94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB1331


 
Introduced 02/09/05, by Rep. Lou Lang
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














210 ILCS 45/3-206.01
  from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-206.01







    Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the nurse aide registry.
















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    AN ACT concerning regulation.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended  by changing 
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Section 3-206.01 as follows:
 



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    (210 ILCS 45/3-206.01)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-206.01)



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    Sec. 3-206.01. Nurse aide registry. 

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    (a) The
The Department shall establish and maintain a 
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registry of all
individuals who have satisfactorily completed 
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the training required
by Section 3-206.  The registry shall 
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include the name of the nursing
assistant, habilitation aide, 
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or child care aide, his or her
current address, Social Security 
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number, and the date and location of
the training course 
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completed by the individual, and the date of the
individual's 
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last criminal records check. Any individual placed on the

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registry is required to inform the Department of any change of 
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address
within 30 days.  A facility shall not employ an 
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individual as a nursing
assistant, habilitation aide, or child 
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care aide
unless the facility has inquired of the Department as 
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to information in the
registry concerning the individual and 
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shall not employ anyone not on the
registry unless the 
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individual is enrolled in a training program under
paragraph 
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(5) of subsection (a) of Section 3-206 of this Act.

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    If the Department finds that a nursing assistant, 
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habilitation aide, or
child care aide has abused a resident, 
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neglected a resident, or misappropriated
resident property in a 
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facility, the Department shall notify the individual of
this 
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finding by certified mail sent to the address contained in the 
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registry.
The notice shall give the individual an opportunity 
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to contest the finding in a
hearing before the Department or to 
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submit a written response to the findings
in lieu of requesting 
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a hearing.  If, after a hearing or if the individual does
not 
 


 






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request a hearing, the Department finds that the individual 
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abused a
resident, neglected a resident, or misappropriated 
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resident property in a
facility, the finding shall be included 
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as part of the registry as well as a
brief statement from the 
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individual, if he or she chooses to make such a
statement. The 
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Department shall make information in the registry available to

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the public. In the case of inquiries to the registry concerning 
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an individual
listed in the registry, any information disclosed 
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concerning such a finding
shall also include disclosure of any 
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statement in the registry relating to the
finding or a clear 
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and accurate summary of the statement.

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    (b) The Department shall add to the nurse aide registry 
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records
of findings as reported by the Inspector General or 
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remove from
the nurse aide registry records of findings as 
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reported by the
Department of Human Services, under Section 6.2 
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of the Abused
and Neglected Long Term Care Facility Residents 
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Reporting Act.

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(Source: P.A. 91-598, eff. 1-1-00; 92-473, eff. 1-1-02; 92-651, 
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eff.
7-11-02.)