Sen. Robert Peters
Filed: 4/21/2023
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1612
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1612 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Department of Professional Regulation Law | ||||||
5 | of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by | ||||||
6 | adding Section 2105-370 as follows: | ||||||
7 | (20 ILCS 2105/2105-370 new) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 2105-370. Data on applications. In conjunction with | ||||||
9 | applications for licensure, the Department shall request, and | ||||||
10 | applicants may voluntarily provide, demographic information | ||||||
11 | that includes sex, ethnicity, race, and disability. On or | ||||||
12 | before March 1 of each calendar year, the Department shall | ||||||
13 | publish a report on the Department's website that contains the | ||||||
14 | demographic information it collected the preceding calendar | ||||||
15 | year, the number of applications for licensure and renewal of | ||||||
16 | licensure it received in the preceding calendar year, and the |
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1 | number of applicants who were denied licensure in the | ||||||
2 | preceding calendar year regardless of whether application was | ||||||
3 | made in that calendar year.
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4 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
5 | 1, 2025.".
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