HB5472 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB104 19807 CCC 33257 b

104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB5472

Introduced 2/13/2026, by Rep. Gregg Johnson

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 2105/2105-368

Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. In conjunction with applications for health care professional licensure and renewals, requires the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall require applicants to provide practice information that include areas of practice specialty, addresses of all current practice locations, hours spent at each practice location on direct outpatient care, the applicant's National Provider Identifier (NPI) number if applicable, and anticipated date of retirement. Provides that the Department shall share the information with authorized personnel at the Department of Public Health. Specifies that the data is exempt from the Freedom of Information Act. Defines "health care professional". Provides that data published in conjunction with applications for health care professional licensure shall not identify a health care professional's name or any other data that leads to identification.

A BILL FOR

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 changing Section 2105-368 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2105/2105-368)

Sec. 2105-368. Data on applications.

(a) In conjunction with applications for licensure and renewals, the Department shall request, and applicants may voluntarily provide, demographic information that includes sex, ethnicity, race, disability, primary language spoken, anticipated date of retirement, type of employment, and zip code.

(b) In conjunction with applications for health care professional licensure and renewals, the Department shall require applicants to provide practice information that include areas of practice specialty, addresses of all current practice locations, hours spent at each practice location on direct outpatient care, the applicant's National Provider Identifier (NPI) number if applicable, and anticipated date of retirement. The Department shall share this information with authorized personnel at the Department of Public Health. Data specifically collected for this subsection shall be exempt from the Freedom of Information Act.

(c) On or before March 1 of each calendar year, the Department shall publish a report on the Department's website that contains aggregate data, including the demographic information it collected pursuant to subsection (a) in the preceding calendar year, the number of applications for licensure and renewal of licensure it received in the preceding calendar year, and the number of applicants who were denied licensure in the preceding calendar year regardless of whether application was made in that calendar year. None of the data published pursuant to this Section shall identify a health care professional's name or any other data that leads to identification.

(d) As used in this subsection, "health care professional" means a person licensed or registered by the Department under the following Acts: the Medical Practice Act of 1987, the Nurse Practice Act, the Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act, the Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987, the Illinois Physical Therapy Act, the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987, the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act, the Nursing Home Administrators Licensing and Disciplinary Act, the Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act, the Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987, the Respiratory Care Practice Act, the Professional Counselor and Clinical Professional Counselor Licensing and Practice Act, and the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act.

(Source: P.A. 103-522, eff. 1-1-25; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24; 104-311, eff. 1-1-26.)