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HB5354 - CUSTOM EMPLOYMENT DISABILITY
Suzanne M. Ness, Lindsey LaPointe, LaShawn K. Ford
Last updated 4 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Customized Employment for Individuals with Disabilities Act. Changes the name of the Customized Employment Pilot Program to the Customized Employment Demonstration Program. Provides that the program shall consist of components consistent with specified standards published by the Workforce Innovation Technical Assistance Center and the Youth Technical Assistance Center under grants from the federal Department of Education. Provides that the Division of Rehabilitation Services of the Department of Human Services shall collect data concerning the successes and challenges of the program and shall submit an annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly on March 1st of each year beginning in 2026 until the program terminates. Defines "customized employment".
STATUS
Passed
SB1479 - INS-REGULATORY EXAM/COMPLIANCE
Laura Fine, Ann Gillespie, Thaddeus Jones
Last updated 3 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Further amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that at a pre-examination conference, the Director of Insurance or authorized market conduct surveillance personnel shall disclose the basis of the examination. Provides that the Director may give a company or person an opportunity to resolve matters that are identified as a result of a market analysis to the Director's satisfaction before undertaking a market conduct action against the company or person. Provides that a failure to produce requested books, records, or documents by a deadline shall not be a violation until the later of specified deadlines. Provides that whenever the Department of Insurance has made substantive changes to a previously shared draft report, unless those changes remove part or all of an alleged violation or were proposed by the examinee, the Department shall deliver the revised version to the examinee as a new draft and shall allow the examinee 30 days to respond before the Department issues a final report. Provides that no corrective action shall be ordered with respect to violations in transactions with consumers or other entities that are isolated occurrences or that occur with such low frequency as to fall below a reasonable margin of error. Provides that the Director may make the results of a data call available for public inspection under certain circumstances. Provides that any failure to respond to an information request in a market conduct action or violation of specified provisions may carry a fine of up to $1,000 per day up to a maximum of $50,000. Authorizes the Director to order a penalty of up $2,000 (rather than $3,000) for each violation of any law, rule, or prior lawful order of the Director. Removes language providing that if an examination report finds a violation by the examinee that the report is unable to quantify such as an operational policy or procedure that conflicts with applicable law, then the Director may order a penalty of up to $10,000 for that violation. Provides that fines and penalties shall be consistent, reasonable, and justifiable, and the Director may consider reasonable criteria including, but not limited to, the examinee's size, consumer harm, the intentionality of any violations, or remedial actions already undertaken by the examinee. Provides that the Director shall communicate to the examinee the basis for any assessed fine or penalty. In a provision requiring examinees to pay for the expenses of a market conduct examination, provides that the costs and fees incurred in a market conduct examination shall be itemized and bills shall be provided to the examinee on a monthly basis for review prior to submission for payment. Makes other changes. Effective January 1, 2025 (rather than effective immediately).
STATUS
Passed
SB3395 - MUSIC TAX CREDIT ACT
Sara Feigenholtz, Lakesia Collins, Mike Porfirio
Last updated 9 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Music and Musicians Tax Credit and Jobs Act. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may award credits to qualified music companies. Creates the Music Education Scholarship Act. Provides that the Board of Higher Education may award scholarships to applicants who are enrolled in or accepted for admission to an associate, baccalaureate, or graduate degree program in music education and who agree to meet certain teaching obligations. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates certain income tax credits for theater infrastructure projects. Amends the Live Theater Production Tax Credit Act. Renames the Act as the Live Music and Theater Production Tax Credit Act. Provides that the Act also applies to musical performances.
STATUS
Introduced
HB5643 - INS CD-PREGNANCY TESTS
Tracy Katz Muhl, Kelly M. Cassidy, Anne M. Stava-Murray
Last updated 3 months ago
30 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the bill, as amended by House Amendment No. 2, with the following changes. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2025, the medical assistance program shall provide coverage for at-home, urine-based pregnancy tests that are ordered directly by a clinician or furnished through a standing order for patient use, regardless of whether the tests are otherwise available over the counter. Provides that the coverage is limited to a multipack, as defined by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, of at-home, urine-based pregnancy tests every 30 days. Changes the effective date to January 1, 2025 (rather than January 1, 2026).
STATUS
Passed
HB5371 - HUMAN RIGHTS-VARIOUS
Ann M. Williams, Eva Dina Delgado, Margaret Noble Croke
Last updated 3 months ago
37 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that an employer is responsible for harassment and sexual harassment of its employees by the employer's nonmanagerial and nonsupervisory employees, nonemployees, and third parties only if the employer becomes aware of the conduct and fails to take reasonable corrective measures. Changes the definition of "real estate transaction" to include any act that otherwise makes available such a transaction or alters a person's right to real property. Makes it a civil rights violation in a real estate transaction to: make unavailable or deny real property to discriminate in making available such a transaction; or use criteria or methods that have the effect of subjecting individuals to unlawful discrimination or discrimination based on familial status, immigration status, source of income, or an arrest record in a real estate transaction. Provides that an aggrieved party may take action to collect on a judicial order issued by the Circuit Court in an action initiated by the State, regardless of whether or not the aggrieved party intervened in an enforcement action of a Human Rights Commission order. Provides that, in imposing a penalty based on a real estate transaction violation, the Commission may order a respondent to pay a civil penalty per violation to vindicate the public interest, and in imposing a civil penalty to vindicate the public interest, a separate penalty may be imposed for each specific act constituting a civil rights violation and for each aggrieved party injured by the civil rights violation. Deletes language authorizing each commissioner of the Human Rights Commission to hire a staff attorney. Repeals language regarding the collection of information concerning employment discrimination in relation to persons affected by the federal Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Makes other changes.
STATUS
Passed
HB2472 - INS-ADVERSE DETERMINATION
Bob Morgan, Lilian Jimenez, Laura Fine
Last updated 4 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the bill, as amended by House Amendment No. 1, with the following changes. Provides that even if a health care plan or other utilization review program uses an algorithmic automated process in the course of utilization review for medical necessity, the health care plan or other utilization review program shall ensure that only a clinical peer makes any adverse determination based on medical necessity and that any subsequent appeal is processed. Adds the National Committee for Quality Assurance to a provision requiring utilization review programs to certify compliance with certain accreditation entities. Provides that utilization review programs that use algorithmic automated processes to decide whether to render adverse determinations (rather than that use algorithmic automated processes) based on medical necessity in the course of utilization review shall use objective, evidence-based criteria compliant with the accreditation requirements. Makes changes in the definition of "adverse determination". Effective January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
HB4899 - ASSISTED LIVING-FACILITY PLAN
Camille Lilly, Laura Fine
Last updated 4 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Home Health, Home Services, and Home Nursing Agency Licensing Act and the Hospice Program Licensing Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health may not charge any fee to a certified local health department in connection with the licensure of a home health agency or hospice program.
STATUS
Passed
HB5028 - LABOR-OSHA-OPIOID GUIDANCE
Janet Yang Yang Rohr, Norine K. Hammond, Joyce Mason
Last updated 3 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that a State agency may make opioid antagonists available at a location where its employees work if the State agency trains employees in the use and administration of the opioid antagonists. Makes other changes. Amend the Good Samaritan Act. Provides that any employee of a State agency who in good faith administers an opioid antagonist shall not, as a result of her or his acts or omissions, except for willful or wanton misconduct on the part of the employee in administering the drug, be liable for civil damages. Effective January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
HB5510 - SCH CD-EDU LICENSE-SOCIAL WORK
Gregg Johnson, Cyril Nichols, Angelica J. Guerrero-Cuellar
Last updated 7 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Creates the School Social Work Associate Endorsement. Provides that a School Social Work Associate Endorsement may be issued to an applicant who (i) holds a degree from a graduate program of social work that has been approved by the Council on Social Work Education, and (ii) has an active license through the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation under the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act as either a licensed clinical social worker or licensed social worker. Provides that a social work associate shall be authorized to perform responsibilities associated with traditional social work practice, subject to the restrictions in the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act regarding independent clinical practice, including Tier 1 and Tier 2 interventions in a multi-tiered system of supports. Provides that all responsibilities of a social work associate shall be performed in consultation with an individual who holds a Professional Educator License with a school support personnel endorsement in the area of school social work. Provides that a social work associate is not authorized to perform Tier 3 multi-tiered system of supports interventions or participate in the individualized education program process or the Section 504 plan process for any student with a disability. Provides that a social work associate may not be employed by a school district or any other entity to replace any presently employed Professional Educator License holder with a school support personnel endorsement who otherwise would not be replaced for any reason. Provides that an applicant for a social work associate endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations is not required to pass a content area test under the Code. Makes conforming changes.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB3492 - HUMAN RIGHTS-HEALTH DISC
Laura Fine, Ann Gillespie, Laura M. Murphy
Last updated 9 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Changes the definition of “unlawful discrimination” to include discrimination of reproductive health decisions. Defines “reproductive health decisions” as any decision by a person affecting the use or intended use of health care, goods, or services related to reproductive processes, functions, and systems. Provides that discrimination based on reproductive health decisions includes unlawful discrimination against a person because of the person's association with another person's reproductive health decisions.
STATUS
Introduced
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