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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB4501
Introduced
1/18/24
Refer
1/31/24
Introduced
1/18/24
Refer
1/31/24
Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that a criminal background investigation for a person subject to background check shall include specified information. Provides that, notwithstanding any federal law that prohibits conditional employment prior to completed background checks, an individual hired to begin employment who has authorized the required background check may be employed by a child care facility on a conditional basis pending the outcome of the required background check. Provides that the form authorizing the background check shall be submitted to the Department of Children and Family Services. Provides that the individual shall also submit to the Department an attestation, under penalty of perjury, disclosing: (1) any abuse or neglect complaints made against the individual with the child welfare agency of a state other than Illinois in which the individual resided within the 5 years preceding the date of the attestation; and (2) any contact the individual had with a law enforcement agency in connection with the individual's suspected or alleged commission of a crime in a state other than Illinois in which the individual resided within the 5 years preceding the date of the attestation. Provides that a conditional employee shall not be left alone with children outside the visual and auditory supervision of staff until the conditional employee has cleared all required background checks. Defines "persons subject to background check".
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB4502
Introduced
1/18/24
Refer
1/31/24
Introduced
1/18/24
Refer
2/14/24
Refer
1/31/24
Report Pass
4/12/24
Refer
2/14/24
Engrossed
5/14/24
Report Pass
4/12/24
Refer
5/15/24
Engrossed
5/14/24
Refer
5/15/24
Amends the Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, moneys in the Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development Fund may not be appropriated, assigned, or transferred to another State fund. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB4503
Introduced
1/18/24
Refer
1/31/24
Introduced
1/18/24
Refer
2/14/24
Refer
1/31/24
Refer
4/5/24
Refer
2/14/24
Refer
4/5/24
Amends the Election Code. Provides that, if a unit of local government receives a request to make the unit's public buildings within the election authority's jurisdiction available as permanent or temporary early voting polling place, the unit may demonstrate to the election authority that the use would interfere with scheduled programming, and, if so, the election authority and the unit shall work cooperatively to find an alternative location to serve as the permanent or temporary early voting polling place. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB4504
Introduced
1/18/24
Refer
1/31/24
Introduced
1/18/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
1/31/24
Report Pass
3/12/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
4/19/24
Report Pass
3/12/24
Refer
4/19/24
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or before December 31, 2025 that provides coverage for prescription drugs may not deny or limit coverage for prescription inhalers (instead of prescription inhalants) based upon any restriction on the number of days before an inhaler refill may be obtained if, contrary to those restrictions, the inhalants have been ordered or prescribed by the treating physician and are medically appropriate. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026 that provides coverage for prescription drugs shall limit the total amount that a covered person is required to pay for a covered prescription inhaler to an amount not to exceed $25 per 30-day supply, and provides that nothing in the provisions prevents a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan from reducing a covered person's cost sharing to an amount less than the cap. Makes a conforming change. Provides that coverage for prescription inhalers shall not be subject to any deductible, except to the extent that the coverage would disqualify a high-deductible health plan from eligibility for a health savings account. Authorizes rulemaking and enforcement by the Department of Insurance. Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Provides that the program of health benefits shall provide coverage for prescription inhalers under the Illinois Insurance Code.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB4505
Introduced
1/18/24
Refer
1/31/24
Introduced
1/18/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
1/31/24
Refer
4/5/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
4/5/24
Refer
4/5/24
Amends the Notice By Publication Act and the Newspaper Legal Notice Act. Provides, in both of the Acts, that the term "newspaper" also includes any digital publication that: (1) is posted on a public-facing website, web application, or digital application, including, but not limited to, a social network, ad network, or search engine, that has 3,000 or more unique monthly United States visitors or users with at least 50% of those visitors from the geographic area for which the notice is required to be published during the immediately preceding 12 months; (2) regularly gathers, prepares, collects, photographs, records, writes, edits, reports, investigates, or publishes news or information that concerns local, national, or international events or other matter of public interest for dissemination to the public; and (3) is paid for by subscribers to the digital publication.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB4506
Introduced
1/18/24
Refer
1/31/24
Introduced
1/18/24
Refer
2/14/24
Refer
1/31/24
Refer
4/5/24
Refer
2/14/24
Refer
4/5/24
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act. Allows, upon request, an investigator or attorney employed by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation investigating any provider of mental health or developmental disabilities services who is a licensee of the Department to inspect and copy a recipient's record or any part thereof. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits the use of a recipient's records in an administrative proceeding conducted by the Department.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB4507
Introduced
1/18/24
Refer
1/31/24
Introduced
1/18/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
1/31/24
Report Pass
4/2/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
4/19/24
Report Pass
4/2/24
Refer
4/19/24
Amends the Credit Services Organizations Act. Changes the short title of the Act to the Credit Repair Organizations Act. Provides that the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation shall oversee the activities of credit repair organizations and compliance with the Act. Provides that a credit repair organization shall submit reports to the Secretary containing specified information. Provides that every credit repair organization shall maintain a surety bond or electronic surety bond in the principal sum of $100,000 issued by a bonding company authorized to do business in this State and approved by the Secretary. Provides that the bond shall run to the Secretary and shall be for the benefit of any consumer who incurs damages as a result of any violation of the Act or rules adopted under the Act. Makes changes in provisions concerning contracts between a buyer and a credit repair organization and registration of credit repair organizations. Inserts provisions concerning the transfer of records; rulemaking; regulatory assessment; evasion; examination and reports; violations; enforcement; confidential supervisory information; judicial review; buyer and a credit repair organization; registration of credit repair organizations; violations of the Act; remedies; and conflicts of law. Repeals provisions concerning construction of the Act and surety bonds. Provides that the Secretary may adopt rules necessary to administer the Act. Defines terms. Repeals provisions concerning surety bonds. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that any person who violates the Credit Repair Organizations Act commits an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Act. Effective January 1, 2025.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB4508
Introduced
1/18/24
Refer
1/31/24
Introduced
1/18/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
1/31/24
Report Pass
4/4/24
Refer
2/28/24
Engrossed
4/18/24
Report Pass
4/4/24
Refer
4/19/24
Engrossed
4/18/24
Refer
4/19/24
Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that the Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act (Article 20 of the Code) is adopted and made a part of the Downstate Police Article, but only with respect to a person who, on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, is entitled under those Articles or through a participating system under the Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act to begin receiving a retirement annuity or survivor's annuity and who elects to proceed under the Retirement Systems Reciprocal Act. In the State Universities Article, provides that a Tier 2 member who has at least 20 years of service in the System as a police officer is entitled to a retirement annuity upon written application on or after the attainment of age 55 (instead of age 60) if a specified rule is applicable to the participant. Provides that any benefit increase that results from the amendatory Act is excluded from the definition of "new benefit increase". Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB4509
Introduced
1/18/24
Refer
1/31/24
Introduced
1/18/24
Refer
1/31/24
Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Creates the South Suburban Trauma Center Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Specifies that certain toll surcharges are to be deposited in the Fund and used for a suburban trauma center to be situated on the border between Calumet City and the Village of Dolton. Describes additional duties of the Health Facilities and Services Review Board regarding the establishment of a south suburban trauma center. Amends the Toll Highway Act. Imposes a toll surcharge at a specific toll plaza. Amends the State Finance Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB4510
Introduced
1/18/24
Refer
1/31/24
Introduced
1/18/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
1/31/24
Refer
5/31/24
Refer
2/28/24
Refer
5/31/24
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning January 1, 2025, renal dialysis services provided within a skilled nursing facility by a certified home dialysis provider shall receive a per-claim add-on payment of $95 per treatment. Defines "certified home dialysis provider" to mean an end stage renal disease facility that (i) provides dialysis treatment or dialysis training to caregivers or individuals with end stage renal disease and (ii) has been approved to provide dialysis home training support services by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Effective January 1, 2025.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB4511
Introduced
1/18/24
Refer
1/31/24
Introduced
1/18/24
Refer
1/31/24
Creates the Illiana Task Force Act. Creates the Illiana Task Force, consisting of 24 police officers, appointed by the Director of the Illinois State Police. Provides that the members of the Task Force shall select a chairperson. Provides that members of the Task Force shall receive no compensation for their service on the Task Force but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties from appropriations made by the General Assembly for that purpose. Provides that the Task Force shall meet at least once monthly to study ways to reduce violence in local communities caused by the illegal use of firearms and to make recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on suggested legislative solutions to this problem. Provides that the Task Force shall submit an annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31 of each year and a final report 5 years after the creation of the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall be dissolved 6 years after its creation. Provides that the Act is repealed on January 1, 2031. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB4512
Introduced
1/19/24
Refer
1/31/24
Introduced
1/19/24
Refer
1/31/24
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, in counties with less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the assessment list may be posted on the chief county assessment officer's website.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB4513
Introduced
1/19/24
Refer
1/31/24
Introduced
1/19/24
Refer
1/31/24
Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Provides that within 90 days after the Restore, Reinvest, and Renew Areas have been designated by the Restore, Reinvest, and Renew Program Board, the Board chair shall appoint 8 public officials of municipal or county (rather than municipal) geographic jurisdictions in the State that include a Restore, Reinvest, and Renew Area to the Board.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB4514
Introduced
1/19/24
Refer
1/31/24
Introduced
1/19/24
Refer
1/31/24
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a legislative declaration.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois House Bill HB4515
Introduced
1/19/24
Refer
1/31/24
Introduced
1/19/24
Refer
1/31/24
Amends the Department of Natural Resources Act. Makes legislative findings concerning the growth of American white pelican populations and their impacts on recreational fish populations in the Upper Mississippi River System. Directs the Department of Natural Resources to collaborate with an accredited university or college in the State to conduct a study of the American white pelican communities that reside, during their migration, in Pool 13 of the Upper Mississippi River System in order to: (1) evaluate the movements and foraging activities of those communities; (2) assess how the migration of those communities impacts fish populations in the Upper Mississippi River System; and (3) collect the data necessary to develop trophic models of the Upper Mississippi River System that incorporate impacts of piscivorous birds, such as the American white pelican. Requires the Department to report the findings of its study to the General Assembly by no later than December 31, 2025. Effective immediately.