Sen. Mike Hastings

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that drugs in the following therapeutic classes shall not be subject to prior approval as a result of the 4-prescription limit: immunosuppressant drugs, oncolytic drugs, anti-retroviral drugs, "antipsychotic drugs, and, on or after July 1, 2015, anti-depressant and anti-anxiety drugs" (rather than immunosuppressant drugs, oncolytic drugs, anti-retroviral drugs, and, on or after July 1, 2014, antipsychotic drugs). Effective immediately.

Amends the Chicago Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Creates the Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund Health Insurance Task Force to study and consider the program of health insurance coverage for pensioners that is currently administered by the Fund. Includes specific subjects of inquiry, relating to the future administration of the insurance program. Specifies Task Force membership and excludes payment for service. Provides for clerical support from the Fund. Requires a report of its findings and recommendations and provides for its abolishment upon conclusion of its business. Effective immediately.

Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning enforcement actions.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that no vehicle protection product sold or offered for sale in this State shall be subject to the Service Contract Act.

Amends the Park District Code, the Conservation District Act, and the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act. Increases the amount of a contract that requires competitive bidding for supplies, materials, and work from $20,000 to $25,000. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act.

Amends the Chicago Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that the Board of the Fund shall have the option of administering the health insurance program, in whole or in part, if deemed to be the most efficient method of providing retiree health insurance. Effective immediately.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a prosecution for armed robbery, home invasion, kidnapping, or aggravated kidnaping may be commenced within 10 years of the commission of the offense if it arises out of the same course of conduct and meets the criteria for a prosecution for criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, or aggravated criminal sexual abuse. Provides that a prosecution for armed robbery, home invasion, kidnapping, or aggravated kidnaping may be commenced at any time if it arises out of the same course of conduct and meets the criteria when the victim is under 18 years of age at the time of the offense, for a prosecution for criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, or felony criminal sexual abuse. Effective immediately.

Creates the Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act. Defines terms. Provides procedures and requirements for the access and control by guardians, executors, agents, and other fiduciaries to the digital assets of persons who are deceased, under a legal disability, or subject to the terms of a trust. Adds provisions concerning: fiduciary authority; compliance by the account custodian; immunity; applicability; construction; and the Act's relation to federal laws governing electronic signatures. Makes corresponding changes in the Criminal Code of 2012.