Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that if the Director of Public Health determines that it would be in the best interests of the residents of a nursing home to do so, the Director may require that the nursing home use the amount of any penalty assessed under the Act for the purpose of implementing a directed plan of correction rather than pay the amount of the penalty to the Department of Public Health for deposit into the Long Term Care Monitor/Receiver Fund. Provides that if the Director of Public Health requires a facility to use the amount of a penalty for the purpose of implementing a directed plan of correction, it is the Department of Public Health's responsibility to ensure that the facility in fact uses the amount of the penalty for that purpose. Effective immediately.
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Congratulates the staff of the Catholic Children's Home in Alton on the occasion of the organization's 130th anniversary.
Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that Veterans Day honors the victory in all wars of all United States Armed Forces (now, United States Army, Navy, and Air Force).
Amends the Deposit of State Moneys Act. Authorizes investment in repurchase agreements of government securities having the meaning set out in the Government Securities Act of 1986,"as now or hereafter amended or succeeded". Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that if the Comptroller on his or her official website announces the State's awarding of a contract, the announcement must include at least as much information as is required to be included in the notice of contract award in the Procurement Bulletin.
Provides that the State is committed to using economic recovery plan moneys to purchase materials, goods, and services that are produced within the United States.
Amends the Illinois Pension Code. In provisions concerning the alternative formula, provides that, subject to the limitation in subsection (i), a State policeman, conservation police officer, investigator for the Office of the Attorney General, or investigator for the Secretary of State (was, a State policeman, conservation police officer, or investigator for the Secretary of State) may elect to establish eligible creditable service for up to 5 years of service as a police officer under Article 3, a policeman under Article 5, a sheriff's law enforcement employee, a person employed by a participating municipality to perform police duties, or law enforcement officer employed on a full-time basis by a forest preserve district (was, just a sheriff's law enforcement employee) under Article 7, a member of the county police department, a county corrections officer, or a court services officer (was, just a member of the county police department) under Article 9, or a police officer under Article 15 by filing a written election with the Board and paying to the System a specified amount. Makes conforming changes in the Downstate Police, Chicago Police, IMRF, Cook County, and State Universities Articles. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Makes change in a provision concerning the qualifications of an applicant for a dental license. Provides that an applicant must present satisfactory evidence that the applicant has either received a certificate granted by the National Board of Dental Examiners or successfully completed a clinical examination conducted by one of the following regional testing services: the Central Regional Dental Testing Service, Inc. (CRDTS), the Southern Regional Testing Agency, Inc. (SRTA), the Western Regional Examining Board (WREB), or the American Board of Dental Examiners, Inc. (ADEX) (Rather than "Pass an examination authorized or given by the Department in the theory and practice of the science of dentistry; provided, that the Department (1) may recognize a certificate granted by the National Board of Dental Examiners in lieu of, or subject to, such examination as may be required and (2) may recognize successful completion of the clinical examination conducted by approved regional testing services in lieu of such examinations as may be required"). Makes similar change in a provision concerning the qualifications of an applicant for a dental hygienist license. Effective immediately.
Amends the Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning posting of certain notices.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Defines "day care center". Provides that the penalty for a robbery or burglary committed in a day care center is a Class 1 (rather than a Class 2) felony. Provides that for the penalty for a robbery or burglary committed in a day care center, the time of day, time of year, and whether children under 18 years of age were present in the day care center at the time of the offense are irrelevant.