Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Replaces reporting requirement provisions for the Department of Public Health concerning nurse surveyors. Provides that, in addition to the listed information, the Department's annual report on all survey activity from the preceding fiscal year shall include: (i) the total number of authorized nursing home surveyor positions within the Department, (ii) the total number of filled and vacant nursing home surveyor positions, (iii) the average length of tenure for nursing home surveyors employed by the Department at the time the report is created, and (iv) any additional information the Department deems relevant regarding nursing home surveyor recruitment, retention, or workload.
House Committee Amendment No. 1: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions concerning pay increments to nursing facilities for the purpose of increasing compensation to certified nursing assistants (CNA), provides that such pay increments, including tenure wage increments and promotion-based wage increments, apply to and shall be incorporated into the compensation rate for all CNA employee hours, whether productive or nonproductive, compensated by a nursing facility. Provides that the compensation rate includes paid sick leave, paid vacation, training hours, bereavement leave, holidays, and paid time off. Prohibits an employer participating in the Certified Nursing Assistant Tenure and Promotion Payments program from capping the wage scale increments for CNAs at levels less than the levels detailed in the amendatory Act. Provides that an employer that has attested to reimbursing employees at a wage scale that meets or exceeds the required wage increments, but fails to do so, shall be subject to financial penalties as determined by administrative rule and to specified penalties under the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act. Provides that employees not receiving the full CNA tenure and promotion payment wage scale shall be entitled to recovery through a claim filed with the Department of Labor.
House Floor Amendment No. 2: Provides that an employer that has attested to reimbursing employees at a wage scale that meets or exceeds the required wage increments as part of the Certified Nursing Assistant Tenure and Promotion Payments Program, but fails to do so, shall be subject to a specified provisions under the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act, including penalties and fees (rather than shall be subject to financial penalties as determined by administrative rule and to specified penalties under the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act). Provides that employees not receiving the full CNA tenure and promotion payment wage scale in accordance with specified provisions under the Illinois Administrative Code shall be entitled to recovery through a claim under the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act (rather than shall be entitled to recovery through a claim filed with the Department of Labor).

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 210 ILCS 45/3
Engrossed: 210 ILCS 45/3
Enrolled: 305 ILCS 5/5