Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins

Mourns the death of June Charlotte Meredith of Chicago.

Mourns the death of Carolyn A. Rush.

Mourns the death of Thomas Wallace Caillouet of Chicago.

Mourns the death of George Washington Collins.

Amends the Department of Employment Security Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and the Department of Labor Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Employment Security rather than the Department of Labor shall monitor the employment progress of women and minorities in the workforce and report to the General Assembly. Amends the Nurse Agency Licensing Act. Requires the nurse agency to check the Health Care Worker Registry (rather than contact the Department of Public Health) before employing, assigning, or referring a certified nurse aide to verify that the certified nurse aide is eligible to be hired by health care employers or long-term care facilities pursuant to the Health Care Worker Background Check Act.

Resolves that the following people are appointed to the Standing Committee of correspondents: Doug Finke of The State Journal-Register, Monique Garcia of The Chicago Tribune, Jordan Abudayyeh of WICS and Brian Mackey of WUIS.

Creates the Firearms Registration Act. Provides that every person in the State must register each firearm he or she owns or possesses in accordance with the Act. Provides that a person shall not purchase or possess ammunition within this State without having first obtained a registration certificate identifying a firearm that is suitable for use with that ammunition, or a receipt demonstrating that the person has applied to register a suitable firearm under the Act and that the application is pending. Provides that the Department of State Police must complete a background check of any person who applies for: (1) a registration certificate for a firearm that was lawfully owned or possessed on the effective date of the Act, was brought into the State by a new resident, or was acquired by operation of law upon the death of the former owner; or (2) a renewal of a registration certificate unless, within 12 months of the date the renewal application is submitted, the applicant passed a background check conducted by the Department in connection with the applicant's acquisition of another firearm. Provides exceptions. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that it is a Class 2 felony to sell or transfer ownership of a firearm to another person without complying with the registration requirement of the Firearms Registration Act.

Creates the Law Enforcement Officer-Involved Death Review Act. Provides that each law enforcement agency shall adopt a policy regarding the investigation of law enforcement officer-involved deaths. Provides policy requirements, investigator qualifications, and compensation. Provides for the publication of reports of investigations when the law enforcement officer involved in the death that was investigated is not indicted for or charged with a criminal offense. Defines terms. Effective immediately.

Creates the Nursing Home Accountability Act. Defines terms. Requires certain nursing facilities to report specified information concerning wages of their employees as part of an annual cost report. Requires the Department of Public Health to compare the information to the living wage certification standards. Contains provisions concerning the reporting, determinations, posting, and effect of such certification. Contains penalty, inspection of records, and rulemaking provisions. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, based on required reports by facilities, to determine if an employee of a facility is a recipient of public assistance for the purpose of imposing an employer responsibility penalty. Contains provisions concerning medical assistance information, prohibited practices, employee remedies, administrative appeals, and confidentiality. Establishes the Employer Responsibility for Public Assistance Fund as a special fund in the State treasury (and makes a conforming change in the State Finance Act). Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services may use money in the Employer Responsibility for Public Assistance Fund for specified purposes. Provides for a direct service minimum that sets a 50% direct service worker expenditure threshold that covered facilities shall meet using their medical assistance program funds. Contains provisions concerning reporting requirements, the calculation and determination of the direct service minimum, and repayment of medical assistance program payments in the event a facility does not meet the direct service minimum. Provides that the provisions of the Act are severable. Effective 90 days after becoming law.

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning supportive living facilities.