Amends the State Agency Web Site Act. Provides that State agency web sites may not use persistent (instead of permanent) cookies or other tracking software except in specific circumstances. Repeals provisions establishing the Internet Privacy Task Force. Makes conforming changes.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall create and implement a policy of electronic scanning and processing of all incoming mail in all Department of Corrections institutions and facilities, including the use of drug interdiction technologies to protect the health and safety of committed persons, the Department's staff, and its contractors. Provides that the policy shall require that mail processed electronically shall be available to committed persons only through kiosk and tablet services. Provides that the policy shall require that the mail be held in storage for a period of time by the correctional institution or facility or destroyed, as determined by the Director of Corrections. Provides that the Department shall adopt rules to implement this provision. Effective immediately.
Creates the Patient Access to Pharmacy Protection Act. Defines terms. Provides that no person, including a pharmaceutical manufacturer, may deny, restrict, prohibit, condition, or otherwise interfere with, either directly or indirectly, the acquisition of a 340B drug by, or delivery of a 340B drug to, a 340B covered entity or a 340B contract pharmacy authorized to receive 340B drugs on behalf of the 340B covered entity unless such receipt is prohibited by federal law. Provides that no person, including a pharmaceutical manufacturer, may impose any restriction on the ability of a 340B covered entity to contract with or designate a 340B contract pharmacy including restrictions relating to the number, location, ownership, or type of 340B contract pharmacy. Provides that no person, including a pharmaceutical manufacturer, may require or compel a 340B covered entity or 340B contract pharmacy to submit or otherwise provide ingredient cost or pricing data pertinent to 340B drugs; institute requirements in any way relating to how a 340B covered entity manages its inventory of 340B drugs that are not required by a State or federal agency, including requirements relating to the frequency or scope of audits of inventory management systems of a 340B covered entity or a 340B contract pharmacy; or require a 340B covered entity or its 340B contract pharmacy to submit or otherwise provide data or information that is not required by State or federal law. Sets forth provisions concerning enforcement of this Act; preemption of this Act; and severability of this Act. Effective immediately.
Amends Public Act 103-0589. Increases the Fiscal Year 2025 appropriation to the Department of Agriculture from the Partners for Conservation Fund for grants to Soil and Water Conservation Districts for ordinary and contingent administrative expenses from $4,500,000 to $8,500,000. Effective immediately.
Maddy summaryThis Senate resolution designates December 21, 2024, as Captain James A. Lovell Day throughout the State of Illinois. The measure honors Lovell, a former NASA astronaut and Illinois resident, by officially recognizing his significant contributions to space exploration, including his roles on the Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8, and Apollo 13 missions. The text details his extensive military and civilian career, numerous awards, and personal history to provide context for the commemoration. Upon passage, a copy of the resolution will be presented to Captain Lovell as a formal symbol of respect.
Declares December 19, 2024 as Illinois ABLE Day in the State of Illinois.
Amends the Illinois State Police Act. Provides that the Illinois State Police shall restore, within 18 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the site of the Illinois State Police building that was decommissioned in 2003 and that was located at 15,551 Old Route 66, Pontiac, IL 61764, to its original condition before the building was operated as an Illinois State Police facility. Provides that the cost of the site restoration required under this provision shall be paid by the Department of Central Management Services. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall restore, within 18 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the site of the Dwight Correctional Center that was decommissioned on March 31, 2013, including the warden's home and any unused structures on the property, to its original condition before the facility was built. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall restore, within 18 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the site of any warden's homes provided for the chief administrative officer or warden of the Pontiac Correctional Center that have been deemed by the Department of Corrections to be in a state of disrepair that renders them unsafe to be used as residences to their original condition before the homes were built. Provides that the cost of the site restoration required under these provisions shall be paid by the Department of Central Management Services.
Amends the Illinois Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act. Makes certain changes concerning estates that contain qualified farm property. Provides that, for the purposes of calculating the State Death Tax Credit, those estates are subject to an exemption of $13,610,000 (rather than an exclusion amount of $4,000,000), which shall be deducted from the net estate value after the net estate value is computed in accordance with the Act. Provides that the exemption shall be adjusted each year according to the increase in the Consumer Price Index. Makes changes concerning the calculation of the deceased spousal unused exclusion amount for those estates. Provides for a special use valuation to provide that the value of the qualified farm property shall be calculated without regard to certain limitations under the Internal Revenue Code. Makes changes concerning the definition of "qualified heir" to provide that a decedent's brother, sister, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew, or first cousin is also included.
Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that each Department shall restore, within 18 months after closure, the site of a facility operated by the Department to its original condition before the facility was built if the facility is closed and no longer is maintained as a facility. Provides that the cost of the restoration of the site shall be paid by the Department that operated the facility.
Appropriates $10,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for the purpose of awarding grants to units of local government for the demolition or repair of commercial buildings that are detrimental to public health or safety as a result of one or more of the following: dilapidation; obsolescence; deterioration; or the failure of the building to meet minimum building code standards. Effective immediately.
