Amends the Small Business Job Creation Tax Credit Act. Creates a second set of incentive periods beginning on July 1, 2020 and ending on June 30, 2026. Provides that the credit shall not exceed $5,000 per employee hired. Provides that the maximum amount of credits allowed is $75,000,000. Effective immediately.
Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities. Sets forth requirements concerning mandatory student fees, including the establishment of a system of internal controls over mandatory student fees, an assessment of each mandatory student fee, and the establishment of separate funds. Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Requires an institution of higher learning to provide a financial aid shopping sheet to each prospective student as part of the institution's financial aid offer to that student. Requires the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to develop a model format for the shopping sheet; sets forth what the model shopping sheet must include. Requires each institution to utilize either the model shopping sheet or the most current financial aid shopping sheet developed by the United States Department of Education or the United States Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Effective July 1, 2020.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that a taxpayer who may claim a qualifying student as a dependent is allowed a credit of up to $2,000 for qualified tuition and fee expenses paid by the taxpayer. Provides that the term qualifying student means a person who (i) is a resident of the State, (ii) is under the age of 24 at the close of the school year for which a credit is sought, and (iii) during the school year for which a credit is sought, is a full-time student enrolled in a program at a qualifying college or university.
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 Election Code. Creates the Election Administration Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that all fees and penalties paid to the State Board of Elections shall be deposited into the Fund for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the State Board of Elections. Makes conforming changes in the State Finance Act. Effective immediately.
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that the notice of a recipient's rights includes, if applicable, the recipient's right to request a transfer to a different Department of Human Services facility. Provides that a recipient, his or her attorney, guardian, if any, and responsible relative, in any Department facility may make a written application to the facility director of the recipient's current facility to transfer to another Department facility. Provides that the Department shall provide the form to make such an application to a recipient, his or her attorney, guardian, if any, and responsible relative upon request. Provides that a recipient of services shall not include a person with the primary diagnosis of a developmental disability. Provides that upon receipt of the recipient's application, the facility director shall promptly schedule a hearing to be held within 7 days. Provides that the hearing shall be held at the recipient's current facility. Establishes the recipient's burden of proof at the transfer hearing. Provides that if a recipient's application for transfer is denied, no application may be filed for 180 days. Provides that the recipient does, however, have the right to administratively appeal any decision of the utilization review committee. Effective immediately.
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that on or after July 1, 2020, 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.
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that any procurement of construction not exceeding $250,000 (currently, $100,000) may be made without competitive source selection. Amends the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying Qualifications Based Selection Act. In a Section concerning small contracts under the Act, provides that specified provisions do not apply to architectural, engineering, and land surveying contracts with an estimated basic professional services fee of less than $50,000 (currently, $25,000).
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that an indigent person may retain counsel of his or her choosing to represent the indigent person, with leave of the court, and that counsel shall perform his or her duties without fees, charges, or reward.
Creates the Civil Remedies for Nonconsensual Dissemination of Altered Sexual Images Act. Provides that a depicted individual has a cause of action against a person who: creates and intentionally discloses sexually explicit material and the person knows or reasonably should have known the depicted individual in the material did not consent to its creation or disclosure; or intentionally discloses sexually explicit material that the person did not create and the person knows the depicted individual in that material did not consent to the creation of the sexually explicit material. Provides exceptions. Provides that a disclaimer in the sexually explicit material that communicates that the inclusion of the depicted individual was unauthorized or the depicted individual did not participate in the creation or development of the material is not a defense. Provides remedies. Provides that an action shall be commenced no later than 3 years from the date the unauthorized creation, development, or disclosure was discovered or should have been discovered.
