Amends the School Code. Provides that a student may not be questioned or detained at a school site at which students are detained in connection with criminal charges or allegations, taken into custody, or engaged with law enforcement personnel without the presence of the student's parent or guardian, a school social worker, or a licensed mental health professional. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 105 ILCS 5/10-20.64 105 ILCS 5/34-18.57 Adds reference to: 105 ILCS 5/22-85 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Provides that no student under 18 years of age may be questioned or detained by law enforcement personnel, a school resource officer, or other security personnel on school grounds in connection with a suspected or alleged criminal activity without the presence of the student's parent or guardian or a designee requested by the parent or guardian. Provides that a student 18 years of age or older may request the presence of his or her parent or guardian if he or she is questioned or detained, and the student must be notified of this right. Effective immediately. Fiscal Note, House Floor Amendment No. 2 (State Board of Education) This bill has no fiscal impact to the Illinois State Board of Education. State Mandates Fiscal Note, House Floor Amendment No. 2 (Dept. of Commerce & Economic Opportunity) This bill does not create a State mandate. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Provides that, before detaining and questioning a student on school grounds who is under 18 years of age and who is suspected of committing a criminal act, a law enforcement officer, school resource officer, or other school security personnel must comply with certain requirements; defines "school grounds". Provides that the requirements do not limit the authority of a law enforcement officer to make an arrest on school grounds and do not apply to specified circumstances that would cause a reasonable person to believe that urgent and immediate action is necessary. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Provides that, before detaining and questioning a student on school grounds who is under 18 years of age and who is suspected of committing a criminal act, a law enforcement officer, school resource officer, or other school security personnel must, among other requirements, (i) make reasonable efforts (rather than all reasonable efforts) to ensure that the student's parent or guardian or school personnel is present during the questioning and (ii) if practicable, make reasonable efforts (rather than all reasonable efforts) to ensure that a law enforcement officer trained in promoting safe interactions and communications with youth is present during the questioning.
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Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding the short title of the Article concerning mortgage foreclosures. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 735 ILCS 5/15-1101 Adds reference to: 735 ILCS 5/15-1503 from Ch. 110, par. 15-1503 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Mortgage Foreclosure Article of the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that if any defendant cannot be personally served with a summons and complaint but is served by publication, it is the duty of the plaintiff or his or her representative to mail to each defendant listed on the filed Affidavit for Service by Publication a copy of the published notice by first-class mail, addressed to each defendant whose place of residence is stated on the affidavit. Provides that an affidavit of the plaintiff or his or her representative stating that he or she has mailed the copy of the notice is evidence that he or she has done so. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 735 ILCS 5/15-1101 Adds reference to: 735 ILCS 5/2-206 from Ch. 110, par. 2-206 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that if, in any action brought under the Judicial Foreclosure Article, a plaintiff files an affidavit showing that the defendant resides outside of or has left the State, or on due inquiry cannot be found, or is concealed within the State so that process cannot be served upon him or her, and stating the place of residence of the defendant or that the place of residence of the defendant cannot be ascertained, the plaintiff shall cause publication to be made in some newspaper published in the county in which the action is pending or, under certain circumstances, in a newspaper published in an adjoining county. Provides that the plaintiff shall, within 10 days of the first publication of the notice, send a copy by mail, addressed to each defendant whose place of residence is stated in the affidavit. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the engrossed bill, and makes the following changes: Provides that the clerk of the court (rather than the plaintiff) shall, within 10 days of the first publication of the notice, send a copy of the notice by mail to each defendant whose place of residence is stated in the affidavit. Makes a corresponding change.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that no individual or group policy of accident and health insurance shall require a patient to make a co-payment or a deductible for a dermatology examination. Effective January 1, 2020. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that an individual or group policy of accident and health insurance shall cover one annual medically necessary screening for skin cancer that is not otherwise provided as part of a routine dermatology examination. Provides that a policy shall not impose a deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other cost-sharing requirement on the coverage provided. Provides the requirements do not apply to the extent such coverage would disqualify a high-deductible health plan from eligibility for a health savings account pursuant to specified provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Effective January 1, 2020. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Requires an individual or group policy of accident and health insurance to cover one annual office visit for a whole body skin examination for lesions suspicious for skin cancer. Requires that the appropriate procedural and diagnosis codes be used and that certain cost-sharing requirements shall not be imposed on the patient for coverage. Effective January 1, 2020. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Provides that the provisions do not apply to the extent the coverage would disqualify a high-deductible health plan from eligibility for a health savings account pursuant to specified provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.
Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that the Apprentice Hunter License shall be a non-renewable license that shall expire on the March 31 following the date of issuance (rather than a one-time, non-renewable license). Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 520 ILCS 5/2.26 from Ch. 61, par. 2.26 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall create a pilot program during the special 3-day, youth-only deer hunting season to allow for youth deer hunting permits that are valid statewide, excluding those counties or portions of counties closed to firearm deer hunting. Provides that the Department shall adopt rules to implement the pilot program. Provides that nothing shall be construed to prohibit the Department from issuing Special Hunt Area Permits for the youth-only deer hunting season or establishing, through administrative rule, additional requirements pertaining to the youth-only deer hunting season on Department-owned or Department-managed sites, including site-specific quotas or drawings. Provides that the provision become inoperative on January 1, 2023. Provides that no person shall have in his or her (rather than his) possession any firearm not authorized by administrative rule for a specific hunting season when taking deer. Provides that the Apprentice Hunter License shall be a non-renewable license that shall expire on the March 31 following the date of issuance (rather than a one-time, non-renewable license). Provides that the license shall entitle the licensee to hunt on private property while supervised by a validly licensed resident or nonresident hunter who is 21 years of age or older and to hunt on public property while supervised by a validly licensed resident or nonresident who is 21 years of age or older and has a hunter education certificate.
Amends the School Code. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education must develop an Agricultural Education Pre-Service Teacher Training Program beginning at the secondary level that provides grants to (i) students who qualify as pre-service teaching students and who attend institutions of higher education that offer a State-approved agricultural education teacher preparation program, (ii) students who qualify as pre-service teaching students and who attend public community colleges that provide an articulated agricultural education teacher course of study, and (iii) non-traditional agricultural education teaching students; defines terms and specifies the Training Program's requirements. Provides that the funds provided by the State Board may be used to support (i) a stipend not to exceed $7,500 for a non-traditional agricultural education teaching student or a pre-service teaching student for work completed under the Training Program, distributed in monthly installments, (ii) lodging for a pre-service training student, (iii) reimbursement for meals for the pre-service teaching student, (iv) reasonable costs charged by a participating Illinois agricultural company, or (v) any educational costs related to the Training Program. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education must, in consultation with the Board of Higher Education, develop an Agricultural Education Pre-Service Teacher Internship Program, beginning at the secondary education level, for pre-service teaching students that consists of (i) at a minimum, an 8-week experience or 300 hours of experience to prepare the pre-service teaching student for in-classroom experiences, including, but not limited to, experiences in the 5 career clusters for Illinois agricultural education through partnerships with Illinois agricultural companies and (ii) both in-classroom lectures and hands-on, applied learning; defines terms. Provides that the State Board must award grants to a pre-service teaching student enrolled in the Internship Program, which may be used by the student to support (i) a stipend not to exceed $7,500 for a pre-service teaching student's completion of the Internship Program, distributed in monthly installments, (ii) lodging for a pre-service teaching student while participating in the Internship Program, (iii) reimbursement for meals, not to exceed the per diem rate established by the Internal Revenue Service, for a pre-service teaching student while participating in the Internship Program, and (iv) any reasonable costs for participation in the Internship Program charged by any participating Illinois agricultural company. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Credit Union Act. Provides that if the Act requires information to be written or delivered in writing, an electronic record or delivery satisfies the rule of law. Provides that if the Act requires a policy, record, notice, or other document or information to be mailed or otherwise furnished or disclosed by a credit union, electronic distribution or delivery satisfies the rule of law. Provides that a policy adopted by the board may delegate expulsion authority to senior management officials of the credit union. Provides that a member expelled by a senior management official may seek reinstatement by appealing the action within 30 days of expulsion to the board of directors, and that the board may affirm, disaffirm, or modify the action, and the board's decision is final. Provides that a credit union may invest in securities, obligations, or other instruments of or issued by entities properly registered with or licensed by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Increases a credit union's aggregate loan amount and the total amount of funds not used in loans to members that may be invested in shares and stocks of Credit Union Service Organizations to 10% (instead of 3%) of the paid-in and unimpaired capital and surplus of the credit union. Modifies a credit union's investment limit in shares or stocks of Credit Union Service Organizations to not exceed 10% (instead of 3%) of the paid-in and unimpaired capital and surplus of the credit union or the amount authorized for federal credit unions. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 205 ILCS 305/44 Adds reference to: 205 ILCS 305/44.1 new Replaces provisions regarding the reporting and turnover provisions of the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act relating to credit unions with a provision allowing a credit union to deduct a dormancy charge or escheat fee from property delivered to the administrator under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Requires that credit unions annually disclose director remuneration to the membership. Provides that the disclosure shall contain: (i) the amount paid to each director and (ii) the amount paid to the directors as a group. Deletes language authorizing credit unions to invest in securities of entities licensed by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, including entities licensed under the Residential Mortgage License Act of 1987, the Consumer Installment Loan Act, and the Sales Finance Agency Act. Corrects a typographical error. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 205 ILCS 305/51 from Ch. 17, par. 4452 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the engrossed bill, and makes the following changes: Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall, by rule, establish maximum rates of reasonable compensation for directors and committee members that are generally applicable to credit unions considering factors the Department may establish from time to time, including, but not limited to, total assets, nonprofit cooperative structure, and the best interests of members. Deletes language providing that with approval of the board of directors, a credit union may make loans to credit union organizations if the aggregate amount of all such loans outstanding does not exceed the greater of 10% (instead of 3%) of the paid-in and unimpaired capital and surplus of the credit union or the amount authorized for federal credit unions. Deletes language providing that funds not used in loans to members may be invested in shares or stocks of credit union service organizations in the total amount not exceeding the greater of 10% (instead of 3%) of the unimpaired capital and surplus of the credit union or the amount authorized for federal credit unions. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person shall not smoke in a motor vehicle containing a person under 18 years of age, regardless of whether the vehicle is in motion, at rest, or has its windows down. Defines smoking as inhaling, exhaling, burning, or carrying a lighted cigarette, cigar, pipe, weed, plant, regulated narcotic, or other combustible substance. Provides that a police officer may not stop a motor vehicle solely for a violation of the Section. Provides that a violation is a petty offense with a maximum fine of $100 and that, for a second or subsequent offense, the fine is not to exceed $250. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Provides that the prohibition on smoking in a motor vehicle with a minor present does not apply to a person who is the sole occupant of the vehicle.
Amends the Electronic Fund Transfer Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning powers and duties under the Act. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 205 ILCS 616/20 Adds reference to: New Act 5 ILCS 140/7.5 5 ILCS 375/6.11 215 ILCS 5/Art. XXXIIB heading new 215 ILCS 5/513b1 new 215 ILCS 5/513b2 new 215 ILCS 5/513b3 new 215 ILCS 5/513b4 new 215 ILCS 5/513b5 new 215 ILCS 5/513b6 new 215 ILCS 125/5-3 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1411.2 215 ILCS 134/30 215 ILCS 134/65 225 ILCS 85/42 new 305 ILCS 5/5-36 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a contract between a health insurer and a pharmacy benefit manager must:(1) require the pharmacy benefit manager to update maximum allowable cost pricing information and maintain a process that will eliminate drugs from maximum allowable cost lists or modify drug prices to remain consistent with changes in pricing data; (2) prohibit the pharmacy benefit manager from limiting a pharmacist's ability to disclose the availability of a more affordable alternative drug; and (3) prohibit the pharmacy benefit manager from requiring an insured to make a payment for a prescription drug in an amount that exceeds the lesser of the applicable cost-sharing amount or the retail price of the drug. Contains provisions concerning the inclusion of prescription drugs on a maximum allowable cost list, State licensing requirements for pharmacy benefit managers, and other matters. Makes conforming changes to other Acts. Amends the Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act. Provides that a health care plan shall apply any third-party payments for prescription drugs. Makes changes to provisions concerning the denial of coverage for emergency services. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services may enter into a contract with any third party on a fee-for-service reimbursement model for the purpose of administering pharmacy benefits. Requires the Department to ensure coordination of care between the third-party administrator and managed care organizations as a consideration in any contracts established. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to exempt from disclosure certain information pharmacy benefits managers are required to provide under the Illinois Public Aid Code. Contains a severability provision. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 215 ILCS 134/65 Adds reference to: 5 ILCS 140/7 215 ILCS 134/10 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of House Amendment No. 1, but with the following changes: Further amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In a provision concerning contracts between health insurers and pharmacy benefit managers, provides that such contracts must require pharmacy benefit managers to: (1) update maximum allowable cost pricing information at least every 7 calendar days; (2) provide access to its maximum allowable cost list to each pharmacy or pharmacy services administrative organization, as defined, subject to the maximum allowable cost list; (4) provide a process by which a contracted pharmacy can appeal the provider's reimbursement for a drug subject to maximum allowable cost pricing; and other matters. Regarding a drug on the maximum allowable cost list, requires pharmacy benefits managers to ensure that: (i) if a drug is a generically equivalent drug, it is listed as therapeutically equivalent and pharmaceutically equivalent to certain rating standards; (ii) the drug is available for purchase by each pharmacy in the State from national or regional wholesalers operating in Illinois; and (ii) the drug is not obsolete (rather than requiring a drug to have at least 3 or more nationally available, therapeutically equivalent, multiple source generic drugs with a significant cost difference and be available for purchase without limitations by all pharmacies in the State from national or regional wholesalers). Permits the Director of Insurance to examine a pharmacy benefit manager's designee, representative, or other specified persons (rather than any individual) about the business of the pharmacy benefit manager. Contains provisions concerning the denial of a pharmacy benefits manager's registration application or the suspension or revocation of a pharmacy benefits manager's registration. Defines terms. Further amends the Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act. Makes changes to the definition of "emergency medical condition". Removes changes made to a provision concerning the denial of coverage and payment for emergency services provided without prior authorization or an approved plan. Further amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes changes to certain reporting requirements imposed on the Director of Healthcare and Family Services. Requires a pharmacy benefit manager to make certain disclosures to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services upon request. Requires a pharmacy benefit manager to make certain written disclosures to a pharmacy provider or pharmacy services administrative organization. Defines "pharmacy services administrative organization." Requires the Department to adopt rules establishing reasonable dispensing fees for fee-for-service payments in accordance with guidance or guidelines from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 115 ILCS 5/1 Adds reference to: 105 ILCS 5/10-21.9 from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.9 105 ILCS 5/21B-45 105 ILCS 5/21B-80 105 ILCS 5/24-14 from Ch. 122, par. 24-14 105 ILCS 5/34-18.5 from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.5 105 ILCS 5/34-84b from Ch. 122, par. 34-84b Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Provides that a check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database must be conducted by the school district or regional superintendent, as applicable, once for every 5 years an applicant remains employed by a school district. Provides that no school board shall knowingly employ a person or knowingly allow a person to student teach who has been issued an indicated finding of abuse or neglect of a child by the Department of Children and Family Services under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act or by a child welfare agency of another jurisdiction. Requires the State Board of Education to conduct random audits of Professional Educator Licensees to verify a licensee's fulfillment of required professional development hours. With regard to the conviction of certain offenses as grounds for disqualification for licensure or suspension or revocation of a license, provides that if the holder of a license or applicant for a license has been charged with attempting to commit, conspiring to commit, soliciting, or committing certain offenses, first degree murder, or a Class X felony or any offense committed or attempted in any other state or against the laws of the United States that, if committed or attempted in this State, would have been punishable as one or more of those offenses, the State Superintendent of Education shall immediately suspend the license or deny the application until the person's criminal charges are adjudicated through a court of competent jurisdiction. Makes other changes. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 105 ILCS 5/34-84b Adds reference to: 105 ILCS 5/10-20.69 new 105 ILCS 5/10-23.12 from Ch. 122, par. 10-23.12 105 ILCS 5/21B-75 105 ILCS 5/22-85 new 105 ILCS 5/22-86 new 105 ILCS 5/24-12 from Ch. 122, par. 24-12 105 ILCS 5/27A-5 105 ILCS 5/34-18.6 from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.6 105 ILCS 5/34-18.61 new 105 ILCS 5/34-85 from Ch. 122, par. 34-85 820 ILCS 40/8 from Ch. 48, par. 2008 820 ILCS 40/9 from Ch. 48, par. 2009 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Further amends the School Code. Provides that each school district must adopt and implement a policy addressing sexual abuse investigations. Provides that, except for an educator licensed under the Educator Licensure Article of the Code, if a school board determines that any school district employee has willfully or negligently failed to report an instance of suspected child abuse or neglect, as required by the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act, then the school board may dismiss that employee immediately upon that determination. Provides that the State Superintendent of Education has the authority to initiate a suspension of or revoke the license of any educator licensed under the Educator Licensure Article of the Code if he or she negligently fails to report an instance of suspected child abuse or neglect. Provides that if an individual is dismissed by a school district for committing a physical or sexual act on a student, the State Superintendent of Education shall immediately suspend, pending revocation, any license issued to that individual under the Educator Licensure Article of the Code. Provides that if a mandated reporter within a school has knowledge of an alleged incident of sexual abuse, the reporter must call the Department of Children and Family Services' hotline immediately after obtaining the minimal information necessary to make a report, including the names of the affected parties and the allegations. Provides that for schools in a county with an accredited Children's Advocacy Center, every alleged incident of sexual abuse that is reported to the Department of Children and Family Services' hotline or a law enforcement agency and is subsequently accepted for investigation must be referred by the entity that received the report to the local Children's Advocacy Center pursuant to that county's multidisciplinary team's protocol under the Children's Advocacy Center Act for investigating child sexual abuse allegations. Provides for the local Children's Advocacy Center's duties and the duties of a school. Provides that if, during the course of its internal investigation and at any point during or after the multidisciplinary team's investigation, a school determines that it needs to interview an alleged victim of sexual abuse to successfully complete its investigation and the victim is under 18 years of age, a child advocate must be made available to the student and must be present during the school's interview. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services and the appropriate law enforcement agency must notify the relevant school when an agency investigation of an alleged incident of sexual abuse is completed, which must include information on the outcome of that investigation. Creates the Make Sexual and Severe Physical Abuse Fully Extinct Task Force. Provides for the Task Force's membership, meeting requirements, and duties. With regard to employee dismissal proceedings, provides that in the case of charges involving physical or sexual contact with a student or a person under the age of 18, the hearing officer shall make alternative hearing procedures to protect a witness who is a student or who is under the age of 18 from being intimidated or traumatized. Amends the Personnel Record Review Act to provide that certain disclosure requirements under the Act do not apply to a school district responding to an inquiry from a prospective employer or to activities or associations with individuals or groups involved in the physical, sexual, or other exploitation of minors. Makes conforming and other changes. Adds an immediate effective date. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1 with the following changes. Provides that, every 2 years, each school district must review all existing policies and procedures concerning sexual abuse investigations at schools (rather than must adopt and implement a policy addressing sexual abuse investigations at schools) to ensure consistency with policies adopted under the School Code. Provides that, as a condition of employment, each school board must consider the status of a person who has been issued an indicated finding of abuse or neglect of a child by the Department of Children and Family Services under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act or by a child welfare agency of another jurisdiction (rather than no school board shall knowingly employ a person who has been issued those indicated findings). Changes the definition of "alleged incident of sexual abuse". Makes changes to what a school must comply with after an alleged incident of sexual abuse is accepted for investigation by the Department of Children and Family Services or a law enforcement agency and while the investigations are being conducted by the local multidisciplinary team. With regard to the Personnel Record Review Act, provides that certain disclosure requirements under the Act do not apply to a school district who is sharing information related to an incident or an attempted incident of sexual abuse or severe physical abuse (rather than a school district responding to an inquiry from a prospective employer). Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Taxi Safety Act of 2007. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 625 ILCS 55/1 Adds reference to: 625 ILCS 5/3-609 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-609 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Adds motorcycles to the types of vehicles for which an eligible applicant may be issued a set of license plates for veterans with disabilities. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Provides that a veteran who holds proof of a service-connected disability from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and whose degree of disability has been declared to be 50% or more, but whose disability does not qualify the veteran for a plate or decal for persons with disabilities, may apply for special registration plates for a motorcycle.