Amends the Mortgage Act. Removes references to the Mortgage Certificate of Release Act. Repeals the Mortgage Certificate of Release Act. Effective immediately.
Amends the Consumer Installment Loan Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates each November as Alzheimer's Awareness Month.
Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning immigration services.
Amends the University of Illinois Act to make a technical change in a Section concerning the powers of trustees.
Amends the Open Meetings Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section relating to petitions for transfer of territory.
Creates the HIV/AIDS Prevention Program for Department of Corrections Offenders, Significant Others, and Family Act. Provides that the Department of Corrections and the Department of Public Health shall jointly develop and implement an HIV/AIDS prevention education program targeted to offenders incarcerated in Department of Corrections facilities, significant others, and family of adult and juvenile prison inmates. Provides that the Illinois Department of Corrections shall: (1) provide, in all public waiting rooms of detention facilities and prisons, printed information on the transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, and other sexually transmitted diseases and referral information to community-based-providers of HIV/AIDS prevention, HIV/AIDS treatment, and HIV/AIDS counseling and testing services throughout Illinois; (2) display in all public waiting rooms of detention facilities and prisons an HIV/AIDS informational video, produced by a national organization with expertise in HIV/AIDS prevention; (3) provide written information on the transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, and other sexually transmitted diseases to all inmates upon entrance to a detention center or prison and offer voluntary HIV/AIDS testing to all inmates; and (4) provide written information on the transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, and other sexually transmitted diseases to all inmates just prior to their release from custody and referral to appropriate community based organizations that provide HIV/AIDS services and HIV/AIDS counseling and testing. Provides that one year after implementation of this Act, the Illinois Department of Corrections shall report to the Illinois General Assembly on the effectiveness of this program in increasing voluntary HIV/AIDS testing. Effective immediately.
Amends the DUI provision of the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person may not drive with an alcohol concentration of 0.05 or more in his or her blood or breath if he or she has been convicted of violating the 0.08 alcohol concentration limit one or more times within 5 years of a previous violation of the DUI provision or a similar provision of a law of another state or a similar provision of a local ordinance. Makes corresponding changes in other provisions of the Vehicle Code and in the reckless homicide provisions of the Criminal Code of 1961.
Amends the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding the general powers of the Authority.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions concerning Medicaid payment rates for nursing homes, provides that a nursing home must document its increased costs of providing services resulting from capital improvements made by the facility. Provides that the Department of Public Aid must verify this information promptly after receiving the facility's cost report. Provides that the Department must adjust the facility's payment rates promptly after verifying the facility's increased costs of providing services resulting from capital improvements made by the facility. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes a technical change in a Section relating to long-term care insurance.
