Sen. Pat McGuire

Mourns the death of William J. Ardaugh of Manhattan, Illinois.

Amends the Open Access to Research Articles Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Prompt Payment Act. Provides that utility services provided to the State by a unit of local government are subject to the provisions of the Act. Effective immediately.

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision concerning access to psychiatric mental health services via telepsychiatry, provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall not require that a physician or other licensed health care professional be physically present in the same room as the patient for the entire time during which the patient is receiving telepsychiatry services. Provides that the Department shall not require that a physician or other licensed healthcare professional be physically present in the same room as the patient for the entire time during which the patient is receiving telemedicine services. Defines "telemedicine" as the use of a telecommunication system to provide medical services for the purpose of evaluation and treatment when the patient is at one location and the rendering provider is at another location.

Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes structural changes concerning homestead exemptions by creating separate divisions for homestead exemptions in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants and counties with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants. Effective January 1, 2019.

Mourns the death of Clifford Hamilton.

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the portion of a site or facility that receives, separates, stores, and converts post-use polymers into crude oil, fuels, or other raw materials or intermediate or final products or feedstocks using a pyrolysis or gasification process and is regulated under the State's air, water, and waste regulations applicable to manufacturing facilities is not a pollution control facility under the Act. Provides that the definition of "waste" does not include post-use polymers or nonrecycled feedstocks processed through pyrolysis or gasification. Makes changes to the definition for "municipal waste incineration" in provisions concerning municipal waste incineration emission standards. Defines terms. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Mourns the death of Stephen F. Corrao of Joliet.

Amends the Downstate Public Transportation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes changes concerning the notice of tax sale and redemption rights and the notice of expiration of period of redemption to provide that certain information must appear in bold type. Provides that the notice of expiration of period of redemption shall also be served by conspicuously and securely posting the notice on or immediately adjacent to a principal entry door to the property. Provides that certain notices must also be sent by first class mail. Effective immediately.