Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that any supplier of energy that generates more than 500 kilowatt hours of electricity annually within the State (rather than any supplier of energy within the State) and all companies that develop, build, install, or maintain a renewable energy project with total annual revenues over $15,000,000 shall submit an annual report on all procurement goals and actual spending for female-owned, minority-owned, veteran-owned, and small business enterprises in the previous calendar year. Deletes language that exempts specified wind energy and solar energy from having to submit an annual report. Provides that each participating company in its annual report shall include an explanation of the plan for the next year to increase participation, including a buying plan for the specific goods and services the company intends to buy in the next 6 to 18 months, including any procurement codes used by the company, to assist entrepreneurs and diverse companies to understand upcoming opportunities to work with the company submitting the buying plan.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Capital Development Board for FY23 capital projects. Effective July 1, 2022.
Creates the Illinois Employee Security Act. Establishes a framework for employee discipline and discharge. Prohibits the unjust discharge of an employee. Requires employers to utilize progressive discipline measures. Limits the use of electronic monitoring. Provides for severance pay. Directs the Department of Employment Security to adopt rules and administer the Act. Provides statutory remedies for wrongfully discharged employees and authorizes the recovery of damages. Creates the Wrongful Discharge Enforcement Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Applies to disciplinary and discharge actions occurring one year after the Act's effective date. Effective January 1, 2022.
Amends the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Special Care Disclosure Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to establish and implement a managed primary care demonstration project to provide primary care services that are focused on preventive rather than curative care to persons who reside in underserved communities that lack accessible health and medical services. Provides that the demonstration project shall operate for a 5-year period and provide supplemental services to medical assistance recipients, including those who are enrolled in the State's managed care medical assistance program. Requires the Department to contract with a health care organization that is capable of providing patient-centered, prevention-focused services, including, but not limited to, the following: (i) patient navigators to manage patient care; (ii) patient-tailored preventive health care plans; (iii) administrative personal health care consultants for home health maintenance between medical office visits; (iv) clinical personal health care consultants for telehealth; (v) an online "virtual" health hub that provides patients with access to wellness, self-guided education, health seminars, and additional health and wellness resources; (vi) community health and human services centers to engage, educate, and empower patients to get involved in their own self-care; (vii) mobile preventive health stations and kiosks; and (viii) call centers to interact with medical homes and facilitate service offerings. Provides that the demonstration project shall be implemented no later than 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the State Board of Education.
Amends the Housing Authorities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction.
Amends the Workplace Transparency Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Statute on Statutes. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding the application of the Act.
Amends the Employment of Illinois Workers on Public Works Act. Provides that for any public works projects, photo identification for all workers who will or may work on a public works project shall be required before the commencement of work on such project. Requires that the identification be kept on file for public viewing. Provides for the redaction of specified personal information on publicly available identification. Makes other changes.
Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Provides that rates and minimum mandated wage increases for homemaker services shall be, at minimum, a rate of $24.96 as of July 1, 2021 to sustain a minimum wage of $15 per hour. Requires rates in subsequent State fiscal years to be no lower than the rates in effect on July 1, 2021. Provides that providers of in-home services shall be required to certify to the Department on Aging that they remain in compliance with the mandated wage increase for direct service workers. Provides that fringe benefits, including, but not limited to, paid time off and payment for training, health insurance, travel, or transportation, shall not be reduced in relation to the rate increases described in the amendatory Act. Effective July 1, 2021.
