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1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
5 | | Insurance Data Security Law. |
6 | | Section 2. Purpose and intent.
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7 | | (a) The purpose and intent of this Act is to establish |
8 | | standards for data security and standards for the |
9 | | investigation of and notification to the Director of a |
10 | | cybersecurity event applicable to licensees.
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11 | | (b) This Act shall not be construed to create or imply a |
12 | | private cause of action for a violation of its provisions nor |
13 | | shall it be construed to curtail a private cause of action |
14 | | which would otherwise exist in the absence of this Act.
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15 | | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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16 | | "Authorized individual" means an individual known to and |
17 | | screened by the licensee and determined to be necessary and |
18 | | appropriate to have access to the nonpublic information held |
19 | | by the licensee and its information systems.
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20 | | "Consumer" means an individual, including, but not limited |
21 | | to, an applicant, policyholder, insured, beneficiary, |
22 | | claimant, or certificate holder who is a resident of this |
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1 | | State and whose nonpublic information is in a licensee's |
2 | | possession, custody, or control.
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3 | | "Cybersecurity event" means an event resulting in |
4 | | unauthorized access to, disruption, or misuse of an |
5 | | information system or information stored on such information |
6 | | system. "Cybersecurity event" does not include the |
7 | | unauthorized acquisition of encrypted nonpublic information if |
8 | | the encryption, process, or key is not also acquired, |
9 | | released, or used without authorization. "Cybersecurity event" |
10 | | does not include an event with regard to which the licensee has |
11 | | determined that the nonpublic information accessed by an |
12 | | unauthorized person has not been used or released and has been |
13 | | returned or destroyed.
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14 | | "Department" means the Department of Insurance.
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15 | | "Director" means the Director of Insurance.
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16 | | "Encrypted" means the transformation of data into a form |
17 | | which results in a low probability of assigning meaning |
18 | | without the use of a protective process or key.
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19 | | "Information security program" means the administrative, |
20 | | technical, and physical safeguards that a licensee uses to |
21 | | access, collect, distribute, process, protect, store, use, |
22 | | transmit, dispose of, or otherwise handle nonpublic |
23 | | information.
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24 | | "Information system" means a discrete set of electronic |
25 | | information resources organized for the collection, |
26 | | processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or |
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1 | | disposition of electronic information, as well as any |
2 | | specialized system such as industrial and process controls |
3 | | systems, telephone switching and private branch exchange |
4 | | systems, and environmental control systems.
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5 | | "Licensee" means any person licensed, authorized to |
6 | | operate, or registered, or required to be licensed, |
7 | | authorized, or registered pursuant to the insurance laws of |
8 | | this State. "Licensee" does not include a purchasing group or |
9 | | a risk retention group chartered and licensed in a state other |
10 | | than this State or a licensee that is acting as an assuming |
11 | | insurer that is domiciled in another state or jurisdiction.
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12 | | "Multi-factor authentication" means authentication |
13 | | through verification of at least 2 of the following types of |
14 | | authentication factors:
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15 | | (1) knowledge factors, including a password;
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16 | | (2) possession factors, including a token or text |
17 | | message on a mobile phone; or
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18 | | (3) inherence factors, including a biometric |
19 | | characteristic.
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20 | | "Nonpublic information" means information that is not |
21 | | publicly available information and that is:
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22 | | (1) business-related information of a licensee the |
23 | | tampering with which, or unauthorized disclosure, access, |
24 | | or use of which, would cause a material adverse impact to |
25 | | the business, operations, or security of the licensee;
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26 | | (2) any information concerning a consumer which |
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1 | | because of name, number, personal mark, or other |
2 | | identifier can be used to identify such consumer, in |
3 | | combination with any one or more of the following data |
4 | | elements:
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5 | | (A) social security number;
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6 | | (B) driver's license number or nondriver |
7 | | identification card number;
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8 | | (C) financial account number, credit card number, |
9 | | or debit card number;
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10 | | (D) any security code, access code, or password |
11 | | that would permit access to a consumer's financial |
12 | | account; or
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13 | | (E) biometric records;
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14 | | (3) any information or data, except age or gender, in |
15 | | any form or medium created by or derived from a health care |
16 | | provider or a consumer and that relates to:
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17 | | (A) the past, present, or future physical, mental, |
18 | | or behavioral health or condition of any consumer or a |
19 | | member of the consumer's family; |
20 | | (B) the provision of health care to any consumer; |
21 | | or
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22 | | (C) payment for the provision of health care to |
23 | | any consumer.
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24 | | "Person" means any individual or any nongovernmental |
25 | | entity, including, but not limited to, any nongovernmental |
26 | | partnership, corporation, branch, agency, or association.
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1 | | "Publicly available information" means any information |
2 | | that a licensee has a reasonable basis to believe is lawfully |
3 | | made available to the general public from federal, State, or |
4 | | local government records; widely distributed media; or |
5 | | disclosures to the general public that are required to be made |
6 | | by federal, State, or local law. "Publicly available |
7 | | information" includes information that a consumer may direct |
8 | | not to be made available to the general public, but that the |
9 | | consumer has not directed not be made available.
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10 | | "Risk assessment" means the risk assessment that each |
11 | | licensee is required to conduct under subsection (c) of |
12 | | Section 10.
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13 | | "Third-party service provider" means a person, not |
14 | | otherwise defined as a licensee, that contracts with a |
15 | | licensee to maintain, process, store, or otherwise is |
16 | | permitted access to nonpublic information through its |
17 | | provision of services to the licensee.
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18 | | Section 10. Information security program.
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19 | | (a) Commensurate with the size and complexity of the |
20 | | licensee, the nature and scope of the licensee's activities, |
21 | | including its use of third-party service providers, and the |
22 | | sensitivity of the nonpublic information used by the licensee |
23 | | or in the licensee's possession, custody, or control, each |
24 | | licensee shall develop, implement, and maintain a |
25 | | comprehensive written information security program based on |
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1 | | the licensee's risk assessment and that contains |
2 | | administrative, technical, and physical safeguards for the |
3 | | protection of nonpublic information and the licensee's |
4 | | information system.
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5 | | (b) A licensee's information security program shall be |
6 | | designed to:
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7 | | (1) protect the security and confidentiality of |
8 | | nonpublic information and the security of the information |
9 | | system;
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10 | | (2) protect against any threats or hazards to the |
11 | | security or integrity of nonpublic information and the |
12 | | information system;
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13 | | (3) protect against unauthorized access to or use of |
14 | | nonpublic information;
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15 | | (4) minimize the likelihood of harm
to any consumer; |
16 | | and
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17 | | (5) define and periodically reevaluate a schedule for |
18 | | retention of nonpublic information and a mechanism for its |
19 | | destruction when no longer needed, except if the |
20 | | information is otherwise required to be retained by law or |
21 | | rule or if targeted disposal is not reasonably feasible |
22 | | due to the manner in which the information is maintained. |
23 | | (c) A licensee shall:
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24 | | (1) designate one or more employees, an affiliate, or |
25 | | an outside vendor designated to act on behalf of the |
26 | | licensee who is responsible for the information security |
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1 | | program;
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2 | | (2) identify reasonably foreseeable internal or |
3 | | external threats that could result in unauthorized access, |
4 | | transmission, disclosure, misuse, alteration, or |
5 | | destruction of nonpublic information, including the |
6 | | security of information systems and nonpublic information |
7 | | that are accessible to or held by third-party service |
8 | | providers;
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9 | | (3) assess the likelihood and potential damage of |
10 | | these threats, taking into consideration the sensitivity |
11 | | of the nonpublic information;
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12 | | (4) assess the sufficiency of policies, procedures, |
13 | | information systems, and other safeguards in place to |
14 | | manage these threats, including consideration of threats |
15 | | in each relevant area of the licensee's operations, |
16 | | including:
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17 | | (A) employee training and management;
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18 | | (B) information systems, including network and |
19 | | software design, as well as information |
20 | | classification, governance, processing, storage, |
21 | | transmission, and disposal; and
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22 | | (C) detecting, preventing, and responding to |
23 | | attacks, intrusions, or other systems failures; and
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24 | | (5) implement information safeguards to manage the |
25 | | threats identified in its ongoing assessment, and, no less |
26 | | than annually, assess the effectiveness of the safeguards' |
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1 | | key controls, systems, and procedures.
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2 | | (d) Based on its risk assessment, the licensee shall:
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3 | | (1) design its information security program to |
4 | | mitigate the identified risks, commensurate with the size |
5 | | and complexity of the licensee, the nature and scope of |
6 | | the licensee's activities, including its use of |
7 | | third-party service providers, and the sensitivity of the |
8 | | nonpublic information used by the licensee or in the |
9 | | licensee's possession, custody, or control;
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10 | | (2) select and implement appropriate security measures |
11 | | from the following:
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12 | | (A) place access controls on information systems, |
13 | | including controls to authenticate and permit access |
14 | | only to authorized individuals to protect against the |
15 | | unauthorized acquisition of nonpublic information;
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16 | | (B) identify and manage the data, personnel, |
17 | | devices, systems, and facilities that enable the |
18 | | organization to achieve business purposes in |
19 | | accordance with their relative importance to business |
20 | | objectives and the organization's risk strategy;
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21 | | (C) restrict access at physical locations |
22 | | containing nonpublic information only to authorized |
23 | | individuals;
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24 | | (D) protect, by encryption or other appropriate |
25 | | means, all nonpublic information while being |
26 | | transmitted over an external network and all nonpublic |
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1 | | information stored on a laptop computer or other |
2 | | portable computing or storage device or media;
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3 | | (E) adopt secure development practices for |
4 | | in-house-developed applications utilized by the |
5 | | licensee and procedures for evaluating, assessing, or |
6 | | testing the security of externally developed |
7 | | applications utilized by the licensee;
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8 | | (F) modify the information system in accordance |
9 | | with the licensee's information security program;
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10 | | (G) utilize effective controls, including |
11 | | multifactor authentication procedures for any |
12 | | individual accessing nonpublic information;
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13 | | (H) regularly test and monitor systems and |
14 | | procedures to detect actual and attempted attacks on |
15 | | or intrusions into information systems; |
16 | | (I) include audit trails within the information |
17 | | security program designed to detect and respond to |
18 | | cybersecurity events and designed to reconstruct |
19 | | material financial transactions sufficient to support |
20 | | normal operations and obligations of the licensee;
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21 | | (J) implement measures to protect against |
22 | | destruction, loss, or damage of nonpublic information |
23 | | due to environmental hazards, including fire and water |
24 | | damage, other catastrophes, or technological failures; |
25 | | and
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26 | | (K) develop, implement, and maintain procedures |
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1 | | for the secure disposal of nonpublic information in |
2 | | any format;
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3 | | (3) include cybersecurity risks in the licensee's |
4 | | enterprise risk management process;
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5 | | (4) stay informed regarding emerging threats or |
6 | | vulnerabilities and utilize reasonable security measures |
7 | | when sharing information relative to the character of the |
8 | | sharing and the type of information shared; and
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9 | | (5) provide its personnel with cybersecurity awareness |
10 | | training that is updated as necessary to reflect risks |
11 | | identified by the licensee in the risk assessment.
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12 | | (e) If the licensee has a board of directors, the board or |
13 | | an appropriate committee of the board shall, at a minimum:
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14 | | (1) require the licensee's executive management or its |
15 | | delegates to develop, implement, and maintain the |
16 | | licensee's information security program;
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17 | | (2) require the licensee's executive management or its |
18 | | delegates to report in writing, at least annually, the |
19 | | following information:
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20 | | (A) the overall status of the information security |
21 | | program and the licensee's compliance with this Act; |
22 | | and
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23 | | (B) material matters related to the information |
24 | | security program, addressing issues such as risk |
25 | | assessment, risk management and control decisions, |
26 | | third-party service provider arrangements, results of |
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1 | | testing, cybersecurity events or violations and |
2 | | management's responses thereto, and recommendations |
3 | | for changes in the information security program; and
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4 | | (3) if executive management delegates any of its |
5 | | responsibilities under this Section, it shall oversee the |
6 | | development, implementation, and maintenance of the |
7 | | licensee's information security program prepared by the |
8 | | delegate and shall receive a report from the delegate |
9 | | complying with the requirements of the report to the board |
10 | | of directors.
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11 | | (f) A licensee shall exercise due diligence in selecting |
12 | | its third-party service provider and a licensee shall require |
13 | | a third-party service provider to implement appropriate |
14 | | administrative, technical, and physical measures to protect |
15 | | and secure the information systems and nonpublic information |
16 | | that are accessible to or held by the third-party service |
17 | | provider.
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18 | | (g) The licensee shall monitor, evaluate, and adjust, as |
19 | | appropriate, the information security program consistent with |
20 | | any relevant changes in technology, the sensitivity of its |
21 | | nonpublic information, internal or external threats to |
22 | | information, and the licensee's own changing business |
23 | | arrangements, including mergers and acquisitions, alliances |
24 | | and joint ventures, outsourcing arrangements, and changes to |
25 | | information systems.
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26 | | (h) As part of its information security program, a |
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1 | | licensee shall establish a written incident response plan |
2 | | designed to promptly respond to and recover from any |
3 | | cybersecurity event that compromises the confidentiality, |
4 | | integrity, or availability of nonpublic information in its |
5 | | possession, the licensee's information systems, or the |
6 | | continuing functionality of any aspect of the licensee's |
7 | | business or operations. The incident response plan shall |
8 | | address the following areas:
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9 | | (1) the internal process for responding to a |
10 | | cybersecurity event;
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11 | | (2) the goals of the incident response plan;
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12 | | (3) the definition of clear roles, responsibilities, |
13 | | and levels of decision-making authority;
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14 | | (4) external and internal communications and |
15 | | information sharing;
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16 | | (5) identification of requirements for the remediation |
17 | | of any identified weaknesses in information systems and |
18 | | associated controls;
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19 | | (6) documentation and reporting regarding |
20 | | cybersecurity events and related incident response |
21 | | activities; and
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22 | | (7) the evaluation and revision of the incident |
23 | | response plan following a cybersecurity event, as |
24 | | necessary.
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25 | | (i) Annually, an insurer domiciled in this State shall |
26 | | submit to the Director a written statement by April 15 |
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1 | | certifying that the insurer is in compliance with the |
2 | | requirements set forth in this Section. Each insurer shall |
3 | | maintain for examination by the Department all records, |
4 | | schedules, and data supporting this certificate for a period |
5 | | of 5 years. To the extent an insurer has identified areas, |
6 | | systems, or processes that require material improvement, |
7 | | updating, or redesign, the insurer shall document the |
8 | | identification and the remedial efforts planned and underway |
9 | | to address such areas, systems, or processes. The |
10 | | documentation of identified areas, systems, or processes must |
11 | | be available for inspection by the Director.
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12 | | (j) Licensees shall comply with subsection (f) 2 years |
13 | | after the effective date of this Act, and shall comply with all |
14 | | other subsections of this Section one year after the effective |
15 | | date of this Act. |
16 | | Section 15. Investigation of a cybersecurity event.
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17 | | (a) If the licensee learns that a cybersecurity event has |
18 | | occurred or may have occurred, the licensee, or an outside |
19 | | vendor or service provider designated to act on behalf of the |
20 | | licensee, shall conduct a prompt investigation.
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21 | | (b) During the investigation the licensee, or an outside |
22 | | vendor or service provider designated to act on behalf of the |
23 | | licensee, shall, at a minimum, comply with as many of the |
24 | | following as possible:
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25 | | (1) determine whether a cybersecurity event has |
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1 | | occurred;
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2 | | (2) assess the nature and scope of the cybersecurity |
3 | | event;
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4 | | (3) identify any nonpublic information that may have |
5 | | been involved in the cybersecurity event; and
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6 | | (4) perform or oversee reasonable measures to restore |
7 | | the security of the information systems compromised in the |
8 | | cybersecurity event in order to prevent further |
9 | | unauthorized acquisition, release, or use of nonpublic |
10 | | information in the licensee's possession, custody, or |
11 | | control.
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12 | | (c) If the licensee learns that a cybersecurity event has |
13 | | occurred or may have occurred in a system maintained by a |
14 | | third-party service provider, the licensee will complete the |
15 | | steps listed in subsection (b) or confirm and document that |
16 | | the third-party service provider has completed those steps.
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17 | | (d) The licensee shall maintain records concerning all |
18 | | cybersecurity events for a period of at least 5 years from the |
19 | | date of the cybersecurity event and shall produce those |
20 | | records upon demand of the Director.
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21 | | Section 20. Notification of a cybersecurity event.
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22 | | (a) A licensee shall notify the Director as promptly as |
23 | | possible but no later than 3 business days after a |
24 | | determination that a cybersecurity event has occurred when |
25 | | either of the following criteria has been met:
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1 | | (1) this State is the licensee's state of domicile, in |
2 | | the case of an insurer, or this State is the licensee's |
3 | | home state, in the case of an insurance producer, as those |
4 | | terms are defined in Article XXXI of the Illinois |
5 | | Insurance Code, and the cybersecurity event has a |
6 | | reasonable likelihood of materially harming any consumer |
7 | | residing in this State or any material part of the normal |
8 | | operations of the licensee; or
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9 | | (2) the licensee reasonably believes that the |
10 | | nonpublic information involved is of 250 or more consumers |
11 | | residing in this State and that is either of the |
12 | | following:
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13 | | (A) a cybersecurity event impacting the licensee |
14 | | of which notice is required to be provided to any |
15 | | government body, self-regulatory agency, or any other |
16 | | supervisory body pursuant to any State or federal law; |
17 | | or
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18 | | (B) a cybersecurity event that has a reasonable |
19 | | likelihood of materially harming:
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20 | | (i) any consumer residing in this State; or
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21 | | (ii) any material part of the normal |
22 | | operations of the licensee.
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23 | | (b) A licensee shall provide as much of the following |
24 | | information as possible:
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25 | | (1) the date of the cybersecurity event;
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26 | | (2) a description of how the information was exposed, |
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1 | | lost, stolen, or breached, including the specific roles |
2 | | and responsibilities of third-party service providers, if |
3 | | any;
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4 | | (3) how the cybersecurity event was discovered;
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5 | | (4) whether any lost, stolen, or breached information |
6 | | has been recovered and if so, how it was recovered;
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7 | | (5) the identity of the source of the cybersecurity |
8 | | event;
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9 | | (6) whether the licensee has filed a police report or |
10 | | has notified any regulatory, government, or law |
11 | | enforcement agencies and, if so, when such notification |
12 | | was provided;
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13 | | (7) a description of the specific types of information |
14 | | acquired without authorization, including types of medical |
15 | | information, types of financial information, or types of |
16 | | information allowing identification of the consumer;
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17 | | (8) the period during which the information system was |
18 | | compromised by the cybersecurity event;
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19 | | (9) the number of total consumers in this State |
20 | | affected by the cybersecurity event; the licensee shall |
21 | | provide the best estimate in the initial report to the |
22 | | Director and update this estimate with each subsequent |
23 | | report to the Director pursuant to this Section;
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24 | | (10) the results of any internal review identifying a |
25 | | lapse in either automated controls or internal procedures, |
26 | | or confirming that all automated controls or internal |
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1 | | procedures were followed;
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2 | | (11) a description of efforts being undertaken to |
3 | | remediate the situation which permitted the cybersecurity |
4 | | event to occur;
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5 | | (12) a copy of the licensee's privacy policy and a |
6 | | statement outlining the steps the licensee will take to |
7 | | investigate and notify consumers affected by the |
8 | | cybersecurity event; and
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9 | | (13) the name of a contact person who is both familiar |
10 | | with the cybersecurity event and authorized to act for the |
11 | | licensee.
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12 | | The licensee shall provide the information in electronic |
13 | | form as directed by the Director. The licensee shall have a |
14 | | continuing obligation to update and supplement initial and |
15 | | subsequent notifications to the Director regarding material |
16 | | changes to previously provided information relating to the |
17 | | cybersecurity event.
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18 | | (c) Licensees shall comply with the Personal Information |
19 | | Protection Act, as applicable, and provide a copy of the |
20 | | notice sent to consumers under that statute to the Director |
21 | | when a licensee is required to notify the Director under |
22 | | subsection (a).
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23 | | (d) If a licensee becomes aware of a cybersecurity event |
24 | | in a system maintained by a third-party service provider, the |
25 | | licensee shall treat the event as it would under subsection |
26 | | (a) unless the third-party service provider provides the |
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1 | | notice required under subsection (a) to the Director. The |
2 | | computation of licensee's deadlines shall begin on the day |
3 | | after the third-party service provider notifies the licensee |
4 | | of the cybersecurity event or the licensee otherwise has |
5 | | actual knowledge of the cybersecurity event, whichever is |
6 | | sooner.
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7 | | (e) Nothing in this Act shall prevent or abrogate an |
8 | | agreement between a licensee and another licensee, a |
9 | | third-party service provider, or any other party to fulfill |
10 | | any of the investigation requirements imposed under Section 15 |
11 | | or notice requirements imposed under this Section.
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12 | | (f) In the case of a cybersecurity event involving |
13 | | nonpublic information that is used by the licensee that is |
14 | | acting as an assuming insurer or in the possession, custody, |
15 | | or control of a licensee that is acting as an assuming insurer |
16 | | and that does not have a direct contractual relationship with |
17 | | the affected consumers, the assuming insurer shall notify its |
18 | | affected ceding insurers and the Director of its state of |
19 | | domicile within 3 business days after making the determination |
20 | | that a cybersecurity event has occurred.
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21 | | In the case of a cybersecurity event involving nonpublic |
22 | | information that is in the possession, custody, or control of |
23 | | a third-party service provider of a licensee that is an |
24 | | assuming insurer, the assuming insurer shall notify its |
25 | | affected ceding insurers and the Director of its state of |
26 | | domicile within 3 business days after receiving notice from |
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1 | | its third-party service provider that a cybersecurity event |
2 | | has occurred.
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3 | | The ceding insurers that have a direct contractual |
4 | | relationship with affected consumers shall fulfill the |
5 | | consumer notification requirements imposed under the Personal |
6 | | Information Protection Act and any other notification |
7 | | requirements relating to a cybersecurity event imposed under |
8 | | this Section.
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9 | | (g) In the case of a cybersecurity event involving |
10 | | nonpublic information that is in the possession, custody, or |
11 | | control of a licensee that is an insurer or its third-party |
12 | | service provider and for which a consumer accessed the |
13 | | insurer's services through an independent insurance producer, |
14 | | the insurer shall notify the producers of record of all |
15 | | affected consumers as soon as practicable as directed by the |
16 | | Director. The insurer is excused from this obligation for |
17 | | those instances in which it does not have the current producer |
18 | | of record information for any individual consumer.
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19 | | Section 25. Power of Director.
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20 | | (a) The Director shall have power to examine and |
21 | | investigate the affairs of any licensee to determine whether |
22 | | the licensee has been or is engaged in any conduct in violation |
23 | | of this Act. This power is in addition to the powers which the |
24 | | Director has under the Illinois Insurance Code, including |
25 | | Sections 132, 132.3, 132.4, 133, 401, 402, 403, and 425 of the |
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1 | | Illinois Insurance Code. Any investigation or examination |
2 | | shall be conducted pursuant to the Illinois Insurance Code, |
3 | | including Sections 132, 132.3, 132.4, 133, 401, 402, 403, and |
4 | | 425 of the Illinois Insurance Code.
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5 | | (b) Whenever the Director has reason to believe that a |
6 | | licensee has been or is engaged in conduct in this State which |
7 | | violates this Act, the Director may take action that is |
8 | | necessary or appropriate to enforce the provisions of this |
9 | | Act.
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10 | | Section 30. Confidentiality.
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11 | | (a) Any documents, materials, or other information in the |
12 | | control or possession of the Department that are furnished by |
13 | | a licensee or an employee or agent thereof acting on behalf of |
14 | | licensee pursuant to subsection (i) of Section 10, subsection |
15 | | (b) of Section 20, or that are obtained by the Director in an |
16 | | investigation or examination pursuant to Section 25 shall be |
17 | | confidential by law and privileged, shall not be subject to |
18 | | the Freedom of Information Act, shall not be subject to |
19 | | subpoena, and shall not be subject to discovery or admissible |
20 | | in evidence in any private civil action. However, the Director |
21 | | is authorized to use the documents, materials, or other |
22 | | information in the furtherance of any regulatory or legal |
23 | | action brought as a part of the Director's duties.
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24 | | (b) Neither the Director nor any person who received |
25 | | documents, materials, or other information while acting under |
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1 | | the authority of the Director shall be permitted or required |
2 | | to testify in any private civil action concerning any |
3 | | confidential documents, materials, or information subject to |
4 | | subsection (a).
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5 | | (c) In order to assist in the performance of the |
6 | | Director's duties under this Act, the Director:
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7 | | (1) may share documents, materials, or other |
8 | | information, including the confidential and privileged |
9 | | documents, materials, or information subject to subsection |
10 | | (a), with other State, federal, and international |
11 | | regulatory agencies, with the National Association of |
12 | | Insurance Commissioners and its affiliates or |
13 | | subsidiaries, and with State, federal, and international |
14 | | law enforcement authorities, if the recipient agrees in |
15 | | writing to maintain the confidentiality and privileged |
16 | | status of the document, material, or other information;
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17 | | (2) may receive documents, materials, or information, |
18 | | including otherwise confidential and privileged documents, |
19 | | materials, or information, from the National Association |
20 | | of Insurance Commissioners and its affiliates or |
21 | | subsidiaries and from regulatory and law enforcement |
22 | | officials of other foreign or domestic jurisdictions, and |
23 | | shall maintain as confidential or privileged any document, |
24 | | material, or information received with notice or the |
25 | | understanding that it is confidential or privileged under |
26 | | the laws of the jurisdiction that is the source of the |
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1 | | document, material, or information;
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2 | | (3) may share documents, materials, or other |
3 | | information subject to subsection (a), with a third-party |
4 | | consultant or vendor if the consultant agrees in writing |
5 | | to maintain the confidentiality and privileged status of |
6 | | the document, material, or other information; and
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7 | | (4) may enter into agreements governing sharing and |
8 | | use of information consistent with this subsection.
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9 | | (d) No waiver of any applicable privilege or claim of |
10 | | confidentiality in the documents, materials, or information |
11 | | shall occur as a result of disclosure to the Director under |
12 | | this Section or as a result of sharing as authorized in |
13 | | subsection (c).
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14 | | (e) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit the Director from |
15 | | releasing final, adjudicated actions that are open to public |
16 | | inspection pursuant to the Illinois Insurance Code to a |
17 | | database or other clearinghouse service maintained by the |
18 | | National Association of Insurance Commissioners and its |
19 | | affiliates or subsidiaries.
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20 | | Section 35. Exceptions.
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21 | | (a) The following exceptions shall apply to this Act:
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22 | | (1) A licensee with fewer than 50 employees, including |
23 | | any independent contractors, is exempt from Section 10.
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24 | | (2) A licensee that is subject to, governed by, and |
25 | | compliant with the privacy, security, and breach |
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1 | | notification rules issued by the United States Department |
2 | | of Health and Human Services, Parts 160 and 164 of Title 45 |
3 | | of the Code of Federal Regulations, established pursuant |
4 | | to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
5 | | of 1996, Public Law 104-191, and the Health Information |
6 | | Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, Public |
7 | | Law 111-5, HITECH, and that maintains nonpublic |
8 | | information in the same manner as protected health |
9 | | information pursuant to an information security program |
10 | | shall be considered to meet the requirements of Section 10 |
11 | | and Section 15 of this Act. To claim this exemption, the |
12 | | licensee must submit an annual statement by April 15 |
13 | | certifying its compliance with the applicable provisions |
14 | | of federal law referenced in this paragraph. |
15 | | (3) An employee, agent, representative, or designee of |
16 | | a licensee that is also a licensee is exempt from Section |
17 | | 10 and need not develop its own information security |
18 | | program to the extent that the employee, agent, |
19 | | representative, or designee is covered by the information |
20 | | security program of the other licensee.
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21 | | (b) If a licensee ceases to qualify for an exception, the |
22 | | licensee shall demonstrate a good faith effort to comply with |
23 | | this Act within 180 days and shall certify compliance in |
24 | | accordance with subsection (i) of Section 10 no sooner than |
25 | | one year after ceasing to qualify for an exception.
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1 | | Section 40. Penalties. In the case of a violation of this |
2 | | Act, a licensee may be penalized in accordance with the |
3 | | provisions of the Illinois Insurance Code, including Section |
4 | | 403A of the Illinois Insurance Code. |
5 | | Section 45. Rules. The Department may, in accordance with |
6 | | the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and Section 401 of |
7 | | the Illinois Insurance Code, adopt such rules as shall be |
8 | | necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. |
9 | | Section 50. Severability. If any provision of this Act or |
10 | | its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, |
11 | | the invalidity of that provision or application does not |
12 | | affect other provisions or applications of this Act that can |
13 | | be given effect without the invalid provision or application. |
14 | | Section 105. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by |
15 | | changing Section 7.5 as follows:
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16 | | (5 ILCS 140/7.5)
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17 | | Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for |
18 | | by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be |
19 | | exempt from inspection and copying: |
20 | | (a) All information determined to be confidential |
21 | | under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and |
22 | | Development Act. |
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1 | | (b) Library circulation and order records identifying |
2 | | library users with specific materials under the Library |
3 | | Records Confidentiality Act. |
4 | | (c) Applications, related documents, and medical |
5 | | records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation |
6 | | Procedures Board and any and all documents or other |
7 | | records prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation |
8 | | Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it |
9 | | has received. |
10 | | (d) Information and records held by the Department of |
11 | | Public Health and its authorized representatives relating |
12 | | to known or suspected cases of sexually transmissible |
13 | | disease or any information the disclosure of which is |
14 | | restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmissible |
15 | | Disease Control Act. |
16 | | (e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted |
17 | | under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act. |
18 | | (f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of |
19 | | the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying |
20 | | Qualifications Based Selection Act. |
21 | | (g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted |
22 | | and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid |
23 | | Tuition Act. |
24 | | (h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted |
25 | | under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and |
26 | | records of any lawfully created State or local inspector |
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1 | | general's office that would be exempt if created or |
2 | | obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under |
3 | | that Act. |
4 | | (i) Information contained in a local emergency energy |
5 | | plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a |
6 | | local emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted |
7 | | under Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code. |
8 | | (j) Information and data concerning the distribution |
9 | | of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by carriers |
10 | | under the Emergency Telephone System Act. |
11 | | (k) Law enforcement officer identification information |
12 | | or driver identification information compiled by a law |
13 | | enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation |
14 | | under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code. |
15 | | (l) Records and information provided to a residential |
16 | | health care facility resident sexual assault and death |
17 | | review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse |
18 | | Prevention Review Team Act. |
19 | | (m) Information provided to the predatory lending |
20 | | database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential |
21 | | Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent |
22 | | authorized under that Article. |
23 | | (n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of |
24 | | compensation and expenses for court appointed trial |
25 | | counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the |
26 | | Capital Crimes Litigation Act. This subsection (n) shall |
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1 | | apply until the conclusion of the trial of the case, even |
2 | | if the prosecution chooses not to pursue the death penalty |
3 | | prior to trial or sentencing. |
4 | | (o) Information that is prohibited from being |
5 | | disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and |
6 | | Hazardous Substances Registry Act. |
7 | | (p) Security portions of system safety program plans, |
8 | | investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or |
9 | | information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the |
10 | | Department of Transportation under Sections 2705-300 and |
11 | | 2705-616 of the Department of Transportation Law of the |
12 | | Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Regional |
13 | | Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of the |
14 | | Regional Transportation Authority Act, or the St. Clair |
15 | | County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety |
16 | | Act. |
17 | | (q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the |
18 | | Personnel Record Review Act. |
19 | | (r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the |
20 | | Illinois School Student Records Act. |
21 | | (s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted |
22 | | under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
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23 | | (t) All identified or deidentified health information |
24 | | in the form of health data or medical records contained |
25 | | in, stored in, submitted to, transferred by, or released |
26 | | from the Illinois Health Information Exchange, and |
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1 | | identified or deidentified health information in the form |
2 | | of health data and medical records of the Illinois Health |
3 | | Information Exchange in the possession of the Illinois |
4 | | Health Information Exchange Office due to its |
5 | | administration of the Illinois Health Information |
6 | | Exchange. The terms "identified" and "deidentified" shall |
7 | | be given the same meaning as in the Health Insurance |
8 | | Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law |
9 | | 104-191, or any subsequent amendments thereto, and any |
10 | | regulations promulgated thereunder. |
11 | | (u) Records and information provided to an independent |
12 | | team of experts under the Developmental Disability and |
13 | | Mental Health Safety Act (also known as Brian's Law). |
14 | | (v) Names and information of people who have applied |
15 | | for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under |
16 | | the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for |
17 | | or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm |
18 | | Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the |
19 | | Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the |
20 | | Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed |
21 | | Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed |
22 | | Carry Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the |
23 | | Firearm Concealed Carry Act. |
24 | | (v-5) Records of the Firearm Owner's Identification |
25 | | Card Review Board that are exempted from disclosure under |
26 | | Section 10 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. |
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1 | | (w) Personally identifiable information which is |
2 | | exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section |
3 | | 19.1 of the Toll Highway Act. |
4 | | (x) Information which is exempted from disclosure |
5 | | under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section |
6 | | 8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code. |
7 | | (y) Confidential information under the Adult |
8 | | Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling |
9 | | statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including |
10 | | information about the identity and administrative finding |
11 | | against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated |
12 | | decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of |
13 | | an eligible adult maintained in the Registry established |
14 | | under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act. |
15 | | (z) Records and information provided to a fatality |
16 | | review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory |
17 | | Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services |
18 | | Act. |
19 | | (aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure |
20 | | under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code. |
21 | | (bb) Information which is or was prohibited from |
22 | | disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. |
23 | | (cc) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement |
24 | | Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent |
25 | | authorized under that Act. |
26 | | (dd) Information that is prohibited from being |
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1 | | disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common |
2 | | Interest Community Ombudsperson Act. |
3 | | (ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure |
4 | | under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act. |
5 | | (ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure |
6 | | under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. |
7 | | (gg) Information that is prohibited from being |
8 | | disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle |
9 | | Code. |
10 | | (hh) Records that are exempt from disclosure under |
11 | | Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code. |
12 | | (ii) Information which is exempted from disclosure |
13 | | under Section 2505-800 of the Department of Revenue Law of |
14 | | the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. |
15 | | (jj) Information and reports that are required to be |
16 | | submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day |
17 | | and temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from |
18 | | disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day |
19 | | and Temporary Labor Services Act. |
20 | | (kk) Information prohibited from disclosure under the |
21 | | Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act. |
22 | | (ll) Information the disclosure of which is restricted |
23 | | and exempted under Section 5-30.8 of the Illinois Public |
24 | | Aid Code. |
25 | | (mm) Records that are exempt from disclosure under |
26 | | Section 4.2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act. |
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1 | | (nn) Information that is exempt from disclosure under |
2 | | Section 70 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. |
3 | | (oo) Communications, notes, records, and reports |
4 | | arising out of a peer support counseling session |
5 | | prohibited from disclosure under the First Responders |
6 | | Suicide Prevention Act. |
7 | | (pp) Names and all identifying information relating to |
8 | | an employee of an emergency services provider or law |
9 | | enforcement agency under the First Responders Suicide |
10 | | Prevention Act. |
11 | | (qq) Information and records held by the Department of |
12 | | Public Health and its authorized representatives collected |
13 | | under the Reproductive Health Act. |
14 | | (rr) Information that is exempt from disclosure under |
15 | | the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. |
16 | | (ss) Data reported by an employer to the Department of |
17 | | Human Rights pursuant to Section 2-108 of the Illinois |
18 | | Human Rights Act. |
19 | | (tt) Recordings made under the Children's Advocacy |
20 | | Center Act, except to the extent authorized under that |
21 | | Act. |
22 | | (uu) Information that is exempt from disclosure under |
23 | | Section 50 of the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act. |
24 | | (vv) Information that is exempt from disclosure under |
25 | | subsections (f) and (j) of Section 5-36 of the Illinois |
26 | | Public Aid Code. |
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1 | | (ww) Information that is exempt from disclosure under |
2 | | Section 16.8 of the State Treasurer Act. |
3 | | (xx) Information that is exempt from disclosure or |
4 | | information that shall not be made public under the |
5 | | Illinois Insurance Code. |
6 | | (yy) Information prohibited from being disclosed under |
7 | | the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. |
8 | | (zz) Information prohibited from being disclosed under |
9 | | the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. |
10 | | (aaa) Information prohibited from being disclosed |
11 | | under Section 1-167 of the Illinois Pension Code. |
12 | | (bbb) Information that is prohibited from disclosure |
13 | | by the Illinois Police Training Act and the Illinois State |
14 | | Police Act. |
15 | | (ccc) Records exempt from disclosure under Section
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16 | | 2605-304 of the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil
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17 | | Administrative Code of Illinois. |
18 | | (ddd) Information prohibited from being disclosed |
19 | | under Section 35 of the Address Confidentiality for |
20 | | Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human |
21 | | Trafficking, or Stalking Act. |
22 | | (eee) Information prohibited from being disclosed |
23 | | under subsection (b) of Section 75 of the Domestic |
24 | | Violence Fatality Review Act. |
25 | | (fff) Images from cameras under the Expressway Camera |
26 | | Act. This subsection (fff) is inoperative on and after |
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1 | | July 1, 2023. |
2 | | (ggg) (fff) Information prohibited from disclosure |
3 | | under paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Section 14 of the |
4 | | Nurse Agency Licensing Act. |
5 | | (hhh) Information exempt from disclosure under Section |
6 | | 30 of the Insurance Data Security Law. |
7 | | (Source: P.A. 101-13, eff. 6-12-19; 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; |
8 | | 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-221, eff. 1-1-20; 101-236, eff. |
9 | | 1-1-20; 101-375, eff. 8-16-19; 101-377, eff. 8-16-19; 101-452, |
10 | | eff. 1-1-20; 101-466, eff. 1-1-20; 101-600, eff. 12-6-19; |
11 | | 101-620, eff 12-20-19; 101-649, eff. 7-7-20; 101-652, eff. |
12 | | 1-1-22; 101-656, eff. 3-23-21; 102-36, eff. 6-25-21; 102-237, |
13 | | eff. 1-1-22; 102-292, eff. 1-1-22; 102-520, eff. 8-20-21; |
14 | | 102-559, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-946, eff. |
15 | | 7-1-22; 102-1042, eff. 6-3-22; revised 8-1-22.)
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16 | | Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect January |
17 | | 1, 2024. |