Bill Title: Amends the Health Care Worker Background Check Act. In provisions concerning a health care employer or long-term care facility hiring individuals convicted of committing or attempting to commit various specified offenses, adds substantially equivalent offenses under the laws of any other state or of the laws of the United States, as verified by court records, records from a state agency, or an Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history records check. In provisions concerning fingerprint-based criminal history records, provides that fingerprints submitted shall be transmitted through a live scan fingerprint vendor licensed by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Provides that fingerprints shall be checked against the Illinois State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history records databases now and hereafter filed, including, but not limited to, civil, criminal, and latent fingerprint databases (instead of fingerprints submitted shall be checked against the fingerprint records now and hereafter filed in the Illinois State Police criminal history record databases). Provides that fee charged for conducting the criminal history records check shall be deposited into the State Police Services Fund. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall furnish, pursuant to positive identification, records of Illinois convictions and shall forward the national criminal history record information to the department or agency. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall forward the applicant's fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall request that the Federal Bureau of Investigation conduct a national criminal history pertaining to the applicant.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)

Status: (Passed) 2023-08-04 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0428 [HB2102 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Terra Costa Howard [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-042	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Tom Weber [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-064	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Camille Lilly [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-078	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Suzanne Glowiak Hilton [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-023	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Julie Morrison [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-029	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator John Curran [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-041	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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