Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the amount and nature of medical assistance.
Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission shall include recommendations regarding the funding of detention, the transparency and evaluation of the use of detention, and the availability of youth services to reduce the use of detention and prevent deeper criminal involvement in its annual submission of recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly. Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that on or after January 1, 2020, detention of a minor shall be a last resort and only in the case of any minor 14 years of age or older arrested on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act if there is probable cause to believe that the minor is a delinquent minor charged with a felony offense, that secured custody is the least restrictive alternative available, and is a matter of immediate and urgent necessity for the protection of the minor or of the person of another. Provides that any minor placed in detention shall immediately have counsel appointed and an opportunity to privately consult with counsel in person, and have a review of the decision to detain within 24 hours of the placement in detention. Provides that unless sooner released, a minor alleged to be a delinquent minor taken into temporary custody must be brought before a judicial officer within 24 hours including Saturdays, Sundays, and court-designated holidays for a detention or shelter care hearing to determine whether he or she shall be further held in custody. Makes other changes. Effective January 1, 2020.
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires managed care organizations (MCOs) to publish, at least quarterly for the preceding quarter, on their websites: (1) the total number of claims received by the MCO; (2) the number and monetary amount of claims payments made to a service provider; (3) the dates of services rendered for the claims payments made under item (2); (4) the dates the claims were received by the MCO for the claims payments made under item (2); and (5) the dates on which claims payments under item (2) were released. Effective July 1, 2019.
Creates the 2020 Census Grant Program Act. Creates the 2020 Census Grant Program for the purpose of issuing matching grants to local governments and nonprofit organizations to support the accurate counting of the population of the State and its local jurisdictions, and the collection of basic demographic and housing information of the population of this State for the 2020 Census. Creates the 2020 Census Grant Program Panel and provides for its membership. Provides administrative support for the Grant Panel. Provides for the awarding of funds under the Grant Program. Requires notice to be given to units of local government and nonprofit organizations concerning the Grant Program. Provides that for fiscal year 2020, the Governor shall include in the annual State budget for the 2020 Census Grant Program an appropriation of $33,000,000. Provides legislative findings. Defines terms. Repeals the Act on January 1, 2022. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that a prescriber shall offer a prescription for naloxone hydrochloride or another drug approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the complete or partial reversal of opioid depression to a patient when one or more of the following conditions are present: (1) the prescription dosage for the patient is 90 or more morphine milligram equivalents of an opioid medication per day; (2) an opioid medication is prescribed concurrently with a prescription for benzodiazepine; (3) the patient presents with an increased risk for overdose, including a patient with a history of overdose, a patient with a history of substance use disorder, or a patient at risk for returning to a high dose of opioid medication to which the patient is no longer tolerant. Provides other requirements and exemptions. Makes other changes. Effective January 1, 2020.
Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Provides that a petitioner may petition the circuit court to expunge the records of his or her arrests and charges not initiated by arrest when each arrest or charge not initiated by arrest sought to be expunged resulted in the underlying conduct being later decriminalized.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that, on January 1, 2020, all powers and duties of the Department of Human Services related to processing and administering eligibility for individuals with Medicaid long-term care benefits and any and all individuals applying for Medicaid who also apply for Medicaid long-term care benefits shall be transferred to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, including, but not be limited to, the transfer of all powers and duties of the Department of Human Services related to eligibility determinations, redeterminations, admission approvals, income and address changes, appeals, and all associated tasks. Provides that all personnel, property, materials, supplies, and funds associated with the completion of these functions shall be transferred from the Department of Human Services to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, including the transfer of all 3 Department of Human Services' Medical Field Operations offices (Long Term Care), and all other resources or personnel located outside those 3 offices who administer the functions of or provide support to those offices. Provides that all rules, standards, policies, and procedures adopted by the Department of Human Services shall continue in effect as the rules, standards, policies, and procedures of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services until they are modified or abolished by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Effective immediately.
Amends the Children's Health Insurance Program Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the legislative intent of the Act.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, taxpayers of income producing property shall submit income and expense data related to the property annually to the chief county assessment officer. Provides that, in counties with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the county board may provide by resolution that taxpayers of income producing property shall submit income and expense data annually to the chief county assessment officer. Provides that, when determining the value of property for assessment purposes, the assessor may consider all relevant information pertaining to the fair cash value of the property, including, but not limited to, income and expense data, sales data, property characteristics data, construction cost data, appraisals, and other valuation information. Effective immediately.
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to establish, by rule, minimum quality standards for providers of medical supplies, equipment, and related services applicable to contracted managed care organizations for all services rendered to MCO enrollees. Requires the minimum quality standards to be based upon recognized national standards promulgated by national bodies and by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Requires the Department to set a rate of reimbursement payable by contracted managed care organizations to contracted, in-network providers of medical supplies, equipment, and related services at the default rate of reimbursement paid under the Illinois Medicaid fee-for-service program methodology for such medical supplies, equipment, and related services in effect as of June 30, 2017. Requires contracted managed care organizations to offer a reimbursement rate to contracted, in-network providers of medical supplies, equipment, and related services at not less than 90% of the default rate of reimbursement paid under the Illinois Medicaid fee-for-service program methodology, including all policy adjusters, for such medical supplies, equipment, and related services of similar quality. Provides that these provisions shall not be construed to allow the Department or its contracted MCOs to enter into sole source contracts for the provision of durable medical equipment, supplies, or related services to Medicaid beneficiaries and Medicaid managed care enrollees. Effective immediately.
