Rep. Julie Hamos

Mourns the death of William Leslie Brown of Chicago.

Recognizes Rotary International Day on February 23, 2005.

Amends the Election Code. Authorizes election authorities to establish special procedures for late voter registration, beginning January 1, 2005. Requires the State Board of Elections to adopt necessary rules.

Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Makes a technical change in the Section concerning policing bodies furnishing fingerprints and descriptions of persons arrested to the Department of State Police and relating to the expungement of arrest records and the sealing of the records of the clerk of the circuit court.

Amends provisions of the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that, for purposes of the Act, discrimination based on national origin includes discrimination based on the language spoken in the place in which a person or one of his or her ancestors was born. Effective January 1, 2005.

Creates the Children's Mental Health Act of 2003 and amends the State Finance Act and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the development of a Children's Mental Health Plan containing short-term and long-term recommendations to provide comprehensive, coordinated mental health prevention, early intervention, and treatment services for children from birth through age 18. Sets forth features that must be included in the plan. Creates the Children's Mental Health Council, composed of representatives of State government and representatives of various advocacy organizations, to submit a preliminary plan to the Governor on September 30, 2004 and a final plan on June 30, 2005. Imposes certain duties on the Office of Mental Health within the Department of Human Services, the State Board of Education, and school districts. Creates the Children's Mental Health Fund as a special fund in the State treasury, to be used for appropriations to the Department of Human Services for mental health prevention, early intervention, and treatment services for children from birth through age 18. Under the Medicaid program, requires the Department of Public Aid to provide for the screening and assessment of a child before a Medicaid-funded admission to an inpatient hospital for psychiatric services. Effective immediately.

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Makes technical changes to the short title Section.

Creates the Illinois Housing Initiative Act. Contains only a short title provision.

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Repeals provisions concerning unbundled network element rates and the application of the unbundled network element rates. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Private Activity Bond Allocation Act. Requires that, for any private activity bonds issued from bond volume cap designated for the State Agency Pool or the Local Government Pool, the issuer of the bonds must file an annual report to the Governor and to the General Assembly. Sets forth information to be contained in the report.