Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that "general funds" or "State general funds" as used under the Act includes the Pension Stabilization Fund. Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that for fiscal year 2022 and subsequent fiscal years, any transfers into the Budget Stabilization Fund may be transferred to the General Revenue Fund in order for the Comptroller to address outstanding vouchers, and shall not be subject to repayment into the Budget Stabilization Fund if the bill backlog as determined by the Comptroller on June 30 of that fiscal year exceeds $4,000,000,000. Amends the Budget Stabilization Act. Modifies provisions concerning requirements for and transfers into the Budget Stabilization Fund and the Pension Stabilization Fund regarding the State's backlog of bills. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that no general ordinances or resolutions enacted pertaining to licensing, or otherwise enacted to provide for licensing for the sale at retail of alcoholic liquor, shall apply to the facilities and property of the Illinois State Fairgrounds or the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that any qualified not-for-profit agency for persons with significant disabilities entering into a contract with the State for supplies and services under specified provisions shall offer a minimum hourly wage to its employees that is set at or above the State minimum wage.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, and the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act. Exempts HSA-eligible high deductible health plans from various cost-sharing provisions for insurance coverage under the Illinois Insurance Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, the Managed Care Reform and Patients Rights Act, and any other provision of Illinois law that the Department of Insurance may specify by rule or at an insurance company's request pursuant to the policy form filing process, but only until the plan's deductible has been met and only to the minimum extent necessary to allow the policy to satisfy specified federal criteria for health savings accounts. Provides that for insurance policies issued, delivered, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2021, companies must identify plans as "HSA-eligible" or "non-HSA". Provides form disclosure language. Provides that for any high deductible non-HSA insurance policy issued, delivered, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2020 and before December 31, 2020, insurance companies must offer applicants and policyholders the option to amend the policy to be an HSA-eligible plan by adopting all necessary exemptions. Provides Notice and Election form language which allows applicants or policyholders to adjust a policy's coverage to be eligible to contribute to a health savings account. Provides requirements for insurance companies concerning filing and receipt of Notice and Election forms, adjustments to terms of coverage, and issuance of riders or endorsements. Defines "HSA-eligible HDHP" and "high deductible non-HSA policy". Removes exemptions from prohibitions against imposing a deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other cost-sharing requirement on required insurance coverage. Effective immediately, except certain provisions take effect on January 1, 2021.
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the medical assistance program shall provide coverage for routine care costs that are incurred in the course of an approved clinical trial if the medical assistance program would provide coverage for the same routine care costs not incurred in a clinical trial. Defines "approved clinical trial" to mean a phase I, II, III, or IV clinical trial involving the prevention, detection, or treatment of cancer or any other life-threatening disease or condition. Defines "routine care cost" to mean the cost of medically necessary services related to the care method that is under evaluation in a clinical trial, including the cost of services related to the detection and treatment of any complications arising from the patient's medical care and any complications related to participation in the clinical trial. Defines other terms.
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to, at a minimum, reimburse crisis intervention services, crisis stabilization services, and mobile crisis response services delivered via telehealth at the approved on-site and off-site Place of Service Codes listed in the Department's Community-Based Behavioral Services Provider Handbook published on October 19, 2018. Effective immediately.
Amends the General Assembly Compensation Act. Provides that beginning with the first payroll of the 102nd General Assembly, the compensation to be paid per year to members of the General Assembly, including additional sums payable per year to officers of the General Assembly, shall be paid bi-monthly. Provides that members who resign before completing the entire term in office shall be compensated on a prorated basis. Provides that members completing the term of a vacancy shall be compensated on a prorated basis. Makes conforming changes.
Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that a prescriber who is licensed to prescribe controlled substances shall, prior to issuing a prescription for an opioid that is a Schedule II controlled substance, discuss with a patient who is under 18 years of age and is an emancipated minor, or with the patient's parent or guardian if the patient is under 18 years of age and is not an emancipated minor, the risks of developing a physical or psychological dependence on the opioid and, if the prescriber deems it appropriate, any alternative treatments as may be available. Provides that a prescriber who engages in a discussion required under this provision shall include a note in the patient's medical record indicating that the discussion took place. Provides that the discussion required under this provision shall not be required prior to issuing a prescription to any patient who is currently receiving hospice care from a comprehensive hospice licensed under the Hospice Program Licensing Act. Effective immediately.
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that on and after July 1, 2020, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall administer a school-based dental program that allows for the out-of-office delivery of preventative dental services in a school setting to children under 19 years of age. Requires the Department to establish guidelines for participation by providers and set requirements for follow-up referral care based on each caries risk assessment code required for each student. Provides that every effort shall be made to ensure that children enrolled in the school-based dental program are assigned a primary dentist by allowing local dentists who practice within each school district the opportunity to participate in the school dental program prior to utilizing mobile dental services or dental providers outside the individual school boundaries. Provides that no provider shall be charged a fee by any unit of local government to participate in the school-based dental program administered by the Department. Effective immediately.
Creates the Behavioral Health Workforce Education Center of Illinois Act. Creates the Behavioral Health Workforce Education Center of Illinois, to be administered by a specified public institution of higher education for the purpose of leveraging workforce and behavioral health resources to produce reforms in Illinois. Provides for the structure and duties of the Center. Provides for the selection of the public institution of higher education to administer the Center. Provides for the adoption of rules. Effective immediately.