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HB1097 - HIGHER ED-GRANT-EXONERATED
Mary E. Flowers, Dagmara Avelar, Rita Mayfield
Last updated over 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Allows the dependents of an exonerated person to receive a grant for exonerated persons. Effective July 1, 2023.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB1448 - DHS-HOME SERVICES PROGRAM
Javier Loera Cervantes, Adriane Johnson, Mattie Hunter
Last updated almost 2 years ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities Act. In a provision concerning personal care services under the Home Services Program, includes a program recipient's guardian, kin, or siblings to the list of persons the Department of Human Services shall allow to serve as a program recipient's provider of personal care or similar services. In a provision concerning wages to personal assistants, provides that wages and other benefits for personal assistants shall not count against benefits that guardians receive as outlined in the Guardians for Adults with Disabilities Article of the Probate Act of 1975.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1579 - SCH CD-NATIVE AM/WEST AFRICAN
Adriane Johnson, Mary Edly-Allen, Mike Simmons
Last updated almost 2 years ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, every public elementary school and high school shall include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the events of pre-Columbian Native American societies and the contemporary life of Native American societies. Provides that, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, every public elementary school and high school shall include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the history of Native Americans during and after the American Revolution, including studying their relationships with settlers in the 18th and 19th centuries, as well as the contributions of Native Americans to the economic, cultural, social, and political development of the United States. Provides that, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, every public elementary school and high school shall include in its curriculum a unit of instruction studying the geography and culture of West African societies, the trans-Atlantic slave trade, and manners in which cultural traditions persevered despite societal oppression. Requires schools to have guidance counselors available during this instruction. Sets forth requirements for these units of instruction regarding instructional material, instructional time, and compliance. Provides that a school may provide these units of instruction through an online program or course.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1443 - HWY CD-RESIDENCY OF CLERKS
Adriane Johnson, Terri Bryant, Jason Plummer
Last updated almost 2 years ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that statutory provisions concerning residency requirements for highway commissioners also apply to clerks. Provides that a board of trustees may contract with a neighboring township to provide highway commissioner or clerk services if the township has a population of less than 1,000 (rather than less than 500). Provides that a board of trustees in a county not under township organization that is organized as a commission form of government may (i) appoint a non-resident or a resident who has not resided in the district for one year to be a highway commissioner, or (ii) contact with a neighboring township to provide highway commissioner or clerk services if no qualified candidate who has resided in the road district for at least one year is willing to serve as highway commissioner or clerk.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0079 - $ISJIA-VIOL INTERRUPTER PGM
Adriane Johnson
Last updated almost 2 years ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Appropriates $1,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority for a grant to the Lake County State's Attorney's Office for a violence interrupter program, including administrative costs. Effective July 1, 2023.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0724 - CHILDREN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SVC
Sara Feigenholtz, Karina Villa, Laura Fine
Last updated over 1 year ago
27 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes: In the Interagency Children's Behavioral Health Services Act, removes a provision requiring the behavioral health interagency agreement to require the contracting State agencies to identify children with significant and complex behavioral health needs who meet certain criteria. Instead provides that the interagency agreement shall set criteria to identify children whose cases will be presented to the Interagency Children's Behavioral Health Services Team for prioritized review. Lists certain criteria that shall be included in the interagency agreement. Provides that all information collected, shared, or stored pursuant to the Act shall be handled in accordance with all State and federal privacy laws and accompanying regulations and rules, including without limitation the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act. Provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed or applied in a manner that would conflict with, diminish, or infringe upon, any State agency's obligation to comply fully with requirements imposed under a court order or State or federal consent decree applicable to that agency. Further amends the Children and Family Services Act. In a provision requiring the Department of Children and Family Services to adopt rules to establish a process for all licensed residential providers in Illinois to submit data, if they contract or receive reimbursement for children's mental health, substance use, and developmental disability services, provides that all information collected, shared, or stored pursuant to that provision shall be handled in accordance with all State and federal privacy laws and accompanying regulations and rules, including without limitation the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act. In a provision requiring the Department of Human Services to develop a Youth and Community Services Program, provides that the program is to ensure that youth who come into contact or may come into contact with either the child welfare system or the juvenile justice system (rather than who come into contact or may come into contact with the child welfare and the juvenile justice systems) have access to needed community, prevention, diversion, emergency and independent living services. In provisions listing the Department's duties under the program, removes the duty to develop a statewide adoption awareness campaign aimed at pregnant teenagers. Adds the duty to establish temporary emergency placements for youth in crisis as defined by the Children's Behavioral Health Transformation Team (rather than the Department) through comprehensive community-based youth services provider grants. Sets forth certain requirements that such temporary emergency placements must meet. Provides that, once sufficient capacity has been developed, temporary emergency placements must also include temporary emergency placement shelters provided under the Comprehensive Community-Based Youth Services program, shall be managed by Comprehensive Community-Based Youth Services provider organizations, and shall be available to house youth receiving interim 24/7 crisis intervention services. Provides that nothing in the amendatory Act shall be construed or applied in a manner that would conflict with, diminish, or infringe upon, any State agency's obligation to comply fully with requirements imposed under a court order or State or federal consent decree applicable to that agency. Further amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that no minor shall be sheltered in a temporary living arrangement for more than 21 business days (rather than 21 days). Provides that if at any time during the crisis intervention there is a concern that the minor has experienced abuse or neglect, the Comprehensive Community Based-Youth Services provider shall contact the Department of Children and Family Services as provided in the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish and maintain a public-facing Care Portal to serve as a centralized resource for families with children who have significant and complex behavioral health needs. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SR0050 - URGES-SUPPORT RAILS-TO-TRAILS
Win Stoller, Susan Rezin, Mike Porfirio
Last updated over 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Urges support for Rails-to-Trails projects to make a reality of connecting Americans from coast to coast and from Chicago to all of Illinois through the marvelous trails of our nation and State.
STATUS
Passed
SB1617 - HEALTH CARE CREDENTIALING
Julie A. Morrison, Christopher Belt, Laura M. Murphy
Last updated over 1 year ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Health Care Professional Credentials Data Collection Act. Provides that "recredentialing" and "single credentialing cycle" must be undertaken for a period not to exceed 3 years (rather than once every 2 years).
STATUS
Passed
SB1581 - WATERWAYS-PERMIT FEES
Adriane Johnson
Last updated almost 2 years ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall collect a fee of up to $5,000 annually per Lake Michigan water allocation permit issued under the Act. Provides that fees collected under the Act shall be deposited into the State Boating Act Fund for use by the Department for water allocation monitoring and water supply planning.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1697 - SNAP-HOT FOODS-GROCERY STORES
Adriane Johnson, Mary Edly-Allen, Mattie Hunter
Last updated almost 2 years ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Administration Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that if the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service creates and makes available to the states a waiver permitting recipients of benefits provided under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to use their SNAP benefits to purchase hot foods at grocery stores, the Department of Human Services shall apply for the waiver. If the U.S. Department of Agriculture approves the Department of Human Services' waiver application, then the Department of Human Services shall adopt rules and make other changes as necessary to implement the approved waiver.
STATUS
Introduced
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