Sen. Melinda Bush

Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Provides that a pharmacist or his or her authorized employee must disclose to the consumer at the point of sale the current pharmacy retail price for each prescription medication the consumer intends to purchase. If the consumer's cost-sharing amount for a prescription exceeds the current pharmacy retail price, the pharmacist or his or her authorized employee must disclose to the consumer that the pharmacy retail price is less than the patient's cost-sharing amount. Defines terms. Effective immediately.

Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Provides that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a licensed pharmacist may dispense birth control in accordance with written, standardized procedures or protocols developed by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation with the Department of Public Health and the Department of Human Services if the procedures or protocols are filed at the pharmacy before implementation and are available to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation upon request. Requires a pharmacist to complete a training program approved by the Department of Human Services before dispensing birth control. Defines birth control.

Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall require each licensee to complete sexual harassment prevention training provided by the licensee's employer, the Department of Human Rights, or any continuing education provider authorized to provide continuing education under an Act administered by the Department in accordance of the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that the training shall be completed, at a minimum, prior to a licensee's renewal of his or her license. Provides that the Department shall not refuse to renew a license if a license does not complete the training requirements. Effective immediately.

Amends the State Police Act. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall pay directly (rather than directly or reimburse), up to a maximum of $20,000, the burial expenses of each State police officer who is killed in the line of duty. Provides that the payment shall be made to the widow or widower, other dependent, next of kin, or the person or persons incurring the expenses of the burial. Effective immediately.

Creates the Civil Remedies for Nonconsensual Dissemination of Altered Sexual Images Act. Provides that a depicted individual has a cause of action against a person who: creates and intentionally discloses sexually explicit material and the person knows or reasonably should have known the depicted individual in the material did not consent to its creation or disclosure; or intentionally discloses sexually explicit material that the person did not create and the person knows the depicted individual in that material did not consent to the creation of the sexually explicit material. Provides exceptions. Provides that a disclaimer in the sexually explicit material that communicates that the inclusion of the depicted individual was unauthorized or the depicted individual did not participate in the creation or development of the material is not a defense. Provides remedies. Provides that an action shall be commenced no later than 3 years from the date the unauthorized creation, development, or disclosure was discovered or should have been discovered.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Repeals a Section providing authority to use automated traffic law enforcement systems at intersections in which cameras are used to photograph or video record a motor vehicle's failure to stop and yield as required by traffic control signals. Imposes limits on the power of local governments to use automated traffic law enforcement systems to provide recorded images of a motor vehicle for the purpose of recording its speed. Denies home rule powers. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement from the State. Makes conforming and other technical changes.

Creates the Short-Term Rental Operators' Occupation Tax Act. Imposes a tax upon persons engaged in the business of short-term rental at the rate of 5% of 94% of the gross rental receipts from such renting, leasing or letting. Imposes an additional tax at the rate of 1% of 94% of the gross rental receipts from such renting, leasing or letting. Provides that operators of short-term rentals shall obtain a business license from the Department of Revenue. Effective October 1, 2020.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a workgroup convened by the Department of Insurance and the Department of Healthcare and Family services shall provide recommendations to the General Assembly on health plan data reporting requirements that separately break out data on mental, emotional, nervous, or substance use disorder or condition benefits and data on other medical benefits no later than June 30, 2020 (rather than December 31, 2019). Effective immediately.

Amends the Article of the Illinois Human Rights Act regarding procedures for the Department of Human Rights under Articles related to employment, financial credit, public accommodations, education, and additional civil rights violations. Deletes language providing that the Department shall conduct a fact finding conference, unless prior to 365 days after the date on which the charge was filed the Director of Human Rights has determined whether there is substantial evidence that the alleged civil rights violation has been committed, the charge has been dismissed for lack of jurisdiction, or the parties voluntarily and in writing agree to waive the fact finding conference. Provides instead that the Department may conduct a fact finding conference.

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish reimbursement rates that build toward livable wages for front-line personnel in residential and day programs and service coordination agencies serving persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Provides that the Department shall increase rates and reimbursements so that by July 1, 2020 direct support persons wages shall be increased by $2 per hour, and so that other front-line personnel earn a commensurate wage. Requires the Department to increase rates and reimbursements in effect on January 1, 2020 for community-based providers for persons with developmental disabilities in order to fund, at a minimum, a $2 per hour wage increase. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that for facilities ID/DD facilities and MC/DD facilities, the rates taking effect within 30 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act shall include an increase sufficient to provide a $2 per hour wage increase for non-executive front-line personnel, including, but not limited to, other specified staff and support personnel. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to increase the rates for ID/DD facilities and MC/DD facilities taking effect for services delivered on or after January 1, 2020 to provide a minimum $2 per hour wage increase over the wages in effect on December 30, 2019. Requires the Department to increase rates and reimbursements in effect on January 1, 2020 for community-based providers for persons with developmental disabilities in order to fund a minimum $2 per hour wage increase. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Provides that the Departments of Human Services and Healthcare and Family Services may adopt emergency rules. Effective immediately.