Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Adds school counselor and school counselor intern to the list of professions included in the definition of "professional worker". Effective immediately.
Amends the State Treasurer Act. Requires the Treasurer to post information on his or her official website concerning the investment of public funds. Sets forth the required information. Does not require posting of information that is exempt from inspection and copying under the Freedom of Information Act.
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Creates the Plastic Carryout Bag Recycling Program. Requires retailers that distribute plastic carryout bags to consumers to implement a plastic carryout bag collection and recycling program. Sets out plastic carryout bag recycling program requirements. Provides that retailers subject to these provisions shall maintain records detailing the collection, transport, and recycling of plastic carryout bags distributed by the retailer. Provides that any manufacturer of plastic carryout bags shall develop educational marketing materials to encourage the reusing and recycling of plastic carryout bags, and shall make those materials available to retailers.
Amends the Department of Human Services Act and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that, for purposes of the Department of Human Services' disability database, "developmental disabilities" include autism spectrum disorders. In connection with Medicaid, provides that a person diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder shall be considered a person with a "developmental disability" or a "person with a related condition" for purposes of determining eligibility for services under Home and Community-Based Services Waivers for persons with developmental disabilities, without regard to whether that person is also diagnosed with mental retardation and without regard to that person's IQ level, so long as the person otherwise meets applicable level-of-care criteria under those waivers. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Requires that any written reviews or findings of the Department of Public Health or any other reviewing organization concerning an application for a permit must be made available to the public at least 14 calendar days before the meeting of the State Board at which the review or findings are considered. Provides that, at least 2 business days before the meeting of the State Board, the applicant and members of the public may submit, to the State Board, written responses in support of or in opposition to these reviews or findings. Provides that, at the meeting, the State Board may, in its discretion, permit the submission of additional written materials.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the driver of a vehicle overtaking a bicycle or individual proceeding in the same direction on a highway must maintain a distance of at least 3 feet between the vehicle and the bicycle or individual. Provides that a bicycle rider may signal a right turn by extending his or her right hand horizontally and to the right side of the bicycle. Provides that the rider of a bicycle or a motorized pedal cycle shall ride as close to the right-hand curb or edge as practicable and safe (rather than as close as practicable), except in specified circumstances. Provides that, in addition to the existing exceptions, the rider is not required to ride as close to the right-hand curb or edge as practicable and safe when the rider is approaching a place where a right turn is authorized.
Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Provides that when a sex offender registers with the appropriate law enforcement agency, he or she shall provide the law enforcement agency with all e-mail addresses, instant messaging identities, chat room identities, and other Internet communications identities that the sex offender uses or plans to use, all Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) registered or used by the sex offender, and all blogs and other Internet sites maintained by the sex offender or to which the sex offender has uploaded any content or posted any messages or information. Amends the Sex Offender Community Notification Law. Provides for disclosure of such information to the public. Effective immediately.
Amends the Township Code. Provides that a township may administer a recycling program in unincorporated areas of the township. Amends the Highway Code. Provides that a road district may organize, administer, or participate in one or more recycling programs. Effective immediately.
Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that with regard to pending discharges to a skilled nursing facility, the hospital must provide for an assessment by a case coordination unit prior to discharge. Effective immediately.
Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that the definition of "recovered tax value" includes the equalized assessed values recovered upon the termination of a redevelopment project that was established under the Economic Development Project Area Tax Increment Act of 1995.
