Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021: General Funds $11,325,500; Other State Funds $341,069,000; Federal Funds $1,844,950,800; Total $2,197,345,300.
Amends the State Treasurer Act. Provides that within 90 days after the enactment of the State budget for a given fiscal year, the Office of the State Treasurer shall prepare and submit to the Governor's Office of Management and Budget a report certifying whether the State budget is balanced based upon revenue projections exceeding expenditures and budgetary measures that fall out of line with Governmental Accounting Standards Board criteria.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department on Aging for its FY 22 ordinary and contingent expenses.
Amends the Statute on Statutes. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding the application of the Act.
Creates the Forensic Laboratory Impact Note Act. Creates the Forensic Laboratory Impact Note. Provides that every bill, the purpose or effect of which is to increase or decrease the number of crime laboratories, increase or decrease the cost of operating crime laboratories, or alter any process involving or used by crime laboratories, either directly or indirectly, shall have prepared for it prior to second reading in the house of introduction a brief explanatory statement of the estimated total annual cost of such changes to the State and units of local government affected by those changes (if any). Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Creates the Illinois Forensic Science Commission. Provides that the Commission shall provide guidance to ensure the efficient delivery of forensic services and the sound practice of forensic science. Provides for the membership, meetings, duties, and reporting of the Commission. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides for the appointment of a chief procurement officer for publicly-funded forensic laboratories. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that upon disposition, withdrawal, or dismissal of any charge, the State's Attorney shall promptly notify the forensic laboratory or laboratories in possession of evidence, reports, or other materials or information related to that charge. Provides that a forensic scientist who is employed by or is contracted with the Division of Forensic Services of the Illinois State Police may complete a deposition by video conference or other electronic means. Effective immediately.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Insurance for its FY 22 ordinary and contingent expenses.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Veterans' Affairs for its FY22 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2021.
Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules.
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that due to the undue burden placed upon nonprofit organizations providing Medicaid behavioral health services to low-income, complex vulnerable populations, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall reimburse providers of Medicaid behavioral health services for the cost of increased staff exclusively dedicated to the sole purpose of pursuing Medicaid managed care claims improperly denied for services offered to Medicaid beneficiaries.
Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that with respect to a week of unemployment beginning on or after March 15, 2020 (rather than beginning on or after March 15, 2020, and before September 4, 2021 (including any week of unemployment beginning on or after January 1, 2021 and on or before June 25, 2021)) benefits shall be payable to an individual on the basis of wages for employment in other than an instructional, research, or principal administrative capacity performed for an educational institution or an educational service agency under specified circumstances, as long as the individual is otherwise eligible for benefits.
Amends the Illinois Uniform Conviction Information Act. Provide that if criminal history record information is requested under this Act, the Illinois State Police shall determine whether the individual named in the request is required to register under the Sex Offender Registration Ac and shall make a notation on the criminal history record information whether the individual is required to register as a sex offender.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the assessor in a county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants shall include compulsory sales when revising assessments. Provides that the board of review in a county with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants shall include compulsory sales in reviewing and correcting assessments and shall consider whether the compulsory sale would otherwise be considered an arm's length transaction. Effective immediately.
