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HJR0069 - WORK PERMITS-IMMIGRANTS
Elizabeth Hernandez, Kambium Buckner, Eva Dina Delgado
Last updated 6 months ago
33 Co-Sponsors
Urges the President of the United States to authorize the DHS Secretary to establish a program to evaluate parole and work authorization on a case-by-case basis for long-term immigrant workers who are undocumented and residing in Illinois to address this State's critical need for labor and to secure the family life for tens of thousands of mixed status families in Illinois. Urges the Governor to work with federal partners to urge, by all possible means, the establishment of such a parole and work authorization program for the long-term immigrant population who are undocumented and residing in Illinois.
STATUS
Passed
HB4781 - DCFS-KINSHIP IN DEMAND
Marcus C. Evans, Mary E. Flowers, Debbie Meyers-Martin
Last updated 6 months ago
44 Co-Sponsors
Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the Kinship in Demand (KIND) Act. Provides that the KIND Act creates the statutory vision and authority for the Department of Children and Family Services to execute a kin-first approach to service delivery and directs the juvenile courts to provide necessary oversight of the Department's obligations to maintain family connections and promote equitable opportunities for youth and families to thrive with relational permanence. Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Contains provisions concerning Department rules on relative and licensed foster care; grants to subsidized guardians of hard-to-place children; a requirement on the Department to make diligent efforts to place a child with a relative; documentation of the Department's reasons for failing to secure a relative placement; foster care maintenance payments for relatives who qualify for certification as a relative caregiver home under the Child Care Act of 1969; subsidized guardianship support services for children and their guardians; certification and background checks on persons seeking relative caregiver approval; annual reports regarding relative and certified relative caregiver placements; performance audits; and other matters. Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Requires the Department to adopt standards for certified relative caregiver family homes that are different from licensing standards used for non-relative foster family homes. Contains provisions concerning background screenings of prospective relative caregiver homes; a requirement that the Department assist prospective certified relative caregivers with completing the steps required for approval as a certified relative caregiver home; orientation activities for certified relative caregivers; and other matters. Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Makes changes to provisions concerning "best interest" determinations; court assessments on the Department's effort to place a minor with a relative; inquiries by a court on the Department's family finding and relative engagement efforts; required notification to a minor's located relatives that the minor has been removed from the custody of the minor's parents; and other matters. Some provisions take effect immediately, some provisions take effect January 1, 2025 and some provisions take effect July 1, 2025.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB5239 - REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH-INTERSTATE
Kelly M. Cassidy, Lilian Jimenez, Mary Beth Canty
Last updated 3 months ago
28 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to prohibit disclosure of information protected by the Lawful Health Care Activity Act. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Allows a minor to sign and file an application under the family planning program in the Code. Amends the Lawful Health Care Activity Act. Defines "health records related to lawful health care" and "location information related to lawful health care". Prohibits the State from providing any information or using any resources to assist any person or entity that seeks to impose civil or criminal liability upon a person or entity for lawful healthcare activity unless otherwise necessary to comply with State or federal law. Exempts any investigation or proceeding if the conduct under the investigation or proceeding would be subject to criminal or civil liability under Illinois law. Exempts location information related to lawful health care and health records from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. Creates a statutory civil cause of action for violations of the Act that includes reasonable attorney's fees, court costs, and litigation expenses to a plaintiff who prevails in an action under the Act. Limits home rule powers. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SB0867 - STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH
Don Harmon, Mark L. Walker, Mattie Hunter
Last updated 6 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Authorizes the Director of Natural Resources to execute and deliver a quitclaim deed to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation for specified real property located in DeKalb County, subject to specified conditions. Adds legal descriptions for Shabbona Lake and State Park. Amends the State Parks Act. Authorizes the Department of Natural Resources to enter into a land management agreement with the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, subject to written approval by the Director, for managing, maintaining, or operating the real property conveyed to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation by the amendatory Act. Establishes requirements for any land management agreement. Authorizes the Department of Natural Resources to use State resources, subject to appropriation, for the management, maintenance, and operation of Shabbona Lake and State Park in accordance with the land management agreement that it executes with the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. Defines "land management agreement". Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB0462 - EDUCATION-TECH
Don Harmon, Celina Villanueva, Mattie Hunter
Last updated 3 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Public Higher Education Act. Provides that, in determining admission to a public institution of higher education, the public institution of higher education may not consider an applicant's legacy status or the applicant's familial relationship to any past, current, or prospective donor of something of value to the public institution of higher education as a factor in admitting the applicant. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB3521 - INS-SURPLUS LINE/FARM MUTUAL
Thaddeus Jones, Kelly M. Cassidy, Camille Lilly
Last updated 3 months ago
41 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that no administrator, agent, or employee of a hospital affiliate may abuse a patient in a facility operated by a hospital affiliate. Defines "hospital affiliate". Makes conforming changes.
STATUS
Passed
SB0689 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT-TECH
Don Harmon, Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas, Kimberly A. Lightford
Last updated over 1 year ago
34 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Chicago Board of Education District Act. Divides the City of Chicago into 10 districts and 20 subdistricts for the purposes of identifying persons who will serve on the Chicago Board of Education. Amends the School Code. Provides that, by December 14, 2024, the Mayor of the City of Chicago shall appoint a President of the Chicago Board of Education who shall serve a 2-year term. Provides that, for purposes of selection of members of the Chicago Board of Education, the City of Chicago shall be divided into 10 districts, and each of those 10 districts shall be subdivided into 2 subdistricts. Provides that, until January 15, 2027, each district shall be represented by one member who is elected at the 2024 general election to a 2-year term and one member who is appointed by the Mayor by no later than December 16, 2024 to a 2-year term. Requires each of those elected members to reside within the district that the member represents. Requires each of those appointed members to reside both within the district that the member represents and outside of the subdistrict within which the elected member of the district resides. Provides that, beginning January 15, 2027, each subdistrict shall be represented by one member who is elected at the 2026 general election. Specifies that, if a member is elected at the 2026 general election to fill the expired term of an appointed member, then the elected member shall serve a 2-year term. Specifies that, if a member is elected at the 2026 general election to fill the expired term of an elected member, then the member shall serve a 4-year term. Requires each of those elected members to reside within the subdistrict that the member represents. Provides that, if a member is elected at the 2026 general election to serve a 2-year term, then the member elected at the 2028 general election shall serve a 4-year term, and, if a member is elected at the 2026 general election to serve a 4-year term, then the member elected in that subdistrict at the 2030 general election shall serve a 2-year term. Provides that, beginning with the members elected at the 2032 general election, the members of each district shall serve two 4-year terms and one 2-year term for each 10-year period thereafter as determined by lot. Makes changes concerning: conflicts of interests of board members, eligibility of individuals to serve as board members, nominating petitions for board members, the creation of the Chicago Board of Education Black Student Achievement Advisory Board and other advisory bodies, and the creation and redistricting of subdistricts. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1363 - GENDER VIOLENCE-EMPLOYER DUTY
Will Guzzardi, Lakesia Collins, Carol Ammons
Last updated over 1 year ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Gender Violence Act. Defines "employee", "employer", and "workplace". Changes the definition of "gender-related violence" to also mean domestic violence. Provides that an employer is only liable for gender-related violence committed in the work environment by an employee or agent of the employer. Provides that liability only extends to gender-related violence that occurs while the employee was directly performing the employee's job duties and the job duties were the proximate cause of the injury, or while agent of the employer was directly involved in the performance of the contracted work and the contracted work was the proximate cause of the injury. Provides that an employer is liable for gender-related violence if the employer: failed to supervise, train, or monitor the employee who engaged in the gender-related violence; or failed to investigate complaints or reports directly provided to a supervisor, manager, owner, or another person designated by the employer of similar conduct by an employee or agent of the employer and the employer failed to take remedial measures in response to the complaints or reports. Requires an action against an employer for gender-related violence to be commenced within 4 years after the cause of action accrued, except that if the person entitled to bring the action was a minor at the time the cause of action accrued, then within 4 years after the person reaches the age of 18. Provides that no person has the power to waive any provision of the Act as part of a dissolution of marriage agreement, civil union, domestic partnership, or custody agreement.
STATUS
Passed
HB0579 - REGULATION-TECH
Robyn Gabel, Bob Morgan, Elizabeth Hernandez
Last updated over 1 year ago
40 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Department of Insurance Law. Sets forth provisions concerning the Marketplace Director of the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Sets forth provisions concerning an exemption regarding any procurements necessary for the Department of Insurance to implement the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange Law. Amends the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange Law. Provides that the Department of Insurance shall operate the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange as a State-based exchange using the federal platform by plan year 2025 and as a State-based exchange by plan year 2026. Provides that, except where inconsistent with State law, the Department shall enforce health plan coverage requirements under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that apply to the individual and small group markets. Provides that the Director of Insurance may elect to add a small business health options program to the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange. Provides that the General Assembly shall appropriate funds to establish the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange. Provides that issuers must remit an assessment in monthly installments to the Department. Sets forth provisions concerning State medical assistance program coordination and provisions concerning the authority of the Department of Insurance and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Creates the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange Fund. Sets forth provisions creating the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange Advisory Committee. Makes a conforming change in the State Finance Act. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB3428 - SCH CD-OPIOID ANTAGONIST
Diane Blair-Sherlock, Janet Yang Yang Rohr, Barbara Hernandez
Last updated over 1 year ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the contents of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Provides that if there is a shortage of opioid antagonists, a school district, public school, charter school, or nonpublic school shall make a reasonable effort to maintain a supply of an opioid antagonist. Provides that the requirement that a health care professional prescribe opioid antagonists applies only if the school district or school is not able to obtain opioid antagonists without a prescription. Removes provisions concerning annual training and requiring proof of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator certification to administer opioid antagonists.
STATUS
Passed
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