Sen. William Delgado

Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that a board of trustees of a fire protection district may submit a question to increase the current special tax rate for the purpose of providing funds to pay the costs of emergency and rescue crews and equipment to the voters of the fire protection district by referendum. Provides the special tax rate may be raised to a maximum of .10%. Provides the language to be used in the referendum. Effective immediately.

Encourages the General Assembly to promptly review and evaluate the Report on Waiver of School Code Mandates filed by the State Board of Education to determine if the Report should be disapproved in whole or in part.

Creates the Illinois Mental Health First Aid Training Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall establish and administer the Illinois Mental Health First Aid training program so that certified trainers can provide Illinois residents, professionals, and members of the public with training on how to identify and assist someone who is believed to be developing or has developed a mental health disorder or an alcohol or substance abuse disorder or who is believed to be experiencing a mental health or substance abuse crisis. Provides that subject to appropriations made to, or with the use of appropriations directed by, the Department of Human Services and other State agencies, the Department and other State agencies shall support training grants for Illinois Mental Health First Aid training. Provides that these training grants may support hardship subsidies for Illinois Mental Health First Aid training fees. Provides that the Illinois Mental Health First Aid training program shall be designed to train individuals to accomplish certain objectives including (i) building mental health, alcohol abuse, and substance abuse literacy designed to help the public identify, understand, and respond to the signs of mental illness, alcohol abuse, and substance abuse and (ii) knowing how to prevent a mental health disorder or an alcohol or substance abuse disorder from deteriorating into a more serious condition which may lead to more costly interventions and treatments. Contains provisions concerning the distribution of training grants and other matters. Effective immediately.

Appropriates $17,100,000 to the Department of Public Health from the General Revenue Fund for local health protection grants for health protection programs. Effective July 1, 2013.

Amends the Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act, Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act, Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing Act, and Professional Counselor and Clinical Professional Counselor Licensing and Practice Act. In each Act, defines "sexual orientation change efforts" and provides that a professional licensed under the Act shall not engage in sexual orientation change efforts with a patient younger than 18 years of age. Further provides in each Act that any sexual orientation change efforts attempted on a patient younger than 18 years of age shall be grounds for discipline under the Act.

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the court may, upon the motion of any interested party for good cause shown, temporarily appoint a coroner who has a mutual aid agreement with the coroner having jurisdiction to perform the duties of the coroner having jurisdiction. Requires the court to appoint such a coroner within 24 hours of the filing of the motion to appoint. Sets forth the appointed coroner's authorized duties and scope of jurisdiction. Effective immediately.

Designates the month of April of 2014 as "Illinois Prescription Monitoring Program Month" in the State of Illinois.

Calls upon the Governor to instruct the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to ensure any movement of Medicaid lives to HMOs does not result in a reduction of federal revenues garnered through the Hospital Assessment program and ensure that any reimbursement system associated with HMOs must not be implemented prior to receiving written federal approval. Calls upon the Governor to instruct the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to establish a medical loss ratio of no less than 88% for all mandatorily enrolled MCO programs, consistent with practices established under the Integrated Care Pilot Program. Calls upon the Governor to instruct the Department to develop and implement a potentially preventable readmissions policy consistent with Section 15-5 of the Public Aid Code (305 ILCS 5/15-5). Calls upon the Governor to instruct the Department to move immediately to garner federal approval for the Hospital Assessment Program, prescribed in the SMART Act. Calls upon the Governor to include reimbursement policies that, in total, provide for a positive operating margin for safety-net hospitals, as part of the Rate Reform development process. Calls upon the Governor to immediately pay all supplemental hospital payments that have been approved by the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules.

Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act in the Illinois Municipal Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Chicago school district.