Sen. Laura Fine

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a home rule municipality with a population in excess of 1,000,000 may restructure the rates of an existing real estate transfer tax to specified amounts. Provides that if the municipality increases the real estate transfer tax rates as provided in this subsection, then of the entire proceeds received from the real estate transfer tax, 75% shall be dedicated to the city's general budget and 25% shall be dedicated to housing and services to combat homelessness.

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Provides that on and after January 1, 2022, a person may not operate or sell at retail a gas-powered leaf blower in the State. Provides that a person who violates the amendatory Act's provisions shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $500. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that an individual or group policy of accident and health insurance amended, delivered, issued, or renewed after the effective date of the amendatory Act shall provide coverage for anti-epileptic drugs. Provides that coverage for anti-epileptic drugs may not impose a waiting period or any deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or other cost-sharing limitation. Defines "anti-epileptic drug", "epilepsy", and "seizure". Amends the Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act. Provides that anti-seizure prescription drugs may not be substituted with a generic drug under provisions of the Pharmacy Practice Act under which a pharmacist may substitute a therapeutically equivalent generic drug for a prescription drug. Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Provides that a pharmacist may not interchange an anti-epileptic drug or formulation of an anti-epileptic drug for the treatment of epilepsy. Provides that a prescribing physician shall document that such anti-epileptic drug or formulation of an anti-epileptic drug for the treatment of epilepsy is clinically necessary for the patient's optimal care. Removes provisions concerning notification and consent required when a physician substitutes a generic prescription in place of a brand-name anti-epileptic drug.

Amends the Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act. Requires health insurance carriers that provide coverage for prescription drugs to ensure that, within service areas and levels of coverage specified by federal law, at least half of individual and group plans meet one or more of the following criteria: apply a pre-deductible and flat-dollar copayment structure to the entire drug benefit, limit a beneficiary's monthly out-of-pocket financial responsibility for prescription drugs to a specified amount, or limit a beneficiary's annual out-of-pocket financial responsibility for prescription drugs to a specified amount. Provides that all plans for prescription drugs offered under the amendatory Act must be clearly and appropriately named, marketed in the same manner as other plans offered by the health insurance carrier, and offered for purchase to any individual and group plan sponsor. Effective January 1, 2021.

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that a non-home rule municipality may impose a real estate transfer tax after notice, resolution, hearing, and referendum. Includes notice, resolution, hearing, and referendum requirements.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code to prohibit an organization that provides group policies of accident and health insurance which include coverage for contraceptive services from claiming an exemption from the requirement to cover contraceptive services based on a religious or moral objection. Allows an organization that provides group policies of accident and health insurance to request an accommodation from the requirement to cover contraceptive services based on a religious or moral objection, if the inculcation of religious values is the purpose of the organization, the organization primarily employs and serves persons who share the religious tenets of the organization, and the organization is a nonprofit religious entity under federal law. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Employment First Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities Act. Repeals provisions regarding community services for persons with visual disabilities at the Illinois Center for Rehabilitation and Education. Amends the Disabilities Services Act of 2003. Repeals provisions regarding the operation of a Rapid Reintegration Pilot Program by the Department of Human Services. Effective immediately.

Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act, the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act, the Hospital Licensing Act, and the Pharmacy Practice Act. Requires hospitals, facilities, and pharmacies to offer a patient any unused portion of a facility-provided medication upon discharge when it is administered to a patient at the hospital, facility, or pharmacy and is required for continuing treatment. Defines "facility-provided medication".

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning individualized education plans.