SB 1996

Abstract

Amends the Department of Labor Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Creates the Manufacturing Mentorship Program to be administered by the Department of Labor for the purpose of exposing minors who are 17 years of age to manufacturing occupations in the State through temporary employment with an employer. Provides for educational and training requirements that an employer must satisfy to ensure the safety of minors. Provides that the Director of Labor, in consultation with employers, shall adopt rules specifying a list of the tools that a minor who is employed under the program may operate during the minor's employment in a manufacturing occupation. Amends the Child Labor Law. Provides that nothing in the Act applies to the employment of a minor, 17 years of age, in a manufacturing occupation under the Manufacturing Mentorship Program. Effective July 1, 2024. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 20 ILCS 1505/1505-225 new 820 ILCS 205/2 Adds reference to: New Act Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Manufacturing Mentorship Program Act. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill amending the Department of Labor Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois into the Act. Expands program eligibility to minors who are 16 or 17 years of age. Removes provisions prohibiting an employer from: (i) permitting a minor who is 17 years of age to operate a tool minors of that age are permitted to operate unless the minor is employed by the employer under the program and(ii) permitting a minor who is 17 years of age who is employed by the employer under the program to operate a tool prohibited for use by minors of that age pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Makes other changes. Effective July 1, 2024. House Committee Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: New Act Adds reference to: 820 ILCS 205/22 from Ch. 48, par. 31.22 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Child Labor Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. House Floor Amendment No. 6 Deletes reference to: 820 ILCS 205/22 from Ch. 48, par. 31.22 Adds reference to: 215 ILCS 5/416 820 ILCS 305/4 from Ch. 48, par. 138.4 820 ILCS 305/4a-5 from Ch. 48, par. 138.4a-5 820 ILCS 305/4d 820 ILCS 305/7 from Ch. 48, par. 138.7 820 ILCS 305/19 from Ch. 48, par. 138.19 820 ILCS 305/25.5 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides for increases in the rate of the annual Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Operations Fund Surcharge. Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides for increases in the rate of the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Operations Fund Fee and payments to the Rate Adjustment Fund. Provides for transfers from the Self-Insurers Security Fund to the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Operations Fund, to the extent that there are insufficient funds in the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Operations Fund to pay the operating costs of the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission or the salaries and benefits of employees of the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission. Makes changes in provisions concerning the collection of civil penalties or reimbursements for amounts paid by the Injured Workers' Benefit Fund due under an order of the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission. Makes changes to penalties for any person, company, corporation, insurance carrier, healthcare provider, or other entity that intentionally prepares or provides an invalid, false, or counterfeit certificate of insurance as proof of workers' compensation insurance or intentionally assists, abets, solicits, or conspires with any person, company, or other entity to intentionally prepare or provide an invalid, false, or counterfeit certificate of insurance as proof of workers' compensation insurance. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.