Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates December 23 of each year as "Scott's Law Day" to honor public safety workers and to remind motorists to slow down, change lanes away from a stationary authorized emergency vehicle, and proceed with due regard to safety and traffic conditions.
Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Provides that a dentist who administers vaccinations as provided in the Illinois Dental Practice Act at a public health clinic operated pursuant to the Public Health District Act, without charge to the patient or the receipt of a fee or compensation from that clinic, shall not be liable for civil damages as a result of his or her acts or omissions in providing vaccinations, except for willful or wanton misconduct. Makes a corresponding change.
Mourns the death of our former colleague, Richard Francis "Dick" Kelly, Jr. of Oak Forest.
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Adds certain common interest community associations owned by limited liability companies to the list of associations subject to specified provisions of the Code. Amends the Common Interest Community Association Act. Makes associations organized as limited liability companies subject to the Act. Adds references to articles of organization. In places where the Act addresses an association's declaration or bylaws, adds operating agreements. Effective immediately.
Amends Public Acts 98-679, 98-680, and 98-681. Adds supplemental appropriations to various agencies for personal services and State contributions to Social Security. Effective immediately.
Mourns the death of Louis P. Sedlacek.
Amends the Line of Duty Compensation Act. Provides that with respect to a law enforcement officer an injury in the active performance of duty includes a self-inflicted injury when a mental health professional establishes that the injury was a result of the officer's active duty service. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Service Member Civil Relief Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Creates the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act. Provides that the Act applies to public schools, school districts, and recognized nonpublic schools. Requires the Department of Public Health and the State Board of Education to develop and post on their publicly accessible Internet websites guidelines and other relevant materials to inform and educate students participating in or desiring to participate in an athletic activity, their parents, and their coaches about the nature and warning signs of sudden cardiac arrest. Sets forth provisions concerning a sudden cardiac arrest symptoms and warning signs information sheet, informational meetings regarding the symptoms and warning signs of sudden cardiac arrest, and a sudden cardiac arrest training course. Provides that (i) a student who exhibits signs or symptoms of sudden cardiac arrest while participating in an athletic activity must be removed by the team's head coach from participation at that time, (ii) if a student is known to have exhibited signs or symptoms of sudden cardiac arrest at any time prior to or following an athletic activity, the team's head coach shall prevent the student from participating in an athletic activity, and (iii) a student removed or prevented from participating in an athletic activity shall not return to participation until the student is evaluated and cleared for return to participation in writing by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches, certified nurse practitioner, or cardiologist; sets forth penalties. Contains provisions concerning other youth athletic activities, construction of the Act, and agency rules. Effective 60 days after becoming law.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
