Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning failure to satisfy fines for toll violations.
Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that any county board in a county with a population of 1,000,000 or more inhabitants may also use any motor fuel tax money allotted to it for: (i) retiring bonds and paying obligations incurred for the purpose of constructing bicycle and pedestrian facilities, public transportation facilities, or freight rail facilities; (ii) paying the local or county's proportionate share of any federally eligible transportation project; or (iii) acquiring, constructing, maintaining, improving, or operating public or freight rail transportation facilities. Provides that motor fuel tax money may be used to conduct studies relating to: the operation of highways; bicycle and pedestrian facilities; public transportation facilities; and freight rail facilities. Provides that a county board may turn over a portion of the motor fuel tax funds allotted to it to the Regional Transportation Authority, the Suburban Bus Division of the Regional Transportation Authority, or the Commuter Rail Division of the Regional Transportation Authority.
Amends the Public Contract Fraud Act. Exempts from certain penalties under the Act projects constructed by the Department of Transportation where title to all the lands needed and where full legal possession has not been obtained as provided but a right of entry to occupy and to use the property has been voluntarily obtained in the name of the State of Illinois, through the Department, from the property owner. Provides that certain provisions concerning spending money without obtaining title to the land do not apply to any public work or improvement project by the Department or the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority and constructed using specified methods. Effective immediately.
Amends the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability Act. Requires the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability to prepare a report analyzing the effect of different income tax rates on the State's fiscal condition, as well as alternative revenue sources and spending cuts that could benefit the State's fiscal condition. Provides that the report shall be submitted to the Governor and the General Assembly no later than December 31, 2018. Provides that the Section is repealed on January 1, 2020. Effective immediately.
Amends the Early Intervention Services System Act. Requires the Department of Human Services and the Illinois State Board of Education to jointly develop and implement a State policy under which parents of children with disabilities who previously received early intervention services under the Act may choose the continuation of those services until such children reach the age of 5 or enter, or are eligible under State law to enter, kindergarten. Provides that implementation of the new policy shall be contingent on the Department (i) holding public hearings as provided under the Act and (ii) complying with all applicable federal requirements. Effective January 1, 2019.
Amends the Public Utilities Act. In provisions concerning services provided by electric utilities to alternative retail electric suppliers, requires that customers are enrolled with an alternative retail electric supplier through the municipal aggregation process described in the Illinois Power Agency Act when certain electric utilities file a tariff. Creates a natural gas aggregation process by municipalities, townships, and counties. Provides that the corporate authorities of a municipality, township board, or county board of a county may adopt an ordinance under which it may aggregate residential and small commercial retail natural gas loads located within the municipality, township, or county and may enter into service agreements to facilitate for those loads the sale and purchase of natural gas and related services and equipment. Provides that a single billing option shall be offered to customers for both the services provided by the alternative gas supplier and the delivery services provided by the gas utility, provided that the customers are enrolled with the natural gas aggregation process. Requires a gas utility to file a tariff that allows alternative gas suppliers to issue single bills to residential and small commercials customers, provided that the customers are enrolled with the natural gas aggregation process. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Creates the Cancer Patient Choice Act. Provides that commercial insurance that covers specified radiation therapy for the delivery of a biological effective dose shall cover the delivery of the same biological effective dose for the same indication with physician-prescribed proton therapy and pay the same aggregate amount as an in-network service. Provides that the appropriate course of radiation therapy shall be determined and prescribed by the patient's treating radiation oncologist. Provides that the benefits required under the Act are subject to deductible and co-insurance amounts within the policy if the deductible and co-insurance are no greater than the deductible and co-insurance established for all other similar benefits within that policy. Provides that the Act does not apply to certain insurance coverage. Effective January 1, 2019.
Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Provides that the Illinois Power Agency shall issue a report evaluating the implementation of the electric supply procurement requirements and processes set forth in the Act through the period ending May 31, 2018. Provides for repeal of the provisions on January 1, 2020. Effective immediately.
Creates the Police Department Non-lethal Force Policy Act. Provides that the Department of State Police, Secretary of State Police Department, mass transit district police force, university police force, county sheriff's office, and each police department of a municipality of this State shall develop a plan or strategy for the use of non-lethal force on a person suspected of committing or having committed a criminal offense or resisting arrest. The plan or strategy shall include the use of new technologies and alternatives to the use of firearms in apprehending a suspect or in protecting the officer from harm by a suspect.
Amends the Health Maintenance Organization Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
