Rep. Dan Reitz

Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Creates the Extended Community Care Options pilot program to be provided by Catholic Charities within Lake County. Provides that the program will enter into contracts with local vendors to provide services to prevent unnecessary institutionalization of the elderly. Provides that the Department on Aging shall evaluate the program and prepare a report for the General Assembly. Contains other provisions. Effective immediately.

Urges residents to test their homes and school districts to test their schools for the presence of radon and to report the results of the tests to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency. Urges lending institutions to offer low interest loans to home owners for the purpose of mitigating excessive radon concentration levels.

Congratulates the Smithton Lady Cougars basketball team on becoming the 2006 Girls' Class "M" State Basketball Champions.

Congratulates Darl L. Bollman of Steeleville on 50 years of service to community banking in Illinois.

Congratulates the first and second place winning teams from Gibault High School in the Land of Lincoln High School Region Stock Market Game program.

Congratulates Gibault Catholic High School boys varsity soccer team on winning the 2005 Illinois High School Association Class A Soccer Championship.

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Extends the Southwestern Illinois Development Authority's quick-take authority until August 30, 2007.

Creates the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act. Provides that it is unlawful knowingly to engage in the manufacture of methamphetamine or a substance containing methamphetamine. Creates the offense of aggravated manufacture of methamphetamine. Provides that it is unlawful to possess, procure, transport, store, or deliver methamphetamine precursors or a substance containing methamphetamine precursors with the intent that they or it be used to manufacture methamphetamine or a substance containing methamphetamine. Provides that it is unlawful to engage in the possession, procurement, transportation, storage, or delivery of anhydrous ammonia with the intent that it be used to manufacture methamphetamine. Creates the offense of aggravated possession, procurement, transportation, storage, or delivery of anhydrous ammonia with the intent that it be used to manufacture methamphetamine. Provides that it is unlawful knowingly to possess methamphetamine or a substance containing methamphetamine. Provides that it is unlawful to dispose of methamphetamine manufacturing waste. Provides that it is unlawful knowingly to deliver or possess with intent to deliver methamphetamine or a substance containing methamphetamine. Provides that it is unlawful to possess, procure, transport, store, or deliver anhydrous ammonia in an unauthorized container. Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Repeals the provision prohibiting tampering with anhydrous ammonia equipment, containers, and facilities. Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Eliminates from the Act provisions relating to the illegal manufacture, delivery, and possession of methamphetamine and relating to the possession of methamphetamine manufacturing chemicals. Effective 30 days after becoming law.

Amends the Hospice Licensing Act. Adds a definition of "hospice" and deletes the definition of "full hospice"; also changes the definition of "palliative care". Deletes specific requirements with which full hospices must comply, and instead provides that hospices must comply with the requirements of the Act, including the standards adopted by the Department of Public Health. Deletes certain items that must be included in the Department's standards. Provides that the separate standards currently applicable to volunteer hospices are inoperative after June 30, 2006 and that the new standards to be adopted for all hospice programs do not apply to volunteer hospices until July 1, 2006. Provides that the hospice program must meet the minimum standards for certification under Medicare. Effective July 1, 2005.

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.