Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the State Board of Education.
Creates the All Payer Claims Database Act. Provides that the Department of Insurance shall establish an All Payer Claims database for sharing limited use health care data. Provides that the All Payer Claims database shall not include or disclose any data that contains direct, primary, or obvious personal identifiers, and that the Department shall develop criteria and procedures to ensure that limited use health care data complies with the requirements of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Provides that the Department shall make available to the public on its website a public limited use health care data set for purposes of facilitating transparency in health care costs; that the public limited use health care data set shall be publicly accessible, publicly searchable, contain current information, and have easy to use online tools; and that the Department shall publish the data set in a standardized, consumer-friendly format. Provides that in presenting limited use health care data for public access, the Department shall make comparative considerations regarding geography, demographics, general economic factors, and institutional size. Provides that all health care payers shall annually submit health insurance claims information as claims data without personally identifying information to the Department. Provides that the Department shall adopt rules as may be necessary to provide for the release of health care data from the database. Defines terms. Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that before providing any nonemergency medical services, each licensed hospital shall provide in writing or by electronic means a good faith estimate of reasonably anticipated charges by the hospital for the treatment of the patient's specific condition. Provides that the hospital shall provide the estimate to the patient within 7 business days after recommending a specific course of treatment or set of services. Provides that a hospital may not charge the patient more than 110% of the estimate. Provides that a hospital that fails to provide the estimate within the timeframe required shall be liable for a daily fine of $1,000 until the estimate is provided to the patient and that the total fine may not exceed $10,000. Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act to make similar changes.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the Architect of the Capitol for its FY23 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2022.
Amends the Redistricting Transparency and Public Participation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Election Code. Repeals provisions that prohibit a person that is serving a sentence of confinement in any penal institution from voting until his or her release from confinement. Effective January 1, 2022.
Amends the Health in All Policies Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the applicability and scope of the Act.
Amends the General Assembly Organization Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the deposit of books, bills, documents, and papers with the Secretary of State.
Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the curriculum for certified training programs in crisis intervention shall be at least 40 hours for recruit law enforcement officers. Provides that Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training programs shall be a collaboration between law enforcement professionals, mental health providers, families, and consumer advocates and must minimally include the following components: (1) basic information about mental illnesses and how to recognize them; (2) information about mental health laws and resources; (3) learning from family members of individuals with mental illness and their experiences, and (4) verbal de-escalation training and role-plays. Amends the Criminal and Traffic Assessment Act. Provides that a person who is convicted of any criminal or traffic law or ordinance, other than a conviction entered upon a plea of guilty, $5 to be distributed as follows: (1) $2.50 to the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board for implementing crisis intervention team training for recruit law enforcement officers under the Illinois Police Training Act; (2) $2.25 to the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board for grants to local law enforcement agencies for continued crisis intervention team training; and (3) 25 cents to be retained by the Clerk of the Circuit Court for administrative expenses. Effective July 1, 2021.
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the medical assistance program shall provide coverage for routine care costs that are incurred in the course of an approved clinical trial if the medical assistance program would provide coverage for the same routine care costs not incurred in a clinical trial. Defines "approved clinical trial" to mean a phase I, II, III, or IV clinical trial involving the prevention, detection, or treatment of cancer or any other life-threatening disease or condition. Defines "routine care cost" to mean the cost of medically necessary services related to the care method that is under evaluation in a clinical trial, including the cost of services related to the detection and treatment of any complications arising from the patient's medical care and any complications related to participation in the clinical trial. Defines other terms.
Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Defines the term "invalidated" for purposes of provisions concerning expenses and attorney's fees. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. Provides that for the purposes of calculating paid sick leave for the birth of a child or the adoption or placement for adoption of a child, the days do not have to be taken immediately after the birth of the child or the adoption or placement of the child, the days do not have to be taken consecutively, and the school board may not count any day in which school is not in session, including an extended break.
