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90_HB1397eng

      720 ILCS 5/17-22 new
          Amends the Criminal Code of 1961.  Provides that it is  a
      Class  A  misdemeanor  for an applicant for employment with a
      public or private agency that provides State funded  services
      to  persons with mental illness or developmental disabilities
      to furnish false information on an application for employment
      with the agency if the position requires contact with persons
      with mental illness or developmental  disabilities.   Penalty
      is a Class A misdemeanor.
                                                     LRB9004872RCks
HB1397 Engrossed                               LRB9004872RCks
 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  Criminal  Code of 1961 by adding
 2    Section 17-22.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.  The  Criminal  Code  of  1961  is amended by
 6    adding Section 17-22 as follows:
 7        (720 ILCS 5/17-22 new)
 8        Sec. 17-22.  False  information  on  an  application  for
 9    employment with certain public or private agencies.
10        (a)  It  is unlawful for an applicant for employment with
11    a  public  or  private  agency  that  provides  State  funded
12    services to persons  with  mental  illness  or  developmental
13    disabilities  to  wilfully  furnish  false  information on an
14    application for employment with the agency if the position of
15    employment requires or provides opportunity for contact  with
16    persons with mental illness or developmental disabilities.
17        (b)  Sentence.   A violation of this Section is a Class A
18    misdemeanor.

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