Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning regional superintendents of schools.

Amends the Common Interest Community Association Act. Provides that the board shall have the power, after notice and an opportunity to be heard, to (i) place a lien upon the owner's residence in the event the owner has amassed an unpaid assessment totaling $500 or more; and (ii) to begin foreclosure proceedings on property upon which a lien has attached once the owner has amassed an unpaid assessment of $1,000 or more. Provides that nothing in the new provisions prevents the board from levying and collecting fines. Makes a corresponding change in the Code of Civil Procedure.

Amends the Student Online Personal Protection Act. Provides that a national assessment provider may sell or rent a student's information if the provider secures express written consent from the student or the parent or guardian of the student given in response to a clear and conspicuous notice and the information is used solely to provide access to employment, educational scholarships or financial aid, or post-secondary educational opportunities. Provides that an operator may use or disclose covered information of a student, if no information is used for advertising or to amass a profile on the student for purposes other than K through 12 school purposes, for legitimate research purposes as required or allowed by State or federal law and in furtherance of K through 12 school purposes or post-secondary educational purposes (instead of for legitimate research purposes as required or allowed by State or federal law and under the direction of a school, a school district, or the State Board of Education if the information is not used for advertising or to amass a profile on the student for purposes other than for K through 12 school purposes). Effective immediately.

Amends the State Finance Act, the Motor Fuel Tax Law, the Emergency Telephone System Act, the Riverboat Gambling Act, and the Video Gaming Act. Provides that, in the absence of an appropriation for any State fiscal year, moneys that are required to be distributed to units of local government and other entities from the State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund, the Motor Fuel Tax Fund, the State Gaming Fund, the Local Government Video Gaming Distributive Fund, and the Statewide 9-1-1 Fund are subject to a continuing appropriation. Effective immediately.

Amends the Dual Credit Quality Act. Requires a public university or community college, jointly with a high school, to grant dual credit to a student who completes a course under the Illinois Articulation Initiative General Education Core Curriculum package adopted by the public university or community college under the Illinois Articulation Initiative Act. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Repeals a provision providing for the collection of an annual commercial distribution fee on vehicles of the second division weighing more than 8,000 pounds. Makes conforming changes. Effective July 1, 2018.

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall not require any person committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections who is eligible for medical assistance to pay a fee as a co-payment for services.

Amends the Illinois Credit Union Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the fiscal year of credit unions.

Amends the State Treasurer Act. Provides that contributions to an ABLE account during the taxable year may be deducted from adjusted gross income as provided under a specified Section of the Illinois Income Tax Act. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. In a Section concerning base income, provides that the adjusted gross income shall be modified by adding a maximum amount of, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2018, $10,000 contributed in the taxable year to an ABLE account under a specified Section of the State Treasurer Act. Provides for an exemption from a Section concerning the sunset of exemptions, credits, and deductions under the Act. Effective immediately.

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In addition to other specified actions required under the Code, requires a managed care community network that contracts with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to establish, maintain, and provide a fair and reasonable reimbursement rate to pharmacy providers for pharmaceutical services, prescription drugs and drug products, and pharmacy or pharmacist-provided services. Provides that the reimbursement methodology shall not be less than the current reimbursement rate utilized by the Department for prescription and pharmacy or pharmacist-provided services and shall not be below the actual acquisition cost of the pharmacy provider. Requires a managed care community network to ensure that the pharmacy formulary used by the managed care community network and its contract providers is no more restrictive than the Department's pharmaceutical program. Effective January 1, 2018.