Rep. Deanne M. Mazzochi

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Increases the penalties for trafficking in persons, involuntary servitude, and related offenses. For some Class X offenses, imposes a term of imprisonment of not less than 12 years and not more than 30 years. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that involuntary sexual servitude of a minor is non-bailable if the proof is evident or the presumption great that the defendant is guilty of the offense and the defendant had a previous conviction for that offense. Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Provides that "sex offense" for registration purposes of the Act includes involuntary sexual servitude of a minor committed on or after January 1, 2021.

Amends the Civil No Contact Order Act. Provides that a petition for a civil no contact order may be filed by a family or household member of a victim of a murder. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that a civil no contact order in a case involving a family or household member of a victim of a murder may be entered in conjunction with a delinquency petition or a criminal prosecution.

Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to identify at least 2 hospitals that have had over the last 5 years similar reported levels of patients with one or more types of hospital-acquired infections and to solicit proposals from at least one such hospital to conduct a pilot program to install in common hospital touch surfaces antimicrobial metallic material in the rooms of patients likely to be at high risk of hospital-acquired infections. Provides that installation costs for the pilot program shall be classified as capital infrastructure improvements and eligible for capital development grants. Contains specified requirements for the Department regarding the pilot program.

Amends the Fair Patient Billing Act. Provides that if a hospital bills a patient $50,000 or more for health care services in a period of 72 hours, the hospital shall provide with its bill copies of the electronic records used to generate all charges and shall further itemize any item and make electronic copies of the patient's charts available at the patient's request within 5 days of billing or the date of request, whichever is later. Provides that hospitals must return calls made by patients within 5 calendar days of receipt of the patient request for amounts billed in excess of $50,000.

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, in the case of property that is occupied as a residence by a person who: (1) is 55 years of age or older during the taxable year; (2) is liable for paying real estate taxes on the property; and (3) is an owner of record of the property or has a legal or equitable interest in the property, property taxes shall be paid on a monthly basis. Effective immediately.

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that taxing districts, other than certain school districts, shall annually certify their levy on or before the third (currently, last) Tuesday in December. Effective immediately.

Amends the State Employees, State Universities, and Downstate Teachers Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that a person who first becomes an employee after the effective date of the amendatory Act is not required to participate in the System as a condition of employment. Provides that an employee may elect not to participate in the System by notifying the System in writing no later than 30 days after first becoming an employee. Effective immediately.

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, if a board of review or the Property Tax Appeal Board reduces the assessment of a condominium unit, then the owner of a neighboring unit in the same condominium development may, upon a timely petition, request the same reduction, so long as the neighboring unit has no discernible benefits or amenities that the condominium unit that received the initial reduction does not. Effective immediately.

Amends the Civil Remedies for Nonconsensual Dissemination of Private Sexual Images Act. Provides that a depicted individual may reasonably expect to suffer actual harm (rather than only suffer harm) from the intentional dissemination or threatened dissemination of a private sexual image. Provides that any interactive computer service that disseminates or threatens to disseminate content provided by another person that constitutes a private sexual image is prohibited. Provides that an individual depicted in a private sexual image has an individual interest or in determining the right to license, sell, transmit, profit, or otherwise set terms to permit or exclude access to the private sexual image. Provides that if an interactive computer service fails to remove a private sexual image at the request of an individual who holds an intellectual property image right to the private sexual image, the interactive computer service is subject to appropriate remedies or at least $1,000 per day for each day that the request to remove the private sexual image is not honored, whichever is greater. Provides additional liability exceptions. Provides that the statutory damages a plaintiff may recover shall be at least $500 per occurrence (rather than shall not exceed $10,000). Provides that the voluntary removal of private sexual images or the failure to proceed on a threatened dissemination of private sexual images shall reduce the statutory damages by 50%. Provides that the punitive damages a plaintiff may recover shall be for extraordinary, willful, and wanton behavior, litigation misconduct during enforcement proceedings, or both. Changes the statute of limitations. Makes other changes.

Congratulates the Elmhurst Park District on its 100th anniversary.