102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5772

 

Introduced 11/16/2022, by Rep. Amy Elik

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 505/4f

    Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Requires every driver who applies for employment with a transportation provider under contract with the Department of Children and Family Services to 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. Provides that such fingerprints shall be transmitted through a live scan fingerprint vendor licensed by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and shall be checked against the fingerprint records filed in the Illinois State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history records databases, including, but not limited to, civil, criminal, and latent fingerprint databases. Requires the Illinois State Police to charge a fee for conducting the criminal history records check that does not exceed the actual cost of the records check. 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 of Children and Family Services. Requires every driver to submit, as a condition of employment, a signed written statement certifying that he or she has consented to and completed a fingerprint-based criminal history records check in accordance with the amendatory Act. Effective January 1, 2023.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended
5by changing Section 4f as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 505/4f)
7    (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
8delayed effective date)
9    Sec. 4f. Transportation providers; compliance
10requirements.
11    (a) A purchase of service agency under contract with the
12Department to provide transportation services to children and
13families under this Act must comply with all applicable
14federal and State laws and regulations and Department rules.
15When the purchase of service agency signs the purchase of
16service contract, this signature shall be the agency's
17certification of compliance with the applicable laws,
18regulations, and rules. Additionally, the signed purchase of
19service contract shall be the agency's certification that:
20        (1) the agency has trained all of its drivers who
21    transport children on behalf of the Department on how to
22    properly install and operate an approved child restraint
23    system as defined in the Child Passenger Protection Act;

 

 

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1        (2) all drivers possess a valid driver's license and
2    have a driving record devoid of any convictions of traffic
3    violations or evidence of committing an offense for which
4    mandatory revocation would be required upon conviction in
5    accordance with Section 6-205 of the Illinois Vehicle
6    Code;
7        (3) any motor vehicle operated by a driver during the
8    transport of any child on behalf of the Department is
9    insured as required under the Illinois Vehicle Code and
10    such insurance will be maintained throughout the period
11    for which the motor vehicle is used to transport any child
12    on behalf of the Department, and the driver will not
13    operate the motor vehicle unless the required insurance is
14    in effect; and
15        (4) all vehicles used to transport children on behalf
16    of the Department are properly maintained, clean, and
17    smoke free with properly functioning heating and air
18    conditioner systems that the driver has been instructed to
19    utilize as appropriate for the weather conditions.
20    A purchase of service agency must provide a designated
21telephone number that drivers, parents, foster parents, and
22legal guardians can use to communicate with the agency at any
23point before or during a scheduled transport or family visit
24to notify the agency regarding a late pickup or arrival. The
25agency must have staff available to accept all calls to the
26designated telephone number.

 

 

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1    (b) Every driver employed by a purchase of service agency
2who transports children on behalf of the Department must
3submit, as a condition of employment, a signed written
4statement certifying that he or she will comply with all
5applicable federal and State laws and regulations and
6Department rules, and must attest to all of the following in
7his or her signed written statement:
8        (1) that he or she possesses the requisite knowledge
9    to properly install and operate an approved child
10    restraint system as defined in the Child Passenger
11    Protection Act;
12        (2) that he or she possesses a valid driver's license
13    and has a driving record devoid of any convictions of
14    traffic violations or evidence of committing an offense
15    for which mandatory revocation would be required upon
16    conviction in accordance with Section 6-205 of the
17    Illinois Vehicle Code;
18        (3) that the motor vehicle he or she operates to
19    transport children on behalf of the Department is insured
20    as required under the Illinois Vehicle Code and such
21    insurance will be maintained throughout the period for
22    which the motor vehicle is used to transport any child on
23    behalf of the Department, and he or she will not operate
24    the motor vehicle unless the required insurance is in
25    effect;
26        (4) that the motor vehicle he or she operates to

 

 

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1    transport children on behalf of the Department is properly
2    maintained, clean, and smoke free with properly
3    functioning heating and air conditioner systems that he or
4    she will utilize as appropriate for the weather
5    conditions;
6        (5) that he or she can effectively communicate with
7    the parents, foster parents, or legal guardians of the
8    children he or she transports; and
9        (6) that, as a condition of employment, he or she has
10    consented to and completed a fingerprint-based criminal
11    history records check in accordance with subsection (c)
12    performed by the Illinois State Police and the Federal
13    Bureau of Investigation, or some other entity that has the
14    ability to check his or her fingerprints against the
15    fingerprint records now and hereafter filed in the
16    Illinois State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation
17    criminal history records databases.
18    The Department must conduct annual checks on a purchase of
19service agency and the drivers under the agency's employment
20to ensure compliance with this Section and all applicable
21laws, regulations, and Department rules. The Department may
22adopt any rules necessary to implement the provisions of this
23Section.
24    (c) Each applicant applying for employment under
25subsection (b) shall have his or her fingerprints submitted to
26the Illinois State Police in an electronic format that

 

 

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1complies with the form and manner for requesting and
2furnishing criminal history record information as prescribed
3by the Illinois State Police. Such fingerprints shall be
4transmitted through a live scan fingerprint vendor licensed by
5the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. These
6fingerprints shall be checked against the fingerprint records
7now and hereafter filed in the Illinois State Police and
8Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history records
9databases, including, but not limited to, civil, criminal, and
10latent fingerprint databases. The Illinois State Police shall
11charge a fee for conducting the criminal history records
12check, which shall be deposited into the State Police Services
13Fund and shall not exceed the actual cost of the records check.
14The Illinois State Police shall furnish, pursuant to positive
15identification, records of Illinois convictions and shall
16forward the national criminal history record information to
17the Department.
18(Source: P.A. 102-795, eff. 1-1-23.)
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
201, 2023.