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This bill requires home health workers and service providers in Illinois to wear photo identification badges when working with patients who are not their family members. Specifically, the bill amends two existing laws - the Illinois Act on the Aging and the Home Health, Home Services, and Home Nursing Agency Licensing Act - to mandate that any person providing services under the Community Care Program or providing home health, home services, or home nursing services must visibly display a photo ID badge. The badge must include the worker's name, the name of the organization they represent, their occupation, and a recent photograph of themselves. This requirement is designed to enhance patient safety and provide transparency by ensuring that home care workers can be easily identified when entering a patient's home. The bill applies to professional care workers but explicitly excludes family members providing care from this identification requirement.

https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1287&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=114&GA=104