Amends the Organ Donor Leave Act. Provides that an employer shall not retaliate against an employee for requesting or obtaining a leave of absence to donate blood, an organ, or bone marrow. Amends the Illinois Insurance Act. Provides prohibitions on denial of coverage and costs of premiums for living organ donors for life insurance, disability insurance, and long-term care insurance policies. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires the Secretary of State to review and update certain public service announcements, websites, and other media relating to live organ donation to educate the public on the benefits of live organ donation and the impact of live organ donation on access to insurance. Effective January 1, 2020. House Committee Amendment No. 1 In provisions amending the Illinois Insurance Code, provides that it is unlawful to refuse to insure, to refuse to continue to insure, to limit the amount, extent, or kind of coverage available for life insurance, disability insurance, or long-term care insurance to an individual, or to charge an individual a different rate for the same coverage, solely because of the individual's status as a living organ donor (rather than providing specific prohibitions on denial of coverage and cost of premiums for living organ donors for life insurance, disability insurance, and long-term care insurance policies). Provides that with respect to all other conditions, as persons who are living organ donors shall be subject to the same standards of sound actuarial principles or actual or reasonably anticipated experience as are persons who are not organ donors. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 625 ILCS 5/6-117 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-117 Adds reference to: 755 ILCS 50/5-47 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the introduced bill, as amended by House Amendment 1, with the following changes: Removes provisions amending the Illinois Vehicle Code. Amends the Illinois Anatomical Gift Act. Requires the Secretary of State to create a database consisting of all individuals who have consented to having their names included in the First Person Consent organ and tissue donor registry who have consented to having their names included in the First Person Consent organ and tissue donor registry. Provides what shall be included in the database and requires the Secretary of State to update the database not less than every 7 days. Allows an organ procurement organization that has executed a data access agreement with the Secretary of State to have online access to the database to determine whether a potential organ and tissue donor is included in the First Person Consent organ and tissue donor registry. Requires the organ procurement organization to indemnify and hold harmless the State, its officials, and employees for certain costs arising out of the organ procurement organization's use of the database. Effective January 1, 2020.
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Amends the Real Property Conservation Rights Act. Provides that a conservation right may be amended or modified from time to time only by a written instrument executed by the grantor and grantee and recorded with the office of the recorder of deeds of the county in which the land is located. Provides that either party may, in the absolute discretion of the party, withhold consent to any amendment or modification requested by the other party. Provides that an amendment or modification shall not materially and adversely affect the conservation purposes of the conservation right or facilitate the extinguishment of the conservation right. Provides that the consent of any party other than the grantor and grantee is not required for amendment or modification, even if the other party is entitled to enforce an easement. Provides that the conservation right may contain other requirements for amendment or modification, and such other requirements shall control. Provides that a unit of local government has the authority to grant a conservation right on property that it owns to another unit of government or to a not-for-profit corporation or trust that meets certain criteria. Provides that an action to enforce a conservation right may be brought by any party entitled to enforce the conservation right against a nonowner who is violating the terms of the conservation right. Provides that a notice of violation may be recorded by the holder of the conservation right against any property that the holder of the conservation right reasonably determines is in violation of the conservation right. Provides that a conservation right shall not be extinguished by adverse possession, a claim of abandonment, or merger, and may be extinguished only by such procedure as may be set forth in the conservation right or by a release of the conservation right in accordance with the terms of the conservation right. Provides that no prescriptive easement shall be established that adversely impacts the conservation values protected by the conservation right. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the introduced bill, and makes the following changes: Deletes language providing that a notice of violation may be recorded by the holder of the conservation right against any property that the holder of the conservation right reasonably determines is in violation of the conservation right. Provides instead that if the holder of a conservation right reasonably determines that there is a violation of the right, the holder of the conservation right may record a notice of violation against the property for which the conservation right applies. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Defines "mobile carrying device". Provides that a mobile carrying device may be operated on a sidewalk or crosswalk so long as it is operated in accordance with local ordinances, a personal property owner is actively monitoring its operation and navigation, and it is equipped with a braking system that enables it to perform a controlled stop. Prohibits a personal property owner operating a mobile carrying device from failing to comply with traffic or pedestrian control devices and signals, unreasonably interfering with pedestrians or traffic, transporting hazardous materials, or operating on a street or highway other than in a crosswalk. Provides that a mobile carrying device has the rights and obligations applicable to a pedestrian in the same circumstances, except that it shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians on a sidewalk or crosswalk. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 625 ILCS 5/1-144.02 new 625 ILCS 5/11-208 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-208 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the introduced bill, and makes the following changes. Defines "mobile carrying device operator". Specifies that a "mobile carrying device" is primarily designed to remain within 10 (instead of 25) feet of the personal property owner. Provides that a local authority may reasonably regulate the operation of mobile carrying devices in its jurisdiction. Provides that an operator of a mobile carrying device (rather than the device itself) has the rights and obligations applicable to a pedestrian in the same circumstances and shall ensure that a mobile carrying device shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians on a sidewalk or crosswalk. Provides that a personal property owner may not use a mobile carrying device to transport a person. Provides that a mobile carrying device operator who is not a natural person shall register with the Secretary of State. Provides that no contract seeking to exempt a mobile carrying device operator from liability for injury, loss, or death caused by a mobile carrying device shall be valid, and that contractual provisions limiting the choice of venue or forum, shortening the statute of limitations, shifting the risk to the user, limiting the availability of class actions, or obtaining judicial remedies shall be invalid and unenforceable. Effective immediately.
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that the court has jurisdiction to make the findings necessary to enable a minor who has been adjudicated a ward of the court to petition the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services for classification as a special immigrant juvenile under federal law. Provides that if a motion requests findings regarding Special Immigrant Juvenile Status and the evidence, which may consist solely of, but is not limited to, a declaration of the minor, supports the findings, the court shall issue an order that includes the following findings: (1) the minor is declared a dependent of the court or the minor is legally committed to, or placed under the custody of, a State agency or department, or an individual or entity appointed by the court; (2) that reunification of the minor with one or both of the minor's parents is not viable due to abuse, neglect, abandonment, or other similar basis; and (3) that it is not in the best interest of the minor to be returned to the minor's or parent's previous country of nationality or last habitual residence. Makes other changes. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 750 ILCS 5/603.11 new 750 ILCS 46/613.5 new 750 ILCS 50/17.01 new 750 ILCS 60/214.5 new 755 ILCS 5/11-5.5 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill. Deletes language providing that the special immigrant minor provisions of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 do not apply to a minor who applies for special immigrant minor status solely for the purpose of qualifying for financial assistance for himself or herself or for his or her parents, guardian, or custodian. Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, Illinois Parentage Act of 2015, the Adoption Act, and the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that a court of the State that is competent to petitions under those Acts has jurisdiction to make the findings necessary to enable a child, who is the subject of the action, to petition the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services for classification as a Special Immigrant Juvenile under federal law. Provides that if a motion requests findings regarding Special Immigrant Juvenile Status under federal law, and the evidence, which may consist solely of, but is not limited to, a declaration by the child, supports the findings, the court shall issue an order with certain specifications. Makes other changes.
Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Defines "administrative separation". Provides that a court lacks jurisdiction to proceed on a petition for the appointment of a guardian or standby guardian of a minor if it finds that the minor has a living parent whose parental rights have not been terminated, unless, among other things, the parent or parents, in the event of an administrative separation, are not presently located in the United States and are unable to consent as evidenced by a sworn affidavit. Provides that a parent or guardian shall not appoint a short-term guardian of a minor if the minor has another living parent whose parental rights have not been terminated, unless, among other things, the parent or parents, in the event of an administrative separation, are not presently located in the United States and are unable to consent as evidenced by a sworn affidavit. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 755 ILCS 5/11-10.1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: (1) changes the definition of "administrative separation"; (2) provides that the court lacks jurisdiction to proceed on a petition for the appointment of a guardian or standby guardian of a minor if the minor has a living parent, adoptive parent, or adjudicated parent, whose whereabouts are known, and who is willing and able to make and carry out day-to-day child care decisions, unless the parent or parents, due to an administrative separation, are unable to give consent to the appointment in person or by a notarized, written document as evidenced by a sworn affidavit describing the parent's or parents' inability to receive notice or give consent (rather than the parent or parents, in the event of an administrative separation, are not presently located in the United States and are unable to consent as evidenced by a sworn affidavit describing the present location of the parent out of the country and the attempts made to contact the parent); (3) deletes language providing that a parent or guardian shall not appoint a short-term guardian of a minor if the minor has another living parent, adoptive parent, or adjudicated parent whose whereabouts are known, and who is willing to carry out day-to-day child care decisions unless the parent or parents in the event of an administrative separation, are not presently located in the United States and are unable to consent as evidenced by a sworn affidavit describing the present location of the parent out of the country and the attempts made to contact the parent; (4) provides that a short-term guardian who was appointed as the result of an administrative separation may renew a short-term guardianship for an additional 365 days from the date the initial appointment expires if the administrative separation is still in effect, unless the written instrument provides for the appointment to terminate upon a different date or event; (5) deletes language providing that the petition for guardian or standby guardian of a minor must state the facts concerning any administrative separation proceeding; (6) provides specific facts that the petition for guardian or standby guardian of a minor must include and that documentation related to an administrative separation shall be attached to the petition as an exhibit; and (7) deletes language providing that failure to give notice to any relative or parent out of the country is not jurisdictional if the petitioner can attest to specific factors. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act and Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that each hospital shall post, in each facility that has an emergency room, a notice in a conspicuous location in the emergency room with information about how to enroll in health insurance through the Illinois health insurance marketplace.
Amends the Wrongful Tree Cutting Act. Changes the definition of "stumpage". Defines "protected land" and "qualified professional forester or ecological restoration professional". Provides that any party found to have intentionally cut or knowingly caused to be cut any standing timber or tree, other than a tree or woody plant referenced in the Illinois Exotic Weed Act, on protected land, and the party did not have the legal right to so cut or cause to be cut, must pay the person or entity that owns or holds a conservation right to the land 3 times stumpage value plus remediation costs. Provides that nothing in the Act limits the rights of a party to pursue causes of action under other laws, including any available common law remedies for damages. Limits the relief available under the Act. Provides that the court shall allow a plaintiff who prevails to recover the cost of expenses incurred. Makes changes in provisions concerning appraisals and findings of value and expenses. Adds provisions concerning: remediation plans; court-ordered determinations of costs; assistance by the Department of Natural Resources; and use of awards under the Act. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. Provides that if an educational support personnel employee is removed or dismissed as a result of a decision of the school board to decrease the number of educational support personnel employed by the board or to discontinue some particular type of educational support service and he or she accepts the tender of a vacancy within one calendar year from the beginning of the following school term, then that employee shall maintain any rights accrued during his or her previous service with the school district. Effective immediately.
Amends the Chicago Municipal Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that the date on which an annuity payment period begins shall not be prior to termination or more than one year prior to receipt by the board of the written application for benefits. Provides that each disabled employee who receives duty or ordinary disability benefit shall be examined at least once a year, or a longer period of time as determined by the board (rather than shall be examined at least once a year), by one or more licensed and practicing physicians appointed by the board. Provides that an annuitant who directs the board to pay the annuity due him or her to a financial institution shall hold the board and Fund harmless from any claim or loss related to any error as to whether the financial institution is or continues to be federally insured. Removes a provision concerning the payment of benefits to certain persons confined in publicly owned and operated mental institutions. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following change. Restores language concerning the payment of benefits to certain persons confined in publicly owned and operated mental institutions.
Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Changes the definition of "public health dental hygienist." Provides that the requirement that a public health dental hygienist have additional structured courses in dental education in advanced areas specific to public health dentistry shall include emergency procedures for medically compromised patients, pharmacology, medical recordkeeping procedures, geriatric dentistry, pediatric dentistry, and pathology provided by an educational institution accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation, such as a dental school or dental hygiene program, or a statewide dental association, approved by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to provide continuing education, that has developed and conducted training programs for expanded functions for dental assistants and hygienists. Provides that the training program must include a minimum of 26 hours of didactic study; include 8 hours of in-person classroom experience with an outcome assessment examination that tests the competency of the didactic subjects required by the Act; require the hygienist to complete an 8-hour, on-site mentoring experience monitored by the dentist who will have a public health supervision agreement with the hygienist; issue a certificate of completion of the training program, which must be kept on file at the supervising dentist's office and which will be made available to the Department upon request; and operate in a public health setting pursuant to a written public health supervision agreement with a dentist who is working in or has contracted with a local or State government agency or institution or who is providing services as part of a certified school-based program or school-based oral health program. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with changes that include the following. Specifies the number of hours of education required in certain advanced areas specific to public health dentistry and requires that the training program for a public health dental hygienist include a minimum of 29 hours of didactic study in those areas (instead of a minimum of 26 hours of didactic study). Provides that the education in advanced areas specific to public health dentistry may be provided by a statewide dental hygiene association that meets certain requirements. Provides that the didactic study may be taken in compliance with specified continued learning education requirements. Provides that the training program for a public health dental hygienist must require completion of 5 hours of didactic courses in the topic areas of special needs dentistry, teledentistry, nutritional needs of geriatric and low income patients, communication techniques with non-English speaking patients, cultural competency, and professional ethics. Provides that the training program must require completion of an 8 hour in-person classroom review (instead of classroom experience) that includes a comprehension exam on specified topics (instead of an outcome assessment examination) and submit certification of successful completion to the supervising dentist. Removes a requirement that the training program require the hygienist to complete an 8-hour, on-site mentoring experience monitored by the dentist who will have a public health supervision agreement with the hygienist. Makes grammatical and other changes. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adds reference to: 225 ILCS 25/13.10 new Removes a provision requiring training programs for public health dental hygienists to operate in a public health setting pursuant to a written public health supervision agreement with a dentist who is working in or has contracted with a local or State government agency or institution or who is providing services as part of a certified school-based program or school-based oral health program. Further amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Provides that after completion of a training program for a public health dental hygienist, a public health dental hygienist may operate in a public health setting that meets specified requirements with a dentist who is working in or has contracted with a local or State government agency or institution or who is providing services as part of a certified school-based program or school-based oral health program.