Congratulates David R. Schuler, Ph.D., on his appointment as the next executive director of the School Superintendents Association (AASA). Commends his long career in public education.
Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Provides that the Wholesale Drug Distribution Licensing Act is repealed on January 1, 2028 (instead of January 1, 2023). Amends the Wholesale Drug Distribution Licensing Act. Defines "address of record", "email address of record", and "suspicious order". Changes the definition of "wholesale drug distributor". Provides that applicants and licensees must provide a valid address and email address to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and must inform the Department of any change of these within 14 days. Provides that each licensee required to report suspicious orders shall submit such report to the Department. Provides that an individual taxpayer identification number can be included on the application for an original license, the application can be made in writing or electronically, and the application shall be accompanied by the required, nonrefundable fee. Provides that any licensee who engages in the licensed practice while the license is expired shall be considered to be practicing without a license which is grounds for discipline. Removes provisions that provide that: the Department shall present to the State Board of Pharmacy of the Department for review all appropriation requests from the Illinois State Pharmacy Disciplinary Fund; the Department shall maintain a roster of the names and addresses of all registrants and all persons whose licenses have been suspended or revoked; and rules that set detailed standards for meeting each license prerequisite requirements shall be adopted no later than September 14, 1992. Provides that the written notice of disciplinary hearing may be served by email or physical mail to the respondent's email of record or address of record. Provides that the Department may subpoena and compel the relevant documents in connection with any hearing. Provides that if the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation disagrees with the recommendation of the Board or hearing officer, the Secretary may issue an order in contravention of the recommendation. Provides that the sanctions imposed upon the accused by the Department shall remain in full force and effect in order to protect the public pending final resolution of the proceedings. Repeals a provision concerning references to the Department or Director of Professional Regulation. Makes corresponding and other changes. Section 5 and Section 99 take effect upon becoming law. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Removes language providing that "wholesale drug distributor" includes virtual wholesalers or virtual distributors. Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 Deletes reference to: 5 ILCS 80/4.33 5 ILCS 80/4.38 225 ILCS 120/15 from Ch. 111, par. 8301-15 225 ILCS 120/15.5 new 225 ILCS 120/21 new 225 ILCS 120/27 225 ILCS 120/30 from Ch. 111, par. 8301-30 225 ILCS 120/31 new 225 ILCS 120/35 from Ch. 111, par. 8301-35 225 ILCS 120/40 from Ch. 111, par. 8301-40 225 ILCS 120/50 from Ch. 111, par. 8301-50 225 ILCS 120/57 225 ILCS 120/70 from Ch. 111, par. 8301-70 225 ILCS 120/75 from Ch. 111, par. 8301-75 225 ILCS 120/80 from Ch. 111, par. 8301-80 225 ILCS 120/85 from Ch. 111, par. 8301-85 225 ILCS 120/100 from Ch. 111, par. 8301-100 225 ILCS 120/105 from Ch. 111, par. 8301-105 225 ILCS 120/110 from Ch. 111, par. 8301-110 225 ILCS 120/115 from Ch. 111, par. 8301-115 225 ILCS 120/120 from Ch. 111, par. 8301-120 225 ILCS 120/125 from Ch. 111, par. 8301-125 225 ILCS 120/135 from Ch. 111, par. 8301-135 225 ILCS 120/140 from Ch. 111, par. 8301-140 225 ILCS 120/155 from Ch. 111, par. 8301-155 225 ILCS 120/165 from Ch. 111, par. 8301-165 225 ILCS 120/200 225 ILCS 120/3 rep. Adds reference to: New Act 775 ILCS 55/1-10 775 ILCS 55/1-20 740 ILCS 180/2.2 from Ch. 70, par. 2.2 215 ILCS 5/356z.3a 55 ILCS 5/5-1069.3 65 ILCS 5/10-4-2.3 105 ILCS 5/10-22.3f 215 ILCS 124/10 215 ILCS 130/4003 from Ch. 73, par. 1504-3 20 ILCS 2630/3.2 from Ch. 38, par. 206-3.2 225 ILCS 60/22 from Ch. 111, par. 4400-22 225 ILCS 65/65-65 was 225 ILCS 65/15-55 225 ILCS 65/70-5 was 225 ILCS 65/10-45 225 ILCS 85/30 from Ch. 111, par. 4150 225 ILCS 85/30.1 5 ILCS 100/5-45.35 new 225 ILCS 95/4 from Ch. 111, par. 4604 225 ILCS 95/9.7 new 225 ILCS 95/21 from Ch. 111, par. 4621 225 ILCS 95/22.2 from Ch. 111, par. 4622.2 225 ILCS 95/22.3 from Ch. 111, par. 4622.3 225 ILCS 95/22.5 from Ch. 111, par. 4622.5 225 ILCS 95/22.6 from Ch. 111, par. 4622.6 225 ILCS 95/22.7 from Ch. 111, par. 4622.7 225 ILCS 95/22.8 from Ch. 111, par. 4622.8 225 ILCS 95/22.9 from Ch. 111, par. 4622.9 225 ILCS 95/22.10 from Ch. 111, par. 4622.10 225 ILCS 60/2 from Ch. 111, par. 4400-2 225 ILCS 60/66 new 225 ILCS 65/65-11 new 225 ILCS 65/65-11.5 new 225 ILCS 6/60 225 ILCS 15/15 from Ch. 111, par. 5365 225 ILCS 20/19 from Ch. 111, par. 6369 225 ILCS 55/85 from Ch. 111, par. 8351-85 225 ILCS 107/80 225 ILCS 130/75 225 ILCS 135/95 775 ILCS 55/1-25 225 ILCS 150/10 225 ILCS 150/15 225 ILCS 60/49.5 30 ILCS 105/5.990 new 225 ILCS 85/43 210 ILCS 170/5 210 ILCS 170/30 55 ILCS 5/3-4006 from Ch. 34, par. 3-4006 410 ILCS 210/1.5 225 ILCS 60/23 from Ch. 111, par. 4400-23 750 ILCS 46/704 750 ILCS 46/709 215 ILCS 5/356z.4a 735 ILCS 35/3 735 ILCS 35/3.5 new 725 ILCS 220/2 from Ch. 38, par. 156-2 725 ILCS 225/6 from Ch. 60, par. 23 215 ILCS 5/356z.60 new 5 ILCS 375/6.11 215 ILCS 125/5-3 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1411.2 215 ILCS 165/10 from Ch. 32, par. 604 305 ILCS 5/5-16.8 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Reproductive Health Act. Includes assisted reproduction in the definition of "reproductive health care". Requires a lawsuit brought under the Act to be commenced within 2 years after the cause of action was discovered. Allows a person to recover damages when a judgment was entered against the person for reproductive health care services that are permitted under Illinois law. Amends the Wrongful Death Act. Provides that there shall be no cause of action against a health care professional, medical institution, or pregnant person (rather than a physician) for the wrongful death of a fetus caused by an abortion where the abortion was permitted by law and the requisite consent was lawfully given. Amends various licensing Acts to restrict the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation from taking action against a license or permit issued under those Acts based solely upon the license of the person being revoked or the person otherwise being disciplined by any other state or territory for actions related to any health care, medical service, or procedure if the revocation or disciplinary action was based solely on a violation of the other state's law prohibiting such action performed in any state for any person and such conduct is permissible under State law. Amends the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987, the Medical Practice Act of 1987, and the Nurse Practice Act. Allows the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to issue temporary permits for health care to a person who is licensed to practice under Acts equivalent to those in another state. Amends the Reproductive Health Act. Allows an advanced practice registered nurse or physician assistant to perform abortion procedures that do not require general anesthesia. Requires a health care professional's report of each abortion to be transmitted to the Department of Public Health on a quarterly basis (rather than not later than 20 days following the end of the month in which the abortion is performed). Provides that such reports are not admissible as evidence or discoverable in any action of any kind. Allows the Department to make aggregate data derived from the reports publicly available so long as such disclosure does not reveal any identifying information about a patient or health care professional. Amends the Telehealth Act. Allows a health care professional with a temporary permit for health care to treat a patient located in the State through telehealth services. Creates the Abortion Care Clinical Training Program Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to administer an Abortion Care Clinical Training Program. Sets forth Program administration and reporting, coordinating organization duties, and rules. Creates the Abortion Care Clinical Training Program Fund. Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Allows pharmacists to dispense hormonal contraceptives without prior establishment of a relationship between the pharmacist and the person receiving hormonal contraception. Provides that no employee of the Department of Public Health shall be liable for injury caused by the pharmacist's or patient's use of the self-screening assessment or the dispensation of hormonal contraceptives. Amends various Acts to remove references to the Parental Notice of Abortion Act of 1995. Amends the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015. Provides that the terms of the most recent informed consent governs the disposition of a fertilized ovum when the intended parent or parents no longer wish to use any remaining cryopreserved fertilized ovum. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Requires abortion care coverage to include medications prescribed for the purpose of producing an abortion with or without proof of pregnancy. Requires coverage for abortifacients, hormonal therapy, and human immunodeficiency virus pre-exposure prophylaxis and post-exposure prophylaxis. Creates the Lawful Health Care Activity Act. Provides that the laws of the State govern in any case or controversy heard in the State related to lawful health care activity. Amends the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act. Prohibits a clerk of court from issuing a subpoena based on a foreign subpoena that: requests information or documents related to lawful health care activity; or is related to the enforcement of another state's law that would interfere with an individual's rights under the Reproductive Health Act. Amends the Uniform Act to Secure the Attendance of Witnesses from Within or Without a State in Criminal Proceedings. Restricts a subpoena, summons, or order from being issued for a witness to provide information or testimony in relation to any proceeding if the charge is based on conduct that involves lawful health care activity that is not unlawful in the State. Amends the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act. Provides that the Governor shall not surrender a person if the charge is based on conduct that involves seeking, providing, receiving, assisting in seeking, providing, or receiving, providing material support for, or traveling to obtain lawful health care that is not unlawful under the laws of the State. Creates the Protecting Reproductive Health Care Services Act. Provides that when any person has had a judgment entered against such person, in any state, where liability is based on the alleged provision, receipt, assistance in receipt or provision, material support for, or any theory of vicarious, joint, several, or conspiracy liability derived therefrom, for reproductive health care services that are permitted under the laws of the State, such person may recover damages from any party that brought the action leading to that judgment or has sought to enforce that judgment. Makes other and conforming changes in various other Acts. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 6 In the Nurse Practice Act, provides that a health care institution shall not take any adverse action as a result of an adverse action against a person's license or clinical privileges or other disciplinary action by another state or health care institution that resulted from the person's provision of, authorization of, recommendation of, aiding or assistance with, referral for, or participation in any health care service if the adverse action was based solely on a violation of the other state's law prohibiting the provision of such health care and related services in the state or for a resident of the state if that health care service would not have been unlawful under the laws of this State and is consistent with the standards of conduct for advanced practice registered nurses practicing in Illinois.
Amends the Economic Development for a Growing Economy Tax Credit Act. Provides that the recipient of a credit under the Act may apply for a certificate of transferability of credit from the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for the amount of the credit not previously claimed. Provides that the transferability certificate may be transferred or sold by the recipient to another Illinois taxpayer. Makes other changes.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides for a credit for taxpayers who hire full-time employees to fill positions at a location in a county with fewer than 250,000 inhabitants. Effective immediately.
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of Public Health for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, as follows: General Funds $148,043,500; Other State Funds $230,839,000; Federal Funds $1,399,064,600; Total $1,777,947,100.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Governor shall visit the institutions, facilities, and programs of the Department of Corrections as often as the Governor deems fit, for the purpose of enquiring (rather than examining) into the affairs and conditions of the Department. Provides that a member of the General Assembly may visit the institutions, facilities, and programs of the Department of Corrections, upon request of the member, for the purpose of enquiring into the affairs and conditions of the Department.
Amends the Election Code. Provides that the requirements to change a candidate's name do not apply to name changes resulting from a civil union to assume a spouse's surname or dissolution of a civil union or declaration of invalidity of a civil union to assume a former surname or a name change that conforms the candidate's name to his or her gender identity. Makes conforming changes throughout the Code. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code to provide that pre-licensing course of study hours required to be completed in a classroom setting in order to obtain an insurance producer license may also be completed in a webinar setting. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 215 ILCS 5/1510 215 ILCS 5/1565 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Further amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In the Public Adjusters Article, provides that 3 hours of classroom ethics instruction required for renewal of a public adjuster license may also be completed by webinar. Defines webinar. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning notices of cancellation. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 215 ILCS 5/143.15 Adds reference to: 225 ILCS 60/22 from Ch. 111, par. 4400-22 225 ILCS 65/70-5 was 225 ILCS 65/10-45 225 ILCS 95/21 from Ch. 111, par. 4621 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987, the Nurse Practice Act, and the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall not revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand, refuse to issue or renew, or take any other disciplinary or non-disciplinary action against the license or permit issued under the Acts to a physician, registered nurse, advance practice registered nurse, or physician assistant based solely upon the license of a physician, registered nurse, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant being revoked or disciplined by any state or territory for the provision of, authorization of, or participation in any health care, medical service, or procedure related to an abortion on the basis that such health care, medical service, or procedure related to an abortion is unlawful or prohibited in that state or territory, if the provision of, authorization of, or participation in that health care, medical service, or procedure related to an abortion is not unlawful or prohibited in the State. Effective immediately.
Appropriates $35,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for the New Arrival Student Grant Program. Effective July 1, 2023.
