Creates the Electrician Licensing Act. Provides for regulation of electricians and electrical contractors. Establishes civil penalties for violations of the Act. Provides that performing unlicensed electrical work, when a license is required by the Act, constitutes a business offense for the first violation and a Class A misdemeanor for a second or subsequent violation. Provides for concurrent exercise of powers by home rule units. Creates the Building Trades Licensing Task Force. Sets forth requirements for the composition and the actions of the Task Force. Amends the State Finance Act to add the Electrical Safety Standards Fund. Effective January 1, 2027.

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. In the definition of "Category A offense" for bail and pretrial release purposes, includes aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer, escape, and violation of bail bond or pretrial release.

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that, if the claimant is entitled to a refund as a result of an audit by the Department of Revenue, and the time prescribed for the filing of a claim for refund has expired, the claimant may apply to the Director of Revenue in writing, in the form and manner prescribed by the Department of Revenue by rule, for an extension of the time for filing of a claim for refund, which shall not exceed 3 years from the conclusion of the Department's audit. The Director shall notify the claimant in writing of the approval or rejection of the claimant's request for an extension.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer is a Class 4 felony instead of a Class A misdemeanor and that a third or subsequent violation is a Class 3 felony instead of a Class 4 felony. Provides that aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer is a Class 3 felony instead of a Class 4 felony and that a second or subsequent violation is a Class 2 felony instead of a Class 3 felony. Effective immediately.

Amends the Adoption Act. Defines an "unfit person" to mean a person in which there is substance abuse or addiction or both to alcohol or illegal drugs. Provides that if the evidence indicates a parent's past or current abuse or addiction, the court must review the parent's history of such and make a finding that it no longer is a threat to the health and welfare of a child.

Amends the Human Rights Act. Adds to the definition of "harassment" in the Employment Article to include "reproductive health decisions" that is covered under the Act. Provides that an employer is responsible for harassment and sexual harassment of the employer's employees by the employer's nonmanagerial and nonsupervisory employees, nonemployees, and third parties only if the employer becomes aware of the conduct and fails to take reasonable corrective measures. Provides that a "third party" includes, but is not limited to, customers, clients, vendors, or other visitors.

Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, school districts and public institutions of higher education are eligible to receive unemployment insurance aid. Sets forth provisions concerning the calculation of the amount of unemployment insurance aid to be given to each school district and public institutions of higher education. Provides that, if the total unemployment insurance aid for a fiscal year is greater than the annual appropriation for that year, the State Board of Education or the Board of Higher Education shall proportionately reduce the aid payment to each school district and public institution of higher education. Sets forth reporting requirements. Makes conforming changes. Effective January 1, 2026.

Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires, by August 1 of each calendar year, the Department of Transportation to make a report in writing to the Governor and the General Assembly, stating in detail the Department's efforts in the prior fiscal year to fill open mechanics positions. Requires the Department to establish and maintain a goal of filling at least 85% of all authorized and budgeted mechanic positions within the Department in each fiscal year. Requires the General Assembly to review the report and may request additional information or hold hearings regarding the Department's staffing levels, recruitment strategies, and efforts to meet the 85% workforce goal.

Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department of Agriculture.

Amends the Election Code. Provides that the county clerk or board of election commissioners shall complete the validation and counting of provisional ballots within 7 calendar days (currently, 14 calendar days) of the day of the election. Makes conforming changes.

Mourns the passing of Enzo Tribo.

Amends the Terrorism Article of the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that "terrorist act" includes any act that is intended to cause or create and does cause or create substantial damage to or destruction of any building or facility containing an entity providing reproductive health care as the term is defined in the Reproductive Health Act. Provides in the offense of causing a catastrophe that "vital public facility" includes an entity providing reproductive health care as the term is defined in the Reproductive Health Act. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. In provisions concerning the prohibition of a graduated driver's license holder under the age of 18 from operating a motor vehicle with more than one passenger in the vehicle who is under the age of 20, unless any additional passenger or passengers are siblings, step-siblings, children, or stepchildren of the driver, provides that, if a graduated driver's license holder is convicted of a moving violation due to having more than one passenger in the license holder's vehicle who is under the age of 20, the graduated license shall be suspended for one month.

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a deduction in an amount equal to the amount received by the taxpayer in gratuities during the taxable year. Provides that the deduction is exempt from the Act's automatic sunset provision. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. In provisions concerning the estimated tax, provides that the required annual payment is the lesser of: (i) 90% of the tax shown on the return for the taxable year, or if no return is filed, 90% of the tax for the year; (ii) 100% of the tax shown on the return of the taxpayer for the preceding taxable year if a return showing a liability for tax was filed by the taxpayer for the preceding taxable year and the preceding year was a taxable year of 12 months; or (iii) 90% of the tax for the taxable year that would have been due based on the Act as it exists on the first day of the taxable year. Effective immediately.

Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning the dismissal of teachers, includes releasing student record information to unauthorized parties, engaging in aggressive physical contact with a student or a member of staff if the physical contact does not serve to promote greater safety, and disparaging a student or a member of staff based on protected characteristics as sufficient causes to dismiss a teacher. Effective immediately.

Amends the Stalking No Contact Order Act and the Civil No Contact Order Act. Removes language providing that a knowing violation of a stalking no contact order or civil no contact order is a Class A misdemeanor, and a second or subsequent violation of such orders is a Class 4 felony. Provides instead that: (1) violation of a stalking no contact order or civil no contact order is a Class A misdemeanor; (2) violation of a stalking no contact order or civil no contact order is a Class 4 felony if the defendant has any prior conviction of domestic battery or violation of an order of protection or any prior conviction under the law of another jurisdiction for an offense that could be charged in the State as domestic battery or violation of an order of protection; and (3) violation of a stalking no contact order or civil no contact order is a Class 4 felony if the defendant has any prior conviction of attempt, first degree murder, kidnapping, aggravated kidnapping, unlawful restraint, aggravated unlawful restraint, criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, aggravated battery, aggravated domestic battery, stalking, aggravated stalking, aggravated arson, aggravated discharge of a firearm, or aggravated battery of an unborn child, of a violation of any former law of the State that is substantially similar to any such listed offense, or any prior conviction under the law of another jurisdiction for an offense that could be charged in the State as one of such offenses, when any of these offenses have been committed against a family or household member. Provides that the court shall impose a minimum penalty of 24 hours imprisonment for the respondent's second or subsequent violation of any stalking no contact order or civil no contact order, unless the court explicitly finds that an increased penalty or such period of imprisonment would be manifestly unjust. Provides that in addition to any other penalties, the court may order the respondent to pay a fine or to make restitution to the victim under the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes same changes to the Criminal Code of 2012.

Creates the Illinois Flag Act of 2025. Contains only a short title provision.

Amends the Corporate Accountability for Tax Expenditures Act. Provides that if an applicant is seeking development assistance for a project that is a new office construction or office relocation that retains at least 100 jobs in the county in which the project is located or is being relocated to and the county has more than 25,000 residents but less than 50,000 residents, the applicant shall be eligible for development assistance under the Department of Transportation's Economic Development Program.

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that part-time police officers shall not be assigned to supervise or direct full-time police officers of a police department, except in municipalities having a population of less than 3,000 (rather than part-time police officers shall not be assigned under any circumstances to supervise or direct full-time police officers of a police department). Effective immediately.

Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that "redevelopment project costs" include the costs of demolishing buildings, site preparation, or site improvements of a dilapidated or vacant parcel zoned for residential use or costs of reconstruction, repair, remodeling, or new construction of a single-family residence on a dilapidated or vacant parcel zoned for residential use. Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that a municipality, upon adoption of an ordinance or resolution by majority vote of its corporate authorities, may order the county clerk to abate, for 20 years, the portion of the taxes levied upon an improved parcel of real property that is attributable to the increase in the current equalized assessed valuation of the parcel over and above the equalized assessed valuation of the parcel immediately before the demolition of the dilapidated structure on the parcel. Provides that "improved parcel of real property" means a parcel where redevelopment project costs have been used by the municipality for the construction of a new single-family residence on a parcel zoned for residential use after demolition or removal of a dilapidated structure from that parcel. Provides that an abatement approved under the provisions shall be extended to all subsequent owners of the improved parcel of real property during the abatement period.

Amends the Medical Patient Rights Act and the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 2004. Provides that a health care provider and a person engaged in the practice of veterinary medicine shall not charge a patient or client or require the patient or client to pay a fee for a missed or late appointment. Provides that nothing in the provisions shall be construed to prohibit health care providers and a persons engaged in the practice of veterinary medicine from developing and implementing an incentive program to encourage patients or clients to adhere to scheduled appointments. Provides that any health care provider or person engaged in the practice of veterinary medicine that violates the provisions concerning missed and late appointment fees is guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined $500 per violation.

Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that in a proceeding under the Delinquent Minors Article of the Act, a minor who was under 18 (rather than under 15) years of age at the time of the commission of an act that if committed by an adult would be a violation of any offense under the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 (rather than a homicide offense or criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, criminal sexual abuse, or aggravated criminal sexual abuse) must be represented by counsel throughout the entire custodial interrogation of the minor. Provides that in custodial interrogations, a minor may not waive the right to the assistance of counsel. Provides that an oral, written, or sign language statement of a minor, who at the time of the commission of the offense was under 18 years of age, is presumed to be inadmissible when the statement is obtained from the minor while the minor is subject to custodial interrogation by a law enforcement officer, State's Attorney, juvenile officer, or other public official or employee prior to the officer, State's Attorney, public official, or employee ensuring that the minor is represented by counsel throughout the custodial interrogation. Provides that an oral, written, or sign language statement of a minor made without counsel present throughout the entire custodial interrogation of the minor shall be inadmissible as evidence against the minor in any juvenile court proceeding or criminal proceeding. Deletes provision that the presumption of inadmissibility of a statement made by a suspect at a custodial interrogation at a police station or other place of detention may be overcome by a preponderance of the evidence that the statement was voluntarily given and is reliable, based on the totality of the circumstances. Amends the Counties Code to make conforming changes.

Creates the Property Tax Relief Act. Provides that any individual whose household is liable for payment of property taxes accrued or has paid rent constituting property taxes accrued and is domiciled in this State at the time he or she files his or her claim is entitled to claim a grant under the Act to be administered by the Department of Revenue. Provides that for 2025 claim year applications submitted during calendar year 2026, a household must have an annual household income of less than the State median adjusted gross income. Provides that for taxable years 2025 and thereafter, an eligible residence must have an assessed market value of less than $350,000. Provides that except as otherwise provided under the Act, the maximum grant amount which a claimant is entitled to claim not to exceed $5,000. Sets forth the grant amount for eligible households that receive cash assistance from the Department of Healthcare and Family Services or the Department of Human Services. Contains provisions concerning the effect joint ownership of a single residence or ownership of multiple residences has on the calculation of the grant amount. Sets forth the procedure to file a grant claim. Contains provisions concerning supporting documents the Department of Revenue may require claimants to submit to verify eligibility for a grant; the payment and denial of claims; claimants' records; rules of confidentiality; penalties for filing a fraudulent claim; and Department rules.

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Makes changes to a provision concerning initial Department of Human Services investigations of a facility employee's alleged abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of a recipient of mental health or developmental disability services. Expands the provision to include allegations of material obstruction of an investigation, physical abuse, sexual abuse, non-de minimis financial exploitation (such as financial exploitation totaling a cumulative value equal to or greater than $100), or egregious neglect. Adds provisions concerning Department investigations where a facility employee is the perpetrator of, at most, neglect, de minimis financial exploitation (such as financial exploitation totaling a cumulative value of less than $100), or mental abuse.

Creates the Electrician Licensing Act. Provides for regulation of electricians and electrical contractors. Establishes civil penalties for violations of the Act. Provides that performing unlicensed electrical work, when a license is required by the Act, constitutes a business offense for the first violation and a Class A misdemeanor for a second or subsequent violation. Provides for concurrent exercise of powers by home rule units. Creates the Building Trades Licensing Task Force. Sets forth requirements for the composition and the actions of the Task Force. Amends the State Finance Act to add the Electrical Safety Standards Fund. Effective January 1, 2027.

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. In the definition of "Category A offense" for bail and pretrial release purposes, includes aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer, escape, and violation of bail bond or pretrial release.

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that, if the claimant is entitled to a refund as a result of an audit by the Department of Revenue, and the time prescribed for the filing of a claim for refund has expired, the claimant may apply to the Director of Revenue in writing, in the form and manner prescribed by the Department of Revenue by rule, for an extension of the time for filing of a claim for refund, which shall not exceed 3 years from the conclusion of the Department's audit. The Director shall notify the claimant in writing of the approval or rejection of the claimant's request for an extension.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer is a Class 4 felony instead of a Class A misdemeanor and that a third or subsequent violation is a Class 3 felony instead of a Class 4 felony. Provides that aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer is a Class 3 felony instead of a Class 4 felony and that a second or subsequent violation is a Class 2 felony instead of a Class 3 felony. Effective immediately.

Amends the Adoption Act. Defines an "unfit person" to mean a person in which there is substance abuse or addiction or both to alcohol or illegal drugs. Provides that if the evidence indicates a parent's past or current abuse or addiction, the court must review the parent's history of such and make a finding that it no longer is a threat to the health and welfare of a child.

Amends the Human Rights Act. Adds to the definition of "harassment" in the Employment Article to include "reproductive health decisions" that is covered under the Act. Provides that an employer is responsible for harassment and sexual harassment of the employer's employees by the employer's nonmanagerial and nonsupervisory employees, nonemployees, and third parties only if the employer becomes aware of the conduct and fails to take reasonable corrective measures. Provides that a "third party" includes, but is not limited to, customers, clients, vendors, or other visitors.

Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, school districts and public institutions of higher education are eligible to receive unemployment insurance aid. Sets forth provisions concerning the calculation of the amount of unemployment insurance aid to be given to each school district and public institutions of higher education. Provides that, if the total unemployment insurance aid for a fiscal year is greater than the annual appropriation for that year, the State Board of Education or the Board of Higher Education shall proportionately reduce the aid payment to each school district and public institution of higher education. Sets forth reporting requirements. Makes conforming changes. Effective January 1, 2026.

Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires, by August 1 of each calendar year, the Department of Transportation to make a report in writing to the Governor and the General Assembly, stating in detail the Department's efforts in the prior fiscal year to fill open mechanics positions. Requires the Department to establish and maintain a goal of filling at least 85% of all authorized and budgeted mechanic positions within the Department in each fiscal year. Requires the General Assembly to review the report and may request additional information or hold hearings regarding the Department's staffing levels, recruitment strategies, and efforts to meet the 85% workforce goal.

Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department of Agriculture.

Amends the Election Code. Provides that the county clerk or board of election commissioners shall complete the validation and counting of provisional ballots within 7 calendar days (currently, 14 calendar days) of the day of the election. Makes conforming changes.

Mourns the passing of Enzo Tribo.

Amends the Terrorism Article of the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that "terrorist act" includes any act that is intended to cause or create and does cause or create substantial damage to or destruction of any building or facility containing an entity providing reproductive health care as the term is defined in the Reproductive Health Act. Provides in the offense of causing a catastrophe that "vital public facility" includes an entity providing reproductive health care as the term is defined in the Reproductive Health Act. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. In provisions concerning the prohibition of a graduated driver's license holder under the age of 18 from operating a motor vehicle with more than one passenger in the vehicle who is under the age of 20, unless any additional passenger or passengers are siblings, step-siblings, children, or stepchildren of the driver, provides that, if a graduated driver's license holder is convicted of a moving violation due to having more than one passenger in the license holder's vehicle who is under the age of 20, the graduated license shall be suspended for one month.

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a deduction in an amount equal to the amount received by the taxpayer in gratuities during the taxable year. Provides that the deduction is exempt from the Act's automatic sunset provision. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. In provisions concerning the estimated tax, provides that the required annual payment is the lesser of: (i) 90% of the tax shown on the return for the taxable year, or if no return is filed, 90% of the tax for the year; (ii) 100% of the tax shown on the return of the taxpayer for the preceding taxable year if a return showing a liability for tax was filed by the taxpayer for the preceding taxable year and the preceding year was a taxable year of 12 months; or (iii) 90% of the tax for the taxable year that would have been due based on the Act as it exists on the first day of the taxable year. Effective immediately.

Amends the School Boards Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning the dismissal of teachers, includes releasing student record information to unauthorized parties, engaging in aggressive physical contact with a student or a member of staff if the physical contact does not serve to promote greater safety, and disparaging a student or a member of staff based on protected characteristics as sufficient causes to dismiss a teacher. Effective immediately.

Amends the Stalking No Contact Order Act and the Civil No Contact Order Act. Removes language providing that a knowing violation of a stalking no contact order or civil no contact order is a Class A misdemeanor, and a second or subsequent violation of such orders is a Class 4 felony. Provides instead that: (1) violation of a stalking no contact order or civil no contact order is a Class A misdemeanor; (2) violation of a stalking no contact order or civil no contact order is a Class 4 felony if the defendant has any prior conviction of domestic battery or violation of an order of protection or any prior conviction under the law of another jurisdiction for an offense that could be charged in the State as domestic battery or violation of an order of protection; and (3) violation of a stalking no contact order or civil no contact order is a Class 4 felony if the defendant has any prior conviction of attempt, first degree murder, kidnapping, aggravated kidnapping, unlawful restraint, aggravated unlawful restraint, criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, aggravated battery, aggravated domestic battery, stalking, aggravated stalking, aggravated arson, aggravated discharge of a firearm, or aggravated battery of an unborn child, of a violation of any former law of the State that is substantially similar to any such listed offense, or any prior conviction under the law of another jurisdiction for an offense that could be charged in the State as one of such offenses, when any of these offenses have been committed against a family or household member. Provides that the court shall impose a minimum penalty of 24 hours imprisonment for the respondent's second or subsequent violation of any stalking no contact order or civil no contact order, unless the court explicitly finds that an increased penalty or such period of imprisonment would be manifestly unjust. Provides that in addition to any other penalties, the court may order the respondent to pay a fine or to make restitution to the victim under the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes same changes to the Criminal Code of 2012.

Creates the Illinois Flag Act of 2025. Contains only a short title provision.

Amends the Corporate Accountability for Tax Expenditures Act. Provides that if an applicant is seeking development assistance for a project that is a new office construction or office relocation that retains at least 100 jobs in the county in which the project is located or is being relocated to and the county has more than 25,000 residents but less than 50,000 residents, the applicant shall be eligible for development assistance under the Department of Transportation's Economic Development Program.

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that part-time police officers shall not be assigned to supervise or direct full-time police officers of a police department, except in municipalities having a population of less than 3,000 (rather than part-time police officers shall not be assigned under any circumstances to supervise or direct full-time police officers of a police department). Effective immediately.

Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act of the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that "redevelopment project costs" include the costs of demolishing buildings, site preparation, or site improvements of a dilapidated or vacant parcel zoned for residential use or costs of reconstruction, repair, remodeling, or new construction of a single-family residence on a dilapidated or vacant parcel zoned for residential use. Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that a municipality, upon adoption of an ordinance or resolution by majority vote of its corporate authorities, may order the county clerk to abate, for 20 years, the portion of the taxes levied upon an improved parcel of real property that is attributable to the increase in the current equalized assessed valuation of the parcel over and above the equalized assessed valuation of the parcel immediately before the demolition of the dilapidated structure on the parcel. Provides that "improved parcel of real property" means a parcel where redevelopment project costs have been used by the municipality for the construction of a new single-family residence on a parcel zoned for residential use after demolition or removal of a dilapidated structure from that parcel. Provides that an abatement approved under the provisions shall be extended to all subsequent owners of the improved parcel of real property during the abatement period.

Amends the Medical Patient Rights Act and the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 2004. Provides that a health care provider and a person engaged in the practice of veterinary medicine shall not charge a patient or client or require the patient or client to pay a fee for a missed or late appointment. Provides that nothing in the provisions shall be construed to prohibit health care providers and a persons engaged in the practice of veterinary medicine from developing and implementing an incentive program to encourage patients or clients to adhere to scheduled appointments. Provides that any health care provider or person engaged in the practice of veterinary medicine that violates the provisions concerning missed and late appointment fees is guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined $500 per violation.

Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that in a proceeding under the Delinquent Minors Article of the Act, a minor who was under 18 (rather than under 15) years of age at the time of the commission of an act that if committed by an adult would be a violation of any offense under the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 (rather than a homicide offense or criminal sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual assault, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, criminal sexual abuse, or aggravated criminal sexual abuse) must be represented by counsel throughout the entire custodial interrogation of the minor. Provides that in custodial interrogations, a minor may not waive the right to the assistance of counsel. Provides that an oral, written, or sign language statement of a minor, who at the time of the commission of the offense was under 18 years of age, is presumed to be inadmissible when the statement is obtained from the minor while the minor is subject to custodial interrogation by a law enforcement officer, State's Attorney, juvenile officer, or other public official or employee prior to the officer, State's Attorney, public official, or employee ensuring that the minor is represented by counsel throughout the custodial interrogation. Provides that an oral, written, or sign language statement of a minor made without counsel present throughout the entire custodial interrogation of the minor shall be inadmissible as evidence against the minor in any juvenile court proceeding or criminal proceeding. Deletes provision that the presumption of inadmissibility of a statement made by a suspect at a custodial interrogation at a police station or other place of detention may be overcome by a preponderance of the evidence that the statement was voluntarily given and is reliable, based on the totality of the circumstances. Amends the Counties Code to make conforming changes.

Creates the Property Tax Relief Act. Provides that any individual whose household is liable for payment of property taxes accrued or has paid rent constituting property taxes accrued and is domiciled in this State at the time he or she files his or her claim is entitled to claim a grant under the Act to be administered by the Department of Revenue. Provides that for 2025 claim year applications submitted during calendar year 2026, a household must have an annual household income of less than the State median adjusted gross income. Provides that for taxable years 2025 and thereafter, an eligible residence must have an assessed market value of less than $350,000. Provides that except as otherwise provided under the Act, the maximum grant amount which a claimant is entitled to claim not to exceed $5,000. Sets forth the grant amount for eligible households that receive cash assistance from the Department of Healthcare and Family Services or the Department of Human Services. Contains provisions concerning the effect joint ownership of a single residence or ownership of multiple residences has on the calculation of the grant amount. Sets forth the procedure to file a grant claim. Contains provisions concerning supporting documents the Department of Revenue may require claimants to submit to verify eligibility for a grant; the payment and denial of claims; claimants' records; rules of confidentiality; penalties for filing a fraudulent claim; and Department rules.

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Makes changes to a provision concerning initial Department of Human Services investigations of a facility employee's alleged abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of a recipient of mental health or developmental disability services. Expands the provision to include allegations of material obstruction of an investigation, physical abuse, sexual abuse, non-de minimis financial exploitation (such as financial exploitation totaling a cumulative value equal to or greater than $100), or egregious neglect. Adds provisions concerning Department investigations where a facility employee is the perpetrator of, at most, neglect, de minimis financial exploitation (such as financial exploitation totaling a cumulative value of less than $100), or mental abuse.