Sen. Matt Murphy

Filed: 4/11/2008

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2552

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2552 on page 1, by
3 replacing line 1 with the following:
4     "AN ACT concerning State government."; and
 
5 on page 1, after line 3, by inserting the following:
 
6     "Section 2. The Department of Public Health Powers and
7 Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
8 amended by adding Section 2310-186 as follows:
 
9     (20 ILCS 2310/2310-186 new)
10     Sec. 2310-186. Criminal history record checks; task force.
11 The Department shall create a task force to examine the process
12 used by State and local governmental agencies to conduct
13 criminal history record checks as a condition of employment or
14 approval to render provider services to such an agency. The
15 task force shall be comprised of representatives from State and

 

 

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1 local agencies that require an applicant to undergo a
2 fingerprint-based criminal history record check pursuant to
3 State law or agencies that are contemplating such a
4 requirement. The task force shall include but need not be
5 limited to representatives from the Department of State Police,
6 the Department of Children and Family Services, the Department
7 of Financial and Professional Regulation, the Department of
8 Public Health, the Department of Human Services, the Office of
9 the Secretary of State, and the Illinois State Board of
10 Education, and representatives from large regional school
11 districts. The task force shall review and make recommendations
12 to create a more centralized and coordinated process for
13 conducting criminal history record checks in order to reduce
14 duplication of effort and make better use of resources and more
15 efficient use of taxpayer dollars.
16     The task force shall provide a plan to revise the criminal
17 history record check process to the General Assembly by
18 February 1, 2009. The plan shall address the following issues:
19         (1) Identification of any areas of concern that have
20     been identified by stakeholders and task force members
21     regarding State-mandated criminal history record checks.
22         (2) Evaluation of the feasibility of using an
23     applicant's initial criminal history record information
24     results for subsequent employment or licensing screening
25     purposes.
26         (3) Evaluation of the feasibility of centralizing the

 

 

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1     screening of criminal history record information inquiry
2     responses.
3         (4) Identification and evaluation of existing
4     technologies that could be utilized to eliminate the need
5     for a subsequent fingerprint inquiry each time an applicant
6     changes employment or seeks a license requiring a criminal
7     history record inquiry.
8         (5) Evaluation of what other states are doing to
9     address similar concerns.
10         (6) Identification of programs serving vulnerable
11     populations that do not currently require criminal history
12     record information to determine whether those programs
13     should be included in a centralized screening of criminal
14     history record information.
15         (7) Preparation of a report for the General Assembly
16     proposing solutions that can be adopted to eliminate the
17     duplication of applicant fingerprint submissions and the
18     duplication of criminal records check response screening
19     efforts and to minimize the costs of conducting State and
20     FBI fingerprint-based inquiries in Illinois.".