Sen. Mattie Hunter

Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that to protect a resident's funds, a facility shall place any monthly allowance to which a resident is entitled in that resident's personal account, or give it to the resident, unless the facility has written authorization from the resident or the resident's guardian (now, the resident or the resident's guardian or if the resident is a minor, his parent) to handle it differently. Effective immediately.

Creates the No Representation Without Population Act. Provides that the Illinois Department of Corrections shall collect and maintain an electronic record of the legal residence, outside of the facility, and other demographic data, for any person entering its custody after January 1, 2014. Provides that the record shall contain, at a minimum, the last known complete street address prior to incarceration, the person's race, whether the person is of Hispanic or Latino origin, and whether the person is age 18 or older. Contains provisions concerning reports, federal facilities, the Data Collection and Reporting Advisory Council, and State and federal aid. Requires the Secretary of State to prepare redistricting population data to reflect incarcerated persons at their residential address. Provides that this data shall be the basis of the Legislative and Representative Districts created under the Illinois Constitution and all local governement districts that are based on population. Contains a severability clause.

Amends the Financial Reporting Standards Board Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State may issue Blue Star Banner plates to residents of Illinois that have a spouse, parent, sibling, or child actively serving in the United States Armed Forces.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Deletes language that provides that moneys in the Insurance Financial Regulation Fund may be transferred to the Professions Indirect Cost Fund, as authorized under the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.

Mourns the death of Pearline Ruby Cunigan.

Mourns the death of Julian Daggett of Chicago.

Mourns the death of Tyrone Lawyer Kindle of Plymouth, Minnesota.

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that moneys appropriated to the Department of Human Services shall be used by the Department to contract with counties or qualified programs to reimburse the counties and qualified programs for services delivered under the Offender Initiative Program and the Second Chance Probation Program. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall retain 5% of the appropriation for the costs associated with administering the services provided by the Department. Provides that expenditure of moneys under this provision is subject to audit by the Auditor General. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall report to the General Assembly by January 1, 2016 and by every following January 1 for as long as the services are available, detailing the impact of existing services, the need for continued services, and any recommendations for changes in services or in the reimbursement for services. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that with respect to employment, it is a civil rights violation for an employer to refuse to provide reasonable accommodations for an employee for conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, if she so requests, with the advice of her health care provider. Provides that the term "reasonable accommodations" means actions which would permit such an employee to perform in a reasonable manner the activities involved in the job or occupation including an accessible worksite, acquisition or modification of equipment, job restructuring, and modified work schedule. Provides that the reasonable accommodations shall be undertaken provided that those actions do not impose an undue hardship on the business, program, or enterprise of the entity from which the actions are requested.