Rep. John A. Fritchey

Amends the Ticket Scalping Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning service charges.

Mourns the death of Cindy Bandle of Chicago.

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

Amends the One Day Rest In Seven Act. Provides that a hotel room attendant shall receive specified break periods. Provides that an employer may not require an employee to work during a break period. Provides that an employer of hotel room attendants shall make available a break room meeting specified requirements. Provides that an employer of hotel room attendants shall keep a complete and accurate record of the break periods. Provides for enforcement and penalties. Effective immediately.

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the organization of the Department of Corrections.

Amends the Illinois Banking Act. Provides that the Act does not prohibit the furnishing of information to certain entities if there is suspicion by the entity or the bank (rather than the bank suspects) that a customer who is an elderly or disabled person has been or may become the victim of financial exploitation. Provides that a bank or person furnishing the information shall be entitled to the same rights and protections as a person furnishing information under the Abuse of Adults with Disabilities Intervention Act. Effective immediately.

Amends the School Code. Provides that the required unit of instruction studying the events of the Holocaust shall be expanded to include the study of other events of genocide, including those in Ukraine, Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda, and Sudan. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that a person also commits child pornography by filming, videotaping, photographing, or otherwise depicting or portraying by means of any similar visual medium or reproduction or depicting by computer a child whom he or she knows or reasonably should know to be under 18 years of age or any severely or profoundly mentally retarded person where such child or severely or profoundly mentally retarded person is depicted or portrayed in any pose, posture or setting involving a lewd exhibition of the transparently clothed genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or, if such person is female, a fully or partially developed breast of the child or severely or profoundly mentally retarded person. Effective immediately.

Creates the Home Care Consumer and Worker Protection Act. If an agency places a home care worker with a consumer to provide home care services, requires the agency to give the worker and the consumer a notice setting forth the rights and responsibilities of each of them as well as appropriate phone numbers and addresses of the Department on Aging. Provides that the Act does not apply to nursing homes, home health agencies, and certain other agencies. Provides that an agency subject to the Act must comply with the Health Care Worker Background Check Act and must ensure that every home care worker placed by the agency for hire by a consumer has the appropriate credentials and is appropriately licensed or certified as required by law. Authorizes the Department on Aging to investigate complaints of violations of the Act, issue cease-and-desist orders, and seek injunctive relief. Provides for a civil penalty of $1,000 per day for each day that a violation continues. Effective January 1, 2006.

Creates the Assistive Technology Protection Act. Requires a physical evaluation of a consumer by a health care professional and a technology assessment by a qualified rehabilitation professional before an assistive device is sold or leased to the consumer. Provides that a manufacturer who sells an assistive device shall furnish the consumer with an express warranty that the assistive device will be free from any condition or defect that substantially impairs the value of the assistive device to the consumer. Provides that the consumer is entitled to a refund from the manufacturer if the manufacturer fails to repair the assistive device. Establishes procedures for receiving a refund. Prohibits the resale or lease of an assistive device returned by a consumer without full disclosure of the reasons for the return. Provides for arbitration of disputes under the Act, under rules adopted by the Attorney General. Requires the Attorney General to prepare a written statement of a consumer's rights under the Act and to make copies of the statement available to assistive device manufacturers, dealers, and lessors. Provides that a consumer's purported waiver of any of his or her rights under the Act is void. Authorizes the Attorney General to impose civil penalties for violations of the Act, and provides for damages caused by a violation of the Act.