Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB2571 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2571 Introduced , by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 5 ILCS 140/7.5 775 ILCS 55/40 new Amends the Reproductive Health Act. Provides that a health care professional who provides abortion-related care may submit to any governmental agency, person, business, or association a written request that the governmental agency, person, business, or association refrain from disclosing any personal information about the health care professional. Provides that if a governmental agency receives a written request from a health care professional, the governmental agency shall not publicly post or display publicly available content that includes any personal information of the health care professional. Exempts the personal information of the health care professional from the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that if a person, business, or association receives a written request from a health care professional, the person, business, or association shall refrain from publicly posting or displaying on the Internet publicly available content that includes the personal information of a health care professional. Provides that no person, business, or association shall solicit, sell, or trade any personal information of the health care professional with the intent to post an imminent or serious threat to the health and safety of the health care professional or the health care professional's immediate family. Allows a health care professional to bring an action against a governmental agency, person, business, or association, seeking injunctive or declaratory relief if a written request is violated. Provides that it is a Class 3 felony for any person to knowingly publicly post on the Internet the personal information of a health care professional or the health care professional's immediate family if the person knows that publicly posting the personal information poses an imminent and serious threat to the health and safety of the health care professional or health care professional's immediate family, and the violation is a proximate cause of bodily injury or death of the health care professional or health care professional's immediate family member. Makes a conforming change in the Freedom of Information Act. LRB103 27548 LNS 53923 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2571 Introduced , by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 5 ILCS 140/7.5 775 ILCS 55/40 new 5 ILCS 140/7.5 775 ILCS 55/40 new Amends the Reproductive Health Act. Provides that a health care professional who provides abortion-related care may submit to any governmental agency, person, business, or association a written request that the governmental agency, person, business, or association refrain from disclosing any personal information about the health care professional. Provides that if a governmental agency receives a written request from a health care professional, the governmental agency shall not publicly post or display publicly available content that includes any personal information of the health care professional. Exempts the personal information of the health care professional from the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that if a person, business, or association receives a written request from a health care professional, the person, business, or association shall refrain from publicly posting or displaying on the Internet publicly available content that includes the personal information of a health care professional. Provides that no person, business, or association shall solicit, sell, or trade any personal information of the health care professional with the intent to post an imminent or serious threat to the health and safety of the health care professional or the health care professional's immediate family. Allows a health care professional to bring an action against a governmental agency, person, business, or association, seeking injunctive or declaratory relief if a written request is violated. Provides that it is a Class 3 felony for any person to knowingly publicly post on the Internet the personal information of a health care professional or the health care professional's immediate family if the person knows that publicly posting the personal information poses an imminent and serious threat to the health and safety of the health care professional or health care professional's immediate family, and the violation is a proximate cause of bodily injury or death of the health care professional or health care professional's immediate family member. Makes a conforming change in the Freedom of Information Act. LRB103 27548 LNS 53923 b LRB103 27548 LNS 53923 b A BILL FOR
2	2	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2571 Introduced , by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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6	6	Amends the Reproductive Health Act. Provides that a health care professional who provides abortion-related care may submit to any governmental agency, person, business, or association a written request that the governmental agency, person, business, or association refrain from disclosing any personal information about the health care professional. Provides that if a governmental agency receives a written request from a health care professional, the governmental agency shall not publicly post or display publicly available content that includes any personal information of the health care professional. Exempts the personal information of the health care professional from the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that if a person, business, or association receives a written request from a health care professional, the person, business, or association shall refrain from publicly posting or displaying on the Internet publicly available content that includes the personal information of a health care professional. Provides that no person, business, or association shall solicit, sell, or trade any personal information of the health care professional with the intent to post an imminent or serious threat to the health and safety of the health care professional or the health care professional's immediate family. Allows a health care professional to bring an action against a governmental agency, person, business, or association, seeking injunctive or declaratory relief if a written request is violated. Provides that it is a Class 3 felony for any person to knowingly publicly post on the Internet the personal information of a health care professional or the health care professional's immediate family if the person knows that publicly posting the personal information poses an imminent and serious threat to the health and safety of the health care professional or health care professional's immediate family, and the violation is a proximate cause of bodily injury or death of the health care professional or health care professional's immediate family member. Makes a conforming change in the Freedom of Information Act.
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12	12	1 AN ACT concerning human rights.
13	13	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
14	14	3 represented in the General Assembly:
15	15	4 Section 5. The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
16	16	5 changing Section 7.5 as follows:
17	17	6 (5 ILCS 140/7.5)
18	18	7 Sec. 7.5. Statutory exemptions. To the extent provided for
19	19	8 by the statutes referenced below, the following shall be
20	20	9 exempt from inspection and copying:
21	21	10 (a) All information determined to be confidential
22	22	11 under Section 4002 of the Technology Advancement and
23	23	12 Development Act.
24	24	13 (b) Library circulation and order records identifying
25	25	14 library users with specific materials under the Library
26	26	15 Records Confidentiality Act.
27	27	16 (c) Applications, related documents, and medical
28	28	17 records received by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
29	29	18 Procedures Board and any and all documents or other
30	30	19 records prepared by the Experimental Organ Transplantation
31	31	20 Procedures Board or its staff relating to applications it
32	32	21 has received.
33	33	22 (d) Information and records held by the Department of
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42	42	Amends the Reproductive Health Act. Provides that a health care professional who provides abortion-related care may submit to any governmental agency, person, business, or association a written request that the governmental agency, person, business, or association refrain from disclosing any personal information about the health care professional. Provides that if a governmental agency receives a written request from a health care professional, the governmental agency shall not publicly post or display publicly available content that includes any personal information of the health care professional. Exempts the personal information of the health care professional from the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that if a person, business, or association receives a written request from a health care professional, the person, business, or association shall refrain from publicly posting or displaying on the Internet publicly available content that includes the personal information of a health care professional. Provides that no person, business, or association shall solicit, sell, or trade any personal information of the health care professional with the intent to post an imminent or serious threat to the health and safety of the health care professional or the health care professional's immediate family. Allows a health care professional to bring an action against a governmental agency, person, business, or association, seeking injunctive or declaratory relief if a written request is violated. Provides that it is a Class 3 felony for any person to knowingly publicly post on the Internet the personal information of a health care professional or the health care professional's immediate family if the person knows that publicly posting the personal information poses an imminent and serious threat to the health and safety of the health care professional or health care professional's immediate family, and the violation is a proximate cause of bodily injury or death of the health care professional or health care professional's immediate family member. Makes a conforming change in the Freedom of Information Act.
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71	71	1 to known or suspected cases of sexually transmissible
72	72	2 disease or any information the disclosure of which is
73	73	3 restricted under the Illinois Sexually Transmissible
74	74	4 Disease Control Act.
75	75	5 (e) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
76	76	6 under Section 30 of the Radon Industry Licensing Act.
77	77	7 (f) Firm performance evaluations under Section 55 of
78	78	8 the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying
79	79	9 Qualifications Based Selection Act.
80	80	10 (g) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
81	81	11 and exempted under Section 50 of the Illinois Prepaid
82	82	12 Tuition Act.
83	83	13 (h) Information the disclosure of which is exempted
84	84	14 under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and
85	85	15 records of any lawfully created State or local inspector
86	86	16 general's office that would be exempt if created or
87	87	17 obtained by an Executive Inspector General's office under
88	88	18 that Act.
89	89	19 (i) Information contained in a local emergency energy
90	90	20 plan submitted to a municipality in accordance with a
91	91	21 local emergency energy plan ordinance that is adopted
92	92	22 under Section 11-21.5-5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
93	93	23 (j) Information and data concerning the distribution
94	94	24 of surcharge moneys collected and remitted by carriers
95	95	25 under the Emergency Telephone System Act.
96	96	26 (k) Law enforcement officer identification information
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107	107	1 or driver identification information compiled by a law
108	108	2 enforcement agency or the Department of Transportation
109	109	3 under Section 11-212 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
110	110	4 (l) Records and information provided to a residential
111	111	5 health care facility resident sexual assault and death
112	112	6 review team or the Executive Council under the Abuse
113	113	7 Prevention Review Team Act.
114	114	8 (m) Information provided to the predatory lending
115	115	9 database created pursuant to Article 3 of the Residential
116	116	10 Real Property Disclosure Act, except to the extent
117	117	11 authorized under that Article.
118	118	12 (n) Defense budgets and petitions for certification of
119	119	13 compensation and expenses for court appointed trial
120	120	14 counsel as provided under Sections 10 and 15 of the
121	121	15 Capital Crimes Litigation Act. This subsection (n) shall
122	122	16 apply until the conclusion of the trial of the case, even
123	123	17 if the prosecution chooses not to pursue the death penalty
124	124	18 prior to trial or sentencing.
125	125	19 (o) Information that is prohibited from being
126	126	20 disclosed under Section 4 of the Illinois Health and
127	127	21 Hazardous Substances Registry Act.
128	128	22 (p) Security portions of system safety program plans,
129	129	23 investigation reports, surveys, schedules, lists, data, or
130	130	24 information compiled, collected, or prepared by or for the
131	131	25 Department of Transportation under Sections 2705-300 and
132	132	26 2705-616 of the Department of Transportation Law of the
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143	143	1 Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Regional
144	144	2 Transportation Authority under Section 2.11 of the
145	145	3 Regional Transportation Authority Act, or the St. Clair
146	146	4 County Transit District under the Bi-State Transit Safety
147	147	5 Act.
148	148	6 (q) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
149	149	7 Personnel Record Review Act.
150	150	8 (r) Information prohibited from being disclosed by the
151	151	9 Illinois School Student Records Act.
152	152	10 (s) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
153	153	11 under Section 5-108 of the Public Utilities Act.
154	154	12 (t) All identified or deidentified health information
155	155	13 in the form of health data or medical records contained
156	156	14 in, stored in, submitted to, transferred by, or released
157	157	15 from the Illinois Health Information Exchange, and
158	158	16 identified or deidentified health information in the form
159	159	17 of health data and medical records of the Illinois Health
160	160	18 Information Exchange in the possession of the Illinois
161	161	19 Health Information Exchange Office due to its
162	162	20 administration of the Illinois Health Information
163	163	21 Exchange. The terms "identified" and "deidentified" shall
164	164	22 be given the same meaning as in the Health Insurance
165	165	23 Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law
166	166	24 104-191, or any subsequent amendments thereto, and any
167	167	25 regulations promulgated thereunder.
168	168	26 (u) Records and information provided to an independent
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179	179	1 team of experts under the Developmental Disability and
180	180	2 Mental Health Safety Act (also known as Brian's Law).
181	181	3 (v) Names and information of people who have applied
182	182	4 for or received Firearm Owner's Identification Cards under
183	183	5 the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act or applied for
184	184	6 or received a concealed carry license under the Firearm
185	185	7 Concealed Carry Act, unless otherwise authorized by the
186	186	8 Firearm Concealed Carry Act; and databases under the
187	187	9 Firearm Concealed Carry Act, records of the Concealed
188	188	10 Carry Licensing Review Board under the Firearm Concealed
189	189	11 Carry Act, and law enforcement agency objections under the
190	190	12 Firearm Concealed Carry Act.
191	191	13 (v-5) Records of the Firearm Owner's Identification
192	192	14 Card Review Board that are exempted from disclosure under
193	193	15 Section 10 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act.
194	194	16 (w) Personally identifiable information which is
195	195	17 exempted from disclosure under subsection (g) of Section
196	196	18 19.1 of the Toll Highway Act.
197	197	19 (x) Information which is exempted from disclosure
198	198	20 under Section 5-1014.3 of the Counties Code or Section
199	199	21 8-11-21 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
200	200	22 (y) Confidential information under the Adult
201	201	23 Protective Services Act and its predecessor enabling
202	202	24 statute, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act, including
203	203	25 information about the identity and administrative finding
204	204	26 against any caregiver of a verified and substantiated
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215	215	1 decision of abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of
216	216	2 an eligible adult maintained in the Registry established
217	217	3 under Section 7.5 of the Adult Protective Services Act.
218	218	4 (z) Records and information provided to a fatality
219	219	5 review team or the Illinois Fatality Review Team Advisory
220	220	6 Council under Section 15 of the Adult Protective Services
221	221	7 Act.
222	222	8 (aa) Information which is exempted from disclosure
223	223	9 under Section 2.37 of the Wildlife Code.
224	224	10 (bb) Information which is or was prohibited from
225	225	11 disclosure by the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
226	226	12 (cc) Recordings made under the Law Enforcement
227	227	13 Officer-Worn Body Camera Act, except to the extent
228	228	14 authorized under that Act.
229	229	15 (dd) Information that is prohibited from being
230	230	16 disclosed under Section 45 of the Condominium and Common
231	231	17 Interest Community Ombudsperson Act.
232	232	18 (ee) Information that is exempted from disclosure
233	233	19 under Section 30.1 of the Pharmacy Practice Act.
234	234	20 (ff) Information that is exempted from disclosure
235	235	21 under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
236	236	22 (gg) Information that is prohibited from being
237	237	23 disclosed under Section 7-603.5 of the Illinois Vehicle
238	238	24 Code.
239	239	25 (hh) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
240	240	26 Section 1A-16.7 of the Election Code.
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251	251	1 (ii) Information which is exempted from disclosure
252	252	2 under Section 2505-800 of the Department of Revenue Law of
253	253	3 the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
254	254	4 (jj) Information and reports that are required to be
255	255	5 submitted to the Department of Labor by registering day
256	256	6 and temporary labor service agencies but are exempt from
257	257	7 disclosure under subsection (a-1) of Section 45 of the Day
258	258	8 and Temporary Labor Services Act.
259	259	9 (kk) Information prohibited from disclosure under the
260	260	10 Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act.
261	261	11 (ll) Information the disclosure of which is restricted
262	262	12 and exempted under Section 5-30.8 of the Illinois Public
263	263	13 Aid Code.
264	264	14 (mm) Records that are exempt from disclosure under
265	265	15 Section 4.2 of the Crime Victims Compensation Act.
266	266	16 (nn) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
267	267	17 Section 70 of the Higher Education Student Assistance Act.
268	268	18 (oo) Communications, notes, records, and reports
269	269	19 arising out of a peer support counseling session
270	270	20 prohibited from disclosure under the First Responders
271	271	21 Suicide Prevention Act.
272	272	22 (pp) Names and all identifying information relating to
273	273	23 an employee of an emergency services provider or law
274	274	24 enforcement agency under the First Responders Suicide
275	275	25 Prevention Act.
276	276	26 (qq) Information and records held by the Department of
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287	287	1 Public Health and its authorized representatives collected
288	288	2 under the Reproductive Health Act.
289	289	3 (rr) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
290	290	4 the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.
291	291	5 (ss) Data reported by an employer to the Department of
292	292	6 Human Rights pursuant to Section 2-108 of the Illinois
293	293	7 Human Rights Act.
294	294	8 (tt) Recordings made under the Children's Advocacy
295	295	9 Center Act, except to the extent authorized under that
296	296	10 Act.
297	297	11 (uu) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
298	298	12 Section 50 of the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Act.
299	299	13 (vv) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
300	300	14 subsections (f) and (j) of Section 5-36 of the Illinois
301	301	15 Public Aid Code.
302	302	16 (ww) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
303	303	17 Section 16.8 of the State Treasurer Act.
304	304	18 (xx) Information that is exempt from disclosure or
305	305	19 information that shall not be made public under the
306	306	20 Illinois Insurance Code.
307	307	21 (yy) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
308	308	22 the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act.
309	309	23 (zz) Information prohibited from being disclosed under
310	310	24 the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act.
311	311	25 (aaa) Information prohibited from being disclosed
312	312	26 under Section 1-167 of the Illinois Pension Code.
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323	323	1 (bbb) Information that is prohibited from disclosure
324	324	2 by the Illinois Police Training Act and the Illinois State
325	325	3 Police Act.
326	326	4 (ccc) Records exempt from disclosure under Section
327	327	5 2605-304 of the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil
328	328	6 Administrative Code of Illinois.
329	329	7 (ddd) Information prohibited from being disclosed
330	330	8 under Section 35 of the Address Confidentiality for
331	331	9 Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human
332	332	10 Trafficking, or Stalking Act.
333	333	11 (eee) Information prohibited from being disclosed
334	334	12 under subsection (b) of Section 75 of the Domestic
335	335	13 Violence Fatality Review Act.
336	336	14 (fff) Images from cameras under the Expressway Camera
337	337	15 Act. This subsection (fff) is inoperative on and after
338	338	16 July 1, 2023.
339	339	17 (ggg) Information prohibited from disclosure under
340	340	18 paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of Section 14 of the Nurse
341	341	19 Agency Licensing Act.
342	342	20 (hhh) Information submitted to the Department of State
343	343	21 Police in an affidavit or application for an assault
344	344	22 weapon endorsement, assault weapon attachment endorsement,
345	345	23 .50 caliber rifle endorsement, or .50 caliber cartridge
346	346	24 endorsement under the Firearm Owners Identification Card
347	347	25 Act.
348	348	26 (iii) Information that is exempt from disclosure under
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359	359	1 Section 40 of the Reproductive Health Act.
360	360	2 (Source: P.A. 101-13, eff. 6-12-19; 101-27, eff. 6-25-19;
361	361	3 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-221, eff. 1-1-20; 101-236, eff.
362	362	4 1-1-20; 101-375, eff. 8-16-19; 101-377, eff. 8-16-19; 101-452,
363	363	5 eff. 1-1-20; 101-466, eff. 1-1-20; 101-600, eff. 12-6-19;
364	364	6 101-620, eff 12-20-19; 101-649, eff. 7-7-20; 101-652, eff.
365	365	7 1-1-22; 101-656, eff. 3-23-21; 102-36, eff. 6-25-21; 102-237,
366	366	8 eff. 1-1-22; 102-292, eff. 1-1-22; 102-520, eff. 8-20-21;
367	367	9 102-559, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 102-946, eff.
368	368	10 7-1-22; 102-1042, eff. 6-3-22; 102-1116, eff. 1-10-23.)
369	369	11 Section 10. The Reproductive Health Act is amended by
370	370	12 adding Section 40 as follows:
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372	372	14 Sec. 40. Health care professional privacy.
373	373	15 (a) A health care professional who provides
374	374	16 abortion-related care may submit to any governmental agency,
375	375	17 person, business, or association a written request that the
376	376	18 governmental agency, person, business, or association refrain
377	377	19 from disclosing any personal information about the health care
378	378	20 professional.
379	379	21 A representative from the health care professional's
380	380	22 employer may submit a written request on behalf of the health
381	381	23 care professional, if: (i) the health care professional gives
382	382	24 written consent to the representative; and (ii) the
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393	393	1 representative agrees to furnish a copy of that consent when a
394	394	2 written request is made. The representative shall submit the
395	395	3 written request directly to a governmental agency, person,
396	396	4 business or association.
397	397	5 A written request is valid if the health care
398	398	6 professional, or representative of the health care
399	399	7 professional's employer, sends a written request directly to a
400	400	8 governmental agency, person, business, or association.
401	401	9 (b) The written request shall specify:
402	402	10 (1) what personal information of the health care
403	403	11 professional shall be maintained private;
404	404	12 (2) if a health care professional wishes to identify a
405	405	13 secondary residence as a home address, the designation of
406	406	14 such; and
407	407	15 (3) the identity of any immediate family, and any
408	408	16 personal information of those persons that shall be
409	409	17 excluded to the extent that it could reasonably be
410	410	18 expected to reveal the personal information of the health
411	411	19 care professional.
412	412	20 (c) A written request is valid until the health care
413	413	21 professional provides the governmental agency, person,
414	414	22 business, or association with written permission to release
415	415	23 the personal information. Otherwise, a written request from a
416	416	24 health care professional expires on death.
417	417	25 (d) If a governmental agency receives a written request
418	418	26 from a health care professional in accordance with subsections
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429	429	1 (a) and (b), the governmental agency shall not publicly post
430	430	2 or display publicly available content that includes any
431	431	3 personal information of the health care professional. After
432	432	4 receipt of the request, the governmental agency shall remove
433	433	5 any personal information of the health care professional from
434	434	6 the publicly available content within 5 business days, and
435	435	7 shall not publicly post or display the personal information
436	436	8 unless the health care professional has given the governmental
437	437	9 agency written permission to release the personal information
438	438	10 as required under subsection (c). The personal information of
439	439	11 the health care professional is exempt from the Freedom of
440	440	12 Information Act unless the governmental agency receives
441	441	13 consent from the health care professional to make the personal
442	442	14 information available to the public.
443	443	15 (e) If a governmental agency fails to comply with a
444	444	16 written request under subsection (d), the health care
445	445	17 professional may bring an action seeking injunctive or
446	446	18 declaratory relief in any court of competent jurisdiction.
447	447	19 (f) If a person, business, or association receives a
448	448	20 written request from a health care professional in accordance
449	449	21 with subsections (a) and (b), the person, business, or
450	450	22 association shall refrain from publicly posting or displaying
451	451	23 on the Internet publicly available content that includes the
452	452	24 personal information of a health care professional. After
453	453	25 receipt of a written request, the person, business, or
454	454	26 association: (i) has 72 hours to remove the personal
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465	465	1 information from the Internet; (ii) shall ensure that the
466	466	2 personal information of the health care professional is not
467	467	3 made available on any website or subsidiary website controlled
468	468	4 by that person, business, or association; and (iii) shall not
469	469	5 transfer the personal information of the health care
470	470	6 professional to any other person, business, or association
471	471	7 through any medium.
472	472	8 (g) No person, business, or association shall solicit,
473	473	9 sell, or trade on the Internet any personal information of the
474	474	10 health care professional with the intent to post an imminent
475	475	11 or serious threat to the health and safety of the health care
476	476	12 professional or the health care professional's immediate
477	477	13 family.
478	478	14 (h) A health care professional whose personal information
479	479	15 is made public as a result of a violation of subsection (f) or
480	480	16 (g) may bring an action seeking injunctive or declaratory
481	481	17 relief in any court of competent jurisdiction. A court shall
482	482	18 award a prevailing health care professional costs and
483	483	19 reasonable attorney's fees.
484	484	20 (i) No governmental agency, person, business, or
485	485	21 association shall be found to have violated any provision of
486	486	22 this Section if the health care professional fails to submit a
487	487	23 written request calling for the protection of the personal
488	488	24 information of the health care professional.
489	489	25 (j) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly publicly
490	490	26 post on the Internet the personal information of a health care
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501	501	1 professional or health care professional's immediate family if
502	502	2 the person knows that publicly posting the personal
503	503	3 information poses an imminent and serious threat to the health
504	504	4 and safety of the health care professional or health care
505	505	5 professional's immediate family, and the violation is a
506	506	6 proximate cause of bodily injury or death of the health care
507	507	7 professional or health care professional's immediate family
508	508	8 member. A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a
509	509	9 Class 3 felony.
510	510	10 (k) It is not a violation of subsection (j) if an employee
511	511	11 of a governmental agency publishes personal information, in
512	512	12 good faith, on the website of the governmental agency in the
513	513	13 ordinary course of carrying out public functions if the
514	514	14 employee complied with the conditions of this Section.
515	515	15 (l) This Section and any rules adopted to implement this
516	516	16 Section shall be construed broadly to favor the protection of
517	517	17 the personal information of a health care professional.
518	518	18 (m) As used in this Section:
519	519	19 "Governmental agency" means all agencies, authorities,
520	520	20 boards, commissions, departments, institutions, offices, and
521	521	21 any other bodies politic and corporate of this State created
522	522	22 by the constitution or statute, whether in the executive,
523	523	23 judicial, or legislative branch; all units and corporate
524	524	24 outgrowths created by executive order of the Governor or any
525	525	25 constitutional officer, by the Supreme Court, or by resolution
526	526	26 of the General Assembly; or agencies, authorities, boards,
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537	537	1 commissions, departments, institutions, offices, and any other
538	538	2 bodies politic and corporate of a unit of local government, or
539	539	3 school district.
540	540	4 "Home address" means a permanent residence of the health
541	541	5 care professional and any secondary residences affirmatively
542	542	6 identified by the health care professional.
543	543	7 "Immediate family" means a spouse, child, parent, or any
544	544	8 blood relative of the health care professional or the spouse
545	545	9 of the health care representative who lives in the same
546	546	10 residence.
547	547	11 "Personal information" means a home address, home
548	548	12 telephone number, mobile telephone number, pager number,
549	549	13 personal email address, social security number, federal tax
550	550	14 identification number, checking and savings account numbers,
551	551	15 credit card numbers, marital status, and identity of children
552	552	16 under the age of 18.
553	553	17 "Publicly available content" means any written, printed,
554	554	18 or electronic document or record that provides information or
555	555	19 that serves as a document or record maintained, controlled, or
556	556	20 in the possession of a governmental agency that may be
557	557	21 obtained by any person or entity, from the Internet, from a
558	558	22 governmental agency upon request free of charge or for a fee,
559	559	23 or in response to a request under the Freedom of Information
560	560	24 Act.
561	561	25 "Publicly post" or "publicly display" means to communicate
562	562	26 to another or otherwise make available to the general public.
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573	573	1 "Written request" means written notice signed by a health
574	574	2 care professional requesting a governmental agency, person,
575	575	3 business, or association to refrain from posting or displaying
576	576	4 publicly available content that includes the personal
577	577	5 information of the health care professional.
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