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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 5. The Personnel Code is amended  by adding Section 
512g as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 415/12g new)
7    Sec. 12g. Registered Nurse Registry Pilot Program.
8    (a)      As used in this Section:
9    "In-house registry" means a list of employees who are 
10classified as either Registered Nurse I or Correctional Nurse I 
11maintained for the purpose of
improving staffing levels to 
12minimize or eliminate the use of mandatory
overtime at State 
13operated facilities. The list shall be developed in 
14collaboration and by negotiation with a historical 
15representative of RN stakeholders currently employed by the 
16State at State operated facilities.
17    "Mandatory overtime" means work that is required by the 
18Department in
excess of an agreed-to, predetermined work shift.
19    "Extra help employee appointment" means the appointment  of 
20a Registered Nurse I or Correctional Nurse I from an in-house 
21registry to work at a State operated facility as an extra help 
22employee.
23    "Historical representative" means a labor organization 
 
 
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1that has historically represented nurses classified as 
2Correctional Nurse I or Registered Nurse I where a historical 
3pattern of representation exists for those classifications and 
4that has been found by the Illinois Labor Relations Board to be 
5the exclusive representative of nurses classified as 
6Correctional Nurse I or Registered Nurse I who participate in 
7the program.
8    "Registered Nurse I" or "Correctional Nurse I" means a 
9nurse classified as Registered Nurse I or Correctional Nurse I 
10and employed by the
State to work at a State operated facility.
11    "Program" means the Registered Nurse Registry Pilot 
12Program, a 2-year pilot
 program established by the State to 
13improve staffing levels to minimize or eliminate the use of 
14mandatory overtime at State operated facilities.
15    "State operated facility" means one of the following 
16facilities: Manteno Veterans Home, Chester
 Mental Health 
17Center, or Sheridan Correctional Center.
18    (b) The Registered Nurse Registry Pilot Program is 
19established to serve the staffing needs of State operated 
20facilities. The program shall be administered by the 
21Department. The program shall terminate on a date 2 years after 
22the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General 
23Assembly.
24    (c) The Department shall develop and maintain an in-house 
25registry of extra help employees for State operated facilities. 
26The in-house registry shall meet the following requirements:
 
 
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1        (1)   The in-house registry shall not be used to replace 
2    budgeted positions for either full-time or part-time 
3    Registered Nurse I or Correctional Nurse I.
4        (2)   The in-house registry shall be developed in 
5    collaboration with a historical representative of RN 
6    stakeholders currently
              employed at State operated 
7    facilities.
8    (d) The Department may appoint a Registered
       Nurse I or 
9Correctional Nurse I to an extra help appointment for work the 
10State operated facility attests to be
       emergent in nature and 
11which meets the following conditions:
12        (1)    The amount of time for which the services are 
13    needed is not
           predictable.
14        (2)    Payment for work performed is made on an hourly 
15    basis, with
           no benefits.
16        (3)    The work cannot readily be assigned on a voluntary 
17    basis, or on a straight-time or overtime basis, to a 
18    full-time or part-time employee.
19    (e)    The Department shall appoint an extra help employee by 
20referring persons
           to the State operated facility from the 
21in-house registry. An employee's acceptance or refusal of an 
22extra help appointment shall in no way affect the employee's 
23status on the in-house registry or on any other register 
24maintained by the
           Department or the State operated facility.
25    (f)   A State operated facility may use an extra help 
26employee for a maximum of 900
              hours of actual work in any 
 
 
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1consecutive 12 calendar months.
              The State operated facility 
2shall review the status of the appointment at least
every 3 
3calendar months. If at any time it is found that the
               
4appointment no longer meets the requirements of this paragraph 
5or subsection (d), the Department shall terminate the extra 
6help appointment.
               If an extra help employee has accrued 900 
7consecutive hours, the
               appointment at that State operated 
8facility may not be reestablished until 6 months have elapsed
               
9from the date of the termination of the appointment. Upon 
10working 900 hours, an extra help employee may not
               be 
11reappointed as an extra help employee at a State operated 
12facility for 30 calendar days after reaching the 900-hour 
13limit. The Department shall quarterly review its use of extra 
14help
    appointments to ensure compliance with this Section.
 
 
15    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 
161, 2012.