Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, as follows: General Funds $2,161,100; Other State Funds $100,000; Total $2,261,100.
Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission, in consultation with the Illinois Power Agency, shall develop standards and guidelines to prohibit any Illinois ratepayer funds from being used by the Agency for the procurement of solar panels that are not manufactured or assembled by a company located in the United States under the Agency's long-term renewable resources procurement plan.
Amends the Wildlife Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Motor Vehicle Retail Installment Sales Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Act. Provides that the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Act, to the extent that there is a conflict between the provisions of Executive Order 2017-1 and the Act, supersedes the Executive Order, and shall be controlling. Provides that the position of State Historian is now an honorary position, and specifies new duties of the honorary State Historian. Transfers previously held duties and requirements of the State Historian under the Act to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and its Executive Director. Removes provision requiring the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation to mutually cooperate to establish a working group for specified purposes. Removes provision allowing the Executive Director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum to have hiring and appointing power over specified personnel. Repeals the State Historical Library Act. Repeals the Illinois Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission Act. Makes conforming changes concerning the State Historian.
Amends the Cable and Video Competition Law of 2007 of the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title of the Article.
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that at the permanency hearing, the permanency goals shall include that the guardianship of the minor will be transferred to an individual or couple on a permanent basis provided that the permanency goals have been deemed inappropriate and not in the child's best interests (rather than ruled out). Provides that adoption and guardianship must be discussed with the current caregiver prior to selecting the guardianship goal. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes provision that at the permanency hearing, the court shall set as a permanency goal that adoption and guardianship must be discussed with the current caregiver prior to selecting the guardianship goal. Changes to the court shall confirm that the Department of Children and Family Services has discussed adoption, if appropriate, and guardianship with the caregiver prior to changing a goal to guardianship.
Appropriates $4,700,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Public Health to be used by the Department to complete and fund an annual Healthy Illinois Survey. Effective July 1, 2022.
Creates the Equity and Representation in Health Care Act. Contains the findings of the General Assembly. Creates the Equity and Representation in Health Care Workforce Repayment Program and the Equity and Representation in Health Care Workforce Scholarship Program to be administered by the Department of Public Health. Provides that a health care professional, medical facility, or behavioral health provider may apply to the Department for loan repayment assistance under the Program. Provides that, in order to be eligible for loan repayment under the Act, the health care professional or behavioral health provider shall comply with specified requirements. Requires the Department to submit an annual report with specified requirements to the General Assembly and the Governor. Contains provisions regarding the adoption of rules by the Department. Contains other provisions.
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code if and only if House Bill 106 of the 102nd General Assembly becomes law in the form in which it passed both houses on October 28, 2021. Allows the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and the Minority Leader of the Senate to appoint one member each to an advisory committee that determines which homes contain windows or doors that cause offensive odors and are eligible for replacement pursuant to the Residential Sound Insulation Program. Effective immediately or the date that House Bill 106 takes effect, whichever is later. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Provides that residents who altered or modified a replacement window or accepted a replacement screen for the window as an interim solution or partial replacement that failed to mitigate, in whole or in part, an odorous or malfunctioning window shall not be disqualified from compensation or future services (rather than residents who altered or modified a replacement window or accepted a replacement screen for the window shall not be disqualified from compensation or future services). Provides that residents who have altered or modified a replacement window or accepted a replacement screen for the window as an interim solution or partial replacement who apply for future mitigation services shall be sequenced in the ordinary course of the Residential Sound Insulation Program upon a finding of eligibility. Provides at least 10% of the homes receiving a replacement in a year shall be homes that have demonstrated extreme hardship, except when at least 10% of the number of applicants eligible to receive a replacement fail to demonstrate extreme hardship. Provides that the advisory committee shall accept all public questions concerning the Residential Sound Insulation Program (rather than all public questions) and furnish a written response within 2 business days. Corrects a typographical error.
Amends the Quincy Veterans' Home Rehabilitation and Rebuilding Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Creates the Surveillance Administrative Law Act. Prohibits the placement of electronic monitoring devices without explicit statutory action by the State of Illinois setting forth the need for the placement of an electronic monitoring device. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Provides that any discretionary power exercised by an agency under the Act shall be exercised in conformity with the Surveillance Administrative Law Act. Defines terms. Provides legislative intent. Effective immediately.
