Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Changes the definition of "public health dental hygienist." Provides that the requirement that a public health dental hygienist have additional structured courses in dental education in advanced areas specific to public health dentistry shall include emergency procedures for medically compromised patients, pharmacology, medical recordkeeping procedures, geriatric dentistry, pediatric dentistry, and pathology provided by an educational institution accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation, such as a dental school or dental hygiene program, or a statewide dental association, approved by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to provide continuing education, that has developed and conducted training programs for expanded functions for dental assistants and hygienists. Provides that the training program must include a minimum of 26 hours of didactic study; include 8 hours of in-person classroom experience with an outcome assessment examination that tests the competency of the didactic subjects required by the Act; require the hygienist to complete an 8-hour, on-site mentoring experience monitored by the dentist who will have a public health supervision agreement with the hygienist; issue a certificate of completion of the training program, which must be kept on file at the supervising dentist's office and which will be made available to the Department upon request; and operate in a public health setting pursuant to a written public health supervision agreement with a dentist who is working in or has contracted with a local or State government agency or institution or who is providing services as part of a certified school-based program or school-based oral health program. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with changes that include the following. Specifies the number of hours of education required in certain advanced areas specific to public health dentistry and requires that the training program for a public health dental hygienist include a minimum of 29 hours of didactic study in those areas (instead of a minimum of 26 hours of didactic study). Provides that the education in advanced areas specific to public health dentistry may be provided by a statewide dental hygiene association that meets certain requirements. Provides that the didactic study may be taken in compliance with specified continued learning education requirements. Provides that the training program for a public health dental hygienist must require completion of 5 hours of didactic courses in the topic areas of special needs dentistry, teledentistry, nutritional needs of geriatric and low income patients, communication techniques with non-English speaking patients, cultural competency, and professional ethics. Provides that the training program must require completion of an 8 hour in-person classroom review (instead of classroom experience) that includes a comprehension exam on specified topics (instead of an outcome assessment examination) and submit certification of successful completion to the supervising dentist. Removes a requirement that the training program require the hygienist to complete an 8-hour, on-site mentoring experience monitored by the dentist who will have a public health supervision agreement with the hygienist. Makes grammatical and other changes. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adds reference to: 225 ILCS 25/13.10 new Removes a provision requiring training programs for public health dental hygienists to operate in a public health setting pursuant to a written public health supervision agreement with a dentist who is working in or has contracted with a local or State government agency or institution or who is providing services as part of a certified school-based program or school-based oral health program. Further amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Provides that after completion of a training program for a public health dental hygienist, a public health dental hygienist may operate in a public health setting that meets specified requirements with a dentist who is working in or has contracted with a local or State government agency or institution or who is providing services as part of a certified school-based program or school-based oral health program.
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Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act to require the instruction on mental health and illness to evaluate the multiple dimensions of health by reviewing the relationship between physical and mental health so as to enhance student understanding, attitudes, and behaviors that promote health, well-being, and human dignity.
Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall create a Clean Water Workforce Pipeline Program to provide grants and other financial assistance to prepare and support individuals for careers in water infrastructure. Provides specified groups that may be provided with grants and other financial assistance on a competitive annual basis. Directs the Department to coordinate with the Environmental Protection Agency, Illinois Finance Authority, and other State agencies that provide financial support for water infrastructure projects. Provides that the Department may select a Program Administrator. Provides that recipients of grants or other financial assistance under the Program shall report annually to the Department. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Clean Water Workforce Development Fund. State Mandates Fiscal Note (Dept. of Commerce & Economic Opportunity) This bill does not create a State mandate. Fiscal Note (Dept. of Commerce & Economic Opportunity) HB 3349 requires DCEO to award grants designed to encourage and facilitate employment in water infrastructure careers. Competitive awards shall be made for various activities including: identification of individuals for job training in the water sector; counseling, preparation, skills training, and other support to increase a candidate's likelihood of success in a job training program and career; and several others. While HB 3349 requires DCEO to make the grants, the legislation does not specify a funding source for the program. Without a funding source, the legislation represents a potential unfunded mandate on the agency. Without additional information on available funding and the number of grants required to be awarded, the Department lacks the ability to determine program scope and ongoing implementation costs. As a result, we are unable to determine the fiscal impact of this legislation.
Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that, in a case regarding temporary guardianship, if no limited or plenary guardian has been appointed in a case regarding temporary guardianship, the court may grant an extension up to an additional 60 days or until a limited or plenary guardian has been appointed. Provides that the court may appoint separate individuals or entities or co-guardians to act as the guardian of the person and the guardian of the estate of a person with a disability under certain circumstances. Provides that a guardian is entitled to reasonable and appropriate fees, if certain conditions are met. Provides that fees awarded to a guardian shall be considered as a first-class claim for administrative expenses and paid from the guardianship estate from the decedent's estate. Adds procedures regarding the succession of a new Public Guardian. Makes formatting changes in Sections concerning: definitions; statutory forms; short-term guardians; preliminary hearings; domestic violence orders of protection; sterilization of the ward; and notice of rights of the ward. Changes references to "best interest" to "best interests". Amends the Illinois Power of Attorney Act. Provides that if an agent seeks guardianship of the principal, the petition for guardianship must delineate the specific powers to be granted to the guardian that are not already included in the power of attorney. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes language providing that in a case where there has been an adjudication of disability but choice of guardian remains at issue and the court has never appointed a limited or plenary guardian for the person with a disability, the court may grant an extension up to an additional 60 days or until a limited or plenary guardian is appointed. Deletes language providing that: if the respondent is unable to pay the fee of the guardian ad litem or appointed counsel, the court may enter an order for the petitioner to pay all such fees or such amounts as the respondent may be unable to pay; and in cases where the Office of the State Guardian, the public guardian, an adult protective services agency, or the Department of Children and Family Services is the petitioner, no guardian ad litem or legal fees shall be assessed against such petitioners. Provides instead that: the court may allocate guardian ad litem fees and costs; and no legal fees, appointed counsel fees, guardian ad litem fees, or costs shall be assessed against the Office of the State Guardian, the public guardian, adult protective services, the Department of Children and Family Services, or the agency designated by the Governor under the Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act.
Amends the Illinois Local Library Act. Provides that a person is not eligible to be elected or serve as library trustee: unless he or she is a qualified elector of the local jurisdiction and has resided in it for at least one year at the time he or she files nomination papers or a declaration of intent to become a write-in candidate or is presented for appointment; or who, at the time of his or her appointment or filing of nomination papers or a declaration of intent to become a write-in candidate, is in arrears in the payment of property tax due to the library or has been convicted in any court in the United States of any infamous crime, bribery, perjury, or other felony. Amends the Public Library District Act of 1991 making conforming changes to the wording of the trustee eligibility requirements. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 In the provisions adding eligibility requirements to be a library trustee in the Illinois Local Library Act, excludes: (1) nominees or trustees of the Chicago Public Library; and (2) library trustees currently serving on the effective date of the amendatory Act until the library trustee files nomination papers or a declaration of intent to become a write-in candidate or is presented for reappointment. In provisions regarding nomination of candidates in the Public Library District Act of 1991, provides that a person is not eligible to become a candidate for (rather than be elected) under specified circumstances. Provides that a person must be continuously reside in the library district at least one year preceding the day he or she executes a statement of candidacy (rather than has resided in the library district at least one year at the time he or she files nomination papers). Provides that a person is not eligible to serve who, at the time of his or her execution of a statement of candidacy (rather than filing of nomination papers), is in arrears in the payment of a tax or other indebtedness due to the library district or has been convicted of specified crimes. Removes language regarding applicability of changes to nomination of candidates made in the 100th General Assembly.
Urges an investment of $1 billion by the State for affordable housing to be included in the next capital budget.
Urges that any new capital spending plan include a significant new initiative to fund the acquisition, restoration, and management of natural areas and open spaces.
Urges Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and the Department of Education to withdraw the proposed rule and instead pursue policies that reflect the concerns raised by law enforcement, create a safe environment for victims to report instances, aggressively address the problem of campus sexual assault and harassment, and broadly address all instances of sexual harassment affecting college students.
Urges the Department of Health and Human Services to overturn 84 FR 7714, which would render clinics that perform abortion services to be ineligible for Title X funding and not allow doctors to give referrals for abortion services.
Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides for legislative findings. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Illinois Community College Board shall establish a community college apprenticeship grant program to expand opportunities for credit and non-credit education and training leading to high-demand jobs through apprenticeship programs offered in partnership with a community college and a local business or industry. Provides that the grants must be prioritized to expand apprenticeship programs to new populations, develop apprenticeships in new, non-traditional sectors, and identify ways to promote greater inclusion and diversity in apprenticeships. Requires the Illinois Community College Board to adopt rules. Effective immediately. Balanced Budget Note (Office of Management and Budget) The Balanced Budget Note Act does not apply to Senate Bill 2122 as it is not a supplemental appropriation that increases or decreases appropriations. Under the Act, a balanced budget note must be prepared only for bills that change a general funds appropriation for the fiscal year in which the new bill is enacted. Pension Note (Government Forecasting & Accountability) SB 2122, as engrossed, amends the Public Community College Act in a way that does not impact any pension system. State Debt Impact Note (Government Forecasting & Accountability) SB 2122, as engrossed, would not change the amount of authorization for any type of State-issued or State-supported bond, and, therefore, would not affect the level of State indebtedness. Fiscal Note (Illinois Community College Board) In the opinion of the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB), Senate Bill 2122 does not have a fiscal impact on the Illinois Community College Board or Illinois Community College System. The legislation is subject to appropriation.