Amends the Eminent Domain Act. Provides that quick-take proceedings may be used for a period of no more than one year after the effective date by Macon County for the acquisition of certain described property for the purpose of the Brush College Road realignment project. Effective immediately.
Urges the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to take a more aggressive approach to preventing and detecting provider fraud and abuse under the Illinois Medical Assistance Program by identifying and eliminating program deficiencies that enable Medicaid providers to overbill and falsify Medicaid claims, including billing for services not rendered, charging more than the fair-market value for covered services, and admitting Medicaid beneficiaries for inappropriate hospital stays.
Amends the Bees and Apiaries Act. Provides that every person who keeps bees and who has registered with the Department of Agriculture who obtains additional colonies from capturing swarms, colony divisions, or any other source within the State shall report the additional colonies to the Department during the designated annual registration period. Provides that a beekeeper shall obtain limits on liability who signs a Honey Bee Best Management Practices compliance agreement to be kept on file with the Department and voluntarily conforms with the Honey Bee Best Management Practices. Provides that a person who keeps bees and who has registered them with the Department is required to report to the Department additional colonies obtained as packaged bees and any honey bee queens imported within 10 days of acquisition. Provides that a person who plans to import bees for the express purpose of pollination service, honey production, or permanent location shall request a permit for entry from the Department at least 10 days prior to the arrival of the bees. Provides that a valid inspection certificate from the state of origin identifying any bee diseases that are affecting the bees and the extent of any bee diseases, if any, shall accompany the request. Provides that if the incident of bee disease is, in the judgment of the Director, that chemical treatment may be successful, the apiary owner shall treat the affected colonies as directed. Defines "Africanized honey bee", "queen", "undeveloped property", and "water supply". Makes other changes.
Amends the School Code. Provides that a school board may require of new substitute teachers evidence of physical fitness to perform duties assigned and shall require of new substitute teachers evidence of freedom from communicable disease, and provides that evidence may consist of a physical examination by a health care provider (instead of treating substitute teachers like other new employees who are required to provide evidence of physical fitness to perform duties assigned and freedom from communicable disease through a physical examination by a health care provider). Effective immediately.
Amends the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act. Provides that a Veterans Home shall notify the residents of the Veterans Home, the families of residents at the Veterans Home, employees of the Veterans Home, and individuals working on contract at the Veterans Home within 24 hours of an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease at the Veterans Home. Effective immediately.
Appropriates $300,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Criminal Justice Information Authority for the purpose of making grants to the Springfield Urban League concerning grants and administrative expenses related to Operation CeaseFire.
Calls on Governor Rauner and the Trump Administration to prioritize eliminating sources of lead exposure in schools.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that any person convicted of a first violation of aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a peace office shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony for which the person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 1 year and not more than 3 years and any person convicted of a second or subsequent violation of the offense shall be guilty of a Class 3 felony for which the person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 2 years and not more than 5 years. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes conforming changes.
Appropriates $50,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Public Health for a grant to the Macon County Coroner for the purpose of conducting autopsies on suspected overdose deaths. Effective July 1, 2018.
Amends the School Code. Provides that an approved waiver from or modification to a physical education mandate may remain in effect for a period not to exceed 2 school years (rather than 5 school years like other mandate waivers) and may be renewed no more than 2 times upon application by an eligible applicant. Provides that an approved waiver from or modification to a physical education mandate may be changed within the 2-year period by the school board or regional superintendent of schools, whichever is applicable, following the procedure set forth in the Code for the initial waiver or modification request. Provides that a school board may require of new substitute teachers evidence of physical fitness to perform duties assigned and shall require of new substitute teachers evidence of freedom from communicable disease, and provides that evidence may consist of a physical examination by a health care provider (instead of treating substitute teachers like other new employees who are required to provide evidence of physical fitness to perform duties assigned and freedom from communicable disease through a physical examination by a health care provider). Provides that a school board may determine the schedule or frequency of physical education courses, provided that an elementary school pupil engage in a course of physical education for a minimum of 150 minutes per week and a high school pupil engage in a course of physical education for a minimum of 225 minutes per week (rather than engaging in a course of physical education for a minimum of 3 days per 5-day week). Effective immediately.
