Bill Text: IL HB5081 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall provide access to the Health Care Worker Registry to health care employers, staffing agencies, digital staffing platforms, workforce intermediaries, organizations that provide pro bono legal services, and educational entities. Provides that nothing shall prevent the Department from providing access to other types of entities to the extent that the Department deems appropriate.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-18 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5081 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB5081-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB5081 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Zalewski SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
225 ILCS 46/26.1 new
Amends the Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall provide access to the Health Care Worker Registry to health care employers, staffing agencies, digital staffing platforms, workforce intermediaries, organizations that provide pro bono legal services, and educational entities. Provides that nothing shall prevent the Department from providing access to other types of entities to the extent that the Department deems appropriate.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Health Care Worker Background Check Act is
amended by adding Section 26.1 as follows:
(225 ILCS 46/26.1 new)
Sec. 26.1. Access to Health Care Worker Registry.
(a) The Department shall provide access to the Health Care
Worker Registry, which includes the information as stated in
Section 26, to:
(1) health care employers;
(2) staffing agencies;
(3) digital staffing platforms;
(4) workforce intermediaries;
(5) organizations that provide pro bono legal
services; and
(6) educational entities.
(b) Nothing in this Section shall prevent the Department
from providing access to other types of entities to the extent
the Department deems appropriate.
(c) As used in this Section:
"Digital staffing platform" means an organization,
including, but not limited to, a corporation, limited

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liability company, partnership, sole proprietor, or any other
entity, that both (i) operates a digital website or digital
application that facilitates the provision of health care
services by health care providers to individuals or entities
seeking such services, and (ii) accepts service requests only
through its digital website or digital application, and does
not accept service requests by telephone, by facsimile, or
in-person at physical locations.
"Educational entity" means a community college, community
agency, or private business that conducts educational programs
in which individuals learn the skills to provide direct care
services to clients, residents, or patients.
"Health care employers" has the same meaning as in Section
15.
"Organization providing pro bono legal services" has the
same meaning as in subsection (n) of Section 33.
"Staffing agency" means any individual or business entity
whose profession is job counseling or that contracts or
subcontracts its workers or services to a health care
employer.
"Workforce intermediary" has the same meaning as in
subsection (n) of Section 33.