96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5411


 
Introduced 2/5/2010, by Rep. William D. Burns
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		





 







110 ILCS 57/10






110 ILCS 57/15











     Amends the Medical School Matriculant Criminal History Records Check Act. Provides that compliance with the criminal history record checks required by specified provisions may also be accomplished through the use of a criminal history record check entity approved by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Provides that each requesting medical school is solely responsible for payment of any fees associated with the use of a criminal history record check entity approved by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Effective immediately.
  















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    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
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    Section 5. The Medical School Matriculant Criminal History 
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Records Check Act is amended  by changing Sections 10 and 15 as 
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follows:
 
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    (110 ILCS 57/10)

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    Sec. 10. Criminal history records check for matriculants.
 
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    (a) A public medical school located in Illinois
  must 
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conduct an inquiry into the Department of State Police's 
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Statewide Sex Offender Database for each matriculant and must

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require that each matriculant submit to a fingerprint-based 
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criminal history records check for violent felony  convictions,


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conducted by the Department of State Police and the  Federal 
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Bureau of Investigation, as part of the medical school  
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admissions process. The medical school shall forward  the name, 
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sex, race, date of birth, social security number, and 
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fingerprints  of each of its matriculants to the Department of 
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State Police to  be searched against the fingerprint records
now 
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and hereafter filed in the Department of State Police and

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Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history records

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databases. The fingerprints of each matriculant must be 
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submitted in the form and manner  prescribed by the Department 
 


 






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of State Police. The Department of State Police shall furnish,

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pursuant to positive identification, records of a 
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matriculant's
violent felony convictions to the medical school 
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that
requested the criminal history records check. Compliance 
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with the criminal history record checks required by this 
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subsection (a) may also be accomplished through the use of a 
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criminal history record check entity approved by the Department 
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of Financial and Professional Regulation. 

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    (b) A private  medical school located in Illinois
  must 
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conduct an inquiry into the Department of State Police's 
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Statewide Sex Offender Database for each matriculant and must  
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require that each matriculant submit to an Illinois Uniform 
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Conviction Information Act  fingerprint-based, criminal history 
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records check for violent felony  convictions, conducted by the 
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Department of State Police, as part of the medical school  
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admissions process. The  medical school shall forward  the name, 
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sex, race, date of birth, social security number, and 
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fingerprints  of each of its matriculants to the Department of 
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State Police to  be searched against the fingerprint records
now 
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and hereafter filed in the Department of State Police criminal 
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history records
database. The fingerprints of each matriculant 
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must be submitted in the form and manner  prescribed by the 
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Department of State Police. The Department of State Police 
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shall furnish,
pursuant to positive identification, records of 
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a matriculant's
violent felony convictions to the medical 
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school that
requested the criminal history records check.

 


 






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Compliance with the criminal history record checks required by 
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this subsection (b) may also be accomplished through the use of 
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a criminal history record check entity approved by the 
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Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
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(Source: P.A. 94-709, eff. 12-5-05; 94-837, eff. 6-6-06.)
 
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    (110 ILCS 57/15)

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    Sec. 15. Fees. The Department of State Police shall  charge 
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each requesting medical school a fee for conducting the  
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criminal history records check under Section 10 of this Act, 
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which shall be deposited in the  State Police Services Fund and 
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shall not exceed the cost of the  inquiry. Each requesting 
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medical school is solely responsible  for payment of this fee to 
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the Department of State Police. Each requesting medical school 
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is solely responsible for payment of any fees associated with 
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the use of a criminal history record check entity approved by 
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the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Each  
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medical school may impose its own fee upon a matriculant to 
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cover the cost of the criminal history records check at  the 
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time the matriculant submits to the criminal history records  
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check.


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(Source: P.A. 94-709, eff. 12-5-05.)
 
 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.