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SB 2713

Supplementary state food stamp program for elderly recipients; create and fund.

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Sollie Norwood

Defines enhanced health care workplace violence prevention requirements and adds a FOIA exemption to keep related records confidential, boosting staff safety while limiting public

Died In Committee
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Bill Summary · SB 2713

Bill summary — SB 2713 (2025) — Health care workplace violence prevention & FOIA exemption

Note on documents: The bill packet provided includes text that amends the Health Care Violence Prevention Act and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This appears to conflict with the initial short title you supplied (which referenced a supplemental food stamp program for elderly recipients). This summary focuses on the actual bill text included in the packet (workplace violence prevention / FOIA changes).

Purpose and intent

SB 2713 would strengthen protections for health care workers by expanding workplace violence prevention requirements for health care providers, require incident investigation and recordkeeping, create reporting obligations and penalties for noncompliance, and limit public disclosure of certain workplace-violence records by amending FOIA.

Statutes amended

  • 5 ILCS 140/7 (Freedom of Information Act)
  • 210 ILCS 160 (Health Care Violence Prevention Act): sections 5, 15, 20, 25.1 (new), 25.2 (new), 25.3 (new), 40 (new), and related defined-term provisions.

Key provisions

  • Definitions: Revises/updates defined terms in the Health Care Violence Prevention Act (to clarify scope of “health care worker,” “health care provider,” workplace violence, etc.).
  • Right to notify law enforcement/DPH: Prohibits discouraging health care workers from contacting law enforcement or the Department of Public Health about workplace violence; forbids health care providers from maintaining policies that limit such contact.
  • Enhanced workplace violence prevention program requirements: Requires provider programs to:
    • Include reporting requirements and procedures for violent incidents,
    • Assess and identify needs for additional security and alarm systems,
    • Ensure adequate exit routes and lighting,
    • Install monitoring systems and barrier protections where appropriate,
    • Implement entry procedures and systems to flag persons who previously committed violent acts in the health care setting.
  • Incident investigations and recordkeeping: Requires investigations of violent incidents and establishes recordkeeping and reporting duties for health care providers concerning such incidents.
  • Penalties: Establishes penalties for failure to comply with the Act (the excerpt does not specify penalty amounts or exact enforcement mechanisms).
  • FOIA exemption: Amends Section 7 of FOIA to exempt from public disclosure the workplace violence records maintained by health care providers under the specified Health Care Violence Prevention Act provision.

Who would be affected

  • Health care providers in Illinois (hospitals, clinics, long-term care facilities, possibly home health agencies) — required to revise workplace violence programs, invest in security/monitoring, conduct investigations and reporting.
  • Health care workers — gain explicit protection against employer discouragement of law enforcement/DPH contact; potential improvements in workplace safety.
  • Patients and third parties flagged under the new systems — their records related to violent incidents would be maintained and partly exempt from public disclosure.
  • The public and journalists — access to certain incident records would be limited by the FOIA exemption.

Potential impacts

  • Operational/fiscal: Providers may incur costs for security upgrades, monitoring systems, training, recordkeeping, and compliance. Costs depend on implementation details not shown in the excerpt.
  • Worker safety: Could improve prevention, response and deterrence of workplace violence.
  • Transparency vs. privacy: The FOIA exemption reduces public access to workplace-violence records, trading transparency for privacy/safety concerns.
  • Enforcement: Penalties create an enforcement mechanism, but specifics (fines, remedial orders) are not detailed in the excerpt.

Procedural status

  • Introduced March 13, 2025 (per supplied metadata).
  • Underwent committee hearings and related actions (committee testimony and votes recorded).
  • Final status: Died in committee (bill did not become law).

If you want, I can:
- Pull out the exact new statutory language (where available) and summarize each new subsection;
- Estimate likely fiscal impacts for different provider types; or
- Compare this proposal to existing Health Care Violence Prevention Act requirements.

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