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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 3. The Personnel Code is amended  by adding Section 
521 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 415/21 new)
7    Sec. 21. Extra Help appointments.
8    (a) An Extra Help appointment may be made by the Department 
9of Corrections to a Corrections Nurse I or a Corrections Nurse 
10II position which the Department of Corrections attests to be 
11casual or emergent in nature, and which meets the
following 
12conditions:
13        (1) the amount of time for which the services are 
14    needed is not usually predictable;
15        (2) payment for work performed is usually made on an 
16    hourly basis; and
17        (3) the work
cannot readily be assigned either on a 
18    straight time or on an overtime basis to a status
employee.
19    (b) Persons seeking an Extra Help appointment shall meet 
20the same qualifications as required for in status employment as 
21a Corrections Nurse I or a Corrections Nurse II.
22    (c) The Department of Corrections shall fill an Extra Help 
23position by appointing persons listed in the registry created 
 
 
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1under Section 3-2-2.3 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
2    (d) Acceptance or refusal to accept an Extra Help 
3appointment by a candidate shall in no
way affect the 
4candidate's position on the registry created under Section 
53-2-2.3 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
6    (e) An Extra Help position may be utilized for a maximum of 
7900 hours of actual work in
any consecutive 12 calendar months. 
8The Department of Corrections shall review the status of the 
9position
at least every three calendar months. If at any time 
10it is found that the position has become
an appointment which 
11is other than Extra Help, the Department of Corrections shall 
12terminate the Extra Help appointment. If an Extra Help position 
13has accrued 900 consecutive hours, the
position shall not be 
14reestablished until 6 months time has elapsed from the date of

15the termination of the position.
16    (f) Upon working 900 hours, an Extra Help employee cannot 
17resume employment in any
Extra Help appointment within the 
18Department of Corrections until 30 calendar days have
elapsed.
19    (g)  The Department of Corrections shall quarterly review 
20its use of Extra Help appointments to ensure
compliance with 
21these rules.
22    (h) Compensation of Extra Help employees shall be within 
23the limits established for
comparable service by in status 
24employment as a Corrections Nurse I or Corrections Nurse II.
 
25    Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended  by 
 
 
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1adding Section 3-2-2.3 as follows:
 
2    (730 ILCS 5/3-2-2.3 new)
3    Sec. 3-2-2.3. In-house nurses registry. 
4    (a)  The Department shall establish an in-house registry of 
5nurses classified as Corrections Nurse I or Corrections Nurse 
6II for the purpose of improving staffing levels to minimize or 
7eliminate the use of mandatory overtime at State-operated 
8facilities.  The registry (1)  shall not be used to replace 
9budgeted positions for Corrections Nurse I or Corrections Nurse 
10II, (2) shall be developed through collective bargaining with 
11an organization representing those nurses, and (3) may utilize 
12an Extra Help employee for a maximum of 900 hours of actual 
13work in any 12 consecutive calendar months.  The employer  shall 
14review the status of the position at least every 3 calendar 
15months.  If, at any time, it is found that the position has 
16become an appointment that is other than Extra Help, the 
17employer shall terminate the Extra Help appointment.  If an 
18Extra Help position has accrued 900 consecutive hours, the 
19position shall not be reestablished until 6 months have elapsed 
20from the date of the termination of the position. Upon working 
21900 hours, an Extra Help employee shall not resume employment 
22in any Extra Help appointment at a place of employment until 30 
23calendar days have elapsed. The State shall conduct quarterly 
24review of its use of Extra Help appointments to ensure 
25compliance with this Section. The State shall maintain the 
 
 
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1number of full time Correctional Nurse I and Correctional Nurse 
2II positions that exist on the effective date of this 
3amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.
4    (b)  An Extra Help appointment may be made by the State for 
5Correctional Nurse I
                      or Correctional Nurse II for work that 
6meets the following conditions: 
7        (1) The work cannot be readily assigned on a voluntary 
8    basis, or on a straight-time or overtime basis, to a 
9    full-time or part-time employee. 
10        (2) The State or Department shall fill an Extra Help 
11    position by referring persons to the employing unit of the 
12    State-operated facility from the Extra Help list of 
13    acceptable candidates. 
14        (3) Acceptance or refusal to accept an Extra Help 
15    appointment by a candidate shall in no way affect the 
16    candidate's position on any Extra Help list, or on any 
17    other registry maintained by the Department or the 
18    employer. 
19    (c)  As used in this Section:
20    "Corrections Nurse I" and "Corrections Nurse II" means a 
21nurse classified as a
Corrections Nurse I or a Corrections 
22Nurse II and employed by the State to work at a State-operated 
23facility. 
24    "Extra Help Employee Appointment" means the hiring of a 
25Corrections Nurse I or Corrections Nurse II from an in-house 
26registry to work at the Department of Corrections. 
 
 
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1    "Mandatory overtime" means work that is required by the 
2Department in excess of an agreed-to, predetermined work shift. 

 
 
3    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
41, 2014.