Amends the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Services Act. Repeals provisions regarding the Act's repealer. Effective immediately.
Rep. Suzanne Ness
Sponsored bills
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Reduces the trailer flat weight tax for maximum loads of 3,000 pounds and less from $118 to $18. Effective immediately.
Creates the Local Cannabis Licensing Act. Provides that a county or municipality may issue licenses for temporary events, cannabis clubs, and cannabis tours that will allow for the sale and consumption of cannabis or cannabis-infused products and for the sale of cannabis paraphernalia at such temporary events, clubs, or tours. Requires ordinances with specified regulations of such temporary events, cannabis clubs, and cannabis tours be adopted before any licenses are issued. Allows tours of cannabis craft grower or cultivation center facilities. Limits home rule powers. Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act and Smoke Free Illinois Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
Designates South Side Drive in Decatur from Route 51 to Route 48 as the "Officer Chris Oberheim Memorial Highway".
Amends the Procurement of Domestic Products Act. Provides that the term "manufactured in the United States" means: (1) in the case of products that are not assembled articles, materials, or supplies, that the product is mined or produced in the United States; (2) in the case of assembled articles, materials, or supplies, that design, final assembly, processing, packaging, testing, or other process that adds value, quality, or reliability occurs in the United States and the cost of domestic components exceeds 50% of the cost of all of the components; or (3) that the product is a commercially available off-the-shelf item (currently, "that design, final assembly, processing, packaging, testing, or other process that adds value, quality, or reliability occurs in the United States"). Provides for an exception to the Act if the price of the procured products manufactured in the United States exceeds the price of available and comparable procured products manufactured outside the United States by 12% or more (currently, if the price of the procured products manufactured in the United States exceeds the price of available and comparable procured products manufactured outside the United States by an unreasonable amount). Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 2 Adds reference to: 30 ILCS 500/45-105 new 30 ILCS 517/3 new 30 ILCS 517/25 30 ILCS 517/35 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Requires construction agencies procuring construction and construction-related professional services to make reasonable efforts to contract with Illinois businesses. Requires each construction agency to submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly by September 1 of each year concerning Illinois businesses procured for construction projects by the construction agency. Provides that in procuring construction and construction-related professional services for projects with a total construction cost valued at greater than $100,000, construction agencies shall provide bid preference to a responsible bidder that is an Illinois business. Provides that the construction agency shall allocate to any responsible bidder that is an Illinois business a bid preference of 4% of the contract base bid. Provides that the preference provisions do not apply to any contract for any project for which federal funds are available for expenditure when the provisions may be in conflict with federal law or federal regulation. Modifies the provisions of the introduced bill amending the Procurement of Domestic Products Act. Provides further requirements concerning the procurement of and preference for domestic products (rather than United States products). Provides a penalty for a contractor who is awarded a contract through the use of a preference for Illinois products but knowingly supplies procured products under that contract that are not manufactured in Illinois. Provides for compliance reports concerning requirements for the use of domestic products. Provides policy provisions. Defines terms. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adds reference to: 30 ILCS 500/45-105 new 30 ILCS 517/3 new 30 ILCS 517/25 30 ILCS 517/35 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of House Amendment No. 2 with changes. Modifies provisions of the Procurement of Domestic Products Act. Provides that it is the public policy of the State of Illinois for each purchasing agency to use the terms and conditions of State financial assistance awards and State procurements to maximize the use of goods, products, and materials (rather than goods, products, materials, and services) produced in Illinois. Provides that compliance reports submitted under the Act shall, among other items, include the purchasing agency's analysis of goods, products, and materials (rather than goods, products, materials, and services) not subject to the Act. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions concerning coverage for telehealth services, provides that if an individual or group policy of accident or health insurance provides coverage for telehealth services, reimbursement for services provided through telehealth services shall be equivalent to reimbursement for the same services provided through in-person consultation.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes a technical change in a Section relating to long-term care insurance. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 215 ILCS 5/351A-4 Adds reference to: New Act 215 ILCS 5/356z.41 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Access to Affordable Insulin Act. Sets forth provisions concerning an insulin urgent-need program. Provides that by July 1, 2022, each manufacturer shall establish procedures to make insulin available to eligible individuals who are in urgent need of insulin or who are in need of access to an affordable insulin supply. Sets forth provisions concerning insulin urgent-need program exceptions, eligibility, forms, applications, claims and reimbursement, copayments, information sheets, navigators, and penalties. Defines terms. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions concerning cost sharing in prescription insulin drugs, provides that an insurer that provides coverage for prescription insulin drugs under the terms of a health coverage plan the insurer offers shall limit the total amount that an insured is required to pay for a 30-day supply of covered prescription insulin drugs at an amount not to exceed $35 (rather than $100). Effective immediately.
Declares support for the City of Elgin and the Coalition to Stop CPKC in their opposition to the merger of the Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern railroads. Urges the Federal Surface Transportation Board to reject the CPKC merger application.
Repeals the Dissolution of Townships in McHenry County Article of the Township Code. Amends the Election Code, Motor Fuel Tax Law, and the Counties Code making conforming changes.
Directs the Auditor General to conduct a management audit of the Department of Human Services' Division of Developmental Disabilities oversight of the CILA program and the awarding of competitively-procured grants.