Sen. Chapin Rose

Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that upon application for licensure for a day care home and if there are no known health or safety concerns with the day care home, the Department of Children and Family Services shall issue a 6-month permit to a newly established day care home to allow that facility reasonable time to become eligible for a full license. Provides that the Department shall continue to issue 6-month permits to that day care home until (i) the application for licensure is approved or denied or (ii) the Department determines that there are health or safety concerns with the day care home.

Creates the Job Creation Zone Pilot Program Act. Sets forth the boundaries of the Job Creation Zone. Provides that applicants that pledge to hire at least 5 new employees at a designated location within the job creation zone are eligible for credits against their obligation to pay over withholding taxes under the Illinois Income Tax Act. Sets forth the amount of the credit, which is based on the incremental income tax attributable to new employees hired by the taxpayer during the calendar year. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.

Amends the State Treasurer Act. Authorizes the State Treasurer to accept restitution on behalf of the taxpayers of Illinois for the cost of helicopter-based time-domain electromagnetics technology that may be so ordered by the Circuit Court in Champaign County as restitution for the natural gas leak from the People's Gas Light and Coke Company underground storage facility in northern Champaign County. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that as a condition of initial eligibility for any benefits under the Code, an applicant must pass a drug screening. Provides that as a condition of continued eligibility for benefits, a recipient must pass random drug screenings as prescribed by the Department of Human Services or the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Effective immediately.

Amends the Prairie Wind Trail Property Transfer Act. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall not accept any request to transfer portions of the Prairie Wind Trail after December 31, 2019. Provides that the Department may accept applications submitted on or after January 1, 2019, up to December 31, 2019. Effective immediately.

Amends the Genetic Information Privacy Act. In provisions concerning uses and disclosures for treatment, payment, health care operations, health oversight activities, and public health activities; uses and disclosures of information to a health information exchange; business associates; and establishment and disclosure of limited data sets and de-identified information, provides that various uses or disclosures of a patient's genetic information may not (rather than may) occur without the patient's consent. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a school bus may be equipped with an extended stop signal or second stop signal apparatus on the driver's side of the school bus that: (1) extends no more than 7 feet from the school bus, (2) can break away from the original stop signal without affecting the operation of the original stop signal, and (3) includes a second octagonal sign that conforms to the same requirements as the original stop signal. Effective January 1, 2020.

Mourns the death of Denny Hutchings of Sullivan.

Mourns the death of Timothy Ray Parker of Fort Jacques, Haiti.

Mourns the death of Stanley G. "Stan" Knearem of Cowden.