Rep. Mary Flowers

Amends the Health Care Reimbursement Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a health care provider that submits a completed standardized claim form for health care services to an insurer or administrator shall be deemed to have submitted a complete claim. Provides that an insurer or administrator shall not request additional information from a provider submitting a completed standardized claim form more than once for that claim.

Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Requires that the training of probationary and permanent police officers, including those of home rule units, include sensitivity training with regard to the African American male population of Illinois. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Circuit Courts Act, the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, and other Acts. Provides that the chief judge of each circuit shall establish a separate family division for the circuit for the purpose of hearing all family cases. Provides that the chief judge shall designate an appropriate number of circuit judges or associate judges, or both, to serve in the family division. Provides that "family case" means an action in which the court exercises its jurisdiction under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code (concerning the enforcement of child support obligations), Article II, III, or IV of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 (concerning abused, neglected, or dependent minors, minors requiring authoritative intervention, and addicted minors), the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, and other designated Acts. Provides for a right to trial by jury in family cases (except in an action for simplified dissolution of marriage). (Under current law, trial by jury is expressly prohibited under the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984, and the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986.) Provides that the court may order parties to a family case to undergo counseling as the court deems appropriate, based on the evidence.

Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Subject to appropriation, requires the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board to initiate, administer, and conduct training courses for permanent police officers, part-time police officers, and recruits concerning (i) suicide response and (ii) domestic violence response.

Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the School Code, the Illinois Insurance Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, and the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act to provide coverage for a federally approved AIDS vaccine.

Creates the Not For Profit Hospital Community Reinvestment Act. Contains only a short title Section.

Creates the Adverse Health Care Event Reporting Act and amends the Hospital Licensing Act and the Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987. Requires hospitals to report to the Department of Public Health certain types of adverse health care events, including the following: (1) surgical events; (2) product or device events; (3) patient protection events; (4) care management events; (5) environmental events; and (6) criminal events. Requires pharmacies to report adverse events involving (i) dispensing of the wrong prescription medication or (ii) failing to warn a prescription drug purchaser of possible adverse drug interactions. Requires hospitals and pharmacies to conduct a root cause analysis of each adverse health care event. Requires the Department of Public Health to establish an adverse health care event reporting system designed to facilitate quality improvement in the health care system. Provides for sanctions against a hospital or pharmacy for violations of the Act.

Creates the Use and Sale of Retractable Needles Act. Provides that hospitals may use and pharmacies may sell only retractable needles. Makes violation a ground for discipline under the Hospital Licensing Act and the Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987. Amends the disciplinary provisions of those Acts to add violation of the Use and Sale of Retractable Needles Act.

Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the Illinois Insurance Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, and the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act. Requires health insurers to cover the purchase of patient monitoring devices and diagnostic kits and devices used for home health care. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State.

Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 and the Adoption Act. Provides that in any proceeding on a petition (1) seeking a finding that a minor is neglected, abused or dependent or (2) seeking a finding that a parent is unfit and that it is in the best interest of the child to terminate parental rights, the parent may demand a trial by jury.