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1     AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is amended
5 by adding Section 1-35 as follows:
 
6     (20 ILCS 1305/1-35 new)
7     Sec. 1-35. Data sharing. Notwithstanding any prohibition
8 by any state or federal privacy law provisions, the Department
9 of Human Services shall execute any data sharing
10 intergovernmental agreements as requested by any state,
11 municipal, or local government agency. Such requests shall be
12 directed to the Secretary or his or her designee, and the
13 agreement shall be executed expeditiously per an
14 intergovernmental agreement. The Department's databases that
15 would be subject to such a database sharing agreement may
16 include the DHS Client Database, the DHS Child Care Tracking
17 System, the Cornerstone Database, and any other database
18 commonly used by the Department.
 
19     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20 becoming law.