Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that no photograph that is part of an individual's arrest record shall be furnished unless the individual has been formally charged by indictment, information, or complaint. Effective immediately.
Creates the State Law Enforcement Privacy Act. Provides that on and after the effective date of the bill, government agencies shall remove publicly available content indicating a State law enforcement officer's residence address or county of residence. Provides that after the government agency has removed the State law enforcement officer's residence address and county of residence from publicly available content, the agency shall not publicly post or display that information and the State law enforcement officer's residence address and county of residence shall be exempt from the Freedom of Information Act unless the government agency has received consent from the State law enforcement officer to make that information available to the public. Provides that on and after the effective date of the bill, a person, business, or association shall remove publicly available content indicating a State law enforcement officer's residence address or county of residence. Provides that a person, business, or association shall not solicit, sell, or trade on the Internet a State law enforcement officer's residence address or county of residence information with the intent to pose an imminent and serious threat to the health and safety of the State law enforcement officer or the State law enforcement officer's immediate family. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to make corresponding changes.
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that as the Department of Human Services establishes reimbursement rates that build toward livable wages for front-line personnel in programs serving persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities, the Department shall include rates for therapeutic schools and other programs serving children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Defines "front-line personnel". Effective immediately.
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title of the Telecommunications Article.
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that in determining the assets of an individual applying for medical assistance, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall disregard the cash value of a life insurance policy or prepaid funeral and burial contract or the equity value of any other assets which are intended to be used to pay the funeral and burial expenses of the individual. Provides that if the asset disregard requires federal approval, the Department shall submit the necessary application to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for a waiver or State Plan amendment to implement the asset disregard. Provides that implementation of the asset disregard shall be contingent on federal approval of the waiver or State Plan amendment.
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title of the Telecommunications Article.
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Makes changes to the Illinois Veteran grant program to allow the child of a qualified applicant to access the grant program upon request of a qualified applicant. Makes conforming changes.
Mourns the death of Blake J. Reese of Pawnee.
Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning public inspection of registration data.
Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides that the Department of Labor, the Department of Employment Security, and the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Compliance Division are authorized to, and shall, perform on-site job site inspections to determine compliance with the Act. Provides for the violation to be reported to the appropriate State's Attorney.
