Amends the Technology Advancement and Development Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code and the Health Maintenance Organization Act. Provides that coverage requirements regarding emotional disorders apply under the Health Maintenance Organization Act. Extends coverage requirements to individual policies. Requires coverage for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Increases from 35 to 60 the number of covered outpatient visits per year. Deletes a provision eliminating coverage requirements for serious mental disorders on January 1, 2006. Effective immediately.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Rights for its FY05 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2004.
Creates the Revolving Door Prohibition Act. Prohibits State employees whose duties with the State were directly related to procurement or awarding contracts or grants from having a contract with their employing agency or engaging in lobbying with that agency for a period of 2 years following separation of service with the agency. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code by repealing that Act's revolving door prohibition.
Amends the Illinois Housing Development Act. Specifies that the definition of "residential mortgage" applies to mortgages on real property improved by multi-unit structures as well as single-unit structures. Makes other stylistic changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act. Makes a technical change in the Section concerning the short title.
Creates the State Prohibition of Goods from Child Labor Act. Provides that each contract entered into by a State agency for the procurement of equipment, materials, or supplies must specify that any foreign-made goods produced under the contract were not made by child labor. Provides that a contractor who violates this provision shall be subject to suspension or a monetary penalty and the State may void the contract. Effective immediately.
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes technical changes to a Section concerning legislative declarations.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Public Aid may not impose any prior authorization requirement on any drug used to treat either HIV infection or any opportunistic infection associated with HIV/AIDS. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning the legislative declaration of policy.
Makes appropriations to the Illinois State Finance Authority for interest buy-back under the Illinois Farm Development Act for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003. Effective July 1, 2003.
Amends the Housing Authorities Act. In the case of a housing authority in a municipality over 1,000,000, provides that 2 of the additional commissioners shall be appointed from a list presented by tenants' associations for initial terms of 5 years. Provides that the third additional commissioner shall be appointed from the officers of the tenants' associations, for a term to commence no later than 90 days after the associations' elections of officers and to terminate upon the appointment of a new commissioner.
