SB2552sam002 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Matt Murphy

Filed: 4/11/2008

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2552

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2552 on page 1, by replacing line 1 with the following:

"AN ACT concerning State government."; and

on page 1, after line 3, by inserting the following:

"Section 2. The Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 2310-186 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-186 new)

Sec. 2310-186. Criminal history record checks; task force. The Department shall create a task force to examine the process used by State and local governmental agencies to conduct criminal history record checks as a condition of employment or approval to render provider services to such an agency. The task force shall be comprised of representatives from State and local agencies that require an applicant to undergo a fingerprint-based criminal history record check pursuant to State law or agencies that are contemplating such a requirement. The task force shall include but need not be limited to representatives from the Department of State Police, the Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, the Department of Public Health, the Department of Human Services, the Office of the Secretary of State, and the Illinois State Board of Education, and representatives from large regional school districts. The task force shall review and make recommendations to create a more centralized and coordinated process for conducting criminal history record checks in order to reduce duplication of effort and make better use of resources and more efficient use of taxpayer dollars.

The task force shall provide a plan to revise the criminal history record check process to the General Assembly by February 1, 2009. The plan shall address the following issues:

(1) Identification of any areas of concern that have been identified by stakeholders and task force members regarding State-mandated criminal history record checks.

(2) Evaluation of the feasibility of using an applicant's initial criminal history record information results for subsequent employment or licensing screening purposes.

(3) Evaluation of the feasibility of centralizing the screening of criminal history record information inquiry responses.

(4) Identification and evaluation of existing technologies that could be utilized to eliminate the need for a subsequent fingerprint inquiry each time an applicant changes employment or seeks a license requiring a criminal history record inquiry.

(5) Evaluation of what other states are doing to address similar concerns.

(6) Identification of programs serving vulnerable populations that do not currently require criminal history record information to determine whether those programs should be included in a centralized screening of criminal history record information.

(7) Preparation of a report for the General Assembly proposing solutions that can be adopted to eliminate the duplication of applicant fingerprint submissions and the duplication of criminal records check response screening efforts and to minimize the costs of conducting State and FBI fingerprint-based inquiries in Illinois.".