101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4851

 

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Natalie A. Manley

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act
30 ILCS 500/1-10
30 ILCS 105/5.930 new

    Creates the Water Quality Assurance Act. Provides that new and existing health care facilities and buildings containing health care facilities shall develop and implement water management programs with specified elements to control the growth and spread of opportunistic pathogens. Requires specified persons to develop and implement a routine culture sampling plan for all building water systems. Requires health care facilities to perform remediation of identified opportunistic pathogens. Provides that the Department of Public Health or agent health departments may enter at reasonable times upon private or public property for the purpose of inspecting and investigating conditions relating to the enforcement of the Act. Requires health care facilities to register with the Department all building water systems within 120 days of the Act's effective date and to provide specified information. Contains other provisions. Establishes the Water Quality Assurance Fund as a special fund in the State treasury and makes a conforming change in the State Finance Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall implement, administer, and enforce the Act and may adopt rules it deems necessary to do so. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that the Code shall not apply to procurement expenditures necessary for the Department to respond to an infectious disease outbreak response or to procurement expenditures that are necessary for a State agency's facility to implement critical recommendations provided by the Department in response to an infectious disease outbreak. Effective January 1, 2021.


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1    AN ACT concerning health.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Water
5Quality Assurance Act.
 
6    Section 5. Purpose. It has been established by scientific
7evidence that improper management of building water systems may
8cause or contribute to the proliferation of opportunistic
9pathogens and can result in adverse health effects and
10potentially lethal disease in at-risk populations. In order to
11safeguard the health and safety of the people of this State,
12the General Assembly finds it necessary to provide for the
13promulgation of requirements for water management and sampling
14programs in health care facilities and authoritatively
15establish the registration and certification of water quality
16professionals and contractors.
 
17    Section 10. Definitions. In this Act:
18    "Agent health department" means a certified local health
19department that the Department has designated as its agent for
20making inspections and investigations under Section 70.
21    "Building water system" means a potable or nonpotable water
22system in a building or on a building site, including, but not

 

 

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1limited to, a water supply system, decorative water feature,
2evaporative cooler or condenser, whirlpool spa, humidification
3system, and other aerosolizing water features.
4    "Control measures" means disinfecting, heating, cooling,
5filtering, flushing, or other means, methods, or procedures
6used to maintain the physical, biological, or chemical
7conditions of water within an established critical limit.
8"Control measures" includes treatment methods, technical and
9physical processes, and procedures and activities or actions
10that monitor or maintain physical, biological, or chemical
11conditions of water to within critical limits. Water management
12teams shall establish critical limits as a maximum value,
13minimum value, or range of values for chemical, biological, and
14physical parameters.
15    "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
16    "Health care facility" means a facility licensed under the
17Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act, Hospital Licensing
18Act, Nursing Home Care Act, Assisted Living and Shared Housing
19Act, or Community Mental Health Act.
20    "Immediate control measures" means preestablished actions
21within a water management program intended to reduce potential
22exposure to opportunistic pathogens to be implemented when a
23building water system is thought to be a source of
24opportunistic pathogen transmission. "Immediate control
25measures" include, but are not limited to, restricting
26operations of building water systems, installing appropriate

 

 

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1primary barriers to reduce the possibility of exposures,
2halting new admissions, or temporarily closing an affected
3building or area.
4    "Initial inspection" means an inspection conducted by the
5Department to determine compliance with this Act and rules
6adopted under this Act to assess the operation of a water
7management program.
8    "Opportunistic pathogens" means organisms capable of
9causing disease in an at-risk individual or population.
10    "Person" means any individual, group of individuals,
11association, trust, partnership, limited liability company,
12corporation, person doing business under an assumed name,
13county, municipality, the State of Illinois, or any political
14subdivision or department thereof, or any other entity.
15    "Subsequent inspection" means any inspection made by the
16Department or an agent health department for the purpose of
17responding to a substantiated complaint, complying with a
18request by a health care facility or the agent health
19department, or ensuring compliance with an order or request of
20the Department. "Subsequent inspection" does not include
21initial inspections performed by the Department.
 
22    Section 15. Water Quality Assurance Fund. The Water Quality
23Assurance Fund is created as a special fund in the State
24treasury. All funds generated under this Act shall be deposited
25into the Fund and, subject to appropriation, available to the

 

 

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1Department for the implementation of this Act and any rules
2adopted by the Department under this Act.
 
3    Section 20. Administration; rules.
4    (a) The Department shall implement, administer, and
5enforce this Act and may adopt rules it deems necessary to do
6so. In case of conflict between the Illinois Administrative
7Procedure Act and this Act, the provisions of this Act shall
8control, except that Section 5-35 of the Illinois
9Administrative Procedure Act relating to procedures for
10rulemaking does not apply to the adoption of any rule required
11by federal law in connection with which the Department is
12precluded by law from exercising any discretion.
13    (b) The Department may establish rules that specify the
14laboratory method used to evaluate water for the presence of
15bacteria capable of causing opportunistic infections. The
16Department shall provide through its laboratories or ensure
17through evaluation of commercially available providers the use
18of appropriate laboratory test methods suitable for testing
19samples for the presence of Legionella bacteria. The
20Department's laboratory may collect fees for tests performed,
21which shall be deposited into the Public Health Laboratory
22Services Revolving Fund.
 
23    Section 25. Water management programs.
24    (a) A health care facility, or a building containing a

 

 

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1health care facility, shall develop and implement a water
2management program to control the growth and spread of
3opportunistic pathogens that, at a minimum, include the
4following elements:
5        (1) Identification of persons on the water management
6    program team responsible for developing, updating,
7    implementing, and documenting actions designated by the
8    water management plan.
9        (2) Identification and description of all building
10    water systems within the building and on the building site
11    using text and process flow diagrams.
12        (3) A hazard analysis identifying areas within
13    building plumbing systems where conditions may promote the
14    growth and spread of opportunistic pathogens.
15        (4) Based on the hazard analysis described in paragraph
16    (3), identify and describe control measures to be
17    maintained.
18        (5) Conditions requiring implementation of
19    preestablished contingency responses and time frames for
20    execution of such actions, including, but not limited to,
21    implementation of appropriate immediate control measures
22    in the event of:
23            (A) culture analysis results identifying the
24        presence of opportunistic pathogens within a building
25        water system; or
26            (B) a determination by the Department or an agent

 

 

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1        health department that one or more cases of disease or
2        illness are, or may be, caused by an opportunistic
3        pathogen and may be associated with the health care
4        facility.
5        (6) Establish validation procedures to initially and
6    routinely confirm that the water management program is
7    being implemented as developed and is effective at
8    controlling the growth and spread of opportunistic
9    pathogens.
10        (7) Procedures identifying records of actions and
11    activities of the water management program and water
12    management team. Records may include, but are not limited
13    to, documentation of corrective actions, maintenance, logs
14    of water quality monitoring or water management
15    activities, and laboratory results of sampling performed.
16    Such records shall be maintained for at least 3 years and
17    shall be made available upon request by the Department or
18    an agent health department.
19    (b) In concert with the water management program, building
20owners, representatives of building owners, tenants, or their
21designees shall develop and implement a routine culture
22sampling plan for all building water systems. Routine culture
23sampling and analysis shall be conducted a minimum of once
24every 6 months. Culture sampling plans shall include, at a
25minimum, provisions for analysis of Legionella species by a
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1Environmental Legionella Isolate Technique Evaluation (ELITE)
2member laboratory. In addition to such routine culture
3sampling, the Department may require a health care facility to
4conduct additional culture sampling and analysis of building
5water systems at locations, within a time frame, using sampling
6methods described by the Department in response to:
7        (1) notification from the Department or an agent health
8    department that one or more cases of disease or illness
9    associated with opportunistic pathogens are, or may be,
10    associated with the health care facility; or
11        (2) any other conditions specified by the Department.
12    (c) If the Department determines that a water management
13program does not include appropriate immediate control
14measures or if a water management program's immediate control
15measures are deemed ineffective or inappropriate by the
16Department, the Department may direct the facility to
17immediately implement immediate control measures as
18appropriate to reduce transmission of opportunistic pathogens.
19    (d) A health care facility shall develop communication
20plans to notify patients, residents, staff, and visitors of one
21or more cases of disease or illness associated with
22opportunistic pathogens. When notified by the Department or an
23agent health department that one or more cases of disease or
24illness associated with the building or site of the building,
25the health care facility shall distribute written notification
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1guardians. The written notification must include:
2        (1) notification of the disease and the number of cases
3    associated with the health care facility;
4        (2) actions taken by the water management team in
5    response to the case or cases;
6        (3) immediate control measures implemented by the
7    water management team to prevent further cases; and
8        (4) immediate appropriate disease surveillance efforts
9    to identify past or future cases.
 
10    Section 30. Remediation of identified opportunistic
11pathogens.
12    (a) When the presence of opportunistic pathogens is
13detected by culture sampling programs or through environmental
14investigations of disease or illness associated with
15opportunistic pathogens at a health care facility, the health
16care facility shall take actions to remediate possible
17environmental sources. Such actions shall be documented and
18records shall be made available to the Department in accordance
19with this Act.
20    (b) When remediation activities include the use of
21supplemental disinfectants, or other treatment that alters
22biological, physical, or chemical characteristics of water to
23control for opportunistic pathogens, then building owners,
24representatives of building owners, tenants, or their
25designees shall comply with the Environmental Protection Act,

 

 

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1the Ground Water Protection Act, and any rules adopted under
2those Acts.
3    (c) A health care facility using disinfectants to provide
4supplemental disinfectant by temporary injection or other
5means that does not include the installation of equipment shall
6notify the Department in writing at least 48 hours prior to the
7treatment in accordance with rules adopted under this Act. Upon
8notification, the Department may require a health care facility
9to establish and implement immediate measures prior to the
10event to protect patients during the remediation activities.
11    (d) Any supplemental disinfectant, equipment, or treatment
12used to remediate opportunistic pathogens shall be certified
13for its intended use and purpose by one or more approved
14agencies listed in rules adopted by the Department for efficacy
15in achieving its listed use and purpose.
 
16    Section 35. Inspections. Subject to constitutional
17limitations, the Department, by its representatives, or an
18agent health department, after proper identification, may
19enter at reasonable times upon private or public property for
20the purpose of inspecting and investigating conditions
21relating to the enforcement of this Act and rules adopted under
22this Act. Written notice of all violations shall be given to
23each person against whom a violation is alleged.
 
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1owners, operators, and licensees of swimming facilities to give
2the Department and its authorized agents free access to such
3premises at all reasonable times for the purpose of inspection.
 
4    Section 45. Fee schedule. A fee schedule for fees assessed
5by the Department for a health care facility shall be
6established by rules adopted by the Department.
 
7    Section 50. Certification and registration of water
8management professionals and contractors.
9    (a) Any individual, business, or organization who offers
10services relative to the development of water management
11programs, building water sampling programs, or supplemental
12treatment of building water systems for the control of
13opportunistic pathogens shall be registered and certified by
14the Department. Persons seeking registration and certification
15under this Section shall apply for certification pursuant to
16rules adopted by the Department.
17    (b) The Department may collect a reasonable fee to register
18and certify water management professionals and contractors.
19The fees shall be deposited into the Water Quality Assurance
20Fund and used by the Department for the activities prescribed
21in this Act.
22    (c) The Department shall adopt rules relating to the
23issuance, renewal, or suspension of the certification of an
24individual, business, or organization.
 

 

 

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1    Section 55. Registration at health care facilities.
2    (a) A health care facility shall register with the
3Department all building water systems. Such building water
4systems shall be initially registered within 120 days after the
5effective date of this Act. The registration shall be collected
6on forms developed by the Department and shall include, but not
7be limited to:
8        (1) the street address of the building in which the
9    building water system is located, with building
10    identification number, if any;
11        (2) the latitude and longitude of the location of the
12    building water system;
13        (3) the name, address, telephone number, and email of
14    the owner and operator of the building water system;
15        (4) the name of the manufacturer of the building water
16    system;
17        (5) the model number, if applicable, of the building
18    water system;
19        (6) the building water system volume, inclusive of all
20    piping, basin, and sump;
21        (7) the intended use of the building water system;
22        (8) whether the building water system operates
23    year-round or seasonally and, if seasonally, the start and
24    end date of operation;
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1    maintained manually, through timed injection, or through
2    continuous delivery;
3        (10) whether maintenance is performed by in-house
4    personnel, by a contractor, or by a third party; if by a
5    contractor or third party, the name, address, telephone
6    number, and email address of the contractor or third party;
7        (11) whether any drift eliminators or controls are
8    installed and operated;
9        (12) the year the components of the building water
10    system were placed into service; and
11        (13) the type of disinfection.
12    (b) A health care facility shall register with the
13Department in writing within 7 days after ownership of the
14building water system changes.
15    (c) A health care facility shall report to the Department:
16        (1) the date of the last Legionella culture sample
17    collection, the analysis results, and the date of
18    remediation actions taken under this Act;
19        (2) the date of removal or permanent discontinued use
20    of the components of the building water system, if
21    applicable; and
22        (3) other information as determined by the Department.
 
23    Section 60. Civil enforcement. The Department may impose
24administrative civil penalties for violations of this Act and
25rules adopted under this Act. The State's Attorney of the

 

 

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1county in which the violation occurred, or the Attorney
2General, shall bring actions for collection of penalties
3imposed under this Section in the name of the People of the
4State of Illinois. The State's Attorney or Attorney General
5may, in addition to other remedies provided in this Act, bring
6an action (i) for an injunction to restrain the violation, (ii)
7to impose civil penalties if no penalty has been imposed by the
8Department, or (iii) to enjoin the operation of any such person
9or health care facility.
 
10    Section 65. Civil penalties. Any person who violates any
11provision of this Act or any rule adopted under this Act shall,
12in addition to any other penalty provided in this Act, be
13subject to a civil penalty of $100 per day per violation.
 
14    Section 70. Agents of the Department. The Department may
15designate a certified local health department as its agent for
16purposes of carrying out this Act. An agent so designated may
17charge fees for costs associated with enforcing this Act. If
18the agent determines that it cannot perform an inspection under
19this Act, the Department shall perform the inspection and any
20applicable fees shall be payable to the Department and the
21agent may not charge a fee. If the Department performs a
22service or activity for the agent that the agent cannot
23perform, the fee for the service or activity shall be paid to
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1assessed by both the Department and an agent for the same
2service or activity.
 
3    Section 75. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
4changing Section 1-10 as follows:
 
5    (30 ILCS 500/1-10)
6    Sec. 1-10. Application.
7    (a) This Code applies only to procurements for which
8bidders, offerors, potential contractors, or contractors were
9first solicited on or after July 1, 1998. This Code shall not
10be construed to affect or impair any contract, or any provision
11of a contract, entered into based on a solicitation prior to
12the implementation date of this Code as described in Article
1399, including, but not limited to, any covenant entered into
14with respect to any revenue bonds or similar instruments. All
15procurements for which contracts are solicited between the
16effective date of Articles 50 and 99 and July 1, 1998 shall be
17substantially in accordance with this Code and its intent.
18    (b) This Code shall apply regardless of the source of the
19funds with which the contracts are paid, including federal
20assistance moneys. This Code shall not apply to:
21        (1) Contracts between the State and its political
22    subdivisions or other governments, or between State
23    governmental bodies, except as specifically provided in
24    this Code.

 

 

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1        (2) Grants, except for the filing requirements of
2    Section 20-80.
3        (3) Purchase of care, except as provided in Section
4    5-30.6 of the Illinois Public Aid Code and this Section.
5        (4) Hiring of an individual as employee and not as an
6    independent contractor, whether pursuant to an employment
7    code or policy or by contract directly with that
8    individual.
9        (5) Collective bargaining contracts.
10        (6) Purchase of real estate, except that notice of this
11    type of contract with a value of more than $25,000 must be
12    published in the Procurement Bulletin within 10 calendar
13    days after the deed is recorded in the county of
14    jurisdiction. The notice shall identify the real estate
15    purchased, the names of all parties to the contract, the
16    value of the contract, and the effective date of the
17    contract.
18        (7) Contracts necessary to prepare for anticipated
19    litigation, enforcement actions, or investigations,
20    provided that the chief legal counsel to the Governor shall
21    give his or her prior approval when the procuring agency is
22    one subject to the jurisdiction of the Governor, and
23    provided that the chief legal counsel of any other
24    procuring entity subject to this Code shall give his or her
25    prior approval when the procuring entity is not one subject
26    to the jurisdiction of the Governor.

 

 

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1        (8) (Blank).
2        (9) Procurement expenditures by the Illinois
3    Conservation Foundation when only private funds are used.
4        (10) (Blank).
5        (11) Public-private agreements entered into according
6    to the procurement requirements of Section 20 of the
7    Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Act and
8    design-build agreements entered into according to the
9    procurement requirements of Section 25 of the
10    Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Act.
11        (12) Contracts for legal, financial, and other
12    professional and artistic services entered into on or
13    before December 31, 2018 by the Illinois Finance Authority
14    in which the State of Illinois is not obligated. Such
15    contracts shall be awarded through a competitive process
16    authorized by the Board of the Illinois Finance Authority
17    and are subject to Sections 5-30, 20-160, 50-13, 50-20,
18    50-35, and 50-37 of this Code, as well as the final
19    approval by the Board of the Illinois Finance Authority of
20    the terms of the contract.
21        (13) Contracts for services, commodities, and
22    equipment to support the delivery of timely forensic
23    science services in consultation with and subject to the
24    approval of the Chief Procurement Officer as provided in
25    subsection (d) of Section 5-4-3a of the Unified Code of
26    Corrections, except for the requirements of Sections

 

 

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1    20-60, 20-65, 20-70, and 20-160 and Article 50 of this
2    Code; however, the Chief Procurement Officer may, in
3    writing with justification, waive any certification
4    required under Article 50 of this Code. For any contracts
5    for services which are currently provided by members of a
6    collective bargaining agreement, the applicable terms of
7    the collective bargaining agreement concerning
8    subcontracting shall be followed.
9        On and after January 1, 2019, this paragraph (13),
10    except for this sentence, is inoperative.
11        (14) Contracts for participation expenditures required
12    by a domestic or international trade show or exhibition of
13    an exhibitor, member, or sponsor.
14        (15) Contracts with a railroad or utility that requires
15    the State to reimburse the railroad or utilities for the
16    relocation of utilities for construction or other public
17    purpose. Contracts included within this paragraph (15)
18    shall include, but not be limited to, those associated
19    with: relocations, crossings, installations, and
20    maintenance. For the purposes of this paragraph (15),
21    "railroad" means any form of non-highway ground
22    transportation that runs on rails or electromagnetic
23    guideways and "utility" means: (1) public utilities as
24    defined in Section 3-105 of the Public Utilities Act, (2)
25    telecommunications carriers as defined in Section 13-202
26    of the Public Utilities Act, (3) electric cooperatives as

 

 

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1    defined in Section 3.4 of the Electric Supplier Act, (4)
2    telephone or telecommunications cooperatives as defined in
3    Section 13-212 of the Public Utilities Act, (5) rural water
4    or waste water systems with 10,000 connections or less, (6)
5    a holder as defined in Section 21-201 of the Public
6    Utilities Act, and (7) municipalities owning or operating
7    utility systems consisting of public utilities as that term
8    is defined in Section 11-117-2 of the Illinois Municipal
9    Code.
10        (16) Procurement expenditures necessary for the
11    Department of Public Health to provide the delivery of
12    timely newborn screening services in accordance with the
13    Newborn Metabolic Screening Act.
14        (17) Procurement expenditures necessary for the
15    Department of Agriculture, the Department of Financial and
16    Professional Regulation, the Department of Human Services,
17    and the Department of Public Health to implement the
18    Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program and Opioid
19    Alternative Pilot Program requirements and ensure access
20    to medical cannabis for patients with debilitating medical
21    conditions in accordance with the Compassionate Use of
22    Medical Cannabis Program Act.
23        (18) This Code does not apply to any procurements
24    necessary for the Department of Agriculture, the
25    Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, the
26    Department of Human Services, the Department of Commerce

 

 

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1    and Economic Opportunity, and the Department of Public
2    Health to implement the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act if
3    the applicable agency has made a good faith determination
4    that it is necessary and appropriate for the expenditure to
5    fall within this exemption and if the process is conducted
6    in a manner substantially in accordance with the
7    requirements of Sections 20-160, 25-60, 30-22, 50-5,
8    50-10, 50-10.5, 50-12, 50-13, 50-15, 50-20, 50-21, 50-35,
9    50-36, 50-37, 50-38, and 50-50 of this Code; however, for
10    Section 50-35, compliance applies only to contracts or
11    subcontracts over $100,000. Notice of each contract
12    entered into under this paragraph (18) that is related to
13    the procurement of goods and services identified in
14    paragraph (1) through (9) of this subsection shall be
15    published in the Procurement Bulletin within 14 calendar
16    days after contract execution. The Chief Procurement
17    Officer shall prescribe the form and content of the notice.
18    Each agency shall provide the Chief Procurement Officer, on
19    a monthly basis, in the form and content prescribed by the
20    Chief Procurement Officer, a report of contracts that are
21    related to the procurement of goods and services identified
22    in this subsection. At a minimum, this report shall include
23    the name of the contractor, a description of the supply or
24    service provided, the total amount of the contract, the
25    term of the contract, and the exception to this Code
26    utilized. A copy of any or all of these contracts shall be

 

 

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1    made available to the Chief Procurement Officer
2    immediately upon request. The Chief Procurement Officer
3    shall submit a report to the Governor and General Assembly
4    no later than November 1 of each year that includes, at a
5    minimum, an annual summary of the monthly information
6    reported to the Chief Procurement Officer. This exemption
7    becomes inoperative 5 years after June 25, 2019 (the
8    effective date of Public Act 101-27) this amendatory Act of
9    the 101st General Assembly.
10        (19) Procurement expenditures necessary for the
11    Department of Public Health to respond to an infectious
12    disease outbreak, including, but not limited to,
13    laboratory testing and environmental health investigation
14    supplies.
15        (20) Procurement expenditures necessary for a State
16    agency's facility to implement critical recommendations
17    provided by the Department of Public Health in response to
18    an infectious disease outbreak, including, but not limited
19    to, plumbing, construction, or consultants to mitigate
20    environmental health hazards.
21    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for contracts
22entered into on or after October 1, 2017 under an exemption
23provided in any paragraph of this subsection (b), except
24paragraph (1), (2), or (5), each State agency shall post to the
25appropriate procurement bulletin the name of the contractor, a
26description of the supply or service provided, the total amount

 

 

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1of the contract, the term of the contract, and the exception to
2the Code utilized. The chief procurement officer shall submit a
3report to the Governor and General Assembly no later than
4November 1 of each year that shall include, at a minimum, an
5annual summary of the monthly information reported to the chief
6procurement officer.
7    (c) This Code does not apply to the electric power
8procurement process provided for under Section 1-75 of the
9Illinois Power Agency Act and Section 16-111.5 of the Public
10Utilities Act.
11    (d) Except for Section 20-160 and Article 50 of this Code,
12and as expressly required by Section 9.1 of the Illinois
13Lottery Law, the provisions of this Code do not apply to the
14procurement process provided for under Section 9.1 of the
15Illinois Lottery Law.
16    (e) This Code does not apply to the process used by the
17Capital Development Board to retain a person or entity to
18assist the Capital Development Board with its duties related to
19the determination of costs of a clean coal SNG brownfield
20facility, as defined by Section 1-10 of the Illinois Power
21Agency Act, as required in subsection (h-3) of Section 9-220 of
22the Public Utilities Act, including calculating the range of
23capital costs, the range of operating and maintenance costs, or
24the sequestration costs or monitoring the construction of clean
25coal SNG brownfield facility for the full duration of
26construction.

 

 

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1    (f) (Blank).
2    (g) (Blank).
3    (h) This Code does not apply to the process to procure or
4contracts entered into in accordance with Sections 11-5.2 and
511-5.3 of the Illinois Public Aid Code.
6    (i) Each chief procurement officer may access records
7necessary to review whether a contract, purchase, or other
8expenditure is or is not subject to the provisions of this
9Code, unless such records would be subject to attorney-client
10privilege.
11    (j) This Code does not apply to the process used by the
12Capital Development Board to retain an artist or work or works
13of art as required in Section 14 of the Capital Development
14Board Act.
15    (k) This Code does not apply to the process to procure
16contracts, or contracts entered into, by the State Board of
17Elections or the State Electoral Board for hearing officers
18appointed pursuant to the Election Code.
19    (l) This Code does not apply to the processes used by the
20Illinois Student Assistance Commission to procure supplies and
21services paid for from the private funds of the Illinois
22Prepaid Tuition Fund. As used in this subsection (l), "private
23funds" means funds derived from deposits paid into the Illinois
24Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund and the earnings thereon.
25(Source: P.A. 100-43, eff. 8-9-17; 100-580, eff. 3-12-18;
26100-757, eff. 8-10-18; 100-1114, eff. 8-28-18; 101-27, eff.

 

 

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16-25-19; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-363, eff. 8-9-19; revised
29-17-19.)
 
3    Section 80. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
4Section 5.930 as follows:
 
5    (30 ILCS 105/5.930 new)
6    Sec. 5.930. The Water Quality Assurance Fund.
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
81, 2021.