Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Requires mandated reporters to complete an initial implicit bias training within 3 months of their date of engagement in a professional or official capacity as a mandated reporter, with certain exceptions, and at least every 3 years thereafter. Provides that the implicit bias trainings shall be in-person or web-based and shall include, at a minimum, information on implicit bias and racial and ethnic sensitivity. Requires the implicit bias trainings to provide tools to adjust automatic patterns of thinking and ultimately eliminate discriminatory behaviors. Provides that, during these trainings, mandated reporters shall complete a pretest to assess baseline implicit bias levels, an implicit bias training task, and a posttest to reevaluate bias levels after training. Provides that the implicit bias curriculum for mandated reporters shall be developed within one year after the effective date of the amendatory Act and shall be created in consultation with organizations demonstrating expertise and or experience in the areas of implicit bias, youth and adolescent developmental issues, prevention of child abuse, exploitation, and neglect, culturally diverse family systems, and the child welfare system. Provides that implicit bias training shall be provided through the Department of Children and Family Services, through authorized entities.
Amends the Illinois Banking Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends various Acts to revise statutory law to conform the statutes to the reorganization of the executive branch taking effect under Executive Order 2019-12. Makes other changes concerning the Illinois State Police and makes technical and stylistic changes. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Provides that the Division of Justice Services shall exercise the rights, powers, and duties vested in the Illinois State Police by the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act and the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act. Provides that the Division of the Academy and Training shall perform duties concerning training officers on the detection of impaired driving. Provides that the Office of the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator is within the Division of Statewide 9-1-1.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the East St. Louis Financial Advisory Authority for its FY22 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2021.
Creates the Second Chance State Behavioral Health Workforce Development Act. Contains findings. Provides that each institution of higher education shall annually allow for the admission of at least one returning resident (a person who is a resident of and domiciled in Illinois, has graduated from high school or the equivalent, has been convicted of a felony by a specified court, was sentenced to incarceration pursuant to that conviction, and is no longer incarcerated) in an undergraduate or graduate academic program that will lead to the qualification of the returning resident as a behavioral health care professional. Provides that the returning resident shall not be required to pay any tuition, fee, or other charge for any class the returning resident takes if the State appropriates funds for reimbursement. Provides that the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall contract with community-based organizations and legal service providers to provide specified services to returning residents. Provides that certain criminal convictions and dispositions are not cause for a licensing agency to deny an individual a license, permission, or authorization to be a behavioral health care professional. Provides that a licensing agency shall consider specified mitigating factors when considering an application for a license, permission, or other authorization to be a behavioral health care professional. Provides that, if a licensing agency refuses to issue a license, permission, or other authorization to perform a behavioral health care profession based upon a conviction, the licensing agency shall notify the individual of the denial with specified information included in the notice of denial. Provides that neither the Commission nor a community-based organization providing services under the Act shall enter into a contractual or other financial, service, or volunteer relationship with and shall not pay any money or provide any other form of consideration to specified persons or entities. Provides that institutions of higher education shall strictly comply with the Act and the Commission shall take actions necessary to obtain compliance and enforce the Act. Contains provisions concerning judicial proceedings, certifications, adoption of rules, notices, conflicts, severability, and other matters. Effective immediately.
Amends the Restroom Access Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Urges the reinstatement of the DHS program for indigent burial funds.
Amends the Benefit Corporation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Counties code. Provides that the county board may lease real estate acquired or held by the county for any term not exceeding 99 years and may lease the real estate when, in the opinion of the county board, the leasing of the real estate is appropriate, in the best interests of the county, and serves a public purpose, excluding a public purpose of financially supporting the operations of government or revenue generation (currently, the board may lease if the real estate is no longer necessary, appropriate, required for the use of, profitable to, or for the best interests of the county). Provides that the county shall not acquire, hold, own, or lease real estate for the exclusive public purpose of financially supporting the operation of government or for the purpose of revenue generation. Provides that the county board shall sell real estate if the county board determines, by ordinance or resolution passed by three-fourths of the county board, that the ownership or the leasing of the real estate is no longer necessary, appropriate, required for the use of, or for the best interests of the county. Provides that, if the county board has determined by ordinance or resolution to sell real estate owned by the county under the provisions, the county shall, by ordinance or resolution passed by a majority vote, determine the terms of sale of the real estate. Effective immediately.
Amends the General Assembly Staff Assistants Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the employment and allocation of staff assistants.
Amends the Tobacco Products Compliance Act. Provides that a manufacturer or distributor of a tobacco product has a private right of action against another manufacturer or distributor of a tobacco product for a tobacco product sold within the State of Illinois if specified conditions and requirements are met. Provides that a manufacturer or distributor (rather than any interested party) may file suit for violations under the Act. Contains provisions regarding recovery for prevailing in an enforcement action. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Pretrial Services Act. Creates the Public Defender Pretrial Grant Program. Determines which counties and circuit courts are eligible for the program. Provides for the administration of the program. Creates the Pretrial Data Collection Grant Program. Determines which counties and circuit courts are eligible for the program Provides for the administration of the program. Effective Immediately.
