Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning home rule real estate transfer taxes.
Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides for the election (rather than appointment) of the board of trustees of the City Colleges of Chicago beginning with the 2023 consolidated election. Provides that the City of Chicago shall be subdivided into 20 trustee districts by the General Assembly for seats on the board of trustees, in addition to one at-large trustee. Makes related changes. Effective immediately.
Appropriates $500,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Children and Family Services, for grants to the Court Appointed Special Advocates of Cook County to advocate for the timely placement of children in permanent, safe, and stable homes. Effective July 1, 2021.
Amends the Illinois Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act. Provides that the exclusion amount is $2,000,000 for persons dying on or after January 1, 2022 (currently, $4,000,000). 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.
Creates the Safe Patient Limits Act. Provides for the maximum number of patients that may be assigned to a registered nurse in specified situations. Provides that nothing shall preclude a facility from assigning fewer patients to a registered nurse than the limits provided in Act. Provides specified requirements for the Act's implementation by a facility. Establishes recordkeeping requirements. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall adopt rules governing the implementation and operation of the Act. Provides that nothing in the Act precludes the use of patient acuity systems consistent with provisions of the Hospital Licensing Act concerning nurse staffing by patient acuity; however, the maximum patient assignments in the Act may not be exceeded regardless of the use and application of any patient acuity system. Provides that all facilities shall adopt written policies and procedures for training and orientation of nursing staff and that no registered nurse shall be assigned to a nursing unit or clinical area unless that nurse has, among other things, demonstrated competence in providing care in that area. Provides for specified nurse rights and protections. Provides that the Act's provisions are severable. Contains other provisions. Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that a hospital shall not mandate that a registered professional nurse delegate nursing interventions. Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Provides that the exercise of professional judgment by a direct care registered professional nurse in the performance of his or her scope of practice shall be provided in the exclusive interests of the patient. Makes other changes.
Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that the second Monday in October of each year (currently, the last Monday in September) shall be a holiday to be known as Indigenous Peoples Day to be observed throughout the State (currently, not a holiday). Removes Columbus Day as a holiday and a commemorative date. Amends the Election Code, the Illinois Procurement Code, the School Code, and the Promissory Note and Bank Holiday Act to make changes to provide for Indigenous Peoples Day as a State holiday and the removal of Columbus Day as a State holiday. Makes conforming changes.
Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. In provisions concerning the Council on Aging, provides that at least 7 citizen members shall represent underrepresented communities, including, but not limited to: one member who is a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or queer individual; one member who is a transgender or gender-expansive individual; one member who is an African-American or Black individual; and one member who is an Asian-American or Pacific Islander individual. Creates the Illinois Commission on LGBTQ Aging to investigate, analyze, and study the health, housing, financial, psychosocial, home-and-community-based services, assisted living, and long-term care needs of LGBTQ older adults and their caregivers. Requires the Commission to make recommendations to improve access to benefits, services, and supports for LGBTQ older adults and their caregivers. Requires the Commission to: examine the impact of State and local laws, policies, and regulations on LGBTQ older adults and make recommendations to ensure equitable access, treatment, care and benefits, and overall quality of life; and examine strategies to increase provider awareness of the needs of LGBTQ older adults and their caregivers and to improve the competence of and access to treatment, services, and ongoing care, including preventive care; and carry out other duties. Contains provisions concerning: members appointed to the Commission; Commission meetings and reports; an LGBTQ Older Adult Advocate to advocate for LGBTQ older adults and older adults living with HIV who experience barriers to accessing and utilizing services; an LGBTQ Older Adult Curriculum and Training Program; and other matters. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that all the corporations, wherever incorporated or domiciled, that are members of a unitary business shall file a combined return as a combined group. Makes changes to the definition of "unitary business". Contains provisions concerning a water's edge election. Provides that, with respect to unitary business groups, "United States" means the 50 states of the United States, the District of Columbia, and United States' territories and possessions. Fiscal Note (Dept. of Revenue) The revenue impact of this bill is unknown. Several issues need to be addressed before determining if and how this bill might impact State revenues. As an example, in a provision relating to a water's-edge election, the bill provides that a taxpayer's "entire income" must be considered. The bill does not define "entire income" nor is this a relevant term in the Illinois Income Tax Act. Aside from this and similar type issues needing addressed, there are other challenges to determining a fiscal impact. For example, where there might be a revenue impact, there is no way to compute an estimate since the provision brings income into the apportionable base from companies that previously have not had to file with the Department. There is no way for the Department to know anything about those companies, their income, or their apportionment factors. In fact, the Department cannot definitively say whether the overall revenue impact of this bill, as written, is positive, negative, or neutral.
Amends the Rental Property Utility Service Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning certain tenant-paid utility payment arrangements that are prohibited and notice of change in a payment arrangement.
