Sen. Matt Murphy
Filed: 4/11/2008
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2552




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2552 on page 1, by 
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replacing line 1 with the following:
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    "AN ACT concerning State government."; and

 
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on page 1, after line 3, by inserting the following:
 
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    "Section 2. The Department of Public Health Powers and 
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Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is 
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amended  by adding Section 2310-186 as follows:
 
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    (20 ILCS 2310/2310-186  new)
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    Sec. 2310-186. Criminal history record checks; task force. 
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The Department shall create a task force to examine the process 
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used by State and local governmental agencies to conduct 
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criminal history record checks as a condition of employment or 
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approval to render provider services to such an agency.  The 
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task force shall be comprised of representatives from State and 
 


 






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local agencies that require an applicant to undergo a 
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fingerprint-based criminal history record check pursuant to 
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State law or agencies that are contemplating such a 
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requirement.  The task force shall include but need not be 
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limited to representatives from the Department of State Police, 
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the Department of Children and Family Services, the Department 
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of Financial and Professional Regulation, the Department of 
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Public Health, the Department of Human Services, the Office of 
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the Secretary of State, and the Illinois State Board of 
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Education, and representatives from large regional school 
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districts.  The task force shall review and make recommendations 
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to create a more centralized and coordinated process for 
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conducting criminal history record checks in order to reduce 
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duplication of effort and make better use of resources and more 
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efficient use of taxpayer dollars.
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    The task force shall provide a plan to revise the criminal 
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history record check process to the General Assembly by 
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February 1, 2009. The plan shall address the following issues:
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        (1) Identification of any areas of concern that have 
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    been identified by stakeholders and task force members 
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    regarding State-mandated criminal history record checks.
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        (2) Evaluation of the feasibility of using an 
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    applicant's initial criminal history record information 
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    results for subsequent employment or licensing screening 
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    purposes.
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        (3) Evaluation of the feasibility of centralizing the 
 


 






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    screening of criminal history record information inquiry 
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    responses.
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        (4) Identification and evaluation of existing 
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    technologies that could be utilized to eliminate the need 
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    for a subsequent fingerprint inquiry each time an applicant 
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    changes employment or seeks a license requiring a criminal 
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    history record inquiry.
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        (5) Evaluation of what other states are doing to 
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    address similar concerns.
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        (6) Identification of programs serving vulnerable 
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    populations that do not currently require criminal history 
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    record information to determine whether those programs 
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    should be included in a centralized screening of criminal 
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    history record information.
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        (7) Preparation of a report for the General Assembly 
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    proposing solutions that can be adopted to eliminate the 
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    duplication of applicant fingerprint submissions and the 
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    duplication of criminal records check response screening 
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    efforts and to minimize the costs of conducting State and 
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    FBI fingerprint-based inquiries in Illinois.".