Bill Text: IL HB4171 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Department of Human Services Act and the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall establish and maintain a database of persons who register as being diagnosed with a communication disability or a disability that can impair communication. Provides that a person diagnosed with a communication disability or a disability that can impair communication who is 18 of age or older may register with the Illinois State Police for inclusion in the database by submitting a completed verification form established by the Department of Human Services. Provides that a parent or guardian of a minor child or a ward diagnosed with a communication disability or a disability that can impair communication may register the minor child or the ward with the Illinois State Police for inclusion in the database by submitting a completed verification form established by the Department of Human Services. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall include in the database information provided on a completed verification form that the Illinois State Police determines is necessary for a law enforcement officer to identify a person as diagnosed with a communication disability or a disability that can impair communication. Defines terms.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-18 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4171 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB4171-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is amended | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | by adding Section 1-75 as follows:
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6 | (20 ILCS 1305/1-75 new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 1-75. Verification form for a person diagnosed with a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | communication disability or a disability that can impair | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | communication. The Department shall develop a verification | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | form for a person diagnosed with a communication disability or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | a disability that can impair communication as provided in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Section 2605-370 of the Illinois State Police Law of the
Civil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Administrative Code of Illinois.
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14 | Section 10. The Illinois State Police Law of the
Civil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | 2605-370 as follows:
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17 | (20 ILCS 2605/2605-370 new) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Sec. 2605-370. Database of persons with a communication | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | disability; form for inclusion in database of persons with a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | communication disability. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | (a) In this Section: |
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1 | "Clinical psychologist" means a person licensed to | ||||||
2 | practice clinical psychology under the Clinical | ||||||
3 | Psychologist Licensing Act. | ||||||
4 | "Communication disability" means a human condition | ||||||
5 | involving an impairment in the human's ability to receive, | ||||||
6 | send, process, or comprehend concepts or verbal, | ||||||
7 | nonverbal, or graphic symbol systems that may result in a | ||||||
8 | primary disability or may be secondary to other | ||||||
9 | disabilities. | ||||||
10 | "Disability that can impair communication" means a | ||||||
11 | human condition with symptoms that can impair the human's | ||||||
12 | ability to receive, send, process, or comprehend concepts | ||||||
13 | or verbal, nonverbal, or graphic symbol systems. | ||||||
14 | "Guardian" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
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15 | 1-2.08 of the Probate Act of 1975. | ||||||
16 | "Physician" means a person licensed by the State of | ||||||
17 | Illinois to practice medicine in all its branches and | ||||||
18 | includes a person holding a temporary license, as provided | ||||||
19 | in the Medical Practice Act of 1987. "Physician" includes | ||||||
20 | a psychiatrist. | ||||||
21 | "Psychiatrist" means a physician who has successfully | ||||||
22 | completed a residency program in psychiatry accredited by | ||||||
23 | either the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical | ||||||
24 | Education or the American Osteopathic Association. | ||||||
25 | "Ward" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section | ||||||
26 | 1-2.17 of the Probate Act of 1975. |
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1 | (b) The Department of Human Services shall develop a | ||||||
2 | verification form for a person diagnosed with a communication | ||||||
3 | disability or a disability that can impair communication to be | ||||||
4 | submitted voluntarily to the Illinois State Police so that the | ||||||
5 | person may be included in the database established under | ||||||
6 | subsection (f). The same form shall be used to indicate that | ||||||
7 | the person wishes to be removed from the database in | ||||||
8 | accordance with subsection (f). | ||||||
9 | (c) The form shall include the following information: | ||||||
10 | (1) the name of the person diagnosed with a | ||||||
11 | communication disability or a disability that can impair | ||||||
12 | communication; | ||||||
13 | (2) the name of the person completing the form on | ||||||
14 | behalf of the person diagnosed with a communication | ||||||
15 | disability or a disability that can impair communication, | ||||||
16 | if applicable; | ||||||
17 | (3) the relationship between the person completing the | ||||||
18 | form and the person diagnosed with a communication | ||||||
19 | disability or a disability that can impair communication, | ||||||
20 | if applicable; | ||||||
21 | (4) the driver's license number, standard Illinois | ||||||
22 | Identification Card number, or Illinois Person with a | ||||||
23 | Disability Identification Card number issued to the person | ||||||
24 | diagnosed with a communication disability or a disability | ||||||
25 | that can impair communication, if that person has such a | ||||||
26 | number; |
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1 | (5) the license plate number of each vehicle owned, | ||||||
2 | operated, or regularly occupied by the person diagnosed | ||||||
3 | with a communication disability or a disability that can | ||||||
4 | impair communication or registered in that person's name; | ||||||
5 | (6) a physician, psychiatrist, or clinical | ||||||
6 | psychologist's signed certification that the person has | ||||||
7 | been diagnosed with a communication disability or a | ||||||
8 | disability that can impair communication; | ||||||
9 | (7) the name, business address, business telephone | ||||||
10 | number, and medical license number of the physician, | ||||||
11 | psychiatrist, or clinical psychologist making the | ||||||
12 | certification; | ||||||
13 | (8) the signature of the person diagnosed with a | ||||||
14 | communication disability or a disability that can impair | ||||||
15 | communication or the signature of the person completing | ||||||
16 | the form on behalf of the person; and | ||||||
17 | (9) a place where the person diagnosed with a | ||||||
18 | communication disability or a disability that can impair | ||||||
19 | communication or the person completing the form on behalf | ||||||
20 | of the person may indicate the desire to be removed from | ||||||
21 | the database. | ||||||
22 | (d) Any of the following persons may complete the | ||||||
23 | verification form: | ||||||
24 | (1) a person diagnosed with a communication disability | ||||||
25 | or a disability that can impair communication who is 18 | ||||||
26 | years of age or older; |
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1 | (2) the parent or parents of a minor child diagnosed | ||||||
2 | with a communication disability or a disability that can | ||||||
3 | impair communication; or | ||||||
4 | (3) the guardian of a person diagnosed with a | ||||||
5 | communication disability or a disability that can impair | ||||||
6 | communication, regardless of the age of the person. | ||||||
7 | (e) The Department of Human Services and the Illinois | ||||||
8 | State Police shall make the verification form electronically | ||||||
9 | available on each of their websites. | ||||||
10 | (f) The Illinois State Police shall establish and maintain | ||||||
11 | a database of persons who register under this Section as being | ||||||
12 | diagnosed with a communication disability or a disability that | ||||||
13 | can impair communication. A person diagnosed with a | ||||||
14 | communication disability or a disability that can impair | ||||||
15 | communication who is 18 of age or older may register with the | ||||||
16 | Illinois State Police for inclusion in the database by | ||||||
17 | submitting a completed verification form established by the | ||||||
18 | Department of Human Services. A parent or guardian of a minor | ||||||
19 | child or a ward diagnosed with a communication disability or a | ||||||
20 | disability that can impair communication may register the | ||||||
21 | minor child or the ward with the Illinois State Police for | ||||||
22 | inclusion in the database by submitting a completed | ||||||
23 | verification form established by the Department of Human | ||||||
24 | Services. The Illinois State Police shall include in the | ||||||
25 | database information provided on a completed verification form | ||||||
26 | that the Illinois State Police determines is necessary for a |
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1 | law enforcement officer to identify a person as diagnosed with | ||||||
2 | a communication disability or a disability that can impair | ||||||
3 | communication. The Illinois State Police shall make the | ||||||
4 | database available to State and local law enforcement officers | ||||||
5 | through the
Law Enforcement Agencies
Data System (LEADS). | ||||||
6 | Information in the database is not a public record subject to | ||||||
7 | inspection or copying under the Freedom of Information Act.
A | ||||||
8 | person diagnosed with a communication disability or a | ||||||
9 | disability that can impair communication who is included in | ||||||
10 | the database or the parent or guardian of a minor child or a | ||||||
11 | ward diagnosed with a communication disability or a disability | ||||||
12 | that can impair communication who is included in the database | ||||||
13 | may request removal of the person, minor, or ward, as | ||||||
14 | applicable, from the database. The person, parent, or guardian | ||||||
15 | shall do so by completing the verification form with only the | ||||||
16 | information required under paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (8), and | ||||||
17 | (9) of subsection (c) as applicable, and submitting the form | ||||||
18 | to the Illinois State Police. Upon receipt of a properly | ||||||
19 | completed verification form requesting the removal of a person | ||||||
20 | with a communication disability or a disability that can | ||||||
21 | impair communication from the database, the Illinois State | ||||||
22 | Police shall immediately remove that person from the database.
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