Public Act 095-0987
 		





HB5318 Re-Enrolled
LRB095 18273 RAS 44357 b






    AN ACT concerning regulation.

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


 
    Section 5. The Health Care Worker Background Check Act is 
amended  by changing Section 65 as follows:
 



    (225 ILCS 46/65)



    Sec. 65. Health Care Worker Task Force. A Health Care 
Worker Task Force
shall be appointed to study and make 
recommendations on statutory changes to
this Act.

    (a) The Task Force shall monitor the status of the 
implementation of this
Act and monitor complaint 
investigations relating to this Act by the Department
on Aging, 
Department of Public Health, Department of Professional 
Regulation,
and the Department of Human Services to determine 
the criminal background, if
any, of health care workers who 
have had findings of abuse, theft, or
exploitation.

    (b) The Task Force shall  make recommendations concerning 
modifications to
the list of offenses enumerated in Section 25, 
including time limits on all or
some of the disqualifying 
offenses, and any other necessary or desirable
changes to the 
Act.

    (c) In the event that proposed rules or changes are 
properly submitted to the Task Force and the Task Force fails 
to advise the Department within 90 days after receipt of the 
proposed rules or changes, final action shall be deemed to have 
been taken by the Task Force concerning the proposed rules or 
changes The Task Force shall issue an interim report to the 
Governor and General
Assembly no later than January 1, 2004.  
The final report shall be issued no
later than September 30, 
2005, and shall include specific statutory changes

recommended, if any.

    (d) The Task Force shall be composed of the following 
members, who shall
serve without pay:


        (1) a chairman knowledgeable about health care issues, 
    who shall be
appointed by the Governor;


        (2) the Director of Public Health or his or her 
    designee;


        (3) the Director of State Police or his or her 
    designee;


        (3.5) the Director of Healthcare and Family Services or 
    his or her designee;


        (3.6) the Secretary of Human Services or his or her 
    designee;


        (3.7) the Director of Aging or his or her designee;


        (4) 2 representatives of health care providers, who 
    shall be appointed
by the Governor;


        (5) 2 representatives of health care employees, who 
    shall be appointed
by the Governor;


        (5.5) a representative of a Community Care homemaker 
    program, who shall
be appointed by the Governor;


        (6) a representative of the general public who has an 
    interest in health
care, who shall be appointed by the 
    Governor; and


        (7) 4 members of the General Assembly, one appointed by 
    the Speaker of
the House, one appointed by the House 
    Minority Leader, one appointed by the
President of the 
    Senate, and one appointed by the Senate Minority Leader.
    (e) The Task Force shall meet at least quarterly, and more 
frequently at the discretion of the chairperson.  Task Force 
members shall serve until a replacement is sworn and qualified. 
Nine members appointed to the Task Force constitutes a quorum. 

(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)

 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.