Sen. Sara Feigenholtz

Amends the Gasoline Storage Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Excludes new applicants for a manufacturer license or importing distributor license from provisions that require certain licensees to file a bond with the Department of Revenue. Effective immediately.

Creates the Build Illinois Homes Tax Credit Act. Provides that owners of qualified low-income housing developments are eligible for credits against (i) State income taxes and (ii) any privilege tax or retaliatory tax, penalty, fee, charge, or payment imposed under the Illinois Insurance Code. Amends the Illinois Housing Development Act. Provides that the Illinois Housing Development Authority shall develop a form and include it with certain financing agreements. Amends the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Creates an exemption for building materials to be incorporated into an 100% affordable housing project by rehabilitation or new construction. Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides for a reduction in assessed value for affordable rental housing construction or rehabilitation. Amends the Affordable Housing Planning and Appeal Act. Provides that an affordable housing plan, or any revision thereof, shall not be adopted by a non-exempt local government until notice and opportunity for public hearing have first been afforded. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adds reference to: 35 ILCS 200/10-260 Provides that the credits and incentives created in the introduced bill apply on or after January 1, 2024 (in the introduced bill January 1, 2021). In provisions creating the Build Illinois Homes Tax Credit Act, provides that notice of recapture shall be sent to the owner of the qualified development, the Department of Revenue, and the Department of Insurance (in the introduced bill, the Department of Revenue and Department of Insurance only). Further amends the Property Tax Code. Makes changes concerning the assessment of low-income housing projects that qualify for the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit under Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code. Makes other technical changes.

Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Prohibits the marriage of any person under the age of 18. Provides that a minor may independently initiate the proceeding for a dissolution of marriage or legal separation in the minor’s own name and appear on the minor’s own behalf without a parent, guardian, guardian ad litem, next friend, or other appointed person. Makes conforming changes in the Act and in the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.

Appropriates $8,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the State Treasurer for the Illinois Higher Education Savings Program. Effective July 1, 2022.

Amends the Massage Licensing Act. Changes the name of the Act to the Massage Therapy Practice Act. Provides that all applicants and licensees under the Act shall provide a valid address and email address to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, which shall serve as the address and email address of record. Authorizes certain notices to be emailed to the licensee's email address of record. Removes a provision that allows an applicant to satisfy licensure requirements by holding a current license from another jurisdiction having licensure requirements that include the completion of a massage therapy program of at least 500 hours. Provides that a massage therapist shall include the current license number issued by the Department on all advertisements and that failure to do so is grounds for discipline. Makes changes in provisions concerning exemptions under the Act. Provides that every displayed license shall have the license number visible. Makes other changes. Amends the Professional Service Corporation Act to make corresponding changes. Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal date of the Massage Therapy Practice Act to January 1, 2032. Effective January 1, 2022, except provisions amending the Regulatory Sunset Act take effect immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 5 ILCS 80/4.41 new Adds reference to: 5 ILCS 80/4.37 In provisions amending the Regulatory Sunset Act, changes the repeal date of the Massage Therapy Practice Act from January 1, 2032 to January 1, 2027. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 5 ILCS 80/4.32 5 ILCS 80/4.37 225 ILCS 57/10 225 ILCS 57/12 new 225 ILCS 57/15 225 ILCS 57/25 225 ILCS 57/32 225 ILCS 57/45 225 ILCS 57/50 225 ILCS 57/60 225 ILCS 57/95 805 ILCS 10/3.6 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Massage Licensing Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 225 ILCS 57/1 Adds reference to: 5 ILCS 100/5-45.20 new 210 ILCS 50/3.50 210 ILCS 50/3.85 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall have the authority and responsibility to adopt rules permitting immediate reciprocity to all emergency medical services personnel who have received a certification issued by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians, allowing such individuals to operate in a provisional status until the Illinois license is issued. Provides that to operate as EMS personnel on provisional status, an individual must have applied for licensure with the Department and meet all requirements for licensure. Provides that, until October 1, 2022, the Department must require each EMS System Program Plan to permit the utilization of alternative staffing models. Provides that each EMS System Program Plan shall be required to implement alternative staffing models no later than January 1, 2022. Exempts local governments and local government employees who provide EMS services from being required to implement alternative staffing models. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to authorize emergency rulemaking. Effective immediately.

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

Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that no later than January 1, 2023, the Department of Public Health shall convene a comprehensive stakeholder process to develop standards for hospitals to establish specialized units for children and adolescents with an autism spectrum disorder and other intellectual or developmental disabilities. Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that child welfare supervisors shall satisfy specified requirements. Provides that the Central Office of Licensing at the Department of Children and Family Services shall convene a 5 person panel to review all transcripts and course information and make a decision on the equivalency of the college degree to a human services degree. Provides that the panel must include representation from a community-based provider. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Expands eligibility under the Department of Human Services' child care assistance program to youth in care and to families receiving Extended Family Support Program services from the Department of Children and Family Services. Amends the Early Intervention Services System Act. Provides that the definition of "eligible infants and toddlers" includes any child under the age of 3 who is the subject of a substantiated case of child abuse or neglect, as defined by the federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act. Effective immediately, except that changes to the Illinois Public Aid Code take effect July 1, 2023. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 225 ILCS 10/7.12 new Removes the amendatory changes made to the Child Care Act of 1969 concerning educational requirements for child welfare supervisors. Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 210 ILCS 85/6.2 new Removes provisions amending the Hospital Licensing Act. Further amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Removes provisions expanding eligibility under the Department of Human Services' Child Care Assistance Program to include youth in the care of the Department of Children and Family Services and families receiving Extended Family Support Program services from the Department of Children and Family Services. Instead expands eligibility under the Child Care Assistance Program to include the following categories of families: (i) foster parents or caregivers of youth in care, regardless of whether they are working or participating in Department-approved employment or education or training programs; (ii) youth in care who are parents, regardless of whether they are working or participating in Department-approved employment or education or training programs; (iii) parents who have custody of their children and their children are the subjects of pending cases under the Abused, Neglected or Dependent Minors Article of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, regardless of whether they are working or participating in Department-approved employment or education or training programs; (iv) families with children who have an open intact family services case with the Department of Children and Family Services (rather than families with children under the age of 5 who have an open intact family services case with the Department of Children and Family Services); and (v) families receiving Extended Family Support Program services from the Department of Children and Family Services, regardless of whether they are working or participating in Department-approved employment or education or training programs. Provides that youth in care who are parents and parents whose children are the subjects of pending cases under the Abused, Neglected or Dependent Minors Article of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 shall receive extended child care eligibility for a specified period of time, regardless of whether they are working or participating in Department-approved employment or education or training programs. Makes a technical change to the effective date.

Amends the Public Community College Act. Allows the board of trustees of a community college district to establish and offer a baccalaureate-level early childhood education program and confer a bachelor of applied science degree in early childhood education and a Professional Educator License with endorsements in early childhood education and early childhood special education under certain conditions. Provides for an application for approval from the Illinois Community College Board. Sets forth college requirements and prohibitions. Provides that a candidate for educator licensure must successfully complete applicable testing requirements prior to the issuance of an educator license and any endorsements. Provides for a statewide evaluation of such programs.

Amends the Counties Code. Provides that fees for a coroner's or medical examiner's permit to cremate a human body is $100 (rather than $50). Provides that fees for a certified copy of a transcript of sworn testimony of a coroner's inquest made by written request declaring the request is for research or genealogy purposes is $15.00 for the entire transcript. Provides that a request shall be deemed a proper request for purpose of research or genealogy if the requested inquest occurred not less than 20 years prior to the date of the written request and that the transcript shall be stamped with the words "FOR GENEALOGY OR RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY". Provides that a coroner may waive, at his or her discretion, fees under the Section (currently, only the cremation permit fee) if the coroner determines that the person is indigent and unable to pay the permit fee or under other special circumstances as determined by the coroner.