Sen. Mattie Hunter

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Repeals a provision making committed persons responsible to reimburse the Department of Corrections for the expenses incurred by their incarceration at a rate to be determined by the Department. Amends the Code of Civil Procedure to make conforming changes. Correctional Note (Dept of Corrections) The Department does not currently collect cost of incarceration funds from committed persons, so there is no resulting fiscal impact should this provision be repealed. There are no new incarceration sanctions, enhanced incarceration penalties, or policy requirements for the Department associated with these provisions. Therefore, there is no corrections population impact on the Department of Corrections. Fiscal Note (Dept of Corrections) The Department does not currently collect cost of incarceration funds from committed persons, so there is no resulting fiscal impact should this provision be repealed. There are no new incarceration sanctions, enhanced incarceration penalties, or policy requirements for the Department associated with these provisions. Therefore, there is no corrections population impact on the Department of Corrections.

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that prior to release of a person on parole, mandatory supervised release, final discharge, or pardon the Department of Corrections shall screen every person for Medicaid eligibility. Requires correctional officials to assist an eligible person to complete a Medicaid application to ensure that the person begins receiving benefits immediately after his or her release. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with changes. Provides that officials of the correctional institution or facility where the committed person is assigned shall assist an eligible person to complete a Medicaid application to ensure that the person begins receiving benefits as soon as possible (rather than immediately) after his or her release. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Provides that the application must include the eligible person's address associated with his or her residence upon release from the facility. Provides that if the residence is temporary, the eligible person must notify the Department of Human Services of his or her change in address upon transition to permanent housing.

Creates the Hotel and Casino Employee Safety Act. Requires hotels and casinos to adopt anti-sexual harassment policies and make panic buttons available to certain employees. Prohibits retaliation against an employee for using a panic button, availing himself or herself of the protections afforded by an anti-sexual harassment policy, or disclosing, reporting, or testifying about violations of the Act. Provides remedies for noncompliance. Limits home rule powers. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with provisions substantially similar to the introduced bill with the following changes: defines the terms "casino employer" and "hotel employer"; provides for the utilization of a safety device rather than a panic button; requires time off to be granted to file criminal complaints rather than sign police complaints; removes requirement that anti-harassment policies be posted in Polish; limits economic damage awards to $350 per incident; deletes the home rule preemption; provides that before a representative of employees may bring a claim on behalf of employees, the employer must be given 15 calendar days within which to correct the violation. Effective July 1, 2020. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adds a definition. Defines the term "sexual assault" to mean: (1) an act of sexual conduct, as defined in Section 11-0.1 of the Criminal Code of 2012; or (2) any act of sexual penetration, as defined in Section 11-0.1 of the Criminal Code of 2012 and includes, without limitation, acts prohibited under Sections 11-1.20 through 11-1.60 of the Criminal Code of 2012. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: New Act 5 ILCS 140/7.5 20 ILCS 2105/2105-15 710 ILCS 5/1 from Ch. 10, par. 101 775 ILCS 5/1-103 from Ch. 68, par. 1-103 775 ILCS 5/2-101 from Ch. 68, par. 2-101 775 ILCS 5/2-102 from Ch. 68, par. 2-102 775 ILCS 5/2-108 new 775 ILCS 5/2-109 new 775 ILCS 5/2-110 new 775 ILCS 5/7-109.1 from Ch. 68, par. 7-109.1 775 ILCS 5/7A-102 from Ch. 68, par. 7A-102 775 ILCS 5/8-109 from Ch. 68, par. 8-109 775 ILCS 5/8-109.1 new 820 ILCS 180/5 820 ILCS 180/10 820 ILCS 180/15 820 ILCS 180/20 820 ILCS 180/25 820 ILCS 180/30 820 ILCS 180/45 5 ILCS 420/4A-101 from Ch. 127, par. 604A-101 5 ILCS 420/4A-101.5 new 5 ILCS 420/4A-102 from Ch. 127, par. 604A-102 5 ILCS 420/4A-105 from Ch. 127, par. 604A-105 5 ILCS 420/4A-106 from Ch. 127, par. 604A-106 5 ILCS 420/4A-106.5 new 5 ILCS 420/4A-107 from Ch. 127, par. 604A-107 5 ILCS 420/4A-108 5 ILCS 430/5-10.5 5 ILCS 430/20-5 5 ILCS 430/20-10 5 ILCS 430/20-50 5 ILCS 430/20-63 new 5 ILCS 430/25-5 5 ILCS 430/25-10 5 ILCS 430/25-50 5 ILCS 430/25-63 new 5 ILCS 430/70-5 25 ILCS 170/4.7 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the engrossed bill, and makes the following changes: Creates the Workplace Transparency Act. Limits the terms of employment agreements that restrict specified employee rights with respect to allegations of unlawful conduct. Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Division of Professional Regulation of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation must exchange information with the Department of Human Rights regarding recommendations received regarding a licensee or candidate for licensure who has committed a civil rights violation that may lead to the refusal, suspension, or revocation of a license from the Division of Professional Regulation. Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Requires the Department of Human Rights to adopt a model sexual harassment prevention training program and provides that all employers shall use the model or establish a training program that equals or exceeds the minimum standards provided by the model. Makes other changes concerning: definitions; procedures following an employer's failure to post required notices; employer disclosure requirements, and bar and restaurant sexual harassment policies and prevention training. Makes a corresponding change in the Freedom of Information Act. Creates the Sexual Harassment Victim Representation Act. Provides that in any proceeding in which a victim who is a member of a union has accused a perpetrator who is a member of the same union, the victim and the perpetrator may not be represented in the proceeding by the same union representative. Amends the Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act. Defines "gender violence" and makes the Act applicable in instances of gender violence. Amends the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Modifies the disclosure of economic interests Article to provide for separate provisions concerning statements of economic interests to be filed with the Secretary of State and the county clerk respectively. Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act and the Lobbyist Registration Act to require annual participation in harassment and discrimination prevention training. Further amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Makes changes concerning: rights of persons subjected to discrimination, harassment, or sexual harassment; jurisdiction and duties of Executive Inspectors General, the Executive Ethics Commission, the Legislative Inspector General, and the Legislative Ethics Commission; complaint process, reporting, and independent review of allegations of sexual harassment made against an elected official; and other matters. Contains severability language. Effective January 1, 2020, except (i) the Hotel and Casino Employee Safety Act takes effect July 1, 2020; and (ii) the changes to the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, and the Lobbyist Registration Act take effect immediately.

Amends the Chicago Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Removes a provision concerning a reduction in a specified contribution for certain members who retire before July 1, 1998. Repeals obsolete provisions concerning early retirement incentives. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 40 ILCS 5/17-119.1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following change. Removes changes made to provisions concerning an optional increase in retirement annuity.

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning parole services. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 730 ILCS 5/3-14-3 Adds reference to: 730 ILCS 190/10 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Crime Reduction Act of 2009. Provides that the Department of Corrections, Prisoner Review Board, and other correctional entities referenced in the policies shall annually publish a report on their use of evidence-based practices to set conditions of local supervision and mandatory supervised release including: (1) the factors that contribute to decisions on what conditions should be imposed, and the method by which those factors are calculated and weighted in the overall decision of what conditions shall be imposed; and (2) the text and content of any evidence-based assessments, questionnaires, or other methods used to set conditions of release. Provides that the Department of Corrections, the Prisoner Review Board, and other correctional entities referenced in the policies, rules, and regulations of this Act shall release a report annually published on the Department of Corrections website that reports the following information pertaining to electronic monitoring, GPS monitoring, and programs imposed on individuals on parole and mandatory supervised release. Provides report requirements. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Crime Reduction Act of 2009. Provides that the Department of Corrections and the Prisoner Review Board shall annually publish an exemplar copy of any evidence-based assessments, questionnaires, or other instruments used to set conditions of release. Provides that the Department of Corrections and the Prisoner Review Board shall release a report annually published on their websites that reports the following information about the usage of electronic monitoring and GPS monitoring as a condition of parole and mandatory supervised release during the prior calendar year. Provides report requirements.

Creates the Limited Cooperative Association Act. Authorizes the organization of a limited cooperative association, as an entity distinct from its members, for any lawful purpose, whether or not for profit. Provides that a limited cooperative association may be a collective worker cooperative in which there is only one class of members consisting of worker-members who manage all of the affairs of the limited cooperative association or a worker cooperative or employment cooperative that includes a class of worker-members who are natural persons whose patronage consists of labor contributed to or other work performed for the limited cooperative association. Contains provisions regarding: findings; formation; articles of organization; organization; bylaws; members; community investors; voting; a board of directors; an assembly; dissolution; conversion; and applicability of securities laws. Amends the Co-operative Act and the Illinois Securities Law of 1953 to make conforming changes. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Changes the short title of the new Act to the Limited Worker Cooperative Association Act. Authorizes the establishment of limited worker cooperative associations rather than limited cooperative associations. Eliminates patron members as a form of membership. Provides for multi-stakeholder cooperatives. Changes the effective date to January 1, 2020.

Amends the Strengthening the Child Welfare Workforce for Children and Families Act. Increases the membership of the Task Force on Strengthening the Child Welfare Workforce for Children and Families to include 2 persons who each serve as a chief executive officer or chief administrator of a private sector child welfare provider. Requires the Department of Children and Family Services (rather than the Children and Family Research Center of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) to provide administrative and other support to the Task Force. Requires the Department to engage the services of the Children and Family Research Center to aid in the collection, cataloguing, and analysis of child welfare data. Extends the deadline date by which the Task Force must submit certain reports to the Governor and the General Assembly concerning the State's child welfare workforce. Changes the date the Task Force is dissolved from January 1, 2021 to January 1, 2022. Changes the date the Act is repealed from January 1, 2021 to January 1, 2022. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Provides that the Task Force on Strengthening the Child Welfare Workforce for Children and Families shall include the following members: (i) one person appointed by the Governor who represents a non-profit, statewide organization that represents private sector child welfare providers (rather than a person representing a non-profit, statewide organization that represents private sector child welfare providers); and (ii) 2 persons appointed by the Governor who each serve as a chief executive officer or chief administrator of a private sector child welfare provider (rather than 2 persons who each serve as a chief executive officer or chief administrator of a private sector child welfare provider).

Amends the Illinois Banking Act and the Illinois Credit Union Act. Provides that the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation shall not: issue an order against a financial institution for unsafe or unsound banking practices solely because the entity provides financial services to a cannabis-related legitimate business; prohibit, penalize, or otherwise discourage a financial institution from providing financial services to a cannabis-related legitimate business solely because the entity provides financial services to a cannabis-related legitimate business; recommend, incentivize, or encourage a financial institution not to offer financial services to an account holder or to downgrade or cancel the financial services offered to an account holder solely because the account holder is a manufacturer or producer or is the owner, operator, or employee of a cannabis-related legitimate business, the account holder later becomes an owner or operator of a cannabis-related legitimate business, or the financial institution was not aware that the account holder is the owner or operator of a cannabis-related legitimate business; and take any adverse or corrective supervisory action on a loan made to an owner or operator of a cannabis-related legitimate business solely because the owner or operator owns or operates a cannabis-related legitimate business or an owner or operator of real estate or equipment that is leased to a cannabis-related legitimate business solely because the owner or operator of the real estate or equipment leased the equipment or real estate to a cannabis-related legitimate business. Authorizes the Secretary to furnish confidential supervisory information relating to a financial institution providing financial services to cannabis-related businesses, limited to the name, contact information, and such other information as the Secretary determines is prudent, to the Illinois State Treasurer. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 205 ILCS 5/48.3 205 ILCS 305/9.1 Deletes provisions authorizing the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation to furnish to the State Treasurer confidential supervisory information concerning financial institutions that provide financial services to cannabis-related businesses. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 205 ILCS 5/48 205 ILCS 305/8 Adds reference to: 30 ILCS 500/1-10 35 ILCS 5/201 from Ch. 120, par. 2-201 35 ILCS 105/3-10 35 ILCS 110/3-10 from Ch. 120, par. 439.33-10 35 ILCS 115/3-10 from Ch. 120, par. 439.103-10 35 ILCS 120/2-10 105 ILCS 5/22-33 225 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 410 ILCS 130/1 410 ILCS 130/7 410 ILCS 130/10 410 ILCS 130/25 410 ILCS 130/30 410 ILCS 130/35 410 ILCS 130/36 410 ILCS 130/40 410 ILCS 130/45 410 ILCS 130/55 410 ILCS 130/57 410 ILCS 130/60 410 ILCS 130/62 410 ILCS 130/75 410 ILCS 130/105 410 ILCS 130/115 410 ILCS 130/130 410 ILCS 130/145 410 ILCS 130/160 410 ILCS 130/173 new 410 ILCS 130/195 410 ILCS 130/200 410 ILCS 130/135 rep. 410 ILCS 130/220 rep. 625 ILCS 5/2-118.2 625 ILCS 5/6-206.1 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 6-206.1 625 ILCS 5/11-501 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 11-501 625 ILCS 5/11-501.9 720 ILCS 550/5.3 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Nurse Practice Act and the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987. Provides that violating the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act is grounds for disciplinary action under the Acts. Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act. Removes the word "Pilot" from the Act's short title and the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program. Makes conforming changes throughout the Act and statutes. Replaces the defined term "bona fide physician-patient relationship" with "bona fide health care professional-relationship" and makes conforming changes throughout the Act. Provides that specified maladies are debilitating medical conditions. Refers to certifying health care professionals (rather than physicians) throughout the Act. Provides that a certifying health care professional may not engage in fee splitting as prohibited under the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Provides that nothing in the Act shall preclude a certifying health care professional from referring a patient for health services, including certification, under the Act. Provides that a qualifying patient under the age of 18 shall not be prohibited from having up to 3 (instead of 2) designated caregivers. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall establish procedures to permit qualified veterans to participate in the Opioid Alternative Pilot Program. Provides that any Department-approved quantity waiver process must be made available to qualified veterans. Requires the Department to provide for immediate changes to a registered qualifying patient's designated registered dispensing organization. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall adopt rules permitting returns, and potential refunds, for damaged or inadequate products. Allows the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to issue nondisciplinary citations for minor violations which may be accompanied by a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 per violation and shall contain specified information. Provides that if the licensee does not dispute the matter in the citation with the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation within 30 days after the citation is served, then the citation shall become final and shall not be subject to appeal. Repeals a provision concerning changing a designated dispensing organization. Repeals a provision repealing the Act on July 1, 2020. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adds reference to: 55 ILCS 5/5-1006.8 Provides that if and only if House Bill 1438 becomes law, then the Counties Code is amended. Provides that County Cannabis Retailers' Occupation Tax may not exceed: (i) 3.75% of the gross receipts of sales made in unincorporated areas of the county; and (ii) 3% of the gross receipts of sales made in a municipality located in the county (removing provisions limiting to 0.75% of the gross receipts of sales made in a municipality located in a non-home rule county and 3% of gross sales receipts made in a municipality located in a home rule county). Effective immediately or on the date House Bill 1438 takes effect, whichever is later.

Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Removes language requiring the Department of Human Services to maintain a disability services database and instead requires the Department of Human Services to compile and maintain a Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services (PUNS) database of Illinois residents with an intellectual disability or a developmental disability, including an autism spectrum disorder, and Illinois residents with an intellectual disability or a developmental disability who are also diagnosed with a physical disability or mental illness and are in need of disability services funded by the Department. Provides that the PUNS database shall be used to foster a fair and orderly process for: (i) processing applications for services funded by the Department, (ii) verifying information, (iii) keeping individuals and families who have applied for services informed of available services and anticipated wait times, (iv) determining unmet need, and (v) informing the General Assembly and the Governor of unmet need statewide and within each representative district. Requires the Secretary of Human Services to seek input from specified advisory bodies and committees with regard to the establishment, maintenance, and administration of PUNS. Contains provisions concerning the type of information to be collected and maintained for PUNS; the Department's development of a web-based verification and information-update application; notice of services to individuals listed in the PUNS database; and other matters. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with provisions similar to the introduced bill, but with the following changes: Provides that individuals who are receiving services under any home and community-based services waiver program authorized under the Social Security Act may remain on the Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services (PUNS) database until they are offered services through a PUNS selection or demonstrate the need for and are awarded alternative services. Requires the Department of Human Services to make all reasonable efforts to contact individuals on the PUNS database at least 2 times each year and provide certain information about the PUNS process, available services, and advice on preparing for and seeking developmental disability services (rather than requiring the Department to ensure that individuals in PUNS are contacted regarding their PUNS status and available services at least 2 times each year via e-mail or letter, based on the delivery preference of the individual). Provides that at least one of the contacts must be from an independent service coordination agency. Permits the Department to contact individuals on the PUNS database through a newsletter prepared by the Division of Developmental Disabilities. Requires the Department to provide information about PUNS to the public on its website. Makes some technical changes. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Human Services to promote the availability of the Child Care Assistance Program. Provides that the target audience for the Department's promotion efforts must include all families with children under age 13, families eligible for child care assistance, and child care providers. Requires the Department to adopt any rules necessary to implement the provision. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 305 ILCS 5/9A-11 Adds reference to: 20 ILCS 2205/2205-30 30 ILCS 500/20-25.1 new 205 ILCS 5/48.1 from Ch. 17, par. 360 205 ILCS 205/4013 from Ch. 17, par. 7304-13 205 ILCS 305/10 from Ch. 17, par. 4411 215 ILCS 106/7 215 ILCS 170/7 305 ILCS 5/5-4.1 from Ch. 23, par. 5-4.1 305 ILCS 5/5-5 from Ch. 23, par. 5-5 305 ILCS 5/5-5.07 305 ILCS 5/5-5.10 new 305 ILCS 5/5-5f 305 ILCS 5/5-30.1 305 ILCS 5/5-30.12 new 305 ILCS 5/5A-4 from Ch. 23, par. 5A-4 305 ILCS 5/11-5.1 305 ILCS 5/11-5.3 305 ILCS 5/11-5.4 305 ILCS 5/12-4.42 305 ILCS 5/14-13 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Permits the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to require medical assistance recipients to pay a federally approved co-payment for services (rather than prohibiting co-payments for medical assistance services and generic drugs). Removes a provision requiring the Department to authorize nutritionists and certified diabetes educators to counsel senior diabetes patients at the patient's home. Requires the Department to confer with stakeholders to discuss the development of alternative value-based payment models that move away from fee-for-service and reward health outcomes and improved quality and provide flexibility in how providers meet the needs of the individuals they serve. Requires the Department to meet with mental health providers and other specified persons no later than July 1, 2019 to discuss the development of value-based payment models. Contains provisions concerning an extended period for claims submissions outside the standard filing requirements; a dispute resolution process; annual publications on the Department's website of each Medicaid managed care organization's (MCO's) calculated medical loss ratios; a MCO's liability effective date; updated provider directories from MCOs; operational guidelines to enhance and improve operation performance of the State's Medicaid managed care program; and health care information released to managed care organizations. Contains provisions concerning managed care claim rejection and denial management; pay stub information to verify eligibility for medical assistance; other acceptable information to verify continued eligibility for medical assistance; a review of the Medicaid redetermination process in order to identify changes that can increase the use of ex parte redetermination processing; reporting requirements; and audits for the State's Integrated Eligibility System; provisional eligibility for Medicaid long-term care services. Removes a provision concerning third party liability recoveries. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to implement, by October 1, 2019, a methodology effective for dates of service July 1, 2019 and later to reimburse hospitals for inpatient stays extended beyond medical necessity. Makes other changes. Amends the Department of Healthcare and Family Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Extends the completion date for a study the Department of Healthcare and Family Services must complete on long-term care trends and other matters. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Requires the Chief Procurement Officer to work with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to identify an appropriate method of source selection to execute a contract for technology that will analyze claim denials in the Medicaid managed care program. Amends the Illinois Banking Act and the Illinois Credit Union Act. Makes changes to provisions concerning the furnishing of financial records by a bank or credit union to determine a person's eligibility or continued eligibility for Medicaid long-term care benefits. Amends the Children's Health Insurance Program Act and the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act. Adds provisions concerning pay stubs and other acceptable information to determine a person's eligibility for the benefits provided under those Acts. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 205 ILCS 5/48.1 205 ILCS 205/4013 205 ILCS 305/10 Adds reference to: 305 ILCS 5/5-30.11 new Removes changes made to the Illinois Banking Act, the Savings Bank Act, and the Illinois Credit Union Act. Further amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires each Medicaid managed care health plan to submit a report to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services by March 1, 2020, and every March 1 thereafter, that includes certain information, including: (i) the amount of money the Medicaid managed care health plan has spent with Business Enterprise Program certified businesses; (ii) the amount of money the Medicaid managed care health plan has spent with minority-owned and women-owned businesses that are certified by other agencies or private organizations; and (iii) the point of contact for potential vendors seeking to do business with the Medicaid managed care health plan. Requires the Department to publish and maintain each report on its website for 5 years. Requires the Department to conduct 2 annual public workshops in May 2020 and every May thereafter to discuss the submitted Medicaid managed care health plans and to seek to connect vendors with the Medicaid managed care health plans. Provides that each Medicaid managed care health plan shall participate in the workshops and that the workshops shall be open to vendor communities.