Full Text of HB1652 101st General Assembly
HB1652ham002 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Jay Hoffman Filed: 3/19/2019
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1652
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1652 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 5-715 as follows: | 6 | | (20 ILCS 5/5-715) | 7 | | Sec. 5-715. Expedited licensure for service members and | 8 | | spouses. | 9 | | (a) In this Section, "service member" means any person who, | 10 | | at the time of application under this Section, is an active | 11 | | duty member of the United States Armed Forces or any reserve | 12 | | component of the United States Armed Forces , the Coast Guard, | 13 | | or the National Guard of any state, commonwealth, or territory | 14 | | of the United States or the District of Columbia or whose | 15 | | active duty service concluded within the preceding 2 years | 16 | | before application. |
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| 1 | | (a-5) The Department of Financial and Professional | 2 | | Regulation shall within 180 days after the effective date of | 3 | | this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly designate one | 4 | | staff member as the military liaison within the Department of | 5 | | Financial and Professional Regulation to ensure proper | 6 | | enactment of the requirements of this Section. The military | 7 | | liaison's responsibilities shall also include, but are not | 8 | | limited to: (1) the management of all expedited applications to | 9 | | ensure processing within 60 days after receipt of a completed | 10 | | application; (2) coordination with all military installation | 11 | | military and family support center directors within this State, | 12 | | including at least quarterly meetings with each military | 13 | | installation military and family support center; and (3) | 14 | | training by the military liaison to all directors of each | 15 | | division that issues an occupational or professional license to | 16 | | ensure proper application of this Section. Beginning in 2020, | 17 | | and at the end of each calendar year thereafter, the military | 18 | | liaison shall provide an annual report documenting the | 19 | | expedited licensure program for service members and spouses, | 20 | | and shall deliver that report to the Secretary of Financial and | 21 | | Professional Regulation and the Lieutenant Governor. | 22 | | (b) Each director of a department that issues an | 23 | | occupational or professional license is authorized to and shall | 24 | | issue an expedited temporary occupational or professional | 25 | | license to a service member who meets the requirements under | 26 | | this Section. The temporary occupational or professional |
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| 1 | | license shall be valid for 6 months after the date of issuance | 2 | | or until a license is granted or a notice to deny a license is | 3 | | issued in accordance with rules adopted by the department | 4 | | issuing the license, whichever occurs first. No temporary | 5 | | occupational or professional license shall be renewed. An | 6 | | application for a temporary occupational or professional | 7 | | license, presented with military orders from the service member | 8 | | (or an equivalent memorandum from the service member's | 9 | | commander) which provides evidence that the service member will | 10 | | reside in this State within 6 months after the date of | 11 | | application for temporary occupational or professional | 12 | | licensure, shall be expedited by the department within 60 days | 13 | | after the date on which the applicant provides the department | 14 | | with all necessary documentation required for licensure. An | 15 | | expedited temporary occupational or professional license shall | 16 | | be issued by the department to any service members meeting the | 17 | | application requirements of this Section, regardless of | 18 | | whether the service member currently resides in this State. The | 19 | | service member shall apply to the department on forms provided | 20 | | by the department. An application must include proof that: | 21 | | (1) the applicant is a service member; | 22 | | (2) the applicant holds a valid license in good | 23 | | standing for the occupation or profession issued by another | 24 | | state, commonwealth, possession, or territory of the | 25 | | United States, the District of Columbia, or any foreign | 26 | | jurisdiction and the requirements for licensure in the |
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| 1 | | other jurisdiction are determined by the department to be | 2 | | substantially equivalent to the standards for licensure of | 3 | | this State; | 4 | | (3) the applicant is assigned to a duty station in this | 5 | | State , or has established legal residence in this State , or | 6 | | will reside in this State within 6 months after the date of | 7 | | application ; | 8 | | (4) a complete set of the applicant's fingerprints has | 9 | | been submitted to the Department of State Police for | 10 | | statewide and national criminal history checks, if | 11 | | applicable to the requirements of the department issuing | 12 | | the license; the applicant shall pay the fee to the | 13 | | Department of State Police or to the fingerprint vendor for | 14 | | electronic fingerprint processing; no temporary | 15 | | occupational or professional license shall be issued to an | 16 | | applicant if the statewide or national criminal history | 17 | | check discloses information that would cause the denial of | 18 | | an application for licensure under any applicable | 19 | | occupational or professional licensing Act; | 20 | | (5) the applicant is not ineligible for licensure | 21 | | pursuant to Section 2105-165 of the Civil Administrative | 22 | | Code of Illinois; | 23 | | (6) (Blank); the applicant has submitted an | 24 | | application for full licensure; and | 25 | | (7) the applicant has paid the required fee; fees shall | 26 | | not be refundable. |
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| 1 | | (c) 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 to the spouse of a service member who meets the | 5 | | requirements under this Section. The temporary occupational or | 6 | | professional license shall be valid for 6 months after the date | 7 | | of issuance or until a license is granted or a notice to deny a | 8 | | license is issued in accordance with rules adopted by the | 9 | | department issuing the license, whichever occurs first. No | 10 | | temporary occupational or professional license shall be | 11 | | renewed. An application for a temporary occupational or | 12 | | professional license, presented with military orders from the | 13 | | spouse of a service member (or an equivalent memorandum from | 14 | | the service member's commander) which provides evidence that | 15 | | the service member will reside in this State within 6 months | 16 | | after the date of application for temporary occupational or | 17 | | professional licensure, shall be expedited by the department | 18 | | within 60 days after the date on which the applicant provides | 19 | | the department with all necessary documentation required for | 20 | | licensure. An expedited temporary occupational or professional | 21 | | license shall be issued by the department to any spouse of a | 22 | | service member meeting the application requirements of this | 23 | | Section, regardless of whether the spouse or the service member | 24 | | currently reside in this State. The spouse of a service member | 25 | | shall apply to the department on forms provided by the | 26 | | department. An application must include proof that: |
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| 1 | | (1) the applicant is the spouse of a service member; | 2 | | (2) the applicant holds a valid license in good | 3 | | standing for the occupation or profession issued by another | 4 | | state, commonwealth, possession, or territory of the | 5 | | United States, the District of Columbia, or any foreign | 6 | | jurisdiction and the requirements for licensure in the | 7 | | other jurisdiction are determined by the department to be | 8 | | substantially equivalent to the standards for licensure of | 9 | | this State; | 10 | | (3) the applicant's spouse is assigned to a duty | 11 | | station in this State , or has established legal residence | 12 | | in this State , or will reside in this State within 6 months | 13 | | after the date of application ; | 14 | | (4) a complete set of the applicant's fingerprints has | 15 | | been submitted to the Department of State Police for | 16 | | statewide and national criminal history checks, if | 17 | | applicable to the requirements of the department issuing | 18 | | the license; the applicant shall pay the fee to the | 19 | | Department of State Police or to the fingerprint vendor for | 20 | | electronic fingerprint processing; no temporary | 21 | | occupational or professional license shall be issued to an | 22 | | applicant if the statewide or national criminal history | 23 | | check discloses information that would cause the denial of | 24 | | an application for licensure under any applicable | 25 | | occupational or professional licensing Act; | 26 | | (5) the applicant is not ineligible for licensure |
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| 1 | | pursuant to Section 2105-165 of the Civil Administrative | 2 | | Code of Illinois; | 3 | | (6) (Blank); the applicant has submitted an | 4 | | application for full licensure; and | 5 | | (7) the applicant has paid the required fee; fees shall | 6 | | not be refundable. | 7 | | (c-5) If a service member or his or her spouse relocates | 8 | | from this State, he or she shall be provided an opportunity to | 9 | | place his or her license in inactive status through | 10 | | coordination with the military liaison. If the service member | 11 | | or his or her spouse returns to this State, he or she may | 12 | | reactivate the license by completing a license renewal | 13 | | application. The license renewal shall be expedited and | 14 | | completed within 30 days after receipt of a completed | 15 | | application for renewal. A license renewal is only applicable | 16 | | when the valid license for which the first issuance of a | 17 | | license was predicated is still valid and in good standing. A | 18 | | license renewal application must include proof that: (1)
the | 19 | | applicant still holds a valid license in good standing for the | 20 | | occupation or profession issued in another State, | 21 | | commonwealth, possession, or territory of the United States, | 22 | | the District of Columbia, or any foreign jurisdiction; and (2) | 23 | | the service member is assigned to a duty station in this State, | 24 | | is deployed overseas, or has orders (or a letter from his or | 25 | | her commander) designating that the service member shall be | 26 | | assigned within 180 days to a duty station in this State, or |
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| 1 | | has established legal residence in this State. | 2 | | (d) All relevant experience of a service member or his or | 3 | | her spouse in the discharge of official duties, including | 4 | | full-time and part-time experience, shall be credited in the | 5 | | calculation of any years of practice in an occupation or | 6 | | profession as may be required under any applicable occupational | 7 | | or professional licensing Act. All relevant training provided | 8 | | by the military and completed by a service member shall be | 9 | | credited to that service member as meeting any training or | 10 | | education requirement under any applicable occupational or | 11 | | professional licensing Act, provided that the training or | 12 | | education is determined by the department to be substantially | 13 | | equivalent to that required under any applicable Act and is not | 14 | | otherwise contrary to any other licensure requirement. | 15 | | (e) A department may adopt any rules necessary for the | 16 | | implementation and administration of this Section and shall by | 17 | | rule provide for fees for the administration of this Section.
| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 97-710, eff. 1-1-13; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)".
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