97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1923
 
Introduced , by Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
20 ILCS 415/12g new

     Amends the Personnel Code. Creates the Registered Nurse Registry Pilot Program to be administered by the Department of Central Management Services. Provides that the Department shall create and maintain an in-house registry of extra help employees for certain State operated facilities to improve staffing needs and to avoid the use of mandatory overtime. Provides that the in-house registry shall meet certain requirements. Provides that a State operated facility may appoint a Registered Nurse I or Correctional Nurse I as an extra help employee if certain conditions are met. Effective January 1, 2012.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Personnel Code is amended  by adding Section 
512g as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 415/12g new)
7    Sec. 12g. Registered Nurse Registry Pilot Program.
8    (a)      As used in this Section:
9    "In-house registry" means a list of employees who are 
10classified as either Registered Nurse I or Correctional Nurse I 
11maintained for the purpose of
improving staffing levels to 
12minimize or eliminate the use of mandatory
overtime at State 
13operated facilities.
14    "Mandatory overtime" means work that is required by the 
15Department in
excess of an agreed-to, predetermined work shift.
16    "Extra help employee appointment" means the appointment  of 
17a Registered Nurse I or Correctional Nurse I from an in-house 
18registry to work at a State operated facility as an extra help 
19employee.
20    "Registered Nurse I" or "Correctional Nurse I" means a 
21nurse classified as Registered Nurse I or Correctional Nurse I 
22and employed by the
State to work at a State operated facility.
23    "Program" means the Registered Nurse Registry Pilot 
 
 
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1Program, a 2-year pilot
 program established by the State to 
2improve staffing levels to minimize or eliminate the use of 
3mandatory overtime at State operated facilities.
4    "State operated facility" means one of the following 
5facilities: Manteno Veterans Home, Chester
 Mental Health 
6Center, or Sheridan Correctional Center.
7    (b) The Registered Nurse Registry Pilot Program is 
8established to serve the staffing needs of State operated 
9facilities. The program shall be administered by the 
10Department. The program shall terminate on a date 2 years after 
11the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General 
12Assembly.
13    (c) The Department shall develop and maintain an in-house 
14registry of extra help employees for State operated facilities. 
15The in-house registry shall meet the following requirements:
16        (1)   The in-house registry shall not be used to replace 
17    budgeted positions for either full-time or part-time 
18    Registered Nurse I or Correctional Nurse I.
19        (2)   The in-house registry shall be developed in 
20    collaboration with RN stakeholders currently
              employed at 
21    State operated facilities.
22    (d) The Department may appoint a Registered
       Nurse I or 
23Correctional Nurse I to an extra help appointment for work the 
24State operated facility attests to be
       emergent in nature and 
25which meets the following conditions:
26        (1)    The amount of time for which the services are 
 
 
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1    needed is not
           predictable.
2        (2)    Payment for work performed is made on an hourly 
3    basis, with
           no benefits.
4        (3)    The work cannot readily be assigned on a voluntary 
5    basis, or on a straight-time or overtime basis, to a 
6    full-time or part-time employee.
7    (e)    The Department shall appoint an extra help employee by 
8referring persons
           to the State operated facility from the 
9in-house registry. An employee's acceptance or refusal of an 
10extra help appointment shall in no way affect the employee's 
11status on the in-house registry or on any other register 
12maintained by the
           Department or the State operated facility.
13    (f)   A State operated facility may use an extra help 
14employee for a maximum of 900
              hours of actual work in any 
15consecutive 12 calendar months.
              The State operated facility 
16shall review the status of the appointment at least
every 3 
17calendar months. If at any time it is found that the
               
18appointment no longer meets the requirements of this paragraph 
19or subsection (d), the Department shall terminate the extra 
20help appointment.
               If an extra help employee has accrued 900 
21consecutive hours, the
               appointment at that State operated 
22facility may not be reestablished until 6 months have elapsed
               
23from the date of the termination of the appointment. Upon 
24working 900 hours, an extra help employee may not
               be 
25reappointed as an extra help employee at a State operated 
26facility for 30 calendar days after reaching the 900-hour 
 
 
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1limit. The Department shall quarterly review its use of extra 
2help
    appointments to ensure compliance with this Section.
 
 
3    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
41, 2012.