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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 Professional Regulation Law | ||||||
| 5 | of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by | ||||||
| 6 | changing Section 2105-368 as follows: | ||||||
| 7 | (20 ILCS 2105/2105-368) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 2105-368. Data on applications. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) In conjunction with applications for licensure and | ||||||
| 10 | renewals, the Department shall request, and applicants may | ||||||
| 11 | voluntarily provide, demographic information that includes | ||||||
| 12 | sex, ethnicity, race, disability, primary language spoken, | ||||||
| 13 | anticipated date of retirement, type of employment, and zip | ||||||
| 14 | code. | ||||||
| 15 | (b) In conjunction with applications for health care | ||||||
| 16 | professional licensure and renewals, the Department shall | ||||||
| 17 | request, and applicants may voluntarily provide, practice | ||||||
| 18 | information that include areas of practice specialty, | ||||||
| 19 | addresses of all current practice locations, hours spent at | ||||||
| 20 | each practice location on direct outpatient care, the | ||||||
| 21 | applicant's National Provider Identifier (NPI) number if | ||||||
| 22 | applicable, and anticipated date of retirement. The Department | ||||||
| 23 | shall share this information with authorized personnel at the | ||||||
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| 1 | Department of Public Health. Data specifically collected for | ||||||
| 2 | this subsection shall be exempt from the Freedom of | ||||||
| 3 | Information Act. | ||||||
| 4 | (c) On or before March 1 of each calendar year, the | ||||||
| 5 | Department shall publish a report on the Department's website | ||||||
| 6 | that contains aggregate data, including the demographic | ||||||
| 7 | information it collected pursuant to subsection (a) in the | ||||||
| 8 | preceding calendar year, the number of applications for | ||||||
| 9 | licensure and renewal of licensure it received in the | ||||||
| 10 | preceding calendar year, and the number of applicants who were | ||||||
| 11 | denied licensure in the preceding calendar year regardless of | ||||||
| 12 | whether application was made in that calendar year. None of | ||||||
| 13 | the data published pursuant to this Section shall identify a | ||||||
| 14 | health care professional's name or any other data that leads | ||||||
| 15 | to identification. | ||||||
| 16 | (d) As used in this subsection, "health care professional" | ||||||
| 17 | means a person who is licensed or has applied to be licensed by | ||||||
| 18 | the Department as a physician to practice medicine in all its | ||||||
| 19 | branches under the Medical Practice Act of 1987, an advanced | ||||||
| 20 | practice registered nurse under the Nurse Practice Act, or a | ||||||
| 21 | dentist under the Illinois Dental Practice Act. | ||||||
| 22 | (Source: P.A. 103-522, eff. 1-1-25; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24; | ||||||
| 23 | 104-311, eff. 1-1-26.) | ||||||