Amends the Community Services Act. Provides that whenever any appropriation, or any portion of an appropriation, for any fiscal year relating to the funding of any State-operated facility operated by the Office of Developmental Disabilities within the Department of Human Services or any mental health facility operated by the Office of Mental Health within the Department is reduced because of any of the following reasons, those moneys must be directed toward providing other services and supports for persons with developmental disabilities or mental health needs: (1) closing of a State-operated facility; (2) reduction of the number of units or available beds in a State-operated facility; or (3) reduction in the number of staff at a State-operated facility. Provides that in determining whether any savings are realized from closure of a State-operated facility or a reduction in the number of units, available beds, or staff, sufficient moneys shall be made available to ensure that there is an appropriate level of staffing and that life, safety, and care concerns are addressed so as to provide for the remaining persons with developmental disabilities or mental illness at State-operated facilities. Provides that the plan for using any savings realized from such a closure or reduction must be shared and discussed with advocates, advocacy organizations, labor organizations, and advisory groups whose mission includes advocacy for persons with developmental disabilities or persons with mental illness. Effective immediately.
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Makes appropriations and reappropriations to the University of Illinois for various purposes. Effective July 1, 2006.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides for an income tax credit for landlords who provide recycling services to their residential tenants. Provides that the credit may not be carried forward or back and may not reduce the taxpayer's income to less than zero.
Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the General Assembly.
Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. In provisions concerning contributions by State and other employing units, provides that, in determining a teacher's average salary for any school year used to determine final average salary, the System shall not include any payment that is paid to a teacher from the State of Illinois, the State Board of Education, or the United States government over which the school district does not have discretion.
Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the School Code, the Illinois Insurance Code, the Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan Act, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act, and the Public Aid Code. Provides coverage for services rendered by a licensed athletic trainer in accordance with the Illinois Athletic Trainers Practice Act if those services are ordered by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Extends the date of repeal of a Section concerning the assessment of vegetative filter strips from December 31, 2006 to December 31, 2016. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Allows a tax credit for individual taxpayers in an amount equal to 25% of the premium costs paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year for each qualified long-term care insurance contract purchased on or after January 1, 2005 that offers coverage to either the taxpayer or to the taxpayer's spouse, parent, or dependent. Provides that the credit may not exceed $100 for each qualified long-term care policy. Provides that the credit may not reduce the taxpayer's liability to less than zero and may not be carried forward. Provides that a taxpayer is not entitled to the credit with respect to amounts expended for the same qualified long-term care insurance contract that are claimed by another taxpayer. Effective immediately.
Creates the Identity Theft Notification Act. Requires any data collector that owns or uses personal information in any form that includes personal information concerning an Illinois resident, to disclose any breach of the security of the system following discovery or notification of the breach in the security of the data, without regard for whether the data has been accessed by an unauthorized third party for legal or illegal purposes. Provides that notice may be provided in one of the following ways: (1) written notice; (2) electronic notice; or (3) substitute notice if the person or business demonstrates that the cost of providing notice would exceed $250,000, or the affected class of persons to be notified exceeds 500,000, or the person or business does not have sufficient contact information. Provides a private right of action for a violation of the Act.
Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law. Provides that State-supported institutions of higher learning may elect to opt out of and not participate in Department of Central Management Services telecommunications contracts. Sets forth certain requirements for electing to not participate. Provides that the decision to elect to opt out and not participate by the institution may not impair any existing Department telecommunications contract, but that any future contracts must affirmatively provide that they do not impair an institution's right to opt out.