Rep. Suzanne Ness

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits sexual assault by deception if the person commits an act of sexual penetration and the person submits under the belief that the person committing the act is someone known to the victim other than the accused, and this belief is induced by pretense or concealment by the accused with the intent to induce that belief. Sexual assault by deception is a Class 3 felony.

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the treatment of autism spectrum disorder through applied behavior analysis shall be covered under the medical assistance program for children with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder when ordered by a certified, registered, or licensed health care professional with expertise in treating the effects of autism spectrum disorders when the care is determined to be medically necessary and ordered by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches. Provides that certain treatment shall be covered, including, but not limited to, psychiatric, psychological, rehabilitative, and therapeutic care. Effective July 1, 2021.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code to provide that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2023 shall provide coverage for continuous glucose monitors. Makes conforming changes in the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the School Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, the Limited Health Service Organization Act, the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act, and the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code.

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2022, a store may not sell or distribute in this State a disposable food service container that is composed in whole or in part of polystyrene foam. Directs the Environmental Protection Agency to adopt rules to implement the amendatory Act's provisions. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 415 ILCS 5/52.10 new Adds reference to: 415 ILCS 5/52.11 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that the prohibition regarding polystyrene foam food service containers shall not apply to specified entities until one year after the amendatory Act's effective date. Removes language requiring the Agency to adopt rules to implement the provisions. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code to provide that an insurance policy amended, delivered, issued, or renewed in the State after the effective date of the amendatory Act that offers business interruption insurance shall be construed to include, among the covered perils of that policy, coverage for loss of use and occupancy of a business and business interruption resulting from a public health emergency or disaster regardless of whether the public health emergency or disaster results in physical damages to business property.

Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Provides that any natural person who, for compensation or other pecuniary interest, communicates with any unit of local government for the ultimate purpose of influencing official action of the unit of local government concerning an automated traffic law enforcement system, or any person or entity who employs or compensates another person for the purposes of such communications, shall register as a lobbyist under the Act. Specifies that the provisions do not apply to communications made to judicial bodies or administrative courts regarding the prosecution or defense of specified alleged violations. Defines "automated traffic law enforcement system".

Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that no former member of the General Assembly shall, within a period of 2 years immediately following the end of his or her term of office in the General Assembly, engage in lobbying or any other activity that would require registration under the Lobbyist Registration Act.

Urges the State of Illinois to launch a pilot project to establish a transitional shelter village that will support the crisis housing and health needs of people currently experiencing unsheltered homelessness.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that carrying an object containing a non-lethal noxious liquid gas or substance designed solely for personal defense is exempt from the offense of unlawful use of weapons, regardless of the age of the person carrying it (currently, the exemption is limited to persons 18 years of age or older). Effective immediately.

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a sheriff's department or a department of a county authorized by the county board or board of county commissioners is allowed to conduct independent investigations of abuse, neglect, or infectious disease within the county, even if another law enforcement agency or State agency is investigating, or already has investigated, the same abuse, neglect, or infectious disease. Provides that a county's investigative jurisdiction and authority is concurrent with any other entity investigating such abuse, neglect, or infectious disease, except that investigations of a sheriff's department or county department that are running concurrently with a law enforcement agency or State agency investigation is subordinate to the law enforcement agency or State agency with primary jurisdiction over the abuse, neglect, or infectious disease. Provides for sharing of information and documents between law enforcement agencies, State agencies and county investigators. Defines terms.