HB4953ham001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
Filed: 4/23/2018
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4953 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4953 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The Department of Professional Regulation Law 
5of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended  by 
6adding Section 2105-15.5 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 2105/2105-15.5 new)
8    Sec. 2105-15.5. Continuing education; sexual harassment 
9prevention training.
10    (a)    As used in this Section, "sexual harassment" means any 
11unwelcome sexual advances or requests for sexual favors or any 
12conduct of a sexual nature when: (i) submission to such conduct 
13is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of 
14an individual's employment; (ii) submission to or rejection of 
15such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for 
16employment decisions affecting such individual; or (iii) such 
 
 
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1conduct has the purpose or effect of substantially interfering 
2with an individual's work performance or creating an 
3intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment. For 
4the purpose of this definition, "working environment" is not 
5limited to a physical location that an employee is assigned to 
6perform his or her duties and does not require an employment 
7relationship.
8    (b)    For license renewals occurring on or after January 1, 
92020 for a profession that has continuing education 
10requirements, the required continuing education hours shall 
11include at least one hour of sexual harassment prevention 
12training.
13    (c)  The Department may adopt rules for the implementation 
14of this Section.".