Rep. La Shawn Ford

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a school building code.

Amends the Fiscal Note Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the vote upon the necessity of a fiscal note.

Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Board of Trustees of Chicago State University for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, as follows: General Funds $35,018,900; Other State Funds $ 3,307,000; Total $38,325,900.

Amends the Criminal and Traffic Assessment Act. Provides that one hour of public or community service shall be equivalent to the value of one hour of work at the State minimum wage or the minimum hourly wage in the municipality where the defendant resides, whichever is greater, as calculated by the Department of Labor (rather than one hour of public or community service being equivalent to $4 of assessment). Provides that on the effective date of the Act and annually thereafter, the Director of Labor shall publish the Illinois minimum wage and the minimum wages of each municipality in the State that has enacted a minimum wage that is greater than the State minimum wage. Provides that the Director of Labor shall update the list if the State or municipal minimum wage is changed by law or if a municipality enacts an ordinance increasing its minimum wage that is greater than the State minimum wage. Provides that the published minimum wage list and updates shall be sent to the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts to be provided to each judicial circuit in the State.

Creates the Rebuild Illinois Mental Health Workforce Act. Provides that the purpose of the Act is to preserve and expand access to Medicaid community mental health care in Illinois to prevent unnecessary hospitalizations and avoid the criminalization of mental health conditions. Establishes add-on payments for the following community mental health services to be paid beginning with State Fiscal Year 2023 and continuing for each State fiscal year thereafter: individual therapy services; community support-individual services; case management services; and assertive community treatment services. Requires monthly directed payments to community mental health providers of community support team services or assertive community treatment services. Provides that such directed payments shall be based on the number of Medicaid users, as defined, who receive services from the provider in the base year. Provides that the add-on payments established under the Act shall apply to Medicaid services provided by a contracted managed care organization or entity and services paid for directly by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Provides that no base Medicaid rate or Medicaid rate add-on payment or any other payment for the provision of Medicaid community mental health services in place on July 1, 2021 shall be diminished or changed to make the reimbursement changes required under the Act. Requires the Department to apply for federal approval to implement the Act. Provides that implementation of the add-on payments is conditioned on the receipt of federal financial participation for such payments. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that specified requirements concerning a Prescription Monitoring Program shall also apply to opioid treatment programs licensed or certified by the Department of Human Services. Provides that opioid treatment programs shall document an attempt to obtain patient consent and shall not transmit information without patient consent, and reports so made may not be utilized for law enforcement purposes. Provides that treatment of a patient may not be conditioned upon their consent to reporting. Provides findings provisions. Makes other changes.

Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act and the Hospital Licensing Act. Requires a hospital organized or licensed under those Acts to provide a patient who is treated for opioid overdose at the hospital with one dose of or one prescription for an opioid antagonist upon discharge from the hospital, free of charge.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "conviction".

Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Board of Trustees of Eastern Illinois University for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, as follows: General Funds $41,424,300; Other State Funds $7,000; Total $41,431,300.

Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, as follows: General Funds $622,015,000; Other State Funds $ 6,627,900; Total $628,642,900.