Rep. Rita Mayfield

Amends the Eminent Domain Act. Provides that quick-take proceedings may be used for the acquisition of permanent and temporary easements for a period of one year after the effective date of the amendatory Act by the City of North Chicago to support the installation of hazard mitigation and stormwater conveyance measures aimed at reducing the effects of flooding in Lake County. Effective immediately.

Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983. Provides that, subject to any contrary provision in the articles of incorporation of a corporation, a director, officer, key employee, or other fiduciary of the corporation shall not take advantage of a corporate opportunity unless the person first tenders the opportunity to the corporation and the corporation rejects the opportunity. Provides that, if the rejection is by a disinterested board of directors or by disinterested shareholder action, the director, officer, key employee, or other fiduciary of the corporation may then take advantage of the opportunity. Effective immediately.

Amends the Accountable Care Organization Clinical Laboratory Testing Advisory Board Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that in the Articles governing employment, financial credit, and public accommodations it is a civil rights violation to use criteria or methods including practices, policies, and groups of practices or policies that has the effect of subjecting individuals to discrimination prohibited under the Act. Changes the definition of "unlawful discrimination" to mean discrimination against a person, whether by purpose or effect, because of his or her actual or perceived: race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, marital status, order of protection status, disability, military status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, reproductive health decisions, or unfavorable discharge from military service as those terms are defined in the Act.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual plan of accident and health insurance or managed care plan amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2027 shall provide coverage for medically prescribed seizure detection devices. Requires all covered seizure detection devices to be approved for use by individuals, and for the choice of device to be made based upon the individual's circumstances and medical needs in consultation with the individual's medical provider. Sets forth provisions prohibiting prior authorization and cost-sharing, as specified. Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the School Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, the Limited Health Service Organization Act, the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act, and the Illinois Public Aid Code to require coverage under the provisions of those Acts. Effective immediately.

Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that a State agency shall accept cash when offered as payment for any transaction totaling $500 or less. Prohibits a State agency from charging a higher price or adding any additional fee if a transaction conducted in cash. Amends the Local Governmental Acceptance of Credit Cards Act. Changes the name of the Act to the Local Governmental Acceptance of Credit Cards and Cash Act. Provides that a unit of local government shall accept cash when offered as payment for any transaction totaling $500 or less. Prohibits a unit of local government from charging a higher price or adding any additional fee if a transaction conducted in cash. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that any person engaged in the business of selling or offering to sell goods or services at retail to the public with an individual accepting in-person payments at a physical location shall not: (1) refuse to accept cash as a form of payment for sales of less than $500 made at the physical location; (2) post a sign on the premises stating that cash payment is not accepted; or (3) charge a higher price to customers paying with cash compared to the price charged to customers not paying with cash. Sets forth exceptions to the provision. Provides that a violation of the provision is an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Act.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code to create the Hearing Care Plan Contracts Article. Provides that no hearing care organization that issues, delivers, amends, or renews a hearing care plan on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act shall issue a contract that requires a hearing instrument professional, as a condition of participation in the hearing care plan, to provide items or services to an enrollee at a fee set by the hearing care plan unless the items and services are covered items or covered services under the hearing care plan. Exempts de minimis reimbursements. Establishes notice and disclosure provisions for a hearing instrument professional who chooses not to accept as payment an amount set by a hearing care plan for items and services that are not covered and other hearing care plan contract requirements. Provides that, beginning on January 1, 2027, to conduct business in the State, a hearing care organization must register with the Department of Insurance and submit the specified registration materials. Requires the registrant to report any specified change in information to the Department in writing within 60 days after the change occurs. Sets forth provisions concerning issuance and expiration of a registration certificate. Grants the Department of Insurance rulemaking authority over the registration provisions. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act to make it an unlawful practice under the meaning of the Act for any person to violate the Hearing Plan Contracts Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. Effective January 1, 2027.

Maddy summaryHB 4442 extends the expiration date for the High Speed Rail Commission Act from January 1, 2027, to January 1, 2030. This bill directly affects the High Speed Rail Commission by allowing it to continue operating for an additional three years. The key provision is a simple date adjustment in the statute, with no new requirements or changes to the Commission's responsibilities. The law takes effect immediately upon enactment, as specified in the bill text.

Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that, if a person provides a service to a consumer and the provision of the service requires entry to the consumer's dwelling or requires the consumer to be present at the consumer's property for the service to be provided, the service provider shall: (1) schedule an appointment with the consumer; and (2) provide the consumer with reasonable notice of an estimated time or range of times during which the service provider will arrive to provide the service. Provides that, if the service provider fails satisfy those requirements or arrive within 30 minutes of the stated time, the service provider shall not charge the consumer any fee or additional charge if the consumer is not present when the service provider arrives. Provides that a violation of the provision constitutes an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Act.

Amends the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Act. Changes the Statewide Committee quorum from 7 voting members to a simple majority of voting members. Requires that Statewide Committee's annual report is due no later than September 1 instead of March 1 of each year. Requires that the biennial report is due no later than June 1 instead of April 1 of each odd year.