SB3202ham001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. André M. Thapedi

Filed: 4/19/2012

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3202

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3202 as follows:

on page 1, by replacing line 5 with the following: "Disciplinary Act is amended by changing Section 65 and by adding Section 157 as follows:"; and

on page 2, by inserting below line 20 the following:

"(225 ILCS 427/157 new)

Sec. 157. Confidentiality. All information collected by the Department in the course of an examination or investigation of a licensee or applicant, including, but not limited to, any complaint against a licensee filed with the Department and information collected to investigate any such complaint, shall be maintained for the confidential use of the Department and shall not be disclosed. The Department shall not disclose the information to anyone other than law enforcement officials, regulatory agencies that have an appropriate regulatory interest as determined by the Secretary, or a party presenting a lawful subpoena to the Department. Information and documents disclosed to a federal, State, county, or local law enforcement agency shall not be disclosed by the agency for any purpose to any other agency or person. A formal complaint filed against a licensee by the Department or any order issued by the Department against a licensee or applicant shall be a public record, except as otherwise prohibited by law.".