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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2713 | ||||||
| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2713, AS AMENDED, | ||||||
| 3 | with reference to page and line numbers of Senate Amendment | ||||||
| 4 | No. 1, on page 36, line 18, by replacing "5" with "5, 15,"; and | ||||||
| 5 | on page 39, immediately below line 11, by inserting the | ||||||
| 6 | following: | ||||||
| 7 | "(210 ILCS 160/15) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 15. Workplace safety. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) A health care worker who contacts law enforcement or | ||||||
| 10 | files a report with law enforcement against a patient or | ||||||
| 11 | individual because of workplace violence shall provide notice | ||||||
| 12 | to management of the health care provider by which he or she is | ||||||
| 13 | employed within 3 days after contacting law enforcement or | ||||||
| 14 | filing the report. | ||||||
| 15 | (b) No management of a health care provider may discourage | ||||||
| 16 | a health care worker from exercising his or her right to | ||||||
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| 1 | contact law enforcement or the Department or file a report | ||||||
| 2 | with law enforcement because of workplace violence. | ||||||
| 3 | (c) A health care provider that employs a health care | ||||||
| 4 | worker shall display a notice, either by physical or | ||||||
| 5 | electronic means, stating that verbal aggression will not be | ||||||
| 6 | tolerated and physical assault will be reported to law | ||||||
| 7 | enforcement. | ||||||
| 8 | (d) The health care provider shall offer immediate | ||||||
| 9 | post-incident services for a health care worker directly | ||||||
| 10 | involved in a workplace violence incident caused by patients | ||||||
| 11 | or their visitors, including acute treatment and access to | ||||||
| 12 | psychological evaluation. | ||||||
| 13 | (e) No health care provider may maintain a policy that | ||||||
| 14 | limits the type of workplace violence about which a health | ||||||
| 15 | care worker may contact law enforcement or file a report with | ||||||
| 16 | law enforcement or the Department. | ||||||
| 17 | (Source: P.A. 102-4, eff. 4-27-21.)". | ||||||