With the amendments under HB 158, employees can also use their personal sick leave benefits for their family member's "personal care." Personal care includes activities to ensure that the family member's basic medical, hygiene, nutritional, or safety needs are met, or to provide transportation to medical appointments, for a family member who is unable to meet their own needs.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.