Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton

Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Provides that any report received by the Department of Children and Family Services alleging the abuse or neglect of a child by a person who is not the child's parent, a member of the child's immediate family, a person responsible for the child's welfare, an individual residing in the same home as the child, or a paramour of the child's parent shall immediately be referred to the appropriate local enforcement agency and State's Attorney for consideration of criminal investigation or other action. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Removes language requiring the Department of Children and Family Services to refer to the State's Attorney any report alleging the abuse or neglect of a child by a person who is not the child's parent, a member of the child's immediate family, a person responsible for the child's welfare, an individual residing in the same home as the child, or a paramour of the child's parent.

Amends the Alzheimer's Disease Research Act. Changes the short title of the Act to the Alzheimer's Disease Research, Care, and Support Fund Act. Creates the full-time position of Dementia Coordinator within the Department of Public Health, who is responsible only for activities associated with and relevant to the successful implementation of the State of Illinois Alzheimer's Disease State Plan. Changes the name of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund to the Alzheimer's Disease Research, Care, and Support Fund and makes corresponding changes in the State Finance Act. Provides that moneys from the Fund shall be used to cover costs, including the Dementia Coordinator's salary and expenses. Provides that the Department shall be responsible for providing the Dementia Coordinator with administrative support through its existing resources and not from the Fund. Repeals provisions concerning a grant program administered by the Department. Amends the Alzheimer's Disease Assistance Act. Makes changes concerning the membership of the Alzheimer's Disease Advisory Committee. Requires the Department of Public Health to make reasonable efforts to promote the Alzheimer's Disease Research, Care, and Support Fund during relevant times, including, but not limited to, periods of time when tax returns are typically received, such as issuing press releases and posting on social media. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: provides that the Alzheimer's Disease Advisory Committee shall consist of 17 (rather than 16) voting members; provides that the additional voting member of the Committee shall be an individual with medical or academic experience with early onset Alzheimer's disease or related disorders; and provides that the Dementia Coordinator shall be funded out of the Alzheimer's Disease Research, Care, and Support Fund.

Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Law Enforcement Training Assistance Fund is created as a nonappropriated State trust fund within the State treasury. Provides that all gifts, donations, and charitable contributions that are contributed by any public or private individual or entity to the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board for the purpose of supporting local law enforcement training shall be deposited into this Fund. Amends the Law Enforcement Intern Training Act. Creates the Correctional Officer Intern Program. To be eligible to participate, the person must meet the minimum criteria established by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board that includes, but is not limited to, physical fitness standards, educational standards, psychological standards, being at least 21 years of age, of good character, and not convicted of a felony offense or other crime involving moral turpitude under the laws of this State or any other State that, if convicted in this State, would be punishable as a felony or a crime of moral turpitude. Provides that the Board shall require correctional interns to undertake, at a minimum, the same training requirements as established for correctional officers. Provides that the Board certificate reserved for correctional officers shall not be awarded until the correctional intern is employed, has successfully completed the State certification exam, and meets the requirements. Makes other conforming changes. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 30 ILCS 105/5.891 new 50 ILCS 705/10.23 new Deletes language providing that the Law Enforcement Training Assistance Fund is created as a nonappropriated State trust fund within the State treasury. Deletes language providing that all gifts, donations, and charitable contributions that are contributed by any public or private individual or entity to the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board for the purpose of supporting local law enforcement training shall be deposited into this Fund.

Amends the Property Tax Code. In a Section concerning the Senior Citizens Homestead Exemption, provides that in all counties (now, in counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants), the county board may by resolution provide that if a person has been granted a senior citizens homestead exemption, the person qualifying need not reapply for the exemption. Provides that the county recorder of deeds shall alert the assessor whenever the transfer of ownership of any property receiving a Senior Citizens Homestead Exemption has occurred. Provides that, if such a transfer occurs, the assessor shall remove the exemption and provide the new property owner with information concerning reapplication. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Provides that the county assessor shall exchange information with the county recorder of deeds or the county clerk (in the introduced bill, the county recorder of deeds only) for the purpose of alerting the assessor whenever the transfer of ownership of any property receiving a Senior Citizens Homestead Exemption has occurred. Provides that changes in the introduced bill concerning reapplication for the Senior Citizens Homestead Exemption apply for taxable year 2019 and thereafter. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 35 ILCS 200/15-170 Adds reference to: 35 ILCS 5/205 from Ch. 120, par. 2-205 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Makes changes concerning the calculation of base income for an organization that is exempt from the federal income tax by reason of the Internal Revenue Code. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions concerning treatment for pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute onset neuropsychiatric syndrome, provides that treatment administered or prescribed after July 18, 2017 shall be covered. Provides that for billing and diagnosis purposes, pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute onset neuropsychiatric syndrome shall be coded as autoimmune encephalitis until a code is assigned. Provides that coverage for treatment of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute onset neuropsychiatric syndrome may not be denied due to a diagnosis of autoimmune encephalopathy or autoimmune encephalitis. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that for billing and diagnosis purposes, pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute onset neuropsychiatric syndrome shall be coded as autoimmune encephalitis until the American Medical Association and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services create and assign a specific code for pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute onset neuropsychiatric syndrome. Provides that thereafter, pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute onset neuropsychiatric syndrome may be coded as autoimmune encephalitis, pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections, or pediatric acute onset neuropsychiatric syndrome.

Creates the Lodging Establishment Human Trafficking Recognition Training Act. Requires hotels and motels to train employees in the recognition of human trafficking and protocols for reporting observed human trafficking to the appropriate authority. Provides that the Department of Labor shall develop the curriculum for the training. Requires the training program to be developed by January 1, 2020 and training by hotels and motels to begin by June 1, 2020. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the contents of the introduced bill with changes. Limits the scope of the training requirement to employees who routinely interact with guests. Requires lodging establishments to provide its employees with training within 6 months of beginning employment and every 2 years thereafter. Provides for the Department of Human Services rather than the Department of Labor to administer the Act. Provides that a lodging establishment may use its own training curriculum or that of a third party if the curriculum meets minimum standards. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Provides that the Department of Human Services may consult, rather than obtain approval of, the United States Department of Justice for the human trafficking recognition training program developed under the Act. Provides that the human trafficking recognition training program shall be developed and published no later than July 1, 2020, rather than January 1, 2020.

Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 115 ILCS 5/1 Adds reference to: 105 ILCS 5/10-21.9 from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.9 105 ILCS 5/21B-45 105 ILCS 5/21B-80 105 ILCS 5/24-14 from Ch. 122, par. 24-14 105 ILCS 5/34-18.5 from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.5 105 ILCS 5/34-84b from Ch. 122, par. 34-84b Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Provides that a check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database must be conducted by the school district or regional superintendent, as applicable, once for every 5 years an applicant remains employed by a school district. Provides that no school board shall knowingly employ a person or knowingly allow a person to student teach who has been issued an indicated finding of abuse or neglect of a child by the Department of Children and Family Services under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act or by a child welfare agency of another jurisdiction. Requires the State Board of Education to conduct random audits of Professional Educator Licensees to verify a licensee's fulfillment of required professional development hours. With regard to the conviction of certain offenses as grounds for disqualification for licensure or suspension or revocation of a license, provides that if the holder of a license or applicant for a license has been charged with attempting to commit, conspiring to commit, soliciting, or committing certain offenses, first degree murder, or a Class X felony or any offense committed or attempted in any other state or against the laws of the United States that, if committed or attempted in this State, would have been punishable as one or more of those offenses, the State Superintendent of Education shall immediately suspend the license or deny the application until the person's criminal charges are adjudicated through a court of competent jurisdiction. Makes other changes. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 105 ILCS 5/34-84b Adds reference to: 105 ILCS 5/10-20.69 new 105 ILCS 5/10-23.12 from Ch. 122, par. 10-23.12 105 ILCS 5/21B-75 105 ILCS 5/22-85 new 105 ILCS 5/22-86 new 105 ILCS 5/24-12 from Ch. 122, par. 24-12 105 ILCS 5/27A-5 105 ILCS 5/34-18.6 from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.6 105 ILCS 5/34-18.61 new 105 ILCS 5/34-85 from Ch. 122, par. 34-85 820 ILCS 40/8 from Ch. 48, par. 2008 820 ILCS 40/9 from Ch. 48, par. 2009 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Further amends the School Code. Provides that each school district must adopt and implement a policy addressing sexual abuse investigations. Provides that, except for an educator licensed under the Educator Licensure Article of the Code, if a school board determines that any school district employee has willfully or negligently failed to report an instance of suspected child abuse or neglect, as required by the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act, then the school board may dismiss that employee immediately upon that determination. Provides that the State Superintendent of Education has the authority to initiate a suspension of or revoke the license of any educator licensed under the Educator Licensure Article of the Code if he or she negligently fails to report an instance of suspected child abuse or neglect. Provides that if an individual is dismissed by a school district for committing a physical or sexual act on a student, the State Superintendent of Education shall immediately suspend, pending revocation, any license issued to that individual under the Educator Licensure Article of the Code. Provides that if a mandated reporter within a school has knowledge of an alleged incident of sexual abuse, the reporter must call the Department of Children and Family Services' hotline immediately after obtaining the minimal information necessary to make a report, including the names of the affected parties and the allegations. Provides that for schools in a county with an accredited Children's Advocacy Center, every alleged incident of sexual abuse that is reported to the Department of Children and Family Services' hotline or a law enforcement agency and is subsequently accepted for investigation must be referred by the entity that received the report to the local Children's Advocacy Center pursuant to that county's multidisciplinary team's protocol under the Children's Advocacy Center Act for investigating child sexual abuse allegations. Provides for the local Children's Advocacy Center's duties and the duties of a school. Provides that if, during the course of its internal investigation and at any point during or after the multidisciplinary team's investigation, a school determines that it needs to interview an alleged victim of sexual abuse to successfully complete its investigation and the victim is under 18 years of age, a child advocate must be made available to the student and must be present during the school's interview. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services and the appropriate law enforcement agency must notify the relevant school when an agency investigation of an alleged incident of sexual abuse is completed, which must include information on the outcome of that investigation. Creates the Make Sexual and Severe Physical Abuse Fully Extinct Task Force. Provides for the Task Force's membership, meeting requirements, and duties. With regard to employee dismissal proceedings, provides that in the case of charges involving physical or sexual contact with a student or a person under the age of 18, the hearing officer shall make alternative hearing procedures to protect a witness who is a student or who is under the age of 18 from being intimidated or traumatized. Amends the Personnel Record Review Act to provide that certain disclosure requirements under the Act do not apply to a school district responding to an inquiry from a prospective employer or to activities or associations with individuals or groups involved in the physical, sexual, or other exploitation of minors. Makes conforming and other changes. Adds an immediate effective date. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1 with the following changes. Provides that, every 2 years, each school district must review all existing policies and procedures concerning sexual abuse investigations at schools (rather than must adopt and implement a policy addressing sexual abuse investigations at schools) to ensure consistency with policies adopted under the School Code. Provides that, as a condition of employment, each school board must consider the status of a person who has been issued an indicated finding of abuse or neglect of a child by the Department of Children and Family Services under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act or by a child welfare agency of another jurisdiction (rather than no school board shall knowingly employ a person who has been issued those indicated findings). Changes the definition of "alleged incident of sexual abuse". Makes changes to what a school must comply with after an alleged incident of sexual abuse is accepted for investigation by the Department of Children and Family Services or a law enforcement agency and while the investigations are being conducted by the local multidisciplinary team. With regard to the Personnel Record Review Act, provides that certain disclosure requirements under the Act do not apply to a school district who is sharing information related to an incident or an attempted incident of sexual abuse or severe physical abuse (rather than a school district responding to an inquiry from a prospective employer). Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Amends the Gubernatorial Boards and Commissions Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 15 ILCS 50/1 Adds reference to: New Act 20 ILCS 405/405-125 was 20 ILCS 405/67.31 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Native American Employment Plan Act. Provides for the Native American Employment Plan. Requires the Department of Central Management Services to develop and implement plans to increase the number of Native Americans employed by State agencies and the number of Native Americans employed by State agencies at supervisory, technical, professional, and managerial levels. Provides that the Department shall prepare and revise annually a Native American Employment Plan in consultation with individuals and organizations knowledgeable on this subject and with the Native American Employment Plan Advisory Council. Requires the Department to report to the General Assembly each State agency's activities that implement the Native American Employment Plan. Requires the Department to monitor compliance with the Native American Employment Plan. Provides requirements for State agency affirmative action and equal employment opportunity goals. Creates the Native American Employment Plan Advisory Council. Provides for the membership, meetings, duties, and other requirements of the Council. Provides that the Native American Employment Plan Advisory Council shall receive administrative support from the Department of Central Management Services and shall issue an annual report of its activities each year on or before February 1, beginning February 1, 2021. Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Adds Native Americans and the Native American Employment Plan to provisions concerning State agency affirmative action and equal employment opportunity goals. Defines terms. Provides purpose provisions. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill, and makes the following changes: (1) removes a provision defining "Eskimos or other aboriginal people of Alaska"; (2) modifies the definition of "Native American" to have the same meaning as "American Indian or Alaska Native" as provided under the Illinois Human Rights Act; and (3) removes a provision concerning State agency affirmative action and equal employment goals. Makes conforming changes.

Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that "employer" includes any person employing one (instead of 15) or more employees within Illinois during 20 or more calendar weeks within the calendar year of or preceding the alleged violation. Provides that "employer" does not include any place of worship with respect to the employment of individuals of a particular religion to perform work connected with the carrying on by the place of worship of its activities. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adds an effective date of July 1, 2020.

Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall ensure that all hospitals require specified employees to complete educational training on the management of severe maternal hypertension and postpartum hemorrhage. Provides that hospitals must demonstrate completion of the training of new hires with a course certificate from the Department. Provides that the Department shall ensure that all hospitals conduct continuing education yearly for specified employees. Provides that the continuing education shall include yearly simulations or drills regarding management of severe maternal hypertension and obstetric hemorrhage for all employees that care for pregnant or postpartum women. Provides that hospitals must demonstrate compliance with the education and training requirements. Defines "hospital". Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Provides that the Department of Public Health shall ensure that all hospitals require all current and new obstetrical staff, emergency department staff, and any other staff, including residents and fellows in training, who provide care for pregnant or postpartum women to receive implicit bias training and education in cultural competency in interactions between patients and providers. Provides that the Department shall provide support for the Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative to develop an initiative to improve birth equity and reduce peripartum racial and ethnic disparities, modeled using the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health and the California Maternal Quality Collaborative's pilot work on improving birth equity. Provides that the Department shall support the initiation of a statewide perinatal quality improvement initiative in collaboration with Illinois birthing hospitals to implement strategies to reduce peripartum racial and ethnic disparities and to address implicit bias in the health care system. Provides that the Department shall ensure that all hospitals develop protocols for timely identification of all pregnant and postpartum women in the emergency department and for appropriate and timely consultation of an obstetric provider to provide input on management and follow up. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall ensure that all birthing facilities conduct continuing education yearly for providers and staff of obstetric medicine and of the emergency department and other staff that may care for pregnant or postpartum women. Requires the continuing education to include yearly educational modules regarding management of severe maternal hypertension and obstetric hemorrhage for units that care for pregnant or postpartum women. Requires birthing facilities to demonstrate compliance with the education and training requirements. Provides that the Department shall collaborate with the Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative or its successor organization to develop an initiative to improve birth equity and reduce peripartum racial and ethnic disparities. Provides that the Department shall support the initiation of a statewide perinatal quality improvement initiative. Provides that the Department shall make available to all birthing facilities best practices for timely identification of all pregnant and postpartum women in the emergency department and for appropriate and timely consultation of an obstetric provider to provide input on management and follow-up. Effective January 1, 2020.