Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB5367

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Video Gaming Act. Provides that the Illinois Gaming Board may waive the requirement that a licensed establishment, licensed truck stop establishment, licensed large truck stop establishment, licensed fraternal establishment, or licensed veterans establishment not be located within 100 feet of a place of worship under the Religious Corporation Act if: (i) the establishment is not located within 100 feet of a school or, if the establishment is located within 100 feet of a school, the superintendent of the school district or the chief administrative officer of the nonpublic school has signed a letter of support for the waiver; (ii) the mayor or president of the municipality or, if within an unincorporated area of a county, the chairperson of the county board where the licensed establishment is located has signed a letter of support for the waiver; and (iii) the principal religious leader at the place of worship has not indicated his or her opposition to the waiver in writing.

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Substance Use Disorder Act. In provisions requiring the Department of Human Services to establish a public education program regarding gambling disorders, specifies that the program must (i) promote public awareness regarding the impact of gambling disorders on individuals, families, and communities and the stigma that surrounds gambling disorders and (ii) use screening, crisis intervention, treatment, public awareness, prevention, in-service training, and other innovative means to decrease the number of suicide attempts related to a gambling disorder or gambling issues. Requires the Department of Human Services to designate a gambling disorder assistance statement, which each licensed gambling establishment owner shall post and each master sports wagering licensee shall include on the master sports wagering licensee's portal, Internet website, or computer or mobile application. Permits the Department to provide advice to State and local officials on gambling disorders; to support gambling disorder prevention, recognition, treatment, and recovery projects; to collaborate with other community-based organizations, substance use disorder treatment centers, or other health care providers engaged in treating individuals who are experiencing gambling disorder; and to perform other actions. Permits the Department to award grants to create or support local gambling prevention, recognition, and response projects. Makes other changes. Amends the Illinois Gambling Act. Requires the Illinois Gaming Board to allow sworn law enforcement personnel employed by the Board who retire in good standing to keep their previously issued Board identification cards. Requires the Board to issue photographic identification cards to sworn law enforcement personnel employed by the Board who retire in good standing that indicate their separation from service and identify the person as having been employed by the Board as sworn law enforcement personnel. Provides that if a Board-issued identification card is lost or stolen, the Board shall immediately re-issue a replacement identification card upon written request by the retired sworn law enforcement personnel. Allows an applicant hired exclusively to perform functions that are not related in any way to gaming operations to be licensed as an employee of an owners licensee prior to the Board receiving a response to the applicant's required fingerprint submission. Effective immediately.

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