Bill Text: IL SB2558 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Services Act. Provides that, in lieu of specified training requirements, a licensed home services agency may accept proof that a staff member has successfully completed an Alzheimer's training program that satisfies the requirements of specified provisions of the Illinois Administrative Code at or through another licensed home services agency within the 365 days before the staff member's date of employment.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB2558 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB2558-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SB2558 Introduced 1/29/2020, by Sen. Bill Cunningham SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
410 ILCS 406/30
Amends the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Services Act. Provides that, in lieu of specified training requirements, a licensed home services agency may accept proof that a staff member has successfully completed an Alzheimer's training program that satisfies the requirements of specified provisions of the Illinois Administrative Code at or through another licensed home services agency within the 365 days before the staff member's date of employment.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning health.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5.The Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
Services Act is amended by changing Section 30 as follows:
(410 ILCS 406/30)
(For Act repeal see Section 90)
Sec. 30. Staff training.
(a) (Blank).
(b) Staff with direct access to clients with Alzheimer's
disease or a related dementia hired after the adoption of rules
implementing this Act shall complete a minimum of 6 hours of
initial training in the first 60 days of employment using an
Alzheimer's disease and related dementias services curriculum
compiled by the Department, except as provided in subsection
(c).
(c) In lieu of the training required under subsection (b),
a home services agency licensed under the Home Health, Home
Services, and Home Nursing Agency Licensing Act may accept
proof that the staff member has successfully completed an
Alzheimer's training program that satisfies the requirements
of subsection (e) of 77 Ill. Adm. Code 245.71 at or through
another licensed home services agency within the 365 days

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before the staff member's date of employment.
Subsection (b) shall not apply to the following:
(1) staff who received at least 6 hours of comparable
training in compliance with licensure or certified
training requirements; and
(2) staff temporarily hired or temporarily detailed by
a facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act to
permit the facility to meet statutory staffing
requirements.
(d) An Alzheimer's disease and related dementias services
curriculum compiled by the Department and published on the
Department's website must include at a minimum the following
topics: understanding dementia, effectively communicating with
individuals with dementia, assisting individuals with dementia
in performing activities of daily living, problem solving with
individuals with dementia who exhibit challenging behavior,
fundamentals of dementia care, safe environments, and managing
the activities of individuals with dementia.
(e) (Blank).
(f) Upon the adoption of rules implementing this Act, staff
with direct access to clients with dementia shall receive 3
hours of advanced training on caring for individuals with
Alzheimer's disease and related dementias each year.
(g) Upon the adoption of rules implementing this Act,
Alzheimer's disease and related dementias services program
employers shall maintain training records and make them

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available to the Department on request.
(Source: P.A. 99-822, eff. 8-15-16; 100-1074, eff. 1-1-19.)