Honors and thanks State Representative Frances Ann Hurley for her years of dedicated service. Wishes her the best on her future success.
Sen. Lakesia Collins
Sponsored bills
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that beginning January 1, 2024 and each year thereafter, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall receive and consider applications for grant assistance for those intending or already in a psychiatric residency program. Sets forth requirements to receive a grant. Provides for rulemaking. Effective immediately.
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. In the Abused, Neglected, or Dependent Minors Article of the Act, provides that the court's finding that there is probable cause that the minor is abused or neglected cannot be based solely on domestic violence against the parent, guardian, or custodian, even if the domestic violence occurred in the presence of the minor. Provides that any probable cause determination must be supported by a factual basis that is unrelated to domestic violence against a parent, guardian, or custodian and that is sufficient to independently support a finding of probable cause of abuse or neglect under the Act. Provides that an environment is injurious if conditions in the child's environment create a real, significant and imminent likelihood of moderate to severe harm to the child's health, well-being, or welfare and the parent or caretaker blatantly disregarded his or her parental responsibility to prevent or mitigate such harm. Provides that in making a custody determination, the court shall presume that it is consistent with the health, safety, and best interests of the minor to remain in the custody of a parent, guardian, or custodian who experienced domestic violence, unless the court has determined that the parent, guardian, or custodian who experienced domestic violence has committed acts or omissions unrelated to domestic violence against that parent, guardian, or custodian that is sufficient to independently support a determination of abuse or neglect under the Act. Defines "domestic violence".
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions concerning the child care assistance program, provides that beginning in State Fiscal Year 2024, the specified income threshold shall be no less than 250% of the then-current federal poverty level for each family size, with an annual increase of 25% each fiscal year thereafter until income eligibility hits 400% of the then-current federal poverty level for each family size or before State Fiscal Year 2030, whichever comes first. Effective July 1, 2023.
Amends the Arsonist Registration Act, the Sex Offender Registration Act, and the Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act. Provides that a person required to register under the Act may change her or his name if the change is due to marriage, religious beliefs, status as a victim of trafficking or gender-related identity as defined by the Illinois Human Rights Act. Requires the person to report the name change within 10 days to the law enforcement agency with whom they last registered. Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides further requirements for when name changes may and may not be granted. Provides that a petition for this change shall be a statewide, standardized form approved by the Illinois Supreme Court and include a warning about when a name change may be charged as a felony. Provides when an objection to the name change may be filed. Deletes notice by publication language. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 735 ILCS 5/21-103 rep. Adds reference to: 735 ILCS 5/21-103 from Ch. 110, par. 21-103 Deletes a provision concerning objections relating to specificity, timing, filing, and form. Provides that a person who has been convicted of a felony offense in this State or any other state and whose sentence has not been terminated, completed, or discharged is not permitted to file a petition for a name change in the courts of this State unless that person is pardoned for the offense. Adds "name" to two section headings to reflect the duty to report a legal name change. Provides that certain objections shall be served upon the petitioner. Replaces a repeal of a provision concerning notice by publication with a change to the provision providing that the court may issue an order directing that the notice and publication requirement be waived for a change of name involving a person who files with the court a statement verified under oath that the person believes that publishing notice of the name change would be a hardship, including but not limited to, a negative impact on the person's health or safety. Provides that in a case where waiver of the notice and publication requirement is sought, the petition for waiver will be presumed granted and heard at the same hearing as the petition for name change. Provides that the court retains discretion to determine whether a hardship is shown and may order the petitioner to publish thereafter.
Amends the Counties Code. Changes the Rental Housing Support Program State surcharge a county recorder must collect on each real-estate related document from $9 to $18. Increases the fee a county may charge for recording documents. Makes conforming changes. Amends the Rental Housing Support Program Act. Provides that annual receipts distributed under the Rental Housing Support Program shall be distributed with priority to local administering agencies from the county in which the annual receipts were collected. Provides that the Illinois Housing Development Authority shall wait at least 6 months after annual receipts are deposited into the Rental Housing Support Program Fund before distributing the annual receipts. Provides that the Authority shall work with each county to ensure that at least one local administering agency is located within each county. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 310 ILCS 105/10 Adds reference to: 310 ILCS 105/30 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: provides that, as part of the request-for-proposal process and subject to specified requirements, best efforts will be used to prioritize local administering agencies that serve the county in which annual receipts were collected upon receipt of current data from the Department of Revenue applicable to the annual receipts (rather than annual receipts shall be distributed with priority to local administering agencies from the county in which the annual receipts were collected); removes a provision requiring the Illinois Housing Development Authority to wait at least 6 months after annual receipts are deposited into the Rental Housing Support Program Fund before distributing the annual receipts; provides that the Illinois Housing Development Authority shall use best efforts through outreach to local administering agencies to encourage at least one local administering agency to serve each county in the State (rather than the Authority shall work with each county to ensure that at least one local administering agency is located within each county); and creates the Illinois Rental Housing Support Program Funding Allocation Task Force, which shall study and make recommendations regarding the equitable distribution of rental housing support funds across the State and shall also work with the Authority as funding allocations will be required to be adjusted due to data released by the United States Census Bureau on the 2020 decennial census. Effective January 1, 2022. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Changes the effective date of the bill to July 1, 2023 (rather than January 1, 2022). Makes conforming changes to the date the Illinois Rental Housing Support Program Funding Allocation Task Force is required to submit its report (from March 31, 2022 to September 30, 2023) and the date the Task Force provisions are repealed (from March 31, 2023 to September 30, 2024). Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Provides that the Governor shall appoint 3 members (rather than one member) to the Task Force from an organization representing Illinois county clerks and recorders (rather than Illinois clerks and recorders), including appointments from the Chicago suburbs, from a small metropolitan area, and from a rural area. Makes technical corrections in provisions about appointment of a member representing a local administering agency from a rural area to the Task Force.
Amends the Illinois Housing Development Act. Provides that from funds appropriated, directly or indirectly, from moneys received by the State from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund in accordance with the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, the Illinois Housing Development Authority (Authority) shall expend funds to create a Senior Home Preservation Grant Program to provide grants to legacy resident seniors to preserve the safety of their homes. Provides that grants may be used for housing owned by a legacy resident senior to reduce the cost of repair and rehabilitation, to remove or correct health or safety hazards, to comply with applicable housing standards or codes, or to make needed repairs to improve the general living conditions of the legacy resident senior, including improved accessibility for seniors with disabilities. Requires applicants to apply to the program in a form and manner prescribed by the Authority. Provides that, to qualify for a grant, the applicant must, at a minimum, be the owner of the home and use the home as his or her primary residence. Permits the Authority to establish minimum housing standards applicants must meet to qualify for a grant under the program. Provides that the Authority may adopt rules to implement the program. Provides that expenditures of funds provided under the authority of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 shall be in accordance with the permitted purposes under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and all related federal guidance.
Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Provides that the Wholesale Drug Distribution Licensing Act is repealed on January 1, 2028 (instead of January 1, 2023). Amends the Wholesale Drug Distribution Licensing Act. Defines "address of record", "email address of record", and "suspicious order". Changes the definition of "wholesale drug distributor". Provides that applicants and licensees must provide a valid address and email address to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and must inform the Department of any change of these within 14 days. Provides that each licensee required to report suspicious orders shall submit such report to the Department. Provides that an individual taxpayer identification number can be included on the application for an original license, the application can be made in writing or electronically, and the application shall be accompanied by the required, nonrefundable fee. Provides that any licensee who engages in the licensed practice while the license is expired shall be considered to be practicing without a license which is grounds for discipline. Removes provisions that provide that: the Department shall present to the State Board of Pharmacy of the Department for review all appropriation requests from the Illinois State Pharmacy Disciplinary Fund; the Department shall maintain a roster of the names and addresses of all registrants and all persons whose licenses have been suspended or revoked; and rules that set detailed standards for meeting each license prerequisite requirements shall be adopted no later than September 14, 1992. Provides that the written notice of disciplinary hearing may be served by email or physical mail to the respondent's email of record or address of record. Provides that the Department may subpoena and compel the relevant documents in connection with any hearing. Provides that if the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation disagrees with the recommendation of the Board or hearing officer, the Secretary may issue an order in contravention of the recommendation. Provides that the sanctions imposed upon the accused by the Department shall remain in full force and effect in order to protect the public pending final resolution of the proceedings. Repeals a provision concerning references to the Department or Director of Professional Regulation. Makes corresponding and other changes. Section 5 and Section 99 take effect upon becoming law. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Removes language providing that "wholesale drug distributor" includes virtual wholesalers or virtual distributors. Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 Deletes reference to: 5 ILCS 80/4.33 5 ILCS 80/4.38 225 ILCS 120/15 from Ch. 111, par. 8301-15 225 ILCS 120/15.5 new 225 ILCS 120/21 new 225 ILCS 120/27 225 ILCS 120/30 from Ch. 111, par. 8301-30 225 ILCS 120/31 new 225 ILCS 120/35 from Ch. 111, par. 8301-35 225 ILCS 120/40 from Ch. 111, par. 8301-40 225 ILCS 120/50 from Ch. 111, par. 8301-50 225 ILCS 120/57 225 ILCS 120/70 from Ch. 111, par. 8301-70 225 ILCS 120/75 from Ch. 111, par. 8301-75 225 ILCS 120/80 from Ch. 111, par. 8301-80 225 ILCS 120/85 from Ch. 111, par. 8301-85 225 ILCS 120/100 from Ch. 111, par. 8301-100 225 ILCS 120/105 from Ch. 111, par. 8301-105 225 ILCS 120/110 from Ch. 111, par. 8301-110 225 ILCS 120/115 from Ch. 111, par. 8301-115 225 ILCS 120/120 from Ch. 111, par. 8301-120 225 ILCS 120/125 from Ch. 111, par. 8301-125 225 ILCS 120/135 from Ch. 111, par. 8301-135 225 ILCS 120/140 from Ch. 111, par. 8301-140 225 ILCS 120/155 from Ch. 111, par. 8301-155 225 ILCS 120/165 from Ch. 111, par. 8301-165 225 ILCS 120/200 225 ILCS 120/3 rep. Adds reference to: New Act 775 ILCS 55/1-10 775 ILCS 55/1-20 740 ILCS 180/2.2 from Ch. 70, par. 2.2 215 ILCS 5/356z.3a 55 ILCS 5/5-1069.3 65 ILCS 5/10-4-2.3 105 ILCS 5/10-22.3f 215 ILCS 124/10 215 ILCS 130/4003 from Ch. 73, par. 1504-3 20 ILCS 2630/3.2 from Ch. 38, par. 206-3.2 225 ILCS 60/22 from Ch. 111, par. 4400-22 225 ILCS 65/65-65 was 225 ILCS 65/15-55 225 ILCS 65/70-5 was 225 ILCS 65/10-45 225 ILCS 85/30 from Ch. 111, par. 4150 225 ILCS 85/30.1 5 ILCS 100/5-45.35 new 225 ILCS 95/4 from Ch. 111, par. 4604 225 ILCS 95/9.7 new 225 ILCS 95/21 from Ch. 111, par. 4621 225 ILCS 95/22.2 from Ch. 111, par. 4622.2 225 ILCS 95/22.3 from Ch. 111, par. 4622.3 225 ILCS 95/22.5 from Ch. 111, par. 4622.5 225 ILCS 95/22.6 from Ch. 111, par. 4622.6 225 ILCS 95/22.7 from Ch. 111, par. 4622.7 225 ILCS 95/22.8 from Ch. 111, par. 4622.8 225 ILCS 95/22.9 from Ch. 111, par. 4622.9 225 ILCS 95/22.10 from Ch. 111, par. 4622.10 225 ILCS 60/2 from Ch. 111, par. 4400-2 225 ILCS 60/66 new 225 ILCS 65/65-11 new 225 ILCS 65/65-11.5 new 225 ILCS 6/60 225 ILCS 15/15 from Ch. 111, par. 5365 225 ILCS 20/19 from Ch. 111, par. 6369 225 ILCS 55/85 from Ch. 111, par. 8351-85 225 ILCS 107/80 225 ILCS 130/75 225 ILCS 135/95 775 ILCS 55/1-25 225 ILCS 150/10 225 ILCS 150/15 225 ILCS 60/49.5 30 ILCS 105/5.990 new 225 ILCS 85/43 210 ILCS 170/5 210 ILCS 170/30 55 ILCS 5/3-4006 from Ch. 34, par. 3-4006 410 ILCS 210/1.5 225 ILCS 60/23 from Ch. 111, par. 4400-23 750 ILCS 46/704 750 ILCS 46/709 215 ILCS 5/356z.4a 735 ILCS 35/3 735 ILCS 35/3.5 new 725 ILCS 220/2 from Ch. 38, par. 156-2 725 ILCS 225/6 from Ch. 60, par. 23 215 ILCS 5/356z.60 new 5 ILCS 375/6.11 215 ILCS 125/5-3 from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1411.2 215 ILCS 165/10 from Ch. 32, par. 604 305 ILCS 5/5-16.8 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Reproductive Health Act. Includes assisted reproduction in the definition of "reproductive health care". Requires a lawsuit brought under the Act to be commenced within 2 years after the cause of action was discovered. Allows a person to recover damages when a judgment was entered against the person for reproductive health care services that are permitted under Illinois law. Amends the Wrongful Death Act. Provides that there shall be no cause of action against a health care professional, medical institution, or pregnant person (rather than a physician) for the wrongful death of a fetus caused by an abortion where the abortion was permitted by law and the requisite consent was lawfully given. Amends various licensing Acts to restrict the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation from taking action against a license or permit issued under those Acts based solely upon the license of the person being revoked or the person otherwise being disciplined by any other state or territory for actions related to any health care, medical service, or procedure if the revocation or disciplinary action was based solely on a violation of the other state's law prohibiting such action performed in any state for any person and such conduct is permissible under State law. Amends the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987, the Medical Practice Act of 1987, and the Nurse Practice Act. Allows the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to issue temporary permits for health care to a person who is licensed to practice under Acts equivalent to those in another state. Amends the Reproductive Health Act. Allows an advanced practice registered nurse or physician assistant to perform abortion procedures that do not require general anesthesia. Requires a health care professional's report of each abortion to be transmitted to the Department of Public Health on a quarterly basis (rather than not later than 20 days following the end of the month in which the abortion is performed). Provides that such reports are not admissible as evidence or discoverable in any action of any kind. Allows the Department to make aggregate data derived from the reports publicly available so long as such disclosure does not reveal any identifying information about a patient or health care professional. Amends the Telehealth Act. Allows a health care professional with a temporary permit for health care to treat a patient located in the State through telehealth services. Creates the Abortion Care Clinical Training Program Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to administer an Abortion Care Clinical Training Program. Sets forth Program administration and reporting, coordinating organization duties, and rules. Creates the Abortion Care Clinical Training Program Fund. Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Allows pharmacists to dispense hormonal contraceptives without prior establishment of a relationship between the pharmacist and the person receiving hormonal contraception. Provides that no employee of the Department of Public Health shall be liable for injury caused by the pharmacist's or patient's use of the self-screening assessment or the dispensation of hormonal contraceptives. Amends various Acts to remove references to the Parental Notice of Abortion Act of 1995. Amends the Illinois Parentage Act of 2015. Provides that the terms of the most recent informed consent governs the disposition of a fertilized ovum when the intended parent or parents no longer wish to use any remaining cryopreserved fertilized ovum. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Requires abortion care coverage to include medications prescribed for the purpose of producing an abortion with or without proof of pregnancy. Requires coverage for abortifacients, hormonal therapy, and human immunodeficiency virus pre-exposure prophylaxis and post-exposure prophylaxis. Creates the Lawful Health Care Activity Act. Provides that the laws of the State govern in any case or controversy heard in the State related to lawful health care activity. Amends the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act. Prohibits a clerk of court from issuing a subpoena based on a foreign subpoena that: requests information or documents related to lawful health care activity; or is related to the enforcement of another state's law that would interfere with an individual's rights under the Reproductive Health Act. Amends the Uniform Act to Secure the Attendance of Witnesses from Within or Without a State in Criminal Proceedings. Restricts a subpoena, summons, or order from being issued for a witness to provide information or testimony in relation to any proceeding if the charge is based on conduct that involves lawful health care activity that is not unlawful in the State. Amends the Uniform Criminal Extradition Act. Provides that the Governor shall not surrender a person if the charge is based on conduct that involves seeking, providing, receiving, assisting in seeking, providing, or receiving, providing material support for, or traveling to obtain lawful health care that is not unlawful under the laws of the State. Creates the Protecting Reproductive Health Care Services Act. Provides that when any person has had a judgment entered against such person, in any state, where liability is based on the alleged provision, receipt, assistance in receipt or provision, material support for, or any theory of vicarious, joint, several, or conspiracy liability derived therefrom, for reproductive health care services that are permitted under the laws of the State, such person may recover damages from any party that brought the action leading to that judgment or has sought to enforce that judgment. Makes other and conforming changes in various other Acts. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 6 In the Nurse Practice Act, provides that a health care institution shall not take any adverse action as a result of an adverse action against a person's license or clinical privileges or other disciplinary action by another state or health care institution that resulted from the person's provision of, authorization of, recommendation of, aiding or assistance with, referral for, or participation in any health care service if the adverse action was based solely on a violation of the other state's law prohibiting the provision of such health care and related services in the state or for a resident of the state if that health care service would not have been unlawful under the laws of this State and is consistent with the standards of conduct for advanced practice registered nurses practicing in Illinois.
Urges the General Assembly to address gun violence in Illinois through comprehensive policy change and support proper appropriations for victim services.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Governor shall visit the institutions, facilities, and programs of the Department of Corrections as often as the Governor deems fit, for the purpose of enquiring (rather than examining) into the affairs and conditions of the Department. Provides that a member of the General Assembly may visit the institutions, facilities, and programs of the Department of Corrections, upon request of the member, for the purpose of enquiring into the affairs and conditions of the Department.