Bill Text: IL SB1750 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the Personnel Code. Creates the Registered Nurse Registry Pilot Program to be administered by the Department of Central Management Services. Provides that the Department shall create and maintain an in-house registry of extra help employees for certain State operated facilities to improve staffing needs and to avoid the use of mandatory overtime. Provides that the in-house registry shall meet certain requirements. Provides that a State operated facility may appoint a Registered Nurse I or Correctional Nurse I as an extra help employee if certain conditions are met. Effective January 1, 2012.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-6)
Status: (Passed) 2011-12-20 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0643 [SB1750 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB1750-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the Personnel Code. Creates the Registered Nurse Registry Pilot Program to be administered by the Department of Central Management Services. Provides that the Department shall create and maintain an in-house registry of extra help employees for certain State operated facilities to improve staffing needs and to avoid the use of mandatory overtime. Provides that the in-house registry shall meet certain requirements. Provides that a State operated facility may appoint a Registered Nurse I or Correctional Nurse I as an extra help employee if certain conditions are met. Effective January 1, 2012.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-6)
Status: (Passed) 2011-12-20 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0643 [SB1750 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB1750-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Personnel Code is amended by adding Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 12g as follows:
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6 | (20 ILCS 415/12g new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 12g. Registered Nurse Registry Pilot Program. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) As used in this Section: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | "In-house registry" means a list of employees who are | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | classified as either Registered Nurse I or Correctional Nurse I | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | maintained for the purpose of
improving staffing levels to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | minimize or eliminate the use of mandatory
overtime at State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | operated facilities. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | "Mandatory overtime" means work that is required by the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Department in
excess of an agreed-to, predetermined work shift. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | "Extra help employee appointment" means the appointment of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | a Registered Nurse I or Correctional Nurse I from an in-house | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | registry to work at a State operated facility as an extra help | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | employee. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | "Registered Nurse I" or "Correctional Nurse I" means a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | nurse classified as Registered Nurse I or Correctional Nurse I | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | and employed by the
State to work at a State operated facility. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | "Program" means the Registered Nurse Registry Pilot |
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1 | Program, a 2-year pilot
program established by the State to | ||||||
2 | improve staffing levels to minimize or eliminate the use of | ||||||
3 | mandatory overtime at State operated facilities. | ||||||
4 | "State operated facility" means one of the following | ||||||
5 | facilities: Manteno Veterans Home, Chester
Mental Health | ||||||
6 | Center, or Sheridan Correctional Center. | ||||||
7 | (b) The Registered Nurse Registry Pilot Program is | ||||||
8 | established to serve the staffing needs of State operated | ||||||
9 | facilities. The program shall be administered by the | ||||||
10 | Department. The program shall terminate on a date 2 years after | ||||||
11 | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th General | ||||||
12 | Assembly. | ||||||
13 | (c) The Department shall develop and maintain an in-house | ||||||
14 | registry of extra help employees for State operated facilities. | ||||||
15 | The in-house registry shall meet the following requirements: | ||||||
16 | (1) The in-house registry shall not be used to replace | ||||||
17 | budgeted positions for either full-time or part-time | ||||||
18 | Registered Nurse I or Correctional Nurse I. | ||||||
19 | (2) The in-house registry shall be developed in | ||||||
20 | collaboration with RN stakeholders currently
employed at | ||||||
21 | State operated facilities. | ||||||
22 | (d) The Department may appoint a Registered
Nurse I or | ||||||
23 | Correctional Nurse I to an extra help appointment for work the | ||||||
24 | State operated facility attests to be
emergent in nature and | ||||||
25 | which meets the following conditions: | ||||||
26 | (1) The amount of time for which the services are |
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1 | needed is not
predictable. | ||||||
2 | (2) Payment for work performed is made on an hourly | ||||||
3 | basis, with
no benefits. | ||||||
4 | (3) The work cannot readily be assigned on a voluntary | ||||||
5 | basis, or on a straight-time or overtime basis, to a | ||||||
6 | full-time or part-time employee. | ||||||
7 | (e) The Department shall appoint an extra help employee by | ||||||
8 | referring persons
to the State operated facility from the | ||||||
9 | in-house registry. An employee's acceptance or refusal of an | ||||||
10 | extra help appointment shall in no way affect the employee's | ||||||
11 | status on the in-house registry or on any other register | ||||||
12 | maintained by the
Department or the State operated facility. | ||||||
13 | (f) A State operated facility may use an extra help | ||||||
14 | employee for a maximum of 900
hours of actual work in any | ||||||
15 | consecutive 12 calendar months.
The State operated facility | ||||||
16 | shall review the status of the appointment at least
every 3 | ||||||
17 | calendar months. If at any time it is found that the
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18 | appointment no longer meets the requirements of this paragraph | ||||||
19 | or subsection (d), the Department shall terminate the extra | ||||||
20 | help appointment.
If an extra help employee has accrued 900 | ||||||
21 | consecutive hours, the
appointment at that State operated | ||||||
22 | facility may not be reestablished until 6 months have elapsed
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23 | from the date of the termination of the appointment. Upon | ||||||
24 | working 900 hours, an extra help employee may not
be | ||||||
25 | reappointed as an extra help employee at a State operated | ||||||
26 | facility for 30 calendar days after reaching the 900-hour |
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1 | limit. The Department shall quarterly review its use of extra | ||||||
2 | help
appointments to ensure compliance with this Section.
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3 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
4 | 1, 2012.
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