HB2531sam004 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Edward D. Maloney

Filed: 5/13/2005

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2531

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2531, AS AMENDED, in Section 5, Sec. 30, subsec. (d-5), by deleting "UCIA"; and

in Section 5, Sec. 30, subsec. (d-5), after "employees", by inserting "hired on or after January 1, 2006"; and

in Section 5, Sec. 70, by replacing subsec. (a) with the following:

"(a) In this Section:

"Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMMS) grant" means the grant awarded to and distributed by the Department of Public Health to enhance the conduct of criminal history records checks of certain health care employees. The CMMS grant is authorized by Section 307 of the federal Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, which establishes the framework for a program to evaluate national and state background checks on perspective employees with direct access to patients of long-term care facilities or providers.

"Selected health care employer" means any of the following selected to participate in the CMMS grant:

(1) a community living facility as defined in the Community Living Facility Act;

(2) a long-term care facility as defined in the Nursing Home Care Act;

(3) a home health agency as defined in the Home Health Agency Licensing Act;

(4) a full hospice as defined in the Hospice Licensing Act;

(5) an establishment licensed under the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act;

(6) a supportive living facility as defined in the Illinois Public Aid Code;

(7) a day training program certified by the Department of Human Services; or

(8) a community integrated living arrangement operated by a community mental health and developmental service agency as defined in the Community Integrated Living Arrangements Licensing and Certification Act."; and

in Section 5, Sec. 70, subsec. (c), after "With regards to individuals", by inserting "hired on or after January 1, 2006"; and

in Section 5, Sec. 70, subsec. (d), the sentence beginning "The Department of State Police shall charge", after "actual cost of the records check", by inserting "and shall be deposited into the State Police Services Fund"; and

in Section 5, Sec. 70, by replacing subsec. (g) with the following:

"(g) A fingerprint-based criminal history records check submitted in accordance with subsection (d) of this Section must meet the requirements for a UCIA criminal history records check, as set forth in this Act.

(h) This Section shall be inapplicable upon the conclusion of the CMMS grant.".