Creates the Illinois Lottery Special Cause Instant Ticket Task Force to study the Illinois Lottery instant ticket system and the revenue generated for special causes that are supported by special cause tickets and make recommendations on more effective options for funding recipient organizations.
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a superintendent of a department of public works shall be a registered professional engineer, hold a degree in engineering from an accredited institution of higher learning, or have at least 10 years of professional, management-level experience in either a municipal or county public works department (rather than the superintendent shall be a registered professional engineer). Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Provides that at least one employee in the public works department shall be a certified registered professional engineer or hold a degree in engineering from an accredited institution of higher learning.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a committed person who has attained the age of 60 years and served at least 20 consecutive years of imprisonment or a committed person who has served 25 consecutive years of imprisonment may submit a petition to the Prisoner Review Board seeking parole. Provides that the petition shall contain a statement by the petitioner, documentation of rehabilitation, character references, evidence of program participation, employment history, criminal history, disciplinary history, and housing plans upon release. Provides that victims' families shall be given timely notification and the opportunity to participate in the parole hearing. Provides that a Board hearing shall be conducted by at least 8 members, with a majority vote needed to grant the petition. Provides when a petitioner is eligible to reapply if parole is denied. Effective immediately.
Amends the Energy Transition Act. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall create a network of 15 (rather than 13) Program delivery Hub Sites, including one Hub Site located in or near Nashville and Ina. Provides that the Clean Jobs Workforce Network Program and the Clean Jobs Curriculum shall include a focus on digital infrastructure, including broadband and fiber optic infrastructure jobs. Provides that quarterly reports on Program performance metrics shall include demographic data on Program applicants and the acceptance rates across these demographics. Expands the definition of "equity focused populations" to include spouses and significant others of displaced energy workers. Effective immediately.
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, as follows: Federal Funds $ 4,728,400.
Creates the Public Bank Task Force Law. Sets forth the duties and responsibilities of the Public Bank Task Force. Sets forth provisions concerning appointment of the task force members. Provides that task force members shall be appointed by July 1, 2022, and that task force members shall serve without compensation. Provides that task force meetings shall begin by October 1, 2022, that there shall be one meeting of the task force per month through June 30, 2023, and that at least 3 of the task force meetings shall include testimony from members of the general public. Provides that the task force shall submit a report of its findings to the General Assembly by September 30, 2023, written by an independent authority with subject matter expertise. Provides that the Public Bank Task Force is dissolved and the Act is repealed on September 30, 2024. Effective immediately.
Amends the Labor Dispute Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions concerning coverage for telehealth services, provides that if an individual or group policy of accident or health insurance provides coverage for telehealth services, reimbursement for services provided through telehealth services shall be equivalent to reimbursement for the same services provided through in-person consultation.
Amends the Local Government Electronic Notification Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes a technical change in a Section relating to long-term care insurance. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 215 ILCS 5/351A-4 Adds reference to: New Act 215 ILCS 5/356z.41 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Access to Affordable Insulin Act. Sets forth provisions concerning an insulin urgent-need program. Provides that by July 1, 2022, each manufacturer shall establish procedures to make insulin available to eligible individuals who are in urgent need of insulin or who are in need of access to an affordable insulin supply. Sets forth provisions concerning insulin urgent-need program exceptions, eligibility, forms, applications, claims and reimbursement, copayments, information sheets, navigators, and penalties. Defines terms. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions concerning cost sharing in prescription insulin drugs, provides that an insurer that provides coverage for prescription insulin drugs under the terms of a health coverage plan the insurer offers shall limit the total amount that an insured is required to pay for a 30-day supply of covered prescription insulin drugs at an amount not to exceed $35 (rather than $100). Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services must provide for a Prescription Monitoring Program for all prescription medications (rather than Schedule II, III, IV, and V controlled substances). Provides that the dispenser must transmit to the central repository the diagnosis code (ICD-10). Deletes a provision that the dispenser must transmit to the central repository the date the controlled substance is dispensed. Provides that the Department may release prescription record information to a person who medically coordinates, directs, supervises, or establishes standard operating procedures for a prescriber or dispenser; if the person is evaluating the job performance of the prescriber or dispenser; or is performing quality assessment and improvement activities, including outcomes evaluation or development of clinical guidelines, and if the disclosure does not contain personally identifiable information of a patient and is limited to only those records about the prescriber or dispenser the person medically coordinates, directs, or supervises, or for whom the person establishes standard operating procedures.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that the maximum withholding tax credit for full-time equivalent employees is determined by the metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area of the State that is the base of operations of the employee, as those areas are determined as of May 2017. Makes changes concerning the amount of the credit based on the metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area of the State. Makes technical corrections. Effective immediately.
