Bill Text: IL HB4412 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that the Director of the Executive Ethics Commission shall be appointed for a term of 2 years for appointments made before the effective date of the amendatory Act and for a term of 4 years for appointments made on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Director of the Illinois Power Agency must have at least 10 years (rather than 15 years) of combined experience in the electric industry. Provides that the Director must have experience with the renewable energy industry and an understanding of the programs established by Public Act 102-662 intended to promote equity in the renewable energy industry. Amends the Energy Transition Act. Provides that the definition of "community-based organizations" means an organization that, among other requirements, utilizes at least one training facility in the community or region it serves (rather than having at least one main operating office in the community or region it serves). Provides that, in provisions concerning the Illinois Climate Works Preapprenticeship Program, an eligible organization may serve as the designated Climate Works Hub for all 5 regions of the Climate Works Hub. Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Provides that for terms beginning on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Director of the Illinois Power Agency shall receive an annual salary in an amount equal to the Director of the Environmental Protection Agency's annual salary (rather than $100,000). Amends the Counties Code. Provides that there shall be at least one public hearing during which public comment shall be taken regarding the application for siting approval or a special use permit for a commercial wind energy facility or commercial solar energy facility. Provides that the public hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the Open Meetings Act and shall be held not more than 45 days after the filing of an application for siting approval or a special use permit for a commercial wind energy facility or commercial solar energy facility. Provides that the county shall make its decision not more than 30 days after the conclusion of the public hearing. Removes a provision that allows any part of a county zoning ordinance pertaining to wind farms that was in effect before August 16, 2007 to continue in effect notwithstanding the provision. Provides that a county with an existing zoning ordinance in conflict with the provisions shall amend such zoning ordinance to be in compliance within 120 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Specifies setback requirements, restrictions on blade tip height, sound limitations, and other restrictions on and regulations for commercial wind energy facilities and commercial solar energy facilities. Includes other provisions limiting a county's ability to regulate commercial wind energy facilities and commercial solar energy facilities, and grants counties certain other powers in the regulation of commercial wind energy facilities and commercial solar energy facilities. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that each utility's Public Schools Carbon-Free Assessment program shall include the following requirements: each utility shall retain a copy of each Public Schools Carbon-Free Assessment report; the Illinois Power Agency shall promptly make the results of each Public Schools Carbon-Free Assessment available for public inspection on its website; and utilities shall prioritize the completion of Public Schools Carbon-Free Assessments for schools located within environmental justice communities or schools that are categorized as a Tier 1 or Tier 2 school based on the lasts annual evidence-based funding distribution process by the State Board of Education. Effective immediately. Provides that an electric utility serving adversely impacted residential and small commercial customers shall notify the Illinois Commerce Commission of the same and provide the results of the calculations set forth in the provisions concerning assisting qualifying customers through a power price mitigation rebate. Provides that any electric utility that provides notice to the commission of qualification under the provisions concerning the power price mitigation rebate shall concurrently file a tariff with the Commission that provides for a monthly rebate credit to be given to all residential and small commercial customers. Provides that the tariff shall provide that the total funds appropriated by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall be divided equally and issued to all of its active residential and small commercial customers. Provides that the Commission shall have 5 days from the date an electric utility files the tariff to review the tariff for compliance, and the tariff shall go into effect no later than 7 days from the original tariff filing date or one day from the date of any compliance filing. Provides that upon receipt of notice from the Commission, the Department shall transfer $200,000,000 to the eligible electric utility serving adversely impacted residential and small commercial customers. Provides that each electric utility providing a monthly rebate credit to its customers shall include a statement as part of a bill insert reflecting a monthly rebate credit to customers. Provides that an electric utility with a tariff shall be entitled to recover the reasonable and prudent expenses incurred and shall have an obligation to provide monthly rebate credits to customers only to the extent there are funds available to the utility to provide monthly rebate credits. Makes a conforming change in the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-01-27 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-1123 [HB4412 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB4412-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB4412 Introduced , by Rep. Kathleen Willis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
225 ILCS 150/5
Amends the Telehealth Act. Provides that the definition of "health care professional" includes athletic trainers.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Telehealth Act is amended by changing
Section 5 as follows:
(225 ILCS 150/5)
Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Asynchronous store and forward system" means the
transmission of a patient's medical information through an
electronic communications system at an originating site to a
health care professional or facility at a distant site that
does not require real-time or synchronous interaction between
the health care professional and the patient.
"Distant site" means the location at which the health care
professional rendering the telehealth service is located.
"Established patient" means a patient with a relationship
with a health care professional in which there has been an
exchange of an individual's protected health information for
the purpose of providing patient care, treatment, or services.
"E-visit" means a patient-initiated non-face-to-face
communication through an online patient portal between an
established patient and a health care professional.
"Facility" includes a facility that is owned or operated

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by a hospital under the Hospital Licensing Act or University
of Illinois Hospital Act, a facility under the Nursing Home
Care Act, a rural health clinic, a federally qualified health
center, a local health department, a community mental health
center, a behavioral health clinic as defined in 89 Ill. Adm.
Code 140.453, an encounter rate clinic, a skilled nursing
facility, a substance use treatment program licensed by the
Division of Substance Use Prevention and Recovery of the
Department of Human Services, a school-based health center as
defined in 77 Ill. Adm. Code 641.10, a physician's office, a
podiatrist's office, a supportive living program provider, a
hospice provider, home health agency, or home nursing agency
under the Home Health, Home Services, and Home Nursing Agency
Licensing Act, a facility under the ID/DD Community Care Act,
community-integrated living arrangements as defined in the
Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and
Certification Act, and a provider who receives reimbursement
for a patient's room and board.
"Health care professional" includes, but is not limited
to, physicians, physician assistants, optometrists, advanced
practice registered nurses, clinical psychologists licensed in
Illinois, prescribing psychologists licensed in Illinois,
dentists, occupational therapists, pharmacists, physical
therapists, clinical social workers, speech-language
pathologists, audiologists, hearing instrument dispensers,
athletic trainers, licensed certified substance use disorder

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treatment providers and clinicians, and mental health
professionals and clinicians authorized by Illinois law to
provide mental health services, and qualified providers listed
under paragraph (8) of subsection (e) of Section 3 of the Early
Intervention Services System Act, dietitian nutritionists
licensed in Illinois, and health care professionals associated
with a facility.
"Interactive telecommunications system" means an audio and
video system, an audio-only telephone system (landline or
cellular), or any other telecommunications system permitting
2-way, synchronous interactive communication between a patient
at an originating site and a health care professional or
facility at a distant site. "Interactive telecommunications
system" does not include a facsimile machine, electronic mail
messaging, or text messaging.
"Originating site" means the location at which the patient
is located at the time telehealth services are provided to the
patient via telehealth.
"Remote patient monitoring" means the use of connected
digital technologies or mobile medical devices to collect
medical and other health data from a patient at one location
and electronically transmit that data to a health care
professional or facility at a different location for
collection and interpretation.
"Telehealth services" means the evaluation, diagnosis, or
interpretation of electronically transmitted patient-specific

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data between a remote location and a licensed health care
professional that generates interaction or treatment
recommendations. "Telehealth services" includes telemedicine
and the delivery of health care services, including mental
health treatment and substance use disorder treatment and
services to a patient, regardless of patient location,
provided by way of an interactive telecommunications system,
asynchronous store and forward system, remote patient
monitoring technologies, e-visits, or virtual check-ins.
"Virtual check-in" means a brief patient-initiated
communication using a technology-based service, excluding
facsimile, between an established patient and a health care
professional. "Virtual check-in" does not include
communications from a related office visit provided within the
previous 7 days, nor communications that lead to an office
visit or procedure within the next 24 hours or soonest
available appointment.
(Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-84, eff. 7-19-19;
102-104, eff. 7-22-21.)