Rep. Justin Slaughter

Declares August 5, 2017 as "State Rep. Monique D. Davis Day" in the State of Illinois.

Amends the State Finance Act to create the First-Year College Promise Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Requires the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to implement and administer a program to award First-Year College Promise grants to low-income Illinois residents seeking an associate degree from a public community college or a bachelor's degree from a public university. Provides that a First-Year College Promise grant shall be equal to the cost of tuition and mandatory fees at the public institution for 2 semesters of enrollment. Sets forth the terms and conditions of the program.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Increases the threshold amount of theft not from the person and retail theft that enhances the offense from a misdemeanor to a felony to $2,000. Provides that an enhancement from a misdemeanor to a felony based on a prior conviction must only be for felony theft.

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 Urban Community Conservation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that as the Department of Human Services establishes reimbursement rates that build toward livable wages for front-line personnel in programs serving persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities, the Department shall include rates for therapeutic schools and other programs serving children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Defines "front-line personnel". Effective immediately.

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that if a person has been convicted of an offense whose penalty was reduced after conviction but before sentencing the court shall impose the sentence for the offense under the reduced penalty. Provides that if a person serving sentence for an offense whose penalty was reduced after sentencing, the court shall conduct a new sentencing hearing and impose a reduced sentence as provided in the statute that reduced the penalty for the offense. Provides that if the person is serving a sentence that has not expired but would have expired because of the reduced penalty, the person's sentence shall be reduced to time served and the person shall be discharged from a facility in which he or she is serving a sentence of imprisonment or if serving parole, mandatory supervised release, probation, conditional discharge, or other conditions of release, the person shall be discharged from parole, mandatory supervised release, probation, conditional discharge, or other conditions of release.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Defines "surprise bill" to mean a bill for health care services received by certain out-of-network providers in which the enrollee did not knowingly elect to obtain those services from an out-of-network provider. Provides that a carrier shall require an enrollee to pay only certain expenses of a surprise bill that would be imposed for health care services if the services were rendered by a network provider. Provides for reimbursement to the out-of-network provider or enrollee at the average network rate, unless the carrier and out-of-network provider agree otherwise. Provides that if a carrier has an inadequate network, as determined by the Director of Insurance, the carrier shall ensure that the enrollee obtains covered service at no greater cost to the enrollee than if the service was obtained from a network provider or make other arrangements acceptable to the Director.

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Recognizes and honors the 2018 Alpha Phi Alpha Day held at the Illinois State Capitol and welcomes the members of Alpha Phi Alpha to the Capitol. Declares the date of May 9, 2018 as Alpha Phi Alpha Day in the State of Illinois in honor of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.