Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates each September as Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month. Effective immediately.
Amends the Structural Pest Control Act. Makes changes to the definition of "school" and adds a definition of "designated person". Makes changes to a provision concerning economic feasibility of integrated pest management guidelines. Provides that the written notification provided to parents and guardians of students and employees who have registered to receive such notification prior to the application of pesticides to school or day care center property must be given at least 2 and no more than 30 (now, at least 2) business days before application of the pesticide. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Creates the Smoke Free Illinois Act. Sets forth the findings of the General Assembly. Creates several definitions. Prohibits smoking in public places, places of employment, and governmental vehicles. Requires "No Smoking" signs to be posted in each public place and place of employment where smoking is prohibited. Requires ashtrays to be removed from any area where smoking is prohibited. Prohibits smoking in student dormitories, including, but not limited to, sleeping rooms, dining areas, restrooms, laundry areas, lobbies, and hallways, of a building used in whole or in part as a student dormitory that is owned and operated or otherwise utilized by a public or private institution of higher education. Provides that the Department of Public Health, State-certified local public health departments, and local law enforcement agencies shall enforce the provisions of the Act. Sets forth fines for violations of the Act. Provides that the Department, a State-certified local public health department, local law enforcement agency, or any individual personally affected by repeated violations may institute, in a circuit court, an action to enjoin violations of the Act. Prohibits discrimination against individuals who exercise their rights afforded by the Act. Provides that a home rule unit may regulate smoking in public places, but that regulation must be no less restrictive than the provisions in the Act. Prohibits smoking within a minimum distance of 15 feet from entrances, exits, windows that open, and ventilation intakes that serve an enclosed area where smoking is prohibited. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Repeals the Illinois Clean Indoor Air Act.
Supports Taiwan's admission as an observer to the World Health Organization and expresses the belief that the Republic of China (Taiwan) should be permitted to participate in a meaningful and appropriate way in the World Health Organization.
Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. In the definition of "children with disabilities", provides that an eligible student who requires continued public school educational experience to facilitate his or her successful transition and integration into adult life is eligible for special education services through age 21, inclusive, which, for purposes of the Article, means the day before the student's 22nd birthday. Effective immediately.
Mourns the death of John T. Trutter of Chicago.
Urges the Division of Insurance of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and the Department of Human Services, in consultation with insurance companies, support groups for children in need of habilitative services, and medical practitioners specializing in the care of children to investigate: (1) the insurance treatment for habilitative services by insurance companies doing business in Illinois; and (2) the potential costs to premium holders by mandating the coverage of habilitative care, and also the cost savings of such a mandate, both societal and as an impact upon reducing costs to the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Program.
Creates a Safe Patient Handling Task Force to study safe patient handling policies and create recommended policy guidelines for all health care facilities to eliminate the manual lifting of patients by direct-care registered nurses and other health care providers.
Urges the Governor to present a capital budget that includes $100,000,000, on an annual basis, for the Illinois Special Places Acquisition, Conservation and Enhancement (iSPACE) Program, which includes the following: (i) a new statewide land acquisition program to protect the State's most precious natural resources and provide recreational opportunities, including matching grants to local governments; (ii) implementation of the Partners for Conservation Program (formerly Conservation 2000) through land acquisition and management grants; and (iii) implementation of the Hunting Heritage Protection Act by increasing the amount of land acreage available for hunting opportunities in Illinois.
Resolves that the appropriate State agencies should take the necessary steps to secure federal funds available under the federal Comprehensive Lifespan Respite Care Act of 2006 for respite care development and implementation as soon as such funds are appropriated by the Congress and made available.
