Bill Text: IL SB0857 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Human Services Act. In provisions concerning the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Human Services, expands the functions of the Inspector General to include: (i) annual unannounced site visits and reviews of mental health or developmental disabilities facilities and community agencies licensed, funded, certified, or operated by the Department; and (ii) investigating allegations of material obstruction of an investigation by a facility or community agency employee. Provides that the purpose of the annual site visits is for the Department to review and make recommendations on systemic issues relative to preventing, reporting, investigating, and responding to all of the following: mental abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, egregious neglect, financial exploitation, or material obstruction of an investigation. Provides that in response to complaints or information gathered from investigations, the Inspector General shall have and may exercise the authority to initiate reviews of facilities and agencies related to preventing, reporting, investigating, and responding to mental abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, egregious neglect, financial exploitation, and material obstruction of an investigation. Requires the Inspector General to issue written reports on its conclusions and recommendations after concluding its review of a facility and agency. Provides that the written report shall be distributed to the Secretary of the Department and to the director of the facility or agency that was subject to the review and that the facility or agency shall have 45 calendar days to respond in writing to the Inspector General's conclusions and recommendations. Makes other corresponding changes.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)

Status: (Enrolled) 2024-05-09 - Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason [SB0857 Detail]

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB0857 Introduced 2/2/2023, by Sen. Don Harmon SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 450/20
Amends the Data Security on State Computers Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the establishment and implementation of the Act.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Data Security on State Computers Act is
amended by changing Section 20 as follows:
(20 ILCS 450/20)
Sec. 20. Establishment and implementation. The The Data
Security on State Computers Act is established to protect
sensitive data stored on State-owned electronic data
processing equipment to be (i) disposed of by sale, donation,
or transfer or (ii) relinquished to a successor executive
administration. This Act shall be administered by the
Department or an authorized agency. The governing board of
each public university in this State must implement and
administer the provisions of this Act with respect to
State-owned electronic data processing equipment utilized by
the university. The Department or an authorized agency shall
implement a policy to mandate that all hard drives of surplus
electronic data processing equipment be erased, wiped,
sanitized, or destroyed in a manner that prevents retrieval of
sensitive data and software before being sold, donated, or
transferred by (i) overwriting the previously stored data on a
drive or a disk at least 3 times or physically destroying the

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hard drive and (ii) certifying in writing that the overwriting
process has been completed by providing the following
information: (1) the serial number of the computer or other
surplus electronic data processing equipment; (2) the name of
the overwriting software or physical destruction process used;
and (3) the name, date, and signature of the person performing
the overwriting or destruction process. The head of each State
agency shall establish a system for the protection and
preservation of State data on State-owned electronic data
processing equipment necessary for the continuity of
government functions upon it being relinquished to a successor
executive administration.
For purposes of this Act and any other State directive
requiring the clearing of data and software from State-owned
electronic data processing equipment prior to sale, donation,
or transfer by the General Assembly or a public university in
this State, the General Assembly or the governing board of the
university shall have and maintain responsibility for the
implementation and administration of the requirements for
clearing State-owned electronic data processing equipment
utilized by the General Assembly or the university.
(Source: P.A. 96-45, eff. 7-15-09; 97-390, eff. 8-15-11.)