NURSES-VIOLENCE PREVENTION
Summary
Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Defines "retail health care facility". Creates provisions concerning workplace violence against nurses in specified medical facilities concerning notice, contacting law enforcement, and mental health services. Requires specified medical facilities to create a workplace violence prevention program with specified requirements. Provides whistleblower protections for any nurse of a specified medical facility if management retaliates against the nurse for certain actions. Provides appropriate cross references in the Department of Veterans Affairs Act, the University of Illinois Hospital Act, the MC/DD Act, the ID/DD Community Care Act, and the Hospital Licensing Act. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that Department of Corrections and Department of Juvenile Justice institutions or facilities shall provide notice and specified protections when a committed person is transferred out of the institution or facility to receive medical care and treatment.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2018
Committee Review
May 2018
House Passage
May 2018
Senate Passage
May 2018
Signed into Law
Aug 2018
Introduced May 23, 2018
Signed Aug 24, 2018
Floor votes · Senate May 30, 2018 · House May 23, 2018
How they voted
49–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 51
May 30, 2018
D
Democratic31
100% Yea
R
Republican20
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
102
Key actions
12
Committee
13
Amendments
5
Aug 24, 2018
Signed into law
Governor Approved
lower
May 30, 2018
Lower · Passed
Passed Both Houses
lower
May 30, 2018
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (49-0-2)
senate
May 29, 2018
Upper · Passed
Do Pass Licensed Activities and Pensions; 008-000-000
upper
May 25, 2018
Committee
Assigned to Licensed Activities and Pensions
upper
May 23, 2018
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
May 23, 2018
Introduced
Arrive in Senate
upper
May 23, 2018
Amended
House Floor Amendment No. 3 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40
lower
May 23, 2018
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 5 Adopted
lower
May 23, 2018
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 5 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
lower
May 23, 2018
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 4 Recommends Be Adopted Health Care Licenses Committee; 010-004-000
lower
May 23, 2018
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 5 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
May 23, 2018
Introduced
House Floor Amendment No. 5 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
lower
May 23, 2018
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (98-0-6)
house
May 21, 2018
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 4 Rules Refers to Health Care Licenses Committee
lower
May 17, 2018
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 4 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
May 17, 2018
Introduced
House Floor Amendment No. 4 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
lower
May 17, 2018
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Health Care Licenses Committee
lower
May 16, 2018
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
May 16, 2018
Introduced
House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
lower
May 14, 2018
Lower · Passed
Approved for Consideration Rules Committee; 004-000-000
lower
Apr 27, 2018
Committee
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
lower
Apr 26, 2018
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Health Care Licenses Committee; 014-000-000
lower
0 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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