Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that within 30 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Department of Human Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (Departments) shall increase by 20% rates and reimbursements in effect on June 30, 2020 for community-based providers of services for persons with developmental disabilities and for ID/DD facilities and MC/DD facilities. Requires community-based providers, ID/DD facilities, and MC/DD facilities to use at least 75% of the amount of the rate increase to increase the wages and benefits paid to their staff. Requires the Departments to ensure wage rate components are at least 145% of the statewide, regional, or local minimum wage rate, whichever is higher, as determined by the Departments. Requires community-based providers of services for persons with developmental disabilities, ID/DD facilities, and MC/DD facilities to certify compliance with the provisions of the amendatory Act in a form and manner prescribed by the Departments. Requires the Departments to adopt emergency rules to implement the provisions of the amendatory Act. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Grants the Departments emergency rulemaking authority. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Capital Development Board Act. Provides that the Capital Development Board shall develop and periodically revise a Statewide master plan for non-road infrastructure. Provides that the Capital Development Board shall coordinate its planning activities with those of other State agencies and authorities and shall supervise and review any infrastructure planning performed by other executive branch agencies under the direction of the Governor. Provides that the Capital Development Board shall publish and deliver the Statewide master plan for non-road infrastructure to the Governor and General Assembly by December 31, 2020 and by December 31 every 5 years thereafter. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Credit Union Act. Allows the board of directors of a credit union to appoint one or more associate directors to serve in an advisory capacity. Provides that an associate director shall not be deemed or considered to be a director for any purpose under the Act, and that the board of directors shall not delegate to associate directors any of the duties or responsibilities required to be performed by directors duly elected by members of a credit union. Provides that prior to appointing an associate director, the board of directors shall confirm that the person meets all of the requirements to serve as a director. Provides that the board of directors of a credit union or a network credit union shall require each associate director to sign a confidentiality and nondisclosure agreement. Makes changes concerning compensation for directors and committee members. Provides that upon prior written approval by the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation, the board of directors and the executive committee of a credit union may hold regular meetings less frequently than once each month but at least once each calendar quarter. Allows a surviving credit union to identify the merging credit union as a division, branch, unit, or other descriptive reference in the case of a merger. Changes the maximum percentage of the unimpaired capital and surplus of a credit union that may be loaned to credit union organizations, and the maximum percentage of the unimpaired capital and surplus of a credit union that may be invested in shares or stocks of a credit union service organization. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Creates the Big Empties Site Act. Provides that property located in the State consisting of one or more PINs but under common ownership at the time of the application, that contains at least one vacant and unused building of specified square footage, is qualified to be designated as a Big Empties Site. Provides that a county or municipality that has adopted an ordinance designating a qualified site as a Big Empties Site shall make written application to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to have that site certified by the Department as a Big Empties Site. Contains procedures for certification by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act, the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, and the Public Utilities Act to provide certain tax incentives for Big Empties Sites. Amends the Property Tax Code to provide that a taxing district may issue an abatement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Community Services Act. Removes language requiring the Department of Human Services to establish a Family Support Services Voucher Pilot Program and instead requires the Department to coordinate and fund the Voucher Respite Program. Provides that the Voucher Respite Program shall be a subset of specified programs with the exception that administration of the Program shall not be limited to agencies that provide respite services. Provides that the purpose of the Program is to increase the number of families who are able to access respite services; provide families with greater flexibility over services; and prevent or delay the need for more intensive long-term care and support. Makes other conforming changes. Effective July 1, 2020.
Amends various Acts to revise statutory law to conform the statutes to the reorganization of the executive branch taking effect under Executive Order 2019-12. Makes other changes concerning the Illinois State Police and makes technical and stylistic changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Certified Shorthand Reporters Act of 1984. Provides that the practice of shorthand reporting includes the making of a verbatim record by the use of closed microphone voice dictation silencer and pen shorthand writing. Removes the requirement that certified shorthand reporters serving the Certified Shorthand Reporters Board must have actively engaged in the practice of shorthand reporting in this State for 10 years. Changes provisions concerning qualifications and applications. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation may certify an applicant who is a certified verbatim reporter or registered professional reporter of another jurisdiction as a certified shorthand reporter. Makes provisions of the Act gender neutral. Makes other changes. Effective July 1, 2021.
Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the certified training programs in crisis intervention established by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall include addressing transportation of people with mental illnesses. Provides that the training includes understanding procedures for an involuntary transportation of people with mental illnesses to an evaluation setting.
Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that any foster child 6 years old or younger who participates in the Family Case Management program established under the Illinois Family Case Management Act, shall be exempt from the State's Medicaid managed care program for those services that are provided by local health departments, federally qualified health centers, and local community-based agencies under the Family Case Management program. Requires the Department of Children and Family Services to refer foster children to the Department of Human Services for participation in the Family Case Management program for specified services and care, including, but not limited to: (i) prenatal care; (ii) early and periodic screening, diagnosis and treatment services; and (iii) other specialized services for families with additional challenges and needs. Provides that foster children shall also receive case management services under the Family Case Management program that involve individualized assessment of needs, planning of services, referral, monitoring, and advocacy to assist a client in gaining access to appropriate services.
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Modifies the term "single prime" to mean the design-bid-build procurement delivery method for a building construction project in which the Capital Development Board or a public institution of higher education (currently, only the Capital Development Board) is the construction agency procuring 2 or more specified subdivisions of work. Provides that for building construction contracts in excess of $250,000, separate specifications must (rather than may) be prepared for all equipment, labor, and materials in connection with the 5 subdivisions of the work to be performed. Modifies requirements concerning specifications to be drawn so as to permit separate and independent bidding. Provides requirements for single prime projects in which the Capital Development Board or an institution of higher education is the construction agency procuring for building construction contracts in excess of $250,000. Amends the Design-Build Procurement Act. Provides that the term "State construction agency" as used in the Act includes institutions of higher education. Extends repeal and inoperative dates. Makes conforming changes. Effective December 15, 2020.