Sen. Laura Ellman

Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Children and Young Adult Mental Health Crisis Act. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to restructure the Family Support Program (Program) to: (i) enable early treatment of a child or young adult with serious mental health needs; (ii) align the program with system of care principles; and (iii) include both community-based and residential treatment services. Contains provisions on the new hallmarks of the Program; federal Medicaid matching dollars; an In-Home Therapy Pilot Program; and other matters. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Requires a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance, or managed care plan, that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed after June 30, 2020 to provide coverage for: (i) coordinated specialty care for first episode psychosis treatment and (ii) assertive community treatment and community support team treatment. Contains provisions concerning mental health professionals; service payments; and other matters. Makes conforming changes to other Acts. Amends the Substance Use Disorder Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to allow outpatient substance use treatment providers to keep a substance use treatment case open for 90 days when a person has not received a treatment service during such period. Amends the Adoption Act. Requires the Department of Children and Family Services to establish and maintain a toll-free number to respond to requests from the public about its post-placement and post-adoption support services; and to review and update its Post Adoption and Guardianship Services booklet. Requires the Department and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to coordinate in the development of specified resources. Effective immediately.

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that continuous glucose monitors shall be covered under the medical assistance program for children with diabetes who are under the age of 19 and otherwise eligible for medical assistance under the Article.

Mourns the death of Joe V. Michael of Aurora.

Amends the Election Code. Allows the State Board of Elections to receive voter registration information provided by applicants using electronic voter registration portals (rather than the Board's website). Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person who is otherwise qualified to vote may preregister to vote on or after that person's 16th birthday, with the registration held in abeyance by the appropriate election authority until that individual attains the required age to vote. Requires preregistration to be completed using the online voter registration system or an electronic voter registration portal. Provides that for the purposes of the Code, an individual who is 16 years of age or older (rather than who is 17 years of age and who will be 18 years of age on the date of the general or consolidated election) shall be deemed competent to execute and attest to any voter registration forms.

Creates the Consumer Credit Reporting Agency Registration and Cybersecurity Program Act. Provides for requirements for consumer credit reporting agency registration. Contains provisions regarding grounds for revocation and suspension of a registration. Provides that by January 1, 2020, a consumer credit reporting agency must have a cybersecurity program documented in writing and designed to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of its information systems. Provides that a consumer credit reporting agency shall implement and maintain a written cybersecurity policy setting forth its policies and procedures for the protection of its information systems and nonpublic information stored on those information systems. Provides that a consumer credit reporting agency shall designated a qualified individual as a chief information security officer to oversee and implement its cybersecurity policy. Contains provisions concerning penetration testing and vulnerability assessments, audit trail, access privileges, and application security. Provides that a consumer credit reporting agency shall conduct periodic risk assessments of its information systems. Provides requirements for cybersecurity personnel and third-party service provider security policy. Provides that a consumer credit reporting agency shall establish a written incident response plan designed to promptly respond to a cybersecurity event. Provides that the consumer credit reporting agency shall notify the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation of the existence of a cybersecurity event no later than 72 hours after the event occurred. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits child abduction when he or she commits involuntary sexual servitude of a minor.

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides for licensure of persons and entities engaged in the procurement or sale of retail electricity supply, retail natural gas supply, energy efficiency products or services, or demand response services for third parties as energy services agents and energy services entities and for licensure of energy services course providers by the Illinois Commerce Commission. Provides for mandatory disclosures by energy services agents or energy services entities. Requires all energy services agents engaged in the marketing of retail electricity supply, retail natural gas supply, energy efficiency products or services, or demand response services, before providing any sales information to a potential customer, to disclose that they are not employed by the local utility within the territory they are selling retail electricity supply, retail natural gas supply, energy efficiency products, or demand response services. Requires the Commission to establish procedures for licensure as an energy services agent, energy services entity, or energy services course provider, and specifies certain criteria. Provides that the Commission has jurisdiction over disciplinary proceedings and complaints for violations. Requires the Commission to maintain a list of disciplined and suspended energy services agents and a list of all disciplined, suspended, or revoked energy services entities.

Amends the Election Code. Requires the State Board of Elections to develop a program or enter into a contract with a third-party developer to create a program that allows petition signatures to be collected on mobile and tablet electronic devices. Provides that the program shall be made available, free of charge, to all political committees who have filed statements of organization with the Board. Provides the requirements for the program.

Declares March 28, 2019 as Celebrating Women in Public Office Day.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that all entities providing prescription drug coverage shall permit and apply a prorated daily cost-sharing rate to prescriptions that are dispensed by a pharmacy for less than a 30-day supply if the prescriber or pharmacist indicates the fill or refill could be in the best interest of the patient or is for the purpose of synchronizing the patient's chronic medications. Provides that no entity providing prescription drug coverage shall deny coverage for the dispensing of any drug prescribed for the treatment of a chronic illness that is made in accordance with a plan among the insured, the prescriber, and a pharmacist to synchronize the refilling of multiple prescriptions for the insured. Provides that no entity providing prescription drug coverage shall use payment structures incorporating prorated dispensing fees determined by calculation of the days' supply of medication dispensed. Provides that dispensing fees shall be determined exclusively on the total number of prescriptions dispensed. Establishes criteria for an entity conducting audits (either on-site or remotely) of pharmacy records. Provides that the Department of Insurance and Director of Insurance shall have the authority to enforce the provisions of the Act and impose financial penalties. Effective January 1, 2020.