Rep. Natalie Manley

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and Medicaid managed care organizations may not deny reimbursement to a pharmacist for the provision of a service or procedure within the scope of the pharmacist's license if the service or procedure: (1) would be covered by the Department or the Medicaid managed care organization if the service were provided by a physician; an advanced practice nurse; or a physician assistant; and (2) is performed by the pharmacist in strict compliance with laws and rules related to the provision of the service or procedure and the pharmacist's license.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a person's accountability for another person's conduct. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 720 ILCS 5/5-1 Adds reference to: 720 ILCS 5/14-3 720 ILCS 5/33G-9 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Provides that the exemption to an eavesdropping violation that with prior request to and written or verbal approval of the State's Attorney of the county in which the conversation is anticipated to occur, recording or listening with the aid of an eavesdropping device to a conversation in which a law enforcement officer, or any person acting at the direction of a law enforcement officer, is a party to the conversation and has consented to the conversation being intercepted or recorded in the course of an investigation of a qualified offense is inoperative on and after January 1, 2025 (rather than January 1, 2023). Extends the repeal of the RICO Article of the Code from June 11, 2022 to June 11, 2024. Effective immediately.

Urges the Illinois Department of Human Services to review the value of expanding its naloxone tool kit to include all U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved versions of naloxone to fight the Illinois opioid epidemic.

Amends the School Code. With regard to the Emotional Intelligence and Social and Emotional Learning Task Force, requires the Task Force to complete guidelines and recommendations on or before March 1, 2022 (rather than March 1, 2020). Effective immediately.

Amends the School Visitation Rights Act. Provides that an employer that terminates an employee for absences to attend school conferences is liable in a civil action for damages resulting to the employee. Imposes upon the employer the burden of proof to demonstrate that termination is not related to an employee's absence for attendance at a school conference, behavioral meeting, or academic meeting. Effective August 1, 2021.

Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Creates under the authority of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board the Statewide PTSD Mental Health Coordinator, appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term of 4 years. Provides that the Statewide PTSD Mental Health Coordinator shall receive a salary as provided by law and is eligible for re-appointment. Provides that the Statewide PTSD Mental Health Coordinator shall be responsible for implementing a program of mental health support and education for law enforcement officers. Establishes qualifications for the Coordinator. Provides that the Statewide PTSD Mental Health Coordinator shall report to the Board on the development and implementation of programs and training for law enforcement officers and shall advise the Board and receive advice from the Board on direction and training needs for law enforcement agencies that vary in size, location, and demographics.

Creates the Right to Read Act. Provides that the State Board of Education shall offer support: to each public school district to select evidence-based core reading instruction programs and implement them using structured literacy instruction; and to each early childhood, elementary, and special education teacher, reading specialist, literacy coach, and administrator to complete evidence-based training in teaching reading. Requires the State Board of Education to annually compile and post on its website information on the steps it has undertaken to support school districts to deliver high-quality, evidence-based literacy instruction, including a list of any Early Literacy Grant recipients, documentation of how the recipient allocated the funding to support improved literacy, and what evidence-based literacy curricula the recipient is utilizing. Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning educator testing, requires applicants seeking specified licenses to pass a test in reading foundations, which shall include assessment of the applicant's understanding of phonological and phonemic awareness, concepts of print and the alphabetic principle, the role of phonics in promoting reading development, word analysis skills and strategies, vocabulary development, application of reading comprehension skills and strategies, and methods for assessing reading development. In provisions concerning minimum requirements for educators trained in other states or countries, provides that an applicant who has successfully completed a reading foundations test of at least comparable rigor to the Illinois reading foundations test is not required to complete a reading foundations test. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Creates the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Act. Provides that within 90 days after the effective date of the Act, electric utilities serving more than 500,000 customers in the State shall file a proposal with the Illinois Commerce Commission to establish a commercial tariff utilizing alternatives to traditional demand-based rate structures to facilitate charging for light duty, heavy duty, and fleet electric vehicles and that support integration of renewable energy resources. Provides that no later than one year after the effective date of the Act, and every 3 years thereafter, electric utilities shall file a Transportation Electrification Plan with the Commission. Specifies information that an electric utility must include in the Transportation Electrification Plan. Provides that the Commission shall open an investigation into each electric utility's Transportation Electrification Plan to determine if the proposed plan is in the public interest.

Amends the Wrongful Death Act. Allows for the recovery of punitive damages in a wrongful death action.

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. In a Section concerning notice of public water supply disruption, provides that the definition of "disruption event" includes any change to a disinfection technique, practice, or technology, including each instance of any change in the concentration of any disinfectant in the water of a public water supply that results in residual concentrations of the disinfectant in the water either rising above 150% or falling below 80% (instead of "exceeding 50% or falling below 20%") of the monthly average concentration of disinfectant reported to the Environmental Protection Agency in a public water distribution entity's most recent monthly submission of Daily Operating Reports. Effective immediately or on the date House Bill 4988 of the 102nd General Assembly takes effect, whichever is later.