Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in the short title Section.
Amends the Transmitters of Money Act. Requires the Department of Financial Institutions to record all approved licenses, provide each licensee with a final order, and place it on the Department's webpage or make it available to consumers upon request. Requires each license to include the final order number, the full legal name of the licensee, the customer service number of the licensee, and the corporate officer or director bearing regulatory responsibility for the transmitter service. Requires all documentation submitted to the Department pursuant to this Section to be signed by the officer or director listed on the license and list the name of a person knowledgeable and responsible for the record submitted, and that person must certify that he or she has control of the record. In provisions pertaining to displaying a disclosure notice, provides that each authorized seller must provide consumers transacting business with a licensee under this Act with a copy of the disclosure notice. Requires that disclosure notice contain all rates and surcharges to be built into the bill payment service applicable to the consumer for use of the service. Effective immediately.
Amends the Public Community College Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Illinois Community College Board.
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes technical changes to a Section concerning legislative declarations.
Amends the Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning social security numbers on license applications.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Legislative Reference Bureau for its FY04 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2003.
Appropriates $250,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs for a grant to the Village of Melrose Park for the costs of demolishing existing structures and for construction of a new training center and adjacent parking lot for the fire department. Effective July 1, 2003.
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of Central Management Services for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004, as follows: General Revenue Fund $1,096,357,650 Other State Funds $2,361,126,200 Total $3,457,483,850
Creates the Health Care Justice Act. Provides that by July 1, 2007, the State of Illinois shall implement a health care access plan that provides access to a full range of preventive, acute, and long-term health care services and contains other features. Establishes the Adequate Health Care Task Force with members appointed by the Governor. Provides for public hearings and requires a final report from the Task Force by March 15, 2006. Requires enactment of legislation by December 31, 2006. Effective July 1, 2004.
Creates the Affordable Standard Electric Service Act. Provides that any residential customer that is not otherwise being served by a competitive electricity supplier shall be automatically provided with standard electric service and any residential customer who is served by a competitive electricity supplier shall have the option to select standard electric service at any time. Provides that each electric distribution company shall procure and provide standard electric service pursuant to a procurement plan for generation supply approved by the Commission and that standard electric service shall be priced based on the underlying costs associated with the provision of this service and shall not be structured to stimulate or force the development of a competitive retail market. Requires that standard electric service be available to residential and small commercial customers at any time and without the imposition of an additional fee or charge for switching to such service. Creates the Residential Advisory Committee. Effective immediately.
Amends the Telecommunications Article of the Public Utilities Act. Authorizes the Commerce Commission to prohibit an incumbent local exchange carrier from paying dividends to an out of state parent corporation when the incumbent local exchange carrier is in violation of service quality rules for basic local exchange service.
Requests that the Attorney General conduct a thorough investigation of the Request for Proposals (RFP) process used by the Department of Central Management Services to select managed care organizations to participate in the State's Group Health Insurance program.
