Bill
HB 3378
Instructors who teach CE courses for DFPR can earn the same continuing education credits as students and count them toward their own licensure requirements.
HB 3378 — Continuing Education Credit
Summary of the introduced bill (Illinois, 104th General Assembly)
Overview
- Bill number: HB 3378
- Title: CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT
- Sponsor: Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
- Purpose: To allow instructors who teach continuing education (CE) courses or serve as trainers for CE courses administered by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (DFPR) to receive the same CE credits as students, and to permit those credits to count toward the instructors’ own minimum CE requirements.
- Effective scope: Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, specifically the Department of Professional Regulation Law, by adding a new section (20 ILCS 2105/2015-410).
Key Provisions
- Credit parity for instructors:
- An instructor who teaches a CE course or serves as a trainer for a CE course administered by the Department shall be eligible to receive the same credit for the class as a student would receive.
- Credit counting toward required CE hours:
- Instructors may count the earned CE credits from these courses toward meeting their own minimum CE hour requirements.
- Rulemaking authority:
- The Department is authorized to adopt rules to implement and administer these provisions.
Affected Parties
- Instructors and trainers who teach or train CE courses under DFPR-administered licensing acts.
- Licensees who must complete CE to maintain licensure (the policy is designed to affect how instructors’ CE credits are earned and counted, which in turn impacts the CE ecosystem for licensed professionals).
- The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, which would implement the rulemaking and administration.
Implementation and Timeline
- Legislative status:
- Introduced: February 18, 2025
- First reading: February 18, 2025
- Referred to Rules Committee (initial)
- Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee (March 11, 2025)
- Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee (March 21, 2025)
- Additional referrals: Read first time and referred to subcommittee on County & Regional Government (March 21, 2025)
- Practical effect: If enacted, DFPR would establish how CE course instructors earn and count credit, aligning instructor credit with student credit and defining any implementation details through department rules.
Notes
- The bill focuses on parity of credit recognition between instructors and students and broad authority for the DFPR to implement the policy through rulemaking.
- No specific dollar amounts or numeric credit hours are provided in the introduced text; the precise credit totals and eligibility criteria would be defined in the department’s rules if the bill progresses.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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