Public Act 0762 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB4953 Enrolled LRB100 18948 XWW 34198 b

Public Act 100-0762

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 2105-15.5 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-15.5 new)

Sec. 2105-15.5. Continuing education; sexual harassment prevention training.

(a) As used in this Section, "sexual harassment" means any unwelcome sexual advances or requests for sexual favors or any conduct of a sexual nature when: (i) submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual's employment; (ii) submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for employment decisions affecting such individual; or (iii) such conduct has the purpose or effect of substantially interfering with an individual's work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment. For the purpose of this definition, "working environment" is not limited to a physical location that an employee is assigned to perform his or her duties and does not require an employment relationship.

(b) For license renewals occurring on or after January 1, 2020 for a profession that has continuing education requirements, the required continuing education hours shall include at least one hour of sexual harassment prevention training.

(c) The Department may adopt rules for the implementation of this Section.

Effective Date: 1/1/2019