Creates the Clean Coal FutureGen for Illinois Act for the purpose of providing the FutureGen Alliance with adequate liability protection, land use rights, and permitting certainty to facilitate the siting of the FutureGen Project in Illinois. Contain provisions concerning transfer of title to sequestered gas and associated liabilities to the State; insurance and indemnification by the State for the Operator for certain liabilities; permits; land use, including condemnation powers; and economic incentives. Contains other provisions and a severability clause. Amends: the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law concerning financial assistance; the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act concerning high impact businesses; the Court of Claims Act and the State Lawsuit Immunity Act concerning jurisdiction; and the Eminent Domain Act concerning condemnation authority. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that under the Medicaid program, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall reimburse psychiatrists for mental health services they provide, as authorized by Illinois law, to recipients via telepsychiatry. Requires the Department to adopt rules establishing a method to reimburse providers for mental health services provided by telepsychiatry. Provides that the reimbursement methodology for mental health services provided by telemedicine shall be comparable to the reimbursement methodology used by the Department for other services provided by telemedicine. Effective immediately.
Congratulates the Lincoln Trail College men's baseball team, the Statesmen, on winning the Region 24 championship.
Congratulates the Lincoln Trail College Lady Statesmen for winning the Region 24 Softball Tournament.
Congratulates the Statesmen, the men's basketball team from Lincoln Trail College, on their impressive season and Region 24 championship.
Proclaims August 1st of each year as Methamphetamine Awareness Day in the State of Illinois.
Congratulates Mitch Hannahs for being named to the Missouri Valley Conference all-century baseball team.
Declares that October 2007 and the October of each succeeding year shall be known as ATV Safety Month.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that an applicant for an instruction permit who is under the age of 18 must undergo testing for controlled substances and cannabis and must be found to be free of controlled substances and cannabis before he or she may receive an instruction permit. Provides that the Secretary of State shall adopt rules for implementing the new provision and shall prescribe an additional fee, to be added to the fees charged for the issuance of a first-time driver's license, to cover the cost of the testing.
Amends the School Code. In the Section concerning State goals and assessment, requires that State test results or scores be reported to a school district on or before August 1 of the same year the test is given. Effective immediately.