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HB5282 - INS CD-MISCARRIAGE/STILLBIRTH
Anne M. Stava-Murray, Emanuel Welch, Sonya M. Harper
Last updated 2 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following change. Changes the effective date to January 1, 2026 (instead of January 1, 2025).
STATUS
Passed
HB5094 - DIRECT CARE EXPANSION ACT
Lindsey LaPointe, Jackie Haas, Maurice A. West
Last updated 2 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Workforce Direct Care Act. Establishes the Behavioral Health Administrative Burden Work Group within the Office of the Chief Behavioral Health Officer. Sets forth membership and responsibilities of the Work Group, including to review policies and regulations affecting the behavioral health industry to identify inefficiencies, duplicate or unnecessary requirements, unduly burdensome restrictions, and other administrative barriers that prevent behavioral health professionals from providing services and to analyze the impact of administrative burdens on the delivery of quality care and access to behavioral health services. Requires the Work Group to meet at least once a month and to prepare an administrative burden reduction plan with policy recommendations to improve access to behavioral health care.
STATUS
Passed
HB5097 - HAIR CARE FOR YOUTH IN CARE
Kimberly Du Buclet, Camille Lilly, Katie Stuart
Last updated about 2 months ago
34 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that every case plan shall include a Haircare Plan for each youth in care that is developed in consultation with the youth based upon the youth's developmental abilities, as well as with the youth's parents or caregivers or appropriate child care facility staff if not contrary to the youth's wishes, and that outlines any training or resources required by the caregiver or appropriate child care facility staff to meet the haircare needs of the youth. Requires a youth's Haircare Plan to at a minimum address (1) necessary haircare steps to be taken to preserve the youth's desired connection to the youth's race, culture, gender, religion, and identity; (2) necessary steps to be taken specific to the youth's haircare needs during emergency and health situations; and (3) the desires of the youth as they pertain to the youth's haircare. Provides that a youth's Haircare Plan must be reviewed at the same time as the case plan review required under the Act as well as during monthly visits to ensure compliance with the Haircare Plan and identify any needed changes. Requires the Department of Children and Family Services to develop, by June 1, 2025, training and resources to make available for caregivers and appropriate child care facility staff to provide culturally competent haircare to youth in care. Requires the Department to adopt rules to implement the amendatory Act by June 1, 2025. Amends the Foster Parent Law. Expands the list of rights for foster parents to include the right to timely training necessary to meet the haircare needs of the children placed in their care. Expands the list of foster parent responsibilities to include the responsibility to provide haircare that preserves the child's desired connection to the child's race, culture, gender, religion, and identity. Amends the Foster Children's Bill of Rights Act. Expands the list of rights of every child placed in foster care to include haircare that preserves the child's desired connection to the child's race, culture, gender, religion, and identity and to have a corresponding haircare plan established in accordance with the Children and Family Services Act. Requires the Department to provide, in a timely and consistent manner, training for all caregivers and child welfare personnel on how to meet the haircare needs of children.
STATUS
Passed
HB4846 - BUSINESS ENTERPRISE ACT
Curtis J. Tarver, Sonya M. Harper, Yolonda Morris
Last updated 5 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with changes. Further amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act to define the term "goal". Removes provisions from the introduced bill providing that no State agency or public institution of higher education shall maintain a policy of establishing contract specific goals for the participation of certified vendors that is inconsistent with or less stringent than the uniform standards for calculating contract specific goals established by the Business Enterprise Program. Removes provisions requiring State agencies and public institutions of higher education to submit reports to the Business Enterprise Council. Removes provisions from the introduced bill concerning procedures for determining whether a vendor has made good faith efforts to meet the contract goals. Provides that the Business Enterprise Program may (in the introduced bill, shall) establish uniform standards for calculating contract specific Business Enterprise Program goals for State contracts and State construction contracts. Provides that, for the purposes of those provisions, the terms "State contract" and "State construction contract" do not include grants from State agencies to grantees for capital improvements or operational expenses.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB5294 - NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE LEAVE
Laura Faver Dias, Joyce Mason, Kevin John Olickal
Last updated 5 months ago
26 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that the State of Illinois is considered an employer under the provisions of the Family Neonatal Intensive Care Leave Act. Provides that an employee of an employer with 16 or more employees and no more than 50 employees shall be entitled to use a maximum of 10 days of unpaid neonatal intensive care leave while a child of the employee is a patient in a neonatal intensive care unit. Provides that an employee of an employer with 51 or more employees shall be entitled to use 20 days of unpaid neonatal intensive care leave while a child of the employee is a patient in a neonatal intensive care unit. Provides that an employee of an employer with 50 or fewer employees shall be entitled to use a maximum of 10 days of unpaid neonatal intensive care leave while a child of the employee is a patient in a neonatal intensive care unit and an employee of an employer with more than 51 employees shall be entitled to use 20 days of unpaid neonatal intensive care leave while a child of the employee is a patient in a neonatal intensive care unit. Provides that an employer shall not require an employee who uses unpaid neonatal intensive care leave to provide a replacement worker. Provides that an employee who is entitled to take paid or unpaid leave, including family, medical, sick, annual, personal, or similar leave, from employment, under federal, State, or local law, a collective bargaining agreement, or an employment benefits program or plan, may elect to substitute any period of leave for an equivalent period of leave provided under the Act. Provides that, upon the conclusion of leave taken under the Act, an employee shall be reinstated to his or her former position or a substantially equivalent one with no loss of benefits held or accrued prior to taking leave. Provides that, during the period of leave, any health insurance benefits shall be maintained by an employer as if an employee had not taken leave. Provides that an employer may require reasonable verification of the employee's child's length of stay in a neonatal intensive care unit. Makes changes to provisions concerning enforcement of the Act. Makes changes to the definitions of "employee" and "employer". Makes other changes.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB4623 - SEXUAL EXPLICIT DIGITAL IMAGE
Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, Jeff Keicher, Natalie A. Manley
Last updated about 2 months ago
98 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person who is convicted of obscene depiction of a purported child is ineligible to receive a school bus driver permit. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that "child pornography" includes the depiction of a part of an actual child under 18 who by manipulation, creation, or modification, appears to be engaged in sexual activity. Creates the offenses of obscene depiction of a purported child and non-consensual dissemination of sexually explicit digitized depictions. Defines offenses and provides criminal penalties for violations. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides for the forfeiture to the State: (1) of any profits or proceeds and any property the person has acquired or maintained in violation of those offenses; (2) any interest in, securities of, claim against, or property or contractual right of any kind affording a source of influence over any enterprise that the person has established, operated, controlled, or conducted in violation of those offenses; and (3) any computer that contains an obscene depiction of a purported child. Amends the Bill of Rights for Children. Provides that under certain conditions, the parent or legal guardian of a child who is the victim of obscene depiction of a purported child may make a victim's impact statement on the impact which the defendant's criminal conduct or the juvenile's delinquent conduct has had upon the child. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a period of probation, a term of periodic imprisonment, or conditional discharge shall not be imposed for specified violations of the offense of obscene depiction of a purported child. Provides for enhanced penalties for specified violations of obscene depiction of a purported child. Provides that the court shall impose a consecutive sentence when the defendant is convicted of specified violations of the offense of obscene depiction of a purported child. Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act to provide that a person convicted of obscene depiction of a purported child must register as a sex offender.
STATUS
Passed
HB4293 - MASSAGE THERAPY-MISCONDUCT
Bob Morgan, Kambium Buckner, Tom Weber
Last updated 5 months ago
26 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Hemp Consumer Products Act. Sets forth provisions concerning definitions; prohibitions and compliance; applications and licensing for hemp consumer product processors; requirements for licensees; registration of hemp consumer CBD products; requirements of hemp consumer CBD products; packaging and labeling of hemp consumer CBD products; testing requirements; marketing and sale of hemp consumer CBD products; penalties; the administration and enforcement of the Act and rulemaking, including emergency rulemaking, by the Department of Agriculture; and other matters. Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Provides that a violation of provisions concerning unlicensed practice is an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Sets forth penalties for unlicensed practice as a cultivation center, infuser, or craft grower. Sets forth provisions concerning the use of hemp in cannabis-infused products. Allows a craft grower and infuser to purchase a hemp-derived intoxicating product from a hemp consumer product processor and offer a hemp-derived intoxicating product for sale to another cannabis establishment, after which the product is considered cannabis and the craft grower or infuser must ensure the product meets all the requirements of the Act. Makes other changes. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, the Illinois Procurement Code, the State Finance Act, the Industrial Hemp Act, the Cannabis Control Act, and the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB2911 - AGING-OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM
LaShawn K. Ford, Lakesia Collins, Dave Severin
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Makes changes concerning the official purpose. Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act. Makes changes concerning agents under the Act. Makes changes concerning provisional patients. Provides that the physical examination required under the Act may be performed by remote means. Makes changes in provisions concerning definitions. Repeals provisions concerning excluded offenses. Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Makes changes concerning definitions. Authorizes a dispensing organization to offer drive-through and pickup options for cannabis and cannabis-infused products and makes related changes. Requires a dispensing organization to implement other security measures. Authorizes the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to establish, by rule, certain market protections. Requires the Department of Agriculture to license cannabis laboratories. Adds provisions concerning consolidated transport centers. Provides for the repeal of provisions concerning the medical cannabis dispensing organization exemption, establishing cultivator taxes, and craft grower taxes. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes changes concerning the requirements for a container when possessing cannabis. Amends the Tobacco Accessories and Smoking Herbs Control Act. Deletes a provision which specifies that the sale and possession of marijuana and hashish is illegal. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB3201 - POLICE TRAINING-AUTISM
Natalie Toro, Mary Edly-Allen, Emil Jones
Last updated about 2 months ago
30 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall develop or approve a course (rather than in-service training programs) to assist law enforcement officers in identifying and appropriately responding to individuals with autism spectrum disorders. Modifies what may be included in the instruction in autism-informed responses, procedures, and techniques. Provides that the Board may consult with the Department of Public Health or Department of Human Services to develop and update the curriculum (rather than adopt specified rules in consultation with the Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Police). Requires the Board to, within a reasonable amount of time, update the course, from time to time, to conform with national trends and best practices. Encourages the Board to adopt model policies to assist law enforcement agencies in appropriately responding to individuals with autism spectrum disorders. Removes provisions requiring all permanent and part-time law enforcement officers and permanent and part-time corrections officers to complete an autism-informed training program conducted or approved under the provisions within 12 months after it was first offered or approved by the Board and every 24 months thereafter as part of the officer's in-service training. Further amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the minimum in-service training requirements that a law enforcement officer must satisfactorily complete every 3 years includes training relating to autism-informed law enforcement responses, techniques, and procedures. Amends the Illinois State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Division of the Academy and Training to provide training for State police officers on the nature of autism spectrum disorders and in identifying and appropriately responding to individuals with autism spectrum disorders. Requires the Illinois State Police to review the training curriculum, and allows the Illinois State Police to consult with the Department of Public Health or the Department of Human Services to update the training curriculum as needed. Provides that the training shall be made available to all cadets and State police officers.
STATUS
Passed
HB1377 - PROP TX-NEW RESIDENTIAL
Norma Hernandez, Emanuel Welch, Edgar Gonzalez
Last updated about 2 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Property Tax Code. Creates a homestead exemption for eligible property that contains a single family residence that was built no earlier than January 1, 2021 by a municipality and was sold to a private homeowner before January 1, 2035. Provides that the exemption applies for a 10-year period beginning with the tax year following the year in which the property is first sold by the municipality to a private homeowner. Sets forth the amount of the exemption. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Illinois district SD-004
COMMITTEES
Illinois Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Kimberly A. Lightford is a Democratic member of the Illinois State Senate, representing District 4. Senator Lightford was appointed to the Illinois Senate in 1998. She serves as Majority Leader. Senator Lightford earned her BA in Healthcare Administration from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville and her MPA from the Illinois Institute of Technology. She is married and has two children.read less
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