Rep. Derrick Smith

Creates the Community Mental Health Services Accountability Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to draft and present no later than July 1, 2011 new administrative rules governing all community residential mental health services that are currently governed by the Illinois Administrative Code. Requires the new rules to include, but not be limited to, standards for environmental management of living arrangements; administrative requirements; monitoring and review; and licensure requirements. Contains provisions concerning the drafting and presentation of rules stipulating life safety standards; rules designed for supportive housing facilities; and the creation of an Outcome Monitoring Pilot Program. Effective immediately.

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction.

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish a co-payment scale that provides for cost sharing by families that receive child care services, including parents whose only income is from assistance under the Code (rather than the Department shall require co-payments for child care services by any parent, including parents whose only income is from assistance under the Code). Provides that the co-payment shall be based on family income and family size and may be based on other factors as appropriate (rather than based on family income, family size, and the number of children in care). Provides that co-payments may be waived for families whose incomes are at or below the federal poverty level (rather than co-payments shall not be increased due solely to a change in the methodology for counting family income). Effective immediately.

Amends the Embalming Fluid Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the sexual exploitation of children.

Amends the Election Code. Extends the "incapacitated voter" provisions to residents of State-operated and federally-operated veterans' homes, hospitals, and facilities located in Illinois in order to qualify for absentee ballots in multiple elections and to require that absentee voting be conducted at the homes, hospitals, and facilities.

Amends the Statute on Statutes. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding the application of the Act.

Amends provisions of the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois regarding the Department of Transportation's target market program. Makes various changes concerning: the duties of the Department and the chief procurement officer; reviewing evidence of discrimination; establishment and implementation of a target market program tailored to address findings of discrimination; reports to the General Assembly; determination of contract formation and bidding procedures for target market contracts; requirements relating to participation in the target market program; inclusion of contracts funded by the federal government; deletion and designation of contracts for purposes of the target market program; payments under target market contracts; nomenclature; and other matters. Effective immediately.

Amends the Technology Development Act. Authorizes the State Treasurer to segregate up to 3% of the Treasurer's investment portfolio in the Technology Development Account IIa. Authorizes investments from the account to provide venture capital to help attract, assist, and retain quality technology businesses in Illinois. Provides that the Treasurer may solicit proposals from entities to manage and be the General Partner of Technology Development Account IIb, a separate fund consisting of investments from private sector investors that must invest, at the direction of the Treasurer, in tandem with TDA IIa. Sets restrictions and conditions. Effective immediately.