President of the Senate; one member appointed by the Minority
22 Leader of the Senate; one member appointed by the Speaker of
23 House of Representatives; one member appointed by the Minority
24 Leader of the House of Representatives; one representative from
25 a statewide association representing licensed registered
26 professional nurses; one licensed registered professional
27 nurse involved in direct patient care, appointed by the
28 Governor; one representative of the American Federation of
29 State, County and Municipal Employees; one representative of
30 the Illinois Federation of Public Employees; and 3
31 representatives of the Department of Human Services, with one
32 representative from the Division of Mental Health, one

 

 

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1 representative from the Division of Developmental
2 Disabilities, and one representative from the Division of
3 Rehabilitation Services of the Department of Human Services.
4 The task force shall submit a report to the Illinois General
5 Assembly by January 1, 2008 that shall (i) evaluate the
6 effectiveness of the health care workplace violence prevention
7 pilot project in the facilities participating in the pilot
8 project and (ii) make recommendations concerning the
9 implementation of workplace violence prevention programs in
10 all health care workplaces.
11 (Source: P.A. 94-347, eff. 7-28-05.)
 
12     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
13 becoming law.