101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4442

 

Introduced 2/3/2020, by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 1370/1-3 new
20 ILCS 1370/1-5
20 ILCS 1370/1-10
20 ILCS 1370/1-15
20 ILCS 1370/1-35
20 ILCS 1370/1-40
20 ILCS 1370/1-20 rep.
20 ILCS 1370/1-30 rep.
20 ILCS 1370/1-50 rep.
20 ILCS 1370/1-55 rep.
20 ILCS 1370/1-60 rep.
30 ILCS 105/6p-1  from Ch. 127, par. 142p1
30 ILCS 105/8.16a  from Ch. 127, par. 144.16a

    Amends the Department of Innovation and Technology Act. Modifies provisions concerning the powers and duties of the Department of Innovation and Technology and its Secretary. Provides purpose provisions. Modifies terms. Makes conforming and other changes.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Innovation and Technology Act
5is amended by changing Sections 1-5, 1-10, 1-15, 1-35, and 1-40
6and by adding Section 1-3 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 1370/1-3 new)
8    Sec. 1-3. Purpose. The Department of Innovation and
9Technology was created by Executive Order 2016-001. This Act is
10the implementation of that Executive Order, together with
11additional provisions to ensure that the Department is able to
12function as intended under that Executive Order. The intent of
13this Act is to ensure that the Department is able to fulfill
14its duties and purpose under that Executive Order. If there is
15a conflict between the provisions of the Executive Order and
16this Act, this Act shall be controlling.
 
17    (20 ILCS 1370/1-5)
18    Sec. 1-5. Definitions. In this Act:
19    "Bureau of Communications and Computer Services" means the
20Bureau of Communications and Computer Services, also known as
21the Bureau of Information and Communication Services, created
22by rule (2 Illinois Administrative Code 750.40) within the

 

 

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1Department of Central Management Services.
2    "Client agency" means each transferring agency, or its
3successor, as well as . When applicable, "client agency" may
4also include any other public agency to which the Department
5provides service to the extent specified in an interagency
6agreement contract with the public agency.
7    "Dedicated unit" means the dedicated bureau, division,
8office, or other unit within a transferring agency that is
9responsible for the information technology functions of the
10transferring agency. For the Office of the Governor, "dedicated
11unit" means the Information Technology Office, also known as
12the Office of the Chief Information Officer. For the Department
13of Central Management Services, "dedicated unit" means the
14Bureau of Communications and Computer Services, also known as
15the Bureau of Information and Communication Services.
16    "Department" means the Department of Innovation and
17Technology.
18    "Information technology" means technology, infrastructure,
19equipment, systems, software, networks, and processes used to
20create, send, receive, and store electronic or digital
21information, including, without limitation, computer systems
22and telecommunication services and systems. "Information
23technology" shall be construed broadly to incorporate future
24technologies (such as sensors and balanced private hybrid or
25public cloud posture tailored to the mission of the agency)
26that change or supplant those in effect as of the effective

 

 

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1date of this Act.
2    "Information technology functions" means the development,
3procurement, installation, retention, maintenance, operation,
4possession, storage, and related functions of all information
5technology.
6    "Information Technology Office" means the Information
7Technology Office, also known as the Office of the Chief
8Information Officer, within the Office of the Governor, created
9by Executive Order 1999-05, or its successor.
10    "Legacy information technology division" means any
11division, bureau, or other unit of a transferring agency which
12has responsibility for information technology functions for
13the agency prior to the transfer of those functions to the
14Department, including, without limitation, the Bureau of
15Communications and Computer Services.
16    "Secretary" means the Secretary of Innovation and
17Technology.
18    "State agency" means each State agency, department, board,
19and commission under the jurisdiction of directly responsible
20to the Governor.
21    "Transferring agency" means the Department on Aging; the
22Departments of Agriculture, Central Management Services,
23Children and Family Services, Commerce and Economic
24Opportunity, Corrections, Employment Security, Financial and
25Professional Regulation, Healthcare and Family Services, Human
26Rights, Human Services, Insurance, Juvenile Justice, Labor,

 

 

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1Lottery, Military Affairs, Natural Resources, Public Health,
2Revenue, State Police, Transportation, and Veterans' Affairs;
3the Capital Development Board; the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
4Commission; the Environmental Protection Agency; the
5Governor's Office of Management and Budget; the Guardianship
6and Advocacy Commission; the Abraham Lincoln Presidential
7Library and Museum Historic Preservation Agency; the Illinois
8Arts Council; the Illinois Council on Developmental
9Disabilities; the Illinois Emergency Management Agency; the
10Illinois Gaming Board; the Illinois Health Information
11Exchange Authority; the Illinois Liquor Control Commission;
12the Illinois Technology Office; the Office of the State Fire
13Marshal; and the Prisoner Review Board. "Transferring agency"
14does not include a State constitutional office, the Office of
15the Executive Inspector General, or any office of the
16legislative or judicial branches of State government.
17(Source: P.A. 100-611, eff. 7-20-18; 100-1169, eff. 1-4-19.)
 
18    (20 ILCS 1370/1-10)
19    Sec. 1-10. Transfer of functions. On and after March 25,
202016 (the effective date of Executive Order 2016-001):
21    (a) (Blank). For each transferring agency, the dedicated
22unit or units within that agency responsible for information
23technology functions together with those information
24technology functions outside of the dedicated unit or units
25within a transferring agency to which this Act applies shall be

 

 

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1designated by the Governor.
2    (b) (Blank). All powers, duties, rights, and
3responsibilities of those dedicated units and information
4technology functions designated by the Governor are
5transferred to the Department of Innovation and Technology.
6    (c) The personnel of each transferring agency designated by
7the Governor are transferred to the Department of Innovation
8and Technology. The status and rights of the employees and the
9State of Illinois or its transferring agencies under the
10Personnel Code, the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act, and
11applicable collective bargaining agreements or under any
12pension, retirement, or annuity plan shall not be affected by
13this Act. Under the direction of the Governor, the Secretary,
14in consultation with the transferring agencies and labor
15organizations representing the affected employees, shall
16identify each position and employee who is engaged in the
17performance of functions transferred to the Department, or
18engaged in the administration of a law the administration of
19which is transferred to the Department, to be transferred to
20the Department. An employee engaged primarily in providing
21administrative support for information technology functions to
22a legacy information technology division or information
23technology personnel may be considered engaged in the
24performance of functions transferred to the Department.
25    (d) All books, records, papers, documents, property (real
26and personal), contracts, causes of action, and pending

 

 

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1business pertaining to the powers, duties, rights, and
2responsibilities relating to dedicated units and information
3technology functions transferred under this Act to the
4Department of Innovation and Technology, including, but not
5limited to, material in electronic or magnetic format and
6necessary computer hardware and software, shall be transferred
7to the Department of Innovation and Technology.
8    (e) All unexpended appropriations and balances and other
9funds available for use relating to dedicated units and
10information technology functions transferred under this Act
11shall be transferred for use by the Department of Innovation
12and Technology at the direction of the Governor. Unexpended
13balances so transferred shall be expended only for the purpose
14for which the appropriations were originally made.
15    (f) The powers, duties, rights, and responsibilities
16relating to dedicated units and information technology
17functions transferred by this Act shall be vested in and shall
18be exercised by the Department of Innovation and Technology.
19    (g) Whenever reports or notices are now required to be made
20or given or papers or documents furnished or served by any
21person to or upon each dedicated unit in connection with any of
22the powers, duties, rights, and responsibilities relating to
23information technology functions transferred by this Act, the
24same shall be made, given, furnished, or served in the same
25manner to or upon the Department of Innovation and Technology.
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1canceled or any right occurring or established or any action or
2proceeding had or commenced in an administrative, civil, or
3criminal cause by each dedicated unit relating to information
4technology functions before the transfer of responsibilities
5under this Act; such actions or proceedings may be prosecuted
6and continued by the Department of Innovation and Technology.
7    (i) (Blank). Any rules of a dedicated unit or a
8transferring agency that relate to the powers, duties, rights,
9and responsibilities relating to the dedicated unit or to
10information technology functions and are in full force on the
11effective date of this Act shall become the rules of the
12Department of Innovation and Technology. This Act does not
13affect the legality of any such rules in the Illinois
14Administrative Code.
15    (j) (Blank). Any proposed rules filed with the Secretary of
16State by the dedicated unit or the transferring agency that are
17pending in the rulemaking process on March 25, 2016 (the
18effective date of Executive Order 2016-001) and that pertain to
19the powers, duties, rights, and responsibilities of the
20dedicated unit or the information technology functions
21transferred, shall be deemed to have been filed by the
22Department of Innovation and Technology. As soon as
23practicable, the Department of Innovation and Technology shall
24revise and clarify the rules transferred to it under this Act
25to reflect the reorganization of powers, duties, rights, and
26responsibilities relating to information technology functions

 

 

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1affected by this Act, using the procedures for recodification
2of rules available under the Illinois Administrative Procedure
3Act, except that existing title, part, and section numbering
4for the affected rules may be retained. The Department of
5Innovation and Technology may propose and adopt under the
6Illinois Administrative Procedure Act such other rules of each
7dedicated unit or transferring agency that will now be
8administered by the Department of Innovation and Technology.
9(Source: P.A. 100-611, eff. 7-20-18.)
 
10    (20 ILCS 1370/1-15)
11    Sec. 1-15. Powers and duties.
12    (a) The head officer of the Department is the Secretary,
13who shall be the chief information officer for the State and
14the steward of State data with respect to those agencies under
15the jurisdiction of the Governor. The Secretary shall be
16appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the
17Senate. The Department may employ or retain other persons to
18assist in the discharge of its functions, subject to the
19Personnel Code.
20    (b) The Department shall promote best-in-class innovation
21and technology to client agencies to foster collaboration among
22client agencies, empower client agencies to provide better
23service to residents of Illinois, and maximize the value of
24taxpayer resources. The Department shall be responsible for
25information technology functions on behalf of client agencies.

 

 

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1    (c) The Department shall provide for and coordinate
2information technology for State agencies and, when requested
3and when in the best interests of the State, for State
4constitutional offices, units of federal or local governments,
5and public and not-for-profit institutions of primary,
6secondary, and higher education, or other parties not
7associated with State government. The Department shall
8establish charges for information technology for State
9agencies and, when requested, for State constitutional
10offices, units of federal or local government, and public and
11not-for-profit institutions of primary, secondary, or higher
12education and for use by other parties not associated with
13State government. Entities charged for these services shall
14make payment to the Department. The Department may instruct all
15State agencies to report their usage of information technology
16regularly to the Department in the manner the Secretary may
17prescribe.
18    (d) The Department shall develop and implement standards,
19policies, and procedures to protect the security and
20interoperability of State data with respect to those agencies
21under the jurisdiction of the Governor, including in particular
22data that are confidential, sensitive, or protected from
23disclosure by privacy or other laws, while recognizing and
24balancing the need for collaboration and public transparency.
25    (e) The Department shall be responsible for providing the
26Governor with timely, comprehensive, and meaningful

 

 

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1information pertinent to the formulation and execution of
2fiscal policy. In performing this responsibility the
3Department shall have the power to do the following:
4        (1) Control the procurement, retention, installation,
5    maintenance, and operation, as specified by the
6    Department, of information technology equipment used by
7    client agencies in such a manner as to achieve maximum
8    economy and provide appropriate assistance in the
9    development of information suitable for management
10    analysis.
11        (2) Establish principles and standards of information
12    technology-related reporting by client agencies and
13    priorities for completion of research by those agencies in
14    accordance with the requirements for management analysis
15    specified by the Department.
16        (3) Establish charges for information technology and
17    related services requested by client agencies and rendered
18    by the Department. The Department is likewise empowered to
19    establish prices or charges for all information technology
20    reports purchased by agencies and individuals not
21    connected with State government.
22        (4) Instruct all client agencies to report regularly to
23    the Department, in the manner the Department may prescribe,
24    their usage of information technology, the cost incurred,
25    the information produced, and the procedures followed in
26    obtaining the information. All client agencies shall

 

 

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1    request from the Department assistance and consultation in
2    securing any necessary information technology to support
3    their requirements.
4        (5) Examine the accounts and information
5    technology-related data of any organization, body, or
6    agency receiving appropriations from the General Assembly,
7    except for a State constitutional office, the Office of the
8    Executive Inspector General, or any office of the
9    legislative or judicial branches of State government. For a
10    State constitutional office, the Office of the Executive
11    Inspector General, or any office of the legislative or
12    judicial branches of State government, the Department
13    shall have the power to examine the accounts and
14    information technology-related data of the State
15    constitutional office, the Office of the Executive
16    Inspector General, or any office of the legislative or
17    judicial branches of State government when requested by
18    those offices.
19        (6) Install and operate a modern information
20    technology system utilizing equipment adequate to satisfy
21    the requirements for analysis and review as specified by
22    the Department. Expenditures for information technology
23    and related services rendered shall be reimbursed by the
24    recipients. The reimbursement shall be determined by the
25    Department as amounts sufficient to reimburse the
26    Technology Management Revolving Fund for expenditures

 

 

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1    incurred in rendering the services.
2    (f) In addition to the other powers and duties listed in
3subsection (e), the Department shall analyze the present and
4future aims, needs, and requirements of information
5technology, research, and planning in order to provide for the
6formulation of overall policy relative to the use of
7information technology and related equipment by the State of
8Illinois. In making this analysis, the Department shall
9formulate a master plan for information technology, utilizing
10information technology most advantageously, and advising
11whether information technology should be leased or purchased by
12the State. The Department shall prepare and submit interim
13reports of meaningful developments and proposals for
14legislation to the Governor on or before January 30 each year.
15The Department shall engage in a continuing analysis and
16evaluation of the master plan so developed, and it shall be the
17responsibility of the Department to recommend from time to time
18any needed amendments and modifications of any master plan
19enacted by the General Assembly.
20    (g) The Department may make information technology and the
21use of information technology available to units of local
22government, elected State officials, State educational
23institutions, the judicial branch, the legislative branch, and
24all other governmental units of the State requesting them. The
25Department shall establish prices and charges for the
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1information technology. The prices and charges shall be
2sufficient to reimburse the cost of furnishing the services and
3use of information technology.
4    (h) The Department may establish standards to provide
5consistency in the operation and use of information technology.
6    (i) The Department may adopt rules under the Illinois
7Administrative Procedure Act necessary to carry out its
8responsibilities under this Act.
9    The Department and each public agency shall continue to
10have all authority provided to them under the Intergovernmental
11Cooperation Act and other applicable law to enter into
12interagency contracts. The Department may enter into contracts
13to use personnel and other resources that are retained by
14client agencies or other public agencies, to provide services
15to public agencies within the State, and for other appropriate
16purposes to accomplish the Department's mission.
17(Source: P.A. 100-611, eff. 7-20-18.)
 
18    (20 ILCS 1370/1-35)
19    Sec. 1-35. Communications services.
20    (a) The Department shall develop and implement a
21comprehensive plan to coordinate or centralize communications
22services among State agencies with offices at different
23locations. The plan shall be updated based on a continuing
24study of communications problems of State government and shall
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1service used for communication purposes including digital,
2analog, or future transmission medium, whether for voice, data,
3or any combination thereof. The plan shall take into
4consideration systems that might affect effect economies,
5including, but not limited to, quantity discount services and
6may include provision of telecommunications service to local
7and federal government entities located within this State if
8State interests can be served by so doing.
9    (b) The Department shall provide for and coordinate
10communications services for State agencies and, when requested
11and when in the best interests of the State, for units of
12federal or local governments and public and not-for-profit
13institutions of primary, secondary, and higher education. The
14Department may make use of, or support or provide any
15information technology-related communications equipment or
16services necessary and available to support the needs of
17interested parties not associated with State government
18provided that State government usage shall have first priority.
19For this purpose the Department shall have the power to do all
20of the following:
21        (1) Provide for and control the procurement,
22    retention, installation, and maintenance of communications
23    equipment or services used by State agencies in the
24    interest of efficiency and economy.
25        (2) Review existing standards and, where appropriate,
26    propose to establish new or modified standards for State

 

 

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1    agencies which shall include a minimum of one
2    telecommunication device for the deaf installed and
3    operational within each State agency, to provide public
4    access to agency information for those persons who are
5    hearing or speech impaired. The Department shall consult
6    the Department of Human Services to develop standards and
7    implementation for this equipment.
8        (3) Establish charges for information technology for
9    State agencies and, when requested, for units of federal or
10    local government and public and not-for-profit
11    institutions of primary, secondary, or higher education.
12    Entities charged for these services shall pay the
13    Department.
14        (4) Instruct all State agencies to report their usage
15    of communication services regularly to the Department in
16    the manner the Department may prescribe.
17        (5) Analyze the present and future aims and needs of
18    all State agencies in the area of communications services
19    and plan to serve those aims and needs in the most
20    effective and efficient manner.
21        (6) Provide telecommunications and other
22    communications services.
23        (7) Establish the administrative organization within
24    the Department that is required to accomplish the purpose
25    of this Section.
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1all departments, officers, commissions, boards, institutions,
2and bodies politic and corporate of the State except (i) the
3judicial branch, including, without limitation, the several
4courts of the State, the offices of the clerk of the supreme
5court and the clerks of the appellate court, and the
6Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, (ii) State
7constitutional offices, and (iii) the General Assembly,
8legislative service agencies, and all officers of the General
9Assembly.
10    This subsection (b) does not apply to the procurement of
11Next Generation 9-1-1 service as governed by Section 15.6b of
12the Emergency Telephone System Act.
13(Source: P.A. 100-611, eff. 7-20-18; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)
 
14    (20 ILCS 1370/1-40)
15    Sec. 1-40. Bulk long distance telephone services for
16military personnel in military service.
17    (a) As used in this Section only:
18    "Immediate family" means a service member's spouse
19residing in the service member's household, brothers and
20sisters of the whole or of the half blood, children, including
21adopted children and stepchildren, parents, and grandparents.
22    "Military service" means any full-time training or duty, no
23matter how described under federal or State law, for which a
24service member is ordered to report by the President, Governor
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1other appropriate military authority.
2    "Service member" means a resident of Illinois who is a
3member of any component of the United States Armed Forces or
4the National Guard of any state, the District of Columbia, a
5commonwealth, or a territory of the United States.
6    (b) The Department may enter into a contract to purchase
7bulk long distance telephone services and make them available
8at cost, or may make bulk long distance telephone services
9available at cost under any existing contract the Department
10has entered into, to persons in the immediate family of service
11members that have entered military service so that immediate
12family those persons in the service members' families can
13communicate with the service members. If the Department enters
14into a contract under this Section, it shall do so in
15accordance with the Illinois Procurement Code and in a
16nondiscriminatory manner that does not place any potential
17vendor at a competitive disadvantage.
18    (c) In order to be eligible to use bulk long distance
19telephone services purchased by the Department under this
20Section, a service member or person in the service member's
21immediate family must provide the Department with a copy of the
22orders calling the service member to military service in excess
23of 29 consecutive days and of any orders further extending the
24service member's period of military service.
25    (d) If the Department enters into a contract under this
26Section, the Department shall adopt rules as necessary to

 

 

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1implement this Section.
2(Source: P.A. 100-611, eff. 7-20-18.)
 
3    (20 ILCS 1370/1-20 rep.)
4    (20 ILCS 1370/1-30 rep.)
5    (20 ILCS 1370/1-50 rep.)
6    (20 ILCS 1370/1-55 rep.)
7    (20 ILCS 1370/1-60 rep.)
8    Section 10. The Department of Innovation and Technology Act
9is amended by repealing Sections 1-20, 1-30, 1-50, 1-55, and
101-60.
 
11    Section 15. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
12Sections 6p-1 and 8.16a as follows:
 
13    (30 ILCS 105/6p-1)  (from Ch. 127, par. 142p1)
14    Sec. 6p-1. The Technology Management Revolving Fund
15(formerly known as the Statistical Services Revolving Fund)
16shall be initially financed by a transfer of funds from the
17General Revenue Fund. Thereafter, all fees and other monies
18received by the Department of Innovation and Technology in
19payment for information technology and related services
20rendered pursuant to subsection (e) of Section 1-15 (b) of
21Section 1-30 of the Department of Innovation and Technology Act
22shall be paid into the Technology Management Revolving Fund. On
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1received in the Communications Revolving Fund to pay all Fiscal
2Year 2017 obligations payable from the Fund, whichever is
3later, all fees and other moneys received by the Department of
4Central Management Services in payment for communications
5services rendered pursuant to the Department of Central
6Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of
7Illinois or sale of surplus State communications equipment
8shall be paid into the Technology Management Revolving Fund.
9The money in this fund shall be used by the Department of
10Innovation and Technology as reimbursement for expenditures
11incurred in rendering information technology and related
12services and, beginning July 1, 2017, as reimbursement for
13expenditures incurred in relation to communications services.
14(Source: P.A. 100-23, eff. 7-6-17; 100-611, eff. 7-20-18;
15101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)
 
16    (30 ILCS 105/8.16a)  (from Ch. 127, par. 144.16a)
17    Sec. 8.16a. Appropriations for the procurement,
18installation, retention, maintenance, and operation of
19electronic data processing and information technology devices
20and software used by State agencies subject to subsection (e)
21of Section 1-15 (b) of Section 1-30 of the Department of
22Innovation and Technology Act, the purchase of necessary
23supplies and equipment and accessories thereto, and all other
24expenses incident to the operation and maintenance of those
25electronic data processing and information technology devices

 

 

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1and software are payable from the Technology Management
2Revolving Fund. However, no contract shall be entered into or
3obligation incurred for any expenditure from the Technology
4Management Revolving Fund until after the purpose and amount
5has been approved in writing by the Secretary of Innovation and
6Technology. Until there are sufficient funds in the Technology
7Management Revolving Fund (formerly known as the Statistical
8Services Revolving Fund) to carry out the purposes of this
9amendatory Act of 1965, however, the State agencies subject to
10subsection (b) of Section 1-30 of the Department of Innovation
11and Technology Act shall, on written approval of the Secretary
12of Innovation and Technology, pay the cost of operating and
13maintaining electronic data processing systems from current
14appropriations as classified and standardized in the State
15Finance Act.
16(Source: P.A. 100-23, eff. 7-6-17; 100-611, eff. 7-20-18;
17101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)