Sen. Mattie Hunter

Amends the State Finance Act. Provides for the transfer of moneys in specified amounts for deposit into the Audit Expense Fund. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 30 ILCS 105/6z-27 Adds reference to: 30 ILCS 105/1.1 from Ch. 127, par. 137.1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the State Finance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 30 ILCS 105/6z-27 Adds reference to: 20 ILCS 5015/15 30 ILCS 105/12-2 from Ch. 127, par. 148-2 30 ILCS 500/1-13 30 ILCS 500/1-15.93 30 ILCS 500/15-25 30 ILCS 500/20-20 30 ILCS 500/20-30 30 ILCS 500/25-90 30 ILCS 500/30-30 30 ILCS 500/33-5 30 ILCS 500/33-50 30 ILCS 500/50-35 30 ILCS 500/55-25 30 ILCS 537/5 30 ILCS 537/10 30 ILCS 537/90 30 ILCS 575/2 30 ILCS 575/4 from Ch. 127, par. 132.604 30 ILCS 595/10 30 ILCS 595/30 30 ILCS 595/15 rep. 30 ILCS 595/20 rep. 30 ILCS 595/25 rep. 30 ILCS 605/6.02 from Ch. 127, par. 133b9.2 720 ILCS 5/33E-9 from Ch. 38, par. 33E-9 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Commission to End Hunger Act. Deletes a provision requiring the Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Council to designate an ex officio member of the Commission to End Hunger. Amends the State Finance Act. Requires the Travel Regulation Control Council and the Higher Education Travel Control Board to amend their existing reimbursement rules for public institutions of higher education. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Exempts certain expenditures from the requirements of the Code. Changes notice and other requirements for emergency contract extensions. Increases the small purchase limit for construction contracts from $100,000 to $250,000. Authorizes State agencies and public institutions of higher education to purchase StateRAMP-certified cybersecurity products. Authorizes public institutions of higher education to use single-prime procurement for the award of certain construction contracts. Sets forth requirements for those procurements. Provides that specified members of the State Procurement Task Force shall serve as co-chairs of the task force (now, the Chairperson of the Commission on Equity and Inclusion serves as the chairperson). Requires the Procurement Policy Board (rather than the Department of Central Management Services) to provide administrative and other support to the task force. Requires the task force to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly by February 1, 2023 (rather than November 1, 2022). Amends the Design-Build Procurement Act. Authorizes a public institution of higher education to be recognized as a State construction agency for purposes of the Act. Specifies that the Act is repealed January 1, 2026 (rather than January 1, 2027). Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act. Authorizes an entity that qualifies as a business for purposes of the Act to have gross sales of up to $150 million (rather than $75 million). Adds provisions authorizing firms to cure deficiencies in their utilization plans. Amends the Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Act. Repeals provisions concerning the Food, Farms, and Jobs Council. Amends the State Property Control Act. Specifies that an item is of nominal value, for purposes of the Act, if it has a value of less than $2,500 (rather than $1,000). Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Changes the thresholds at which the Code's change-order-related requirements apply. Makes other changes. Effective January 1, 2023.

Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the State Appellate Defender for its FY 22 ordinary and contingent expenses. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends Public Act 102-698 by adding appropriations to the Department of Employment Security for specified purposes. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a public adjuster shall ensure that a contract between a public adjuster and insured contains the email address of the public adjuster. Provides that a public adjuster shall provide the insurer with an exact copy of the contract with the insured by email within 2 business days after execution of the contract. Provides that a public adjuster shall not provide services until a written contract with the insured has been executed and an exact copy of the contract has been provided to the insurer. Provides that, at the option of an insured, any contract between a public adjuster and the insured shall be voidable for 5 business days after the copy of the contract has been received by the insurer. Provides that the insured may void the contract by notifying the public adjuster in writing by sending an email to the email address shown on the contract. Repeals the Public Insurance Adjusters and Registered Firms Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 215 ILCS 5/1510 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. In provisions concerning a contract between public adjuster and insured, provides that a public adjuster may also provide an exact copy of the contract to the insurer's authorized representative for receiving notice of loss or damage in specified circumstances. Provides that a public adjuster may provide emergency services before a written contract with the insured has been executed. Provides that at the option of the insured, any written public adjuster contract shall be voidable for 5 business days after the copy has been received by the insurer, except as provided in the Fire Damage Representation Agreement Act. Defines "adjusting insurance claims" and "compensation". Changes a definition of "public adjuster". Removes a definition of "adjusting a claim for loss or damage covered by an insurance contract". Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 215 ILCS 5/1510 215 ILCS 5/1575 215 ILCS 5/Art. XXXI.75 rep. Adds reference to: 5 ILCS 100/5-45.35 new 20 ILCS 3960/8.9a new 210 ILCS 45/3-202.05 210 ILCS 49/1-102 210 ILCS 85/3 225 ILCS 6/30 225 ILCS 6/35 225 ILCS 6/150 225 ILCS 100/18.1 new 305 ILCS 5/5-5.2 from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.2 305 ILCS 5/5-5.7b 305 ILCS 5/5B-2 from Ch. 23, par. 5B-2 305 ILCS 66/20-10 305 ILCS 66/20-20 725 ILCS 5/104-17 from Ch. 38, par. 104-17 725 ILCS 5/104-23 from Ch. 38, par. 104-23 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that, on and after January 1, 2023, "hospital" includes rural emergency hospitals, as defined under specified federal provisions. Allows the Department of Public Health to adopt emergency rules and makes a conforming change in the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Provides that any party that has previously received approval by the Health Facilities and Services Review Board to re-establish a previously discontinued general acute care hospital in accordance with a specified provision of the Act shall have the automatic right to extend the project completion date listed by the party in the party's certificate of exemption application by providing notice to the Board of the new project completion date. Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that beginning January 1, 2025, monetary penalties shall be imposed on facilities subject to the Act for non-compliance with certain staffing ratio requirements. Amends the Behavior Analyst Licensing Act. Provides that a person qualifies to be licensed as a behavior analyst or an assistant behavior analyst if that person is a graduate of a graduate level program in the field of behavior analysis or a related field with an equivalent course of study in behavior analysis (rather than just the field of behavior analysis). Provides that notwithstanding the provisions providing that the Act does not prohibit an individual from implementing a behavior analytic treatment plan under the extended authority, direction, and supervision of a licensed behavior analyst or licensed assistant behavior analyst, no business organization shall provide, attempt to provide, or offer to provide behavior analysis services unless every individual who holds an ownership interest holds a currently valid licensed issued under the Act. Amends the Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. Provides a one-time fee waiver for Fiscal Year 2023. Provides that no individual may benefit from such waiver more than once. Provides that if an individual has already paid a fee for Fiscal Year 2023, then the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall apply the moneys to the next required fee. Amends the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013. Excludes from the definition of "consumer" individuals who are subject to a court order requiring placement in secure inpatient care in the custody of the Department of Human Services. Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that by December 31, 2022, the Department Healthcare and Family Services shall obtain appropriate documentation from Qualifying Ground Ambulance Service Providers to ascertain an accurate count of the number of licensed vehicles available to serve enrollees in the State's medical assistance programs. Provides that by February 28, 2023, Qualifying Ground Ambulance Service Providers shall be initially notified of their eligible award. Provides that after March 31, 2024, any unobligated funds shall be reallocated pro rata to the remaining Qualifying Ground Ambulance Service Providers that are able to prove up eligible expenses in excess of their initial award amount until all such appropriated funds are exhausted. Makes changes in a provision on funds awarded for a COVID-19 response support initiative. Makes changes concerning the Medicaid Access Adjustment for nursing facilities. Amends the Long-Term Care Provider Funding Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that, subject to federal approval, a $7 occupied bed day assessment shall be imposed on any nursing facility owned and operated by a county government. Amends the Rebuild Illinois Mental Health Workforce Act. In provisions concerning Medicaid funding for community mental health services, provides that, subject to federal approval, a one-time directed payment must be made in calendar year 2023 for community mental health services provided by community mental health providers. Requires the one-time directed payment to be for an amount appropriated for these purposes and to be for services for Integrated Assessment and Treatment Planning and other intensive services, including, but not limited to, services for Mobile Crisis Response, crisis intervention, medication monitoring, and group services. Provides that no base Medicaid rate payment or any other payment for the provision of Medicaid community mental health services in place on January 1, 2023 shall be diminished or changed to make the required reimbursement changes required under the Act. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Contains provisions concerning court orders for inpatient treatment for defendants with a mental disability. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Provides that the amounts and services used for designing and distributing one-time directed payments shall not be construed to require any future rate or funding increases for the same or other mental health services. Removes group services from specified intensive services for which a one-time directed payment shall be made.

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.

Resolves that the Secretary shall prepare each day an exact transcript of the Journal and furnish it to the Legislative Printing Unit, which shall print copies of the Journal.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Repeals the statute creating the offense of criminal transmission of HIV. Makes conforming changes in the AIDS Confidentiality Act, the Illinois Sexually Transmissible Disease Control Act, the Illinois Vehicle Code, the Criminal Code of 2012, and the Unified Code of Corrections. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Youthbuild Act. In language providing that the Secretary of Human Services shall make grants to applicants for the purpose of carrying out approved Youthbuild programs, deletes language providing that the grantmaking is subject to appropriation. Effective July 1, 2021.

Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act. Modifies the percentages of the total dollar amount of State contracts required to be established as an aspirational goal to be awarded to businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities. Requires the Department of Central Management Services to by rule further establish committed diversity aspirational goals (currently, numbers) for State contracts awarded to businesses owned by minorities, women, and persons with disabilities. Makes conforming changes.

Amends the Election Code. Makes changes to identification requirements for certain applications with the Secretary of State to serve as a dual-purpose application (to allow the applicant to register to vote or change the applicant's registered residence address or name as it appears on voter registration rolls). Provides that if an applicant provides the Secretary of State with an identification document demonstrating a lack of United States citizenship, the application shall not serve as a dual-purpose application. Provides that an agency that does not collect or cross-references reliable personal information indicating citizenship status may enter into an agreement with the State Board of Elections to transmit information that shall serve only to update an applicant's existing voter registration record. Allows the agency to transmit information on all clients who may be registered to vote with a clear indication that the information shall be used only for updates. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to, as permitted by applicable federal law, implement an automatic voter registration system for applicants for Illinois Medicaid no later than July 1, 2023. Makes other and conforming changes throughout the Code and in the Illinois Vehicle Code. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that capitation rates established by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services for managed care organizations shall be reduced by 20% for the duration of a disaster proclamation, and any subsequent disaster proclamation, issued by the Governor in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency. Requires the Department to reduce future capitation payments to managed care organizations on a prorated basis to reflect any amounts paid by the Department before the effective date of the amendatory Act that were in excess of the lower capitation rates authorized by the amendatory Act. Provides that the amendatory Act applies to capitation rates in effect during a disaster period established by the Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamation issued by the Governor on March 9, 2020 concerning the COVID-19 public health emergency and any subsequent Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamation issued by the Governor in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency. Effective immediately.