Bill Text: IL SB1849 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Physical Therapy Act. Adds a provision requiring that applicants for licensure as a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant shall submit their fingerprints for the purpose of criminal history records background checks.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-26 - Referred to Assignments [SB1849 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB1849-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 SB1849 Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Mattie Hunter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
225 ILCS 90/8.7 new
Amends the Illinois Physical Therapy Act. Adds provision requiring that applicants for licensure as a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant shall submit their fingerprints for the purpose of criminal history records background checks.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Physical Therapy Act is amended by
adding Section 8.7 as follows:
(225 ILCS 90/8.7 new)
Sec. 8.7. Criminal history records background check. Each
applicant for licensure under Sections 8 and 8.1 shall have
his or her fingerprints submitted to the Illinois State Police
in an electronic format that complies with the form and manner
for requesting and furnishing criminal history record
information as prescribed by the Illinois State Police. These
fingerprints shall be transmitted through a live scan
fingerprint vendor licensed by the Department. These
fingerprints shall be checked against the Illinois State
Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history
record databases now and hereafter filed. The Illinois State
Police shall charge applicants a fee for conducting the
criminal history records check, which shall be deposited into
the State Police Services Fund and shall not exceed the actual
cost of the records check. The Illinois State Police shall
furnish, pursuant to positive identification, records of
Illinois convictions to the Department. The Department may

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require applicants to pay a separate fingerprinting fee,
either to the Department or to a vendor designated or approved
by the Department. The Department, in its discretion, may
allow an applicant or licensee who does not have reasonable
access to a designated vendor to provide his or her
fingerprints in an alternative manner. The Department may
adopt any rules necessary to implement this Section.