Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes it a Class 2 felony for a person to commit theft by threat and, as a result, to obtain money or property valued at $5,000 or more from a victim who is 60 years of age or older.
Amends the Guardianship and Advocacy Act. Provides that, in a case in which a court appoints the State Guardian, the court shall indicate in the order the reasons that the State Guardian appointment, rather than the appointment of another interested party, is required. Provides that the State Guardian shall not be appointed as guardian for a person whose primary diagnosis is mental illness. Provides that each ward of the State Guardian who was adjudicated disabled before the effective date of this amendatory Act and has a primary diagnosis of mental illness shall be the subject of a review hearing and shall be considered eligible for restoration of rights unless evidence demonstrates, by a clear and convincing standard, that guardianship is still required for the ward and that the State Guardian is the only available and suitable guardian. Amends the Clerks of Courts Act to authorize guardianship and advocacy operation fees. Exempts certain parties from these fees. Makes other changes. Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that an order appointing a guardian shall implement the least restrictive alternative, maximize the disabled person's autonomy, and exercise authority over the disabled person only as necessary. Provides that in counties having a population of 1,000,000 or less, in which there is no currently serving public guardian or in which there is a public guardian serving under an expired term of office, the Governor shall, within 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act, appoint the Office of State guardian the public guardian. Subsequently, in counties having a population of 1,000,000 or less and upon the expiration of the public guardian's term, the State guardian shall be appointed the public guardian.
Amends the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act. Provides that the Director of the Division of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse of the Department of Human Services shall (rather than may) establish or authorize programs for prescribing, dispensing, or distributing naloxone hydrochloride or any other similarly acting and equally safe drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of drug overdose. Amends the Cannabis Control Act, the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, and the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act. Provides that a person acting in good faith who seeks medical assistance for someone experiencing a drug-related overdose or a person who experiences a drug-related overdose and is in need of medical assistance shall not be charged or prosecuted for possession of cannabis, a controlled or counterfeit substance or a controlled substance analog, or methamphetamine if the evidence for the charge of possession of cannabis, a controlled or counterfeit substance or a controlled substance analog, or methamphetamine was obtained as a result of the person seeking medical assistance. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that it is a mitigating factor in sentencing that the defendant was making a good faith effort to obtain or provide medical assistance for someone who is experiencing a drug-related overdose. Makes other changes.
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Specifies that economic harm or hardship alone may serve as the basis for the Illinois Pollution Control Board to adopt emergency rules under the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Effective immediately
Amends the Condominium Property Act. Provides that notwithstanding any provision in any condominium instrument or bylaw, a condominium association must not: impair or restrict a condominium unit owner from securing a reverse mortgage, so long as the reverse mortgage does not adversely affect the rights of an association to collect an assessment; prevent, impair, or restrict a unit owner from borrowing money on the unit by refusing to cooperate with a lender or any federal program; or levy a fee to process or to close on a reverse mortgage or other similar financing transaction.
Supports the United States Environmental Protection Agency in its efforts to protect the health of Illinoisans and fulfill the charge of the Clean Air Act to clean up dangerous air pollution, including mercury, lead, soot, smog, and carbon pollution.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Deletes a provision concerning actual physical contact of an uninsured motor vehicle and provides instead that an insurance company issuing uninsured motor vehicle property damage coverage may not require that property damage losses recoverable there under be limited to damages caused by the actual physical contact of an uninsured motor vehicle with the insured motor vehicle.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, and the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act to require coverage for hearing instruments and related services for all individuals when a hearing care professional prescribes a hearing instrument. Provides that an insurer shall provide coverage for up to $2,500 per hearing aid per insured's hearing impaired ear subject to certain restrictions. Provides that an insurer shall not be required to pay a claim if the insured filed such a claim 36 months prior to the date of filing the claim with the insurer and the claim was paid by any insurer. Effective immediately.
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that the annual NPDES permit fee for concentrated animal feeding operations is $500.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the court may not enter an order for supervision if the defendant is charged with speeding in a school or park zone. Effective immediately.
