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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB3800 Introduced 1/21/2022, by Sen. Karina Villa SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 20 ILCS 2310/2310-434 new | |
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Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Public Health to publish current workplace COVID-19 data on the COVID-19 portal of the Department's website. Provides that the published data shall serve as an accountability apparatus for companies that hire a majority of low-wage, immigrant workers and that do not follow COVID-19 protection protocols. Requires the Department to continue to publish the information until new COVID-19 cases decrease by 50% over a 3-week period and the percent of COVID-19 positivity in Illinois is less than 5% for 2 consecutive weeks. Provides that an employer of 50 persons or more shall report each week to the Department each case of COVID-19 contracted by the employer's employees if 3 employees or more contract COVID-19 in that week. Provides that an employer who does not report to the Department as required is subject to a civil administrative penalty of $100 for every required weekly report that is not reported. Effective immediately.
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| | SB3800 | | LRB102 24443 CPF 33677 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and |
| 5 | | Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is |
| 6 | | amended by adding Section 2310-434 as follows:
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| 7 | | (20 ILCS 2310/2310-434 new) |
| 8 | | Sec. 2310-434. Employer COVID-19 information. |
| 9 | | (a) The Department shall publish current workplace |
| 10 | | COVID-19 data, including, but not limited to, COVID-19 |
| 11 | | workplace data from Illinois manufacturers and the Illinois |
| 12 | | agriculture, hospitality, and food and beverage industries, on |
| 13 | | the COVID-19 portal of the Department's website. The published |
| 14 | | data shall serve as an accountability apparatus for companies |
| 15 | | that hire a majority of low-wage, immigrant workers and that |
| 16 | | do not follow COVID-19 protection protocols. |
| 17 | | (b) The Department shall continue to publish the |
| 18 | | information required under subsection (a) until: |
| 19 | | (1) new COVID-19 cases decrease by 50% over a 3-week |
| 20 | | period; and |
| 21 | | (2) the percent of COVID-19 positivity in Illinois is |
| 22 | | less than 5% for 2 consecutive weeks. |
| 23 | | (c) An employer of 50 persons or more shall report each |