Creates the Behavioral Health Workforce Data Collection Act. Requires The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to collect data, as specified, from behavioral health professionals at the time of initial application for licensure and renewal of an active license. Requires the Department to ensure the data collection process is secure and adheres to State and federal privacy laws, including de-identification of personal data. Provides that the Department shall make the collected data publicly available in an aggregated, de-identified format. Requires the data to be published in a format that allows policy groups, advocates, and other stakeholders to monitor the diversity, linguistic capacity, and availability of the behavioral health workforce; identify regions and specialties with severe shortages; and forecast future workforce needs. Requires the Department to publish the aggregated data annually by January 31 on its website and through other accessible formats. Grants the Department rulemaking authority to implement the Act. Requires the Department to comply with applicable data privacy and confidentiality laws. Provides that, for a period of 2 years following the effective date of the Act, the Department shall submit to the Illinois Behavioral Health Workforce Center a list of email addresses or email communications, subject to data privacy and confidentiality laws, of all licensed behavioral health professionals exclusively for purposes of collecting data related to the behavioral health workforce in Illinois. Effective immediately.
House Floor Amendment No. 1: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law. Provides that, in conjunction with applications for licensure and renewals (rather than only for licensure), the Division of Professional Regulation of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall request, and applicants may voluntarily provide, demographic information that includes sex, ethnicity, race, disability, primary language spoken, anticipated date of retirement, type of employment, and zip code (rather than only sex, ethnicity, race, and disability).

Statutes affected:
Engrossed: 20 ILCS 2105/2105
Enrolled: 20 ILCS 2105/2105