(The Center Square) – Health care workers in Illinois now face penalties up to being banned from working in the industry if they are found to be guilty of covering
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into law that strengthens the range of penalties that a state watchdog can mete out for health care employees who conspire to hide abuse or interfere with investigations by the state police or internal oversight bodies.
The legislation, spurred by a news investigation, allows workers to be barred from health care jobs for obstructing investigations into staff misconduct
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed new legislation allowing workers to be barred from health care jobs if they obstruct investigations into abuse and misconduct.