Full Text of HB5038 103rd General Assembly
HB5038ham001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Terra Costa Howard Filed: 3/8/2024 | | 10300HB5038ham001 | | LRB103 37106 HLH 70458 a |
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5038
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5038 on page 12, | 3 | | immediately below line 4, by inserting the following: | 4 | | "Section 27. The State Finance Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 25 as follows: | 6 | | (30 ILCS 105/25) (from Ch. 127, par. 161) | 7 | | Sec. 25. Fiscal year limitations. | 8 | | (a) All appropriations shall be available for expenditure | 9 | | for the fiscal year or for a lesser period if the Act making | 10 | | that appropriation so specifies. A deficiency or emergency | 11 | | appropriation shall be available for expenditure only through | 12 | | June 30 of the year when the Act making that appropriation is | 13 | | enacted unless that Act otherwise provides. | 14 | | (b) Outstanding liabilities as of June 30, payable from | 15 | | appropriations which have otherwise expired, may be paid out | 16 | | of the expiring appropriations during the 2-month period |
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| 1 | | ending at the close of business on August 31. Any service | 2 | | involving professional or artistic skills or any personal | 3 | | services by an employee whose compensation is subject to | 4 | | income tax withholding must be performed as of June 30 of the | 5 | | fiscal year in order to be considered an "outstanding | 6 | | liability as of June 30" that is thereby eligible for payment | 7 | | out of the expiring appropriation. | 8 | | (b-1) However, payment of tuition reimbursement claims | 9 | | under Section 14-7.03 or 18-3 of the School Code may be made by | 10 | | the State Board of Education from its appropriations for those | 11 | | respective purposes for any fiscal year, even though the | 12 | | claims reimbursed by the payment may be claims attributable to | 13 | | a prior fiscal year, and payments may be made at the direction | 14 | | of the State Superintendent of Education from the fund from | 15 | | which the appropriation is made without regard to any fiscal | 16 | | year limitations, except as required by subsection (j) of this | 17 | | Section. Beginning on June 30, 2021, payment of tuition | 18 | | reimbursement claims under Section 14-7.03 or 18-3 of the | 19 | | School Code as of June 30, payable from appropriations that | 20 | | have otherwise expired, may be paid out of the expiring | 21 | | appropriation during the 4-month period ending at the close of | 22 | | business on October 31. | 23 | | (b-2) (Blank). | 24 | | (b-2.5) (Blank). | 25 | | (b-2.6) (Blank). | 26 | | (b-2.6a) (Blank). |
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| 1 | | (b-2.6b) (Blank). | 2 | | (b-2.6c) (Blank). | 3 | | (b-2.6d) All outstanding liabilities as of June 30, 2020, | 4 | | payable from appropriations that would otherwise expire at the | 5 | | conclusion of the lapse period for fiscal year 2020, and | 6 | | interest penalties payable on those liabilities under the | 7 | | State Prompt Payment Act, may be paid out of the expiring | 8 | | appropriations until December 31, 2020, without regard to the | 9 | | fiscal year in which the payment is made, as long as vouchers | 10 | | for the liabilities are received by the Comptroller no later | 11 | | than September 30, 2020. | 12 | | (b-2.6e) All outstanding liabilities as of June 30, 2021, | 13 | | payable from appropriations that would otherwise expire at the | 14 | | conclusion of the lapse period for fiscal year 2021, and | 15 | | interest penalties payable on those liabilities under the | 16 | | State Prompt Payment Act, may be paid out of the expiring | 17 | | appropriations until September 30, 2021, without regard to the | 18 | | fiscal year in which the payment is made. | 19 | | (b-2.7) For fiscal years 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, and each | 20 | | fiscal year thereafter, interest penalties payable under the | 21 | | State Prompt Payment Act associated with a voucher for which | 22 | | payment is issued after June 30 may be paid out of the next | 23 | | fiscal year's appropriation. The future year appropriation | 24 | | must be for the same purpose and from the same fund as the | 25 | | original payment. An interest penalty voucher submitted | 26 | | against a future year appropriation must be submitted within |
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| 1 | | 60 days after the issuance of the associated voucher, except | 2 | | that, for fiscal year 2018 only, an interest penalty voucher | 3 | | submitted against a future year appropriation must be | 4 | | submitted within 60 days of June 5, 2019 (the effective date of | 5 | | Public Act 101-10). The Comptroller must issue the interest | 6 | | payment within 60 days after acceptance of the interest | 7 | | voucher. | 8 | | (b-2.8) For fiscal years ending on or after June 30, 2024, | 9 | | any liability up to an amount of $2,500 per invoice that is | 10 | | outstanding as of June 30 of the fiscal year and that is | 11 | | payable from appropriations that would otherwise expire at the | 12 | | conclusion of the lapse period for the fiscal year, and any | 13 | | interest penalties payable on those liabilities under the | 14 | | State Prompt Payment Act, may be paid by the applicable State | 15 | | agency or Department out of its appropriations for any fiscal | 16 | | year without regard to the fact that the services being | 17 | | compensated for by those payments may have been rendered in a | 18 | | prior fiscal year. | 19 | | (b-3) Medical payments may be made by the Department of | 20 | | Veterans' Affairs from its appropriations for those purposes | 21 | | for any fiscal year, without regard to the fact that the | 22 | | medical services being compensated for by such payment may | 23 | | have been rendered in a prior fiscal year, except as required | 24 | | by subsection (j) of this Section. Beginning on June 30, 2021, | 25 | | medical payments payable from appropriations that have | 26 | | otherwise expired may be paid out of the expiring |
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| 1 | | appropriation during the 4-month period ending at the close of | 2 | | business on October 31. | 3 | | (b-4) Medical payments and child care payments may be made | 4 | | by the Department of Human Services (as successor to the | 5 | | Department of Public Aid) from appropriations for those | 6 | | purposes for any fiscal year, without regard to the fact that | 7 | | the medical or child care services being compensated for by | 8 | | such payment may have been rendered in a prior fiscal year; and | 9 | | payments may be made at the direction of the Department of | 10 | | Healthcare and Family Services (or successor agency) from the | 11 | | Health Insurance Reserve Fund without regard to any fiscal | 12 | | year limitations, except as required by subsection (j) of this | 13 | | Section. Beginning on June 30, 2021, medical and child care | 14 | | payments made by the Department of Human Services and payments | 15 | | made at the discretion of the Department of Healthcare and | 16 | | Family Services (or successor agency) from the Health | 17 | | Insurance Reserve Fund and payable from appropriations that | 18 | | have otherwise expired may be paid out of the expiring | 19 | | appropriation during the 4-month period ending at the close of | 20 | | business on October 31. | 21 | | (b-5) Medical payments may be made by the Department of | 22 | | Human Services from its appropriations relating to substance | 23 | | abuse treatment services for any fiscal year, without regard | 24 | | to the fact that the medical services being compensated for by | 25 | | such payment may have been rendered in a prior fiscal year, | 26 | | provided the payments are made on a fee-for-service basis |
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| 1 | | consistent with requirements established for Medicaid | 2 | | reimbursement by the Department of Healthcare and Family | 3 | | Services, except as required by subsection (j) of this | 4 | | Section. Beginning on June 30, 2021, medical payments made by | 5 | | the Department of Human Services relating to substance abuse | 6 | | treatment services payable from appropriations that have | 7 | | otherwise expired may be paid out of the expiring | 8 | | appropriation during the 4-month period ending at the close of | 9 | | business on October 31. | 10 | | (b-6) (Blank). | 11 | | (b-7) Payments may be made in accordance with a plan | 12 | | authorized by paragraph (11) or (12) of Section 405-105 of the | 13 | | Department of Central Management Services Law from | 14 | | appropriations for those payments without regard to fiscal | 15 | | year limitations. | 16 | | (b-8) Reimbursements to eligible airport sponsors for the | 17 | | construction or upgrading of Automated Weather Observation | 18 | | Systems may be made by the Department of Transportation from | 19 | | appropriations for those purposes for any fiscal year, without | 20 | | regard to the fact that the qualification or obligation may | 21 | | have occurred in a prior fiscal year, provided that at the time | 22 | | the expenditure was made the project had been approved by the | 23 | | Department of Transportation prior to June 1, 2012 and, as a | 24 | | result of recent changes in federal funding formulas, can no | 25 | | longer receive federal reimbursement. | 26 | | (b-9) (Blank). |
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| 1 | | (c) Further, payments may be made by the Department of | 2 | | Public Health and the Department of Human Services (acting as | 3 | | successor to the Department of Public Health under the | 4 | | Department of Human Services Act) from their respective | 5 | | appropriations for grants for medical care to or on behalf of | 6 | | premature and high-mortality risk infants and their mothers | 7 | | and for grants for supplemental food supplies provided under | 8 | | the United States Department of Agriculture Women, Infants and | 9 | | Children Nutrition Program, for any fiscal year without regard | 10 | | to the fact that the services being compensated for by such | 11 | | payment may have been rendered in a prior fiscal year, except | 12 | | as required by subsection (j) of this Section. Beginning on | 13 | | June 30, 2021, payments made by the Department of Public | 14 | | Health and the Department of Human Services from their | 15 | | respective appropriations for grants for medical care to or on | 16 | | behalf of premature and high-mortality risk infants and their | 17 | | mothers and for grants for supplemental food supplies provided | 18 | | under the United States Department of Agriculture Women, | 19 | | Infants and Children Nutrition Program payable from | 20 | | appropriations that have otherwise expired may be paid out of | 21 | | the expiring appropriations during the 4-month period ending | 22 | | at the close of business on October 31. | 23 | | (d) The Department of Public Health and the Department of | 24 | | Human Services (acting as successor to the Department of | 25 | | Public Health under the Department of Human Services Act) | 26 | | shall each annually submit to the State Comptroller, Senate |
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| 1 | | President, Senate Minority Leader, Speaker of the House, House | 2 | | Minority Leader, and the respective Chairmen and Minority | 3 | | Spokesmen of the Appropriations Committees of the Senate and | 4 | | the House, on or before December 31, a report of fiscal year | 5 | | funds used to pay for services provided in any prior fiscal | 6 | | year. This report shall document by program or service | 7 | | category those expenditures from the most recently completed | 8 | | fiscal year used to pay for services provided in prior fiscal | 9 | | years. | 10 | | (e) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the | 11 | | Department of Human Services (acting as successor to the | 12 | | Department of Public Aid), and the Department of Human | 13 | | Services making fee-for-service payments relating to substance | 14 | | abuse treatment services provided during a previous fiscal | 15 | | year shall each annually submit to the State Comptroller, | 16 | | Senate President, Senate Minority Leader, Speaker of the | 17 | | House, House Minority Leader, the respective Chairmen and | 18 | | Minority Spokesmen of the Appropriations Committees of the | 19 | | Senate and the House, on or before November 30, a report that | 20 | | shall document by program or service category those | 21 | | expenditures from the most recently completed fiscal year used | 22 | | to pay for (i) services provided in prior fiscal years and (ii) | 23 | | services for which claims were received in prior fiscal years. | 24 | | (f) The Department of Human Services (as successor to the | 25 | | Department of Public Aid) shall annually submit to the State | 26 | | Comptroller, Senate President, Senate Minority Leader, Speaker |
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| 1 | | of the House, House Minority Leader, and the respective | 2 | | Chairmen and Minority Spokesmen of the Appropriations | 3 | | Committees of the Senate and the House, on or before December | 4 | | 31, a report of fiscal year funds used to pay for services | 5 | | (other than medical care) provided in any prior fiscal year. | 6 | | This report shall document by program or service category | 7 | | those expenditures from the most recently completed fiscal | 8 | | year used to pay for services provided in prior fiscal years. | 9 | | (g) In addition, each annual report required to be | 10 | | submitted by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services | 11 | | under subsection (e) shall include the following information | 12 | | with respect to the State's Medicaid program: | 13 | | (1) Explanations of the exact causes of the variance | 14 | | between the previous year's estimated and actual | 15 | | liabilities. | 16 | | (2) Factors affecting the Department of Healthcare and | 17 | | Family Services' liabilities, including, but not limited | 18 | | to, numbers of aid recipients, levels of medical service | 19 | | utilization by aid recipients, and inflation in the cost | 20 | | of medical services. | 21 | | (3) The results of the Department's efforts to combat | 22 | | fraud and abuse. | 23 | | (h) As provided in Section 4 of the General Assembly | 24 | | Compensation Act, any utility bill for service provided to a | 25 | | General Assembly member's district office for a period | 26 | | including portions of 2 consecutive fiscal years may be paid |
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| 1 | | from funds appropriated for such expenditure in either fiscal | 2 | | year. | 3 | | (i) An agency which administers a fund classified by the | 4 | | Comptroller as an internal service fund may issue rules for: | 5 | | (1) billing user agencies in advance for payments or | 6 | | authorized inter-fund transfers based on estimated charges | 7 | | for goods or services; | 8 | | (2) issuing credits, refunding through inter-fund | 9 | | transfers, or reducing future inter-fund transfers during | 10 | | the subsequent fiscal year for all user agency payments or | 11 | | authorized inter-fund transfers received during the prior | 12 | | fiscal year which were in excess of the final amounts owed | 13 | | by the user agency for that period; and | 14 | | (3) issuing catch-up billings to user agencies during | 15 | | the subsequent fiscal year for amounts remaining due when | 16 | | payments or authorized inter-fund transfers received from | 17 | | the user agency during the prior fiscal year were less | 18 | | than the total amount owed for that period. | 19 | | User agencies are authorized to reimburse internal service | 20 | | funds for catch-up billings by vouchers drawn against their | 21 | | respective appropriations for the fiscal year in which the | 22 | | catch-up billing was issued or by increasing an authorized | 23 | | inter-fund transfer during the current fiscal year. For the | 24 | | purposes of this Act, "inter-fund transfers" means transfers | 25 | | without the use of the voucher-warrant process, as authorized | 26 | | by Section 9.01 of the State Comptroller Act. |
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| 1 | | (i-1) Beginning on July 1, 2021, all outstanding | 2 | | liabilities, not payable during the 4-month lapse period as | 3 | | described in subsections (b-1), (b-3), (b-4), (b-5), and (c) | 4 | | of this Section, that are made from appropriations for that | 5 | | purpose for any fiscal year, without regard to the fact that | 6 | | the services being compensated for by those payments may have | 7 | | been rendered in a prior fiscal year, are limited to only those | 8 | | claims that have been incurred but for which a proper bill or | 9 | | invoice as defined by the State Prompt Payment Act has not been | 10 | | received by September 30th following the end of the fiscal | 11 | | year in which the service was rendered. | 12 | | (j) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the | 13 | | aggregate amount of payments to be made without regard for | 14 | | fiscal year limitations as contained in subsections (b-1), | 15 | | (b-3), (b-4), (b-5), and (c) of this Section, and determined | 16 | | by using Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, shall not | 17 | | exceed the following amounts: | 18 | | (1) $6,000,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related | 19 | | to fiscal year 2012; | 20 | | (2) $5,300,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related | 21 | | to fiscal year 2013; | 22 | | (3) $4,600,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related | 23 | | to fiscal year 2014; | 24 | | (4) $4,000,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related | 25 | | to fiscal year 2015; | 26 | | (5) $3,300,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related |
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| 1 | | to fiscal year 2016; | 2 | | (6) $2,600,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related | 3 | | to fiscal year 2017; | 4 | | (7) $2,000,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related | 5 | | to fiscal year 2018; | 6 | | (8) $1,300,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related | 7 | | to fiscal year 2019; | 8 | | (9) $600,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related | 9 | | to fiscal year 2020; and | 10 | | (10) $0 for outstanding liabilities related to fiscal | 11 | | year 2021 and fiscal years thereafter. | 12 | | (k) Department of Healthcare and Family Services Medical | 13 | | Assistance Payments. | 14 | | (1) Definition of Medical Assistance. | 15 | | For purposes of this subsection, the term "Medical | 16 | | Assistance" shall include, but not necessarily be | 17 | | limited to, medical programs and services authorized | 18 | | under Titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act, | 19 | | the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Children's Health | 20 | | Insurance Program Act, the Covering ALL KIDS Health | 21 | | Insurance Act, the Long Term Acute Care Hospital | 22 | | Quality Improvement Transfer Program Act, and medical | 23 | | care to or on behalf of persons suffering from chronic | 24 | | renal disease, persons suffering from hemophilia, and | 25 | | victims of sexual assault. | 26 | | (2) Limitations on Medical Assistance payments that |
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| 1 | | may be paid from future fiscal year appropriations. | 2 | | (A) The maximum amounts of annual unpaid Medical | 3 | | Assistance bills received and recorded by the | 4 | | Department of Healthcare and Family Services on or | 5 | | before June 30th of a particular fiscal year | 6 | | attributable in aggregate to the General Revenue Fund, | 7 | | Healthcare Provider Relief Fund, Tobacco Settlement | 8 | | Recovery Fund, Long-Term Care Provider Fund, and the | 9 | | Drug Rebate Fund that may be paid in total by the | 10 | | Department from future fiscal year Medical Assistance | 11 | | appropriations to those funds are: $700,000,000 for | 12 | | fiscal year 2013 and $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2014 | 13 | | and each fiscal year thereafter. | 14 | | (B) Bills for Medical Assistance services rendered | 15 | | in a particular fiscal year, but received and recorded | 16 | | by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services | 17 | | after June 30th of that fiscal year, may be paid from | 18 | | either appropriations for that fiscal year or future | 19 | | fiscal year appropriations for Medical Assistance. | 20 | | Such payments shall not be subject to the requirements | 21 | | of subparagraph (A). | 22 | | (C) Medical Assistance bills received by the | 23 | | Department of Healthcare and Family Services in a | 24 | | particular fiscal year, but subject to payment amount | 25 | | adjustments in a future fiscal year may be paid from a | 26 | | future fiscal year's appropriation for Medical |
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| 1 | | Assistance. Such payments shall not be subject to the | 2 | | requirements of subparagraph (A). | 3 | | (D) Medical Assistance payments made by the | 4 | | Department of Healthcare and Family Services from | 5 | | funds other than those specifically referenced in | 6 | | subparagraph (A) may be made from appropriations for | 7 | | those purposes for any fiscal year without regard to | 8 | | the fact that the Medical Assistance services being | 9 | | compensated for by such payment may have been rendered | 10 | | in a prior fiscal year. Such payments shall not be | 11 | | subject to the requirements of subparagraph (A). | 12 | | (3) Extended lapse period for Department of Healthcare | 13 | | and Family Services Medical Assistance payments. | 14 | | Notwithstanding any other State law to the contrary, | 15 | | outstanding Department of Healthcare and Family Services | 16 | | Medical Assistance liabilities, as of June 30th, payable | 17 | | from appropriations which have otherwise expired, may be | 18 | | paid out of the expiring appropriations during the 4-month | 19 | | period ending at the close of business on October 31st. | 20 | | (l) The changes to this Section made by Public Act 97-691 | 21 | | shall be effective for payment of Medical Assistance bills | 22 | | incurred in fiscal year 2013 and future fiscal years. The | 23 | | changes to this Section made by Public Act 97-691 shall not be | 24 | | applied to Medical Assistance bills incurred in fiscal year | 25 | | 2012 or prior fiscal years. | 26 | | (m) The Comptroller must issue payments against |
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| 1 | | outstanding liabilities that were received prior to the lapse | 2 | | period deadlines set forth in this Section as soon thereafter | 3 | | as practical, but no payment may be issued after the 4 months | 4 | | following the lapse period deadline without the signed | 5 | | authorization of the Comptroller and the Governor. | 6 | | (Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-291, eff. 8-6-21; | 7 | | 102-699, eff. 4-19-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 103-8, eff. | 8 | | 6-7-23.)"; and | 9 | | on page 22, line 8, after "Sections 6,", by inserting "8,"; and | 10 | | on page 22, immediately below line 15, by inserting the | 11 | | following: | 12 | | "(705 ILCS 505/8) (from Ch. 37, par. 439.8) | 13 | | Sec. 8. Court of Claims jurisdiction; deliberation | 14 | | periods. The court shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear | 15 | | and determine the following matters: | 16 | | (a) All claims against the State founded upon any law | 17 | | of the State of Illinois or upon any regulation adopted | 18 | | thereunder by an executive or administrative officer or | 19 | | agency; provided, however, the court shall not have | 20 | | jurisdiction (i) to hear or determine claims arising under | 21 | | the Workers' Compensation Act or the Workers' Occupational | 22 | | Diseases Act, or claims for expenses in civil litigation, | 23 | | or (ii) to review administrative decisions for which a |
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| 1 | | statute provides that review shall be in the circuit or | 2 | | appellate court. | 3 | | (b) All claims against the State founded upon any | 4 | | contract entered into with the State of Illinois , except | 5 | | that undisputed individual claims of less than $2,500 | 6 | | resulting from a prior fiscal year's lapsed appropriations | 7 | | do not fall under the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims. | 8 | | State agencies may pay undisputed individual claims of | 9 | | less than $2,500 resulting from lapsed appropriations from | 10 | | current fiscal year appropriations . | 11 | | (c) All claims against the State for time unjustly | 12 | | served in prisons of this State when the person imprisoned | 13 | | received a pardon from the Governor stating that such | 14 | | pardon is issued on the ground of innocence of the crime | 15 | | for which he or she was imprisoned or he or she received a | 16 | | certificate of innocence from the Circuit Court as | 17 | | provided in Section 2-702 of the Code of Civil Procedure; | 18 | | provided, the amount of the award is at the discretion of | 19 | | the court; and provided, the court shall make no award in | 20 | | excess of the following amounts: for imprisonment of 5 | 21 | | years or less, not more than $85,350; for imprisonment of | 22 | | 14 years or less but over 5 years, not more than $170,000; | 23 | | for imprisonment of over 14 years, not more than $199,150; | 24 | | and provided further, the court shall fix attorney's fees | 25 | | not to exceed 25% of the award granted. On or after the | 26 | | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General |
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| 1 | | Assembly, the court shall annually adjust the maximum | 2 | | awards authorized by this subsection (c) to reflect the | 3 | | increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index For All | 4 | | Urban Consumers for the previous calendar year, as | 5 | | determined by the United States Department of Labor, | 6 | | except that no annual increment may exceed 5%. For the | 7 | | annual adjustments, if the Consumer Price Index decreases | 8 | | during a calendar year, there shall be no adjustment for | 9 | | that calendar year. The transmission by the Prisoner | 10 | | Review Board or the clerk of the circuit court of the | 11 | | information described in Section 11(b) to the clerk of the | 12 | | Court of Claims is conclusive evidence of the validity of | 13 | | the claim. The changes made by this amendatory Act of the | 14 | | 95th General Assembly apply to all claims pending on or | 15 | | filed on or after the effective date. | 16 | | (d) All claims against the State for damages in cases | 17 | | sounding in tort, if a like cause of action would lie | 18 | | against a private person or corporation in a civil suit, | 19 | | and all like claims sounding in tort against the Medical | 20 | | Center Commission, the Board of Trustees of the University | 21 | | of Illinois, the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois | 22 | | University, the Board of Trustees of Chicago State | 23 | | University, the Board of Trustees of Eastern Illinois | 24 | | University, the Board of Trustees of Governors State | 25 | | University, the Board of Trustees of Illinois State | 26 | | University, the Board of Trustees of Northeastern Illinois |
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| 1 | | University, the Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois | 2 | | University, the Board of Trustees of Western Illinois | 3 | | University, or the Board of Trustees of the Illinois | 4 | | Mathematics and Science Academy; provided, that an award | 5 | | for damages in a case sounding in tort, other than certain | 6 | | cases involving the operation of a State vehicle described | 7 | | in this paragraph, shall not exceed the sum of $2,000,000 | 8 | | to or for the benefit of any claimant. The $2,000,000 | 9 | | limit prescribed by this Section does not apply to an | 10 | | award of damages in any case sounding in tort arising out | 11 | | of the operation by a State employee of a vehicle owned, | 12 | | leased or controlled by the State. The defense that the | 13 | | State or the Medical Center Commission or the Board of | 14 | | Trustees of the University of Illinois, the Board of | 15 | | Trustees of Southern Illinois University, the Board of | 16 | | Trustees of Chicago State University, the Board of | 17 | | Trustees of Eastern Illinois University, the Board of | 18 | | Trustees of Governors State University, the Board of | 19 | | Trustees of Illinois State University, the Board of | 20 | | Trustees of Northeastern Illinois University, the Board of | 21 | | Trustees of Northern Illinois University, the Board of | 22 | | Trustees of Western Illinois University, or the Board of | 23 | | Trustees of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy | 24 | | is not liable for the negligence of its officers, agents, | 25 | | and employees in the course of their employment is not | 26 | | applicable to the hearing and determination of such |
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| 1 | | claims. The changes to this Section made by this | 2 | | amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly apply only to | 3 | | claims filed on or after July 1, 2015. | 4 | | The court shall annually adjust the maximum awards | 5 | | authorized by this subsection to reflect the increase, if | 6 | | any, in the Consumer Price Index For All Urban Consumers | 7 | | for the previous calendar year, as determined by the | 8 | | United States Department of Labor. The Comptroller shall | 9 | | make the new amount resulting from each annual adjustment | 10 | | available to the public via the Comptroller's official | 11 | | website by January 31 of every year. | 12 | | (e) All claims for recoupment made by the State of | 13 | | Illinois against any claimant. | 14 | | (f) All claims pursuant to the Line of Duty | 15 | | Compensation Act. A claim under that Act must be heard and | 16 | | determined within one year after the application for that | 17 | | claim is filed with the Court as provided in that Act. | 18 | | (g) All claims filed pursuant to the Crime Victims | 19 | | Compensation Act. | 20 | | (h) All claims pursuant to the Illinois National | 21 | | Guardsman's Compensation Act. A claim under that Act must | 22 | | be heard and determined within one year after the | 23 | | application for that claim is filed with the Court as | 24 | | provided in that Act. | 25 | | (i) All claims authorized by subsection (a) of Section | 26 | | 10-55 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act for the |
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| 1 | | expenses incurred by a party in a contested case on the | 2 | | administrative level. | 3 | | (Source: P.A. 100-1124, eff. 11-27-18 .)"; and | 4 | | by replacing line 16 on page 22 through line 23 on page 23 with | 5 | | the following: | 6 | | (705 ILCS 505/10) (from Ch. 37, par. 439.10) | 7 | | Sec. 10. Administration; oaths and affirmations; remote | 8 | | activity. | 9 | | (a) The judges, commissioners and the clerk of the court | 10 | | may administer oaths and affirmations, take acknowledgments of | 11 | | instruments in writing, and give certificates of them. | 12 | | (b) The judges, commissioners, and the clerk of the court | 13 | | may conduct any activity of the court remotely. | 14 | | (c) The Court of Claims may adopt administrative rules to | 15 | | implement this Section. | 16 | | (Source: Laws 1945, p. 660.)". |
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