Sen. William R. Haine

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that any insurer with less than $100,000,000 in group surplus authorized to issue workers' compensation policies with a per-occurrence deductible of $100,000 or greater shall report the outstanding obligations owed under the deductible as liabilities of the insurer, unless the obligation is fully collateralized, and limit per-occurrence deductible obligations. Effective July 1, 2015.

Amends the Deposit of State Moneys Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning classes of depositaries.

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the examination of health care records.

Mourns the death of Neal W. Schwartzkopf of Alton.

Mourns the death of Judy Ann Bock.

Amends the Structured Settlement Protection Act. Provides that the structured settlement obligor and the annuity issuer shall be discharged from any and all liability by complying with a court order approving a transfer of structured settlement payment rights, and shall not have or incur any liability to the payee, transferee, or assignee as a result of the failure of the court order, transfer agreement, disclosure statement, or the transfer proceeding to comply with the Act, another applicable State or federal statute relating to structured settlement transfers, or any other law. Provides that an application for approval of a structured settlement transfer shall be brought in the circuit court of the county in which the payee is domiciled at the time the transfer agreement was signed or, if the payee is not domiciled in this State or in any other state that has enacted a statute that requires court approval of a transfer of structured settlement payment rights, then the application may be brought in the county in which the structured settlement obligor or annuity issuer is domiciled or has its principal place of business in this State. Provides what information is necessary to make an application to the court under the Act. Provides that a court may review all applications for transfer filed, and may approve or deny a transfer despite the existence of terms in the underlying settlement agreement, qualified assignment, related annuity, or in any other relevant document that purports to restrict or preclude the payee's right or power to assign or transfer structured settlement payment rights. Makes other changes.

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Director of Juvenile Justice shall make an annual report to the Governor and General Assembly concerning persons committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice, its institutions, facilities, and programs, of all moneys expended and received, and on what accounts expended and received no later than January 1 of each year. The report shall include the ethnic and racial background data, not identifiable to an individual, of all persons committed to the Department, its institutions, facilities, programs, and outcome measures established with the Juvenile Advisory Board. Provides that the Department of Juvenile Justice shall, by January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each year, transmit to the Governor and General Assembly, a report which shall include the following information: (1) the number of youth in each of the Department's facilities and the number of youth on aftercare; (2) the demographics of sex, age, race and ethnicity, classification of offense, and geographic location from where the offense occurred; (3) the educational and vocational programs provided at each facility and the number of residents participating in each program; (4) the present capacity levels in each facility; and (5) the ratio of the security staff to residents in each facility by federal PREA definitions. Deletes provision that the annual results of the Department's work as defined by outcome measures established by the Juvenile Advisory Board, with the Director and in conjunction with the Office of the Governor, shall be approved by the Board. Provides that the annual report of the Department's work transmitted to the Governor and General Assembly shall be by the Director of Juvenile Justice and not jointly by Director and the Board.

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a court services fee shall not exceed $25 unless the fee is set according to an acceptable cost study under the Code.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions concerning the written examination for a public adjuster license, reduces the waiting period for retaking the examination for an individual who fails from 90 days to 7 days.

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code concerning court hearings under the Admission, Transfer and Discharge Procedures for the Mentally Ill Chapter of the Code. Deletes provision that any party may request a change of venue or transfer to any other county because of the convenience of parties or witnesses or the condition of the respondent. Provides that the court shall grant the request of the respondent to have the proceedings transferred to the county of his or her residence if and only if the court determines that the transfer is necessary to ensure the attendance of any material witness. Effective immediately.