Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session All Bills (Page 665)
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2945
Introduced
1/31/24
Refer
1/31/24
Refer
2/6/24
Refer
3/15/24
Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Adds (in addition to other criteria) that if a resident fails to pay or has a late payment and the facility follows the federal discharge and transfer requirements, including the issuance of a notice of facility-initiated discharge, then a facility that participates in the Medical Assistance Program may refuse to retain as a resident any person who resides in a part of the facility that does not participate in the Medical Assistance Program and who is unable to pay for his or her care in the facility without medical assistance.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2946
Introduced
1/31/24
Refer
1/31/24
Refer
2/6/24
Refer
4/19/24
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that the prohibition on the recovery of punitive damages in a legal malpractice action includes damages sought as compensatory damages which were assessed against the legal malpractice plaintiff or failed to be obtained by the legal malpractice plaintiff.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2947
Introduced
1/31/24
Refer
1/31/24
Refer
2/6/24
Refer
4/19/24
Amends and reenacts provisions of the Civil Practice Article of the Code of Civil Procedure concerning actions on account of bodily injury or death or physical damage to property based on negligence or product liability based on strict tort liability. Provides that the court shall not instruct the jury of the consequence of any findings of fault of any plaintiff or defendant under specified provisions of the Code. Deletes language providing that the court shall instruct the jury in writing that the defendant shall be found not liable if the jury finds that the contributory fault of the plaintiff is more than 50% of the proximate cause of the injury or damage for which recovery is sought. In the Section concerning joint liability, deletes language providing that: any defendant whose fault is less than 25% of the total fault attributable to the plaintiff, the defendants sued by the plaintiff, and any third party defendant except the plaintiff's employer, is severally liable for non-medical damages; and any defendant whose fault is 25% or greater of the total fault attributable to the plaintiff, the defendants sued by the plaintiff, and any third party defendants except the plaintiff's employer, is jointly and severally liable for non-medical damages. Adds language providing that: any defendant whose fault is less than 25% of the proximate cause of the injury or damage for which recovery is sought by the plaintiff is severally liable for non-medical damages; and any defendant whose fault is 25% or greater of the proximate cause of the injury or damage for which recovery is sought by the plaintiff is jointly and severally liable for non-medical damages. Contains applicability provisions.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2948
Introduced
1/31/24
Refer
1/31/24
Refer
2/6/24
Refer
4/19/24
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides limitations upon a nonexpert's opinion or inference testimony. Sets forth requirements regarding: qualifications, testimony, disclosure, and compensation of expert witnesses; bases of expert opinion testimony; limitations on expert testimony; pretrial hearings and disclosures concerning expert witnesses; precedents to be followed in interpreting the new provisions; interlocutory appeals of rulings on the admissibility of expert evidence; standards to be followed by reviewing courts in determining the admissibility of expert testimony; and severability. Provides that the new provisions apply to actions commenced on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act and pending actions in which a trial has not been scheduled or in which a trial has been scheduled more than 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2949
Introduced
1/31/24
Refer
1/31/24
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. In a provision concerning actions brought to recover damages for personal injury or wrongful death, changes the prejudgment interest rate to 5% per annum instead of 6% per annum. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2950
Introduced
1/31/24
Refer
1/31/24
Refer
2/6/24
Refer
5/3/24
Amends the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act. Provides that a veterans case manager shall be appointed by the Director of Veterans' Affairs, in consultation with the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation and the Secretary of Human Services, to assist veterans in obtaining the greatest degree of mental health care and mental health care benefits available and to promote policies that would benefit veterans seeking mental health care. Provides that the case manager shall serve at the pleasure of the Director of Veterans' Affairs. Sets forth the duties of the veterans case manager, including, to: (i) act as an intermediary between health care facilities and veterans health care facilities; (ii) provide information to veterans and health care facilities regarding mental health services available to veterans; (iii) apply for, receive, and administer federal aids, grants, and gifts relating to inpatient mental health services for veterans; (iv) encourage physicians, nurses, and other individuals working in mental health care who have military experience to work in Illinois; and (v) collaborate with health care facilities in identifying, upon a person's admission to a health care facility, the person's eligibility for federal veterans benefits, including prescription drug benefits. Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Requires the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to adopt rules requiring hospitals, upon identifying a person requiring mental health services as a veteran, to establish and implement certain protocols including (1) contacting the veterans case manager regarding the veteran's admission, (2) identifying whether the veteran is at risk for causing harm to the veteran's self or others, and (3) preventing the hospital from treating a veteran with less or different care than nonveteran patients solely because of a person's veteran status. Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law. Requires the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to establish rules requiring licensed health care professionals, as specified, to receive continuing education credits regarding the treatment of veterans as a condition of license renewal.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2951
Introduced
1/31/24
Refer
1/31/24
Refer
2/6/24
Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Requires each officer or member who, on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, is elected or appointed to office to complete, within 2 years after the date that he or she is first elected or appointed and every 2 years thereafter for as long as he or she remains an officer or member, an 8-hour continuing education program that has been developed by the Illinois Council on Economic Education and has been approved by the Illinois Community College Board. Provides that an officer or member who is currently licensed by the State in a financial field and is already required to take continuing education classes concerning accounting, economics, or finance shall be exempt from this continuing education requirement. Authorizes an administrative fine to be levied against an officer or employee who fails to timely complete the amendatory Act's continuing education requirement. Prohibits an officer or employee from being elected or appointed to public office if he or she fails to timely pay the fine and complete the required continuing education. Amends the Election Code. Requires candidates to state in their petitions for nomination that they are not barred from being elected or appointed by a violation of the continuing education requirement established by the amendatory Act.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2952
Introduced
1/31/24
Refer
1/31/24
Amends the Boat Registration and Safety Act. Repeals a Section providing that no person shall operate a personal watercraft or a specialty prop craft between the hours of sunset and sunrise.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2953
Introduced
1/31/24
Refer
1/31/24
Refer
2/6/24
Refer
5/3/24
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that an apprentice who is hired by the taxpayer through the United States Department of Defense SkillBridge internship program is considered a qualifying apprentice for the purpose of the apprenticeship education expense credit. Effective immediately.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2954
Introduced
1/31/24
Refer
1/31/24
Refer
2/6/24
Refer
5/3/24
Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning the homestead exemption for veterans with disabilities, provides that the term "veteran" also includes a veteran who has received a medical discharge.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2955
Introduced
1/31/24
Refer
1/31/24
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the assessor shall publish the assessed value of all property that qualifies for a hospital exemption under the Code in the taxable year as well as the estimated property tax liability for that property. Provides that general services, such as health fairs or the preparation and distribution of marketing materials, shall not qualify as a reimbursable cost when determining whether property qualifies for the hospital exemption. Provides that, when calculating the hospital exemption, discounts provided to managed care organizations or commercial insurers are not included unless those services are provided directly pursuant to a contract with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Provides that no more than 30% of the total services being claimed as a benefit may be related to residency programs or research. Provides that no more than 50% of the total services being claimed as a benefit may be related to government-sponsored health care. Amends the Community Benefits Act. Makes changes to the definition of "charity care." Provides that the Attorney General shall post certain reports on the Attorney General's website.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2956
Introduced
1/31/24
Refer
1/31/24
Refer
2/6/24
Refer
5/3/24
Amends the Township Code. Provides that townships in a county with a population of 500,000 or more may enter into intergovernmental agreements to provide ADA paratransit bus transportation and bus transportation for senior citizens between townships. The township providing service may apply to the Department of Human Services to receive grants to reimburse costs from the Township Bus Service Fund, a special fund that is created in the State treasury, and, subject to appropriation and as directed by the Secretary of Human Services, moneys in the Fund may be expended for reimbursement costs for ADA paratransit bus transportation and bus transportation for senior citizens between townships and for no other purpose. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Township Bus Service Fund.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2957
Introduced
1/31/24
Refer
1/31/24
Refer
2/6/24
Report Pass
3/21/24
Engrossed
4/10/24
Refer
4/11/24
Refer
4/15/24
Report Pass
5/1/24
Enrolled
5/16/24
Chaptered
8/2/24
Passed
8/2/24
Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. In provisions concerning the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program, expands the definition of "access" to means the right to inspect and copy the clinical and other records of a participant or resident, regardless of age, with the express written consent of the participant or resident, or if consent is given orally, visually, or through the use of auxiliary aids and services, such consent is documented contemporaneously by a representative of the Office of State Long Term Care Ombudsman. In provisions requiring long term care facilities, supportive living facilities, assisted living establishments, and shared housing establishments to permit Office representatives to examine and copy a resident's clinical and other reports, includes facility reports of incidents or occurrences involving the resident that were made to other State agencies.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2958
Introduced
1/31/24
Refer
1/31/24
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires every applicant for the registration of a motor vehicle to present, at the time of submission of an application for registration, a valid driver's license.
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Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session
Illinois Senate Bill SB2959
Introduced
1/31/24
Refer
1/31/24
Refer
2/6/24
Report Pass
3/13/24
Engrossed
4/9/24
Refer
4/10/24
Refer
4/15/24
Report Pass
5/1/24
Enrolled
5/24/24
Chaptered
8/9/24
Passed
8/9/24
Amends the State Finance Act and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides for the issuance of Sons of the American Legion decals. Provides that the fee for original issuance of the Sons of the American Legion decals shall be $25 with $10 to the Sons of the American Legion Fund, a special fund created in the State treasury, and $15 to the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Provides that the fee for renewal of the Sons of the American Legion decals shall be $25 with $23 to the Sons of the American Legion Fund and $2 to the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Provides that all money in the Sons of the American Legion Fund shall be paid as grants to the Illinois Detachment of the Sons of the American Legion.