Amends the Medical Patient Rights Act. Requires that, during the pendency of a proclamation issued by the Governor under the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act declaring that a public health-related emergency exists, a health professional: shall permit people eligible for critical or intensive care services to remain eligible regardless of a patient's age or disability; shall provide individual patient assessments based on the best available objective medical evidence; shall not deny a patient's care based on stereotypes, assessments of a patient's quality of life, or assessments related to disability or other identity factor; and shall not make decisions on health care resources based on age, ancestry, color, creed, disability, domestic partnership or civil union status, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, health insurance status, marital status, national origin, nationality, place of residence, race, sex, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status if the characteristics are not relevant to the patient's medical diagnosis and treatment. Defines "health professional". Effective immediately.
Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that an owner under the Act is prohibited from maintaining any financial interest with a person or entity that renders contracted services to a facility owned by the owner. Provides that a person or entity who is an owner on the amendatory Act's effective date has 30 days to terminate the owner's relationship with the person or entity with which the financial interest is maintained. Provides that a person or entity who becomes an owner after the amendatory Act's effective date shall have 30 days to terminate his or her relationship with the person or entity with which the financial interest is maintained. Provides that the Department of Public Health may adopt any rules it deems necessary to implement the provisions. Effective immediately.
Amends the Open Meetings Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a stamp required for trout fishing on inland waters.
Amends the PFAS Reduction Act. Provides that the Agency shall establish a take back program for local fire departments and fire protection districts that use and store firefighting foam identified as having added perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances, otherwise known as PFAs. Provides that the program will be available to those fire departments or fire districts who have participated in the annual survey under the Act. Provides that the program shall provide funding and resources to assure the proper destruction of these products, however not require the participation of any fire department or fire protection district.
Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that upon payment of an annual administrative fee not exceeding $100, during the first 3 calendar quarters an employer may pay its quarterly contributions due for wages in equal installments. Establishes a schedule for payment of the contributions. Provides for the accrual of interest. Authorizes the adoption of necessary rules. Provides that payment on a quarterly basis is not available for calendar years when there are outstanding bonds under the Illinois Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund Financing Act.
Amends the Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development Act. Provides that for any grant made to a unit of local government, a minimum of 50% of the grant must be paid to the unit of local government at the time of the award of the grant. Allows a unit of local government to opt out of the advanced payment option at the time of the award of the grant. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall consider an applicant's request for an extension to a grant if (i) the advanced payment is expended or legally obligated within the 2 years as required by the Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act or (ii) no advanced payment was made. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 525 ILCS 35/3 Adds reference to: 525 ILCS 45/1 from Ch. 5, par. 1601 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Water Use Act of 1983. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title of the Act.
Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Creates the Innovation, Automation, and Structural Pilot Program to be implemented and administered by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Specifies the purpose of the Program. Provides Program qualification requirements. Provides Program certification requirements. Provides for the adoption of rules. Specifies the duration of the Program. Repeals provisions on January 1, 2029. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning school district financial oversight panels.
Amends the State Officers and Employees Money Disposition Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the deposit of State money.
Amends the Public Utilities Act. In provisions concerning recovery of the costs associated with the purchase of zero emission credits from zero emission facilities, requires the electric utility to deposit the monies collected under the tariffed charges for the delivery year commencing June 1, 2020 into a separate interest bearing account of a financial institution. Provides that the Commission shall not conduct an annual review, reconciliation, and true-up associated with renewable energy resources' collections and costs for the delivery year commencing June 1, 2021, and provides that the Commission shall instead conduct a single review, reconciliation, and true-up associated with renewable energy resources' collections and costs for the 5-year period beginning June 1, 2017 and ending May 31, 2022 (rather than for the 4-year period beginning June 1, 2017 and ending May 31, 2021). Makes conforming changes.
Amends the Fish and Aquatic Life Code and the Wildlife Code. Provides that the current fees for a fishing license, sportsmen's combination license, and hunting license are annual fees. Allows a resident to obtain a 3-year fishing license (for a fee of $45), sportsmen's combination license (for a fee of $78.75), or hunting license (for a fee of $37.50). Provides that there is no fee for an annual or 3-year fishing license, sportsmen's combination license, or hunting license for a resident Gold Star Family member. Effective immediately.
