Sen. Mattie Hunter

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 relating to the offense of disorderly conduct at a funeral or memorial service. Increases the time that a specified place can be considered a "funeral site" from 30 minutes before and after a funeral to one hour before and after. Increases the distance from which the conduct at the funeral or memorial service is prohibited from 300 feet to 1,000 feet of any ingress or egress of the funeral site. Effective immediately.

Amends the Executive Reorganization Implementation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Appropriates specified amounts from the General Revenue Fund, the Illinois Affordable Housing Trust Fund, the Health and Human Services Medicaid Trust Fund, and the Assistance to the Homeless Fund to the Department of Human Services for grants to family and community services and mental health programs. Appropriates specified amounts from the Rental Housing Support Program Fund and the Illinois Affordable Housing Trust Fund to the Department of Revenue for various purposes. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Open Land Trust Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the legislative policy of the Act.

Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning county clerks' fees.

Appropriates $12,186,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Public School Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago for the State's contribution for retirement contributions under a specified provision of the Chicago Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016. Effective July 1, 2016.

Amends the ID/DD Community Care Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to provide medical assistance coverage for diabetes education provided by a certified diabetes education provider for children with Type 1 diabetes who are under the age of 18. Defines "certified diabetes education provider" to mean a professional who has undergone training and certification under conditions approved by the American Association of Diabetes Educators or a successor association of professionals. Defines "Type 1 diabetes" to have the same meaning ascribed to it by the American Diabetes Association or any successor association. Requires the Department to establish a 2-year countywide Medicaid Pilot Program for Diabetes Self-Management Training that covers consultation sessions on blood glucose monitoring, dietary restrictions and options, lifestyle modification, family and community support roles, early appropriate insulin or other medication initiation and administration, and awareness of specific disease-related conditions including hypoglycemia. Contains provisions concerning a reimbursement formula; required competencies for diabetes educators; education standards for diabetes educators; work experience; continuing education; and reporting requirements. Effective January 1, 2016.

Amends the Chicago Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that the Chicago Board of Education shall levy a property tax annually at a rate that will produce an amount equal to the amount of member contributions to the Fund during the fiscal year 2 years prior to the year for which the tax is levied, subject to a maximum rate of .26%. Provides that the Board of Education shall use the proceeds of the tax for the purpose of making employer contributions to the Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund. Effective immediately.