Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes changes to a Section concerning coverage for contraceptives. Provides that an individual or group health policy shall provide coverage for all contraceptive drugs, devices, and other products approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration, including over-the-counter contraceptive drugs, devices, and products; voluntary sterilization procedures; contraceptive services, patient education, and counseling on contraception; and follow-up services related to their use. Provides that if the United States Food and Drug Administration has approved one or more therapeutic equivalent versions of a contraceptive drug, device, or product, a policy is not required to include all therapeutic equivalent versions in its formulary, so long as at least one is included and covered without cost-sharing; if an individual's attending provider recommends a particular service or item approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration based on a determination of medical necessity with respect to that individual, the plan or issuer must cover that service or item without cost sharing and the plan or issuer must defer to the determination of the attending provider; if a drug, device or product is not covered, plans and issuers must have an easily accessible, transparent, and sufficiently expedient process that is not unduly burdensome on the individual or a provider or person acting as a patient's authorized representative to ensure coverage without cost sharing; and that coverage must provide for the dispensing of 12 months' worth of contraception at one time. Defines "contraceptive services", "medical necessity", and "therapeutic equivalent version". Removes language prohibiting the provisions from being construed to require an insurance company cover services related to permanent sterilization requiring a surgical procedure.
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Amends provisions concerning educator licensure in the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall allow educators to earn professional development hours during the final 3 months of the school year and enter those professional development hours into the Educator Licensure Information System.
Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Township Code. Provides that a person is not eligible to hold any office if that person, at the time required for taking the oath of office, has been convicted in any court located in the United States of any infamous crime, bribery, perjury, or other felony. Effective immediately.
Amends the State Treasurer Act. Eliminates a provision requiring the State Treasurer to make a record of the name of the person to whom a warrant is made payable upon being presented with a warrant to be countersigned. Requires the State Treasurer to (1) report to the State Comptroller at appropriate intervals but at least once per month (currently, at the close of each month) the amount of money received and paid out by him during that time period, and (2) report to (currently, deposit with) the Comptroller all warrants, properly canceled, which he may have paid.
Amends the Service Occupation Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning taxes collected by a supplier.
Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Creates a tax increment allocation financing extension for an ordinance adopted on June 11, 2002 by the City of Oak Forest. Effective immediately.
Declares November of 2016 as Lung Cancer Awareness Month.
Amends the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that, subject to certain restrictions, if the Department may disclose confidential financial information to a municipality, then the Department may also disclose that financial information to an independent third party who is authorized in writing by that municipality to receive the information.
Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning construction of the Act.