Rep. Rita Mayfield

Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Provides that the definition of "dog dealer" does not include a person who sells dogs at retail to the public. Provides that a person who sells dogs at retail to the public, shall not be considered an animal shelter under the Act. Defines "at retail to the public". Requires a dog breeder to provide each dog in the dog breeder's facility with a primary enclosure that complies with certain requirements. Requires a dog breeder to provide all adult dogs in the dog breeder's facility with constant, unfettered access to an exercise area of sufficient size to ensure proper physical development, health, and socialization. Provides that the exercise area should, at a minimum, be at least twice the amount of space required for the primary enclosure. Provides that the Illinois Department of Agriculture may refuse to issue or renew or may suspend or revoke a license due to an individual operating without a proper license under the Act.

Amends the Elevator Safety and Regulation Act. Provides that any home rule municipality that has a population of over 80,000 but less than 100,000, based upon the most recent decennial census, shall be the sole governing authority and shall have sole jurisdiction superseding any other department or regulatory body over granting variances for the construction, installation, operation, inspection, testing, maintenance, alteration, and repair of any elevator or its associated equipment if the elevator was installed or permitted under the 2004 edition of ASME A17.1 but was not completed due all or in part to the financial and economic recession of 2008. Provides that the home rule municipality shall have the sole authority to determine whether an elevator qualifies under the amendatory Act. Provides that, once an elevator subject to the amendatory Act has been fully installed, the home rule municipality shall facilitate a thorough inspection of the elevator by a licensed State elevator inspector to verify that the installation of the elevator is complete and that the elevator is safe and fully functional according to the 2004 edition of ASME A17.1.

Creates the Standardized Prior Authorization Act. Requires a health insurance issuer to maintain a complete list of services for which prior authorization is required and to make any current prior authorization requirements and restrictions readily accessible and conspicuously posted on its website or online portals to enrollees, health care professionals, and health care providers. Sets forth further provisions concerning disclosure and review of prior authorization requirements; standard prior authorizations; expedited prior authorizations; notifications of adverse determinations; appeals of adverse determinations; prohibitions on revocation of prior authorization and nonpayment by a health insurance issuer; the length of approvals; approvals for chronic conditions; continuity of prior approvals; and enforcement and administration of the Act. Requires a health insurance issuer to periodically review its prior authorization requirements and consider removal of prior authorization requirements. Provides that a failure by a health insurance issuer to comply with the deadlines and other requirements specified in the Act shall result in any health care services subject to review to be automatically deemed authorized by the health insurance issuer or its contracted private review agent. Establishes reporting and notification requirements for health insurance issuers. Grants rulemaking authority to the Department of Insurance. Repeals the Prior Authorization Reform Act. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code and the Illinois Public Aid Code to make conforming changes. Effective January 1, 2027.

Amends the Illinois Gambling Act. Provides that, upon request by an owners licensee authorized to conduct casino gambling in the City of Waukegan and upon a showing of good cause by the owners licensee, the Illinois Gaming Board shall extend the period during which the licensee may conduct gaming at a temporary facility by up to 48 (rather than 30) months. Effective immediately.

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that the court must appoint a special representative for a deceased mortgagor for the purpose of defending a judicial foreclosure action.

Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that the Code does not apply to procurement expenditures that are necessary for the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security to respond to a radiological incident, to monitor a nuclear power plant, or to use at a nuclear facility. Effective immediately.

Amends the Senior Citizens Real Estate Tax Deferral Act. Provides that the real estate taxes deferred under the Act and taxes paid by the Department of Revenue under the Act, together with all interest and costs that may accrue on those amounts, shall be a prior and first lien on the property until the deferred taxes, interest, and costs are paid. Provides that the tax deferral and recovery agreement with the collector shall expressly state that those amounts are a prior and first lien. Effective immediately.

Amends the Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Creates the Farmer-Direct Maternal Nutrition Program to provide grants or contracts to farmers for growing, aggregating, and distributing healthy food to eligible expectant mothers within 75 miles of the farm. Establishes eligibility based on income, participation in SNAP or WIC, or referral by a health care provider or social service agency. Authorizes partnerships with community organizations and health facilities. Requires coordination with other State agencies, outreach, rulemaking, and annual reporting to the General Assembly beginning in 2028. Effective immediately.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person over the age of 18 commits failure to report sexual abuse of a child when he or she is aware of, has a reasonable belief, or personally observes (rather than just personally observes) sexual abuse, between a person who he or she knows is over the age of 18 and a person he or she knows is a child under the age of 13, and knowingly fails to report the sexual abuse to law enforcement.

Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall conduct a Grooming Awareness Public Educational and Outreach Program, which is a public education and outreach program concerning the grooming of children, including, but not limited to, grooming behaviors and how to recognize, prevent, and report grooming behaviors. Provides that the Department of Public Health may work with other organizations to help conduct the Program which may include, but is not limited to, the Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault (ICASA) or the Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation (CAASE). Provides that the Department of Public Health may adopt rules that are necessary to conduct the Program. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of failure to report grooming of a child. Provides that a person 18 years of age or older commits the offense when he or she personally observes the grooming between a person whom he or she knows is 18 years of age or older and a person he or she knows is a child under 17 years of age, and knowingly fails to report the grooming to law enforcement. Provides that the offense does not apply to a person who makes timely and reasonable efforts to stop the sex offense or unlawful sexual conduct by reporting the grooming or sexual conduct in conformance with the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act or by reporting the sex offense or causing a report to be made, to medical or law enforcement authorities or anyone who is a mandated reporter under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Provides that a person who commits failure to report grooming of a child is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for the first violation and a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent violation. Provides that nothing in the provision shall be construed to allow prosecution of a person who personally observes the act of grooming and assists with an investigation and any subsequent prosecution of the offender.