Full Text of HB5435 97th General Assembly
HB5435ham003 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Robert W. Pritchard Filed: 3/27/2012
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5435
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5435, AS AMENDED, by | 3 | | replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 4 | | following:
| 5 | | "Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | 6 | | amended by adding Section 5-715 as follows: | 7 | | (20 ILCS 5/5-715 new) | 8 | | Sec. 5-715. Expedited temporary licensure for service | 9 | | members and spouses. | 10 | | (a) In this Section, "service member" means any person who, | 11 | | at the time of application under this Section, is an active | 12 | | duty member of the United States Armed Forces or any reserve | 13 | | component of the United States Armed Forces or the National | 14 | | Guard of any state, commonwealth, or territory of the United | 15 | | States or the District of Columbia or whose active duty service | 16 | | concluded within the preceding 2 years before application. |
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| 1 | | (b) Each director of a department that issues an | 2 | | occupational or professional license is authorized to and shall | 3 | | issue an expedited temporary occupational or professional | 4 | | license, other than a license for a physician under the Medical | 5 | | Practice Act of 1987 or a license for a dentist under the | 6 | | Illinois Dental Practice Act, to a service member who meets the | 7 | | requirements under this Section. The temporary occupational or | 8 | | professional license shall be valid for one year after the date | 9 | | of issuance or until a license is granted or a notice to deny a | 10 | | license is issued in accordance with rules adopted by the | 11 | | department issuing the license, whichever occurs first. No | 12 | | temporary occupational or professional license shall be | 13 | | renewed. The service member shall apply to the department on | 14 | | forms provided by the department. An application must include | 15 | | proof that: | 16 | | (1) the applicant is a service member; | 17 | | (2) the applicant holds a valid license in good | 18 | | standing for the occupation or profession issued by another | 19 | | state, commonwealth, possession, or territory of the | 20 | | United States, the District of Columbia, or any foreign | 21 | | jurisdiction and the requirements for licensure in the | 22 | | other jurisdiction are determined by the department to be | 23 | | substantially equivalent to the standards for licensure of | 24 | | this State; | 25 | | (3) the applicant is assigned to a duty station in this | 26 | | State or has established legal residence in this State; |
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| 1 | | (4) a complete set of the applicant's fingerprints has | 2 | | been submitted to the Department of State Police for | 3 | | statewide and national criminal history checks, if | 4 | | applicable to the requirements of the department issuing | 5 | | the license; the applicant shall pay the fee to the | 6 | | Department of State Police or to the fingerprint vendor for | 7 | | electronic fingerprint processing; no temporary | 8 | | occupational or professional license shall be issued to an | 9 | | applicant if the statewide or national criminal history | 10 | | check discloses information that would cause the denial of | 11 | | an application for licensure under any applicable | 12 | | occupational or professional licensing Act; | 13 | | (5) the applicant is not ineligible for licensure | 14 | | pursuant to Section 2105-165 of the Civil Administrative | 15 | | Code of Illinois; | 16 | | (6) the applicant has submitted an application for full | 17 | | licensure; and | 18 | | (7) the applicant has paid the required fee; fees shall | 19 | | not be refundable. | 20 | | (c) Each director of a department that issues an | 21 | | occupational or professional license is authorized to and shall | 22 | | issue an expedited temporary occupational or professional | 23 | | license, other than a license for a physician under the Medical | 24 | | Practice Act of 1987 or a license for a dentist under the | 25 | | Illinois Dental Practice Act, to the spouse of a service member | 26 | | who meets the requirements under this Section. The temporary |
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| 1 | | occupational or professional license shall be valid for one | 2 | | year after the date of issuance or until a license is granted | 3 | | or a notice to deny a license is issued in accordance with | 4 | | rules adopted by the department issuing the license, whichever | 5 | | occurs first. No temporary occupational or professional | 6 | | license shall be renewed. The spouse of a service member shall | 7 | | apply to the department on forms provided by the department. An | 8 | | application must include proof that: | 9 | | (1) the applicant is the spouse of a service member; | 10 | | (2) the applicant holds a valid license in good | 11 | | standing for the occupation or profession issued by another | 12 | | state, commonwealth, possession, or territory of the | 13 | | United States, the District of Columbia, or any foreign | 14 | | jurisdiction and the requirements for licensure in the | 15 | | other jurisdiction are determined by the department to be | 16 | | substantially equivalent to the standards for licensure of | 17 | | this State; | 18 | | (3) the applicant's spouse is assigned to a duty | 19 | | station in this State or has established legal residence in | 20 | | this State; | 21 | | (4) a complete set of the applicant's fingerprints has | 22 | | been submitted to the Department of State Police for | 23 | | statewide and national criminal history checks, if | 24 | | applicable to the requirements of the department issuing | 25 | | the license; the applicant shall pay the fee to the | 26 | | Department of State Police or to the fingerprint vendor for |
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| 1 | | electronic fingerprint processing; no temporary | 2 | | occupational or professional license shall be issued to an | 3 | | applicant if the statewide or national criminal history | 4 | | check discloses information that would cause the denial of | 5 | | an application for licensure under any applicable | 6 | | occupational or professional licensing Act; | 7 | | (5) the applicant is not ineligible for licensure | 8 | | pursuant to Section 2105-165 of the Civil Administrative | 9 | | Code of Illinois; | 10 | | (6) the applicant has submitted an application for full | 11 | | licensure; and | 12 | | (7) the applicant has paid the required fee; fees shall | 13 | | not be refundable. | 14 | | (d) All relevant experience of a service member in the | 15 | | discharge of official duties, including full-time and | 16 | | part-time experience, shall be credited in the calculation of | 17 | | any years of practice in an occupation or profession as may be | 18 | | required under any applicable occupational or professional | 19 | | licensing Act. All relevant training provided by the military | 20 | | and completed by a service member shall be credited to that | 21 | | service member as meeting any training or education requirement | 22 | | under any applicable occupational or professional licensing | 23 | | Act, provided that the training or education is determined by | 24 | | the department to be substantially equivalent to that required | 25 | | under any applicable Act and is not otherwise contrary to any | 26 | | other licensure requirement. |
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| 1 | | (e) A department may adopt any rules necessary for the | 2 | | implementation and administration of this Section and shall by | 3 | | rule provide for fees for the administration of this Section. | 4 | | In addition, a department shall develop forms to facilitate the | 5 | | expedited temporary license application process, as well as | 6 | | contact information for service members to use in making | 7 | | application for an expedited temporary license. | 8 | | (f) The Department of Veterans' Affairs shall make copies | 9 | | of the forms and contact information described in subsection | 10 | | (e) of this Section available to service members in this | 11 | | State. ".
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