Full Text of HB1652 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 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. | 17 | | (a-5) The Department of Financial and Professional | 18 | | Regulation shall within 180 days after the effective date of | 19 | | this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly designate one | 20 | | staff member as the military liaison within the Department of | 21 | | Financial and Professional Regulation to ensure proper | 22 | | enactment of the requirements of this Section. The military | 23 | | liaison's responsibilities shall also include, but are not |
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| 1 | | limited to: (1) the management of all expedited applications to | 2 | | ensure processing within 60 days after receipt of a completed | 3 | | application; (2) coordination with all military installation | 4 | | military and family support center directors within this State, | 5 | | including virtual, phone, or in-person periodic meetings with | 6 | | each military installation military and family support center; | 7 | | and (3) training by the military liaison to all directors of | 8 | | each division that issues an occupational or professional | 9 | | license to ensure proper application of this Section. Beginning | 10 | | in 2020, and at the end of each calendar year thereafter, the | 11 | | military liaison shall provide an annual report documenting the | 12 | | expedited licensure program for service members and spouses, | 13 | | and shall deliver that report to the Secretary of Financial and | 14 | | Professional Regulation and the Lieutenant Governor. | 15 | | (b) Each director of a department that issues an | 16 | | occupational or professional license is authorized to and shall | 17 | | issue an expedited temporary occupational or professional | 18 | | license to a service member who meets the requirements under | 19 | | this Section. The temporary occupational or professional | 20 | | license shall be valid for 6 months after the date of issuance | 21 | | or until a license is granted or a notice to deny a license is | 22 | | issued in accordance with rules adopted by the department | 23 | | issuing the license, whichever occurs first. No temporary | 24 | | occupational or professional license shall be renewed. Review | 25 | | and determination of an application for a license issued by the | 26 | | department shall be expedited by the department within 60 days |
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| 1 | | after the date on which the applicant provides the department | 2 | | with all necessary documentation required for licensure. An | 3 | | expedited license shall be issued by the department to any | 4 | | service members meeting the application requirements of this | 5 | | Section, regardless of whether the service member currently | 6 | | resides in this State. The service member shall apply to the | 7 | | department on forms provided by the department. An application | 8 | | must include proof that: | 9 | | (1) the applicant is 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 is assigned to a duty station in this | 19 | | State , or has established legal residence in this State , or | 20 | | will reside in this State within 6 months after the date of | 21 | | application ; | 22 | | (4) a complete set of the applicant's fingerprints has | 23 | | been submitted to the Department of State Police for | 24 | | statewide and national criminal history checks, if | 25 | | applicable to the requirements of the department issuing | 26 | | the license; the applicant shall pay the fee to the |
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| 1 | | Department of State Police or to the fingerprint vendor for | 2 | | electronic fingerprint processing; no temporary | 3 | | occupational or professional license shall be issued to an | 4 | | applicant if the statewide or national criminal history | 5 | | check discloses information that would cause the denial of | 6 | | an application for licensure under any applicable | 7 | | occupational or professional licensing Act; | 8 | | (5) the applicant is not ineligible for licensure | 9 | | pursuant to Section 2105-165 of the Civil Administrative | 10 | | Code of Illinois; | 11 | | (6) the applicant has submitted an application for full | 12 | | licensure; and | 13 | | (7) the applicant has paid the required fee; fees shall | 14 | | not be refundable. | 15 | | (c) Each director of a department that issues an | 16 | | occupational or professional license is authorized to and shall | 17 | | issue an expedited temporary occupational or professional | 18 | | license to the spouse of a service member who meets the | 19 | | requirements under this Section. The temporary occupational or | 20 | | professional license shall be valid for 6 months after the date | 21 | | of issuance or until a license is granted or a notice to deny a | 22 | | license is issued in accordance with rules adopted by the | 23 | | department issuing the license, whichever occurs first. No | 24 | | temporary occupational or professional license shall be | 25 | | renewed. Review and determination of an application for a | 26 | | license shall be expedited by the department within 60 days |
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| 1 | | after the date on which the applicant provides the department | 2 | | with all necessary documentation required for licensure. An | 3 | | expedited license shall be issued by the department to any | 4 | | spouse of a service member meeting the application requirements | 5 | | of this Section, regardless of whether the spouse or the | 6 | | service member currently reside in this State. The spouse of a | 7 | | service member shall apply to the department on forms provided | 8 | | by the department. An 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 | 20 | | in this State , or will reside in this State within 6 months | 21 | | after the date of application ; | 22 | | (4) a complete set of the applicant's fingerprints has | 23 | | been submitted to the Department of State Police for | 24 | | statewide and national criminal history checks, if | 25 | | applicable to the requirements of the department issuing | 26 | | the license; the applicant shall pay the fee to the |
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| 1 | | Department of State Police or to the fingerprint vendor for | 2 | | electronic fingerprint processing; no temporary | 3 | | occupational or professional license shall be issued to an | 4 | | applicant if the statewide or national criminal history | 5 | | check discloses information that would cause the denial of | 6 | | an application for licensure under any applicable | 7 | | occupational or professional licensing Act; | 8 | | (5) the applicant is not ineligible for licensure | 9 | | pursuant to Section 2105-165 of the Civil Administrative | 10 | | Code of Illinois; | 11 | | (6) the applicant has submitted an application for full | 12 | | licensure; and | 13 | | (7) the applicant has paid the required fee; fees shall | 14 | | not be refundable. | 15 | | (c-5) If a service member or his or her spouse relocates | 16 | | from this State, he or she shall be provided an opportunity to | 17 | | place his or her license in inactive status through | 18 | | coordination with the military liaison. If the service member | 19 | | or his or her spouse returns to this State, he or she may | 20 | | reactivate the license in accordance with the statutory | 21 | | provisions regulating the profession and any applicable | 22 | | administrative rules. The license reactivation shall be | 23 | | expedited and completed within 30 days after receipt of a | 24 | | completed application to reactivate the license. A license | 25 | | reactivation is only applicable when the valid license for | 26 | | which the first issuance of a license was predicated is still |
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| 1 | | valid and in good standing. An application to reactivate a | 2 | | license must include proof that
the applicant still holds a | 3 | | valid license in good standing for the occupation or profession | 4 | | issued in another State, commonwealth, possession, or | 5 | | territory of the United States, the District of Columbia, or | 6 | | any foreign jurisdiction. | 7 | | (d) All relevant experience of a service member or his or | 8 | | her spouse in the discharge of official duties, including | 9 | | full-time and part-time experience, shall be credited in the | 10 | | calculation of any years of practice in an occupation or | 11 | | profession as may be required under any applicable occupational | 12 | | or professional licensing Act. All relevant training provided | 13 | | by the military and completed by a service member shall be | 14 | | credited to that service member as meeting any training or | 15 | | education requirement under any applicable occupational or | 16 | | professional licensing Act, provided that the training or | 17 | | education is determined by the department to be substantially | 18 | | equivalent to that required under any applicable Act and is not | 19 | | otherwise contrary to any other licensure requirement. | 20 | | (e) A department may adopt any rules necessary for the | 21 | | implementation and administration of this Section and shall by | 22 | | rule provide for fees for the administration of this Section.
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 97-710, eff. 1-1-13; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)
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