Rep Kevin Schmidt (HD-114)
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HR0810 - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARE MTH
Joyce Mason, Rita Mayfield, Maurice A. West
Last updated 6 months ago
49 Co-Sponsors
Declares October of 2024 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month and supports and commends the efforts of the people and organizations who work tirelessly to help victims break free of the devastating effects of domestic abuse.
STATUS
Passed
HB0681 - CRIMINAL LAW-TECH
Emanuel Welch, Kelly M. Cassidy, Kambium Buckner
Last updated 6 months ago
92 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Amends the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. Provides that any registered victim, including a person who has had a final, plenary, or non-emergency protective order granted under the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, the Stalking No Contact Order Act, or the Civil No Contact Order Act (rather than the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 or the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986) may present victim statements that the Prisoner Review Board shall consider in its deliberations. Provides that the Board shall immediately inform a victim of the early release of the prisoner from State custody or of the prisoner's pardon, commutation, furlough, or granting of sentence credit, if the victim has previously requested notification of that information. Sets forth the requirements for the notification. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that, prior to participating in their first vote of a calendar year, a member of the Board shall annually complete a training developed and administered by the entity administering the Illinois Domestic Violence Hotline, in consultation with the Department of Corrections. Provides that the Board shall provide a victim with notice of a preliminary hearing at least 72 hours prior to such hearing if the victim has previously requested notification of that information. Amends the Open Parole Hearing Act. Requires the Board to make all en banc open meetings and all parole, aftercare release, and mandatory supervised release revocation hearings available to the public for live broadcast on the Board's website. Requires the broadcast recording of these hearings to remain available for public viewing on the Board's website for a minimum of 18 months. Specifies that, for all other public hearings of the Board, the Board may make meetings available to the public for live broadcast on the Board's website. Directs the Prisoner Review Board Task Force to report to the Governor and the General Assembly by July 1, 2025, on various subjects, including the medical release program and the broadcasting of other open meetings of the Board. Amends the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Provides that a petition for an order of protection may not be denied upon the basis that the petitioner or the respondent is incarcerated in a penal institution at the time of the filing of the petition. Some provisions are effective immediately, and others are effective July 1, 2025.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB3407 - WILDLIFE-DEER MEAT-DONATION
Patrick J. Joyce, Andrew S. Chesney, Mary Edly-Allen
Last updated 3 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Wildlife Code. Deletes provisions that require a meat processor to be a member of the Illinois Sportsmen Against Hunger program in order for the meat processor to donate deer meat that the meat processor has processed. Provides that if a properly tagged deer is processed at a licensed meat processing facility and if the owner of the deer (i) fails to claim the processed deer within a reasonable time or (ii) notifies the licensed meat processing facility that the owner no longer wants the processed deer or wishes to donate the deer, then the deer meat may be given away by the licensed meat processor to another person or donated to a charitable organization or community food bank that receives wild game meat. Requires meat processors who donate deer meat to a charitable organization or community food bank that receives wild game meat to keep written records of all deer received.
STATUS
Passed
SB0774 - REGULATION-TECH
Don Harmon, Sara Feigenholtz, Doris Turner
Last updated 3 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall administer and enforce a Certified Medication Aide Program and regulate certified medication aides. Provides that a certified medication aide may administer medications under the supervision and delegation of a registered nurse. Provides the requirements that an establishment must satisfy to participate in the program. Provides that failure to submit any required report may be grounds for discipline or sanctions as prescribed by the Department. Requires the Department to submit a report regarding patient safety, efficiency, and errors to the General Assembly no later than 2 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Sets forth the scope of practice of a medication aide, application requirements, and qualifications. Sets forth provisions prohibiting the practice as a medication aide by an uncertified person. Provides that no person shall practice as a medication aide or hold himself or herself out as a certified medication aide in this State unless he or she is certified as a medication aide. Provides that the Department shall adopt rules to implement the provisions within 180 days after the effective date. Defines "certified medication aide", "Program", and "qualified establishment". Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SB2662 - YOUTH VAPING-ADVERTISING
Julie A. Morrison, Meg Loughran Cappel, Adriane Johnson
Last updated 3 months ago
36 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Preventing Youth Vaping Act. Restricts a manufacturer, distributor, or retailer from advertising, marketing, or promoting an electronic cigarette in a manner that is likely to cause a parent, legal guardian, teacher, or other adult to mistake the electronic cigarette for a product that is not a tobacco product.
STATUS
Passed
SB2628 - TRANSPORTATION-FLOOD INSURANCE
David Koehler, Susan Rezin, Rachel Ventura
Last updated 3 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Requires the Department of Natural Resources to ensure that State agencies comply with the National Flood Insurance Program requirements. Requires all State agencies to obtain a special flood hazard area development permit before undertaking development activity on State-owned property that is located in a special flood hazard area. Requires the Department to adopt an administrative rule setting forth a State special flood hazard area development program to ensure that specified conditions are met for the issuance of permits prior to any State agency development within a special flood hazard area. Provides that State agencies that administer grants or loans for financing a development within a special flood hazard area, are responsible for regulating or permitting a development within a special flood hazard area, or engage in planning programs or promoting a development within a special flood hazard area shall cooperate with the Department to ensure that participants in their programs are informed of the existence and location of special flood hazard areas and of any State or local floodplain requirements that are in effect in such areas. Provides that the Department may enter into a memorandum of understanding with a State agency to outline procedures and processes to review proposed development activity on State-owned property located in a special flood hazard area. Allows the Department to enter into memorandum of understanding that provide for alternative approvals for the issuance of permits.
STATUS
Passed
SB3476 - USE/OCC TX-MEALS
Elgie R. Sims, Laura M. Murphy, Mary Edly-Allen
Last updated 5 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that home-delivered meals provided to Medicare or Medicaid recipients when payment is made by an intermediary pursuant to a government contract are exempt from taxation under the Act. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SB3753 - MHDD CD-PROGRESSIVE SANCTIONS
Laura Fine, Mary Edly-Allen, Adriane Johnson
Last updated 3 months ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill. In the amendatory changes to the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act, provides that for an individual or guardian, or both, if applicable, seeking admission for the individual to a State-operated facility for persons with developmental disabilities, the individual and the individual's guardian, as applicable, must have received, attempted to receive, or received education regarding community-based services and supports. In the amendatory changes to the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, provides that after an informal review of a discharge by the Department of Human Services Division of Developmental Disabilities, a provider may request a reconsideration of the decision, to the Department of Human Services Division of Developmental Disabilities. Provides that the reconsideration request must be received within 10 working days after the provider receives the written notification, following the informal review decision from the Department of Human Services Division of Developmental Disabilities. Deletes a provision that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall adopt rules as necessary to implement these provisions. Makes technical changes.
STATUS
Passed
HB4919 - AGING-HOMEMAKER SERVICES-RATES
Marcus C. Evans, Yolonda Morris, Barbara Hernandez
Last updated 9 months ago
54 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. In a provision requiring the Department on Aging to require an annual audit from all personal assistant and home care aide vendors contracting with the Department, provides that the annual audit shall assure that each audited vendor's procedures are in compliance with the Department's financial reporting guidelines requiring an 80% or higher employee wage and benefits cost split and an administrative cost split of no more than 20% (rather than an administrative and employee wage and benefits cost split as defined in administrative rules). Provides that subject to federal approval, on and after January 1, 2025, rates for homemaker services shall be increased to $32.75 to sustain a minimum wage of $20 per hour for direct service workers. Provides that rates in subsequent State fiscal years shall be no lower than $32.75 upon federal approval. Requires providers of in-home services to be required to certify to the Department that they remain in compliance with the mandated wage increase for direct service workers. Provides that fringe benefits, including, but not limited to, paid time off and payment for training, health insurance, travel, or transportation, shall not be reduced in relation to the rate increases. Provides that subject to federal approval, on and after January 1, 2025, the Department shall pay a rate add-on under the Community Care Program to those in-home service provider agencies that attest and document their direct service workers attend paid, quarterly, in-person training sessions to fulfill the in-service training requirements. Provides that the add-on shall be 1% of the homemaker services rate. Requires the Department to adopt rules.
STATUS
Introduced
HB3765 - PEN CD-COOK COUNTY-VARIOUS
Stephanie A. Kifowit, Patrick Sheehan, John M. Cabello
Last updated 6 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Pension Code. In the State Employee Article of the Code, provides that, with regard to persons subject to the Tier 2 provisions, an investigator for the Department of the Lottery is entitled to an annuity calculated under the alternative retirement annuity provisions, in lieu of the regular or minimum retirement annuity, only if the person has withdrawn from service with not less than 20 years of eligible creditable service and has attained age 55, regardless of whether the attainment of age 55 occurs while the person is still in service. Authorizes an investigator for the Department of the Lottery to establish eligible creditable service under the alternative retirement annuity provisions. Provides that a specified educational requirement for persons employed by the Department of Juvenile Justice shall no longer determine the eligibility to earn eligible creditable service under the alternative retirement annuity provisions, and authorizes the conversion of service credit to eligible creditable service. Excludes a benefit increase resulting from the amendatory Act from the definition of "new benefit increase". Establishes a deferred retirement option plan for certain police officers, firefighters, sheriff's law enforcement employees, and deputy sheriffs in the Cook County Police Department who are otherwise eligible to retire under which a participant may continue in active service for up to 5 years while having his or her retirement pension paid into a special account. Provides that the election to participate in the deferred retirement option plan must be made before January 1, 2029. Provides that the Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act (Article 20 of the Code) is adopted and made a part of the Downstate Police, Downstate Firefighter, Chicago Police, and Chicago Firefighter Articles. In the Chicago Teacher Article of the Code, provides that when computing days of validated service, contributors shall receive the greater of: (1) one day of service credit for each day for which they are paid salary representing a partial or a full day of employment rendered to an employer or the Board of Trustees of the Fund; or (2) 10 days of service credit for each 10-day period of employment in which the contributor worked 50% or more of the regularly scheduled hours (instead of one day of service credit for each day for which they are paid salary representing a partial or a full day of employment rendered to an employer or the Board). Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.
STATUS
Engrossed
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