Congratulates the administration, staff, and residents of the Glenview Senior Center on the occasion of the center's 50th anniversary.
Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law. Creates the Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Task Force. Provides for membership and appointments. Requires hearings. Provides that on or before July 1, 2010, the Task Force shall, at a minimum, make recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on the following: reforming the delivery system for chronic disease prevention and health promotion in Illinois; ensuring adequate funding for infrastructure and delivery of programs; and on the role of health promotion and chronic disease prevention in support of State spending on health care. Contains other provisions. Effective immediately
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that if a defendant is accused of child pornography or aggravated child pornography or the defendant is accused of first degree murder or second degree murder when the commission of the offense involves sexual penetration or sexual conduct, evidence of the defendant's commission of another such offense or evidence to rebut that proof or an inference from that proof, may be admissible (if that evidence is otherwise admissible under the rules of evidence) and may be considered for its bearing on any matter to which it is relevant. Provides that (1) testimony by the victim of an out of court statement made by the victim that he or she complained of such act to another; and (2) testimony of an out of court statement made by the victim describing any complaint of such act or matter or detail pertaining to any act which is an element of an offense which is the subject of a prosecution for a sexual or physical act against that victim are admissible as exceptions to the hearsay rule in prosecutions for any sex offense as defined in the Sex Offender Registration Act.
Amends the School Code. In a Section concerning an Internet safety education curriculum, provides that beginning with the 2009-2010 school year, a school district must incorporate into the school curriculum a component on Internet safety to be taught at least once each school year to students in grade 3 or above. Requires the State Board of Education to develop a model curriculum for educating children regarding child online safety. Requires the State Board of Education to provide to each school district educational materials for parents regarding child online safety.
Creates the War on Terrorism Veterans Act. Provides that a memorial honoring persons who earned the Southwest Asia Service Medal serving in either Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom may be constructed by a private entity on a portion of the State property in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Effective immediately.
Amends the Structural Pest Control Act. Provides for the continuation, validation, and re-enactment of the Act, which was inadvertently repealed on January 1, 2008. Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act to extend the repeal of the Structural Pest Control Act from January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2009. Effective immediately.
Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons with Disabilities Act. Extends the repeal date of the Act from September 6, 2008 to June 30, 2010. Effective immediately.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning financial exploitation of an elderly person.
Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates each February as Women's Heart Disease Awareness Month.
Amends the School Code. Provides that any child who received a health examination within one year prior to entering the fifth grade for the 2007-2008 school year is not required to receive an additional health examination in order to comply with the provisions of Public Act 95-422 (which requires children entering the sixth grade to have a health examination) when he or she attends school for the 2008-2009 school year, unless the child is attending school for the first time. Effective immediately.
