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HB4816 - PRETRIAL SUCCESS-GRANTS
Maurice A. West, Camille Lilly, Lilian Jimenez
Last updated 8 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Pretrial Success Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services has grant making, operational, and procurement authority to distribute funds to local government health and human services agencies, community-based organizations, and other entities necessary to execute the functions under the Act. Provides that subject to appropriation, the Department shall issue grants to local governmental agencies and community-based organizations to maximize pretrial success each year. Provides that grants shall be awarded no later than October 1, 2024. Provides that grants in subsequent years shall be issued on or before September 1 of the relevant fiscal year and shall allow for pre-award expenditures beginning July 1 of the relevant fiscal year. Provides that each judicial circuit with a population of at least 250,000 constitutes a service area. Provides that each judicial circuit with populations of less than 250,000 shall be combined with at least one other geographically contiguous judicial circuit to constitute a service area with a population of at least 250,000. Provides that resources for each service area shall be distributed based on maximizing the total potential pretrial success. Subject to appropriation, the minimum annual grant amount awarded in each service area shall be $300,000. Provides that beginning in Fiscal Year 2027 and subject to appropriation, grants shall be awarded for a project period of 3 years, contingent on Department requirements for reporting and successful performance. Provides that organizations receiving grants under the Act shall provide the following services directly or through subgrants to other organizations: (1) case management for mental health and substance use disorders; (2) detoxification or referral to detoxification when clinically indicated and available in the community; (3) medication assisted treatment or referral to medication assisted treatment when clinically indicated and available in the community; (4) child care to remove barriers to court appearances; and (5) transportation to court appearances if not available through the Office of Statewide Pretrial Services or other court stakeholders. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB5251 - CONVICTION RESIDENCY
Camille Lilly, Kelly M. Cassidy, Lilian Jimenez
Last updated 8 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that it is unlawful for a child sex offender with the duty to register under the Sex Offender Registration Act to knowingly reside within 250 (rather than 500) feet of a school building or the real property comprising any school that persons under the age of 18 attend, a playground, child care institution, day care center, part day child care facility, (deletes day care home and group day care home) or a facility providing programs or services exclusively directed toward persons under 18 years of age. Provides that the provisions do not apply if the property was established as the child sex offender's current address of registration prior to the date that entity was opened, or if the entity must obtain a license in order to provide programs or services, the date that the license was issued. Amends the Arsonist Registration Act, the Sex Offender Registration Act, and the Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act. Provides that if the registrant is an indigent person, the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction shall (rather than may) waive the registration fee. Lowers various penalties from felonies to misdemeanors for violations of these Acts. Reduces the registration period under the Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act from 10 years to 5 years. Defines in the various Acts "indigent person" and "poverty guidelines". Provides that the amendatory changes apply retroactively. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB5308 - JUV CT-CD CORR-DNA-JUV EXPUNGE
Lilian Jimenez
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that the automatic expungement of juvenile law enforcement records and court records includes juvenile DNA records. Provides that in cases involving juvenile records that are not subject to automatic expungement, a person may petition for the expungement of the person's juvenile DNA records. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Deletes a provision that DNA shall be collected from a person who received a disposition of supervision under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that whenever expungement is granted under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, the DNA record shall be expunged from the DNA identification index, and the Illinois State Police shall by rule prescribe procedures to ensure that the record and any specimens, analyses, or other documents relating to such record, whether in the possession of the Illinois State Police or any law enforcement or police agency, or any forensic DNA laboratory, including any duplicates or copies thereof, are destroyed and a letter is sent to the court verifying the expungement is completed. Provides that for specimens required to be collected prior to conviction, unless the individual has other charges or convictions that require submission of a specimen, the DNA shall not be submitted into the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Combined DNA Index System (CODIS).
STATUS
Introduced
HB4093 - HEALTH DATA PRIVACY ACT
Ann M. Williams, Katie Stuart, Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
Last updated over 1 year ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Protect Health Data Privacy Act. Provides that a regulated entity shall disclose and maintain a health data privacy policy that clearly and conspicuously discloses specified information. Sets forth provisions concerning health data privacy policies. Provides that a regulated entity shall not collect, share, or store health data, except in specified circumstances. Provides that it is unlawful for any person to sell or offer to sell health data concerning a consumer without first obtaining valid authorization from the consumer. Provides that a valid authorization to sell consumer health data must contain specified information; a copy of the signed valid authorization must be provided to the consumer; and the seller and purchaser of health data must retain a copy of all valid authorizations for sale of health data for 6 years after the date of its signature or the date when it was last in effect, whichever is later. Sets forth provisions concerning the consent required for collection, sharing, and storage of health data. Provides that a consumer has the right to withdraw consent from the collection, sharing, sale, or storage of the consumer's health data. Provides that it is unlawful for a regulated entity to engage in discriminatory practices against consumers solely because they have not provided consent to the collection, sharing, sale, or storage of their health data or have exercised any other rights provided by the provisions or guaranteed by law. Sets forth provisions concerning a consumer's right to confirm whether a regulated entity is collecting, selling, sharing, or storing any of the consumer's health data; a consumer's right to have the consumer's health data that is collected by a regulated entity deleted; prohibitions regarding geofencing; and consumer health data security. Provides that any person aggrieved by a violation of the provisions shall have a right of action in a State circuit court or as a supplemental claim in federal district court against an offending party. Provides that the Attorney General may enforce a violation of the provisions as an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Defines terms. Makes a conforming change in the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act.
STATUS
Introduced
HB5523 - GENDER DISCRIM-SERVICE INDUST
Lilian Jimenez
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Creates the Prevention of Gender-Based Discrimination in Service Industries Act. Prohibits a service business from discriminating on the basis of gender. Requires specified service businesses to post a notice that states that they don't discriminate on prices charged for services of similar or like kind on the basis of the person's gender and that a complete price list is available upon request. Provides that a service business that fails to correct a violation of the notice requirements within 30 days of receiving written notice of the violation is liable for a civil penalty up to $1,000. Provides that a business that violates the Act commits a civil rights violation. Makes a conforming change in the Illinois Human Rights Act.
STATUS
Introduced
HB5564 - HOMELESS PREVENTION ASSISTANCE
Lilian Jimenez, Will Guzzardi, Michelle Mussman
Last updated 5 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Homelessness Prevention Act. Provides that on an annual basis, a grantee's administrative costs and case management expenses shall not exceed 20% (rather than 15%) of the grant amount it receives under the Department of Human Services' homeless prevention and assistance program.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB5525 - HUMAN RIGHTS ACT-REAL ESTATE
Lilian Jimenez
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that State policy is that access to housing is a fundamental human right in preventing discrimination based on familial status or source of income in real estate transactions. Defines "source of income". Provides that this definition prohibits a person engaged in a real estate transaction from requiring a credit check before approving another person in the process of renting real property or requiring a move-in fee in lieu of a security deposit or in addition to a security deposit.
STATUS
Introduced
HB5524 - REVENUE-TECH
Lilian Jimenez
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2472 - INS-ADVERSE DETERMINATION
Bob Morgan, Lilian Jimenez, Laura Fine
Last updated 2 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
HB5630 - IEMA-OHS-REACTOR ADVISORY BODY
Lilian Jimenez, Kelly M. Cassidy, Joyce Mason
Last updated 8 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Nuclear Safety Law of 2004. Directs the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security to convene an advisory body, to be known as the Small Modular Reactor Advisory Committee, which shall consist of relevant stakeholders and members of the public, including, but not limited to, members of the environmental community, electric utilities, appropriately credentialed academics, energy economists, energy engineers, public interest organizations, consumer protection organizations, and others whose insights are relevant to the preparation of the small modular reactor study and small modular reactor rules to be adopted under the Act. Directs the Small Modular Reactor Advisory Committee to provide current, expert information germane to the topic, critique and fact-check the development of the draft modular reactor study and rules, provide meaningful point and counter-point analysis on the small modular reactor issue, and provide additional access and referrals to additional experts in fields relating to the preparation of the draft small modular reactor study. Specifies that members shall not be compensated for service on the Small Modular Reactor Advisory Committee but shall be reimbursed by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security, not less than quarterly, for such items as travel to meetings, meals, copying expenses, and other related expenses. Repeals the new provisions on July 1, 2027. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from Illinois district HD-004
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Illinois House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Lilian Jimenez is a contractor, providing mediation services to Rhode Island courts. She was a member of the Rhode Island Senate from 2006 to 2020, serving as Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Environment & Agriculture. She also served as a senator on the Housing and Municipal Government and Judiciary Committees. Jimenez graduated from Rhode Island College, and did graduate work at the University of New Haven Graduate School in Community Psychology. She was elected to the Rhode Island House of Representatives in 2004. She lives in Providence.read less
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