Full Text of SB0854 103rd General Assembly
SB0854sam002 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton Filed: 10/25/2023 | | 10300SB0854sam002 | | LRB103 03313 AWJ 64984 a |
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 854
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 854, AS AMENDED, | 3 | | by replacing Sections 5 and 10 with the following: | 4 | | "Section 5. The Regulatory Sunset Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 4.35 as follows: | 6 | | (5 ILCS 80/4.35) | 7 | | Sec. 4.35. Acts Act repealed on January 1, 2025. The | 8 | | following Acts are Act is repealed on January 1, 2025: | 9 | | The Genetic Counselor Licensing Act. | 10 | | The Illinois Certified Shorthand Reporters Act of 1984. | 11 | | (Source: P.A. 98-813, eff. 1-1-15 .) | 12 | | (5 ILCS 80/4.34 rep.) | 13 | | Section 7. The Regulatory Sunset Act is amended by | 14 | | repealing Section 4.34. |
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| 1 | | Section 10. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is | 2 | | amended by changing and renumbering Section 5-45.35 as added | 3 | | by Public Act 102-1108, Section 5-45.35 as added by Public Act | 4 | | 102-1115, and Section 5-45.35 as added by Public Act 102-1125 | 5 | | as follows: | 6 | | (5 ILCS 100/5-45.41) | 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on February 3, 2024) | 8 | | Sec. 5-45.41 5-45.35 . Emergency rulemaking. To provide for | 9 | | the expeditious and timely implementation of the Invest in | 10 | | Illinois Act, emergency rules implementing the Invest in | 11 | | Illinois Act may be adopted in accordance with Section 5-45 by | 12 | | the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. The | 13 | | adoption of emergency rules authorized by Section 5-45 and | 14 | | this Section is deemed to be necessary for the public | 15 | | interest, safety, and welfare. | 16 | | This Section is repealed on February 3, 2025 one year | 17 | | after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd | 18 | | General Assembly . | 19 | | (Source: P.A. 102-1125, eff. 2-3-23; revised 3-13-23.) | 20 | | (5 ILCS 100/5-45.44) | 21 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 9, 2024) | 22 | | Sec. 5-45.44 5-45.35 . Emergency rulemaking; Hate Crimes | 23 | | and Bias Incident Prevention and Response Fund and Local | 24 | | Chambers of Commerce Recovery Grants. To provide for the |
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| 1 | | expeditious and timely implementation of Public Act 102-1115 | 2 | | this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly , emergency | 3 | | rules implementing Section 6z-138 of the State Finance Act may | 4 | | be adopted in accordance with Section 5-45 by the Department | 5 | | of Human Rights and emergency rules implementing Section | 6 | | 605-1105 of the Department of Commerce and Economic | 7 | | Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois | 8 | | may be adopted in accordance with Section 5-45 by the | 9 | | Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. The adoption | 10 | | of emergency rules authorized by Section 5-45 and this Section | 11 | | is deemed to be necessary for the public interest, safety, and | 12 | | welfare. | 13 | | This Section is repealed on January 9, 2025 one year after | 14 | | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General | 15 | | Assembly . | 16 | | (Source: P.A. 102-1115, eff. 1-9-23; revised 9-27-23.) | 17 | | (5 ILCS 100/5-45.50) | 18 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 21, 2023) | 19 | | Sec. 5-45.50 5-45.35 . Emergency rulemaking; Refugee | 20 | | Resettlement Program. To ensure the availability of refugee | 21 | | resettlement program services in the case of an imminent, | 22 | | large-scale refugee resettlement event, emergency rules may be | 23 | | adopted in accordance with Section 5-45 by the Department of | 24 | | Human Services. The adoption of emergency rules authorized by | 25 | | Section 5-45 and this Section is deemed to be necessary for the |
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| 1 | | public interest, safety, and welfare. | 2 | | This Section is repealed on December 21, 2025 ( one year | 3 | | after the effective date of Public Act 102-1108) this | 4 | | amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly . | 5 | | (Source: P.A. 102-1108, eff. 12-21-22; revised 9-27-23.)"; and | 6 | | by inserting the following in its proper numeric sequence: | 7 | | "Section 81. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems | 8 | | Act is amended by changing Section 3.22 as follows: | 9 | | (210 ILCS 50/3.22) | 10 | | Sec. 3.22. EMT Training, Recruitment, and Retention Task | 11 | | Force. | 12 | | (a) The EMT Training, Recruitment, and Retention Task | 13 | | Force is created to address the following: | 14 | | (1) the impact that the EMT and Paramedic shortage is | 15 | | having on this State's EMS System and health care system; | 16 | | (2) barriers to the training, recruitment, and | 17 | | retention of Emergency Medical Technicians throughout this | 18 | | State; | 19 | | (3) steps that the State of Illinois can take, | 20 | | including coordination and identification of State and | 21 | | federal funding sources, to assist Illinois high schools, | 22 | | community colleges, and ground ambulance providers to | 23 | | train, recruit, and retain emergency medical technicians; |
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| 1 | | (4) the examination of current testing mechanisms for | 2 | | EMRs, EMTs, and Paramedics and the utilization of the | 3 | | National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians, | 4 | | including current pass rates by licensure level, national | 5 | | utilization, and test preparation strategies; | 6 | | (5) how apprenticeship programs, local, regional, and | 7 | | statewide, can be utilized to recruit and retain EMRs, | 8 | | EMTs, and Paramedics; | 9 | | (6) how ground ambulance reimbursement affects the | 10 | | recruitment and retention of EMTs and Paramedics; and | 11 | | (7) all other areas that the Task Force deems | 12 | | necessary to examine and assist in the recruitment and | 13 | | retention of EMTs and Paramedics. | 14 | | (b) The Task Force shall be comprised of the following | 15 | | members: | 16 | | (1) one member of the Illinois General Assembly, | 17 | | appointed by the President of the Senate, who shall serve | 18 | | as co-chair; | 19 | | (2) one member of the Illinois General Assembly, | 20 | | appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; | 21 | | (3) one member of the Illinois General Assembly, | 22 | | appointed by the Senate Minority Leader; | 23 | | (4) one member of the Illinois General Assembly, | 24 | | appointed by the House Minority Leader, who shall serve as | 25 | | co-chair; | 26 | | (5) 9 members representing private ground ambulance |
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| 1 | | providers throughout this State representing for-profit | 2 | | and non-profit rural and urban ground ambulance providers, | 3 | | appointed by the President of the Senate; | 4 | | (6) 3 members representing hospitals, appointed by the | 5 | | Speaker of the House of Representatives, with one member | 6 | | representing safety-net safety net hospitals and one | 7 | | member representing rural hospitals; | 8 | | (7) 3 members representing a statewide association of | 9 | | nursing homes, appointed by the President of the Senate; | 10 | | (8) one member representing the State Board of | 11 | | Education, appointed by the House Minority Leader; | 12 | | (9) 2 EMS Medical Directors from a Regional EMS | 13 | | Medical Directors Committee, appointed by the Governor; | 14 | | and | 15 | | (10) one member representing the Illinois Community | 16 | | College Systems, appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 17 | | Senate. | 18 | | (c) Members of the Task Force shall serve without | 19 | | compensation. | 20 | | (d) The Task Force shall convene at the call of the | 21 | | co-chairs and shall hold at least 6 meetings. | 22 | | (e) The Task Force shall submit its final report to the | 23 | | General Assembly and the Governor no later than January 1, | 24 | | 2025 2024 , and upon the submission of its final report, the | 25 | | Task Force shall be dissolved. | 26 | | (Source: P.A. 103-547, eff. 8-11-23; revised 10-25-23.) |
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| 1 | | Section 82. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by | 2 | | changing Section 9.18 as follows: | 3 | | (415 ILCS 5/9.18) | 4 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024) | 5 | | Sec. 9.18. Commission on market-based carbon pricing | 6 | | solutions. | 7 | | (a) In the United States, state-based market policies to | 8 | | reduce greenhouse gases have been in operation since 2009. | 9 | | More than a quarter of the US population lives in a state with | 10 | | carbon pricing and these states represent one-third of the | 11 | | United States' gross domestic product. Market-based policies | 12 | | have proved effective at reducing emissions in states across | 13 | | the United States, and around the world. Additionally, | 14 | | well-designed carbon pricing incentivizes energy efficiency | 15 | | and drives investments in low-carbon solutions and | 16 | | technologies, such as renewables, hydrogen, biofuels, and | 17 | | carbon capture, use, and storage. Illinois must assess | 18 | | available suites of programs and policies to support a rapid, | 19 | | economy-wide decarbonization and spur the development of a | 20 | | clean energy economy in the State, while maintaining Illinois' | 21 | | competitive advantage. | 22 | | (b) The Governor is hereby authorized to create a carbon | 23 | | pricing commission to study the short-term and long-term | 24 | | impacts of joining, implementing, or designing a sector-based, |
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| 1 | | statewide, or regional carbon pricing program. The commission | 2 | | shall analyze and compare the relative cost of, and greenhouse | 3 | | gas reductions from, various carbon pricing programs available | 4 | | to Illinois and the Midwest, including, but not limited to: | 5 | | the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), the | 6 | | Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI), California's | 7 | | cap-and-trade program, California's low carbon fuel standard, | 8 | | Washington State's cap-and-invest program, the Oregon Clean | 9 | | Fuels Program, and other relevant market-based programs. At | 10 | | the conclusion of the study, no later than December 31, 2022, | 11 | | the commission shall issue a public report containing its | 12 | | findings. | 13 | | (c) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2025 2024 . | 14 | | (Source: P.A. 102-662, eff. 9-15-21.)". |
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