Amends the Health Care Worker Background Check Act to include all employees of licensed and certified long-term care facilities who have or may have contact with residents or have access to the living quarters or the financial, medical, or personal records of residents. Provides that beginning January 1, 2006, each long-term care facility operating in the State must initiate, or have initiated on its behalf, a UCIA criminal history record check for all employees with duties that involve or may involve contact with residents or access to the living quarters or the financial, medical, or personal records of residents. Provides that a health care employer may conditionally employ an applicant for up to 3 months pending the results of a UCIA criminal history record check (now, a health care employer may conditionally employ the applicant to provide direct care for up to 3 months pending the results of the check). Provides that an individual shall not be employed from the time that an employer receives the results of a non-fingerprint check containing disqualifying conditions until the time that the individual receives a waiver from the Department (now, an individual shall not be employed in a direct care position from that time until he or she receives the waiver). Provides that if the individual challenges the results of the non-fingerprint check, the employer may continue to employ the individual if the individual presents convincing evidence to the employer that the non-fingerprint check is invalid (now, the employer may continue to employ the individual in a direct care position if the individual presents convincing evidence that the non-fingerprint check is invalid).
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Amends the State Employment Records Act. Provides that each State agency shall include in its annual report a description of the agency's Hispanic employment plan and its bilingual employment plan; the financial data from the most recent fiscal year about the expenditures for the Hispanic and bilingual plans; the effectiveness of the plans, programs, methods, or strategies developed by the agency to meet the purpose of the Act; reports or information about the agency's Hispanic and bilingual programs that the agency received from the Department of Human Rights, Department of Central Management Services, the Auditor General, or the Governor; information about the agency's studies and monitoring success about the increase of Hispanics and bilingual persons at the supervisory, technical, professional, and managerial levels; and information about the agency's budget allocations for the Hispanic and bilingual employment programs.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the State or federal minimum wage, whichever is higher (instead of simply the State minimum wage), shall be used to calculate: (1) the amount of credit received against General Assistance benefits for work performed; and (2) the required number of hours of participation required in any Earnfare or pay-after-performance activity. Provides that a taxing district or other entity using the services of a General Assistance recipient must pay the recipient at least the State or federal minimum wage, whichever is higher (instead of simply the State minimum wage), after the recipient has received credit equal to the amount of General Assistance he or she received. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Clean Indoor Air Act. Provides that a home rule unit of local government or any municipality in this State may regulate smoking in public places. Provides that this regulation must be no less restrictive than the regulation in the Act. Changes the home rule limitation from an absolute preemption to a limitation on the concurrent exercise of home rule power. Maintains the exemption from home rule requirements for home rule units that passed ordinances regulating smoking before October 1, 1989. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers.
Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Provides that an adult day service contract with the Department shall constitute certification by the Department of the adult day service. Defines "adult day service". Effective July 1, 2005.
Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning the notice of tax sale and redemption rights and the notice of expiration of the period of redemption from the sale, changes the form of the notices with respect to contacting the county clerk for further information about the notices. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, as part of proof of its financial responsibility, a contract carrier transporting employees in the course of their employment is required to verify hit and run and uninsured motor vehicle coverage and underinsured motor vehicle coverage in a total amount of not less than $250,000 per passenger.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that it is unlawful for a railroad or any of its employees to interfere in any way with a railroad employee's effort to obtain first aid or medical treatment for an injury suffered in the course of employment. Provides that it is unlawful for a railroad or any of its employees to discipline or threaten to discipline an employee for requesting treatment for a job-related injury. Provides that a violation is a business offense punishable by a fine of not more than $10,000.
Amends the Employee Benefit Contribution Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the failure to make payments to an employee health insurance plan.
Creates the Social Security Numbers Limited Use Act. Prohibits the use of social security numbers by persons or entities except for certain uses. Provides that an individual's social security number may not be printed on an insurance card. Prohibits private universities and colleges and private business and vocational schools from printing an individual's social security number on any card or other document required for the individual to access products or services provided by the institution. Provides criminal penalties. Amends the University of Illinois Act, the Southern Illinois University Management Act, the Chicago State University Law, the Eastern Illinois University Law, the Governors State University Law, the Illinois State University Law, the Northeastern Illinois University Law, the Northern Illinois University Law, the Western Illinois University Law, and the Public Community College Act to prohibit the printing of an individual's social security number on any card or other document required for the individual to access products or services provided by the institution. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act to repeal a Section prohibiting the use of an individual's social security number on an insurance card. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately, except certain provisions effective July 1, 2006.