Senate Sponsors: SEVERNS-LINK-GEO-KARIS-KARPIEL-FARLEY, MYERS,J, VIVERITO AND DEMUZIO. House Sponsors: LINDNER-ERWIN-LANG-DEUCHLER-WOOD Short description: EMPLOYERS-REPORT HIRE TO DES Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Creates the New Hire Reporting Act. Requires employers to report newly hired employees to the Department of Employment Security, and requires that Department to maintain a database of reported information and share that information with the Departments of Public Aid and Human Services, circuit clerks, and federal offices for purposes of enabling them to perform their duties concerning collection of child support. Provides penalties for failure to comply with reporting requirements. Requires the Department of Public Aid to establish a community advisory committee to oversee implementation of the Act and to take other actions. Amends the income withholding provisions of the Public Aid Code, the Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Non-Support of Spouse and Children Act, the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, and the Parentage Act of 1984. Provides for orders for withholding to be served by regular or certified mail or facsimile (now, by certified mail or personal delivery). Requires a payor's nonperformance within specified time periods to be documented by certified mail return receipt. Provides that an order for withholding need not be served again on a payor if income withholding is terminated because of an interruption in the obligor's employment of less than 180 days. Effective immediately. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Adds reference to: 820 ILCS 405/1300 from Ch. 48, par. 540 820 ILCS 405/1801.1 new 820 ILCS 405/1900 from Ch. 48, par. 640 Deletes provisions of the new Act relating to reporting procedures, penalties, and the information database. Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides for the deduction and withholding of an uncollected overissuance of food stamps from unemployment insurance benefits under specified circumstances. Provides that the Director of the Department of Employment Security shall establish the "Illinois Directory of New Hires" to which employers shall submit, for each new employee hired, the employee's name, address, and social security number, and the employer's name, address, Federal Employer Identification Number, and any other information required by the Director of Employment Security. Failure of employers to comply will subject them to a $15 penalty per person not reported. Any person who conspires with a newly hired employee to cause the employer to fail to report him or her or who conspires to cause false information to be reported is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor and subject to fine up to $500. Makes various changes concerning disclosure of information by the Department in relation to paternity, child support, and other matters. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Provides that an employer may, at its option, submit information regarding any rehired employee in the same manner as information is submitted regarding a newly hired employee. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 90-0425 Last action date: 97-08-15 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 2 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status