Here’s hoping each of you have a wonderful Thanksgiving Break with your family.
Healthcare Related Bills that Passed During Veto
HB 2394, Licensing-Support passed the House on concurrence 107-0-0. This bill provides that, if the Secretary of Professional Regulation finds that there is a significant operational need to do so or that it is necessary to do so to avoid undue hardship on a class of individuals whose professional licenses, registrations, or certificates are issued by the Department, then the Secretary shall extend the expiration date or renewal period of those licenses, registrations, or certificates of those individuals for a period not to exceed the standard renewal period of those licenses, registrations, or certificates. Provides that the Secretary may consider specified factors when determining whether to extend the expiration date or renewal period of the license, registration, or certificate of those individuals. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall identify a method of source selection that will make it possible to implement a software solution to support the Department's mandates to enforce the professional licensing Acts that it administers and rules adopted under those Acts. Provides that the software solution selected by the Department shall satisfy specified criteria. Provides for additional requirements concerning the source selection process. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to provide for emergency rulemaking.
HB3641 (Burke/Cunningham): Omnibus bill making changes to numerous state laws, including a provision related to equal pay for temporary workers
GIPA: The Next Big Thing?
You guys have heard me raise the alarm on BIPA for years now. A new threat, the state’s Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA) has emerged as a source of lawsuits in recent months. It’s an older statute than BIPA, but the statutory penalty scheme is nearly identical. If you haven’t heard of this, you might want to run it by your teams legal department for a quick compliance check.
Chamber members Seyfarth Shaw gave a more detailed background: HERE
Rulemaking
Paid Leave: The DEPARTMENT OF LABOR proposed a new Part titled Paid Leave for All Workers Act (56 IAC 200; 47 Ill Reg 15559) implementing Public Act 102-1143, which established the Paid Leave for All Workers Act [820 ILCS 192]. The Act and the new Part will require all public and private employers in Illinois (except school districts and park districts), effective 1/1/24, to grant their employees a minimum of 1 hour of paid leave at their regular rate of pay for every 40 hours worked, up to a minimum of 40 hours paid leave per 12-month period. The employer may grant leave time as it is earned, or allow employees to use any or all of their leave time from the beginning of the 12-month period (frontloading). Employers with existing paid leave policies in place prior to 1/1/24 do not have to change them if they meet or exceed the minimum requirements of the Act. Employment Law Council Members have been sent additional information.
Message from Board Chair Ann Deters: Lou Sandoval Named President and CEO of Illinois Chamber of Commerce
On behalf of the Board of Directors, I am thrilled to inform you that Lou Sandoval has been selected as the next President and CEO of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce.
Lou’s appointment follows a national search led by Koya Partners, an executive recruiting firm focused on mission-driven leadership. As the search process unfolded, it became increasingly clear to our Search Committee that Lou would be the ideal person to lead the Chamber in this next chapter.
Lou comes to us after a successful career in the private sector, as both a business owner and a consultant across a variety of industries in Illinois. As President and Managing Partner of the Halo Advisory Group, Sandoval has advised both early-stage growth companies and Fortune 500 clients on go-to-market strategies, scalability, change management, and mergers and acquisitions. Previously he held executive leadership roles at NAUTIC-ON, a Brunswick Corporation brand focused on providing technology and business solutions to the recreational boating industry. For nearly 20 years, Sandoval founded and led his marine dealership, which served customers throughout the Western Great Lakes Region.
