Rep. Fred Crespo

Amends the School Code. Provides that a student may not be questioned or detained at a school site at which students are detained in connection with criminal charges or allegations, taken into custody, or engaged with law enforcement personnel without the presence of the student's parent or guardian, a school social worker, or a licensed mental health professional. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 105 ILCS 5/10-20.64 105 ILCS 5/34-18.57 Adds reference to: 105 ILCS 5/22-85 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Provides that no student under 18 years of age may be questioned or detained by law enforcement personnel, a school resource officer, or other security personnel on school grounds in connection with a suspected or alleged criminal activity without the presence of the student's parent or guardian or a designee requested by the parent or guardian. Provides that a student 18 years of age or older may request the presence of his or her parent or guardian if he or she is questioned or detained, and the student must be notified of this right. Effective immediately. Fiscal Note, House Floor Amendment No. 2 (State Board of Education) This bill has no fiscal impact to the Illinois State Board of Education. State Mandates Fiscal Note, House Floor Amendment No. 2 (Dept. of Commerce & Economic Opportunity) This bill does not create a State mandate. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Provides that, before detaining and questioning a student on school grounds who is under 18 years of age and who is suspected of committing a criminal act, a law enforcement officer, school resource officer, or other school security personnel must comply with certain requirements; defines "school grounds". Provides that the requirements do not limit the authority of a law enforcement officer to make an arrest on school grounds and do not apply to specified circumstances that would cause a reasonable person to believe that urgent and immediate action is necessary. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Provides that, before detaining and questioning a student on school grounds who is under 18 years of age and who is suspected of committing a criminal act, a law enforcement officer, school resource officer, or other school security personnel must, among other requirements, (i) make reasonable efforts (rather than all reasonable efforts) to ensure that the student's parent or guardian or school personnel is present during the questioning and (ii) if practicable, make reasonable efforts (rather than all reasonable efforts) to ensure that a law enforcement officer trained in promoting safe interactions and communications with youth is present during the questioning.

Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Removes the list of mandated reports under the Act and instead lists several categories of professionals required to report suspected child abuse and neglect to the Department of Children and Family Services, including: (1) medical personnel; (2) social services and mental health personnel; and (3) crisis intervention personnel. Provides that when 2 or more persons who work within the same workplace and are required to report under the Act share a reasonable cause to believe that a child may be an abused or neglected child, a single report may be made by a designated reporter. Provides that nothing in the Act requires a child to come before the mandated reporter in order for the reporter to make a report of suspected child abuse or child neglect. Provides that persons required to report under the Act must complete mandated reporter training provided through or approved by the Department and that the training must be completed within a specified timeframe. Requires the Department to adopt rules by January 1, 2020 on its process for approving mandated reporter training. Provides that, by January 1, 2021, continuing education requirements for persons licensed by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation must include mandated reporter training. Requires the Department, by January 1, 2020, to adopt rules and procedures for educating members of the public about their right to report child abuse or neglect. Requires the Department to seek assistance from businesses and organizations on raising awareness about child abuse and child neglect and the Department's statewide toll-free child abuse hotline. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Organizes the list of mandated reporters under the Act into the following categories of professionals: (i) medical personnel; (ii) social services and mental health personnel; (iii) crisis intervention personnel; (iv) education personnel; (v) recreation or athletic program or facility personnel; (vi) child care personnel; (vii) law enforcement personnel; (viii) funeral home directors; (ix) clergy members; and (x) physicians and other specified medical personnel who provide abortions, abortion referrals, or contraceptives. Provides that when 2 or more persons who work within the same workplace and are required to report under the Act share a reasonable cause to believe that a child may be an abused or neglected child, a single report may be made by a designated reporter. Provides that nothing in the Act requires a child to come before the mandated reporter in order for the reporter to make a report of suspected child abuse or child neglect. Provides that persons required to report under the Act must complete mandated reporter training within 3 months of their date of engagement in a professional or official capacity as a mandated reporter, and at least every 3 years thereafter. Provides that the trainings shall be in-person or web-based, and shall include, at a minimum, information on certain topics, including: (a) indicators for recognizing child abuse and child neglect, as defined under the Act; and (b) responding to a child in a trauma-informed manner. Provides that the mandated reporter training shall be provided through the Department of Children and Family Services, through an entity authorized to provide continuing education for professionals licensed through the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, the State Board of Education, the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, or the Department of State Police, or through an organization approved by the Department to provide mandated reporter training. Requires the Department of Children and Family Services to make available a free web-based training for reporters. Requires each mandated reporter to report to his or her employer and, when applicable, to his or her licensing or certification board that he or she received the mandated reporter training. Provides that beginning January 1, 2021, if a mandated reporter receives licensure from the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation or the State Board of Education, and his or her profession has continuing education requirements, the training mandated under the Act shall count toward meeting the licensee's required continuing education hours. Requires the Department of Children and Family Services to develop culturally sensitive materials on child abuse and child neglect, the statewide toll-free telephone number established under the Act, and the process for reporting any reasonable suspicion of child abuse or child neglect. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of Senate Amendment No. 1, but with the following changes: Provides that educational personnel required to report under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act must do so only to the extent required under a specified provision of the Act (rather than only to the extent required in accordance with other provisions expressly concerning the duty of school board members to report suspected child abuse). Provides that when 2 or more persons who work within the same workplace and are required to report under the Act share a reasonable cause to believe that a child may be an abused or neglected child, one of those reporters may be designated to make a single report (rather than a single report may be made by a designated reporter). In a provision requiring mandated reporters to complete reporter training within 3 months of their date of engagement in a professional or official capacity as a mandated reporter, provides that the 3-month requirement may be extended to 6 months pursuant to any other applicable State law that governs training requirements for a specific profession. Requires certain medical personnel who work with children in their professional or official capacity to complete mandated reporter training at least every 6 years. Requires such medical personnel to attest at each time of licensure renewal on their renewal form that they understand they are a mandated reporter of child abuse and neglect, that they are aware of the process for making a report, that they know how to respond to a child in a trauma-informed manner, and that they are aware of the role of child protective services and the role of a reporter after a call has been made. Requires medical personnel who do not work with children in their professional or official capacity to make similar affirmations in lieu of repeated training. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 50 ILCS 705/7 from Ch. 85, par. 507 Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the curriculum for probationary police officers at all certified police training schools shall include a block of instruction addressing the mandatory reporting requirements under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Provides that minimum in-service training requirements, which a police officer must complete every 3 years, shall include training on reporting child abuse and neglect. Further amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Provides that persons required to report under the Act must complete an initial mandated reporter training (rather than must complete mandated reporter training) within 3 months of their date of engagement in a professional or official capacity as a mandated reporter, or within the time frame of any other applicable State law that governs training requirements for a specific profession, and at least every 3 years thereafter. Provides that the initial requirement (rather than the initial 3-month requirement) only applies to the first time they engage in their professional or official capacity (rather than only applies to the first time they engage in their professional or official capacity and may be extended to 6 months pursuant to any other applicable State law that governs training requirements for a specific profession).

Creates the Civil Remedies for Nonconsensual Dissemination of Private Sexual Images Act. Defines terms. Provides that a depicted individual who is identifiable and who suffers harm from a person's intentional dissemination or threatened dissemination of a private sexual image without the depicted individual's consent has a cause of action under specified circumstances. Provides that a person is not liable under the Act if the person proves that the dissemination of, or a threat to disseminate, a private sexual image was made in good faith in certain cases. Provides that a defendant who is a parent, legal guardian, or individual with legal custody of a child is not liable under the Act for a dissemination or threatened dissemination of intimate private sexual image of the child. Provides that the dissemination of, or a threat to disseminate, a private sexual image is not a matter of public concern or public interest solely because the depicted individual is a public figure. Provides that, in an action under the Act, a plaintiff may use a pseudonym or the court may exclude or redact the plaintiff's name and other identifying characteristics from all pleadings and documents filed. Provides remedies. Provides that an action for a nonconsensual dissemination may not be brought later than 4 years from the date the dissemination was discovered or should have been discovered with the exercise of reasonable diligence. Provides that for an action for a threat to disseminate may not be brought later than 4 years from the date of the threat to disseminate. Provides that an action brought depicting an individual who was a minor on the date of the dissemination or threat to disseminate, the 4-year limitation is tolled until the depicted individual attains the age of majority. Provides that if any provision of the Act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this Act that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to impose liability on an interactive computer service for content provided by another person. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Corrects a typographical error. Deletes language providing that the statutory damages a prevailing plaintiff may recover may not exceed $10,000. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the engrossed bill, and makes the following changes: Changes the definitions of: "dissemination" or "disseminate"; "private"; "person"; "sexual activity"; and "private sexual image". Requires the depicted individual in a sexual image to be identifiable by a reasonable person. Requires the person disseminating the private image to be over the age of 18. Deletes language providing that a depicted individual who does not consent to the sexual conduct or uncovering of the part of the body depicted in a sexual image of the individual retains a reasonable expectation of privacy even if the image was created when the individual was in a public place. Deletes language providing that a person is not liable if the person proves that the dissemination of or threat to disseminate a sexual image was reasonably intended to assist the depicted individual. Provides that if a plaintiff is granted privacy protections, a defendant may file a motion with the court to receive the same privacy protections. Provides that statutory damages shall not exceed $10,000. Provides that an action for a nonconsensual dissemination may not be brought later than 2 years (instead of 4 years) from the date the dissemination was discovered or should have been discovered with the exercise of reasonable diligence. Makes other changes. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Provides that a threat to disseminate may not be brought later than 2 years (rather than 4 years) from the date of the threat to disseminate.

Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, Illinois Insurance Code, and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that pasteurized donated human breast milk shall be covered under health insurance and the medical assistance program under the Illinois Public Aid Code. Describes the requirements that must be met to have pasteurized human breast milk covered under health insurance and the medical assistance program. Effective January 1, 2020. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Provides that one of the requirements to have coverage of pasteurized donated human breast milk is that the milk is obtained from a human milk bank licensed by the Department of Public Health (rather than the milk is obtained from a human milk bank that meets quality guidelines established by the Human Breast Milk Banking Association of North America, or that is licensed by the Department of Public Health). Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the engrossed bill with the following changes. Provides that all of the following conditions must be met for the donated human breast milk to be covered: the milk is obtained from a human milk bank that is licensed by the Department of Public Health; the infant is critically ill and the infant's mother is medically or physically unable to produce maternal breast milk or produce maternal breast milk in sufficient quantities to meet the infant's needs or the maternal breast milk is contraindicated; the milk has been determined to be medically necessary for the infant; and one or more of the following applies: the infant's birth weight is below 1,500 grams, the infant has a congenital or acquired condition that places the infant at a high risk for development of necrotizing enterocolitis, the infant has infant hypoglycemia, the infant has congenital heart disease, the infant has had or will have an organ transplant, the infant has sepsis, or the infant has any other serious congenital or acquired condition for which the use of donated human breast milk is medically necessary and supports the treatment and recovery of the infant. Effective January 1, 2020. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the bill, as amended by Senate Amendment No. 1, with the following changes. Provides that the milk must be prescribed by a licensed medical practitioner (instead of a physician). Provides that milk must be obtained from a human milk bank that meets quality guidelines established by the Human Milk Banking Association of North America or is licensed by the Department of Public Health (rather than licensed by the Department of Public Health). Removes a requirement that the infant must be critically ill. Adds provisions requiring coverage for a child 6 months through 12 months of age if the child would qualify if he or she was under the age of 6 months and the child has spinal muscular atrophy; the child's birth weight was below 1,500 grams and he or she has long-term feeding or gastrointestinal complications related to prematurity; the child has had or will have an organ transplant; or the child has a congenital or acquired condition for which the use of donated human breast milk is medically necessary and supports the treatment and recovery of the child. In the Public Aid Code, adds provisions requiring coverage for a child 12 months of age or older if the child would qualify if he or she was under the age of 6 months and has spinal muscular atrophy. Makes other changes. Effective January 1, 2020.

Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 115 ILCS 5/1 Adds reference to: 105 ILCS 5/10-21.9 from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.9 105 ILCS 5/21B-45 105 ILCS 5/21B-80 105 ILCS 5/24-14 from Ch. 122, par. 24-14 105 ILCS 5/34-18.5 from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.5 105 ILCS 5/34-84b from Ch. 122, par. 34-84b Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Provides that a check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database must be conducted by the school district or regional superintendent, as applicable, once for every 5 years an applicant remains employed by a school district. Provides that no school board shall knowingly employ a person or knowingly allow a person to student teach who has been issued an indicated finding of abuse or neglect of a child by the Department of Children and Family Services under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act or by a child welfare agency of another jurisdiction. Requires the State Board of Education to conduct random audits of Professional Educator Licensees to verify a licensee's fulfillment of required professional development hours. With regard to the conviction of certain offenses as grounds for disqualification for licensure or suspension or revocation of a license, provides that if the holder of a license or applicant for a license has been charged with attempting to commit, conspiring to commit, soliciting, or committing certain offenses, first degree murder, or a Class X felony or any offense committed or attempted in any other state or against the laws of the United States that, if committed or attempted in this State, would have been punishable as one or more of those offenses, the State Superintendent of Education shall immediately suspend the license or deny the application until the person's criminal charges are adjudicated through a court of competent jurisdiction. Makes other changes. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 105 ILCS 5/34-84b Adds reference to: 105 ILCS 5/10-20.69 new 105 ILCS 5/10-23.12 from Ch. 122, par. 10-23.12 105 ILCS 5/21B-75 105 ILCS 5/22-85 new 105 ILCS 5/22-86 new 105 ILCS 5/24-12 from Ch. 122, par. 24-12 105 ILCS 5/27A-5 105 ILCS 5/34-18.6 from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.6 105 ILCS 5/34-18.61 new 105 ILCS 5/34-85 from Ch. 122, par. 34-85 820 ILCS 40/8 from Ch. 48, par. 2008 820 ILCS 40/9 from Ch. 48, par. 2009 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Further amends the School Code. Provides that each school district must adopt and implement a policy addressing sexual abuse investigations. Provides that, except for an educator licensed under the Educator Licensure Article of the Code, if a school board determines that any school district employee has willfully or negligently failed to report an instance of suspected child abuse or neglect, as required by the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act, then the school board may dismiss that employee immediately upon that determination. Provides that the State Superintendent of Education has the authority to initiate a suspension of or revoke the license of any educator licensed under the Educator Licensure Article of the Code if he or she negligently fails to report an instance of suspected child abuse or neglect. Provides that if an individual is dismissed by a school district for committing a physical or sexual act on a student, the State Superintendent of Education shall immediately suspend, pending revocation, any license issued to that individual under the Educator Licensure Article of the Code. Provides that if a mandated reporter within a school has knowledge of an alleged incident of sexual abuse, the reporter must call the Department of Children and Family Services' hotline immediately after obtaining the minimal information necessary to make a report, including the names of the affected parties and the allegations. Provides that for schools in a county with an accredited Children's Advocacy Center, every alleged incident of sexual abuse that is reported to the Department of Children and Family Services' hotline or a law enforcement agency and is subsequently accepted for investigation must be referred by the entity that received the report to the local Children's Advocacy Center pursuant to that county's multidisciplinary team's protocol under the Children's Advocacy Center Act for investigating child sexual abuse allegations. Provides for the local Children's Advocacy Center's duties and the duties of a school. Provides that if, during the course of its internal investigation and at any point during or after the multidisciplinary team's investigation, a school determines that it needs to interview an alleged victim of sexual abuse to successfully complete its investigation and the victim is under 18 years of age, a child advocate must be made available to the student and must be present during the school's interview. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services and the appropriate law enforcement agency must notify the relevant school when an agency investigation of an alleged incident of sexual abuse is completed, which must include information on the outcome of that investigation. Creates the Make Sexual and Severe Physical Abuse Fully Extinct Task Force. Provides for the Task Force's membership, meeting requirements, and duties. With regard to employee dismissal proceedings, provides that in the case of charges involving physical or sexual contact with a student or a person under the age of 18, the hearing officer shall make alternative hearing procedures to protect a witness who is a student or who is under the age of 18 from being intimidated or traumatized. Amends the Personnel Record Review Act to provide that certain disclosure requirements under the Act do not apply to a school district responding to an inquiry from a prospective employer or to activities or associations with individuals or groups involved in the physical, sexual, or other exploitation of minors. Makes conforming and other changes. Adds an immediate effective date. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1 with the following changes. Provides that, every 2 years, each school district must review all existing policies and procedures concerning sexual abuse investigations at schools (rather than must adopt and implement a policy addressing sexual abuse investigations at schools) to ensure consistency with policies adopted under the School Code. Provides that, as a condition of employment, each school board must consider the status of a person who has been issued an indicated finding of abuse or neglect of a child by the Department of Children and Family Services under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act or by a child welfare agency of another jurisdiction (rather than no school board shall knowingly employ a person who has been issued those indicated findings). Changes the definition of "alleged incident of sexual abuse". Makes changes to what a school must comply with after an alleged incident of sexual abuse is accepted for investigation by the Department of Children and Family Services or a law enforcement agency and while the investigations are being conducted by the local multidisciplinary team. With regard to the Personnel Record Review Act, provides that certain disclosure requirements under the Act do not apply to a school district who is sharing information related to an incident or an attempted incident of sexual abuse or severe physical abuse (rather than a school district responding to an inquiry from a prospective employer). Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Amends the Election Code. Requires that the trustees for the Fox Metro Water Reclamation District be elected at consolidated elections. Provides that where a nomination for election is to be made for a trustee of the Fox Metro Water Reclamation District, then the petition shall be filed in the office of the county clerk not more than 113 nor less than 106 days prior to the date of the primary. Amends the Sanitary District Act of 1917. Provides that the board of trustees of the Fox Metro Water Reclamation District shall be elected (rather than appointed) beginning with the 2019 election. Sets forth requirements concerning the number of trustees to be elected and length of terms. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 In provisions concerning nomination of trustees in the Election Code, moves a reference to the Fox Metro Water Reclamation District to provisions concerning districts encompassing more than one county. Changes the election at which the board of trustees of the Fox Metro Water Reclamation District shall be elected from 2019 to 2021. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Provides that if a vacancy occurs before the 2021 election on the board of trustees of the Fox Metro Water Reclamation District, the District Manager shall, no later than 7 days from the date of the vacancy, notify the State legislators representing any portion of the District and publish other notification. Requires persons to apply with the District Manager for the open trustee position and for the District Manager to hold a public meeting with the State legislators regarding the applicants. Provides that, at the public meeting, the State legislators shall select a candidate who will be appointed by the board of trustees at the next board of trustees meeting. House Committee Amendment No. 2 Provides that the board of trustees of the Fox Metro Water Reclamation District shall: on or before July 1, 2020, divide the District into 5 trustee districts and assign the trustee districts to reflect the results of the most recent federal decennial census; and thereafter, in the year following each decennial census, redistrict the trustee districts to reflect the results of the most recent census. Provides that a petition for nomination for election of a trustee of the District shall contain at least 100 signatures of registered voters residing within the District. House Floor Amendment No. 3 Replaces "District" with "Fox Metro Water Reclamation District" in House Amendment No. 2.

Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that, for the Chicago School District only, for complaints concerning delays and denials of special education services in the 2016-2017 or 2017-2018 school year, a complainant has no less than 2 years following the creation of the State Board of Education's compensatory education plan and notification of that plan to parents and guardians of impacted children to file a complaint if the complainant has not obtained relief through (i) the compensatory education plan, (ii) a due process claim, or (iii) mediation. Provides that the State Board's notification of its compensatory education plan to parents and guardians must include notification of the extended timeframe to file complaints under this subsection. Effective July 1, 2019. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 105 ILCS 5/14-8.02e Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that a complainant has no less than 2 years following the finalization (rather than creation) of the State Board of Education's student-specific corrective action plan per the State Board's 2017-2018 Public Inquiry Team's Corrective Action Report (rather than compensatory education plan) and notification of that plan to parents and guardians of potentially impacted (rather than only impacted) children to file a complaint concerning delays and denials of special education services; makes conforming changes. Removes provisions requiring certain conditions for a parent or guardian to file a complaint. Requires a respondent to include corrective action compliance documentation with all other documentation provided to a complainant. Effective July 1, 2019. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Requires a complaint made under the State complaint procedures alleging a delay or denial of special education or related services in the 2016-2017 or 2017-2018 school year by the Chicago school district as a result of the adoption of policies and procedures identified by the State Board of Education as unlawful to be filed on or before September 30, 2021 (rather than, for complaints made under procedures authorized for delays and denials of special education services in the 2016-2017 or 2017-2018 school year, a complainant has no less than 2 years following the finalization of the State Board of Education's student-specific corrective action plan per the State Board's 2017-2018 Public Inquiry Team's Corrective Action Report and notification of that plan to parents and guardians of potentially impacted children to file a complaint). Provides that, with respect to a student enrolled in the Chicago school district for or to whom appropriate special education or related services may have been delayed or denied in the 2016-2017 or 2017-2018 school year as a result of the adoption of policies and procedures identified by the State Board of Education as unlawful, the school district must provide a written notification no later than 30 days after the first school day of the 2019-2020 school year to (i) the parent or guardian of the student, (ii) a designated representative of the student, (iii) the student if he or she is an emancipated minor, or (iv) the student if he or she has reached the age of majority and does not have a designated representative that states that appropriate relief may be available through a State complaint procedure authorized under the School Code, State-sponsored mediation, or an impartial due process hearing under the Code. Specifies what the notification must include. Changes the effective date to immediate (rather than July 1, 2019).

Amends the Adult Protective Services Act. Provides that when conducting any investigation concerning a report of suspected abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, or self-neglect of an eligible adult, the Department on Aging shall contact as many of the eligible adult's family members, neighbors, and friends as reasonably possible under the circumstances. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Adult Protective Services Act. In a provision concerning face-to-face assessments conducted by a provider agency designated to receive reports of alleged or suspected abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, or self-neglect under the Act, provides that the assessments shall (rather than may) include interviews or consultations regarding the allegations with service agencies, immediate family members, and individuals (rather than with service agencies or individuals) who may have knowledge of the eligible adult's circumstances based on the consent of the eligible adult in all instances, except where the provider agency is acting in the best interest of an eligible adult who is unable to seek assistance for himself or herself and where there are allegations against a caregiver who has assumed responsibilities in exchange for compensation.

Amends the School Visitation Rights Act. Prohibits an employer from terminating an employee because of an absence from work due to employee's attendance at a school conference or activity. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 2 Provides that an employer may not terminate an employee for an absence from work if the absence is due to the employee's attendance at a school conference, behavioral meeting, or academic meeting (rather than a school conference or activity). Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 820 ILCS 147/15 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Visitation Rights Act. Provides that employees may use school visitation privileges for purposes of academic and behavioral meetings in addition to school conferences. Provides that an employee may not be terminated for the use of school visitation privileges. Effect August 1, 2020.

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes technical changes to specify in provisions concerning provisional eligibility for long-term care services that: (i) the Department of Healthcare and Family Services must maintain the applicant's provisional Medicaid enrollment status until a final eligibility determination is approved or the applicant's appeal has been adjudicated and eligibility is denied; (ii) the Department of Healthcare and Family Services or the managed care organization, if applicable, must reimburse providers for services rendered during an applicant's provisional eligibility period; (iii) the Department of Healthcare and Family Services must submit payment vouchers for all retroactive reimbursement due to the Office of the Comptroller within 10 business days of issuing provisional eligibility to an applicant; and (iv) the Department of Healthcare and Family Services must adopt rules. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 30 ILCS 772/25 new Amends the Equity in Long-term Care Quality Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall establish a nursing home labor force promotion, expansion, and retention program no later than January 1, 2020 using moneys appropriated from the Equity in Long-term Care Quality Fund. Provides for the components of the program. Provides that the Department shall establish partnerships with one or more community colleges or universities to execute the program. Provides for scholarship distribution and preferences. Provides that the Department shall report to the General Assembly no later than January 30, 2020 on the status of the establishment of the program. Provides that no later than January 1, 2021, and each January 1 thereafter, the Department shall report to the General Assembly the number of scholarships awarded during the preceding year and the demographics of the awardees. Makes the amendatory Act effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adds reference to: 30 ILCS 772/25 new Amends the Equity in Long-term Care Quality Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health, contingent upon approval by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, shall establish a nursing home labor force promotion, expansion, and retention program no later than January 1, 2020 using moneys appropriated from the Equity in Long-term Care Quality Fund. Provides for the components of the program. Provides that the Department shall establish partnerships with one or more community colleges or universities to execute the program. Provides for scholarship distribution and preferences. Provides that the Department shall report to the General Assembly no later than January 30, 2020 on the status of the establishment of the program. Provides that no later than January 1, 2021, and each January 1 thereafter, the Department shall report to the General Assembly the number of scholarships awarded during the preceding year and the demographics of the awardees. Makes the amendatory Act effective immediately.