Creates the Persian Gulf Veterans Compensation Act. Provides for compensation of $100 to be paid to veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Persian Gulf. Provides for the payment of compensation to relatives of deceased veterans. Provides that the Illinois Veterans' Commission shall administer the payment of compensation under the Act. Requires that applications for compensation under the Act be made to the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.
Resolves that additional federal Medicaid funding of approximately $346.1 million must be distributed to Medicaid providers in relation to the percentage of Medicaid revenues generated by each provider group from the federal government.
Amends the Radon Industry Licensing Act. Changes references in the Act from the "Department of Nuclear Safety" to the "Illinois Emergency Management Agency. Provides that it is grounds for disciplinary action against a licensee to fail to pay child support orders. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing Code. Provides that it is grounds for discipline for any funeral director or embalmer to fail to comply with a power of attorney for health care. Amends the Medical Patient Rights Act. Provides that a patient who is incapacitated or unable to communicate, may authorize visitors by executing a letter, form, or other document. Amends the Illinois Power of Attorney Act. Provides that any person licensed under the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing Code must comply with a power of attorney for health care.
Amends the Illinois Promotion Act. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning promotional material.
Amends the High Blood Pressure Control Act. Makes a technical change in the Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Tri-City Port District Act. Makes a technical change in a Section relating to the Executive Director of the District.
Appropriates $500,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Historic Preservation Grant Fund. Appropriates $500,000 from the Historic Preservation Grant Fund to the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency for the purposes of the Historic Preservation Grant Program as provided in the Illinois Historic Preservation Act. Effective July 1, 2003.
Amends the Tri-City Regional Port District Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.