Amends the School Code. Requires sex education materials and instruction to advise pupils of the provisions of the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act. Effective immediately.
Amends the Children's Health Insurance Program Act to extend the sunset date for the Act from July 1, 2003 to July 1, 2006. Effective immediately.
Creates the Senior Citizen Prescription Drug Discount Program Act. Provides that the Program shall be administered by the Department of Central Management Services to enable eligible senior citizens to purchase prescription drugs at discounted prices and that the Department shall (i) enroll eligible seniors into the Program, (ii) enter into rebate agreements with drug manufacturers, either itself or through an agent, and (iii) reimburse pharmacies for the cost of providing discounts using the proceeds from the manufacturer rebate agreements. Eligible seniors are persons who are Illinois residents and who are 65 years of age or older. Establishes a prescription pricing formula. Sets guidelines for the rebate agreements. Establishes application requirements for seniors and eligibility requirements for pharmacies. Requires the Department to adopt rules. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Senior Citizen Prescription Drug Discount Program Fund into which rebate payments and enrollment fees shall be deposited. Provides for an initial transfer from the General Revenue Fund into the Drug Discount Program Fund of $27,000,000 to be repaid to the General Revenue Fund out of rebate payments. Effective July 1, 2003.
Makes appropriating funds to currently operating adult day centers a priority if any additional funding becomes available.
Creates the Equal Pay Act of 2003. Provides that no employer may discriminate between employees on the basis of sex by paying wages solely on the basis of the employee's gender. Prohibits retaliatory discharge or discrimination against an employee on the basis of the employee's use of the Act and provides for penalties for violations of the Act, including a Class B misdemeanor for retaliatory discharge or discrimination by the employer. Provides that the Director of Labor shall administer and enforce the Act. Provides that every employer subject to the Act shall preserve specified records for not less than 3 years. Provides that every employer covered by the Act shall post a notice summarizing the requirements of the Act. Provides that the Department of Labor shall conduct ongoing outreach and education efforts concerning the Act.
Congratulates the Evanston Wildkits boys basketball team on placing fourth in the Illinois High School Association Class AA State Basketball Tournament.
Congratulates Rita Aliese Fry on her retirement as Chief Executive of the Cook County Public Defender's Office.
Congratulates the Glenbrook North Spartans boys basketball team on placing third in the Illinois High School Association Class AA State Basketball Tournament.
Mourns the death of United States Marine Cpl. Brian Matthew Kennedy who passed away in the crash of a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter in Kuwait about nine miles away from the Iraqi border town of Umm Qasr on March 20, 2003.
