Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a financial oversight panel's powers. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 105 ILCS 5/1B-22 Adds reference to: 105 ILCS 5/10-21.3a 105 ILCS 5/10-22.6 from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.6 105 ILCS 5/10-22.6a from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.6a 105 ILCS 5/13A-11 105 ILCS 5/22-60 105 ILCS 5/26-2a from Ch. 122, par. 26-2a 105 ILCS 5/Art. 26A heading new 105 ILCS 5/26A-1 new 105 ILCS 5/26A-5 new 105 ILCS 5/26A-10 new 105 ILCS 5/26A-15 new 105 ILCS 5/26A-20 new 105 ILCS 5/26A-25 new 105 ILCS 5/26A-30 new 105 ILCS 5/26A-35 new 105 ILCS 5/26A-40 new 105 ILCS 5/26A-45 new 105 ILCS 5/26A-50 new 105 ILCS 5/26A-55 new 105 ILCS 5/27A-5 105 ILCS 5/34-18.24 105 ILCS 10/5 from Ch. 122, par. 50-5 30 ILCS 805/8.43 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Creates the Children and Youth Who Are Parents, Expectant Parents, or Victims of Gender-Based Violence Article. Defines terms. Requires the State Board of Education to create the Ensuring Success in School working group to advise the State Board on the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the Article by schools and school districts, including the development of policies, procedures, and protocols to be implemented by schools and school districts; provides for the working group's membership. Every 2 years, requires each school district to review all existing policies and procedures and revise any existing policies and procedures that may act as a barrier to the immediate enrollment and re-enrollment, attendance, graduation, and success in school of any youth who is a parent, expectant parent, or victim of gender-based violence or any policies or procedures that may compromise a criminal investigation relating to gender-based violence or may re-victimize the youth. On or before July 1, 2020, requires each school district to adopt one procedure to resolve complaints of alleged incidents of student-perpetrated, gender-based violence; specifies procedure requirements. Requires each school district to adopt and implement a policy and protocol to ensure that all information concerning a youth's status and related experiences as a parent, expectant parent, or victim of gender-based violence provided to or otherwise obtained by the school district or its employees or agents shall be retained in the strictest confidence by the school district or its employees or agents. Requires each school district to designate or appoint at least one staff person at each school in the district who is employed at least part-time at the school and who is a school social worker, school psychologist, school counselor, school nurse, school teacher, or school administrator trained to address, in a culturally responsive, confidential, and sensitive manner, the needs of youth who are parents, expectant parents, or victims of gender-based violence; specifies the staff person's duties. Provides that a student who is a victim of gender-based violence must be permitted to transfer schools immediately and as needed, including to a school in another school district, if the student's continued attendance at a particular attendance center, school facility, or school location poses a risk to the student's mental or physical well-being or safety. Makes other changes. Amends the Illinois School Student Records Act to provide that all information concerning a student's status and related experiences as a parent, expectant parent, or victim of gender-based violence must be retained by the school in the strictest confidence. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. With regard to a student who is a victim of gender-based violence and who seeks transfer to another school, provides that the school district the student transfers to must be an adjoining school district, unless there is no attendance center, school facility, or school location in that district in which the student's attendance poses no risk to the student's mental or physical well-being or safety. Provides that the school district the student seeks to transfer to may deny a transfer to a particular attendance center if (i) the attendance center exceeds or, as a result of the transfer, would exceed its attendance capacity, (ii) the student does not meet the attendance center's academic criteria for enrollment, or (iii) the transfer would prevent the school district from meeting obligations under State or federal law, a court order, or a consent decree. Provides that if no adjoining school district is available for transfer, the student may transfer to another school district, unless there is no attendance center, school facility, or school location in that district in which the student's attendance poses no risk to the student's mental or physical well-being or safety. With regard to the Children and Youth Who Are Parents, Expectant Parents, or Victims of Gender-Based Violence Article, defines "sexual activity" and modifies other definitions. Changes the membership of the Ensuring Success in School working group and requires the members to serve for a term of 2 years, which may be extended for a second term. Requires the working group to incorporate the advice and recommendations of youth who are parents, expectant parents, and victims of gender-based violence into the working group's advice to the State Board of Education on the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the Article. Requires complaint resolution procedures to be adopted by each school district by January 1, 2021 (rather than July 1, 2020) and adds a complaint of a violation of the Article as part of the procedure; makes conforming changes. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
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Creates the Clean Energy Jobs Act. Contains only a short title provision. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 20 ILCS 627/30 new 20 ILCS 627/35 new 20 ILCS 627/40 new 20 ILCS 3855/1-5 20 ILCS 3855/1-20 20 ILCS 3855/1-56 20 ILCS 3855/1-75 105 ILCS 5/2-3.176 new 220 ILCS 5/8-103B 220 ILCS 5/8-104.1 new 220 ILCS 5/9-220.3 220 ILCS 5/16-107 220 ILCS 5/16-107.5 220 ILCS 5/16-107.6 220 ILCS 5/16-107.7 new 220 ILCS 5/16-107.8 new 220 ILCS 5/16-108.9 new 220 ILCS 5/16-108.13 new 220 ILCS 5/16-108.17 new 220 ILCS 5/16-111.5 220 ILCS 5/16-115E new 220 ILCS 5/16-128B 415 ILCS 5/4.2 new 415 ILCS 5/9.10 415 ILCS 5/13.9 new 415 ILCS 5/9.15 rep. 415 ILCS 140/Act rep. Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Clean Jobs Workforce Hubs Act, the Expanding Clean Energy Entrepreneurship Act, the Community Energy and Climate Planning Act, and the Clean Energy Empowerment Zones Act to reduce emissions, promote renewable energy sources, improve energy efficiency, and reduce carbon pollution related to transportation. Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to administer a program to increase employment opportunities related to clean energy projects. Provides for the creation of a clean jobs curriculum to increase workforce skills. Provides for the promotion of opportunities for small and disadvantaged businesses in clean energy development. Establishes a framework to achieve 100% reliance on renewable energy. Amends the Electric Vehicle Act, the Illinois Power Agency Act, the School Code, the Public Utilities Act, and the Environmental Protection Act to make changes to implement the new programs. Repeals the Kyoto Protocol Act of 1998. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Urges the United States Congress to recognize outstanding student debt as a crisis for Americans seeking an education that endangers the well-being of Americans and to work to develop and enact legislation that will forgive student loans for all current student loan borrowers and prevent future students from shouldering an insurmountable burden of debt.
Amends the Consumer Installment Loan Act. Defines "title-secured loan". Provides that for title-secured loans entered into or renewed on or after the effective date of the Act: (i) a licensee shall not contract for or receive a charge exceeding 36% annual percentage rate on the unpaid balance of the amount financed for a title-secured loan; (ii) the loan contract shall provide for repayment of the principal and charges within specified maximum loan terms; (iii) upon or after default, a licensee shall not charge a borrower any finance charges, interest, fees, or charges of any kind; and (iv) the loan may be refinanced if the original principal of the loan has been reduced by at least 60%. Provides that nothing in these provisions abrogates a borrower's right to collect any surplus arising from the sale of a motor vehicle under the Uniform Commercial Code.
Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that "race", as used in the Employment and Elementary, Secondary, and Higher Education Articles, includes traits historically associated with races, including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists.
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that for facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health under the ID/DD Community Care Act as ID/DD Facilities and under the MC/DD Act as MC/DD Facilities, subject to federal approval, the rates taking effect on the latter of the approval date of the State Plan Amendment for these facilities or the Waiver Amendment for the home and community-based services settings shall include an increase sufficient to provide a $0.26 per hour wage increase to the base wage for non-executive staff. Requires the Department to adopt emergency rules. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Provides that emergency rules may be adopted to implement the provisions of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 305 ILCS 5/5-5.4 Adds reference to: 5 ILCS 100/5-45.1 new 5 ILCS 100/5-46.3 rep. 20 ILCS 3960/3 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1153 20 ILCS 3960/8.7 30 ILCS 105/6z-81 210 ILCS 50/32.5 305 ILCS 5/5-5.05c new 305 ILCS 5/5-5e.1 305 ILCS 5/5A-2 from Ch. 23, par. 5A-2 305 ILCS 5/5A-4 from Ch. 23, par. 5A-4 305 ILCS 5/5A-8 from Ch. 23, par. 5A-8 305 ILCS 5/5A-10 from Ch. 23, par. 5A-10 305 ILCS 5/5A-12.7 new 305 ILCS 5/5A-12.8 new 305 ILCS 5/5A-13 305 ILCS 5/5A-14 305 ILCS 5/5A-17 new 305 ILCS 5/12-4.105 305 ILCS 5/14-12 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Extends the time period that a hospital can qualify as a safety-net hospital. Makes changes to provisions concerning annual assessments on inpatient services for hospital providers for the period of July 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 and calendar years 2021 and 2022 (rather than for State fiscal years 2021 through 2024). Provides that should the change in the assessment methodology for fiscal years 2021 through December 31, 2022 not be approved on or before June 30, 2020, the assessment in effect for fiscal year 2020 shall remain in place until the new assessment is approved. Provides that if the assessment methodology for July 1, 2020 through December 31, 2022, is approved on or after July 1, 2020, it shall be retroactive to July 1, 2020, subject to federal approval and provided that certain hospital access payments authorized under the Code have the same effective date as the new assessment methodology. Contains provisions concerning an Assessment Adjustment for hospital providers beginning July 1, 2020. Provides that the Hospital Provider Fund shall make certain transfers to designated funds during State fiscal years 2021 and 2022. Contain provisions requiring the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to make hospital access payments to hospitals or to require capitated managed care organizations to make such payments for hospital services rendered on and after July 1, 2020. Provides that such hospital access payments are not due and payable until (1) certain payment methodologies are approved by the federal government in an appropriate State Plan amendment or directed payment preprint; and (2) a specified assessment is determined to be a permissible tax under the Social Security Act. Contains provisions concerning graduation medical education payments, Medicaid indirect medical education payments, and Medicaid Intern Resident Cost calculations for hospitals. Provides that critical access hospitals, safety-net hospitals, long term acute care hospitals, freestanding psychiatric hospitals, freestanding rehabilitation hospitals, and general acute care hospitals shall receive annual fee-for-service supplemental payments to be paid in 12 equal installments. Provides that certain hospitals shall receive Alzheimer's treatment access payments. Requires the Department to require managed care organizations to make directed payments and pass-through payments each calendar year. Provides that for the purpose of allocating funds included in capitation payments to managed care organizations, Illinois hospitals shall be divided into specified classes. Provides that beginning July 1, 2020, the Department shall issue payments to managed care organizations which shall be used to issue directed payments to qualified Illinois safety-net hospitals and critical access hospitals on a monthly basis. Contains provisions concerning quarterly inpatient per unit add-ons; quarterly inpatient directed payments; and quarterly outpatient per unit add-ons for specified hospitals. Sets forth specified amounts to be allocated to specified hospital class directed payment pools for the quarterly development of a uniform per unit add-on for the period July 1, 2020 through December 2020. Requires the Department to direct managed care organizations to make certain payments to general acute care hospitals, high Medicaid hospitals, long term acute care hospitals, and other specified hospitals based on each hospital's claims data for the relevant determination quarter. Requires the Department to submit certain reports to the General Assembly beginning February 1, 2022. Extends the repeal date of certain assessments and disbursements to December 31, 2022 (rather than July 1, 2020). Changes the name of the hospital transformation program to the hospital and health care transformation program. Provides that during State Fiscal Years 2021 through 2023, the hospital and health care transformation program shall be supported by an annual transformation funding pool of at least $150,000,000 to be allocated during the specified fiscal years for the purpose of facilitating hospital and health care transformation. Contains provisions concerning other matters. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Grants the Department of Healthcare and Family Services emergency rulemaking authority for changes made to the Illinois Public Aid Code by the amendatory Act. Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Provides that an application to close a health care facility shall only be deemed complete if it includes evidence that the health care facility provided written notice at least 30 days prior to filing the application of its intent to do so to the municipality in which it is located, the State Representative and State Senator of the district in which the health care facility is located, the State Board, the Director of Public Health, and the Director of Healthcare and Family Services. Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall issue an annual Freestanding Emergency Center (FEC) license to a facility if the Department of Healthcare and Family Services has approved the conversion to an FEC (rather than certified the conversion to an FEC was approved by the Hospital Transformation Review Committee) as a project subject to the hospital's transformation in accordance with a specified provision under the Illinois Public Aid Code. Effective immediately.
Amends the Smoke Free Illinois Act. Includes the use of alternative nicotine products and electronic cigarettes in the definition of "smoke" or "smoking". Defines "electronic cigarette", "nicotine", and "tobacco product". Amends the Prevention of Tobacco Use by Minors and Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products Act. Provides that "alternative nicotine product" does not include electronic cigarettes. Effective January 1, 2020. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 720 ILCS 675/1.5 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Smoke Free Illinois Act. Includes the use of alternative nicotine products and electronic cigarettes in the definition of "smoke" or "smoking". Defines "electronic cigarette", "nicotine", and "tobacco product". Effective January 1, 2020. House Committee Amendment No. 4 Deletes reference to: 410 ILCS 82/10 Adds reference to: 410 ILCS 82/1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Smoke Free Illinois Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. Fiscal Note, House Floor Amendment No. 5 (Dept. of Insurance) Due to the requirements being performed by existing staff, SB1864, HA005 would have minimal fiscal impact on the Department of Insurance. Fiscal Note, House Floor Amendment No. 5 (Dept. of Human Services) The expected state fiscal impact for SB1864 will primarily fall to the HFS. The cost to IDHS for IES is unknown at this time. Fiscal Note, House Floor Amendment No. 5 (Dept. of Healthcare & Family Services) The fiscal impact for SB 1864 HFA #5 is up to $1 million for health care feasibility study. Additional cost due to unknown eligibility increase due to COVID-19; estimated state cost of treatment is around $1,900 per person. House Floor Amendment No. 6 Deletes reference to: 410 ILCS 82/1 Adds reference to: New Act 5 ILCS 140/7.5 20 ILCS 3860/10 20 ILCS 3860/20 20 ILCS 3860/25 20 ILCS 3860/30 20 ILCS 3860/35 20 ILCS 3860/40 20 ILCS 3860/15 rep. 215 ILCS 106/7 215 ILCS 106/8 new 215 ILCS 170/7 215 ILCS 170/8 new 225 ILCS 85/39.5 new 305 ILCS 5/5-1.5 new 305 ILCS 5/5-2 from Ch. 23, par. 5-2 305 ILCS 5/5-4.2 from Ch. 23, par. 5-4.2 305 ILCS 5/5-5.27 new 305 ILCS 5/5-5e 305 ILCS 5/5-16.8 305 ILCS 5/5B-4 from Ch. 23, par. 5B-4 305 ILCS 5/11-5.1 305 ILCS 5/12-21.21 new 410 ILCS 50/3 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5403 410 ILCS 513/10 740 ILCS 110/2 from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 802 740 ILCS 110/9.5 740 ILCS 110/9.6 740 ILCS 110/9.8 740 ILCS 110/9.9 740 ILCS 110/9.11 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Health Care Affordability Act. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, in consultation with the Department of Insurance, to oversee a feasibility study to explore options to make health insurance more affordable for Illinois residents. Provides that the Departments shall develop and submit a proposal to the General Assembly and the Governor concerning the design, costs, benefits, and implementation of a State option for health care coverage that leverages existing State infrastructure. Creates the Kidney Disease Prevention and Education Task Force Act. Creates the Kidney Disease Prevention and Education Task Force. Provides for membership and meetings of the Task Force. Requires the Task Force to develop a sustainable plan to raise awareness about early detection, promote health equity, and reduce the burden of kidney disease throughout the State and submit a final report to the General Assembly on or before December 21, 2022. Repeals the Act on June 1, 2022. Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Provides that an offsite institutional pharmacy may supply emergency kits to a licensed facility. Makes other changes. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the medical assistance program shall provide coverage for routine care costs that are incurred in the course of an approved clinical trial if the medical assistance program would provide coverage for the same routine care costs not incurred in a clinical trial. Defines "approved clinical trial" to mean a phase I, II, III, or IV clinical trial involving the prevention, detection, or treatment of cancer or any other life-threatening disease or condition. Provides that "routine care cost" shall be defined by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services by rule. Provides that implementation of this coverage for routine care costs shall be contingent upon federal approval. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the Department of Human Services to jointly submit the necessary application to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for a waiver or State Plan amendment to allow remote monitoring and support services as a waiver-reimbursable service for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Provides that the application shall be submitted no later than January 1, 2021. Amends the Illinois Health Information Exchange and Technology Act. Changes the name of the Health Information Exchange Authority to the Health Information Exchange Office. Provides that staff employed by the Illinois Health Information Exchange Authority on the effective date of the amendatory Act shall transfer to the Health Information Exchange Office within the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Makes conforming changes to several Acts including the Medical Patient Rights Act, Genetic Information Privacy Act, and the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act. Amends the Children's Health Insurance Program Act, the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act, and the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Permits the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to take necessary actions to address the COVID-19 public health emergency to the extent such actions are required, approved, or authorized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Provides that such actions may continue throughout the public health emergency and for up to 12 months after the period ends, and may include, but are not limited to: accepting an applicant's or recipient's attestation of income, incurred medical expenses, residency, and insured status when electronic verification is not available. Further amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Permits the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to cover the treatment of COVID-19 to persons who qualify for medical assistance under federal law and regulations and to noncitizens. Contains provisions concerning payment claims for ambulance providers that are unable to obtain a Physician Certification Statement; assessment forms for long-term care facilities; income verification for medical assistance recipients; remote monitoring and support services as a waiver-reimbursable service for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities; and other matters. Effective immediately.
Creates the Wholesale Importation of Prescription Drugs Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to design an importation program where the State is the licensed wholesaler of imported drugs from licensed, regulated Canadian suppliers. Requires the program to address specified issues, including billing issues, cost savings issues, and safety and regulatory issues. Contains auditing and reporting requirements. Provides that the Department shall enlist the assistance of the Attorney General to identify the potential for anti-competitive behavior in industries that would be affected by an importation program. Requires the Department to submit a formal request to the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services for certification of the importation program. Requires the Department to have the program operational within 6 months after receiving the certification. Contains provisions concerning implementation requirements.
Amends the Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act. Requires health insurance carriers that provide coverage for prescription drugs to ensure that, within service areas and levels of coverage specified by federal law, at least half of individual and group plans meet one or more of the following criteria: apply a pre-deductible and flat-dollar copayment structure to the entire drug benefit, limit a beneficiary's monthly out-of-pocket financial responsibility for prescription drugs to a specified amount, or limit a beneficiary's annual out-of-pocket financial responsibility for prescription drugs to a specified amount. Provides that all plans for prescription drugs offered under the amendatory Act must be clearly and appropriately named, marketed in the same manner as other plans offered by the health insurance carrier, and offered for purchase to any individual and group plan sponsor. Effective January 1, 2021.
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that an action to collect a debt arising from a violation of a municipal ordinance may not be filed more than 7 years after the date of the alleged violation.