Sen. William E. Brady

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Provides that if the Department of Labor ascertains the prevailing rate of wages for a public body, the public body may satisfy the Act's notice by newspaper publication and mail requirements by posting on the public body's website a hyperlink to the prevailing wage schedule that is published on the official website of the Department of Labor. Effective immediately.

Creates the Encouraging Small Business Lending Tax Credit Act. Contains only a short title provision.

Amends the Epinephrine Auto-Injector Act. Provides that when an employee or agent of an authorized entity or other individual who has completed specified anaphylaxis training administers an epinephrine auto-injector in good faith, the authorized agency, and its employees and agents, including a physician, physician's assistant with prescriptive authority, or advanced practice registered nurse with prescriptive authority who provides a standing order or prescription for an epinephrine auto-injector, incur no civil or professional liability, except for willful and wanton conduct, as a result of any injury or death arising from the use of an epinephrine auto-injector. Provides that a health care professional shall not be subject to civil or professional liability for not providing an epinephrine auto-injector standing order or prescription.

Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Modifies the definition of "public employee" or "employee" to exclude from bargaining unit status any employee of the Department of Human Services who is classified as or who holds the position of Public Service Administrator or Executive 2.

Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Makes appropriations and reappropriations for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017. Effective July 1, 2017.

Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.

Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that any contract entered into between a specified State agency and a contractor for the provision of professional or technical services in excess of $100,000 shall require a contractor to use software to verify that hours billed for work under the contract for services performed on a computer are legitimate. Provides that the contract shall specify that the State agency will not pay for hours worked on a computer, unless those hours are verifiable by the software or by data collected by the software. Provides for the required functions of the software to be used. Requires a contractor to store data collected by the software for 7 years, and to retrieve and make available that data to a State agency upon request. Provides that a contractor shall not charge the State agency, or an auditor of the agency, for access to or use of the work verification software, or for access to or retrievals of data collected by the software. Provides that these provisions shall apply to all applicable contracts entered into on and after the effective date of this amendatory Act.

Proclaims May of 2017 as Historic Preservation Month in the State of Illinois.