Public Act 100-0230
 
SB1085 EnrolledLRB100 07656 RJF 17722 b



    AN ACT concerning State government.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:



 
    Section 5. The Department of Professional Regulation Law of 
the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended  by adding 
Section 2105-20 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 2105/2105-20 new)
    Sec. 2105-20. Criminal history records checks. Licensees 
or applicants applying for expedited licensure through an 
interstate compact enacted into law by the General Assembly, 
including, but not limited to, the Interstate Medical Licensure 
Compact Act, who have designated Illinois as the principal 
state of licensure for the purposes of the compact shall have 
his or her fingerprints submitted to the Department of State 
Police in an electronic format that complies with the form and 
manner for requesting and furnishing criminal history record 
information as prescribed by the Department of State Police. 
These fingerprints shall be checked against the Department of 
State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal 
history record databases now and hereafter filed. The 
Department of State Police shall charge applicants or licensees 
a fee for conducting the criminal history records check, which 
shall be deposited into the State Police Services Fund and 
shall not exceed the actual cost of the records check. The 
Department of State Police shall furnish, pursuant to positive 
identification, records of Illinois convictions to the 
Department. The Department may require applicants or licensees 
to pay a separate fingerprinting fee, either to the Department 
or to a vendor designated or approved by the Department. The 
Department, in its discretion, may allow an applicant or 
licensee who does not have reasonable access to a designated 
vendor to provide his or her fingerprints in an alternative 
manner. The Department may adopt any rules necessary to 
implement this Section.  Communication between the Department 
and an interstate compact governing body, including, but not 
limited to, the Interstate Commission as defined in Section 180 
of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Act, may not 
include information received from the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation relating to a State and federal criminal history 
records check.
 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.