Sen. Kyle McCarter

Amends the State Employee Health Savings Account Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the State Finance Act. Removes language concerning one-time or annual transfers from the General Revenue Fund to the University of Illinois Hospital Services Fund. Effective immediately.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides a that a person convicted of a forcible felony, a felony violation of the Humane Care for Animals Act, a felony violation of dog fighting, a felony violation of Deadly Weapons Article of the Code, a Class 3 or higher felony violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, a Class 3 or higher felony violation of the Cannabis Control Act, or a Class 2 or higher felony violation of the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, shall not knowingly own, possess, have custody of, or reside in a residence with any dog weighing more than 20 pounds for a period of 10 years commencing upon the release of the person from incarceration.

Amends the Personnel Record Review Act, the Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act, the Minimum Wage Law, the Equal Pay Act of 2003, the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act, the One Day Rest In Seven Act, the School Visitation Rights Act, the Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act, the Employee Classification Act, the Workers' Compensation Act, and the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act. Provides that, for purposes of those Acts, one or both of the terms "employ" and "employee" have the meanings ascribed to those terms in the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act to provide that the term "employment" during years in which the Bond Obligation under the Illinois Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund Act has been reduced to zero does not include services performed by an individual who has been proven in any proceeding where such issue is involved that his or her compensation is not subject to federal wage withholding. Makes other changes.

If and only if Senate Bill 9 of the 100th General Assembly becomes law in the form in which it was amended by House Amendment No. 3, repeals the State Tax Lien Registration Act and the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act created by that bill. Repeals provisions of Senate Bill 9 of the 100th General Assembly that would have repealed the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act on January 1, 2018. Changes various Acts by restoring language deleted by Senate Bill 9 of the 100th General Assembly and deleting language added by Senate Bill 9 of the 100th General Assembly. Effective immediately.

Proposes to amend the Legislature and Executive Articles of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that a person may not be elected to the office of State Senator for more than three terms or the office of State Representative for more than five terms, and that service in the General Assembly before the second Wednesday in January of 2019 shall not be considered in the calculation of a person's service. Provides that a person may not be elected to any Executive Branch office, or any combination of Executive Branch offices, for more than 2 terms, and that service in an Executive Branch office before the second Monday in January of 2019 shall not be considered in the calculation of a person's service.

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that a redetermination of eligibility for medical assistance benefits shall be conducted every 3 months. Effective immediately.

Amends the State Universities Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Requires the actual employer to contribute an amount equal to the full employer's normal cost of the benefits earned under this System that result from employment by that employer, to be paid to the System on a payroll-by-payroll basis, using the percentage of earnings determined on a system-wide basis and certified by the System to all employers for use in the applicable fiscal year. Requires immediate and annual certification of the applicable percentage rate. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that the regulation of the possession or ownership of a rifle or shotgun (rather than assault weapons) are exclusive powers and functions of this State. Provides that any ordinance or regulation, or portion of that ordinance or regulation, that purports to regulate the possession or ownership of any rifle or shotgun (rather than assault weapons) in a manner that is inconsistent with this Act, shall be invalid. Deletes provision that an ordinance or regulation enacted on, before, or within 10 days after the effective date of Public Act 98-63 (July 9, 2013) regulating the possession or ownership of assault weapons is valid. Effective immediately.

Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Makes numerous additions and changes concerning: employers giving medical providers addresses to which medical bills should be sent; payments by employers to medical providers; explanations of benefits; interest payments by employers to medical providers under specified circumstances; petitions by medical providers if interest has not been paid; duties of the Director of Insurance regarding compliance by health care providers with requests for records by employers and insurers for the authorization of the payment of workers' compensation claims and imposition of administrative fines if an employer or insurer has intentionally failed to comply or demonstrates a repeated pattern of failing to comply with the electronic claims acceptance and response process; utilization review; entry of judgments based on final awards or decisions; and other matters. Effective immediately.