Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Includes persons who are foreign-born victims of trafficking, torture, or other serious crimes in the categories of non-citizens who are eligible for cash or medical assistance under the Code. Defines "foreign-born victims of trafficking, torture, or other serious crimes". Provides that beginning January 1, 2017, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall provide medical assistance coverage to foreign-born victims of human trafficking, torture, or other serious crimes and to their derivative family members who: reside in Illinois; are not otherwise eligible under the Code; meet certain income guidelines; and have filed or are preparing to file a formal application for status pursuant to specified provisions of the United States Code. Provides that such a person is ineligible for continued medical assistance coverage if he or she has not filed a formal application for status within one year after the date of his or her application for cash assistance or SNAP benefits; and that if there is a final denial of the person's visa or asylum application, any medical assistance coverage provided to that person and his or her derivative family members shall be terminated. Adds the Survivor Support and Trafficking Prevention Article to the Code with provisions concerning: cash assistance and SNAP benefits for persons who are foreign-born victims of trafficking, torture, or other serious crimes and their derivative family members; eligibility determinations; work requirements and exemptions; and termination of benefits. Grants the Department rulemaking authority to implement these provisions. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Riverboat Gambling Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning prohibited activities.
Creates the Child Bereavement Leave Act and amends the State Finance Act. Provides that an employee may use specified amounts of bereavement leave to grieve the death of the employee's child, attend services in relation to the death of the employee's child, or make arrangements necessitated by the death of the employee's child. Provides for enforcement by the Department of Labor. Provides for civil penalties. Authorizes the Attorney General to collect penalties. Creates the Child Bereavement Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Credit Union Act. Provides that amendments to the articles of incorporation of a credit union may be made with the approval of a majority (rather than two-thirds) of the members or at least two-thirds of the directors. Requires that a report of any amendments to the articles of incorporation adopted by the board of directors be made to the members at the next annual meeting. Removes a credit manager as a vacancy that can be filled by the board of directors through appointment. Provides that the credit committee, board of directors, or chief management official (rather than just the credit committee) may appoint a credit manager. Provides that if no credit committee has been appointed, the board of directors or chief management official (rather than just the board of directors) shall appoint a credit manager. Provides that a prepayment penalty does not include a waived, bona fide third-party charge that the credit union imposes if the consumer prepays all of the transaction's principal sooner than 36 months after consummation of a closed-end credit transaction, a waived, bona fide third-party charge that the credit union imposes if the consumer terminates an open-end credit plan sooner than 36 months after account opening, or a yield maintenance fee imposed on a business transaction. Allows 2 or more credit unions that are merging to elect to request a network credit union designation for the surviving credit union. Sets forth provisions for network credit unions. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Clinical Laboratory and Blood Bank Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act. Provides that all programs serving persons with substance use issues licensed by the Department of Human Services under the Act must provide educational information concerning treatment options for opioid addiction, including the use of a medication for the use of opioid addiction, recognition of and response to opioid overdose, and the use and administration of naloxone, to clients identified as having or seeking treatment for opioid addiction. Provides that the Department shall develop educational materials that are supported by research and updated periodically that must be used by programs to comply with this requirement.
Amends the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act. Provides that a United States Savings bond shall be presumed abandoned when the bond has remained unclaimed and unredeemed for 5 years after its date of final extended maturity. Provides that presumed abandoned and unclaimed bonds escheat to the State. Establishes a procedure by which the State Treasurer may obtain a judicial determination that the bond has escheated to the State.
Amends the Drug Court Treatment Act. Provides that if the defendant needs treatment for opioid abuse or dependence, the court shall require that the defendant participate in and receive medically prescribed drug treatments under the care of a physician licensed in this State to practice medicine in all of its branches. Provides that a defendant who is assigned to a substance abuse treatment program under the Act for opioid abuse or dependence is not in violation of the terms or conditions of the program on the basis of his or her participation in medically prescribed drug treatments under the care of a physician licensed in this State to practice medicine in all of its branches.
Congratulates Niles West High School on winning the school's first boys gymnastics State title.
Congratulates Elizabeth Lerner on her retirement after 30 years of service with Cook County and the City of Chicago.