Rep. Lou Lang

In provisions of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act authorizing a mental health or developmental disability facility to disclose certain information to the U.S. Secret Service or the Department of State Police when necessary to protect the life of, or to prevent bodily harm to, a public official, changes the definition of "public official" to include a Supreme, Appellate, Circuit, or Associate Judge of the State of Illinois. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that any written prescription for a Schedule II controlled substance may be filled within 90 (rather than 7) days after issuance.

Amends the Technology Development Act. Authorizes the State Treasurer to segregate up to 2% of the Treasurer's investment portfolio in the Technology Development Account IIa. Authorizes investments from the account to provide venture capital to help attract, assist, and retain quality technology businesses in Illinois. Contains provisions concerning soliciting proposals from entities to manage and be the General Partner of Technology Development Account IIb, consisting of investments from the private sector that must invest, at the direction of the Treasurer, in tandem with TDA IIa. Sets restrictions and conditions. Effective immediately.

Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Makes the annual registration fee $150 for any entity qualified under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c) (now, $150 for entities qualified under Section 501(c)(3) and $350 for entities qualified under any other provision of Section 501(c)). Effective July 1, 2009.

Amends the Technology Development Act. Authorizes the State Treasurer to segregate up to 2% of the Treasurer's investment portfolio in the Technology Development Account IIa. Authorizes investments from the account to provide venture capital to help attract, assist, and retain quality technology businesses in Illinois. Contains provisions concerning soliciting proposals from entities to manage and be the General Partner of Technology Development Account IIb, consisting of investments from the private sector that must invest, at the direction of the Treasurer, in tandem with TDA IIa. Sets restrictions and conditions. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax. Provides that the State tax credit for the estates of persons dying after December 31, 2005 and on or before December 31, 2009 includes a reduction for qualified terminable interest property. Provides that the trustee of a trust for which a QTIP election is made may not retain non-income producing assets for more than a reasonable amount of time without the consent of the surviving spouse. Effective immediately.

Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the General Assembly for its FY10 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2009.

Amends the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act. With respect to the notice of injury a person must give to the Chicago Transit Authority within 6 months to allow the person to maintain a civil action against the Authority, provides that, if a notice is filed within the 6-month period, then the Authority is barred from asserting that the notice is insufficient unless the Authority notifies the person who signed the notice, in writing and served by United States mail with postage prepaid, of the specific nature of any alleged insufficiencies and allows the person to correct alleged insufficiencies by filing an amended notice within 60 days after the date the notice of insufficiency was mailed. Effective immediately.

Amends the State Prompt Payment Act. Includes within the definition of "goods or services", prevention, intervention, or treatment services and supports for persons with developmental disabilities, mental health services, alcohol and substance abuse services, rehabilitation services, and early intervention services provided by a vendor, which includes but is not limited to a licensed community-based provider but does not include a licensed hospital, a unit of local government, or a university. Effective immediately.

Creates the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act, proposed by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. Provides for: standards of conduct in managing and investing an institutional fund held by a charitable institution for charitable purposes; appropriations by an institution for expenditure or accumulation of endowment funds; the delegation of management and investment functions; the release or modification of restrictions on the management, investment, or purpose of an institutional fund; compliance; application; construction; and other matters. Repeals the Uniform Management of Institutional Funds Act. Amends the Religious Corporation Act by making conforming changes.