Amends the Public Utilities Act. Adds a caption to a Section concerning the definition of "telecommunications carrier".
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Limits attorney's fees in medical malpractice actions to $1,000,000 plus reasonable and documented expenses. Provides that the non-prevailing defendants shall pay such fees in addition to any award for economic and noneconomic damages in the case. Provides standards for determining economic and non-economic damages in medical malpractice actions. Effective January 1, 2005.
Amends the Deposit of State Moneys Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning investment in minority-owned financial institutions.
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Makes technical changes to the short title Section.
Amends the Local Governmental Acceptance of Credit Cards Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning liability of local government employees.
Amends the Build Illinois Bond Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning execution of bonds.
Amends the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act. Makes a technical change to the short title Section.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning truants' alternative and optional education programs.
Amends the Department of Insurance Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Insurance to conduct a study of the costs and benefits of insurance coverage requirements for the treatment of brain injuries. Requires the Department to report its findings to the General Assembly and the Governor on or before March 1, 2008. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code to require coverage for rehabilitation therapy for brain injuries until December 31, 2008. Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, and the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act to require the same coverage under those Acts. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.
Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Creates a joint legislative task force to make recommendations concerning the proper budgeting of funds received as a result of "The Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003".
Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Provides that if the tuition rate that public universities in Wisconsin charge Illinois residents does not exceed the tuition rate that these universities charge Wisconsin residents, then the tuition rate that an Illinois university charges Wisconsin residents may not exceed the tuition rate that the university charges Illinois residents.
