Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall conduct 3 unannounced visits to a facility per quarter to determine bedside care staffing levels. Provides that a facility that does not meet established bedside care staffing levels has committed a type "B" violation and is subject to a fine under the Act. Provides that the Department shall conduct a physical roll call during an inspection. Provides that employee identification cards must belong to the employee with the identification in the employee's possession. The employees present at the facility must match the published shift schedule. Provides that management shall not be considered as part of a shift schedule, unless the manager was added to the schedule no later than the start of the shift or in the case of an emergency and a manager is needed for bedside care. Provides that, for a facility that is not in compliance, the Department may remove the facility operator or assess a fine of no more than $10,000. Provides that an operator of a facility that is not in compliance must submit a plan of correction to the Department which the Department shall consider upon review of the facility's noncompliance. Provides that the Department shall post a notice about ghost schedules on its public Internet website and in common areas of a facility that is not compliant. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the Motor Vehicle Insurance Fairness Act. Provides that no insurer shall refuse to issue or renew a policy of automobile insurance based in whole or in part on specified prohibited underwriting or rating factors. Sets forth factors that are prohibited with respect to underwriting and rating a policy of automobile insurance. Sets forth provisions concerning the use of territorial factors. Provides that every insurer selling a policy of automobile insurance in the State shall demonstrate that its marketing, underwriting, rating, claims handling, fraud investigations, and any algorithm or model used for those business practices do not disparately impact any group of customers based on race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity, or gender expression. Provides that no rate shall be approved or remain in effect that is excessive, inadequate, unfairly discriminatory, or otherwise in violation of the provisions. Provides that every insurer that desires to change any rate shall file a complete rate application with the Director of Insurance. Provides that all information provided to the Director under the provisions shall be available for public inspection. Provides that any person may initiate or intervene in any proceeding permitted or established under the provisions and challenge any action of the Director under the provisions. Provides that the Department of Insurance shall adopt rules. Provides that all insurers subject to the provisions shall be assessed a fee of 0.05% of their total earned premium from the prior calendar year, and that the fee shall be payable to the Department no later than July 1 of each calendar year and shall be used by the Department to implement the provisions.
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that if the minor has multiple delinquency petitions filed against him or her, remaining petitions pending against the minor respondent shall be adjudicated within 120 (rather than 160) days from the date on which a finding relative to the first petition prosecuted is rendered. Restructures the provisions concerning alleged delinquent minors and pretrial detention of alleged delinquent minors.
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that the provision of the Post-Conviction Hearing Article of the Code that a prisoner shows cause by identifying an objective factor that impeded his or her ability to raise a specific claim during his or her initial post-conviction proceedings shall bar a claim under the proportionate penalties clause of the Illinois Constitution brought in a successive post-conviction petition by any person who was convicted of a felony offense committed when that person was under 18 years of age.
Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Increases the fine for a hospital that fails to implement a written staffing plan for nursing services from a fine of up to $500 per occurrence to a fine of up to $5,000 per occurrence. Increases the fine for a hospital that demonstrates a pattern or practice of failing to substantially comply with a plan of correction within 60 days from a fine of up to $500 per occurrence to a fine of up to $10,000 per occurrence. Specifies that the Department of Public Health may revoke or suspend a license under the Act for the second or subsequent time that a hospital demonstrates a pattern or practice of failing to substantially comply with a plan of correction within 60 days (now, the hospital is issued a fine of up to $1,000 per occurrence for such a violation).
Amends the County Shelter Care and Detention Home Act. Provides that the Director of Juvenile Justice may impose a civil penalty of $100,000 for each violation of the minimum standards or instance of noncompliance in the 3 months after the date of the notice from the Department and after a hearing conducted by the Department of Juvenile Justice after providing at least 30 days' notice to the county board or board of county commissioners. Allows for enforcement of the civil penalty in circuit court and for the civil penalty to be deposited into the Redeploy Illinois Program Fund. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Redeploy Illinois Program Fund. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Creates the Juvenile Detention Center Strategic Utilization Task Force to review and study the necessity of juvenile detention centers, complaints that arise out of the county juvenile detention centers in the State of Illinois, and community-based alternatives to juvenile detention. Includes provisions about Task Force membership and duties. Repeals the provisions on January 1, 2026. Provides that, if a county juvenile detention and shelter care facility is not in compliance with the Department of Juvenile Justice's standards after 3 (rather than 6) months have elapsed from the giving of a notice of noncompliance, the Director of Corrections or the Director of Juvenile Justice may petition the appropriate court for an order requiring such facility to comply with the standards established by the Department or for other appropriate relief. Effective immediately.
Amends the Equitable Restrooms Act. Provides that every public restroom open to the public shall include menstrual hygiene products at no cost to the users of that public restroom. Provides that all menstrual hygiene products shall be placed within the public restroom and be openly accessible to users of that public restroom. Provides that the entity providing the public restroom shall be responsible for ordering, stocking, and replenishing the supply of menstrual hygiene products in the public restroom. Provides that the provisions do not apply to mosques, temples, churches, or other places of worship. Includes provisions relating to inspection of public restrooms and rules that the Department of Public Health shall adopt. Provides that a violation of provisions relating to baby changing stations, all-gender single-occupancy restrooms, and menstrual hygiene products is a petty offense with a fine of not more than $100. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. Provides that school boards shall allow all educators to have daily continuous uninterrupted individual classroom planning time. Provides that the planning period shall be equal to one class period but no less than 45 minutes in duration. Provides that this time requirement applies to educators who are in contact with students for 50% or more of their contracted workday. Provides that, during this planning period, educators may not be forced to substitute in other areas of the building or district when another educator is absent or a vacancy exists and may not be forced to attend meetings, trainings, or conferences of any kind. Provides that if an educator chooses to substitute or attend a meeting, training, or conference during their guaranteed planning period of their own free will, the educator shall be compensated at a rate of pay that is negotiated between the local board of education and local association of a state teacher association.
Amends the County Executive Form of Government Division of the Counties Code. Provides that county board members shall receive compensation as fixed by the county board in accordance with the method of compensation selected by the county board. Provides that the compensation shall be set before the general election at which county board members are elected. Allows the county board chair to receive a larger salary than other county board members upon approval of the county board. Provides that county board members and the county board chair may receive, as approved by the county board, travel and expense allowances and stipends.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes changes in provisions concerning supervisors of assessments to include references to county executives. Amends the Community Mental Health Act. Makes changes in provisions concerning community mental health boards to include references to county executives.