Amends the Legislative Commission Reorganization Act of 1984. Provides for the acquisition and placement of statues depicting President Ronald W. Reagan and President Barack H. Obama at the State Capitol Building. Provides that the Architect of the Capitol may provide for the design and fabrication of the statues, or may otherwise acquire, using funds collected for such purpose or a statue donated to the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, a suitable statue for placement. Requires the Architect of the Capitol to take actions necessary to provide for the placement and unveiling of the statues by February 15, 2021. Requires the Architect of the Capitol to issue a report to the Governor and General Assembly detailing his or her actions in acquiring and placing the statues. Provides that the Capitol Restoration Trust Fund shall contain 2 separate accounts for the deposit of funds donated for the payment of expenses associated with the placement of the statues. Provides that the separate accounts may accept deposits from any source, whether private or public, and may be appropriated only for use by the Architect of the Capitol for expenses associated with the acquisition, placement, and maintenance of the statues. Effective immediately.
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Creates the Anti-Click Gambling Data Analytics Collection Act. Provides that no entity that operates a remote gambling platform or a subsidiary of the entity shall collect data from a participant with the intent to predict how the participant will gamble in a particular gambling or betting scenario. Effective immediately.
Creates the Gaming and Amusement Licensing, Cybersecurity, and Data Collection and Remittance Act. Authorizes fringe gambling to be conducted in locations authorized to conduct video gaming under the Video Gaming Act. Provides restrictions on fringe gambling and fringe gambling machines, including prohibiting a person under the age of 21 from using a fringe gambling machine. Provides minimum requirements for the licensing of fringe gambling machines. Includes provisions for issuing licenses under the Act. Limits locations authorized to conduct fringe gambling to 5 fringe gambling machines on their premises. Makes conforming changes in the Criminal Code of 2012.
Creates the Construction Safety Act. Defines: "entity" as a person, firm, public or private corporation, owner, contractor, or subcontractor; and "work" as the overall or specific erection, construction, repair, alteration, removal, painting, maintenance, or cleaning of any building, bridge, viaduct, or other structure. Provides that if an entity has overall charge of or retains authority to control the work, exercises control of the overall work, or undertakes the responsibility to make the work safe, then a private right of action shall lie against the entity by or on behalf of any worker injured or killed in the course of the work.
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that for services other than emergency services and post-stabilization services, if a managed care organization and a medical service provider or a hospital cannot agree to contract terms, the non-participant reimbursement rate that the managed care organization is obligated to pay for any medical hospital or hospital-affiliated medical service claim on a fee-for-service basis shall not exceed 90% of the established State rates. Makes the provision applicable to contracts between managed care organizations and medical providers, including hospitals, that are located in neighboring states and provide services to Illinois Medicaid beneficiaries. Effective immediately.
Creates the 2020 Census Grant Program Act. Creates the 2020 Census Grant Program for the purpose of issuing matching grants to local governments and nonprofit organizations to support the accurate counting of the population of the State and its local jurisdictions, and the collection of basic demographic and housing information of the population of this State for the 2020 Census. Creates the 2020 Census Grant Program Panel and provides for its membership. Provides administrative support for the Grant Panel. Provides for the awarding of funds under the Grant Program. Requires notice to be given to units of local government and nonprofit organizations concerning the Grant Program. Provides that for fiscal year 2020, the Governor shall include in the annual State budget for the 2020 Census Grant Program an appropriation of $33,000,000. Provides legislative findings. Defines terms. Repeals the Act on January 1, 2022. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Defines "relay box". Provides that any seller of a relay box in this State who reaches an agreement with a buyer for the purchase of the relay box shall conduct a criminal background check of the buyer before completing the purchase. Provides that a seller of a relay box who conducts a criminal background check shall not complete the purchase of the relay box if the background check reveals that the buyer has been convicted of a felony. Provides that a seller who violates the provision is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a participating municipality or participating instrumentality that (i) employs or re-employs an annuitant who must be considered a participating employee under specified provisions or whose age enhancement and creditable service under an early retirement program is subject to forfeiture (currently, an annuitant who must be considered a participating employee under specified provisions) and (ii) knowingly fails to notify the Board to suspend the annuity may be required to reimburse the Fund for an amount up to the total (instead of one-half of the total) of any annuity payments made to the annuitant after the date the annuity should have been suspended. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to require managed care organizations (MCOs) to ensure: (1) that any provider under contract with an MCO on the date of service shall be paid for any medically necessary service rendered to any of the MCO's enrollees, regardless of inclusion on the MCO's published and publicly available roster of available providers; (2) that all contracted providers are listed on an updated roster within 7 days of entering into a contract with the MCO; and (3) that the roster under item (2) is readily accessible by all medical assistance enrollees for purposes of selecting an approved healthcare provider. Requires the Department to require MCOs to expedite payments to providers based on specified criteria (rather than providing that the Department may establish a process for MCOs to expedite payments to providers based on criteria established by the Department). Contains provisions concerning discharge notifications and facility placements and other matters. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Youthbuild Act. In language providing that the Secretary of Human Services shall make grants to applicants for the purpose of carrying out approved Youthbuild programs, deletes language providing that the grantmaking is subject to appropriation. Effective July 1, 2019.