House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the State Comptroller Act. Authorizes the Comptroller to establish and maintain an interactive map on the Comptroller's Internet website that provides the location and annual financial information of taxing bodies as reported to the Comptroller's office.

  RECENT STATUS

5/27/2022 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0907

5/27/2022 - Effective Date January 1, 2023

5/27/2022 - GOVERNOR APPROVED

Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Election Code. Creates the Public Financing of Judicial Elections Task Force. Sets forth the membership of the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall study the feasibility of implementing a system of campaign finance that would allow public funds to be used to subsidize campaigns for candidates for judicial office in exchange for voluntary adherence by those campaigns to specified expenditure limitations. Provides that a political committee that is self-funding and is established to support or oppose a candidate for the Supreme Court, the Appellate Court, or the Circuit Court may not accept contributions from any single person, other than the judicial candidate or the candidate's immediate family, in a cumulative amount that exceeds $500,000 in any election cycle. Provides that an independent expenditure committee established to support or oppose a candidate for the Supreme Court, the Appellate Court, or the Circuit Court may not accept contributions from any single source that exceed $500,000 in any election cycle. Provides that certain contributions to political committees from committees, associations, or other entities that are not required to disclose their contributors are considered anonymous donations, unless the political committee reports to the State Board of Elections all persons who have contributed in excess of $500 during the same election cycle to the committee, association, or other organization or group making the contribution.

Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 - Replaces a reference to the term "source" with the term "person".

  RECENT STATUS

5/27/2022 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0909

5/27/2022 - Effective Date May 27, 2022

5/27/2022 - GOVERNOR APPROVED

Amends the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004. In a provision requiring training for registered employees of a private detective agency within 30 days of their employment, specifies that the training may be classroom-based or online Internet-based and removes certain topics that must be included in that training. Provides that registered employees of a private detective agency and private detectives shall complete an additional 8 hours of annual training each calendar year. Provides that private security contractors shall complete an additional 4 hours of annual training each calendar year. Provides that classroom basic training for private security contractors may be provided in a classroom setting or may be Internet-based online or other supervised computerized training. Provides that if a private security contractor owns or is employed by a private security contractor agency, the private security contractor agency shall maintain a record of the annual training and must make the record of annual training available to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation upon request. Provides that a licensee applying for a firearm control card must complete a firearm training course consisting of 48 hours (rather than 40 hours) of training. Provides that a licensee or employee in possession of a valid firearm control card shall complete an additional 8 hours of refresher training each calendar year. Requires that commercial or industrial operations that employ one or more persons (rather than 5 or more persons) shall register their security forces with the Department and that registration subjects the security force to certain requirements. Makes other changes. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 to make conforming changes.

House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: In provisions amending the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor, and Locksmith Act of 2004, provides that training for registered employees of a private detective agency, private detectives, and private security contractors may be provided in a classroom or seminar setting or via Internet-based online learning programs (rather than in a classroom setting or may be Internet-based online or other supervised computerized training); provides that the original form or a copy (rather than the form) that certifies that the employee successfully completed basic and annual training shall be placed in the employee's file with the employer for the period the employee remains with the employer (and makes conforming changes); and makes other changes. In provisions amending the Criminal Code of 2012, removes language that provides that specified provisions concerning the unlawful use of a weapon do not apply to an athlete's possession, transport on official Olympic and Paralympic transit systems established for athletes, or use of competition firearms sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee, the International Shooting Sport Federation, or USA Shooting in connection with such athlete's training for and participation in shooting competitions at the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games and sanctioned test events leading up to the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games; specifies that, for certain security guards, 20 hours of training for a security officer and 28 (rather than 20) hours of firearm training are required to qualify for an exemption; and makes conforming changes.

  RECENT STATUS

5/26/2022 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0900

5/26/2022 - Effective Date January 1, 2023

5/26/2022 - GOVERNOR APPROVED

Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends Public Act 102-17 by changing, adding, and repealing various FY2022 appropriations. Makes FY2023 appropriations and reappropriations for specified purposes. Some provisions are effective immediately; some provisions are effective July 1, 2022.

  RECENT STATUS

4/19/2022 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0698

4/19/2022 - Effective Date April 19, 2022; Some Provisions Effective July 1, 2022

4/19/2022 - GOVERNOR APPROVED

Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Illinois Integrity, Notification, and Fairness in Online Retail Marketplaces for Consumers (INFORM Consumers) Act. Requires online marketplaces to collect and disclose to consumers contact and other information about high-volume third-party sellers. Provides exceptions. Provides that if the Attorney General has reason to believe that any person has violated the Act, the Attorney General may bring an action to restrain by preliminary or permanent injunction the use of such a method, act, or practice. Creates the Organized Retail Crime Enforcement Fund in the State treasury. Provides that subject to appropriation, moneys in the Organized Retail Crime Enforcement Fund shall be used by the Office of the Attorney General to award grants to State's Attorneys' offices and law enforcement agencies to investigate, indict, and prosecute violations of organized retail crime. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Creates the offense of organized retail crime. Defines the offense and establishes penalties. Provides that a retail mercantile establishment that is a victim of a violation of retail theft, organized retail crime, financial institution fraud or related offenses, or looting shall have certain rights. Provides that an issuer shall not provide a debit or credit cardholder or a person who utilizes an account number or code the value in any manner of any item purchased with intent to defraud the issuer or a person providing an item of value. Amends the Statewide Grand Jury Act. Provides that a Statewide Grand Jury may investigate, indict, and prosecute violations of organized retail crime. Amends the State Finance Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately, except that the Illinois Integrity, Notification, and Fairness in Online Retail Marketplaces for Consumers (INFORM Consumers) Act takes effect January 1, 2023.

  RECENT STATUS

5/13/2022 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0757

5/13/2022 - Effective Date May 13, 2022; - Some Provisions Effective January 1, 2023

5/13/2022 - GOVERNOR APPROVED

Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision concerning safety-net hospitals, provides that beginning July 1, 2020 and ending on December 31, 2026, a hospital that would have qualified for the rate year beginning October 1, 2020 and was designated a federal rural referral center on October 1, 2020 shall be a Safety-Net Hospital. In provisions concerning hospital provider funding, provides that certain annual assessments on inpatient services and outpatient services shall be imposed on each hospital provider for calendar years 2021 through 2026 (rather than for calendar years 2021 and 2022). Makes changes to the definition of "Assessment Adjustment". Extends the period during which certain transfers shall be made from the Hospital Provider Fund. Contains provisions concerning: (i) the applicable reimbursement factor from July 1, 2020 through December 31, 2022 and January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2026; and (ii) fee for-service supplemental payments beginning January 1, 2023. In a provision concerning the classification of Illinois hospitals for the purpose of allocating the funds included in capitation payments to managed care organizations, defines "critical access hospital" and "public hospital". Provides that, beginning January 1, 2023 and each calendar year thereafter, assignment to the safety-net class shall be based on the annual safety-net rate year beginning 15 months before the beginning of the first Payout Quarter of the calendar year. Makes changes to provisions concerning high Medicaid hospitals and defines "regional high volume hospital". Provides that, from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall establish the amounts that shall be allocated to the hospital class directed payment fixed pools identified under a specified provision of the Code for the quarterly development of a uniform per unit add-on. Requires the Department to ensure that hospitals assigned to the fixed pools are paid no less than 95% of the annual initial rate for each 6-month period of each annual payout period. Contains provisions concerning directed payment amounts established by the Department for the Payout Quarter beginning January 1, 2023; pass-through payments for calendar year 2023; the sum of the total estimated annual payments to each hospital class for calendar year 2023; and other matters. Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that a general acute care hospital is authorized to file a notice with the Department of Public Health and the Health Facilities and Services Review Board to establish an acute mental illness category of service in accordance with the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act and add authorized acute mental illness beds if the following conditions are met: (i) the general acute care hospital qualifies as a safety-net hospital as determined by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services at the time of filing the notice or for the year immediately prior to the date of filing the notice; (ii) the notice seeks to establish no more than 24 authorized acute mental illness beds; and (iii) the notice seeks to reduce the number of authorized beds in another category of service to offset the number of authorized acute mental illness beds. In provisions requiring the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to pay certain amounts to the human poison control center designated under the Poison Control System Act, provides that not less than $3,750,000 shall be paid for State fiscal years 2021 through 2026 (rather than for State fiscal year 2021 and 2022) and not less than $1,875,000 shall be paid for the period July 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026 (rather than for the period July 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022). Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law. Provides that, by February 1, 2023, the Department of Public Health and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall provide a joint report to the General Assembly on options and recommendations for the establishment of a permanent Safety-Net Hospital Health Equity and Access Leadership (HEAL) Grant Program. Provides that the Departments of Public Health and Healthcare and Family Services may consult with the statewide association representing a majority of hospitals and safety-net hospitals on the report. Sets forth information that may be included in the report, including, but not limited to: (1) criteria for a safety-net hospital to be eligible for the program; (2) potential projects eligible for grant funds, which may include projects to reduce health disparities, advance health equity, or improve access to or the quality of healthcare services; and (3) potential strategies to generate federal Medicaid matching funds for expenditures under the program. Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions requiring the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to make adjustment payments for inpatient services to hospitals that meet certain requirements, provides that such adjustment payments shall be made to a hospital that reopens a previously closed hospital facility within 4 (rather than 3) calendar years of the hospital facility's closure. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Extends the income tax credit for certain hospitals through taxable years ending on or before December 31, 2027 (currently, December 31, 2022). Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that certain hospital exemptions apply on a continuous basis. Effective immediately.

  RECENT STATUS

5/17/2022 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0886

5/17/2022 - Effective Date May 17, 2022

5/17/2022 - GOVERNOR APPROVED

Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Requires the Capital Development Board and the Department of Transportation to prepare quarterly reports on the status of change order requests. Provides that a lease of real property owned by a public institution of higher education (rather than the University of Illinois) may exceed 10 years under specified circumstances. Requires construction agencies procuring construction and construction-related professional services to make reasonable efforts to contract with Illinois businesses and, in procuring construction and construction-related professional services for projects with a total construction cost of more than $100,000, to provide a bid preference to a responsible bidder that is an Illinois business. Requires disclosure of financial interests for all bids and offers from responsive bidders, offerors, vendors, or contractors with an annual value in excess of the specified small purchase threshold under the Code. Exempts certain communications from procurement communication reporting requirements. Creates the State Procurement Task Force. Provides that the task force shall survey State procurement process and make recommendations to: (i) ensure that the process is equitable and efficient; (ii) provide departments with the flexibility needed to be successful; (iii) change the current structure of the procurement process; (iv) update the process to reflect modern procurement methods; (v) increase women-owned and minority-owned business participation; (vi) increase participation by State vendors; and (vii) reduce costs and increase efficiency of State procurements. Provides guidelines for appointing members to the task force. Provides that the Department of Central Management Services shall provide support to the task force. Provides that the task force shall submit specified reports to the Governor and General Assembly. Provides that the task force is repealed on January 1, 2025. Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act. Provides that the Business Enterprise Council shall have the authority and responsibility to adopt a procedure to grant automatic certification to businesses holding a certification from specified entities and to develop and maintain a repository for specified non-certified vendors. Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that the Department of Human Rights, by rule, shall establish a reasonable opportunity to cure any noncompliance by a bidder prior to the awarding of a contract. Makes other changes. Effective January 1, 2023, except that certain provisions take effect immediately.

Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 - Deletes a provision concerning the definition of "change order" from the bill as amended by Senate Amendment No. 2.

  RECENT STATUS

5/6/2022 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0721

5/6/2022 - Effective Date May 6, 2022; - Some Provisions Effective Jan 01, 2023

5/6/2022 - GOVERNOR APPROVED

Amends the Invest in Kids Act. Makes a formatting change to create a first priority group for eligible students who received a scholarship from a scholarship granting organization during the previous school year. Provides that qualified schools may establish a maximum scholarship amount, which may not exceed the necessary costs and fees for attendance at the qualified school. Provides that the qualified school shall notify the scholarship granting organization of its necessary costs and fees as well as any maximum scholarship amount set by the school. Effective immediately.

Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Specifies that the maximum scholarship amount set by a school district is subject to the limitations provided under existing law.

  RECENT STATUS

6/10/2022 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-1059

6/10/2022 - Effective Date June 10, 2022

6/10/2022 - GOVERNOR APPROVED

House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Downstate Police, Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF), and State Universities Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that no later than September 30, 2023, a person may transfer to a fund established under the Downstate Police Article creditable service accumulated under IMRF for service as a sheriff's law enforcement employee, person employed by a participating municipality or instrumentality to perform police duties, law enforcement officer employed on a full-time basis by a forest preserve district, or person employed by a participating municipality to perform administrative duties related to law enforcement. Provides that the application to transfer that credit must be made not later than June 30, 2023. Provides that no later than June 30, 2023, a person may irrevocably apply to transfer to a fund established under the Downstate Police Article creditable service accumulated under the State Universities Retirement System for service as a police officer upon payment to the police pension fund of a specified amount to be determined by the board. Makes changes to the amount the State Universities Retirement System must pay to the State Employees' Retirement System to transfer certain creditable service. Makes conforming and other changes. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective January 1, 2023.

Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Further amends the Downstate Police and Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that on and after July 1, 2022 but no later than December 1, 2022, a participating employee who is actively employed as a sheriff's law enforcement employee under IMRF may make a written election to transfer up to 10 years of creditable service from a fund established under the Downstate Police Article to IMRF. Provides that to establish that service, the participating employee must either elect to pay a specified amount to IMRF or have the amount of his or her creditable service established reduced by a specified amount. Provides that in no event shall the service credit established under the provisions exceed the lesser of 10 years or the actual amount of service credit that had been earned in the police pension fund. Provides that if the amount transferred to IMRF is greater than a specified amount, the additional amount shall be credited to the account of the sheriff's law enforcement employee's employer. Effective immediately, except that certain provisions are effective January 1, 2023.

  RECENT STATUS

6/10/2022 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-1061

6/10/2022 - Effective Date June 10, 2022; - Some Provisions Effective January 1, 2023

6/10/2022 - GOVERNOR APPROVED

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. In provisions concerning a motor vehicle transfer tax when the transfer is pursuant to the administration of an estate and the beneficiary is not a surviving spouse, provides that those provisions also apply to the administration of an inter vivos trust that became irrevocable upon the death of the grantor. Effective immediately.

  RECENT STATUS

5/13/2022 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0762

5/13/2022 - Effective Date May 13, 2022

5/13/2022 - GOVERNOR APPROVED

Amends the General Obligation Bond Act. Authorizes an additional $1,000,000,000 of State Pension Obligation Acceleration Bonds. Makes a conforming change. Amends the State Employees, State Universities, and Downstate Teachers Articles of the Illinois Pension Code. Extends the option for a participant to receive an accelerated pension benefit payment in lieu of any pension benefit or for a reduction in the increases to his or her annual retirement annuity and survivor's annuity to June 30, 2026 (instead of June 30, 2024). Effective immediately.

  RECENT STATUS

5/5/2022 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0718

5/5/2022 - Effective Date May 5, 2022

5/5/2022 - GOVERNOR APPROVED

Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes: Creates the Wellness Checks in Schools Program Act. Provides that subject to appropriation, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall establish the Wellness Checks in Schools Collaborative for school districts that wish to implement wellness checks to identify students in grades 7 through 12 who are at risk of mental health conditions, including depression or other mental health issues. Requires the Department to work with school districts that have a high percentage of students enrolled in Medicaid and a high number of referrals to the State's Crisis and Referral Entry Services (CARES) hotline. Provides that subject to appropriation, the Department shall establish and implement a program to provide wellness checks in public schools in accordance with the Act. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In the Hospital Services Trust Fund Article, provides that beginning with dates of service on and after January 1, 2023, any general acute care hospital with more than 500 outpatient psychiatric Medicaid services to persons under 19 years of age in any calendar year shall be paid the outpatient add-on payment of no less than $113. In the Medical Assistance Article, provides that beginning January 1, 2023, licensed certified professional midwife services shall be covered under the medical assistance program, subject to appropriation, for persons who are otherwise eligible for medical assistance. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to consult with midwives on reimbursement rates for midwifery services. Provides that subject to federal approval, beginning January 1, 2023, the community spouse resource allowance shall be established and maintained at a base amount of $109,560 plus an additional amount of $2,784 added to the base amount each year for a period of 10 years commencing with calendar year 2024 through calendar year 2034. Requires yearly increases up to the maximum resource allowance permitted under the Social Security Act. Provides that subject to federal approval, beginning January 1, 2034 the community spouse resource allowance shall be established and maintained at the maximum amount permitted under the Social Security Act, or an amount set after a fair hearing. Provides that subject to federal approval, beginning January 1, 2023 the monthly maintenance allowance for the community spouse shall be established and maintained at the maximum amount higher of $2,739 per month or the minimum level permitted under the Social Security Act. Contains provisions requiring the Department of Human Services to develop a program designed to provide behavioral health providers with academic detailing and clinical consultation over the phone on how to best care for patients with severe mental illness or a developmental disability. Contains provisions requiring the Department of Human Services to track the availability of beds for withdrawal management services that are licensed by the Department and are available to medical assistance beneficiaries. Contains provisions concerning coverage for peer recovery support services under the medical assistance program; the alignment of substance use prevention and recovery and mental health policy; increased rates for prenatal and postpartum care; the external cephalic version rate; increased funding for dental services; and coverage for acupuncture services under the medical assistance program. Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law. Requires the Department of Public Health to establish or approve a Certified Nursing Assistant Intern Program to address the increasing need for trained health care workers and provide additional pathways for individuals to become certified nursing assistants. Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act, the Nursing Home Care Act, the MC/DD Act, and the ID/DD Community Care Act to establish certain employment requirements for certified nursing assistant interns and establishments that employ certified nursing assistant interns. Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to establish or approve a Certified Nursing Assistant Intern Program to address the increasing need for trained health care workers for the supporting living facilities program. Sets forth classroom and on-the-job training requirements for certified nursing assistant interns. Provides that the Certified Nursing Assistant Intern Program shall end upon the termination of the Secretary of Health and Human Services' public health emergency declaration for COVID-19 or 3 years after the date that the Program becomes operational, whichever occurs later. Grants the Departments of Public Health and Healthcare and Family Services emergency rulemaking authority. Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that by July 1, 2022, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall seek a State Plan amendment or any federal waivers or approvals necessary to make changes to the medical assistance redetermination process by allowing all people without income to be considered for ex parte redetermination. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to waive estate recovery under the medical assistance program where recovery would not be cost-effective, would work an undue hardship, or for any other just reason. Requires the Department of Human Services to compile on a monthly basis data on the percentage of medical assistance beneficiaries whose eligibility is renewed through ex parte redeterminations. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to seek a State Plan amendment by July 1, 2022 that permits the use of its asset verification system to assist in determining whether the ex parte process can be used to renew the medical assistance coverage of a senior or a person with a disability. Contains provisions concerning streamlining enrollment into the Medicare Savings Program. Repeals provisions under the Aid to the Aged, Blind or Disabled Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code concerning liens on recipients real property interests. In a provision requiring the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to pay the DCFS per diem rate for inpatient psychiatric stays at free-standing psychiatric hospitals or hospitals with a pediatric or adolescent inpatient psychiatric unit, removes language making the provision operative only through July 1, 2023. Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions concerning ground ambulance services, provides that, within 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall file rules to allow for the approval of ground ambulance services when the sole purpose of the transport is for the navigation of stairs or the assisting or lifting of a patient at a medical facility or during a medical appointment in instances where the Department or a contracted Medicaid managed care organization or their transportation broker is unable to secure transportation through any other transportation provider. Provides that beginning no later than January 1, 2023 and subject to federal approval, the amount allocated to fund rates for medi-car, service car, and attendant services provided to adults and children under the medical assistance program shall be increased by an approximate amount of $24,000,000. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that by May 1, 2023, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services may provide medical services to noncitizens 42 years of age through 54 years of age who (i) are not eligible for medical assistance under Article V of the Code due to their not meeting the otherwise applicable provisions of the Code concerning citizenship

  RECENT STATUS

6/2/2022 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-1037

6/2/2022 - Effective Date June 2, 2022

6/2/2022 - GOVERNOR APPROVED

Amends the Illinois Department of Revenue Sunshine Act. Provides that the Department of Revenue shall submit for publication (currently, publish) quarterly in the Illinois Register an index of any informal rulings, opinions or letters issued by the Department of Revenue during the quarter and required to be made available. Effective January 1, 2023.

  RECENT STATUS

5/13/2022 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0769

5/13/2022 - Effective Date January 1, 2023

5/13/2022 - GOVERNOR APPROVED

Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the FY2023 Budget Implementation Act. Makes the changes necessary to implement the State budget for fiscal year 2023. Effective immediately, except that (i) some specified provisions take effect on July 1, 2022 and (ii) other specified provisions take effect upon becoming law or on the date Senate Bill 3023 of the 102nd General Assembly takes effect, whichever is later.

Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Further amends the Broadband Infrastructure Advancement Act by removing provisions prohibiting the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity from adopting specified emergency rules. Furthers amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes changes in provisions concerning Medicaid rates for supportive living services. Makes changes in provisions concerning Pandemic related stability payments to ambulance service providers in response to COVID-19.

  RECENT STATUS

4/19/2022 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0699

4/19/2022 - Effective Date April 19, 2022; some provisions effective July 1, 2022; some provisions effective on the date Senate Bill 3023 of the 102nd General Assembly takes effect

4/19/2022 - GOVERNOR APPROVED

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that when an insured receives emergency services or covered ancillary services from a nonparticipating provider or a nonparticipating facility, the health insurance issuer shall ensure that cost-sharing requirements are applied as though the services had been received from a participating provider or facility, and that the insured or any group policyholder or plan sponsor shall not be liable to or billed by the health insurance issuer, the nonparticipating provider, or the facility beyond the cost-sharing amount. Contains provisions concerning a notice and consent process for out-of-network coverage; billing for reasonable administrative fees; assignment of benefits to nonparticipating providers; and cost-sharing amounts and deductibles. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code and the Health Maintenance Organization Act to make a change in provisions concerning disclosure of nonparticipating provider benefits. Amends the Network Adequacy and Transparency Act. Provides that a beneficiary who receives care at a participating health care facility shall not be required to search for participating providers under certain circumstances. Amends the Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act. Provides that prior authorization or approval by the plan shall not be required for post-stabilization services that constitute emergency services. Amends the Health Maintenance Organization Act and the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act to provide that health maintenance organizations and voluntary health services plans are subject to provisions of the Illinois Insurance Code concerning billing and cost sharing. Makes other changes. Effective July 1, 2022, except that certain changes take effect January 1, 2023.

House Floor Amendment No. 1 - In provisions concerning cost sharing for emergency services and cost sharing for non-emergency services, provides that if the cost sharing for the same item or service furnished by a participating provider would have been a flat-dollar copayment, that amount shall be the cost-sharing amount unless the provider has billed a lesser total amount. Provides that upon receipt of the provider's bill or facility's bill, the health insurance issuer shall provide the nonparticipating provider or the facility with a written explanation of benefits (rather than the health insurance issuer shall provide the nonparticipating provider or the facility with a written explanation of benefits). Provides that the arbitrator shall not establish a rebuttable presumption that the qualifying payment amount should be the total amount owed to the provider or facility by the combination of the issuer and the insured, beneficiary, or enrollee. Defines "qualifying payment amount". Makes other changes.

  RECENT STATUS

5/26/2022 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0901

5/26/2022 - Effective Date July 1, 2022; - Some Provisions Effective January 1, 2023

5/26/2022 - GOVERNOR APPROVED

House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that, for tax years ending on or after December 31, 2022, all individual income tax returns shall contain an appropriate space in which the taxpayer may indicate that the taxpayer would like to know the taxpayer's eligibility for health insurance benefits and authorize the Department of Revenue to share the taxpayer's income information with the State health benefits exchange. Provides that, by June 1 and October 1 of each year, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the Department of Insurance shall provide the Department of Revenue with a form letter describing health insurance enrollment options for taxpayers. Provides that the form letter is not required in any calendar year if the State health benefits exchange is operational as of January 1 of that calendar year. Provides that the Department of Revenue shall send the form letter via e-mail or first class mail to the taxpayers who indicated on their most recent individual income tax return that they would like to know their eligibility for health insurance benefits. Provides that the marketplace enrollment platform must interface with the Department's tax system if the State transitions to a State health benefits exchange. Provides that the Director of Revenue shall make individual income tax information available to the State health benefits exchange if the disclosure is authorized by the taxpayer. Provides that the State health benefits exchange shall use the information provided by the Department to assess the individual taxpayer's eligibility for Medicaid and health insurance premium tax credits. Provides that the State health benefits exchange shall inform the taxpayer of the results of its eligibility assessment. Effective immediately.

  RECENT STATUS

5/13/2022 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0799

5/13/2022 - Effective Date May 13, 2022

5/13/2022 - GOVERNOR APPROVED

Amends the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act. Provides that, for all contracts entered into on or after July 1, 2022, a primary contractor making or taking a contract in the State for the erection, construction, alteration, or repair of a building, structure, or other private work in the State, shall assume, and is liable for, any debt owed to a claimant incurred pursuant to the Act by a subcontractor at any tier acting under, by, or for the primary contractor for the wage claimant's performance of labor included in the subject of the contract between the primary contractor and the owner. Provides exemption from liability for a property owner who acts as a primary contractor related to the erection, construction, alteration, or repair of his or her primary residence. Defines terms. Provides that the primary contractor's liability under the new provisions shall extend only to any unpaid wages or fringe or other benefit payments or contributions, including interest owed, penalties assessed by the Department, and reasonable attorney's fees, but shall not extend to liquidated damages. Provides that a primary contractor or any other person shall not evade or commit any act that negates the requirements of the new provisions. Provides that the obligations and remedies provided in the new provisions shall be in addition to any obligations and remedies otherwise provided by law, except that nothing in the new provisions shall be construed to impose liability on a primary contractor for anything other than unpaid wages, fringe or other benefit payment contributions, penalties assessed by the Department of Labor, interest owed, and reasonable attorney's fees. Provides that claims brought pursuant to the new provisions shall be done so in accordance with provisions concerning violations of the Act.

House Committee Amendment No. 1 - In provisions concerning primary contractor responsibility for wage claims in construction industry, provides that nothing shall supersede or modify the express terms contained in any collective bargaining agreement relating to the primary contractor's liability to pay the wages of its subcontractor's employees. Provides that prior to the commencement of any civil action, a claimant or a representative of a claimant shall provide written notice to the employer and to the primary contractor detailing the nature and basis for the claim. Provides that failure of the employer or the primary contractor to resolve the claim within 10 days after receipt of this notice, or during any agreed upon period extending this deadline, may result in the filing of a civil action to enforce the provisions of the Act.

House Floor Amendment No. 3 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1 with the following changes: Provides that specified provisions do not apply to work performed by a contractor of the federal government, the State, a special district, a city, a county, or any political subdivision of the State (rather than the State, a special district, a city, a county, or any political subdivision of the State). Provides that nothing shall supersede or modify the obligations and liability that any primary contractor, subcontractor, or property owner may bear as an employer under the Act or any other applicable law. Provides that primary contractors who are parties to a collective bargaining agreement on the project where the work is being performed shall be exempt from specified provisions. Effective immediately.

  RECENT STATUS

6/10/2022 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-1076

6/10/2022 - Effective Date June 10, 2022

6/10/2022 - GOVERNOR APPROVED

Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Comprehensive Licensing Information to Minimize Barriers Task Force Act. Creates the Comprehensive Licensing Information to Minimize Barriers Task Force within the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Adds provisions governing Task Force membership, duties, powers, and compensation. Provides that the Task Force shall meet monthly. Provides that the Task Force shall submit a report to the General Assembly, the Office of Management and Budget, the Department, and the public in the form of a final report by December 1, 2023. Provides that the final report shall identify low-income and middle-income licensed occupations in the State and aggregate the information from those occupations under the occupations' respective regulatory boards overseen by the Department. Repeals the Act on December 1, 2024. Effective immediately.

  RECENT STATUS

6/10/2022 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-1078

6/10/2022 - Effective Date June 10, 2022

6/10/2022 - GOVERNOR APPROVED

Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Provides that the State shall not regulate a profession, occupation, industry, business or trade in a manner that will unreasonably and adversely affect either the competitive market or equitable access to quality jobs and economic opportunities (rather than the competitive market). Adds a requirement that the Office of Management and Budget's study on the performance of regulatory agencies shall include in its report an analysis of whether the agency or program restricts a profession, occupation, business, industry or trade any more than is necessary to protect the public health, safety or welfare from significant and discernible harm or damage. Provides that the Office of Management and Budget's study can examine the termination, modification, or continuation of a regulatory agency or program (rather than termination or continuation). Makes changes regarding the factors that the Office of Management and Budget includes in its study on the performance of regulatory agencies scheduled for termination. Defines "personal qualifications" and "scope of practice". Makes other changes.

  RECENT STATUS

5/27/2022 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0984

5/27/2022 - Effective Date January 1, 2023

5/27/2022 - GOVERNOR APPROVED

House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Economic Development for a Growing Economy Tax Credit Act. Provides that certain startup taxpayers are eligible to elect to claim the Credit against their obligation to pay over withholding taxes. Amends the Economic Development for a Growing Economy Tax Credit Act and the River Edge Redevelopment Zone Act. Makes changes to the definition of "underserved area". Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act and the Film Production Services Tax Credit Act of 2008. Provides that, if a film production credit is transferred by the taxpayer, then the transferor taxpayer shall pay to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity a specified percentage of the amount transferred, which shall be deposited into the Illinois Production Workforce Development Fund. Provides that the term "Illinois labor expenditures" includes wages paid to nonresidents, subject to certain limitations. Makes changes concerning the earned income tax credit in the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates certain income tax and property tax rebates. Amends the State Finance Act to create various special funds. Provides for transfers from the General Revenue Fund to certain other funds. Amends the Live Theater Production Tax Credit Act. Provides that, for the State fiscal year ending on July 1, 2023, the amount of tax credits awarded under the Act shall not exceed $4,000,000 (currently, $2,000,000); however, credits awarded for that fiscal year in excess of $2,000,000 must be awarded to applicants with Illinois production spending of not less than $2,500,000. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Makes changes concerning biodiesel. Provides that, beginning on July 1, 2022 and until July 1, 2023, the rate of tax on certain food products shall be 0% (currently, 1%). Provides that the credit for coal and aggregate exploration, mining, off-highway hauling, processing, maintenance, and reclamation equipment sunsets on July 1, 2028 (currently July 1, 2023). Creates a tax holiday for certain school supplies and clothing. Creates an exemption for breast pumps and breast pump kits. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit for any individual or entity that operates an agritourism operation in the State during the taxable year. Makes changes concerning the credit for instructional supplies. Extends the income tax credit for certain hospitals through taxable years ending on or before December 31, 2027 (currently, December 31, 2022). Creates a withholding tax credit for organ donations. Amends the Motor Fuel Tax Tax Law. Suspends the rate adjustment calculated based on the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index until January 1, 2023 (currently, the adjustment occurs on July 1, 2022). Requires retailers to post certain notices of the suspension of the inflation adjustment in a prominently visible place on each retail dispensing device. Amends the Reimagining Electric Vehicles in Illinois Act. Provides that battery recycling and reuse manufacturers and battery raw materials refining service providers are also eligible for incentives under the Act. Provides that manufacturers of advanced battery components are also considered electric vehicle component parts manufacturers. For an applicant that is required to create full-time employee jobs, provides that the wages are based on wages paid to full-time employees in a similar position within an occupational group in the county where the project is located. Amends the Parking Excise Tax Act. Makes changes concerning booking intermediaries. Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Makes changes concerning an individual's weekly benefit amount. Provides that a claims adjudicator may reconsider a determination, if the issue is whether or not an individual misstated earnings for any week beginning on or after March 15, 2020, at any time within 5 years after the last day of the week for which the determination is made. Provides that the State's account in the unemployment trust fund is authorized to receive appropriations of State funds from other State accounts to repay any advance or advances from the United States Secretary of Labor. Makes other changes. Effective immediately, except that provisions concerning the Parking Excise Tax take effect on July 1, 2023.

House Floor Amendment No. 3 - Creates the Manufacturing Illinois Chips for Real Opportunity (MICRO) Act. Creates the Manufacturing Illinois Chips for Real Opportunity (MICRO) Program to be administered by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Creates various tax incentives for manufacturers of semiconductors, microchips, or semiconductor or microchip component parts, subject to an agreement with the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act, the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, the Property Tax Code, the Telecommunications Excise Tax Act, the Electricity Excise Tax Law, and the Public Utilities Act.

  RECENT STATUS

4/19/2022 - Effective Date April 19, 2022; Some Provisions Effective July 1, 2023

4/19/2022 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0700

4/19/2022 - GOVERNOR APPROVED

House Committee Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Employee Sick Leave Act. Provides that the rights afforded under the Act serve as the minimum standard in a negotiated collective bargaining agreement.

  RECENT STATUS

5/13/2022 - Effective Date January 1, 2023

5/13/2022 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0817

5/13/2022 - GOVERNOR APPROVED

House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Consumer Legal Funding Act. Sets forth provisions concerning consumer legal funding contract requirements, right of rescission, and consumer legal funding company prohibitions. Sets forth the fees that may be charged by a consumer legal funding company and provides that a consumer legal funding company shall not collect any additional fees besides those specified in the Act. Provides that all consumer legal funding contracts shall contain specified disclosures. Provides that the contingent right to receive an amount of the potential proceeds of a legal claim is assignable by a consumer. Provides that an attorney or law firm retained by the consumer in the legal claim shall not have a financial interest in the consumer legal funding company offering consumer legal funding to that consumer. Provides that a violation of the Act constitutes a violation of the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Sets forth provisions concerning the functions and powers of the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation. Provides that the Secretary may issue a cease and desist order to any licensee or a person doing business without a license in specified circumstances. Provides that the Secretary may apply for an injunction against a violation of the Act. Provides that any person who engages in business as a licensee without the license required by the Act commits a Class 4 felony. Provides that a violation of the Act may be asserted in a civil action. Sets forth provisions concerning definitions; consumer legal funding license scope; license application process and forms; surrender of license; license renewal; examination of business; suspension or revocation of license; license fees; investigation of complaints; additional investigation and examination authority; confidential information; information sharing; reports of violations; and rulemaking. Amends the Interest Act. Provides that it is lawful to receive or to contract to receive and collect interest and charges as authorized by specified law including the Consumer Legal Funding Act. Makes a conforming change in the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

  RECENT STATUS

5/27/2022 - Effective Date May 27, 2022

5/27/2022 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0987

5/27/2022 - GOVERNOR APPROVED

Creates the Illinois Industrial Biotechnology Partnership Act. Establishes the Industrial Biotechnology Public-Private Partnership as a State-sponsored board consisting of specified members to promote and market Illinois as a destination for research, development, and commercialization for industrial biotechnology. Provides for the appointment of members to the Partnership. Provides requirements concerning meetings and compensation. Provides for administrative and other support to the Partnership. Provides for duties and funding of the Partnership. Provides reporting requirements. Provides for the adoption of rules. Defines terms. Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law. Creates the Industrial Biotechnology Workforce Development Grant Program. Provides that the Program shall provide grants for the purpose of fostering a well-trained and well-skilled industrial biotechnology workforce. Provides funding and eligibility requirements. Provides reporting requirements. Provides for the adoption of rules. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Industrial Biotechnology Human Capital Fund and Industrial Biotechnology Capital Maintenance Fund as special funds in the State treasury for specified purposes. Provides for funding of each Fund. Allows the use of Fund moneys for specified grants. Provides reporting requirements. Provides for the adoption of rules. Amends the Economic Development for a Growing Economy Tax Credit Act. Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to evaluate the tax credit program regarding employment and investment criteria to ensure that the program is applicable to both small startup firms as well as existing companies in the industrial biotechnology field.

House Committee Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with changes. Makes changes to the membership of the Industrial Biotechnology Public-Private Partnership. Provides that members shall be appointed within 90 days (instead of 30 days) after the effective date of the Act. Provides that the Partnership shall develop and direct efforts to attract companies to use existing Illinois facilities for research, development, and pre-commercialization activities. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, or a non-profit organization designated by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, shall provide administrative and other support to the Partnership (instead of the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity alone). Provides that the Partnership is dissolved on December 31, 2025. Provides that certain grant programs created in the engrossed bill are subject to appropriation. Contains provisions concerning private matching funds necessary for the expenditure of funds appropriated to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for the use of the Industrial Biotechnology Public-Private Partnership. Provides that reports concerning the grant programs established in the bill are due on or before January 31 of the year following the fiscal year in which the moneys are allocated. Removes amendatory provisions requiring the Department of Revenue to evaluate the Economic Development for a Growing Economy Tax Credit Program. Makes conforming and other changes.

  RECENT STATUS

5/27/2022 - Effective Date January 1, 2023

5/27/2022 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0991

5/27/2022 - GOVERNOR APPROVED

House Committee Amendment No. 3 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that, for levy years 2022 and later, the taxing district's aggregate extension base is the greater of (A) the district's last preceding aggregate extension limit or (B) the district's last preceding aggregate extension, subject to certain adjustments. Provides that the term "aggregate extension limit" means the district's last preceding aggregate extension if the taxing district had utilized the maximum limiting rate permitted without referendum for each of the 5 immediately preceding levy years. Provides that the maximum reduction under the General Homestead Exemption is $10,000 in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants and counties that are contiguous to a county of 3,000,000 or more inhabitants and $6,000 in all other counties (currently, $10,000 in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants and $6,000 in all other counties). Provides that the maximum reduction under the senior citizens homestead exemption is $8,000 in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants and counties that are contiguous to a county of 3,000,000 or more inhabitants and $5,000 in all other counties (currently, $8,000 in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants and $5,000 in all other counties). In provisions concerning the homestead exemption for veterans with disabilities, makes changes concerning the surviving spouse. Provides that the interest rate under the Senior Citizens Real Estate Tax Deferral Act is reduced from 6% to 4%. Amends the School Code. Contains provisions concerning interfund transfers and disclosure of cash reserve balances. Amends the Department of Revenue Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois to require the Department of Revenue to conduct a study concerning the homestead exemption for veterans with disabilities. Effective immediately.

House Floor Amendment No. 5 - Makes changes to the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 3 to provide that the maximum amount of the general homestead exemption is $10,000 in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, $8,000 in counties that are contiguous to a county of 3,000,000 or more inhabitants, and $6,000 in all other counties (rather than $10,000 in counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants and counties that are contiguous to a county of 3,000,000 or more inhabitants and $6,000 in all other counties).

  RECENT STATUS

5/23/2022 - Effective Date May 23, 2022

5/23/2022 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0895

5/23/2022 - GOVERNOR APPROVED

House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Makes supplemental appropriations from the Pension Stabilization Fund for financing the unfunded liabilities of the General Assembly Retirement System, the Judges Retirement System of Illinois, the State Employees? Retirement System of Illinois, the Teachers? Retirement System of the State of Illinois, and the State Universities Retirement System. Makes supplemental appropriations from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Central Management Services for group insurance. Appropriates $2,700,000,000 from the State Coronavirus Urgent Remediation Emergency Fund to the Department of Employment Security for payment to the Illinois Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund for partial repayment of Title XII advances, including prior year costs. Appropriates $250,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to deposit into the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund. Effective immediately.

  RECENT STATUS

3/25/2022 - Effective Date March 25, 2022

3/25/2022 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0696

3/25/2022 - GOVERNOR APPROVED

House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the One Day Rest In Seven Act. Provides that specified provisions of the Act do not apply to employees for whom work hours, days of work, and rest periods are established through the collective bargaining process.

  RECENT STATUS

5/27/2022 - Effective Date January 1, 2023

5/27/2022 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-1012

5/27/2022 - GOVERNOR APPROVED

Creates the Ensuring a More Qualified, Competent, and Diverse Community Behavioral Health Workforce Act. Requires the Department of Human Services, Division of Mental Health, to award grants or contracts to licensed community mental health centers or behavioral health clinics to establish or enhance training and supervision of interns and behavioral health providers-in-training pursuing licensure as a licensed clinical social worker, licensed clinical professional counselor, and licensed marriage and family therapist. Creates the Mental Health Assessment Reform Act to remove barriers to care in the Medicaid mental health assessment and treatment planning process. Creates the Recovery and Mental Health Tax Credit Act. Requires the Department to establish and administer a recovery tax credit program to provide tax incentives to qualified employers who employ eligible individuals in recovery from a substance use disorder or mental illness in part-time and full-time positions. Creates an Advisory Council to advise the Department regarding employment of persons with mental illnesses and substance use disorders in minority communities. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to make conforming changes. Amends the Department of Healthcare and Family Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to take all necessary action to ensure that proposed modifications, additions, deletions, or amendments to the healthcare and behavioral healthcare (mental health and substance use disorder) provisions of the Illinois Public Aid Code are announced, shared, disseminated, and explained prior to the Department undertaking such proposed modifications, if legally possible and subject to federal law. Amends the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act. Provides that an individual applying for licensure as a clinical social worker who has been licensed at the independent level in another jurisdiction for 5 (rather than 10) consecutive years without discipline is not required to submit proof of completion of education and supervised clinical professional experience. Makes similar changes to the Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing Act and to the Professional Counselor and Clinical Professional Counselor Licensing and Practice Act. Effective immediately.

Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Reinserts the provisions creating the Recovery and Mental Health Tax Credit Act with the following changes: Requires the Department of Human Services to maintain an electronic listing of the tax credit certificates it issues under the recovery tax credit program so that the Department of Revenue may confirm the eligibility of qualified employers for the tax credit. Provides that the tax credit authorized under the Act may not be carried forward. Contains provisions concerning tax credits for partners, shareholders of S corporations, and owners of limited liability companies. Makes other changes. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that a taxpayer who has been awarded a credit under the Recovery and Mental Health Tax Credit Act is entitled to a credit against the tax imposed under specified provisions of the Illinois Income Tax Act. Amends the Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act, the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act, and the Professional Counselor and Clinical Professional Counselor Licensing and Practice Act. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of law certain requirements set forth in those Acts to restore an inactive or expired license of 5 years or less are suspended for specified licensed clinicians who have had no disciplinary action taken against their licenses in this State or in any other jurisdiction during the entire period of licensure.

Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Removes provisions creating the Mental Health Assessment Reform Act. Removes amendatory changes made to the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act permitting the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to adopt emergency rules to implement the Mental Health Assessment Reform Act.

Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 - Reinserts the provisions creating the Recovery and Mental Health Tax Credit Act with the following changes: Requires the Department of Human Services to maintain an electronic listing of the certificates of tax credit issued by which the Department of Revenue may verify tax credit certificates issued to qualifying employers. Provides that the tax credit authorized under the Act may not be carried forward. Provides that a taxpayer who is a qualified employer who has received a certificate of tax credit from the Department shall be allowed a credit against the tax imposed equal to the amount shown on such certificate of tax credit. Provides that if the taxpayer is a partnership or Subchapter S corporation the credit shall be allowed to the partners or shareholders in accordance with the determination of income and distributive share of income as provided under specified provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Makes other changes. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2023, a taxpayer who has been awarded a credit under the Recovery and Mental Health Tax Credit Act is entitled to a credit against the tax imposed under specified provisions of the Illinois Income Tax Act.

Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 - Removes the amendatory changes made to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services Law requiring the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to take all necessary action to ensure that proposed modifications, additions, deletions, or amendments to the healthcare and behavioral healthcare (mental health and substance use disorder) provisions of the Illinois Public Aid Code are announced, shared, disseminated, and explained prior to the Department undertaking such proposed modifications, if legally possible.

House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Further amends the Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act. In a provision suspending the requirements under the Act for restoration of an inactive or expired clinical psychologist license, provides that an individual may not restore his or her license more than once. Further amends the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act. In a provision suspending the requirements under the Act for restoration of an inactive or expired clinical social worker license, provides that an individual may not restore his or her license more than once. Removes a provision exempting individuals applying for a clinical social worker license who are licensed in another jurisdiction from submitting proof of passage of the examination for the practice of clinical social work as authorized by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Further amends the Professional Counselor and Clinical Professional Counselor Licensing and Practice Act. In a provision suspending the requirements under the Act for restoration of an inactive or expired clinical professional counselor license, provides that an individual may not restore his or her license more than once. Makes other changes.

House Floor Amendment No. 3 - Further amends the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013. Defines the term "APRN". Provides that, for purposes of the Act, any required psychiatric visit to a consumer may be conducted by an APRN or by a physician.

  RECENT STATUS

6/10/2022 - Effective Date June 10, 2022

6/10/2022 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-1053

6/10/2022 - GOVERNOR APPROVED

Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that courses and training for the Certified Illinois Assessing Officer certificate shall be held in a manner and format deemed appropriate by the Department of Revenue (currently, required to be held at various convenient locations throughout the State). Removes a requirement that the hearing concerning the tentative equalization factor shall be held in either Chicago or Springfield. Effective January 1, 2023.

House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill. Adds provisions amending the Motor Fuel Tax Law. In provisions allowing tax-free sales of dyed diesel fuel for non-highway purposes, provides that the sale must be made by the licensed distributor to the end user of the fuel who is not a licensed distributor (currently, someone who is not a licensed distributor). Adds provisions amending the Use Tax Act and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that, on and after January 1, 2023, returns for motor vehicles, watercraft, aircraft, and trailers that are required to be registered with an agency of the State are required to be filed electronically. Effective January 1, 2023, except that provisions amending the Motor Fuel Tax Law take effect upon becoming law.

  RECENT STATUS

5/27/2022 - Effective Date January 1, 2023; Some Provisions Effective May 27, 2022

5/27/2022 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-1019

5/27/2022 - GOVERNOR APPROVED

Proposes to amend the Bill of Rights Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that employees shall have the fundamental right to organize and to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing for the purpose of negotiating wages, hours, and working conditions, and to protect their economic welfare and safety at work. Provides that no law shall be passed that interferes with, negates, or diminishes the right of employees to organize and bargain collectively over their wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment and work place safety, including any law or ordinance that prohibits the execution or application of agreements between employers and labor organizations that represent employees requiring membership in an organization as a condition of employment. Provides that these provisions are controlling over home rule powers. Effective upon being declared adopted.

  RECENT STATUS

5/26/2021 - Adopted Both Houses

5/26/2021 - Third Reading - Unlimited Debate - Passed 080-030-000

5/26/2021 - Removed from Short Debate Status

Sets forth an explanation of the amendment to Article I of the Illinois Constitution that is proposed by Senate Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment 11 (Workers' Rights). Describes brief arguments in favor of and against the proposed amendment. Describes the form in which the amendment will appear on the ballot at the general election to be held on November 8, 2022.

  RECENT STATUS

4/9/2022 - Adopted Both Houses

4/9/2022 - RESOLUTION ADOPTED 086-024-004

4/8/2022 - Placed on Calendar Order of Resolutions