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90_HB1458
225 ILCS 46/80 new
Amends the Health Care Worker Background Check Act to
require the Department on Aging and the Department of Human
Services to develop and implement a home care worker
background check program on or before July 1, 1998.
Requires the Departments to jointly report to the Governor
and the General Assembly concerning the effectiveness of the
program.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Health Care Worker Background Check
2 Act by adding Section 80.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Health Care Worker Background Check Act
6 is amended by adding Section 80 as follows:
7 (225 ILCS 46/80 new)
8 Sec. 80. Home Care Worker Background Check. On or
9 before July 1, 1998, the Department on Aging and the
10 Department of Human Services, with the cooperation of the
11 Department of Public Health, shall develop and implement a
12 process for conducting background checks on persons seeking
13 employment as home care workers in this State, based on the
14 process used by the Department of Public Health under this
15 Act. As used in this Section, "home care worker" means a
16 person who provides services described under the Illinois Act
17 on the Aging and the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act on
18 contract or through a service agency at a person's residence.
19 On or before July 1, 1999, the Director of the Department on
20 Aging and the Secretary of the Department of Human Services
21 shall jointly report to the Governor and the General Assembly
22 concerning the effectiveness and desirability of a home care
23 worker background check program.