103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2130

 

Introduced 2/7/2023, by Rep. Bob Morgan

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act
5 ILCS 140/7.5

    Creates the Insurance Data Security Law. Sets forth provisions concerning an information security program, investigations of cybersecurity events, and notifications of cybersecurity events. Provides that the Director of Insurance shall have power to examine and investigate into the affairs of any licensee to determine whether the licensee has been or is engaged in any conduct in violation of the Act. Provides that whenever the Director has reason to believe that a licensee has been or is engaged in conduct in the State which violates the Act, the Director may take action that is necessary or appropriate to enforce the provisions of the Act. Provides that any documents, materials, or other information in the control or possession of the Department of Insurance that are furnished by a licensee or an employee or agent acting on behalf of a licensee or that are obtained by the Director in an investigation or examination shall be confidential by law and privileged, shall not be subject to the Freedom of Information Act, shall not be subject to subpoena, and shall not be subject to discovery or admissible in evidence in any private civil action. Sets forth provisions concerning exceptions, penalties, and severability. Provides that the Department may adopt rules necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act. Defines terms. Makes a conforming change in the Freedom of Information Act. Effective January 1, 2024.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Insurance Data Security Law.
 
6    Section 2. Purpose and intent.
7    (a) The purpose and intent of this Act is to establish
8standards for data security and standards for the
9investigation of and notification to the Director of a
10cybersecurity event applicable to licensees.
11    (b) This Act shall not be construed to create or imply a
12private cause of action for a violation of its provisions nor
13shall it be construed to curtail a private cause of action
14which would otherwise exist in the absence of this Act.
 
15    Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
16    "Authorized individual" means an individual known to and
17screened by the licensee and determined to be necessary and
18appropriate to have access to the nonpublic information held
19by the licensee and its information systems.
20    "Consumer" means an individual, including, but not limited
21to, an applicant, policyholder, insured, beneficiary,
22claimant, or certificate holder who is a resident of this

 

 

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1State and whose nonpublic information is in a licensee's
2possession, custody, or control.
3    "Cybersecurity event" means an event resulting in
4unauthorized access to, disruption, or misuse of an
5information system or information stored on such information
6system. "Cybersecurity event" does not include the
7unauthorized acquisition of encrypted nonpublic information if
8the encryption, process, or key is not also acquired,
9released, or used without authorization. "Cybersecurity event"
10does not include an event with regard to which the licensee has
11determined that the nonpublic information accessed by an
12unauthorized person has not been used or released and has been
13returned or destroyed.
14    "Department" means the Department of Insurance.
15    "Director" means the Director of Insurance.
16    "Encrypted" means the transformation of data into a form
17which results in a low probability of assigning meaning
18without the use of a protective process or key.
19    "Information security program" means the administrative,
20technical, and physical safeguards that a licensee uses to
21access, collect, distribute, process, protect, store, use,
22transmit, dispose of, or otherwise handle nonpublic
23information.
24    "Information system" means a discrete set of electronic
25information resources organized for the collection,
26processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or

 

 

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1disposition of electronic information, as well as any
2specialized system such as industrial and process controls
3systems, telephone switching and private branch exchange
4systems, and environmental control systems.
5    "Licensee" means any person licensed, authorized to
6operate, or registered, or required to be licensed,
7authorized, or registered pursuant to the insurance laws of
8this State. "Licensee" does not include a purchasing group or
9a risk retention group chartered and licensed in a state other
10than this State or a licensee that is acting as an assuming
11insurer that is domiciled in another state or jurisdiction.
12    "Multi-factor authentication" means authentication
13through verification of at least 2 of the following types of
14authentication factors:
15        (1) knowledge factors, including a password;
16        (2) possession factors, including a token or text
17    message on a mobile phone; or
18        (3) inherence factors, including a biometric
19    characteristic.
20    "Nonpublic information" means information that is not
21publicly available information and that is:
22        (1) business-related information of a licensee the
23    tampering with which, or unauthorized disclosure, access,
24    or use of which, would cause a material adverse impact to
25    the business, operations, or security of the licensee;
26        (2) any information concerning a consumer which

 

 

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1    because of name, number, personal mark, or other
2    identifier can be used to identify such consumer, in
3    combination with any one or more of the following data
4    elements:
5            (A) social security number;
6            (B) driver's license number or nondriver
7        identification card number;
8            (C) financial account number, credit card number,
9        or debit card number;
10            (D) any security code, access code, or password
11        that would permit access to a consumer's financial
12        account; or
13            (E) biometric records; or
14        (3) any information or data, except age or gender, in
15    any form or medium created by or derived from a health care
16    provider or a consumer and that relates to:
17            (A) the past, present, or future physical, mental,
18        or behavioral health or condition of any consumer or a
19        member of the consumer's family;
20            (B) the provision of health care to any consumer;
21        or
22            (C) payment for the provision of health care to
23        any consumer.
24    "Person" means any individual or any nongovernmental
25entity, including, but not limited to, any nongovernmental
26partnership, corporation, branch, agency, or association.

 

 

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1    "Publicly available information" means any information
2that a licensee has a reasonable basis to believe is lawfully
3made available to the general public from federal, State, or
4local government records; widely distributed media; or
5disclosures to the general public that are required to be made
6by federal, State, or local law. "Publicly available
7information" includes information that a consumer may direct
8not to be made available to the general public, but that the
9consumer has not directed not be made available.
10    "Risk assessment" means the risk assessment that each
11licensee is required to conduct under subsection (c) of
12Section 10.
13    "Third-party service provider" means a person, not
14otherwise defined as a licensee, that contracts with a
15licensee to maintain, process, store, or otherwise is
16permitted access to nonpublic information through its
17provision of services to the licensee.
 
18    Section 10. Information security program.
19    (a) Commensurate with the size and complexity of the
20licensee, the nature and scope of the licensee's activities,
21including its use of third-party service providers, and the
22sensitivity of the nonpublic information used by the licensee
23or in the licensee's possession, custody, or control, each
24licensee shall develop, implement, and maintain a
25comprehensive written information security program based on

 

 

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1the licensee's risk assessment and that contains
2administrative, technical, and physical safeguards for the
3protection of nonpublic information and the licensee's
4information system.
5    (b) A licensee's information security program shall be
6designed to:
7        (1) protect the security and confidentiality of
8    nonpublic information and the security of the information
9    system;
10        (2) protect against any threats or hazards to the
11    security or integrity of nonpublic information and the
12    information system;
13        (3) protect against unauthorized access to or use of
14    nonpublic information;
15        (4) minimize the likelihood of harm to any consumer;
16    and
17        (5) define and periodically reevaluate a schedule for
18    retention of nonpublic information and a mechanism for its
19    destruction when no longer needed, except if the
20    information is otherwise required to be retained by law or
21    rule or if targeted disposal is not reasonably feasible
22    due to the manner in which the information is maintained.
23    (c) A licensee shall:
24        (1) designate one or more employees, an affiliate, or
25    an outside vendor designated to act on behalf of the
26    licensee who is responsible for the information security

 

 

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1    program;
2        (2) identify reasonably foreseeable internal or
3    external threats that could result in unauthorized access,
4    transmission, disclosure, misuse, alteration, or
5    destruction of nonpublic information, including the
6    security of information systems and nonpublic information
7    that are accessible to or held by third-party service
8    providers;
9        (3) assess the likelihood and potential damage of
10    these threats, taking into consideration the sensitivity
11    of the nonpublic information;
12        (4) assess the sufficiency of policies, procedures,
13    information systems, and other safeguards in place to
14    manage these threats, including consideration of threats
15    in each relevant area of the licensee's operations,
16    including:
17            (A) employee training and management;
18            (B) information systems, including network and
19        software design, as well as information
20        classification, governance, processing, storage,
21        transmission, and disposal; and
22            (C) detecting, preventing, and responding to
23        attacks, intrusions, or other systems failures; and
24        (5) implement information safeguards to manage the
25    threats identified in its ongoing assessment, and, no less
26    than annually, assess the effectiveness of the safeguards'

 

 

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1    key controls, systems, and procedures.
2    (d) Based on its risk assessment, the licensee shall:
3        (1) design its information security program to
4    mitigate the identified risks, commensurate with the size
5    and complexity of the licensee, the nature and scope of
6    the licensee's activities, including its use of
7    third-party service providers, and the sensitivity of the
8    nonpublic information used by the licensee or in the
9    licensee's possession, custody, or control;
10        (2) select and implement appropriate security measures
11    from the following:
12            (A) place access controls on information systems,
13        including controls to authenticate and permit access
14        only to authorized individuals to protect against the
15        unauthorized acquisition of nonpublic information;
16            (B) identify and manage the data, personnel,
17        devices, systems, and facilities that enable the
18        organization to achieve business purposes in
19        accordance with their relative importance to business
20        objectives and the organization's risk strategy;
21            (C) restrict access at physical locations
22        containing nonpublic information only to authorized
23        individuals;
24            (D) protect, by encryption or other appropriate
25        means, all nonpublic information while being
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1        information stored on a laptop computer or other
2        portable computing or storage device or media;
3            (E) adopt secure development practices for
4        in-house-developed applications utilized by the
5        licensee and procedures for evaluating, assessing, or
6        testing the security of externally developed
7        applications utilized by the licensee;
8            (F) modify the information system in accordance
9        with the licensee's information security program;
10            (G) utilize effective controls, including
11        multifactor authentication procedures for any
12        individual accessing nonpublic information;
13            (H) regularly test and monitor systems and
14        procedures to detect actual and attempted attacks on
15        or intrusions into information systems;
16            (I) include audit trails within the information
17        security program designed to detect and respond to
18        cybersecurity events and designed to reconstruct
19        material financial transactions sufficient to support
20        normal operations and obligations of the licensee;
21            (J) implement measures to protect against
22        destruction, loss, or damage of nonpublic information
23        due to environmental hazards, including fire and water
24        damage, other catastrophes, or technological failures;
25        and
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1        for the secure disposal of nonpublic information in
2        any format;
3        (3) include cybersecurity risks in the licensee's
4    enterprise risk management process;
5        (4) stay informed regarding emerging threats or
6    vulnerabilities and utilize reasonable security measures
7    when sharing information relative to the character of the
8    sharing and the type of information shared; and
9        (5) provide its personnel with cybersecurity awareness
10    training that is updated as necessary to reflect risks
11    identified by the licensee in the risk assessment.
12    (e) If the licensee has a board of directors, the board or
13an appropriate committee of the board shall, at a minimum:
14        (1) require the licensee's executive management or its
15    delegates to develop, implement, and maintain the
16    licensee's information security program;
17        (2) require the licensee's executive management or its
18    delegates to report in writing, at least annually, the
19    following information:
20            (A) the overall status of the information security
21        program and the licensee's compliance with this Act;
22        and
23            (B) material matters related to the information
24        security program, addressing issues such as risk
25        assessment, risk management and control decisions,
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1        testing, cybersecurity events or violations and
2        management's responses thereto, and recommendations
3        for changes in the information security program; and
4        (3) if executive management delegates any of its
5    responsibilities under this Section, it shall oversee the
6    development, implementation, and maintenance of the
7    licensee's information security program prepared by the
8    delegate and shall receive a report from the delegate
9    complying with the requirements of the report to the board
10    of directors.
11    (f) A licensee shall exercise due diligence in selecting
12its third-party service provider and a licensee shall require
13a third-party service provider to implement appropriate
14administrative, technical, and physical measures to protect
15and secure the information systems and nonpublic information
16that are accessible to or held by the third-party service
17provider.
18    (g) The licensee shall monitor, evaluate, and adjust, as
19appropriate, the information security program consistent with
20any relevant changes in technology, the sensitivity of its
21nonpublic information, internal or external threats to
22information, and the licensee's own changing business
23arrangements, including mergers and acquisitions, alliances
24and joint ventures, outsourcing arrangements, and changes to
25information systems.
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1licensee shall establish a written incident response plan
2designed to promptly respond to and recover from any
3cybersecurity event that compromises the confidentiality,
4integrity, or availability of nonpublic information in its
5possession, the licensee's information systems, or the
6continuing functionality of any aspect of the licensee's
7business or operations. The incident response plan shall
8address the following areas:
9        (1) the internal process for responding to a
10    cybersecurity event;
11        (2) the goals of the incident response plan;
12        (3) the definition of clear roles, responsibilities,
13    and levels of decision-making authority;
14        (4) external and internal communications and
15    information sharing;
16        (5) identification of requirements for the remediation
17    of any identified weaknesses in information systems and
18    associated controls;
19        (6) documentation and reporting regarding
20    cybersecurity events and related incident response
21    activities; and
22        (7) the evaluation and revision of the incident
23    response plan following a cybersecurity event, as
24    necessary.
25    (i) Annually, an insurer domiciled in this State shall
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1certifying that the insurer is in compliance with the
2requirements set forth in this Section. Each insurer shall
3maintain for examination by the Department all records,
4schedules, and data supporting this certificate for a period
5of 5 years. To the extent an insurer has identified areas,
6systems, or processes that require material improvement,
7updating, or redesign, the insurer shall document the
8identification and the remedial efforts planned and underway
9to address such areas, systems, or processes. The
10documentation of identified areas, systems, or processes must
11be available for inspection by the Director.
12    (j) Licensees shall comply with subsection (f) 2 years
13after the effective date of this Act, and shall comply with all
14other subsections of this Section one year after the effective
15date of this Act.
 
16    Section 15. Investigation of a cybersecurity event.
17    (a) If the licensee learns that a cybersecurity event has
18occurred or may have occurred, the licensee, or an outside
19vendor or service provider designated to act on behalf of the
20licensee, shall conduct a prompt investigation.
21    (b) During the investigation the licensee, or an outside
22vendor or service provider designated to act on behalf of the
23licensee, shall, at a minimum, comply with as many of the
24following as possible:
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1    occurred;
2        (2) assess the nature and scope of the cybersecurity
3    event;
4        (3) identify any nonpublic information that may have
5    been involved in the cybersecurity event; and
6        (4) perform or oversee reasonable measures to restore
7    the security of the information systems compromised in the
8    cybersecurity event in order to prevent further
9    unauthorized acquisition, release, or use of nonpublic
10    information in the licensee's possession, custody, or
11    control.
12    (c) If the licensee learns that a cybersecurity event has
13occurred or may have occurred in a system maintained by a
14third-party service provider, the licensee will complete the
15steps listed in subsection (b) or confirm and document that
16the third-party service provider has completed those steps.
17    (d) The licensee shall maintain records concerning all
18cybersecurity events for a period of at least 5 years from the
19date of the cybersecurity event and shall produce those
20records upon demand of the Director.
 
21    Section 20. Notification of a cybersecurity event.
22    (a) A licensee shall notify the Director as promptly as
23possible but no later than 3 business days after a
24determination that a cybersecurity event has occurred when
25either of the following criteria has been met:

 

 

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1        (1) this State is the licensee's state of domicile, in
2    the case of an insurer, or this State is the licensee's
3    home state, in the case of an insurance producer, as those
4    terms are defined in Article XXXI of the Illinois
5    Insurance Code; or
6        (2) the licensee reasonably believes that the
7    nonpublic information involved is of 250 or more consumers
8    residing in this State and that is either of the
9    following:
10            (A) a cybersecurity event impacting the licensee
11        of which notice is required to be provided to any
12        government body, self-regulatory agency, or any other
13        supervisory body pursuant to any State or federal law;
14        or
15            (B) a cybersecurity event that has a reasonable
16        likelihood of materially harming:
17                (i) any consumer residing in this State; or
18                (ii) any material part of the normal
19            operations of the licensee.
20    (b) A licensee shall provide as much of the following
21information as possible:
22        (1) the date of the cybersecurity event;
23        (2) a description of how the information was exposed,
24    lost, stolen, or breached, including the specific roles
25    and responsibilities of third-party service providers, if
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1        (3) how the cybersecurity event was discovered;
2        (4) whether any lost, stolen, or breached information
3    has been recovered and if so, how it was recovered;
4        (5) the identity of the source of the cybersecurity
5    event;
6        (6) whether the licensee has filed a police report or
7    has notified any regulatory, government, or law
8    enforcement agencies and, if so, when such notification
9    was provided;
10        (7) a description of the specific types of information
11    acquired without authorization, including types of medical
12    information, types of financial information, or types of
13    information allowing identification of the consumer;
14        (8) the period during which the information system was
15    compromised by the cybersecurity event;
16        (9) the number of total consumers in this State
17    affected by the cybersecurity event; the licensee shall
18    provide the best estimate in the initial report to the
19    Director and update this estimate with each subsequent
20    report to the Director pursuant to this Section;
21        (10) the results of any internal review identifying a
22    lapse in either automated controls or internal procedures,
23    or confirming that all automated controls or internal
24    procedures were followed;
25        (11) a description of efforts being undertaken to
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1    event to occur;
2        (12) a copy of the licensee's privacy policy and a
3    statement outlining the steps the licensee will take to
4    investigate and notify consumers affected by the
5    cybersecurity event; and
6        (13) the name of a contact person who is both familiar
7    with the cybersecurity event and authorized to act for the
8    licensee.
9    The licensee shall provide the information in electronic
10form as directed by the Director. The licensee shall have a
11continuing obligation to update and supplement initial and
12subsequent notifications to the Director regarding material
13changes to previously provided information relating to the
14cybersecurity event.
15    (c) Licensees shall comply with the Personal Information
16Protection Act, as applicable, and provide a copy of the
17notice sent to consumers under that statute to the Director
18when a licensee is required to notify the Director under
19subsection (a).
20    (d) If a licensee becomes aware of a cybersecurity event
21in a system maintained by a third-party service provider, the
22licensee shall treat the event as it would under subsection
23(a) unless the third-party service provider provides the
24notice required under subsection (a) to the Director. The
25computation of licensee's deadlines shall begin on the day
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1of the cybersecurity event or the licensee otherwise has
2actual knowledge of the cybersecurity event, whichever is
3sooner.
4    (e) Nothing in this Act shall prevent or abrogate an
5agreement between a licensee and another licensee, a
6third-party service provider, or any other party to fulfill
7any of the investigation requirements imposed under Section 15
8or notice requirements imposed under this Section.
9    (f) In the case of a cybersecurity event involving
10nonpublic information that is used by the licensee that is
11acting as an assuming insurer or in the possession, custody,
12or control of a licensee that is acting as an assuming insurer
13and that does not have a direct contractual relationship with
14the affected consumers, the assuming insurer shall notify its
15affected ceding insurers and the Director of its state of
16domicile within 3 business days after making the determination
17that a cybersecurity event has occurred.
18    In the case of a cybersecurity event involving nonpublic
19information that is in the possession, custody, or control of
20a third-party service provider of a licensee that is an
21assuming insurer, the assuming insurer shall notify its
22affected ceding insurers and the Director of its state of
23domicile within 3 business days after receiving notice from
24its third-party service provider that a cybersecurity event
25has occurred.
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1relationship with affected consumers shall fulfill the
2consumer notification requirements imposed under the Personal
3Information Protection Act and any other notification
4requirements relating to a cybersecurity event imposed under
5this Section.
6    (g) In the case of a cybersecurity event involving
7nonpublic information that is in the possession, custody, or
8control of a licensee that is an insurer or its third-party
9service provider and for which a consumer accessed the
10insurer's services through an independent insurance producer,
11the insurer shall notify the producers of record of all
12affected consumers as soon as practicable as directed by the
13Director. The insurer is excused from this obligation for
14those instances in which it does not have the current producer
15of record information for any individual consumer.
 
16    Section 25. Power of Director.
17    (a) The Director shall have power to examine and
18investigate the affairs of any licensee to determine whether
19the licensee has been or is engaged in any conduct in violation
20of this Act. This power is in addition to the powers which the
21Director has under the Illinois Insurance Code, including
22Sections 132, 132.3, 132.4, 133, 401, 402, 403, and 425 of the
23Illinois Insurance Code. Any investigation or examination
24shall be conducted pursuant to the Illinois Insurance Code,
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1425 of the Illinois Insurance Code.
2    (b) Whenever the Director has reason to believe that a
3licensee has been or is engaged in conduct in this State which
4violates this Act, the Director may take action that is
5necessary or appropriate to enforce the provisions of this
6Act.
 
7    Section 30. Confidentiality.
8    (a) Any documents, materials, or other information in the
9control or possession of the Department that are furnished by
10a licensee or an employee or agent thereof acting on behalf of
11licensee pursuant to subsection (i) of Section 10, subsection
12(b) of Section 20, or that are obtained by the Director in an
13investigation or examination pursuant to Section 25 shall be
14confidential by law and privileged, shall not be subject to
15the Freedom of Information Act, shall not be subject to
16subpoena, and shall not be subject to discovery or admissible
17in evidence in any private civil action. However, the Director
18is authorized to use the documents, materials, or other
19information in the furtherance of any regulatory or legal
20action brought as a part of the Director's duties.
21    (b) Neither the Director nor any person who received
22documents, materials, or other information while acting under
23the authority of the Director shall be permitted or required
24to testify in any private civil action concerning any
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1subsection (a).
2    (c) In order to assist in the performance of the
3Director's duties under this Act, the Director:
4        (1) may share documents, materials, or other
5    information, including the confidential and privileged
6    documents, materials, or information subject to subsection
7    (a), with other State, federal, and international
8    regulatory agencies, with the National Association of
9    Insurance Commissioners and its affiliates or
10    subsidiaries, and with State, federal, and international
11    law enforcement authorities, if the recipient agrees in
12    writing to maintain the confidentiality and privileged
13    status of the document, material, or other information;
14        (2) may receive documents, materials, or information,
15    including otherwise confidential and privileged documents,
16    materials, or information, from the National Association
17    of Insurance Commissioners and its affiliates or
18    subsidiaries and from regulatory and law enforcement
19    officials of other foreign or domestic jurisdictions, and
20    shall maintain as confidential or privileged any document,
21    material, or information received with notice or the
22    understanding that it is confidential or privileged under
23    the laws of the jurisdiction that is the source of the
24    document, material, or information;
25        (3) may share documents, materials, or other
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1    consultant or vendor if the consultant agrees in writing
2    to maintain the confidentiality and privileged status of
3    the document, material, or other information; and
4        (4) may enter into agreements governing sharing and
5    use of information consistent with this subsection.
6    (d) No waiver of any applicable privilege or claim of
7confidentiality in the documents, materials, or information
8shall occur as a result of disclosure to the Director under
9this Section or as a result of sharing as authorized in
10subsection (c).
11    (e) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit the Director from
12releasing final, adjudicated actions that are open to public
13inspection pursuant to the Illinois Insurance Code to a
14database or other clearinghouse service maintained by the
15National Association of Insurance Commissioners and its
16affiliates or subsidiaries.
 
17    Section 35. Exceptions.
18    (a) The following exceptions shall apply to this Act:
19        (1) A licensee with fewer than 50 employees, including
20    any independent contractors, is exempt from Section 10.
21        (2) A licensee subject to the Health Insurance
22    Portability and Accountability Act that has established
23    and maintains an information security program pursuant to
24    such statutes, rules, regulations, procedures, or
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1    meet the requirements of Section 10 if the licensee is
2    compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and
3    Accountability Act and submits a written statement
4    certifying its compliance with the same.
5        (3) An employee, agent, representative, or designee of
6    a licensee that is also a licensee is exempt from Section
7    10 and need not develop its own information security
8    program to the extent that the employee, agent,
9    representative, or designee is covered by the information
10    security program of the other licensee.
11    (b) If a licensee ceases to qualify for an exception, the
12licensee shall demonstrate a good faith effort to comply with
13this Act within 180 days and shall certify compliance in
14accordance with subsection (i) of Section 10 no sooner than
15one year after ceasing to qualify for an exception.
 
16    Section 40. Penalties. In the case of a violation of this
17Act, a licensee may be penalized in accordance with the
18provisions of the Illinois Insurance Code, including Section
19403A of the Illinois Insurance Code.
 
20    Section 45. Rules. The Department may, in accordance with
21the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and Section 401 of
22the Illinois Insurance Code, adopt such rules as shall be
23necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
 

 

 

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1    Section 50. Severability. If any provision of this Act or
2its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid,
3the invalidity of that provision or application does not
4affect other provisions or applications of this Act that can
5be given effect without the invalid provision or application.
 
6    Section 105. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
7changing Section 7.5 as follows:
 
8    (5 ILCS 140/7.5)
9    Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for
10by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be
11exempt from inspection and copying:
12        (a) All information determined to be confidential
13    under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and
14    Development Act.
15        (b) Library circulation and order records identifying
16    library users with specific materials under the Library
17    Records Confidentiality Act.
18        (c) Applications, related documents, and medical
19    records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
20    Procedures Board and any and all documents or other
21    records prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
22    Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it
23    has received.
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1    Public Health and its authorized representatives relating
2    to known or suspected cases of sexually transmissible
3    disease or any information the disclosure of which is
4    restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmissible
5    Disease Control Act.
6        (e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
7    under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
8        (f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of
9    the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying
10    Qualifications Based Selection Act.
11        (g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
12    and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid
13    Tuition Act.
14        (h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
15    under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and
16    records of any lawfully created State or local inspector
17    general's office that would be exempt if created or
18    obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under
19    that Act.
20        (i) Information contained in a local emergency energy
21    plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a
22    local emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted
23    under Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
24        (j) Information and data concerning the distribution
25    of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by carriers
26    under the Emergency Telephone System Act.

 

 

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1        (k) Law enforcement officer identification information
2    or driver identification information compiled by a law
3    enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation
4    under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
5        (l) Records and information provided to a residential
6    health care facility resident sexual assault and death
7    review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse
8    Prevention Review Team Act.
9        (m) Information provided to the predatory lending
10    database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential
11    Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent
12    authorized under that Article.
13        (n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of
14    compensation and expenses for court appointed trial
15    counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the
16    Capital Crimes Litigation Act. This subsection (n) shall
17    apply until the conclusion of the trial of the case, even
18    if the prosecution chooses not to pursue the death penalty
19    prior to trial or sentencing.
20        (o) Information that is prohibited from being
21    disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and
22    Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
23        (p) Security portions of system safety program plans,
24    investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
25    information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the
26    Department of Transportation under Sections 2705-300 and

 

 

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1    2705-616 of the Department of Transportation Law of the
2    Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Regional
3    Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of the
4    Regional Transportation Authority Act, or the St. Clair
5    County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety
6    Act.
7        (q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
8    Personnel Record Review Act.
9        (r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
10    Illinois School Student Records Act.
11        (s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
12    under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
13        (t) All identified or deidentified health information
14    in the form of health data or medical records contained
15    in, stored in, submitted to, transferred by, or released
16    from the Illinois Health Information Exchange, and
17    identified or deidentified health information in the form
18    of health data and medical records of the Illinois Health
19    Information Exchange in the possession of the Illinois
20    Health Information Exchange Office due to its
21    administration of the Illinois Health Information
22    Exchange. The terms "identified" and "deidentified" shall
23    be given the same meaning as in the Health Insurance
24    Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law
25    104-191, or any subsequent amendments thereto, and any
26    regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

 

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1        (u) Records and information provided to an independent
2    team of experts under the Developmental Disability and
3    Mental Health Safety Act (also known as Brian's Law).
4        (v) Names and information of people who have applied
5    for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under
6    the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for
7    or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm
8    Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the
9    Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the
10    Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed
11    Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed
12    Carry Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the
13    Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
14        (v-5) Records of the Firearm Owner's Identification
15    Card Review Board that are exempted from disclosure under
16    Section 10 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
17        (w) Personally identifiable information which is
18    exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section
19    19.1 of the Toll Highway Act.
20        (x) Information which is exempted from disclosure
21    under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section
22    8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
23        (y) Confidential information under the Adult
24    Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling
25    statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including
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1    against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated
2    decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of
3    an eligible adult maintained in the Registry established
4    under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
5        (z) Records and information provided to a fatality
6    review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory
7    Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services
8    Act.
9        (aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure
10    under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.
11        (bb) Information which is or was prohibited from
12    disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
13        (cc) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement
14    Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent
15    authorized under that Act.
16        (dd) Information that is prohibited from being
17    disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common
18    Interest Community Ombudsperson Act.
19        (ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure
20    under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.
21        (ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure
22    under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
23        (gg) Information that is prohibited from being
24    disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle
25    Code.
26        (hh) Records that are exempt from disclosure under

 

 

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1    Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code.
2        (ii) Information which is exempted from disclosure
3    under Section 2505-800 of the Department of Revenue Law of
4    the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
5        (jj) Information and reports that are required to be
6    submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day
7    and temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from
8    disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day
9    and Temporary Labor Services Act.
10        (kk) Information prohibited from disclosure under the
11    Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act.
12        (ll) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
13    and exempted under Section 5-30.8 of the Illinois Public
14    Aid Code.
15        (mm) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
16    Section 4.2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act.
17        (nn) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
18    Section 70 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act.
19        (oo) Communications, notes, records, and reports
20    arising out of a peer support counseling session
21    prohibited from disclosure under the First Responders
22    Suicide Prevention Act.
23        (pp) Names and all identifying information relating to
24    an employee of an emergency services provider or law
25    enforcement agency under the First Responders Suicide
26    Prevention Act.

 

 

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1        (qq) Information and records held by the Department of
2    Public Health and its authorized representatives collected
3    under the Reproductive Health Act.
4        (rr) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
5    the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
6        (ss) Data reported by an employer to the Department of
7    Human Rights pursuant to Section 2-108 of the Illinois
8    Human Rights Act.
9        (tt) Recordings made under the Children's Advocacy
10    Center Act, except to the extent authorized under that
11    Act.
12        (uu) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
13    Section 50 of the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act.
14        (vv) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
15    subsections (f) and (j) of Section 5-36 of the Illinois
16    Public Aid Code.
17        (ww) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
18    Section 16.8 of the State Treasurer Act.
19        (xx) Information that is exempt from disclosure or
20    information that shall not be made public under the
21    Illinois Insurance Code.
22        (yy) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
23    the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act.
24        (zz) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
25    the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act.
26        (aaa) Information prohibited from being disclosed

 

 

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1    under Section 1-167 of the Illinois Pension Code.
2        (bbb) Information that is prohibited from disclosure
3    by the Illinois Police Training Act and the Illinois State
4    Police Act.
5        (ccc) Records exempt from disclosure under Section
6    2605-304 of the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil
7    Administrative Code of Illinois.
8        (ddd) Information prohibited from being disclosed
9    under Section 35 of the Address Confidentiality for
10    Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human
11    Trafficking, or Stalking Act.
12        (eee) Information prohibited from being disclosed
13    under subsection (b) of Section 75 of the Domestic
14    Violence Fatality Review Act.
15        (fff) Images from cameras under the Expressway Camera
16    Act. This subsection (fff) is inoperative on and after
17    July 1, 2023.
18        (ggg) (fff) Information prohibited from disclosure
19    under paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Section 14 of the
20    Nurse Agency Licensing Act.
21        (hhh) Information exempt from disclosure under Section
22    30 of the Insurance Data Security Law.
23(Source: P.A. 101-13, eff. 6-12-19; 101-27, eff. 6-25-19;
24101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-221, eff. 1-1-20; 101-236, eff.
251-1-20; 101-375, eff. 8-16-19; 101-377, eff. 8-16-19; 101-452,
26eff. 1-1-20; 101-466, eff. 1-1-20; 101-600, eff. 12-6-19;

 

 

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1101-620, eff 12-20-19; 101-649, eff. 7-7-20; 101-652, eff.
21-1-22; 101-656, eff. 3-23-21; 102-36, eff. 6-25-21; 102-237,
3eff. 1-1-22; 102-292, eff. 1-1-22; 102-520, eff. 8-20-21;
4102-559, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-946, eff.
57-1-22; 102-1042, eff. 6-3-22; revised 8-1-22.)
 
6    Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
71, 2024.