Rep. David B. Reis

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Authorizes a credit to taxpayers for 10% of stipends or salaries paid to qualified college interns. Limits the credit to stipends and salaries paid to 5 interns each year. Limits each taxpayer's credit to $3,000 for all years combined. Defines "qualified college intern". Provides that the credit may not reduce the taxpayer's liability to less than zero and may not be carried forward or back. Provides that the credit is exempt from the Act's sunset provisions. Effective immediately.

Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Requires a recipient of certain pain management medication to sign a written agreement with the prescribing physician agreeing to comply with the conditions of the prescription. Prohibits additional prescriptions while the recipient is noncompliant. Limits the applicability of the lack of pain management as a consideration in awarding benefits. Provides for the disclosure of violations of the agreement upon request by the employer. Requires a prescribing physician to file quarterly reports to obtain payment.

States the belief that the State of Illinois cannot afford to spend $100 million from taxpayer funds on a Barack Obama Presidential Library and Museum. Shows support for the efforts by many to locate a presidential library and museum to the State of Illinois without the use of taxpayer funding.

Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Creates the Workers' Compensation Transparency Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall collect and review information and data on the effects of the changes in workers' compensation law enacted by the General Assembly and that the purpose of the collection and review of information is to make as transparent as possible all information relating to the medical treatment, legal representation, and benefits paid to injured workers in this State. Repeals the language creating the Task Force on January 1, 2022. Repeals certain requirements relating to reports and promulgation of rules concerning workers' compensation insurance by the Department of Insurance on January 1, 2022. Effective immediately.

Creates the Medicaid Smart Card Pilot Program Act. Requires the Director of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to establish a Medicaid Smart Card Pilot Program to reduce the total amount of expenditures under the State's Medical Assistance Program. Provides that the pilot program shall be designed to reduce the average monthly cost under the State's Medical Assistance Program for recipients within the pilot program area by an amount that is at least sufficient to recover the cost of implementing the pilot program. Provides that the Director shall determine the geographic area to be included in the pilot program and may contract with an independent entity for the purpose of developing and implementing the pilot program. Contains provisions on required activities under the pilot program, including the distribution of Medicaid Smart Cards to designated recipients; measures the Department might take to implement the pilot program; annual evaluations; reporting requirements; extension or expansion of the pilot program; the confidentiality of health information; reports to the Inspector General; and rulemaking authority.

Amends the Meat and Poultry Inspection Act. In provisions concerning Type I establishments licensed under the Act, provides that the establishment shall be permitted to process meat and poultry from animals and poultry slaughtered by the owner or for the owner for his or her own personal use or for use by his or her household, to receive live animals and poultry presented to the owner to be slaughtered and processed for the owner's own personal use or for use by his or her household, and to process inspected meat and poultry for the owner's own personal use or for use by his household. Provides that the establishment shall stamp "NOT FOR SALE" in a prescribed manner on all carcasses of animals and immediate poultry containers for poultry slaughtered or processed in the establishment.

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that subject to federal approval, no person who is an undocumented immigrant shall qualify for any benefits or assistance provided under the Code, including, but not limited to, any benefits or assistance provided under the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the Child Care Assistance Program, the Children's Health Insurance Program, the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance program, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, and the medical assistance program. Effective immediately.

Amends the Meat and Poultry Inspection Act. In provisions concerning Type I establishments licensed under the Act, provides that the establishment shall be permitted to process meat and poultry from animals and poultry slaughtered by the owner or for the owner for his or her own personal use or for use by his or her household, to receive live animals and poultry presented to the owner to be slaughtered and processed for the owner's own personal use or for use by his or her household, and to process inspected meat and poultry for the owner's own personal use or for use by his household. Provides that the establishment shall stamp "NOT FOR SALE" in a prescribed manner on all carcasses of animals and immediate poultry containers for poultry slaughtered or processed in the establishment.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the waiting period for withholding delivery of a firearm after application for its purchase has been made does not apply to the transfer of an operable firearm in exchange for another operable firearm. Effective immediately.

Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Ratifies and approves the Nurse Licensure Compact, which allows for the issuance of multistate licenses that allow nurses to practice in their home state and other compact states. Provides that the Compact does not supersede existing State labor laws.