Repeals the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Amends various Acts to make conforming changes.
Appropriates $250,000 from the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund to the State Board of Education for a grant to or a contract with the Illinois Association of School Nurses to complete a study for school nursing capacity in this State. Effective July 1, 2022.
Amends the Animal Control Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning rabies inoculations.
Appropriations and reappropriations for capital projects for the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2022 . Effective immediately.
Urges the Office of the Attorney General to establish a task force to examine the creation of a statewide conviction integrity unit within its office.
Creates the Local Cannabis Licensing Act. Provides that a county or municipality may issue licenses for temporary events, cannabis clubs, and cannabis tours that will allow for the sale and consumption of cannabis or cannabis-infused products and for the sale of cannabis paraphernalia at such temporary events, clubs, or tours. Requires ordinances with specified regulations of such temporary events, cannabis clubs, and cannabis tours be adopted before any licenses are issued. Allows tours of cannabis craft grower or cultivation center facilities. Limits home rule powers. Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act and Smoke Free Illinois Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that early intervention services and doula services shall be covered under the medical assistance program, subject to federal approval. Provides that no later than December 31, 2021, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall develop a payment methodology for early intervention services and a payment methodology for doula services and shall submit to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services a Title XIX State Plan amendment to implement the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Requires the Department of Children and Family Services to seek federal reimbursements under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act for administrative costs associated with the provision of independent legal representation to foster children, and children who qualify for foster care, and their parents. Requires any federal reimbursements the Department receives for the purposes of the amendatory Act to be deposited into the Due Process for Youth and Families Fund. Provides that, subject to appropriation, moneys in the Fund shall be disbursed for fees and costs incurred by law practitioners and organizations that provide services as a child's lawyer or a respondent's lawyer as those terms are defined under the amendatory Act. Provides that units of local government and public and private agencies may apply for and receive federal or State funds from the Department in accordance with the purposes of the amendatory Act. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Due Process for Youth and Families Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that all receipts from federal financial participation in the Foster Care and Adoption Services program under Title IV-E of the federal Social Security Act, including receipts for related indirect costs, shall be deposited into the DCFS Children's Services Fund or the Due Process for Youth and Families Fund as provided in Section 45 of the Children and Family Services Act. Effective immediately.
Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Allows adults who reside on the premises of a day care home to possess handguns on day care home premises (rather than adults who must possess a handgun as a condition of employment and who reside on the premises of a day care home) if the handgun and handgun ammunition are locked and inaccessible to children.
Amends the State Universities Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that in computing service: if a participant's first day of service begins with less than 15 days remaining in the month, the participant shall be deemed to have qualified as an employee for that entire month; and if a participant's last day of service occurs before the 15th day of the month, the participant shall be deemed to have qualified as an employee for that entire month. Provides that teaching a course or courses totaling 3 or more credit hours or lecture hours equivalent in one semester or 2 quarters shall constitute 4 months of service. Provides that the changes made by the amendatory Act are retroactive to 2 years before the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that a participant may request a recalculation of his or her service based on the changes made by the amendatory Act. Requires an employer to annually provide to each of its participating employees a statement of the amount of service the employer reported to the System for that participating employee during the preceding academic year. Provides that if a person disputes the amount of any benefit payment, the amount of service credit the benefit was based on, the formula used to calculate the benefit, the calculation of the benefit, or the information provided to the System by the employer, he or she may, within 90 days after the commencement of the benefit, apply to the System in writing for a recalculation. Provides that any benefit increase that results from the amendatory Act is excluded from the definition of "new benefit increase". Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency for its FY 22 ordinary and contingent expenses.
Amends the Illinois Loan Brokers Act of 1995. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.
