Long Term Care & Senior Living Blog

The State of Illinois has very specific requirements that apply to disclosure of employee personnel records. The requirements are codified in the Illinois Compiled Statutes as the Personnel Record Review Act, 820 ILCS 40/1 et seq. The Act addresses an entity’s response to requests for records from health care and other regulatory agencies, as well as an entity’s response to requests from its own employees and former employees.

Both Chambers of the Illinois legislature recently passed Senate Bill 1912 (Raoul, D-Chicago; Sims, D-Chicago) and transmitted the proposed law to the Governor, who has 60 days to take action. The proposed law would create strict requirements and harsh penalties for the failure of a settling party to timely effectuate settlement payment. The Bill would amend the Code of Civil Procedure and create new requirements for settlements in civil cases seeking money damages for personal injury, wrongful death, or any other civil remedy.