Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to develop and implement an algorithm that is based on quality scores and other operational proficiency criteria developed, defined, and adopted by the Department, by rule, to automatically assign Medicaid enrollees served under the Family Health Plan and the Integrated Care Program and those Medicaid enrollees eligible for medical assistance pursuant to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into managed care entities, including Accountable Care Entities, Care Coordination Entities, Children with Special Needs Care Coordination Entities, Managed Care Community Networks, and Managed Care Organizations. Provides that the algorithm developed and implemented shall favor assignment into managed care entities with the highest quality scores and levels of compliance with the operational proficiency criteria established.
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Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that upon arrival at a reception and classification center or an inmate's final destination, the Department of Corrections must provide the committed person with appropriate information in writing, verbally, by video or other electronic means concerning the procedure to request that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services suspend a committed person's payment of child support during his or her incarceration in a Department institution or facility if the committed person owes child support. Effective immediately.
Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that upon application by a facility, the Director of Public Health may grant or renew a waiver of certain staffing requirements for registered nurses, considering specified criteria, if the facility demonstrates to the Director's satisfaction that the facility is unable, despite diligent efforts, including offering wages at a competitive rate for registered nurses in the community, to employ the required number of registered nurses. Provides that the Director may not grant or renew such waivers for certain minimum nurse staffing requirements contained in federal regulations to facilities that are Medicare-certified or both Medicare-certified and Medicaid-certified. Provides that these waivers shall be reviewed quarterly by the Department of Public Health, including requiring a demonstration by the facility that it has continued to make diligent efforts to employ the required number of registered nurses, and shall be revoked for noncompliance with certain requirements. Effective immediately.
Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that, if an employing unit or its agent has a pattern of failing to respond with information required under the Act in a timely or complete manner, benefits paid to a claimant as a result of that failure shall be charged to the employing unit's account. Sets forth criteria for determining whether a pattern of failing to respond with information exists. Provides that, in addition to the amounts charged to the employing unit's account, the Department of Employment Security shall assess a civil penalty equal to the benefits paid as a result of the failure of the employing unit to respond as required. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act. Provides that for those who apply for a standard Illinois Identification Card upon release as a committed person on parole, mandatory supervised release, aftercare release, final discharge, or pardon from the Department of Corrections or Department of Juvenile Justice, the Secretary of State shall issue a standard Illinois Identification Card at the time of release (rather than after submission of an identification card issued by the Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice) to all released eligible individuals. Defines "released eligible individuals". Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice shall verify a released person's full name, date of birth, and social security number, and provide that information to the Secretary of State for the purpose of issuing standard Illinois Identification Cards to released eligible individuals under the Illinois Identification Card Act. Provides that the Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice shall report annually to the Governor and the General Assembly the percentage of persons released from custody without a valid standard Illinois Identification Card. Discontinues the issuance of identification cards by the Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice to recently released persons. Makes conforming changes.
Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that the prevailing wage shall not be less than the rate that prevails for similar work performed under collective bargaining agreements in the locality provided that the agreements cover at least 30% of the workers. Provides that, if bargaining agreements do not exist in the locality, the Department of Labor shall ascertain the prevailing wage to be paid under the Act. Applies to public works performed without a written contract. Requires that the Department publish prevailing wages schedules on its website.
Amends the Election Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the nomination of candidates for the General Assembly.
Mourns the death of John Henry Samuel Wallace.
Amends the Illinois Seed Law. Provides that specified provisions do not apply to seed distributed within this State by means of noncommercial, interpersonal seed sharing activities, including, but not limited to, seed libraries, seed exchanges, or other formal or informal seed sharing activities. Effective immediately.
Amends the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Special Care Disclosure Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.