Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning terms.
Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Fund Mental Health and Substance Use Prevention Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that the Department of Human Services must make grants, from appropriations made from the Fund, to units of local government and Illinois public universities for the purposes of providing mental health and substance abuse prevention to people who are incarcerated and providing mental health and substance abuse prevention for those encountering the criminal justice system with a primary focus to people who are incarcerated in the county jail or recently discharged. Provides that, as soon as practical after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer the sum of $100,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Fund Mental Health and Substance Use Prevention Fund. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of law, moneys in the Fund Mental Health and Substance Use Prevention Fund may not be appropriated, assigned, or transferred to another State fund.
Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. In provisions governing peace officer disputes, provides that an arbitration decision may include residency requirements in municipalities with a population under 1,000,000 (instead of 100,000) and shall not include residency requirements in municipalities with a population of at least 1,000,000 (instead of 100,000). Effective immediately.
Amends the Counties Code. Removes a provision limiting a special investigator appointed by a State's Attorney to carrying a firearm only in the performance of the special investigator's assigned duties (currently, a special investigator shall not carry firearms except with permission of the State's Attorney and only while carrying appropriate identification indicating the special investigator's employment and in the performance of the special investigator's assigned duties). Provides that a State's Attorney shall require annual mental health wellness checks for each special investigator appointed. Provides that the annual mental health wellness checks for special investigators shall be provided through the health insurance provided to State's Attorney employees at no cost to the county or State's Attorney's office. Further amends the Counties Code and amends the Illinois Insurance Code making conforming changes.
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that a lease of real property owned by a public institution of higher education (rather than the University of Illinois) to be used for healthcare uses, academic facilities, dormitory facilities, or other support uses may exceed 10 years in length under specified circumstances. Makes conforming changes.
Amends the Open Meetings Act and the Freedom of Information Act. Modifies the term "public body" under the respective Acts to include all other units of government, including, but not limited to, township road districts of this State, and any combination of public body entities formed under an intergovernmental agreement that includes provisions for a governing body of the agency created by the agreement.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. In provisions creating a credit for rehabilitation costs associated with qualified historic property located in a River Edge Redevelopment Zone, provides that, if the River Edge Redevelopment Zone is located in the City of East St. Louis, then the tax credit applies for taxable years that end prior to January 1, 2027 (currently, January 1, 2022). Effective immediately.
Appropriates $10,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services to implement Public Act 102-522 and provide grants to local school districts and community organizations for comprehensive personal health and safety education in kindergarten through the 5th grade and comprehensive sexual health education in the 6th through 12th grades. Effective July 1, 2022.
Amends the School Code. Provides that, for interscholastic athletic programs or comparable programs supported from school district funds, a student's sex shall be the student's biological gender assigned at birth. Provides that, in determining a student's biological gender, a statement of a student's biological sex on the student's official birth certificate is considered to have correctly stated the student's biological sex at birth if the statement was filed at or near the time of the student's birth. Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that interscholastic athletic teams or sports that are operated by a public university must be expressly designated based on the biological sex at birth of team members. Provides that a statement of a student's biological sex on the student's official birth certificate is considered to have correctly stated the student's biological sex at birth if the statement was filed at or near the time of the student's birth. Provides that an athletic team or sport designated for females, women, or girls may not be open to students of the male sex. Provides that an athletic team or sport designated for males, men, or boys may be open to students of the female sex. Amends the Public Community College Act. Makes similar changes.
Amends the School Code. Makes changes concerning sex education, including changing the name to sexual health and changing course requirements. Makes changes concerning family life course requirements. Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act to make changes concerning the educational areas a comprehensive health education program must include. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the bill with the following changes. With respect to the sexual health education provisions, makes changes to the definitions of "comprehensive", "identity", "personal safety", "pregnancy and reproduction", and "unintended pregnancy". Removes provisions limiting sexual health education criteria to grades 6 through 12. By August 1, 2022, requires the State Board of Education, in consultation with others, to develop and adopt rigorous learning standards in the area of sexual health education; sets forth other requirements. Makes changes to sexual health education course material and instruction and reporting requirements. Makes changes concerning the topics required to be included in a family life course and the Comprehensive Health Education Program. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. State Mandates Fiscal Note, House Floor Amendment No. 1 (Dept. of Commerce & Economic Opportunity) This bill does not create a State Mandate.
Amends the Currency Exchange Act. Provides that, for the sale of one or more money orders with an aggregate face value of $250 or more to any person in a single day, a licensee under the Act shall verify the purchaser's name and address by examination of a government-issued identification and shall record the name and address of the purchaser and the type and number of the identification examined by the licensee.
Appropriates $500,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Agriculture for the purpose of making grants to socially-disadvantaged farmers to provide funding for startup capital and for costs associated with farming operations and equipment. Effective July 1, 2021.
