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Rep. Jay Hoffman
Filed: 5/23/2019
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1573
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1573 on page 1, by |
| 3 | | inserting immediately below line 3 the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 1. The Equity in Long-term Care Quality Act is |
| 5 | | amended by adding Section 25 as follows:
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| 6 | | (30 ILCS 772/25 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 25. Nursing home labor force program. |
| 8 | | (a) The Department of Public Health, contingent upon |
| 9 | | approval by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, |
| 10 | | shall establish a nursing home labor force promotion, |
| 11 | | expansion, and retention program no later than January 1, 2020 |
| 12 | | using moneys appropriated from the Equity in Long-term Care |
| 13 | | Quality Fund. |
| 14 | | (b) Components of the program shall include, but are not |
| 15 | | limited to: (1) a public relations campaign to encourage people |
| 16 | | to become nursing home workers; (2) scholarships for certified |
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| 1 | | nursing assistants, licensed practical nurses, and registered |
| 2 | | nurses; and (3) retention incentives for nursing home workers. |
| 3 | | (c) The Department shall establish partnerships with one or |
| 4 | | more community colleges or universities to execute the program. |
| 5 | | Sixty percent of the scholarships provided by the program shall |
| 6 | | be distributed to candidates living in counties with 3,000,000 |
| 7 | | or more residents. Preferential scholarship consideration |
| 8 | | shall be given to certified nursing assistants, single parents, |
| 9 | | and applicants from communities that are economically |
| 10 | | depressed or that have high percentages of Medicaid |
| 11 | | beneficiaries, immigrants, or racial or ethnic minorities. |
| 12 | | (d) The Department shall report to the General Assembly no |
| 13 | | later than January 30, 2020 on the status of the establishment |
| 14 | | of the program. No later than January 1, 2021, and each January |
| 15 | | 1 thereafter, the Department shall report to the General |
| 16 | | Assembly the number of scholarships awarded during the |
| 17 | | preceding year and the demographics of the awardees."; and
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| 18 | | on page 9, by inserting immediately below line 17 the |
| 19 | | following:
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| 20 | | "Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 21 | | becoming law.".
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