Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Sets forth the requirements for the review of a permit application to establish, construct, or modify a health care facility. Provides that the Health Facilities and Services Review Board shall afford an opportunity for a public hearing concerning a permit application. Sets forth the requirements for post-permit reports. Extends the deadline for the Health Facilities and Services Review Board to establish certain rules concerning long-term care to September 30, 2011. Provides that a permit holder who fails to comply with certain post-permit and reporting requirements shall be fined an amount not to exceed $10,000 plus an additional $10,000 for each 30-day period, or fraction thereof, that the violation continues. Makes other changes.
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Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the driver of a motorcycle, facing any steady red signal which fails to change to a green signal within a reasonable period of time because of a signal malfunction or because the signal has failed to detect the arrival of the motorcycle due to the motorcycle's size or weight, has the right to proceed subject to the rules applicable after making a stop at a stop sign.
Amends the Statute on Statutes. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding the application of the Act.
Honors the life and accomplishments of James M. Bailey.
Mourns the death of Edmund Miller Morrissey.
Mourns the death of Geneva B. Holbrook of Belleville.
Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Provides that older direct care workers who receive awards from the Department on Aging shall be honored in conjunction with the Senior Illinoisans Hall of Fame awards (rather than before their peers at the Governor's Conference on Aging or at a similar venue). Requires the Department to request nominations no later than July 1, 2011, and every May 1 thereafter. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that all passenger trains, engines, and vehicles operated by a contract carrier transporting railroad employees in the course of their employment shall contain a first aid kit that contains, at a minimum, those articles described in the most recent American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Z308.1 as recommended by Appendix A to 29 C.F.R. Section 1910.151, for first aid to persons who may be injured.
Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that, in addition to any agency or instrumentality of the State of Illinois, any unit of local government may seek recovery for the cost of the repair or replacement of damaged or destroyed roadway property.
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that, in order to be considered a responsible bidder under the Code, a bidder must submit a signed affidavit stating that it will maintain an Illinois office as the primary place of employment for persons employed in the construction authorized by the contract. Effective immediately.