Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson

Amends the Medical Patient Rights Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act.

Designates April 9, 2014 as Pay Equity Day in the State of Illinois.

Amends the Use Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to establish a pilot program in which public high school students who are credit deficient or in need of a non-traditional education are provided an online alternative to earning a high school diploma while still enrolled in their public high school. Provides that the pilot program shall allow eligible high school students to take online courses provided by an online career education program and taught by teachers certified by the online career education program while those students are attending their public high school, which shall allow a student to earn enough credits to graduate from his or her high school or to receive a high school diploma and career certificate from the online career education program. Requires the State Board to choose 5 public high schools to participate in the pilot program and develop a plan for online career education programs participating in the pilot program. Sets forth classifications of career educational programming that the plan must address, and requires the plan to evaluate whether a student's education can be better addressed through an Internet-based delivery of education that meets certain requirements. Provides for a report to the General Assembly and rulemaking. Effective immediately.

Creates the Business Jumpstart Act. Provides only a short title.

Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to conduct a study regarding credit and background checks conducted by public and private employers. Provides that the purpose of the study is to determine what, if any, impact unpaid child support information has on an individual's ability to be considered, interviewed, and hired by an employer. Sets forth the focus of the study. Provides that the study may include data related to the prevalence of information regarding unpaid child support on standard employer credit and background checks, the prevalence of criminal versus civil judgments on standard employer credit and background checks, and the number of employers who utilize this information when screening applicants for employment. Requires the Department to report the results of the study to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before May 1, 2016. Effective January 1, 2015.

Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Requires the Inspector General for the Department of Human Services to report to the Department of Public Health's health care worker registry the identity and finding of each employee of a facility or agency against whom there is a final investigative report containing a substantiated allegation of physical or sexual abuse, financial exploitation, or egregious neglect of an individual (rather than physical or sexual abuse or egregious neglect of an individual). Effective immediately.

Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that the term "employment" does not include the delivery or distribution of newspapers or shopping news to the consumer, rather than to the ultimate consumer. Deletes provisions relating to delivery to the ultimate consumer. Effective immediately.

Mourns the death of Isabelle Rose Martin.