Rep. Constance A. Howard

Filed: 10/27/2009

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1369

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1369, AS AMENDED,
3 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
 
5     "Section 5. The Task Force on Inventorying Employment
6 Restrictions Act is amended by changing Sections 15 and 20 as
7 follows:
 
8     (20 ILCS 5000/15)
9     Sec. 15. Task Force.
10     (a) The Task Force on Inventorying Employment Restrictions
11 is hereby created in the Illinois Criminal Justice Information
12 Authority. The purpose of the Task Force is to review the
13 statutes, administrative rules, policies and practices that
14 restrict employment of persons with a criminal history, as set
15 out in subsection (c) of this Section, and to report to the
16 Governor and the General Assembly those employment

 

 

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1 restrictions and their impact on employment opportunities for
2 people with criminal records.
3     (b) Within 60 days after the effective date of this Act,
4 the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
5 Representatives, the Minority Leader of the Senate, and the
6 Minority Leader of the House of Representatives shall each
7 appoint 2 members to the Task Force. The Governor shall appoint
8 the Task Force chairperson. In addition, the Director or
9 Secretary of each of the following, or his or her designee, are
10 members: the Department of Human Services, the Department of
11 Corrections, the Department of Commerce and Economic
12 Opportunity, the Department of Children and Family Services,
13 the Department of Human Rights, the Department of Central
14 Management Services, the Department of Employment Security,
15 the Department of Public Health, the Department of State
16 Police, the Illinois State Board of Education, the Illinois
17 Board of Higher Education, and the Illinois Community College
18 Board. Members shall not receive compensation. The Illinois
19 Criminal Justice Information Authority shall provide staff and
20 other assistance to the Task Force.
21     (c) On or before September 1, 2010, all State agencies
22 shall produce a report for the Task Force that describes the
23 employment restrictions that are based on criminal records for
24 each occupation under the agency's jurisdiction and that of its
25 boards, if any, including, but not limited to, employment
26 within the agency; employment in facilities licensed,

 

 

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1 regulated, supervised, or funded by the agency; employment
2 pursuant to contracts with the agency; and employment in
3 occupations that the agency licenses or provides
4 certifications to practice. For each occupation subject to a
5 criminal records-based restriction, the agency shall set forth
6 the following:
7         (1) the job title, occupation, job classification, or
8     restricted place of employment, including the range of
9     occupations affected in such places;
10         (2) the statute, regulation, policy, and procedure
11     that authorizes the restriction of applicants for
12     employment and licensure, current employees, and current
13     licenses;
14         (3) the substance and terms of the restriction, and
15             (A) if the statute, regulation, policy or practice
16         enumerates disqualifying offenses, a list of each
17         disqualifying offense, the time limits for each
18         offense, and the point in time when the time limit
19         begins;
20             (B) if the statute, regulation, policy or practice
21         does not enumerate disqualifying offenses and instead
22         provides for agency discretion in determining
23         disqualifying offenses, the criteria the agency has
24         adopted to apply the disqualification to individual
25         cases. Restrictions based on agency discretion
26         include, but are not limited to, restrictions based on

 

 

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1         an offense "related to" the practice of a given
2         profession; an offense or act of "moral turpitude"; and
3         an offense evincing a lack of "good moral character".
4         (4) the procedures used by the agency to identify an
5     individual's criminal history, including but not limited
6     to disclosures on applications and background checks
7     conducted by law enforcement or private entities;
8         (5) the procedures used by the agency to determine and
9     review whether an individual's criminal history
10     disqualifies that individual;
11         (6) the year the restriction was adopted, and its
12     rationale;
13         (7) any exemption, waiver, or review mechanisms
14     available to seek relief from the disqualification based on
15     a showing of rehabilitation or otherwise, including the
16     terms of the mechanism, the nature of the relief it
17     affords, and whether an administrative and judicial appeal
18     is authorized;
19         (8) any statute, rule, policy and practice that
20     requires an individual convicted of a felony to have his
21     civil rights restored to become qualified for the job; and
22     9 copies of the following documents:
23             (A) forms, applications, and instructions provided
24         to applicants and those denied or terminated from jobs
25         or licenses based on their criminal record;
26             (B) forms, rules, and procedures that the agency

 

 

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1         employs to provide notice of disqualification, to
2         review applications subject to disqualification, and
3         to provide for exemptions and appeals of
4         disqualification;
5             (C) memos, guidance, instructions to staff,
6         scoring criteria and other materials used by the agency
7         to evaluate the criminal histories of applicants,
8         licensees, and employees; and
9             (D) forms and notices used to explain waiver,
10         exemption and appeals procedures for denial,
11         suspensions and terminations of employment or
12         licensure based on criminal history.
13     (d) Each State executive agency shall participate in a
14 review to determine the impact of the employment restrictions
15 based on criminal records and the effectiveness of existing
16 case-by-case review mechanisms. For each occupation under the
17 agency's jurisdiction for which there are employment
18 restrictions based on criminal records, each State agency must
19 provide the Task Force with a report, on or before March 1,
20 2010 November 1, 2009, for the previous 2-year period, setting
21 forth:
22         (1) the total number of people currently employed in
23     the occupation whose employment or licensure required
24     criminal history disclosure, background checks or
25     restrictions;
26         (2) the number and percentage of individuals who

 

 

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1     underwent a criminal history background check;
2         (3) the number and percentage of individuals who were
3     merely required to disclose their criminal history without
4     a criminal history background check;
5         (4) the number and percentage of individuals who were
6     found disqualified based on criminal history disclosure by
7     the applicant;
8         (5) the number and percentage of individuals who were
9     found disqualified based on a criminal history background
10     check;
11         (6) the number and percentage of individuals who sought
12     an exemption or waiver from the disqualification;
13         (7) the number and percentage of individuals who sought
14     an exemption or waiver who were subsequently granted the
15     exemption or waiver at the first level of agency review (if
16     multiple levels of review are available);
17         (8) the number and percentage of individuals who sought
18     an exemption or waiver who were subsequently granted the
19     exemption or waiver at the next level of agency review (if
20     multiple levels of review are available);
21         (9) the number and percentage of individuals who were
22     denied an exemption or waiver at the final level of agency
23     review, and then sought review through an administrative
24     appeal;
25         (10) the number and percentage of individuals who were
26     denied an exemption or waiver at the final level of agency

 

 

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1     review, and then sought review through an administrative
2     appeal and were then found qualified after such a review;
3         (11) the number and percentage of individuals who were
4     found disqualified where no waiver or exemption process is
5     available;
6         (12) the number and percentage of individuals who were
7     found disqualified where no waiver or exemption process is
8     available and who sought administrative review and then
9     were found qualified; and
10         (13) if the agency maintains records of active licenses
11     or certifications, the executive agency shall provide the
12     total number of employees in occupations subject to
13     criminal history restrictions.
14     (e) The Task Force shall report its findings and
15 recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by
16 December 31, 2010.
17 (Source: P.A. 96-593, eff. 8-18-09.)
 
18     (20 ILCS 5000/20)
19     Sec. 20. Act subject to available resources appropriation.
20 The provisions of this Act are subject to resources being made
21 available an appropriation being made to the Illinois Criminal
22 Justice Information Authority to implement this Act.
23 (Source: P.A. 96-593, eff. 8-18-09.)
 
24     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

 

 

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1 becoming law.".