HB5228 Summary

• Amends the Health Care Worker Background Check Act (225 ILCS 46/15) to expand the definition of "health care employer"

• Adds the Department of Corrections and third-party vendors employing certified nursing assistants working with the Department of Corrections as health care employers subject to background check requirements

• Health care workers employed by these entities must undergo fingerprint-based criminal history records checks and other background screening procedures consistent with existing requirements for other health care employers

• Takes effect immediately upon becoming law