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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4396
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 4396, AS AMENDED,
3 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
5 "Section 5. The Nursing Home Care Act is amended by
6 changing Section 3-206.01 as follows:
7 (210 ILCS 45/3-206.01) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par.
8 4153-206.01)
9 Sec. 3-206.01. Nurse aide registry. The Department
10 shall establish and maintain a registry of all individuals
11 who have satisfactorily completed the training required by
12 Section 3-206. The registry shall include the name of the
13 nursing assistant, habilitation aide, or child care aide, his
14 or her current address, Social Security number, and the date
15 and location of the training course completed by the
16 individual, and the date of the individual's last criminal
17 records check. Any individual placed on the registry is
18 required to inform the Department of any change of address
19 within 30 days. A facility shall not employ an individual as
20 a nursing assistant, habilitation aide, or child care aide
21 unless the facility has inquired of the Department as to
22 information in the registry concerning the individual and
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1 shall not employ anyone not on the registry unless the
2 individual is enrolled in a training program under paragraph
3 (5) of subsection (a) of Section 3-206 of this Act.
4 If the Department finds that a nursing assistant,
5 habilitation aide, or child care aide has abused a resident,
6 neglected a resident, or misappropriated resident property in
7 a facility, the Department shall notify the individual of
8 this finding by certified mail sent to the address contained
9 in the registry. The notice shall give the individual an
10 opportunity to contest the finding in a hearing before the
11 Department or to submit a written response to the findings in
12 lieu of requesting a hearing. If, after a hearing or if the
13 individual does not request a hearing, the Department finds
14 that the individual abused a resident, neglected a resident,
15 or misappropriated resident property in a facility, the
16 finding shall be included as part of the registry as well as
17 a brief statement from the individual, if he or she chooses
18 to make such a statement. The Department shall make
19 information in the registry available to the public. In the
20 case of inquiries to the registry concerning an individual
21 listed in the registry, any information disclosed concerning
22 such a finding shall also include disclosure of any statement
23 in the registry relating to the finding or a clear and
24 accurate summary of the statement.
25 (Source: P.A. 91-598, eff. 1-1-00.)".