Rep. Sara Wojcicki Jimenez

Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. In the definition Section, provides that the term "annuitant" includes an employee who retires from one of the specified retirement systems on a form of authorized retirement benefit distribution other than an immediate annuity; specifies that this includes an employee who retires under the SURS self-managed plan and chooses a form of distribution other than an immediate retirement annuity. Effective immediately.

Amends the General Assembly Compensation Act. Provides that a member of the General Assembly who has held office any part of a month, but not for the entire month, is entitled to compensation only for those days during that month that he or she held office (currently, entitled to compensation for the entire month). Effective immediately.

Creates the State Sponsored Health Clinic Task Force to study the possibility of implementing a State of Illinois sponsored health clinic for state employees, dependents, and retirees, with the purpose of providing quality care and annual savings to State's overall group insurance costs.

Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Deletes language providing that "employee" does not include elected public officials or the members of their immediate personal staffs. Deletes language providing that "public employee" does not include public officers or employees of the General Assembly or agencies thereof.

Urges Congress to adopt anew the ERA, with the common-sense abortion-neutral language of Congressman Sensenbrenner, and send it to the states for ratification.

Urges the Illinois State Board of Education to study the impact of beginning a school term during various points throughout August.

Amends the House Rules. Makes changes concerning Rules 32 and 49. Adds Rule 21.5.

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that an inmate designated by mental health personnel of the Department of Corrections may not receive nor possess a photograph or image of a minor under 18 years of age while incarcerated in an institution or facility of the Department of Corrections if he or she has been convicted of any of the following offenses if the victim of the offense was under 18 years of age at the time of the commission of the offense: (1) criminal sexual assault; (2) aggravated criminal sexual assault; (3) predatory criminal sexual assault of a child; (4) criminal sexual abuse; (5) aggravated criminal sexual abuse; (6) child pornography; (7) a substantially similar offense under the laws of the United States, another state, or foreign jurisdiction; or (8) a predecessor offense to any of these offenses.

Amends the General Assembly Compensation Act. Provides that no member maintaining a permanent or primary residence in Sangamon County shall receive allowance for travel to a convened session of the General Assembly or for food and lodging while in attendance at sessions of the General Assembly. Effective immediately.

Amends the General Assembly Compensation Act. Provides that no member maintaining a permanent or primary residence in Sangamon County shall receive allowance for travel to a convened session of the General Assembly or for food and lodging while in attendance at sessions of the General Assembly. Effective immediately.