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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 Department of Healthcare and Family Services 
5Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by 
6adding Section 2205-25 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 2205/2205-25 new)
8    Sec. 2205-25. Barriers to paying child support; study.
9    (a)  Subject to appropriation, the Division of Child Support 
10Services of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services  
11shall conduct a study regarding the barriers individuals face 
12to paying child support.  The purpose of the study shall be to 
13identify and minimize barriers to paying child support so as to 
14decrease the total amount of unpaid child support in Illinois.  
15The study shall focus on the following: 
16        (1)  demographics of those who fail to pay child 
17    support, including: income, education level, age at first 
18    becoming a parent, ratio of monthly child support to 
19    monthly income, criminal history, child visits per month, 
20    number of children, substance abuse history, whether the 
21    individual is on probation or parole, and primary language 
22    spoken; 
23        (2)  institutional barriers to paying child support, 
 
 
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1    including how and when it is collected; 
2        (3)  the impact, if any, that unpaid child support 
3    information has on an individual's ability to be 
4    considered, interviewed, and hired by an employer, 
5    including: (i) whether credit and background checks reveal 
6    unpaid child support obligations, including, but not 
7    limited to, amounts in arrears, civil judgments, and 
8    criminal convictions for failure to pay child support, and 
9    (ii) whether the information revealed in a credit or 
10    background check regarding unpaid child support prevents 
11    applicants from gaining employment. 
12    (b)  The Department shall report the results of the study 
13and any recommendations to the Governor and the General 
14Assembly on or before May 1, 2017. 
15    (c)   This Section is repealed on January 1, 2018. 
 

16    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
172015.