55 ILCS 5 - Counties Code.

SB2278COUNTIES CD-PUBLIC SAFETY (Stadelman, S) Amends the Counties Code. Provides that a county that is authorized to impose a Special County Retailers' Occupation Tax For Public Safety, Public Facilities, Mental Health, Substance Abuse, or Transportation shall establish a 7-member mental health board, which shall have the same powers and duties and be constituted in the same manner as a community mental health board established under the Community Mental Health Act. Provides that moneys from the special county retailers' occupation tax that are earmarked for mental health or substance abuse purposes shall be deposited into a special county occupation tax fund for mental health and substance abuse. Provides that that fund shall be administered by the 7-member mental health board.
Bill Version: Public Act
ILCS Section(s) Affected: 55 ILCS 5/5-1006.5; 

65 ILCS 5 - Illinois Municipal Code.

SB2150FIREFIGHTER EXAMINATION AGE (Bailey, D) Amends the Illinois Municipal Code and the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that a person 35 years of age or older who has served a municipality as a regularly enrolled volunteer, paid-on-call, or part-time firefighter is eligible to take an examination for a position as a firefighter (removing a requirement the volunteer, paid-on-call, or part-time work was 5 years immediately preceding the time that the municipality begins to use full-time firefighters to provide all or part of its fire protection service). Effective immediately.
Bill Version: Public Act
ILCS Section(s) Affected: 65 ILCS 5/10-1-7.1; 65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-6.3;

735 ILCS 5 - Code of Civil Procedure.

SB2179PERSONAL ACTIONS-ATTORNEYS (Sims, E) Amends the Limitations Article of the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that an attorney malpractice action in which the injury did not occur until the death of the person for whom the professional services were rendered may not be commenced in any event more than 6 years after the date the professional services were performed. Provides, with exceptions, that the changes apply to every cause of action, regardless of the date that the cause of action accrues.
Bill Version: Public Act
ILCS Section(s) Affected: 735 ILCS 5/13-214.3; 

740 ILCS 110 - Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act.

SB1970ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH INFO (Fine, L) Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act. Provides for the limited disclosure of protected mental health information of a recipient who is an inpatient of a mental health facility related to an individual's involvement with the recipient's mental health care or payment related to the recipient's mental health care. Provides eligibility factors for an individual seeking the disclosure of the information. Provides that whenever the disclosure of information is made without consent, the recipient shall be provided with written disclosure and afforded an opportunity to designate an agent or an attorney-in-fact, and documentation of the disclosure or use shall be noted in the recipient's record. Provides that once the recipient regains the capacity for informed consent, the provisions no longer apply and any allowance for the exchange of information between individuals and the medical personnel is terminated. Restricts an individual who receives information from redisclosing the information except under limited circumstances. Provides that any person who knowingly and willfully violates the provisions is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. Provides that nothing in the new provisions shall be interpreted to allow a disclosure that is otherwise prohibited under any other State law or any federal law concerning informed consent.

Bill Version: Public Act
ILCS Section(s) Affected: 740 ILCS 110/5.5 new; 

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