Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Human Services, in consultation with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, shall develop a demonstration project within the Home Services Program under which a spouse may be reimbursed for providing care to his or her spouse, who is eligible for services through the Home Services Program and who meets the criteria for the demonstration project. Provides that the demonstration project shall operate in selected counties and be limited to serving no more than 100 unduplicated persons in a State Fiscal Year. Sets forth required components of the demonstration project. Requires that development of the demonstration project begin by July 1, 2009. Requires an interim report to the Governor and the General Assembly by March 1, 2010 and a report of findings and recommendations by March 1, 2011. Effective immediately.
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Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Board of Higher Education for its FY 10 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2009.
Amends the Military Leave of Absence Act. Requires that a full-time employee of the State, a unit of local government, or a school district who is a member of a reserve component of the U.S. Armed Forces or the Illinois State Militia must be given a leave of absence for any training or duty required by the U.S. Armed Forces not otherwise covered by the Act. If the employee's military pay for that training or duty is less than his or her compensation from the public employer, requires that during the leave the employee receive his or her public employment compensation, minus the amount of the military pay.
Creates the Community Behavioral Health Center Infrastructure Act. Provides that the Capital Development Board in consultation with the Department of Human Services shall establish the Community Behavioral Health Center Infrastructure Grant Program and may make grants to eligible community providers subject to appropriations. Provides that the grants shall be for the purpose of constructing or renovating new sites, renovating existing sites, and purchasing equipment to provide community behavioral healthcare. Effective immediately.
Amends the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act. Provides that the term "income" does not include the annual amount spent on necessary home medical equipment. Effective immediately.
Amends the Department of Children and Family Services Powers Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department to develop and implement policies and procedures requiring the drug testing of (i) State employed caseworkers and other Department employees who may provide direct services to children and families and (ii) applicants for positions in the Department that may involve providing direct services to children and families. Requires these drug testing policies and procedures to be developed in consultation with representatives of the organizations that represent the Department's employees during collective bargaining and to be complied with by private welfare agencies as a condition to their receipt of State funding for child welfare services.
Amends the Illinois State Auditing Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "Office of Auditor General".
Amends provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act relating to compensation for an accidental injury resulting in death. Provides that if payments are to made to a child who is under 18 years of age, a guardian of the child's estate must be appointed under the Probate Act of 1975 and it shall be the responsibility of the guardian of the child's estate to manage the child's estate in accordance with the Probate Act of 1975.
Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that aggravated criminal sexual assault when the accused delivered (by injection, inhalation, ingestion, transfer of possession, or any other means) to the victim without his or her consent, or by threat or deception, and for other than medical purposes, any controlled substance is a Class X felony for which 10 years shall be added to the term of imprisonment imposed by the court (rather than a Class X felony). Provides that in addition to any other penalties imposed for aggravated criminal sexual assault, the court may add up to 25 years to the sentence if a sexually transmitted disease was transmitted from the accused to the victim during the commission of the offense.