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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1271
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 1271 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT to amend the Health Care Worker Background Check
5 Act by changing Section 15."; and
6 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
7 following:
8 "Section 5. The Health Care Worker Background Check Act
9 is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
10 (225 ILCS 46/15)
11 Sec. 15. Definitions. For the purposes of this Act, the
12 following definitions apply:
13 "Applicant" means an individual seeking employment with a
14 health care employer who has received a bona fide conditional
15 offer of employment.
16 "Conditional offer of employment" means a bona fide offer
17 of employment by a health care employer to an applicant,
18 which is contingent upon the receipt of a report from the
19 Department of State Police indicating that the applicant does
20 not have a record of conviction of any of the criminal
21 offenses enumerated in Section 25.
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1 "Direct care" means the provision of nursing care or
2 assistance with meals, dressing, movement, bathing, or other
3 personal needs or maintenance, or general supervision and
4 oversight of the physical and mental well-being of an
5 individual who is incapable of managing his or her person
6 whether or not a guardian has been appointed for that
7 individual.
8 "Health care employer" means:
9 (1) the owner or licensee of any of the following:
10 (i) a community living facility, as defined in the
11 Community Living Facilities Act;
12 (ii) a life care facility, as defined in the Life
13 Care Facilities Act;
14 (iii) a long-term care facility, as defined in the
15 Nursing Home Care Act;
16 (iv) a home health agency, as defined in the Home
17 Health Agency Licensing Act;
18 (v) a full hospice, as defined in the Hospice
19 Program Licensing Act;
20 (vi) a hospital, as defined in the Hospital
21 Licensing Act;
22 (vii) a community residential alternative, as
23 defined in the Community Residential Alternatives
24 Licensing Act;
25 (viii) a nurse agency, as defined in the Nurse
26 Agency Licensing Act;
27 (ix) a respite care provider, as defined in the
28 Respite Program Act;
29 (x) a supportive living program, as defined in the
30 Illinois Public Aid Code;
31 (2) a day training program certified by the Department
32 of Human Services; or
33 (3) a community integrated living arrangement operated
34 by a community mental health and developmental service
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1 agency, as defined in the Community-Integrated Living
2 Arrangements Licensing and Certification Act.
3 "Initiate" means the obtaining of the authorization for a
4 record check from a student, applicant, or employee. The
5 educational entity or health care employer or its designee
6 shall transmit all necessary information and fees to the
7 Illinois State Police within 10 working days after receipt of
8 the authorization.
9 (Source: P.A. 89-197, eff. 7-21-95; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97;
10 89-674, eff. 8-14-96; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97.)".