Sen. Julie Morrison

Amends the School Safety Drill Act. Provides that in updating a public school building's emergency and crisis response plans, the school board shall ensure that the plans are accessible in a digital format. Requires every effort to be made to make the emergency and crisis response plans available to first responders, administrators, and teachers for implementation and utilization on handheld electronic devices.

Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Provides that training on how to properly administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation and how to use an automated external defibrillator shall be included as a basis for health education curricula in all secondary schools in this State and shall be a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma. Effective July 1, 2014.

Mourns the death of Vincenzo Petrella of Wheeling.

Mourns the death of Bruce Miller Macfarlane of Lake Forest.

Mourns the death of Mary Barb Johnson.

Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Permits the Department of Children and Family Services to have access to background information for all Department employees and Department applicants in addition to the criminal history record information and the adjudicatory and dispositional record system information the Department has access to under the Act. Defines "background information" to mean (i) upon the request of the Department of Children and Family Services, information obtained from the Department of State Police as a result of a fingerprint-based criminal history records check of the Illinois criminal history records database and the Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal history records database concerning a Department employee or Department applicant; (ii) information obtained by the Department after performing a check of the Department of State Police's Sex Offender Database, as authorized by the Sex Offender Community Notification Law, concerning a Department employee or Department applicant; and (iii) information obtained by the Department of Children and Family Services after performing a check of the Child Abuse and Neglect Tracking System (CANTS) operated and maintained by the Department. Defines "Department employee" and "Department applicant". Effective immediately.

Creates the Life-Saving Drug Shortage Prevention Act. Provides that a notification to the Director of Public Health shall be required from a manufacturer of a drug concerning a discontinuance, interruption, or adjustment of the manufacture of a drug that would likely result in a shortage. Provides that the notification shall be required at least 6 months prior to the date of the discontinuance or planned interruption or adjustment, and in the case of any other interruption or adjustment a notification shall be required as soon as possible. Provides that the Director may modify the time frames. Provides that the Director shall implement evidence-based criteria for identifying drugs that may be vulnerable to a shortage, and sets forth certain criteria. Sets forth provisions concerning public notification. Effective immediately.

Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to adopt State complaint procedures that allow a parent, individual, organization, or advocate to file a signed, written complaint with the State Board alleging that a school district, cooperative service unit, or this State has violated the rights of one or more children with disabilities. Requires the school district or other public entity to submit a written response to the complaint within 10 days following receipt of the complaint. Contains provisions concerning documentation related to the complaint. Provides that State complaint procedures may be used to allege non-compliance by a school district or other public entity with a decision of a due process hearing officer. Makes changes concerning a student remaining in his or her present educational placement and continuing in his or her present eligibility status and special education services during the pendency of an administrative or judicial proceeding. Effective immediately.

Amends the Tanning Facility Permit Act. Provides that a tanning facility may not permit any person less than 18 years of age, regardless of whether the person has the permission of a parent or guardian, to use tanning equipment or a device defined as equipment that emits ultraviolet (UV) radiation used for tanning of the skin, such as a sunlamp, tanning booth, or tanning bed that emits electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths in the air between 200 and 400 nanometers. Provides that "tanning equipment" includes any accompanying equipment, such as protective eyewear, timers, and handrails, and does not include certain devices.

Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal of the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 2004 from January 1, 2014 to January 1, 2024. Amends the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 2004. Defines "address of record" and "veterinarian". Makes changes to provisions concerning exemptions, restrictions on practice, administration of the Act, the Veterinarian Licensing and Disciplinary Board, renewal of licenses, licensure without examination, fees, continuing education, advertisements, disciplinary actions, injunctions, investigations, hearings, records, and violations of the Act. Provides that veterinarians have authority to dispense drugs in emergency situations as specified in the Act and that all information collected by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation in the course of an examination or investigation of a licensee or applicant shall be maintained for the confidential use of the Department. Effective December 31, 2013.