IL Senate advances bill to log abuse cover-ups in state health care registry twill
The bill would prohibit health care workers who have been the subject of a substantiated claim of"material obstruction" of an abuse investigation from further employment in the health care field.
"Material obstruction" would be defined to include several types of witness and evidence tampering and knowingly presenting false information to investigators. "This past year and for many years before, there were reports of individuals at state facilities being injured in their centers," Sen. Laura Fine, a Glenview Democrat, said on the Senate floor."It is the job of the state to protect our most vulnerable, to ensure the health safety and financial condition of people with mental illness and or developmental disabilities from abuse and neglect.
Department of Public Health Inspector General Peter Neumer spoke in favor of Senate Bill 855 in committee on Tuesday. He said he expected his office would invoke the new provisions"likely a handful of times each year."
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