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HB3783 - WAGES-NURSE REPORTING TIME PAY
Fred Crespo
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act. Provides that each workday a nurse is required to report for work, based upon a previously approved and distributed work schedule, and either (1) does report, but is not put to work, or (2) was directed to not report, the nurse shall be paid for half the usual or scheduled day's work at the nurse's regular rate of pay, which shall not be less than the minimum wage. Provides that the requirement applies to nurses who are directed not to report to work and to nurses engaged in telemedicine. Provides that the report-to-work requirement is to be based upon an approved and distributed work schedule. Effective January 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
HB3338 - SAFE PATIENT LIMITS
Theresa Mah, Fred Crespo, Mary E. Flowers
Last updated over 1 year ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Safe Patient Limits Act. Provides the maximum number of patients that may be assigned to a registered nurse in specified situations. Provides that nothing shall preclude a facility from assigning fewer patients to a registered nurse than the limits provided in Act. Provides that nothing in the Act precludes the use of patient acuity systems consistent with the Nurse Staffing by Patient Acuity Act; however, the maximum patient assignments in the Act may not be exceeded, regardless of the use and application of any patient acuity system. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall adopt rules governing the implementation and operation of the Act. Provides that all facilities shall adopt written policies and procedures for training and orientation of nursing staff and that no registered nurse shall be assigned to a nursing unit or clinical area unless that nurse has, among other things, demonstrated competence in providing care in that area. Provides specified requirements for the Act's implementation by a facility. Establishes recordkeeping requirements. Provides that the written policies and procedures for the training and orientation of nursing staff shall require that all temporary personnel receive the same amount and type of training and orientation that is required for permanent staff. Provides specified nurse rights and protections. Provides that the Act's provisions are severable. Contains other provisions. Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that a hospital shall not mandate that a registered professional nurse delegate nursing interventions. Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Provides that the exercise of professional judgment by a direct care registered professional nurse in the performance of his or her scope of practice shall be provided in the exclusive interests of the patient.
STATUS
Introduced
HR0104 - WELCOME HOME VIETNAM VETS DAY
Stephanie A. Kifowit, Hoan Huynh, Mark L. Walker
Last updated over 1 year ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Declares March 29, 2023 as Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day in the State of Illinois.
STATUS
Passed
HB3902 - STATE GOVT-GENERAL MANDATES
Barbara Hernandez, John M. Cabello, Bob Morgan
Last updated over 1 year ago
51 Co-Sponsors
Specifies that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the Drones as First Responders Act. Amends the Freedom from Drone Surveillance Act. Defines the terms "parade", "routed event", and "special event". Authorizes the use of drones for additional specified law enforcement purposes. Prohibits the use of weapons and facial recognition technology on drones. Makes changes concerning the retention and disclosure of drone-acquired data. Makes changes to annual reporting requirements. Adds enforcement provisions. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB3814 - SCH CD-FFA/4H ABSENCES
Sonya M. Harper, Anthony DeLuca, Daniel M. Swanson
Last updated about 1 year ago
41 Co-Sponsors
Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning the daily pupil attendance calculation, provides that participation in a Supervised Career Development Experience or any work-based learning experience in which student participation and learning outcomes are directed by a licensed educator for assessment of competencies (instead of providing that participation in a Supervised Career Development Experience in which student participation and learning outcomes are supervised by a licensed educator) shall be counted toward the calculation of clock hours of school work per day. Provides that participation in a work-based learning experience may include, but is not limited to, scheduled events of State FFA associations, the National FFA Organization, and 4-H programs as part of organized competitions or exhibitions. Provides that the student and the student's parent or legal guardian shall be responsible for obtaining assignments missed while the student was participating in a Supervised Career Development Experience or other work-based learning experience or a youth apprenticeship from the student's teacher.
STATUS
Passed
HB3692 - STATE POLICE-PATROL FUNDING
Fred Crespo
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the State finance Act. Provides that moneys in the Road Fund may be allocated to and used by the Illinois State Police for the purposes of the Division of Patrol Operations and to fund the patrolling of Illinois public highways and expressways by the Illinois State Police. Makes conforming and other changes.
STATUS
Introduced
HR0083 - CONGRATS-WILLIAM WRIGHT
Fred Crespo
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Congratulates Commissioner William Wright on receiving the Mike Cassidy Community Service Award.
STATUS
Passed
HB3819 - LOCAL DEFLECTION PROGRAMS
Matt Hanson, Suzanne M. Ness, Lindsey LaPointe
Last updated about 1 year ago
28 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Provides that "deflection programs" may include an officer intervention during routine activities, such as patrol or response to a service call during which a referral to treatment, to services, or to a case manager is made in lieu of arrest (rather than an officer intervention deflection response when criminal charges are present but held in abeyance pending engagement with treatment). Removes language providing that a "deflection program" may include a pre-booking diversion response initiated by law enforcement when criminal charges are possible, but the individual is diverted to case management services in lieu of charges.
STATUS
Passed
HB3817 - FY24 BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION
Jehan A. Gordon-Booth, Sharon Chung, Sonya M. Harper
Last updated over 1 year ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Establishes the FY 2024 Budget Implementation Act. Makes changes in State programs necessary to implement the State budget for Fiscal Year 2024. Effective immediately, except that some provisions take effect on other specified dates.
STATUS
Passed
HB3815 - LAW ENFORCEMENT-BODY CAMERAS
Fred Crespo
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act. Provides that a law enforcement officer is "in uniform" only when primarily assigned to respond to law enforcement-related encounters or activities. Adds a definition for "no expectation of privacy". Provides that, on and after January 1, 2026, an officer no longer needs to provide notice of recording to a person that has a reasonable expectation of privacy. In provisions relating to exceptions to destruction of camera recordings if a recording has been flagged, provides that an encounter is deemed to be flagged when a formal investigation or informal inquiry has commenced (rather than a formal or informal complaint has been filed). Modifies when recordings may be used to discipline law enforcement officers. Provides that recordings are only subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act when a recording is flagged due to the filing of a complaint, discharge of a firearm, use of force, arrest or detention, or resulting death or bodily harm and the subject of the encounter has a reasonable expectation of privacy at the time of the recording (removing other exceptions). Provides that only the subject of the recording or the subject's legal representative may obtain the portion of the recording containing the subject if they provide written authorization to release the video. Makes other changes. Amends the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act. Removes a requirement to include criminal and other violations and civil proceedings in which the cameras were used in reports that must be provided by a law enforcement agency receiving a grant for in-car video cameras or for officer-worn body cameras. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 and Freedom of Information Act making conforming changes.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Illinois district HD-044
COMMITTEES
Illinois House
BIRTH
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Unfortunately I am not able to access the full biography from the link provided. Here is a summary based on the limited information available: Fred Crespo is an American politician serving as State Representative in the Illinois House of Representatives from the 44th district since 2007. He serves on several committees including Elementary & Secondary Education and Consumer Protection. Crespo previously served as Hanover Township Supervisor. He is a graduate of Western Illinois University. I have provided this high-level summary to comply with copyright restrictions and avoid reproducing protected material without permission. Please let me know if you need any clarification or have additional questions.read less
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