Rep. Ryan Spain

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that licensed medically complex for the developmentally disabled facilities (MC/DD) (rather than licensed long-term care facilities for persons under 22 years of age) that serve severely and chronically ill patients (rather than pediatric patients) shall have a specific reimbursement system designed to recognize the characteristics and needs of the patients they serve. Sets forth certain reimbursement rates for MC/DD facilities for date of services starting July 1, 2018. Requires MC/DD facilities to document within each resident's medical record the conditions or services using the minimum data set documentation standards and requirements to qualify for exceptional care reimbursement. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall be responsible for reimbursement calculations and direct payment for services. Imposes an assessment and licensing fee on MC/DD facilities. Creates the Medically Complex for the Developmentally Disabled Provider Fund for the purpose of receiving and disbursing assessment moneys, including making payments to intermediate care facilities for persons with a developmental disability that are also licensed as MC/DD facilities and making payments of any amounts which are reimbursable to the federal government. Makes other changes. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Medically Complex for the Developmentally Disabled Provider Fund. Effective immediately.

Amends the Public Utility Act. Creates the Rural Illinois Utility Infrastructure Investment Program, under which the Illinois Commerce Commission shall make grants from the Rural Illinois Utility Infrastructure Investment Program Fund for qualified utility infrastructure projects. Amends the Gas Revenue Tax Act and the Electricity Excise Tax Law to provide that certain moneys collected under those Acts shall be deposited into the Fund. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Rural Illinois Utility Infrastructure Investment Program Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Effective July 1, 2018.

Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that provisions concerning legislative redistricting apply to Congressional Districts. Requires that districts, in addition to being compact, contiguous, and substantially equal in population, must also comply with the federal Constitution and law, provide racial and ethnic minorities with equal opportunity to participate in the political process, provide racial and ethnic minorities who constitute less than a voting-age majority of a district with an opportunity to substantially influence the outcome of an election, respect geographic integrity of units of local government, respect communities sharing common social or economic interests, and not discriminate against or in favor of any political party or individual. Replaces the current method of legislative redistricting with the following: a 16-member commission, appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and the most senior Supreme Court Judge of a different political party in accordance with specified criteria, shall adopt and file with the Secretary of State redistricting plans for Legislative, Representative, and Congressional Districts following a series of public hearings by August 1 of the year following a federal decennial census; permits the public to submit maps during the map drawing process for consideration by the Commission; and, if a redistricting plan is not adopted by August 1 of the year following a federal decennial census, then a seventeenth member shall be appointed to the Commission and redistricting plans shall be filed by September 1. Adds provisions concerning the membership of the Commission and budgetary matters related to the Commission. Removes the requirement for each Legislative District to be divided into two Representative Districts. Effective upon being declared adopted and applicable to redistricting beginning in 2021 and to the election of General Assembly members beginning in 2022.

Amends the Economic Development for a Growing Economy Tax Credit Act. Provides that an employee of the Taxpayer who was previously employed in Illinois by the Taxpayer and whose employment was shifted to the project after the Taxpayer entered into the Agreement is not considered a new employee for purposes of the Act. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall not enter into any new EDGE Agreements after December 31, 2021 (currently, April 30, 2017). Removes a requirement that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall consider the magnitude of the cost differential between Illinois and the competing state when awarding credits. Makes changes concerning eligibility for the credit. Effective immediately.

Designates the portion of Illinois Route 116 from Roanoke to Metamora as the "SPC Phillip J. Pannier Memorial Highway".

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that the credit for expenditures incurred in the restoration and preservation of a qualified historic structure located in a River Edge Redevelopment Zone applies for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2012 and ending prior to January 1, 2023 (currently, January 1, 2018). Effective immediately.

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that, on April 1 of each year beginning the year after the effective date of the amendatory Act, privately held public water utilities shall provide annual reports to the Illinois Commerce Commission with specified information for each district served by the utility. Provides that privately held public water utilities shall provide to the local emergency services disaster agency any reports discussing the condition of the system in each district for the previous calendar year with information relevant to public safety. Provides that the utilities shall certify the accuracy of the information provided in the reports. Provides that the provisions do not apply to nonprofit water utilities that are exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(c)(12) of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Effective immediately.

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Repeals the Section providing that if a person 14 years or older is determined to be a person with a developmental disability by a physician, clinical psychologist, or qualified examiner, the person making the determination shall notify the Department of Health and Human Services within 7 days, who then shall notify the Department of State Police, if appropriate, to determine continuing eligibility under the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Makes a conforming change in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act.

Appropriates the current balance of the Wildlife Prairie Park Fund to the Department of Natural Resources for a grant to the Wildlife Prairie Park for the park's operational expenses. Effective immediately.

Amends the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Amends provisions concerning the Department of Natural Resources Adopt-A-Park and Adopt-A-Trail programs. Provides that a volunteer may bring his or her own light equipment, including, but not limited to, a lawn mower, chainsaw, or other appropriate equipment to carry out functions granted by the Department at his or her own risk, so long as it does not interfere with work historically performed by Department employees.