Amends the Trustees of Schools Article of the School Code. With respect to the trustees of schools of Township 38 North, Range 12 East, provides that the school business of the township shall be transacted by 4 elected trustees and 3 trustees who are appointed by the school boards (or officers) of specified school districts (rather than 3 elected trustees). Allows an elected trustee and an appointed trustee to represent the same school district. Provides that any trustee, whether elected or appointed, may serve as an officer of the trustees of schools. Sets forth the procedures for the appointment and term of the 3 appointed trustees. Provides that no person shall be nominated for the office of trustee of schools in townships containing 20,000 inhabitants or over except by a petition signed by a least 5% or 500 of the voters of the school township who last cast votes in the most recent election, whichever is less (rather than except by a petition signed by at least 25 voters of the school township). Effective immediately.
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Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that tangible personal property sold by or on behalf of the State Treasurer pursuant to the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act is exempt. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Provides that the bill is effective immediately.
Amends the State Treasurer Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning bond. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 15 ILCS 505/1 Adds reference to: 20 ILCS 1305/1-75 new 30 ILCS 105/5.970 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the First Responders Child Care Act. Provides that subject to appropriation, the Department of Human Services shall establish and administer an Off-Hours Child Care Grant Program to provide grants to licensed child care facilities to expand their program of services to include off hours, night, or sleep time child care for first responders and third shift workers who, on account of their work schedule, need child care outside of the hours when licensed child care facilities typically operate. Provides that services funded under the grant program must address the child care needs of first responders. Provides that grants provided under the program may also be used to cover any capital and operating expenses related to the provision of off-hours, night, or sleep time child care for first responders. Requires child care facilities seeking funding under the grant program to apply to the Department in a form and manner prescribed by the Department. Requires the Department to implement the grant program by the date the Child Care Advisory Council submits its final report to the General Assembly as provided under Senate Resolution 862 of the 102nd General Assembly or by December 31, 2022, whichever is earlier. Permits the Department to adopt any rules necessary to implement the program. Defines "first responders" to mean emergency medical services personnel as defined in the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act, firefighters, law enforcement officers, and, as determined by the Department, any other workers who, on account of their work schedule, need child care outside of the hours when licensed child care facilities typically operate. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Off-Hours Child Care Grant Program Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 15 ILCS 505/1 Adds reference to: 20 ILCS 1305/1-75 new 30 ILCS 105/5.970 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the First Responders Child Care Act. Provides that subject to appropriation, the Department of Human Services shall establish and administer an Off-Hours Child Care Program to help first responders and other workers identify and access off-hours, night, or sleep time child care. Provides that services funded under the program must address the child care needs of first responders. Provides that funding provided under the program may also be used to cover any capital and operating expenses related to the provision of off-hours, night, or sleep time child care for first responders. Requires the Department to implement the program by July 1, 2023. Permits the Department to adopt any rules necessary to implement the program. Defines "first responders" to mean emergency medical services personnel as defined in the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act, firefighters, law enforcement officers, and, as determined by the Department, any other workers who, on account of their work schedule, need child care outside of the hours when licensed child care facilities typically operate. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Off-Hours Child Care Program Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 3 Provides that that amendatory Act shall be referred to as the Off-Hours Child Care Act (rather than the First Responders Child Care Act). In a provision concerning legislative intent, provides that only 435 of the State's group day care homes (rather than group home care programs) provide night care.
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that a certificate of service authority granted to an alternative retail electric supplier or alternative gas supplier or a license granted to an agent, broker, or consultant engaged in the procurement or sale of retail electricity supply for third parties is not property and the grant of a certificate or license does not create a property interest. Makes changes in provisions concerning certification of alternative retail electric suppliers; Illinois Commerce Commission oversight of services provided by alternative retail electric suppliers; licensure of agents, brokers, and consultants engaged in the procurement or sale of retail electricity supply for third parties; and certification of alternative gas suppliers. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that if the Commission finds that an alternative retail electric supplier has violated specified provisions, it may require a violating alternative retail electric supplier to pay a fine of up to $10,000 (rather than $1,000) into the Public Utility Fund for each violation (rather than each repeated and intentional violation) or, for a pattern of violation or for violations that continue after a cease and desist order (rather than intentionally violating a cease and desist order), revoke the violating alternative retail electric supplier's certificate of service authority. Provides that complaints may be filed with the Commission by a consumer, or by the Commission on its own motion, when it appears that an alternative retail gas supplier has provided service in a manner not in compliance with specified provisions. Provides for actions that the Commission may take if, after notice and hearing, the Commission finds that an alternative retail gas supplier has violated specified provisions. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 220 ILCS 5/19-120 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the engrossed bill, and makes the following changes. Further amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the bonds issued to an applicant for a certificate of service authority as an alternative retail electric supplier or alternative gas supplier may be drawn upon in whole or in part to satisfy any penalties imposed by the Illinois Commerce Commission for a violation of the applicant's duties or obligations, except that the total amount of claims and penalties against the bond shall not exceed the penal sum of the bond and shall not include any consequential or punitive damages. Provides that the Commission shall have jurisdiction to entertain and dispose of any complaint made by the Commission, on its own motion, or by any person or corporation, chamber of commerce, board of trade, or any industrial, commercial, mercantile, agricultural or manufacturing society, or any body politic or municipal corporation (rather than an individual consumer) against any alternative retail electric supplier or alternative gas supplier. Provides that the provisions concerning certification of alternative retail electric suppliers and alternative gas suppliers do not diminish the existing rights of a certificate holder to notice and hearing as proscribed by the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act and in rules adopted by the Commission. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Makes technical changes.
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that in order to maximize the accessibility of preventive prenatal and perinatal health care services, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall amend its managed care contracts such that an managed care organization must pay for preventive prenatal and perinatal healthcare services rendered by a non-affiliated provider, for which the health plan would pay if rendered by an affiliated provider, at the same rate the Department would pay for such services exclusive of disproportionate share payments and Medicaid percentage adjustments, unless a different rate was agreed upon by the health plan and the non-affiliated provider. Effective January 1, 2023. House Committee Amendment No. 2 Adds reference to: 210 ILCS 170/5 210 ILCS 170/25 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the bill as amended by Senate Amendment No. 1 with the following changes. Amends the Birth Center Licensing Act. Provides that a licensed certified professional midwife may attend or be delegated to attend to each person in labor from the time of admission through birth and throughout the immediate postpartum period. Defines "licensed certified professional midwife". Makes a conforming change. Effective January 1, 2023. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes: Further amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that a managed care organization must pay for preventative prenatal services, perinatal healthcare services, and postpartum services rendered by a non-affiliated provider, for which the health plan would pay if rendered by an affiliated provider, at the rate paid (rather than at no less than the rate paid) under the Illinois Medicaid fee-for-service program methodology for such services. Provides that, in cases where a managed care organization must pay for preventive prenatal services, perinatal healthcare services, and postpartum services rendered by a non-affiliated provider, the payment rate requirements under the amendatory Act shall not apply if the services were not emergency services, as defined in a specified provision of the Code, and: (1) the non-affiliated provider is a perinatal hospital and has, within the 12 months preceding the date of service, rejected a contract that was offered in good faith by the health plan as determined by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services; or (2) the health plan has terminated a contract with the non-affiliated provider for cause, and the Department has not deemed the termination to have been without merit. Provides that the Department may deem that a determination for cause has merit if: (i) an institutional provider has repeatedly failed to conduct discharge planning; or (ii) the provider's conduct adversely and substantially impacts the health of Medicaid patients; or (iii) the provider's conduct constitutes fraud, waste, or abuse; or (iv) the provider's conduct violates the code of ethics governing his or her profession. Effective January 1, 2023.
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that annexations and annexation agreements are valid if they meet specified statutory requirements. Declares that it is a proper purpose for a municipality to seek the voluntary annexation of territory in order to: seek contiguity with other territory; or wholly bind other territory for the purpose of annexing that other territory. Provides that the validity of an annexation cannot be contested based on the purpose of the annexation, the contents of any annexation agreement, or any factor other than what is statutorily required. Requires an annexation agreement to include terms relating to disconnection of the territory from a municipality. Provides that, unless the terms of an annexation agreement are inconsistent with the provisions of the Illinois Municipal Code or are otherwise forbidden by law, the terms of the annexation agreement and the intentions of the parties to the annexation agreement may not be considered in determining compliance with the Code. Effective immediately. Judicial Note, House Floor Amendment No. 2 (Admin Office of the Illinois Courts) The proposed legislation would neither increase nor decrease the number of judges needed in the State of Illinois. Fiscal Note, House Floor Amendment No. 2 (Illinois State Police) No additional fiscal impact to the Illinois State Police. House Floor Amendment No. 4 Deletes reference to: 65 ILCS 5/7-1-1.5 new 65 ILCS 5/11-15.1-2 65 ILCS 5/11-15.1-2.2 new Adds reference to: 65 ILCS 5/11-74.3-5 65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-3.5 65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-4 from Ch. 24, par. 11-74.4-4 65 ILCS 5/11-74.6-10 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. Extends the estimated date of completion of redevelopment projects and the retirement of obligations issued to finance redevelopment project costs for various ordinances adopted by the City of Chicago, City of Madison, Village of Aviston, Village of Warren, City of Farmer City, Village of Fairmont City, and City of Springfield. Creates a tax increment allocation financing extension to the 47th year (currently, the 35th year) after the adoption of the ordinance of April 3, 1989 by the City of Chicago Heights. Requires adoption of an ordinance by the City of Chicago Heights extending the completion date of the redevelopment project area to 47 years and providing notice to the taxing bodies that would otherwise constitute the joint review board. Further amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that parcels are considered to be contiguous if they touch or join one another in a reasonably substantial sense. Provides that parcels are also considered to be contiguous if they meet the criteria for annexation under specified provisions of the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides the changes are declarative of existing law and are retroactive with regard to pending actions, except to any rights of a party subject to a final judgment entered pursuant to the September 23, 2021 opinion of the Illinois Supreme Court in Board of Education of Richland School District 88A v. City of Crest Hill, 2021 IL 126444. Amends the Illinois Municipal Code's Business District Development and Redevelopment Law and Industrial Jobs Recovery Law making similar changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Employee Sick Leave Act. Removes language exempting from coverage under the Act an employee of an employer subject to the provisions of Title II of the federal Railway Labor Act. House Committee Amendment No. 2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Employee Sick Leave Act. Provides that the rights afforded under the Act serve as the minimum standard in a negotiated collective bargaining agreement.
Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that, for license renewals occurring on or after January 1, 2023, Emergency Medical Services personnel must complete at least one one-hour course of training on the diagnosis, treatment, and care of individuals with Alzheimer's disease or other dementias per license renewal period. Contains training requirements. Provides that completion of the course may count toward meeting minimum credit hours required for relicensure requirements. Provides that specified training may count toward the continuing education required under the amendatory provisions. Provides that the Department of Public Health may adopt rules for the implementation of the amendatory provisions. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that all individual income tax return forms shall contain an appropriate space in which the taxpayer may indicate that the Department of Revenue may share the taxpayer's income information with other State agencies in order to determine the taxpayer's eligibility for health insurance benefits. Provides that the Department shall provide the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the Department of Insurance with the individual income tax information collected as soon as practicable. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that the Department of Insurance shall use taxpayer income information provided by the Department of Revenue to determine if an individual is eligible for a premium tax credit under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Provides that if the individual is determined to be eligible for a premium tax credit, the Department shall notify the individual of his or her eligibility as soon as practicable. Provides that the Department shall inform the individual of the next open enrollment period in the federal health insurance marketplace, and shall inform the individual of the special enrollment period triggered by a qualifying life event. Provides that if a State health benefits exchange is established in the State, an individual determined to be eligible for a premium tax credit shall be eligible to enroll in a qualified health plan through the State health benefits exchange during a special enrollment period that shall expire 60 days after the individual is notified by the Department of his or her eligibility for a premium tax credit. Makes other changes. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall use taxpayer income information provided by the Department of Revenue to determine if an individual is eligible for health benefits provided by any program administered by the Department. Provides that if the individual is determined to be eligible for health benefits, the Department shall notify the individual of his or her eligibility as soon as practicable. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 215 ILCS 5/368h new 305 ILCS 5/5-2c new Adds reference to: 35 ILCS 5/917 from Ch. 120, par. 9-917 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that, for tax years ending on or after December 31, 2022, all individual income tax returns shall contain an appropriate space in which the taxpayer may indicate that the taxpayer would like to know the taxpayer's eligibility for health insurance benefits and authorize the Department of Revenue to share the taxpayer's income information with the State health benefits exchange. Provides that, by June 1 and October 1 of each year, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the Department of Insurance shall provide the Department of Revenue with a form letter describing health insurance enrollment options for taxpayers. Provides that the form letter is not required in any calendar year if the State health benefits exchange is operational as of January 1 of that calendar year. Provides that the Department of Revenue shall send the form letter via e-mail or first class mail to the taxpayers who indicated on their most recent individual income tax return that they would like to know their eligibility for health insurance benefits. Provides that the marketplace enrollment platform must interface with the Department's tax system if the State transitions to a State health benefits exchange. Provides that the Director of Revenue shall make individual income tax information available to the State health benefits exchange if the disclosure is authorized by the taxpayer. Provides that the State health benefits exchange shall use the information provided by the Department to assess the individual taxpayer's eligibility for Medicaid and health insurance premium tax credits. Provides that the State health benefits exchange shall inform the taxpayer of the results of its eligibility assessment. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. Provides that school counseling services may include the promotion of career and technical education by assisting each student to determine an appropriate postsecondary plan based upon the student's skills, strengths, and goals and assisting the student to implement the best practices that improve career or workforce readiness after high school. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Provides that the school counseling services of developing individual career plans with students and assisting all students with a college or postsecondary education plan includes planning for postsecondary education, as appropriate, and engaging in related and relevant career and technical education coursework in high school.