SB1840 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB101 09948 AMC 55050 b

101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1840

Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Jason Plummer

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 2105/2105-365 new

Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to conduct a survey, through an official mailing from the Department, of persons licensed or registered, or both, under a regulatory Act subject to be repealed under the Regulatory Sunset Act and to compile the results of that survey in a report that the Department must submit to the Governor and the General Assembly at least 12 months before the scheduled repeal of the regulatory Act. Provides that the survey must include questions concerning the licensees' or registrants' views on: how the requirements of the Act help to protect the health and safety of Illinois citizens; how the Act protects the profession from bad actors; what suggested changes to the regulatory Act would improve the profession; and how effective the continuing education requirements are.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 2105-365 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-365 new)

Sec. 2105-365. Survey of licensees and registrants. The Department must conduct a survey, through an official mailing from the Department, of persons licensed or registered, or both, under a regulatory Act subject to be repealed under the Regulatory Sunset Act and compile the results of that survey in a report that the Department must submit to the Governor and the General Assembly at least 12 months before the scheduled repeal of the regulatory Act. The survey must include questions concerning the licensees' or registrants' views on:

(1) how the requirements of the Act help to protect the health and safety of Illinois citizens;

(2) how the Act protects the profession from bad actors;

(3) what suggested changes to the regulatory Act would improve the profession; and

(4) how effective the continuing education requirements are.