Sen. Patricia Van Pelt

Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Provides that the term "health care facilities" does not include a facility licensed as a hospital under the Hospital Licensing Act that reopens under new ownership at the same location within 36 months of the facility's closure. Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that any hospital that has closed for any reason, except for license revocation by the Department of Public Health for failure to comply with the Act, may reopen under new ownership or management, or both, within 3 years of its closing date without reapplying for a license under the Act if the facility is reopening at the same location and in the same physical structure. Effective immediately.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the use of force in defense of a person.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a person's accountability for another person's conduct.

Amends the School Code. Provides that no one may be licensed to teach or supervise in the public schools of this State who has been convicted of certain drug offenses until 7 years following the end of the sentence for the offense. Makes changes to provisions relating to the conviction of certain offenses as grounds for revocation of an educator license, including changing the definitions of terms, providing for disqualification for licensure, and providing that suspension of a license or denial of an application for a license of a person who has been convicted of certain drug offenses shall last until 7 years following the end of the sentence for the offense. Makes technical corrections in provisions requiring a criminal history records check to be performed with regard to applicants for employment with a school district. Effective immediately.

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

Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning lists of available records.

Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that recordings of a law enforcement officer discharging a firearm, or an officer-involved death, from an in-car video camera or an officer-worn body camera shall not be exempt from inspection and copying, unless the public body asserts an exemption under this Act supported by a court order finding the asserted exemption to be applicable to the requested recording. Requires the court to conduct an expedited hearing on the applicability of the exemption asserted. Incorporates definitions from the Law Enforcement Camera Grant Act and the Police and Community Relations Improvement Act. Effective immediately.

Amends the Local Records Act. Provides that all records related to complaints, investigations, and adjudications of police misconduct shall be permanently retained and may not be destroyed.

Amends the Forcible Entry and Detainer Article of the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that eviction proceedings shall be sealed and remain so unless a final order of possession in favor of the plaintiff is entered. Provides that unsealed records shall remain unsealed for a period of 7 years. Provides that after 7 years, access to the court records may be obtained only by specified parties. Provides that if a case is filed by a board of managers of a condominium association and names or joins a tenant of a condominium unit to the proceedings, the tenant's name shall be permanently suppressed by order of the court. Effective 90 days after becoming law.

Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Authorizes the Department of Public Health to license freestanding rapid treatment emergency centers. Contains provisions concerning the requirements a facility must meet to be licensed as a freestanding rapid treatment emergency center. Requires the Department of Public Health to establish provisional licensure and licensing procedures by emergency rule. Makes related changes in the Emergency Medical Treatment Act, the Health Care Worker Background Check Act, the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act, and the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Prohibits a person from constructing, modifying, or establishing a freestanding rapid treatment emergency center without obtaining a certificate of need permit from the Health Facilities and Services Review Board. Requires the Health Facilities and Services Review Board to establish provisional permit application guidelines by emergency rule. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Contains provisions concerning reimbursements to freestanding rapid treatment emergency centers. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Directs the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to adopt rates to be paid for services delivered by a freestanding rapid treatment emergency center. Effective immediately.