Bill Text: IL HB2130 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Chaptered


Bill Title: Creates the Insurance Data Security Law. Sets forth provisions concerning an information security program, investigations of cybersecurity events, and notifications of cybersecurity events. Provides that the Director of Insurance shall have power to examine and investigate into the affairs of any licensee to determine whether the licensee has been or is engaged in any conduct in violation of the Act. Provides that whenever the Director has reason to believe that a licensee has been or is engaged in conduct in the State which violates the Act, the Director may take action that is necessary or appropriate to enforce the provisions of the Act. Provides that any documents, materials, or other information in the control or possession of the Department of Insurance that are furnished by a licensee or an employee or agent acting on behalf of a licensee or that are obtained by the Director in an investigation or examination shall be confidential by law and privileged, shall not be subject to the Freedom of Information Act, shall not be subject to subpoena, and shall not be subject to discovery or admissible in evidence in any private civil action. Sets forth provisions concerning exceptions, penalties, and severability. Provides that the Department may adopt rules necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act. Defines terms. Makes a conforming change in the Freedom of Information Act. Effective January 1, 2024.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0142 [HB2130 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB2130-Chaptered.html



Public Act 103-0142
HB2130 EnrolledLRB103 04780 BMS 49790 b
AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
Insurance Data Security Law.
Section 2. Purpose and intent.
(a) The purpose and intent of this Act is to establish
standards for data security and standards for the
investigation of and notification to the Director of a
cybersecurity event applicable to licensees.
(b) This Act shall not be construed to create or imply a
private cause of action for a violation of its provisions nor
shall it be construed to curtail a private cause of action
which would otherwise exist in the absence of this Act.
Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Authorized individual" means an individual known to and
screened by the licensee and determined to be necessary and
appropriate to have access to the nonpublic information held
by the licensee and its information systems.
"Consumer" means an individual, including, but not limited
to, an applicant, policyholder, insured, beneficiary,
claimant, or certificate holder who is a resident of this
State and whose nonpublic information is in a licensee's
possession, custody, or control.
"Cybersecurity event" means an event resulting in
unauthorized access to, disruption, or misuse of an
information system or information stored on such information
system. "Cybersecurity event" does not include the
unauthorized acquisition of encrypted nonpublic information if
the encryption, process, or key is not also acquired,
released, or used without authorization. "Cybersecurity event"
does not include an event with regard to which the licensee has
determined that the nonpublic information accessed by an
unauthorized person has not been used or released and has been
returned or destroyed.
"Department" means the Department of Insurance.
"Director" means the Director of Insurance.
"Encrypted" means the transformation of data into a form
which results in a low probability of assigning meaning
without the use of a protective process or key.
"Information security program" means the administrative,
technical, and physical safeguards that a licensee uses to
access, collect, distribute, process, protect, store, use,
transmit, dispose of, or otherwise handle nonpublic
information.
"Information system" means a discrete set of electronic
information resources organized for the collection,
processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or
disposition of electronic information, as well as any
specialized system such as industrial and process controls
systems, telephone switching and private branch exchange
systems, and environmental control systems.
"Licensee" means any person licensed, authorized to
operate, or registered, or required to be licensed,
authorized, or registered pursuant to the insurance laws of
this State. "Licensee" does not include a purchasing group or
a risk retention group chartered and licensed in a state other
than this State or a licensee that is acting as an assuming
insurer that is domiciled in another state or jurisdiction.
"Multi-factor authentication" means authentication
through verification of at least 2 of the following types of
authentication factors:
(1) knowledge factors, including a password;
(2) possession factors, including a token or text
message on a mobile phone; or
(3) inherence factors, including a biometric
characteristic.
"Nonpublic information" means information that is not
publicly available information and that is:
(1) business-related information of a licensee the
tampering with which, or unauthorized disclosure, access,
or use of which, would cause a material adverse impact to
the business, operations, or security of the licensee;
(2) any information concerning a consumer which
because of name, number, personal mark, or other
identifier can be used to identify such consumer, in
combination with any one or more of the following data
elements:
(A) social security number;
(B) driver's license number or nondriver
identification card number;
(C) financial account number, credit card number,
or debit card number;
(D) any security code, access code, or password
that would permit access to a consumer's financial
account; or
(E) biometric records; or
(3) any information or data, except age or gender, in
any form or medium created by or derived from a health care
provider or a consumer and that relates to:
(A) the past, present, or future physical, mental,
or behavioral health or condition of any consumer or a
member of the consumer's family;
(B) the provision of health care to any consumer;
or
(C) payment for the provision of health care to
any consumer.
"Person" means any individual or any nongovernmental
entity, including, but not limited to, any nongovernmental
partnership, corporation, branch, agency, or association.
"Publicly available information" means any information
that a licensee has a reasonable basis to believe is lawfully
made available to the general public from federal, State, or
local government records; widely distributed media; or
disclosures to the general public that are required to be made
by federal, State, or local law. "Publicly available
information" includes information that a consumer may direct
not to be made available to the general public, but that the
consumer has not directed not be made available.
"Risk assessment" means the risk assessment that each
licensee is required to conduct under subsection (c) of
Section 10.
"Third-party service provider" means a person, not
otherwise defined as a licensee, that contracts with a
licensee to maintain, process, store, or otherwise is
permitted access to nonpublic information through its
provision of services to the licensee.
Section 10. Information security program.
(a) Commensurate with the size and complexity of the
licensee, the nature and scope of the licensee's activities,
including its use of third-party service providers, and the
sensitivity of the nonpublic information used by the licensee
or in the licensee's possession, custody, or control, each
licensee shall develop, implement, and maintain a
comprehensive written information security program based on
the licensee's risk assessment and that contains
administrative, technical, and physical safeguards for the
protection of nonpublic information and the licensee's
information system.
(b) A licensee's information security program shall be
designed to:
(1) protect the security and confidentiality of
nonpublic information and the security of the information
system;
(2) protect against any threats or hazards to the
security or integrity of nonpublic information and the
information system;
(3) protect against unauthorized access to or use of
nonpublic information;
(4) minimize the likelihood of harm to any consumer;
and
(5) define and periodically reevaluate a schedule for
retention of nonpublic information and a mechanism for its
destruction when no longer needed, except if the
information is otherwise required to be retained by law or
rule or if targeted disposal is not reasonably feasible
due to the manner in which the information is maintained.
(c) A licensee shall:
(1) designate one or more employees, an affiliate, or
an outside vendor designated to act on behalf of the
licensee who is responsible for the information security
program;
(2) identify reasonably foreseeable internal or
external threats that could result in unauthorized access,
transmission, disclosure, misuse, alteration, or
destruction of nonpublic information, including the
security of information systems and nonpublic information
that are accessible to or held by third-party service
providers;
(3) assess the likelihood and potential damage of
these threats, taking into consideration the sensitivity
of the nonpublic information;
(4) assess the sufficiency of policies, procedures,
information systems, and other safeguards in place to
manage these threats, including consideration of threats
in each relevant area of the licensee's operations,
including:
(A) employee training and management;
(B) information systems, including network and
software design, as well as information
classification, governance, processing, storage,
transmission, and disposal; and
(C) detecting, preventing, and responding to
attacks, intrusions, or other systems failures; and
(5) implement information safeguards to manage the
threats identified in its ongoing assessment, and, no less
than annually, assess the effectiveness of the safeguards'
key controls, systems, and procedures.
(d) Based on its risk assessment, the licensee shall:
(1) design its information security program to
mitigate the identified risks, commensurate with the size
and complexity of the licensee, the nature and scope of
the licensee's activities, including its use of
third-party service providers, and the sensitivity of the
nonpublic information used by the licensee or in the
licensee's possession, custody, or control;
(2) select and implement appropriate security measures
from the following:
(A) place access controls on information systems,
including controls to authenticate and permit access
only to authorized individuals to protect against the
unauthorized acquisition of nonpublic information;
(B) identify and manage the data, personnel,
devices, systems, and facilities that enable the
organization to achieve business purposes in
accordance with their relative importance to business
objectives and the organization's risk strategy;
(C) restrict access at physical locations
containing nonpublic information only to authorized
individuals;
(D) protect, by encryption or other appropriate
means, all nonpublic information while being
transmitted over an external network and all nonpublic
information stored on a laptop computer or other
portable computing or storage device or media;
(E) adopt secure development practices for
in-house-developed applications utilized by the
licensee and procedures for evaluating, assessing, or
testing the security of externally developed
applications utilized by the licensee;
(F) modify the information system in accordance
with the licensee's information security program;
(G) utilize effective controls, including
multifactor authentication procedures for any
individual accessing nonpublic information;
(H) regularly test and monitor systems and
procedures to detect actual and attempted attacks on
or intrusions into information systems;
(I) include audit trails within the information
security program designed to detect and respond to
cybersecurity events and designed to reconstruct
material financial transactions sufficient to support
normal operations and obligations of the licensee;
(J) implement measures to protect against
destruction, loss, or damage of nonpublic information
due to environmental hazards, including fire and water
damage, other catastrophes, or technological failures;
and
(K) develop, implement, and maintain procedures
for the secure disposal of nonpublic information in
any format;
(3) include cybersecurity risks in the licensee's
enterprise risk management process;
(4) stay informed regarding emerging threats or
vulnerabilities and utilize reasonable security measures
when sharing information relative to the character of the
sharing and the type of information shared; and
(5) provide its personnel with cybersecurity awareness
training that is updated as necessary to reflect risks
identified by the licensee in the risk assessment.
(e) If the licensee has a board of directors, the board or
an appropriate committee of the board shall, at a minimum:
(1) require the licensee's executive management or its
delegates to develop, implement, and maintain the
licensee's information security program;
(2) require the licensee's executive management or its
delegates to report in writing, at least annually, the
following information:
(A) the overall status of the information security
program and the licensee's compliance with this Act;
and
(B) material matters related to the information
security program, addressing issues such as risk
assessment, risk management and control decisions,
third-party service provider arrangements, results of
testing, cybersecurity events or violations and
management's responses thereto, and recommendations
for changes in the information security program; and
(3) if executive management delegates any of its
responsibilities under this Section, it shall oversee the
development, implementation, and maintenance of the
licensee's information security program prepared by the
delegate and shall receive a report from the delegate
complying with the requirements of the report to the board
of directors.
(f) A licensee shall exercise due diligence in selecting
its third-party service provider and a licensee shall require
a third-party service provider to implement appropriate
administrative, technical, and physical measures to protect
and secure the information systems and nonpublic information
that are accessible to or held by the third-party service
provider.
(g) The licensee shall monitor, evaluate, and adjust, as
appropriate, the information security program consistent with
any relevant changes in technology, the sensitivity of its
nonpublic information, internal or external threats to
information, and the licensee's own changing business
arrangements, including mergers and acquisitions, alliances
and joint ventures, outsourcing arrangements, and changes to
information systems.
(h) As part of its information security program, a
licensee shall establish a written incident response plan
designed to promptly respond to and recover from any
cybersecurity event that compromises the confidentiality,
integrity, or availability of nonpublic information in its
possession, the licensee's information systems, or the
continuing functionality of any aspect of the licensee's
business or operations. The incident response plan shall
address the following areas:
(1) the internal process for responding to a
cybersecurity event;
(2) the goals of the incident response plan;
(3) the definition of clear roles, responsibilities,
and levels of decision-making authority;
(4) external and internal communications and
information sharing;
(5) identification of requirements for the remediation
of any identified weaknesses in information systems and
associated controls;
(6) documentation and reporting regarding
cybersecurity events and related incident response
activities; and
(7) the evaluation and revision of the incident
response plan following a cybersecurity event, as
necessary.
(i) Annually, an insurer domiciled in this State shall
submit to the Director a written statement by April 15
certifying that the insurer is in compliance with the
requirements set forth in this Section. Each insurer shall
maintain for examination by the Department all records,
schedules, and data supporting this certificate for a period
of 5 years. To the extent an insurer has identified areas,
systems, or processes that require material improvement,
updating, or redesign, the insurer shall document the
identification and the remedial efforts planned and underway
to address such areas, systems, or processes. The
documentation of identified areas, systems, or processes must
be available for inspection by the Director.
(j) Licensees shall comply with subsection (f) 2 years
after the effective date of this Act, and shall comply with all
other subsections of this Section one year after the effective
date of this Act.
Section 15. Investigation of a cybersecurity event.
(a) If the licensee learns that a cybersecurity event has
occurred or may have occurred, the licensee, or an outside
vendor or service provider designated to act on behalf of the
licensee, shall conduct a prompt investigation.
(b) During the investigation the licensee, or an outside
vendor or service provider designated to act on behalf of the
licensee, shall, at a minimum, comply with as many of the
following as possible:
(1) determine whether a cybersecurity event has
occurred;
(2) assess the nature and scope of the cybersecurity
event;
(3) identify any nonpublic information that may have
been involved in the cybersecurity event; and
(4) perform or oversee reasonable measures to restore
the security of the information systems compromised in the
cybersecurity event in order to prevent further
unauthorized acquisition, release, or use of nonpublic
information in the licensee's possession, custody, or
control.
(c) If the licensee learns that a cybersecurity event has
occurred or may have occurred in a system maintained by a
third-party service provider, the licensee will complete the
steps listed in subsection (b) or confirm and document that
the third-party service provider has completed those steps.
(d) The licensee shall maintain records concerning all
cybersecurity events for a period of at least 5 years from the
date of the cybersecurity event and shall produce those
records upon demand of the Director.
Section 20. Notification of a cybersecurity event.
(a) A licensee shall notify the Director as promptly as
possible but no later than 3 business days after a
determination that a cybersecurity event has occurred when
either of the following criteria has been met:
(1) this State is the licensee's state of domicile, in
the case of an insurer, or this State is the licensee's
home state, in the case of an insurance producer, as those
terms are defined in Article XXXI of the Illinois
Insurance Code, and the cybersecurity event has a
reasonable likelihood of materially harming any consumer
residing in this State or any material part of the normal
operations of the licensee; or
(2) the licensee reasonably believes that the
nonpublic information involved is of 250 or more consumers
residing in this State and that is either of the
following:
(A) a cybersecurity event impacting the licensee
of which notice is required to be provided to any
government body, self-regulatory agency, or any other
supervisory body pursuant to any State or federal law;
or
(B) a cybersecurity event that has a reasonable
likelihood of materially harming:
(i) any consumer residing in this State; or
(ii) any material part of the normal
operations of the licensee.
(b) A licensee shall provide as much of the following
information as possible:
(1) the date of the cybersecurity event;
(2) a description of how the information was exposed,
lost, stolen, or breached, including the specific roles
and responsibilities of third-party service providers, if
any;
(3) how the cybersecurity event was discovered;
(4) whether any lost, stolen, or breached information
has been recovered and if so, how it was recovered;
(5) the identity of the source of the cybersecurity
event;
(6) whether the licensee has filed a police report or
has notified any regulatory, government, or law
enforcement agencies and, if so, when such notification
was provided;
(7) a description of the specific types of information
acquired without authorization, including types of medical
information, types of financial information, or types of
information allowing identification of the consumer;
(8) the period during which the information system was
compromised by the cybersecurity event;
(9) the number of total consumers in this State
affected by the cybersecurity event; the licensee shall
provide the best estimate in the initial report to the
Director and update this estimate with each subsequent
report to the Director pursuant to this Section;
(10) the results of any internal review identifying a
lapse in either automated controls or internal procedures,
or confirming that all automated controls or internal
procedures were followed;
(11) a description of efforts being undertaken to
remediate the situation which permitted the cybersecurity
event to occur;
(12) a copy of the licensee's privacy policy and a
statement outlining the steps the licensee will take to
investigate and notify consumers affected by the
cybersecurity event; and
(13) the name of a contact person who is both familiar
with the cybersecurity event and authorized to act for the
licensee.
The licensee shall provide the information in electronic
form as directed by the Director. The licensee shall have a
continuing obligation to update and supplement initial and
subsequent notifications to the Director regarding material
changes to previously provided information relating to the
cybersecurity event.
(c) Licensees shall comply with the Personal Information
Protection Act, as applicable, and provide a copy of the
notice sent to consumers under that statute to the Director
when a licensee is required to notify the Director under
subsection (a).
(d) If a licensee becomes aware of a cybersecurity event
in a system maintained by a third-party service provider, the
licensee shall treat the event as it would under subsection
(a) unless the third-party service provider provides the
notice required under subsection (a) to the Director. The
computation of licensee's deadlines shall begin on the day
after the third-party service provider notifies the licensee
of the cybersecurity event or the licensee otherwise has
actual knowledge of the cybersecurity event, whichever is
sooner.
(e) Nothing in this Act shall prevent or abrogate an
agreement between a licensee and another licensee, a
third-party service provider, or any other party to fulfill
any of the investigation requirements imposed under Section 15
or notice requirements imposed under this Section.
(f) In the case of a cybersecurity event involving
nonpublic information that is used by the licensee that is
acting as an assuming insurer or in the possession, custody,
or control of a licensee that is acting as an assuming insurer
and that does not have a direct contractual relationship with
the affected consumers, the assuming insurer shall notify its
affected ceding insurers and the Director of its state of
domicile within 3 business days after making the determination
that a cybersecurity event has occurred.
In the case of a cybersecurity event involving nonpublic
information that is in the possession, custody, or control of
a third-party service provider of a licensee that is an
assuming insurer, the assuming insurer shall notify its
affected ceding insurers and the Director of its state of
domicile within 3 business days after receiving notice from
its third-party service provider that a cybersecurity event
has occurred.
The ceding insurers that have a direct contractual
relationship with affected consumers shall fulfill the
consumer notification requirements imposed under the Personal
Information Protection Act and any other notification
requirements relating to a cybersecurity event imposed under
this Section.
(g) In the case of a cybersecurity event involving
nonpublic information that is in the possession, custody, or
control of a licensee that is an insurer or its third-party
service provider and for which a consumer accessed the
insurer's services through an independent insurance producer,
the insurer shall notify the producers of record of all
affected consumers as soon as practicable as directed by the
Director. The insurer is excused from this obligation for
those instances in which it does not have the current producer
of record information for any individual consumer.
Section 25. Power of Director.
(a) The Director shall have power to examine and
investigate the affairs of any licensee to determine whether
the licensee has been or is engaged in any conduct in violation
of this Act. This power is in addition to the powers which the
Director has under the Illinois Insurance Code, including
Sections 132, 132.3, 132.4, 133, 401, 402, 403, and 425 of the
Illinois Insurance Code. Any investigation or examination
shall be conducted pursuant to the Illinois Insurance Code,
including Sections 132, 132.3, 132.4, 133, 401, 402, 403, and
425 of the Illinois Insurance Code.
(b) Whenever the Director has reason to believe that a
licensee has been or is engaged in conduct in this State which
violates this Act, the Director may take action that is
necessary or appropriate to enforce the provisions of this
Act.
Section 30. Confidentiality.
(a) Any documents, materials, or other information in the
control or possession of the Department that are furnished by
a licensee or an employee or agent thereof acting on behalf of
licensee pursuant to subsection (i) of Section 10, subsection
(b) of Section 20, or that are obtained by the Director in an
investigation or examination pursuant to Section 25 shall be
confidential by law and privileged, shall not be subject to
the Freedom of Information Act, shall not be subject to
subpoena, and shall not be subject to discovery or admissible
in evidence in any private civil action. However, the Director
is authorized to use the documents, materials, or other
information in the furtherance of any regulatory or legal
action brought as a part of the Director's duties.
(b) Neither the Director nor any person who received
documents, materials, or other information while acting under
the authority of the Director shall be permitted or required
to testify in any private civil action concerning any
confidential documents, materials, or information subject to
subsection (a).
(c) In order to assist in the performance of the
Director's duties under this Act, the Director:
(1) may share documents, materials, or other
information, including the confidential and privileged
documents, materials, or information subject to subsection
(a), with other State, federal, and international
regulatory agencies, with the National Association of
Insurance Commissioners and its affiliates or
subsidiaries, and with State, federal, and international
law enforcement authorities, if the recipient agrees in
writing to maintain the confidentiality and privileged
status of the document, material, or other information;
(2) may receive documents, materials, or information,
including otherwise confidential and privileged documents,
materials, or information, from the National Association
of Insurance Commissioners and its affiliates or
subsidiaries and from regulatory and law enforcement
officials of other foreign or domestic jurisdictions, and
shall maintain as confidential or privileged any document,
material, or information received with notice or the
understanding that it is confidential or privileged under
the laws of the jurisdiction that is the source of the
document, material, or information;
(3) may share documents, materials, or other
information subject to subsection (a), with a third-party
consultant or vendor if the consultant agrees in writing
to maintain the confidentiality and privileged status of
the document, material, or other information; and
(4) may enter into agreements governing sharing and
use of information consistent with this subsection.
(d) No waiver of any applicable privilege or claim of
confidentiality in the documents, materials, or information
shall occur as a result of disclosure to the Director under
this Section or as a result of sharing as authorized in
subsection (c).
(e) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit the Director from
releasing final, adjudicated actions that are open to public
inspection pursuant to the Illinois Insurance Code to a
database or other clearinghouse service maintained by the
National Association of Insurance Commissioners and its
affiliates or subsidiaries.
Section 35. Exceptions.
(a) The following exceptions shall apply to this Act:
(1) A licensee with fewer than 50 employees, including
any independent contractors, is exempt from Section 10.
(2) A licensee that is subject to, governed by, and
compliant with the privacy, security, and breach
notification rules issued by the United States Department
of Health and Human Services, Parts 160 and 164 of Title 45
of the Code of Federal Regulations, established pursuant
to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
of 1996, Public Law 104-191, and the Health Information
Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, Public
Law 111-5, HITECH, and that maintains nonpublic
information in the same manner as protected health
information pursuant to an information security program
shall be considered to meet the requirements of Section 10
and Section 15 of this Act. To claim this exemption, the
licensee must submit an annual statement by April 15
certifying its compliance with the applicable provisions
of federal law referenced in this paragraph.
(3) An employee, agent, representative, or designee of
a licensee that is also a licensee is exempt from Section
10 and need not develop its own information security
program to the extent that the employee, agent,
representative, or designee is covered by the information
security program of the other licensee.
(b) If a licensee ceases to qualify for an exception, the
licensee shall demonstrate a good faith effort to comply with
this Act within 180 days and shall certify compliance in
accordance with subsection (i) of Section 10 no sooner than
one year after ceasing to qualify for an exception.
Section 40. Penalties. In the case of a violation of this
Act, a licensee may be penalized in accordance with the
provisions of the Illinois Insurance Code, including Section
403A of the Illinois Insurance Code.
Section 45. Rules. The Department may, in accordance with
the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and Section 401 of
the Illinois Insurance Code, adopt such rules as shall be
necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Section 50. Severability. If any provision of this Act or
its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid,
the invalidity of that provision or application does not
affect other provisions or applications of this Act that can
be given effect without the invalid provision or application.
Section 105. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
changing Section 7.5 as follows:
(5 ILCS 140/7.5)
Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for
by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be
exempt from inspection and copying:
(a) All information determined to be confidential
under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and
Development Act.
(b) Library circulation and order records identifying
library users with specific materials under the Library
Records Confidentiality Act.
(c) Applications, related documents, and medical
records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
Procedures Board and any and all documents or other
records prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it
has received.
(d) Information and records held by the Department of
Public Health and its authorized representatives relating
to known or suspected cases of sexually transmissible
disease or any information the disclosure of which is
restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmissible
Disease Control Act.
(e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
(f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of
the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying
Qualifications Based Selection Act.
(g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid
Tuition Act.
(h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and
records of any lawfully created State or local inspector
general's office that would be exempt if created or
obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under
that Act.
(i) Information contained in a local emergency energy
plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a
local emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted
under Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
(j) Information and data concerning the distribution
of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by carriers
under the Emergency Telephone System Act.
(k) Law enforcement officer identification information
or driver identification information compiled by a law
enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation
under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
(l) Records and information provided to a residential
health care facility resident sexual assault and death
review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse
Prevention Review Team Act.
(m) Information provided to the predatory lending
database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential
Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent
authorized under that Article.
(n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of
compensation and expenses for court appointed trial
counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the
Capital Crimes Litigation Act. This subsection (n) shall
apply until the conclusion of the trial of the case, even
if the prosecution chooses not to pursue the death penalty
prior to trial or sentencing.
(o) Information that is prohibited from being
disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and
Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
(p) Security portions of system safety program plans,
investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the
Department of Transportation under Sections 2705-300 and
2705-616 of the Department of Transportation Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Regional
Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of the
Regional Transportation Authority Act, or the St. Clair
County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety
Act.
(q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
Personnel Record Review Act.
(r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
Illinois School Student Records Act.
(s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
(t) All identified or deidentified health information
in the form of health data or medical records contained
in, stored in, submitted to, transferred by, or released
from the Illinois Health Information Exchange, and
identified or deidentified health information in the form
of health data and medical records of the Illinois Health
Information Exchange in the possession of the Illinois
Health Information Exchange Office due to its
administration of the Illinois Health Information
Exchange. The terms "identified" and "deidentified" shall
be given the same meaning as in the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law
104-191, or any subsequent amendments thereto, and any
regulations promulgated thereunder.
(u) Records and information provided to an independent
team of experts under the Developmental Disability and
Mental Health Safety Act (also known as Brian's Law).
(v) Names and information of people who have applied
for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under
the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for
or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm
Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the
Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the
Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed
Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed
Carry Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the
Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
(v-5) Records of the Firearm Owner's Identification
Card Review Board that are exempted from disclosure under
Section 10 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
(w) Personally identifiable information which is
exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section
19.1 of the Toll Highway Act.
(x) Information which is exempted from disclosure
under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section
8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
(y) Confidential information under the Adult
Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling
statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including
information about the identity and administrative finding
against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated
decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of
an eligible adult maintained in the Registry established
under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
(z) Records and information provided to a fatality
review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory
Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services
Act.
(aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure
under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.
(bb) Information which is or was prohibited from
disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
(cc) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement
Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent
authorized under that Act.
(dd) Information that is prohibited from being
disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common
Interest Community Ombudsperson Act.
(ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure
under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.
(ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure
under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
(gg) Information that is prohibited from being
disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle
Code.
(hh) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code.
(ii) Information which is exempted from disclosure
under Section 2505-800 of the Department of Revenue Law of
the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
(jj) Information and reports that are required to be
submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day
and temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from
disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day
and Temporary Labor Services Act.
(kk) Information prohibited from disclosure under the
Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act.
(ll) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
and exempted under Section 5-30.8 of the Illinois Public
Aid Code.
(mm) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
Section 4.2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act.
(nn) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 70 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act.
(oo) Communications, notes, records, and reports
arising out of a peer support counseling session
prohibited from disclosure under the First Responders
Suicide Prevention Act.
(pp) Names and all identifying information relating to
an employee of an emergency services provider or law
enforcement agency under the First Responders Suicide
Prevention Act.
(qq) Information and records held by the Department of
Public Health and its authorized representatives collected
under the Reproductive Health Act.
(rr) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
(ss) Data reported by an employer to the Department of
Human Rights pursuant to Section 2-108 of the Illinois
Human Rights Act.
(tt) Recordings made under the Children's Advocacy
Center Act, except to the extent authorized under that
Act.
(uu) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 50 of the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act.
(vv) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
subsections (f) and (j) of Section 5-36 of the Illinois
Public Aid Code.
(ww) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
Section 16.8 of the State Treasurer Act.
(xx) Information that is exempt from disclosure or
information that shall not be made public under the
Illinois Insurance Code.
(yy) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act.
(zz) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act.
(aaa) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under Section 1-167 of the Illinois Pension Code.
(bbb) Information that is prohibited from disclosure
by the Illinois Police Training Act and the Illinois State
Police Act.
(ccc) Records exempt from disclosure under Section
2605-304 of the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil
Administrative Code of Illinois.
(ddd) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under Section 35 of the Address Confidentiality for
Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human
Trafficking, or Stalking Act.
(eee) Information prohibited from being disclosed
under subsection (b) of Section 75 of the Domestic
Violence Fatality Review Act.
(fff) Images from cameras under the Expressway Camera
Act. This subsection (fff) is inoperative on and after
July 1, 2023.
(ggg) (fff) Information prohibited from disclosure
under paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Section 14 of the
Nurse Agency Licensing Act.
(hhh) Information exempt from disclosure under Section
30 of the Insurance Data Security Law.
(Source: P.A. 101-13, eff. 6-12-19; 101-27, eff. 6-25-19;
101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-221, eff. 1-1-20; 101-236, eff.
1-1-20; 101-375, eff. 8-16-19; 101-377, eff. 8-16-19; 101-452,
eff. 1-1-20; 101-466, eff. 1-1-20; 101-600, eff. 12-6-19;
101-620, eff 12-20-19; 101-649, eff. 7-7-20; 101-652, eff.
1-1-22; 101-656, eff. 3-23-21; 102-36, eff. 6-25-21; 102-237,
eff. 1-1-22; 102-292, eff. 1-1-22; 102-520, eff. 8-20-21;
102-559, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-946, eff.
7-1-22; 102-1042, eff. 6-3-22; revised 8-1-22.)
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