Public Act 100-0275
 
HB3131 EnrolledLRB100 11362 KTG 21747 b


  
    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is amended  
by adding Section 1-65 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 1305/1-65 new)
    Sec. 1-65. Uniform demographic  data collection.
    (a) The Department shall collect and publicly report 
statistical data on the racial and ethnic demographics of 
program participants for each program administered by the 
Department. Except as provided in subsection (b), when 
collecting the data required under this Section, the Department 
shall use the same racial and ethnic classifications for each 
program which shall include, but not be limited to, the 
following:
        (1) American Indian and Alaska Native alone. 
        (2) Asian alone. 
        (3) Black or African American alone. 
        (4) Hispanic or Latino of any race. 
        (5) Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone. 
        (6) White alone. 
        (7) Some other race alone. 
        (8) Two or more races. 
    The Department may further define, by rule, the racial and 
ethnic classifications provided in this Section. 
    (b) If a program administered by the Department is subject 
to federal reporting requirements that include the collection 
and public reporting of statistical data on the racial and 
ethnic demographics of program participants, the Department 
may maintain the same racial and ethnic classifications used 
under the federal requirements if such classifications differ 
from the classifications listed in subsection (a). 
    (c) The Department shall make all demographic information 
collected under this Section available to the public which at a 
minimum shall include posting the information for each program 
in a timely manner on the Department's official website. If the 
Department already has a mechanism or process in place to 
report information about program participation for any program 
administered by the Department, then the Department shall use 
that mechanism or process to include the demographic 
information collected under this Section. If the Department 
does not have a mechanism or process in place to report 
information about program participation for any program 
administered by the Department, then the Department shall 
create a mechanism or process to disseminate the demographic 
information collected under this Section.
  


Effective Date:  1/1/2018