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SB3669 - WETLANDS AND SMALL STREAMS
Laura Ellman, Julie A. Morrison, Ann Gillespie
Last updated 9 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Wetlands and Small Streams Protection Act to restore protections for wetlands and small streams that were formerly protected from pollution and destruction by the Clean Water Act. Includes provisions concerning: exemptions; wetlands delineation, classification, notification, permits and veto; general permits; appeal of final decisions made by the Department of Natural Resources and judicial review; investigation and enforcement; and county authority. Creates the Wetlands and Small Streams Advisory Committee and establishes duties and rules for the Committee. Creates the Wetlands and Small Streams Protection Fund. Provides for permit review fees. Defines terms. Makes conforming changes in the State Finance Act and the Illinois Environmental Protection Act. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3804 - AGING-FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION
Mike Simmons, Mattie Hunter, Michael E. Hastings
Last updated 9 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Adult Protective Services Act. Expands the list of mandated reporters under the Act to include broker-dealers and officers and employees of financial institutions. Provides that financial exploitation of an adult with disabilities or a person aged 60 or older occurs when a person or entity (i) takes, secretes, appropriates, obtains, or retains real or personal property of an eligible adult for a wrongful use or with intent to defraud, or both; (ii) assists in taking, secreting, appropriating, obtaining, or retaining real or personal property of an eligible adult for a wrongful use or with intent to defraud, or both; (iii) knowingly aids and abets in the taking, secreting, appropriating, obtaining, or retaining of real or personal property of an eligible adult for a wrongful use or with intent to defraud, or both; or (iv) takes, secretes, appropriates, obtains, or retains, or assists in taking, secreting, appropriating, obtaining, or retaining, real or personal property of an eligible adult by undue influence. Sets forth when a financial institution, the officers and employees of a financial institution, a broker-dealer, or an investment adviser is deemed to have assisted in taking, secreting, appropriating, obtaining, or retaining real or personal property of an eligible adult. Sets forth when all other mandated reporters are deemed to have assisted in taking, secreting, appropriating, obtaining, or retaining real or personal property of an eligible adult. Exempts from liability nonsupervisory employees of a financial institution. Contains other provisions.
STATUS
Introduced
SR0896 - PROVIDER APPRECIATION DAY
Rachel Ventura, Cristina Castro, Willie Preston
Last updated 6 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Declares May 10, 2024 as Provider Appreciation Day in the State of Illinois. Encourages all residents of Illinois to recognize child care providers, the importance of their work, and the immeasurable value they bring to communities.
STATUS
Passed
SB3538 - LOC FIRST RESPONDER INSURANCE
Michael E. Hastings, Robert F. Martwick, Mike Simmons
Last updated 3 months ago
93 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Provides that the mental health counseling shall be included in the health insurance coverage for employees on and after June 1, 2025. Provides that the first responders eligible to receive the mental health counseling also include emergency medical services personnel dispatched pursuant to a 9-1-1 call (rather than medical services personnel, in the engrossed bill), public safety telecommunicators, emergency medical dispatchers, and mental health professionals employed and dispatched by any unit of local government in response to emergency crisis calls received on public emergency service lines instead of or in conjunction with law enforcement. Defines mental health counseling.
STATUS
Passed
SB3727 - PATIENT ACCESS 340B PHARMACY
Ann Gillespie, Mike Simmons, Javier Loera Cervantes
Last updated 9 months ago
27 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Patient Access to Pharmacy Protection Act. Defines terms. Provides that no person, including a pharmaceutical manufacturer, may deny, restrict, prohibit, condition, or otherwise interfere with, either directly or indirectly, the acquisition of a 340B drug by, or delivery of a 340B drug to, a 340B covered entity or a 340B contract pharmacy authorized to receive 340B drugs on behalf of the 340B covered entity unless such receipt is prohibited by federal law. Provides that no person, including a pharmaceutical manufacturer, may impose any restriction on the ability of a 340B covered entity to contract with or designate a 340B contract pharmacy including restrictions relating to the number, location, ownership, or type of 340B contract pharmacy. Provides that no person, including a pharmaceutical manufacturer, may require or compel a 340B covered entity or 340B contract pharmacy to submit or otherwise provide ingredient cost or pricing data pertinent to 340B drugs; institute requirements in any way relating to how a 340B covered entity manages its inventory of 340B drugs that are not required by a State or federal agency, including requirements relating to the frequency or scope of audits of inventory management systems of a 340B covered entity or a 340B contract pharmacy; or require a 340B covered entity or its 340B contract pharmacy to submit or otherwise provide data or information that is not required by State or federal law. Sets forth provisions concerning enforcement of this Act; preemption of this Act; and severability of this Act. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3501 - OUTDOOR LIGHTING CONTROL ACT
Laura Ellman, Rachel Ventura, Willie Preston
Last updated 3 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Responsible Outdoor Lighting Control Act. Includes legislative findings. Defines terms. Provides that all new, renovated, or retrofitted luminaires purchased with State funds after the effective date of the Act or installed after the effective date of the Act on a structure or land that is owned, supported, funded, leased, or managed by the State must follow specified outdoor lighting control requirements. Includes various exceptions to compliance. Allows the Attorney General, a municipality, or a county to enforce the Act by filing an action for injunctive relief in a circuit court. Provides that the Department of Central Management Services shall make available a resource guide for the public to add lighting to homes and businesses consistent with the requirements for luminaires on a structure or land that is owned, supported, funded, leased, or managed by the State under the Act, and provides that the guide must include references to publicly accessible websites of advocacy groups approved by the State that provide education, guidance, and specifications relating to the implementation of responsible lighting principles. Provides that, if the Act conflicts with any other federal law, State law, or local ordinance controlling lighting, outdoor luminaries, signage, outdoor advertising, displays, or devices that is more stringent than the Act, then the federal law, State law, or local ordinance controls to the extent it is more stringent than the Act. Effective 60 days after becoming law.
STATUS
Passed
SB0381 - CIVIL LAW-TECH
Rachel Ventura, Steve McClure, Willie Preston
Last updated 3 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Amends the State Property Control Act. Requires the Director of Central Management Services, as Administrator, to assess surplus real property held by the State and determine whether such property is unsellable in its current assessed condition. Provides assessment factors. Requires the Administrator to prepare a report based upon the assessment that includes all surplus real properties that he or she assessed as unsellable. Provides further contents of the report. Requires the Administrator to submit the report to the Governor and the General Assembly by February 1, 2024, and by February 1 of every even-numbered year thereafter. Provides that the Administrator is authorized, subject to approval by a joint resolution of the Senate and the House of Representatives, to pursue the recommended course of action for each property specified in the report. Allows the Administrator to use funds held in the Sustainable Ownership and Surplus Property Environmental Cleanup Fund for specified purposes. Creates the Sustainable Ownership and Surplus Property Environmental Cleanup Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Specifies the use of the Fund. Provides for the adoption of rules. Amends the State Finance Act to provide for the Sustainable Ownership and Surplus Property Environmental Cleanup Fund. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SB3399 - DHFS-DHS-DIRECT SUPPORT WAGE
Celina Villanueva, Michael W. Halpin, Ram Villivalam
Last updated 9 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish reimbursement rates that build toward livable wages for front-line personnel in residential and day programs and service coordination agencies serving persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Provides that for community-based providers serving persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities, subject to federal approval, the rates taking effect for services delivered on or after July 1, 2024 shall be increased sufficiently to: (i) provide a minimum $3.00 per hour wage increase over the wages in effect on June 30, 2024 for front-line personnel; and (ii) provide wages for all other residential non-executive direct care staff, excluding direct support professionals, at the U.S. Department of Labor's average wage as defined, by rule, by the Department. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that for ID/DD facilities and MC/DD facilities, the rates taking effect for services delivered on or after July 1, 2024, shall be increased sufficiently to: (i) provide a minimum $3.00 per hour wage increase over the wages in effect on June 30, 2024 for front-line personnel; and (ii) provide wages for all other residential non-executive direct care staff, excluding direct support professionals, at the U.S. Department of Labor's average wage as defined, by rule, by the Department. Requires the same increase for front-line personnel employed at community-based providers serving persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Grants the Departments of Human Services and Healthcare and Family Services emergency rulemaking authority. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3591 - JOURNALISM PRESERVATION ACT
Steve Stadelman, Rachel Ventura
Last updated 9 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that a covered platform shall annually compensate digital journalism providers for accessing the websites of the digital journalism providers, with the compensation annually adjusted for increases in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for all items published by the United States Department of Labor and annually distributed to the digital journalism providers. Provides that the distributions may be made by either an approved claims administrator or directly by the digital journalism providers itself. Makes other changes.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2743 - WATER PLAN TASK FORCE ACT
Laura Ellman, Natalie Toro, Mary Edly-Allen
Last updated 3 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Water Plan Task Force Act. Establishes the State Water Plan Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall be chaired by the Director of the Office of Water Resources of the Department of Natural Resources and composed of the directors, or their designee, from various other State entities. Requires the Task Force to identify critical water issues, to develop and implement recommendations that address the critical water issues, and to reevaluate critical water issues and needs. Requires the Task Force to publish a State Water Plan not less than every 10 years. Provides that the Task Force shall develop and maintain a publicly available website or portal that summarizes projects of the Task Force. Requires the Task Force to meet not less than once per quarter each calendar year. Enumerates the authority granted to the Task Force.
STATUS
Passed
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