Senate Sponsors: DONAHUE-PHILIP. House Sponsors: RYDER-BELLOCK-DAVIS,MONIQUE-MATHIAS Short description: HEALTH CARE WORKER Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Changes Sections in the Act regarding training and qualifications, registrations, and grounds for discipline of a registration to make the individuals regulated under the Sections nursing assistants, habilitation aides, and child care aides rather than nurse aides, orderlies, and nurse technicians. Amends the Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Makes changes in the definitions of "direct care" and "health care employer". Makes changes in the Sections regarding exemptions, hiring by health care employers, non-fingerprint based UCIA criminal records checks, fingerprint-based UCIA criminal records checks, waivers, immunity from liability, and offenses. Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Requires that founded reports of abuse be reported to the registry established in the Nursing Home Care Act. Adds a Section requiring certain individuals to be registered under the registry established in the Nursing Home Care Act. Effective January 1, 2000. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes reference to: 405 ILCS 5/3-210 405 ILCS 5/3-210.1 new Deletes everything. Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Changes Sections in the Act regarding training and qualifications, registrations, and grounds for discipline of a registration to make the individuals regulated under the Sections nursing assistants, habilitation aides, and child care aides rather than nurse aides, orderlies, and nurse technicians. Amends the Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Makes changes in the definitions of "Direct care" and "Health care employer". Makes changes in the Sections regarding exemptions, hiring by health care employers, non-fingerprint based UCIA criminal records checks, fingerprint-based UCIA criminal records checks, waivers, immunity from liability, and offenses. Effective January 1, 2000. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Provides for removal of designation from the registry, unless the Department determines that the removal of designation is not in the public interest. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0598 Last action date: 99-08-14 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 1 SENATE - 1 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status