Rep. Patricia R. Bellock

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a credit for taxpayers who, for at least 27 weeks during the taxable year, employ a disabled individual. Sets forth the amount of the credit based on the average number of hours per week that the disabled individual worked. Provides that the credit may not be carried forward or back and may not reduce the taxpayer's liability to less than zero. Requires the Department of Revenue, in cooperation with the Department of Human Services, to adopt rules concerning the credit, including criteria for designating an employee as a "disabled individual". Effective immediately.

Declares May 9, 2018 as "Jim Thome Day" in the State of Illinois.

Declares September 10, 2018 as "World Suicide Prevention Day" in the State of Illinois.

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions concerning medical assistance for the treatment of alcohol dependence or opioid dependence, provides that on or after July 1, 2017 such coverage may be subject to utilization controls or prior authorization mandates consistent with the most current edition of the American Society of Addiction Medicine's National Practice Guideline for the Use of Medications in the Treatment of Addiction Involving Opioid Use, as now or hereafter revised, or any successor publication (rather than on or after July 1, 2015 such coverage shall not be subject to any (1) utilization control, other than those established under the American Society of Addiction Medicine patient placement criteria, (2) prior authorization mandate, or (3) lifetime restriction limit mandate). Provides that on or after July 1, 2017, opioid antagonists prescribed for the treatment of an opioid overdose may be subject to (A) utilization controls or (B) prior authorization mandates consistent with the most current edition of the American Society of Addiction Medicine's National Practice Guideline for the Use of Medications in the Treatment of Addiction Involving Opioid Use, as now or hereafter revised, or any successor publication.

Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Requires the Department of Children and Family Services to place a locked suggestion box in each group home, shelter, and transitional living arrangement that accepts youth in care for placement by the Department.

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires managed care organizations under contract with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to follow a standard prescription drug formulary established by the Department by rule. Requires the Department to adopt any rules necessary to implement the provision. Effective January 1, 2018.

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions concerning child support obligations, provides that the liability for the support of a child does not require a previous court order for custody and shall be in conjunction with the child support guidelines set forth in the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that the obligation to support, as provided under the Code, shall be concurrent to any other appropriate State law. Provides that an action to establish or enforce a support obligation, under the Code or under any other Act providing for the support of a child, may be brought subsequent to an adjudication dismissing that action based on specified reasons. Provides that in regard to cases filed under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, actions and remedies under the Code, the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, or other State laws shall be cumulative and shall be used in conjunction with one another, as appropriate. Makes other changes. Makes corresponding changes to provisions under the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act and the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015 concerning child support.

Recognizes May 10, 2017 as the second Annual Illinois Foster Youth and Alumni Legislative Shadow Day.

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning construction of the Code.

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions requiring child care providers to authorize in writing a State and Federal Bureau of Investigation fingerprint-based criminal history record check as a condition of eligibility to participate in the child care assistance program, removes a provision exempting a child care provider who is a relative of the child from the criminal history record check requirement. Effective January 1, 2018.