Amends the Election Code. Provides for the election of the Chicago Board of Education at the general primary election in 2022 only as a nonpartisan election on a separate ballot. Provides that a member of the Chicago Board of Education shall be elected at each consolidated election thereafter. Makes related changes. Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Provides that a person shall be a U.S. citizen and registered voter and shall have been a resident of the city and the electoral district for at least one year immediately preceding his or her election. Sets forth provisions concerning nominating petitions and ballots. Sets forth provisions providing that the City of Chicago shall be subdivided into 20 electoral districts by the General Assembly for seats on the Chicago Board of Education. Sets forth provisions providing that in the year following each decennial census, the General Assembly shall redistrict the electoral districts to reflect the results of each decennial census. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act in relation to primary contractor responsibility for wage claims in the construction industry. Provides only a Section caption.
Creates the Fix the FOID Act. Contains only a short title provision.
Amends the Sanitary District Act of 1917. Provides that, on and after the effective date of the amendatory Act, appointments to the board of trustees of the Thorn Creek Basin Sanitary District shall be made as follows: within 30 days of the vacancy being created, the mayor of each municipality located in whole or in part of the District may recommend a candidate or candidates to be appointed to the position of trustee, except, if the vacancy is existing on the effective date of the amendatory Act, recommendations may be made within 30 days of the effective date of the amendatory Act; a majority of the mayors must select an appropriate candidate to be appointed from among those candidates recommended by the mayors; and, in voting for each candidate, a mayor shall be entitled to one vote for every 5,000 residents, or fraction thereof, of the mayor's municipality. Provides that the number of residents for each municipality shall be determined by the most recent federal decennial census.
Amends the Veterans and Servicemembers Court Treatment Act. Changes the title of the Act to the Veterans, Servicemembers, and Families Court Treatment Act. Provides that the Act also applies to defendants who are family members of veterans and servicemembers. Provides that a defendant shall be evaluated for eligibility to be admitted into a Veterans, Servicemembers, and Families Court Treatment program by a Court Assessment Service if the defendant is a family member of a veteran or servicemember. Defines terms.
Creates the Mental Health Care Professionals Peace Officer Assistance with Mentally Ill Suspects Pilot Program Act. Contains only a short title Section.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Supreme Court Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the powers of the Court.
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning July 1, 2021, to receive the additional Long-Acting Injectable for Mental Health or Addiction Medicaid payment, a hospital shall submit a separate professional claim specifying "place of service 21 Inpatient Hospital". Provides that the professional claim shall include the hospital as the billing provider and list the practitioner performing the procedure as the rendering provider. Requires the hospital to use the appropriate Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System Level II procedure code and the National Drug Code. Requires facilities participating in the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program to continue to bill the 340B actual acquisition cost for the medication. Provides that long-acting injectable medications for mental health or addiction shall not be subject to prior authorization under the medical assistance program or under any Medicaid managed-care plans when initiated at an inpatient hospital setting or when continued at an outpatient treatment facility. Effective July 1, 2021.
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Declares that all changes to the existing nursing facility direct care reimbursement rate methodologies and to the bed assessment and collection procedures must be approached with caution, executed deliberately, and held to the highest of standards in order to protect nursing facility residents from disruption in care, protect workers from lost wages and jobs, and protect providers from the increased instability within the industry. Provides that a Nursing Facility Oversight Committee (Committee) shall be named by the 4 legislative leaders to oversee, assess, and provide direction to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services as it relates to long term care services. Contains provisions on the Committee's composition, meetings, proxy voting, and other matters. Requires the Department to seek the advice and consent of the Committee prior to filing emergency or permanent administrative rules with the Secretary of State or submitting Medicaid State Plan amendments and all correspondence to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Requires the Department to prepare transition plans for the redesign of the direct care reimbursement rate methodologies and the assessment tax schedule and collection proceedings. Contains provisions concerning advanced notice to nursing facilities of all payment, award, and rate changes; a quarterly direct care per diem reimbursement rate for each nursing facility; direct care reimbursement rate components subject to redesign; establishment of a single quarterly non-Medicare occupied bed varied tax assessment; State Plan amendments to permit expedited implementation of the redesigned bed assessment; compliance requirements for managed care organizations; penalties for non-compliance; and other matters. Effective immediately.