Amends the Electric Supplier Act. Makes a technical change in the short title Section. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 220 ILCS 30/1 Adds reference to: 5 ILCS 80/4.30 5 ILCS 80/4.40 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal date of the Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989 from January 1, 2020 to January 1, 2030. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 5 ILCS 80/4.30 5 ILCS 80/4.40 new Adds reference to: 215 ILCS 5/368g new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a health care plan requiring a health care provider to use a time-based Current Procedural Terminology code to bill for health care services shall not apply a time measurement standard that results in fewer units billed than allowed by the Current Procedural Terminology code book, except as required by federal law for federally funded patients. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish a Restaurant Meals Program to permit individuals who are elderly, persons with a disability, and homeless individuals to redeem their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits at private establishments that contract with the Department to offer meals for eligible SNAP recipients at concessional prices. Requires the Restaurant Meals Program to be operational no later than January 1, 2020. Requires the Department to adopt rules. Effective immediately.
Amends the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Removes a provision requiring the Department of Human Services to increase TANF grant amounts in effect on June 30, 2008 by 15%. Provides that TANF grant amounts shall be apportioned as follows: 75% shall be designated for the child or children of the assistance unit; and 25% shall be designated for the adult member or members of the assistance unit. Removes a provision that permits the discontinuance of all or a part of a TANF recipient's grant amount as a penalty for noncompliance with TANF education, training, and employment programs. Requires the Department to, by rule, impose a 30% reduction of the portion of the grant amount designated for the adult member or members of an assistance unit when a member is found to be in noncompliance with program requirements without good cause. Provides that no sanction shall reduce the portion of the grant amount that is designated for any child of the assistance unit. Requires the full grant amount to be restored when an adult member or members are determined to be in compliance with program requirements. Provides that homelessness, receipt of an eviction notice, discontinued utilities, and other specified circumstances shall constitute good cause for failure to participate in required TANF education, training, and employment programs. Provides that beginning October 1, 2019, and each October 1 thereafter, the maximum TANF benefit levels shall be annually adjusted to remain equal to at least 30% of the most recent poverty guidelines updated periodically in the Federal Register by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for each family size. Effective immediately.
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 School Code. Provides that if an educational support personnel employee is removed or dismissed as a result of a decision of the school board to decrease the number of educational support personnel employed by the board or to discontinue some particular type of educational support service and he or she accepts the tender of a vacancy within one calendar year from the beginning of the following school term, then that employee shall maintain any rights accrued during his or her previous service with the school district. Effective immediately.
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to develop, no later than January 1, 2020, a standardized format for all Medicaid managed care organization preferred drug lists in collaboration with Medicaid managed care organizations and other stakeholders, including, but not limited to, organizations that serve individuals impacted by HIV/AIDS or epilepsy, and community-based organizations, providers, and entities with expertise in drug formulary development. Requires the Department to allow Medicaid managed care organizations 6 months from the completion date of the standardized format to comply with the new Preferred Drug List format. Requires each Medicaid managed care organization to post its preferred drug list on its website without restricting access and to update the preferred drug list posted on its website no less than 30 days prior to the date upon which any update or change takes effect. Requires the Department to establish, no later than January 1, 2020, the Illinois Drug and Therapeutics Advisory Board to have the authority and responsibility to provide recommendations to the Department regarding which drug products to list on the Department's preferred drug list. Contains provisions concerning Board meetings and correspondence; the Board's composition; voting and non-voting members; and other matters. Requires the Department to adopt rules, to be in place no later than January 1, 2020, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining the Board. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Expands the membership on the Illinois Drug and Therapeutics Advisory Board by including the following members: (1) at least one clinician who specializes in the prevention and treatment of HIV, recommended by an HIV healthcare advocacy organization; and (2) at least one clinician recommended by a healthcare advocacy organization that serves individuals who are affected by chronic diseases that require significant pharmaceutical treatments. Provides that one non-voting clinician recommended by an association of Medicaid managed care health plans shall serve a term of 3 years on the Board without compensation. Includes organizations that serve individuals with rare diseases to the list of organizations that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services must collaborate with when developing a standardized format for all Medicaid managed care organization preferred drug lists. Provides that a licensed physician recommended by the Rare Disease Commission who is a rare disease specialist and possesses scientific knowledge and medical training with respect to rare diseases and is familiar with drug and biological products and treatment shall be notified in advance to attend an Illinois Drug and Therapeutics Advisory Board meeting when a drug or biological product is scheduled to be reviewed in order to advise and make recommendations on drugs or biological products. Makes technical changes.
Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education's school report cards must include the most current data on the percentage of students who participated in job shadowing, the percentage of students who have completed an internship, and whether a school offered its students vocational training opportunities. Makes a related change for the State report card. Effective July 1, 2020. State Mandates Fiscal Note (Dept. of Commerce & Economic Opportunity) This bill does not create a State mandate. Fiscal Note (State Board of Education) House Bill 2822 is estimated to have a fiscal impact of up to $2,000 on the Illinois State Board of Education's budget for information technology development and miscellaneous costs for outreach and technical assistance to school districts. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Provides that the State Board of Education's school report cards must include the most current data on the percentage of students who participated in workplace learning experiences (rather than the percentage of students who participated in job shadowing or who have completed an internship) and whether a school offered its students career and technical education opportunities (rather than vocational training opportunities). Changes the effective date to January 1, 2020 (rather than July 1, 2020).
Creates the Seizure Smart School Act. Provides for legislative findings and defines terms. Requires the parent or guardian of a student with epilepsy who seeks assistance with epilepsy-related care in a school setting to submit a seizure action plan with the student's school. Provides that a delegated care aide shall perform the activities and tasks necessary to assist a student with epilepsy in accordance with the student's seizure action plan. Requires training for school employees and delegated care aides. Requires that an information sheet be provided to any school employee who transports a student with epilepsy to a school-sponsored activity. Provides that a school district may not restrict the assignment of a student with epilepsy to a particular school on the basis that the school does not have a full-time school nurse and a school may not deny a student access to the school or any school-related activity on the basis that the student has epilepsy. Provides for school employee protection against retaliation, immunity, and rights under federal law. Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code to make a related change. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. House Committee Amendment No. 3 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Makes a change to the legislative findings. Changes the definition of "delegated care aide" to mean a school employee or paraprofessional who has agreed to receive training in epilepsy and assist a student in implementing his or her seizure action plan and who has entered into an agreement with a parent or guardian of that student. Limits the definition of "school employee" to include, among other persons, a person who is employed by a school district or school as a principal, administrator, guidance counselor, or teacher. Provides that the training of a delegated care aide shall include consultation with the student's parent or guardian and may include consultation with an epilepsy educator approved by the Epilepsy Foundation of America and training for school employees must be provided annually through approximately one hour of self-study review approved by the Epilepsy Foundation of America or by an epilepsy educator approved by the Epilepsy Foundation of America (rather than requiring training for school employees and delegated care aides to be provided by a trained health care provider with an expertise in epilepsy). Removes a provision requiring the principal of a school to coordinate the training of all delegated care aides. Provides that, if applicable, a seizure action plan (rather than an information sheet) must be provided to any school employee who transports a student with epilepsy to a school-sponsored activity; makes a conforming change. Requires a school employee to be in compliance with the training provisions of the Act in order to have immunity. Adds an effective date of July 1, 2020. House Floor Amendment No. 4 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill as amended by House Amendment No. 3 with the following changes. Provides that the definition of "school employee" may not be interpreted to require a school district, charter school, or nonpublic school to hire additional personnel for the sole purpose of the personnel to serve as a delegated care aide. Provides that if a student has been managing his or her epilepsy care in a school setting before the effective date of the Act, the student's parent or guardian may (rather than must) sign and submit a seizure action plan with the student's school. Provides that it is the responsibility of a student's parent or guardian to share the health care provider's instructions on the student's epilepsy management during the school day. Removes a provision requiring the seizure action plan to include the treating physician's, advanced practice registered nurse's, or physician assistant's instructions on the student's epilepsy management during the school day. Provides that a student's parent or guardian is responsible for informing the school, in a timely manner, of any changes to the student's seizure action plan and emergency contact information. Provides that the principal of a school shall facilitate the school's compliance with the provisions of a student's seizure action plan (rather than ensure that the school has at least one delegated care aide present and available at the school during all school hours and during school-sponsored activities). Provides that the training for school employees must be fully consistent with the best practice guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Provides that the training of a delegated care aide must be provided by a licensed health care provider with an expertise in epilepsy or an epilepsy educator who has successfully completed the relevant curricula offered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (rather than must include consultation with the student's parent or guardian and may include consultation with an epilepsy educator approved by the Epilepsy Foundation of America). Makes other changes. Effective July 1, 2020. House Floor Amendment No. 5 Removes a provision requiring training for school employees to be provided annually through approximately one hour of self-study review approved by the Epilepsy Foundation of America or by an epilepsy educator approved by the Epilepsy Foundation of America.
Amends the Illinois Solid Waste Management Act. Provides that it is the policy of the State to establish a comprehensive statewide program for solid waste management which will preserve or enhance the quality of air, water, and land resources. Modifies the State preferences for solid waste management. Provides that the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center of the Prairie Research Institute at the University of Illinois shall publish, on or before December 1, 2020, a statewide Illinois Resource Management Plan and shall update the plan every 5 years. Includes State and local requirements for the Plan. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act. Creates the Statewide Materials Management Advisory Committee. Provides that the Advisory Committee shall: (1) investigate and provide recommendations for expanding waste reduction, recycling, reuse, and composting in Illinois in a manner that protects the environment, as well as public health and safety, and promotes economic development; (2) investigate and provide recommendations for the form and contents of county waste management plans adopted under the Act; and (3) prepare a report as required under other provisions of the amendatory Act. Provides that the Advisory Committee shall be composed of the Director of the Environmental Protection Agency, who shall serve as an ex officio and nonvoting member, and 25 specified voting members appointed by the Director by no later than January 1, 2020. Provides that the initial meeting of the Advisory Committee shall be convened by no later than March 1, 2020, when the voting members shall select co-chairs. Tasks the Agency with providing administrative assistance and technical support. Provides that funding for the Plan and assistance from outside experts shall be obtained from the Solid Waste Management Fund. Provides that the report shall be submitted on or before July 1, 2021. Provides that the report shall include, at a minimum: (1) an estimate of the amount and composition of waste generated annually in Illinois; (2) an estimate of the amount of waste disposed of annually in Illinois; (3) an estimate of the amount of material diverted from landfills annually in Illinois; (4) an analysis of the markets available for materials diverted from Illinois landfills; (5) recommended materials in the municipal waste stream that could be targeted to maximize waste diversion; (6) recommended actions that could be taken to increase landfill diversion rates and the costs associated with those actions; (7) recommended education and public outreach programs that could maximize waste diversion; (8) recommended diversion rates that are achievable by 2025, 2030, and 2035; and (9) a database and map of permitted and nonpermitted facilities, including, but not limited to, landfills, garbage transfer stations, landscape waste transfer stations, construction and demolition debris recycling facilities, recycling facilities, compost sites, and scrap metal recycling facilities. Provides that the report shall also include specified recommendations for waste management plans required under the Act. Repeals the provisions on July 1, 2022. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Removes language requiring the report to include a database and map of nonpermitted facilities. Provides that the report may include a list of nonpermitted facilities that are involved in waste disposal, materials recycling, or composting.
Amends the Prevention of Tobacco Use by Minors and Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 720 ILCS 675/0.01 Adds reference to: 725 ILCS 5/107-2 from Ch. 38, par. 107-2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that whenever a peace officer has a warrant of arrest for the person or has reasonable grounds to believe that a warrant for the person's arrest has been issued and the peace officer has contact with the person because the person: (1) reported that he or she is a victim of sexual assault; or (2) requested or received emergency medical assistance or medical forensic services for sexual assault; if the warrant of arrest is not for a forcible felony as defined in the Criminal Code of 2012 or a violent crime as defined in the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act, the peace officer shall not arrest the person but shall issue a notice to appear to the person. Defines "sexual assault". Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that whenever a peace officer has a warrant of arrest for the person and the peace officer has contact with the person because the person is requesting or receiving emergency medical assistance or medical forensic services for sexual assault at a medical facility, if the warrant of arrest is not for a forcible felony or a violent crime, the peace officer shall contact the prosecuting authority of the jurisdiction issuing the warrant, or if that prosecutor is not available, the prosecuting authority for the jurisdiction that covers the medical facility to request waiver of the prompt execution of the warrant. Provides that the prosecuting authority may secure a court order waiving the immediate execution of the warrant and provide a copy to the peace officer. Defines "sexual assault". Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that whenever a peace officer is aware of a warrant of arrest issued by a circuit court of the State for a person and the peace officer has contact with the person because the person is requesting or receiving emergency medical assistance or medical forensic services for sexual assault at a medical facility, if the warrant of arrest is not for a forcible felony, a violent crime, or an alleged violation of parole or mandatory supervised release, the peace officer shall contact the prosecuting authority of the jurisdiction issuing the warrant, or if that prosecutor is not available, the prosecuting authority for the jurisdiction that covers the medical facility to request waiver of the prompt execution of the warrant. Provides that the prosecuting authority may secure a court order waiving the immediate execution of the warrant and provide a copy to the peace officer. Provides that whenever a peace officer has a warrant of arrest for a person, subject to the same limitations described in this provision, and the peace officer has contact with the person because the person reported that he or she was sexually assaulted within the past 7 days, in addition to informing the person of his or her right to seek free medical attention and evidence collection and providing the written notice required by the Sexual Assault Incident Procedure Act, the officer shall also inform the person that if he or she chooses to go to a medical facility to seek any of those services, then the officer shall notify the prosecuting authority to request waiver of the prompt execution of the warrant.