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There are reports that many workers, especially in the health
care sector, are experiencing long delays in getting their
licenses approved or renewed.
“It just really reinforced what we already know is that IDFPR is
too often the barrier to getting people to work,” said House
Minority Leader Tony McCombie, R-Savanna.
McCombie said the agency requires health care providers to write
a check to pay for their license and send it in the mail or take
it directly to the IDFPR office in Springfield or Chicago. She
has introduced House Bill 4855 that would create online payment
options for licenses and fees.
As a result of the licensing delays, state Rep. Bill Hauter,
R-Morton, said Illinois is losing out on talented people in the
medical field.
“These are highly compensated, highly trained individuals that
we are losing to other states,” said Hauter. “Why? Because we
can’t get our licensing act together.”
Hauter has House Bill 1572 that requires the agency to issue
licenses and temporary licenses to health care professionals on
an expedited basis.
During the pandemic, IDFPR was issuing expedited licenses, but
Hauter said that has ended and now some health care workers have
waited nearly a year for their license.
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