Rep. Julie Hamos

Creates the Firearms Act. Contains only a short title provision.

Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.

Amends the Housing Authorities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Illinois Pension Code, the Crime Victims Compensation Act, the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Emancipation of Minors Act, the Adoption Act, and the Probate Act of 1975. Changes references from "illegitimate child" to "child born out of wedlock" and from "legitimate child" to "lawful child".

Amends the Film Production Services Tax Credit Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning applications for certification.

Amends the Senior Pharmaceutical Assistance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Illinois State Auditing Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "Office of Auditor General".

Amends the Illinois Health Finance Reform Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health must require ambulatory surgical treatment centers licensed to operate in the State of Illinois to adopt a uniform system, based on certain federal laws, for submitting patient charges for payment from public and private payors. Provides that no later than 60 days after the end of each calendar quarter, each hospital and ambulatory surgical treatment center must submit billing data to the Department and sets forth information that must be included in the submission (now, hospitals must submit billing data for conditions and procedures required for public disclosure in the "Consumer Guide to Health Care" and for all inpatient surgical cases). Requires the Department to collect and compile the billing data on a quarterly basis. Sets forth additional information that must be included in the "Consumer Guide to Health Care". Requires that ambulatory surgical treatment centers, organizations representing ambulatory surgical treatment centers, purchasers, consumer groups, and health plans be meaningfully involved in the development of all aspects of the Department's methodology for collecting, analyzing, and disclosing the information collected under this Act. Requires the Department to evaluate additional methods for comparing the performance of hospitals and ambulatory surgical treatment centers and report its findings and recommendations on its Internet website and to the Governor and General Assembly no later than January 1, 2006. Requires the Department to study methods to collect and report data on mortality and nosocomial infection rates from hospitals and ambulatory surgical treatment centers for outpatient services and report its findings and recommendations on its Internet website and to the Governor and General Assembly no later than January 1, 2006. Requires the Department to authorize electronic access to patient billing data collected pursuant to these provisions for use by certain entities. Requires ambulatory surgical treatment centers to make available to prospective patients information on the normal charge incurred for any procedure or operation the prospective patient is considering. Requires the Department to adopt rules for inpatient and outpatient data collection and reporting no later than January 1, 2006. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Directs the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to work with the Office of the Governor, the General Assembly, the City of Chicago, and the Illinois Biotechnology Industry Organization and other representative members of the industry: (i) to formulate and make recommendations and thereafter to report to the House of Representatives those recommendations regarding the State's commitment to the continued growth and development of the life sciences and biotechnology in the State of Illinois; and (ii) to identify measures and make recommendations to promote and market "BIO 2006", the BIO International Convention.

Congratulates the members of the 2005 National Champion Northwestern Wildcats women's lacrosse team for their success.