Public Act 102-0870
 
SB3938 EnrolledLRB102 22759 RJF 31905 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 Innovation and Technology Act 
is amended  by changing Sections 1-5, 1-25, and 1-35 as 
follows:
 

    (20 ILCS 1370/1-5)

 

    Sec. 1-5. Definitions. In this Act:
    "Client agency" means each transferring agency, or its 
successor, and any other public agency to which the Department 
provides service to the extent specified in an interagency 
agreement with the public agency.
    "Dedicated unit" means the dedicated bureau, division, 
office, or other unit within a transferring agency that is 
responsible for the information technology functions of the 
transferring agency.
    "Department" means the Department of Innovation and 
Technology.
    "Information technology" means technology, 
infrastructure, equipment, systems, software, networks, and 
processes used to create, send, receive, and store electronic 
or digital information, including, without limitation, 
computer systems and telecommunication services and systems. 
"Information technology" shall be construed broadly to 
incorporate future technologies (such as sensors and balanced 
private hybrid or public cloud posture tailored to the mission 
of the agency) that change or supplant those in effect as of 
the effective date of this Act.
    "Information technology functions" means the development, 
procurement, installation, retention, maintenance, operation, 
possession, storage, and related functions of all information 
technology.
    "Secretary" means the Secretary of Innovation and 
Technology.
    "State agency" means each State agency, department, board, 
and commission under the jurisdiction of the Governor.
    "Transferring agency" means the Department on Aging; the 
Departments of Agriculture, Central Management Services, 
Children and Family Services, Commerce and Economic 
Opportunity, Corrections, Employment Security, Financial and 
Professional Regulation, Healthcare and Family Services, Human 
Rights, Human Services, Insurance, Juvenile Justice, Labor, 
Lottery, Military Affairs, Natural Resources, Public Health, 
Revenue, Transportation, and Veterans' Affairs; the Illinois 
State Police; the Capital Development Board; the Deaf and Hard 
of Hearing Commission; the Environmental Protection Agency; 
the Governor's Office of Management and Budget; the 
Guardianship and Advocacy Commission; the Abraham Lincoln 
Presidential Library and Museum; the Illinois Arts Council; 
the Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities; the 
Illinois Emergency Management Agency; the Illinois Gaming 
Board; the Illinois Health Information Exchange Authority; the 
Illinois Liquor Control Commission; the Office of the State 
Fire Marshal; and the Prisoner Review Board. 

(Source: P.A. 102-376, eff. 1-1-22; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 
revised 9-28-21.)
 
    (20 ILCS 1370/1-25)

    Sec. 1-25. Charges for services; non-State funding. The 
Department may establish charges for services rendered by the 
Department to client agencies from funds provided directly to 
the client agency by appropriation or otherwise. In 
establishing charges, the Department shall consult with client 
agencies to make charges transparent and clear and seek to 
minimize or avoid charges for costs for which the Department 
has other funding sources available.
    Client agencies shall continue to apply for and otherwise 
seek federal funds and other capital and operational resources 
for technology for which the agencies are eligible and, 
subject to compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and 
grant terms, make those funds available for use by the 
Department. The Department shall assist client agencies in 
identifying funding opportunities and, if funds are used by 
the Department, ensuring compliance with all applicable laws, 
regulations, and grant terms.

(Source: P.A. 100-611, eff. 7-20-18.)
 
    (20 ILCS 1370/1-35)
    Sec. 1-35. Communications services.
    (a) (Blank). The Department shall develop and implement a 
comprehensive plan to coordinate or centralize communications 
services among State agencies with offices at different 
locations. The plan shall be updated based on a continuing 
study of communications problems of State government and shall 
include any information technology-related equipment or 
service used for communication purposes including digital, 
analog, or future transmission medium, whether for voice, 
data, or any combination thereof. The plan shall take into 
consideration systems that might affect economies, including, 
but not limited to, quantity discount services and may include 
provision of telecommunications service to local and federal 
government entities located within this State if State 
interests can be served by so doing.
    (b) The Department shall provide for and coordinate 
communications services for State agencies and, when requested 
and when in the best interests of the State, for units of 
federal or local governments and public and not-for-profit 
institutions of primary, secondary, and higher education. The 
Department may make use of, or support or provide any 
information technology-related communications equipment or 
services necessary and available to support the needs of 
interested parties not associated with State government 
provided that State government usage shall have first 
priority. For this purpose the Department shall have the power 
to do all of the following:
        (1) Provide for and control the procurement, 
    retention, installation, and maintenance of communications 
    equipment or services used by State agencies in the 
    interest of efficiency and economy.
        (2) Review existing standards and, where appropriate, 
    propose to establish new or modified standards for State 
    agencies which shall include a minimum of one 
    telecommunication device for the deaf installed and 
    operational within each State agency, to provide public 
    access to agency information for those persons who are 
    hearing or speech impaired. The Department shall consult 
    the Department of Human Services to develop standards and 
    implementation for this equipment.
        (3) Establish charges for information technology for 
    State agencies and, when requested, for units of federal 
    or local government and public and not-for-profit 
    institutions of primary, secondary, or higher education.   
    Entities charged for these services shall pay the 
    Department.
        (4) Instruct all State agencies to report their usage 
    of communication services regularly to the Department in 
    the manner the Department may prescribe.
        (5) Analyze the present and future aims and needs of 
    all State agencies in the area of communications services 
    and plan to serve those aims and needs in the most 
    effective and efficient manner.
        (6) Provide telecommunications and other 
    communications services.
        (7) Establish the administrative organization within 
    the Department that is required to accomplish the purpose 
    of this Section.
    This subsection (b) does not apply to the procurement of 
Next Generation 9-1-1 service as governed by Section 15.6b of 
the Emergency Telephone System Act.

(Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-376, eff. 1-1-22.)