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SB 1287

HOME HEALTH PHOTO ID

104th Regular Session Introduced by Sally Turner

Requires nonfamily home care workers in Illinois to wear a visible photo ID badge showing their name, organization, occupation, and photo to help patients verify who provides care.

Referred to Assignments
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Bill Summary · SB 1287

SB 1287 — Home Health Photo Identification (summary)

Status: Referred to Assignments
Sponsor: Sen. Sally J. Turner
Introduced: (LRB text) Jan 28, 2025 — (metadata supplied) Feb 14, 2025

Purpose / Intent

Require visible photo identification for non‑family individuals who provide in‑home care or services, to improve consumer safety, make it easier for patients and families to confirm caregiver identity, and strengthen accountability for home health and community care providers.

Key provisions

  • Amends two Illinois statutes by adding new sections:
    • 20 ILCS 105/4.02j (Illinois Act on the Aging)
    • 210 ILCS 55/6.1 (Home Health, Home Services, and Home Nursing Agency Licensing Act)
  • Requires any person who:
    • provides services under the Community Care Program, and
    • provides home services, home health services, or home nursing services and is not a member of the patient/consumer’s family, to prominently display a photo identification badge.
  • Required badge information:
    • the caregiver’s name,
    • the name of the organization the caregiver represents,
    • the caregiver’s occupation, and
    • a recent photograph of the caregiver.

Who would be affected

  • Directly affected:
    • Home health aides, home service workers, home nurses and other in‑home care employees who are not family members.
    • Home health, home services, and home nursing agencies (responsible for issuing/ensuring badges).
    • Providers participating in the Community Care Program.
  • Indirectly affected:
    • Patients and consumers receiving in‑home care, particularly older and vulnerable adults.
    • Family members/caregivers who supervise or coordinate care.

Implementation & enforcement

  • The bill inserts the requirement into the Act on the Aging and the Home Health licensing statute, suggesting compliance would be tied to program participation and agency licensing.
  • The text provided does not specify enforcement mechanisms, penalties, timelines for compliance, or exact badge design/size standards — these details would likely be left to implementing rules or agency guidance.

Potential impacts / considerations

  • Benefits: enhanced client safety, easier verification of worker identity, reduced risk of impersonation/fraud.
  • Administrative costs: agencies will need to design, produce, and distribute badges and maintain records; employers may need verification processes for photos and occupations.
  • Privacy and data handling: agencies may need policies for storing badge images and protecting employee information.
  • Gaps: the bill does not specify penalties or inspection procedures in the excerpt provided; absence of detail could affect enforcement consistency.

Procedural status

  • LRB bill text filed Jan 28, 2025 (Sen. Sally J. Turner).
  • According to the user-provided metadata, the current status is “Referred to Assignments.” (No final effective date appears in the text supplied.)

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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