Section 350.840 Employee Assistance Program

Section 350.840  Employee Assistance Program

a)         For

the purposes of this Section, an "employee assistance program" is a

program that supports individual physical and mental well-being and that is

provided by the facility or through an insurance or employee benefits program

offered by the facility.  Employee assistance programs may include but are not

limited to programs that offer professional counseling, stress management,

mental wellness support, smoking cessation, and other support services.

b)

A

facility shall ensure that nurses employed by the facility are aware of

employee assistance programs or other like programs available for the physical

and mental well-being of the employee.

c)

The

facility shall provide information on these programs, no less than at the time

of employment and during any benefit open enrollment period, by an information

form about the respective programs that a nurse

shall

sign during

onboarding at the facility,

and upon request of the employee.

d)

The

signed information form shall be added to the nurse's personnel file. The

facility may provide this information to nurses electronically.

Section

3-613 of the Act from P.A. 102-1007)