Date	Chamber	Action
8/4/2023	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0428

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

225 ILCS 46/25

225 ILCS 46/33

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Provides that a health care employer may hire any individual in a position involving direct care for clients, patients, or residents, or access to the living quarters or the financial, medical, or personal records of clients, patients, or residents who has been convicted of committing or attempting to commit specified offenses under the laws of the State, the laws of any other state, or the laws of the United States of an offense that is substantially equivalent to those offenses listed. Provides the names of various offenses that do not bar an individual from being hired by a health care employer. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall: forward an applicant's fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and request the Federal Bureau of Investigation to conduct a national criminal history pertaining to the applicant. Makes corresponding changes.

House Floor Amendment No. 1
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Health Care Worker Background Check Act. In provisions concerning a health care employer or long-term care facility hiring individuals convicted of committing or attempting to commit various specified offenses, adds substantially equivalent offenses under the laws of any other state or of the laws of the United States, as verified by court records, records from a state agency, or an Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history records check. In provisions concerning fingerprint-based criminal history records, provides that fingerprints submitted shall be transmitted through a live scan fingerprint vendor licensed by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Provides that fingerprints shall be checked against the Illinois State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history records databases now and hereafter filed, including, but not limited to, civil, criminal, and latent fingerprint databases (instead of fingerprints submitted shall be checked against the fingerprint records now and hereafter filed in the Illinois State Police criminal history record databases). Provides that fee charged for conducting the criminal history records check shall be deposited into the State Police Services Fund. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall furnish, pursuant to positive identification, records of Illinois convictions and shall forward the national criminal history record information to the department or agency. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall forward the applicant's fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall request that the Federal Bureau of Investigation conduct a national criminal history pertaining to the applicant.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/3/2023	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Terra Costa Howard
2/7/2023	House	First Reading
2/7/2023	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/23/2023	House	Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee
3/8/2023	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 011-000-000
3/8/2023	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/8/2023	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Weber
3/21/2023	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Terra Costa Howard
3/21/2023	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
3/22/2023	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health Care Licenses Committee
3/22/2023	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
3/22/2023	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
3/23/2023	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Health Care Licenses Committee; 012-000-000
3/24/2023	House	House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted
3/24/2023	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
3/24/2023	House	Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000
3/24/2023	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
3/27/2023	Senate	Arrive in Senate
3/27/2023	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
3/27/2023	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton
3/27/2023	Senate	First Reading
3/27/2023	Senate	Referred to Assignments
4/18/2023	Senate	Assigned to Health and Human Services
4/20/2023	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
4/24/2023	Senate	Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John F. Curran
4/26/2023	Senate	Do Pass Health and Human Services; 010-000-000
4/26/2023	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 27, 2023
5/2/2023	Senate	Second Reading
5/2/2023	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 3, 2023
5/5/2023	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 8, 2023
5/11/2023	Senate	Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000
5/11/2023	House	Passed Both Houses
6/9/2023	House	Sent to the Governor
8/4/2023	House	Governor Approved
8/4/2023	House	Effective Date January 1, 2024
8/4/2023	House	Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0428

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