30 ILCS 500/20-25.2

(30 ILCS 500/20-25.2)

Sec. 20-25.2. Procurement of licensing software by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code or any law to the contrary, the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall identify a method of source selection that will make it possible to implement a software solution to support the Department's mandates to enforce the professional licensing Acts that it administers and rules adopted under those Acts. The source selection method identified by the Department is not limited to those otherwise set forth in this Code. The software solution selected by the Department shall electronically provide for the issuance of licenses, registrations, or certificates issued by the Department in accordance with the professional Acts and rules that it administers, shall provide for the electronic processing of license, registration, or certificate fees and fine payments, shall interface with third-party applications necessary for the fulfillment of licensing requirements, shall provide applicants and licensees, registrants, or certificate holders with online access to license, registration, or certificate status and history, and shall provide for oversight and enforcement of the professional Acts administered by the Department.

(b) The method of source selection shall be by an expedited, competitive process approved by the Department's Chief Procurement Officer. All potential contractors shall be registered in the Illinois Procurement Gateway vendor portal prior to contract execution.

(c) Except for Sections 5-5, 5-7, 10-10, 20-80, 20-120, 20-155, 20-160, and 25-60 and Article 50 of this Code and any rules adopted under those Sections and Article, this Code does not apply to procurements required by this Section notwithstanding any other provision of this Code or any law to the contrary.

(d) The contracts for the software solution shall be executed no later than 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly. Implementation of the software solution shall begin no later than 90 days after the contract execution date.

(e) The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall consult with the Department of Innovation and Technology to ensure the resulting contracts provide cybersecurity protection and are consistent with information technology standards as determined by the Department of Innovation and Technology. The term of the contracts shall not exceed 10 years.

(f) The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall publish notice of each contract entered into under this Section in the Procurement Bulletin within 14 calendar days after the execution of the contract. The Department's Chief Procurement Officer shall prescribe the form and content of the notice. A copy of the contract shall be made available to the Department's Chief Procurement Officer immediately upon request.

(g) This Section is inoperative one year after effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly.

(Source: P.A. 103-568, eff. 12-8-23.)