Bill Text: IL SB3800 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Public Health to publish current workplace COVID-19 data on the COVID-19 portal of the Department's website. Provides that the published data shall serve as an accountability apparatus for companies that hire a majority of low-wage, immigrant workers and that do not follow COVID-19 protection protocols. Requires the Department to continue to publish the information until new COVID-19 cases decrease by 50% over a 3-week period and the percent of COVID-19 positivity in Illinois is less than 5% for 2 consecutive weeks. Provides that an employer of 50 persons or more shall report each week to the Department each case of COVID-19 contracted by the employer's employees if 3 employees or more contract COVID-19 in that week. Provides that an employer who does not report to the Department as required is subject to a civil administrative penalty of $100 for every required weekly report that is not reported. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-21 - Referred to Assignments [SB3800 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB3800-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 SB3800 Introduced 1/21/2022, by Sen. Karina Villa SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 2310/2310-434 new
Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Public Health to publish current workplace COVID-19 data on the COVID-19 portal of the Department's website. Provides that the published data shall serve as an accountability apparatus for companies that hire a majority of low-wage, immigrant workers and that do not follow COVID-19 protection protocols. Requires the Department to continue to publish the information until new COVID-19 cases decrease by 50% over a 3-week period and the percent of COVID-19 positivity in Illinois is less than 5% for 2 consecutive weeks. Provides that an employer of 50 persons or more shall report each week to the Department each case of COVID-19 contracted by the employer's employees if 3 employees or more contract COVID-19 in that week. Provides that an employer who does not report to the Department as required is subject to a civil administrative penalty of $100 for every required weekly report that is not reported. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and
Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
amended by adding Section 2310-434 as follows:
(20 ILCS 2310/2310-434 new)
Sec. 2310-434. Employer COVID-19 information.
(a) The Department shall publish current workplace
COVID-19 data, including, but not limited to, COVID-19
workplace data from Illinois manufacturers and the Illinois
agriculture, hospitality, and food and beverage industries, on
the COVID-19 portal of the Department's website. The published
data shall serve as an accountability apparatus for companies
that hire a majority of low-wage, immigrant workers and that
do not follow COVID-19 protection protocols.
(b) The Department shall continue to publish the
information required under subsection (a) until:
(1) new COVID-19 cases decrease by 50% over a 3-week
period; and
(2) the percent of COVID-19 positivity in Illinois is
less than 5% for 2 consecutive weeks.
(c) An employer of 50 persons or more shall report each

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week to the Department each case of COVID-19 contracted by the
employer's employees if 3 employees or more contract COVID-19
in that week.
(d) An employer who does not report to the Department as
required under subsection (c) is subject to a civil
administrative penalty of $100 for every required weekly
report that is not reported.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.