Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
Filed: 4/12/2013
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3092




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3092 immediately 
3below the enacting clause, by inserting the following:

 
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 any a Corrections Nurse I or a Corrections 
10Nurse II position which the Department of Corrections attests 
11to be casual or emergent in nature, and which meets the

12following conditions:
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
 
 
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1        (3) the work
cannot readily be assigned either on a 
2    straight time or on an overtime basis to a status
employee.
3    (b) Persons seeking an Extra Help appointment shall meet 
4the same qualifications as required for in status employment as 
5a Corrections Nurse I or a Corrections Nurse II.
6    (c) The Department of Corrections shall fill an Extra Help 
7position by appointing persons listed in the registry created 
8under Section 3-2-2.3 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
9    (d) Acceptance or refusal to accept an Extra Help 
10appointment by a candidate shall in no
way affect the 
11candidate's position on the registry created under Section 
123-2-2.3 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
13    (e) An Extra Help position may be utilized for a maximum of 
14900 hours of actual work in
any consecutive 12 calendar months. 
15The Department of Corrections shall review the status of the 
16position
at least every three calendar months. If at any time 
17it is found that the position has become
an appointment which 
18is other than Extra Help, the Department of Corrections shall 
19terminate the Extra
Help appointment. If an Extra Help position 
20has accrued 900 consecutive hours, the
position shall not be 
21reestablished until 6 months time has elapsed from the date of

22the termination of the position.
23    (f) Upon working 900 hours, an Extra Help employee cannot 
24resume employment in any
Extra Help appointment within the 
25Department of Corrections until 30 calendar days have
elapsed.
26    (g)  The Department of Corrections shall quarterly review 
 
 
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1its use of Extra Help appointments to ensure
compliance with 
2these rules.
3    (h) Compensation of Extra Help employees shall be within 
4the limits established for
comparable service by in status 
5employment as a Corrections Nurse I or Corrections Nurse II.".