Congratulates Betty Alexander-Bonds on the occasion of her 75th birthday.
Rep. Will Davis
Sponsored bills
Amends the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the parent and child relationship.
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 giving the court the ability to require the Department of Juvenile Justice to report about efforts to secure post-release placement.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish a co-payment scale that provides for cost sharing by families that receive child care services, including parents whose only income is from assistance under the Code (rather than the Department shall require co-payments for child care services by any parent, including parents whose only income is from assistance under the Code). Provides that the co-payment shall be based on family income and family size and may be based on other factors as appropriate (rather than based on family income, family size, and the number of children in care). Provides that co-payments may be waived for families whose incomes are at or below the federal poverty level (rather than co-payments shall not be increased due solely to a change in the methodology for counting family income). Effective immediately.
Amends the Technology Development Act. Authorizes the State Treasurer to segregate up to 3% of the Treasurer's investment portfolio in the Technology Development Account IIa. Authorizes investments from the account to provide venture capital to help attract, assist, and retain quality technology businesses in Illinois. Provides that the Treasurer may solicit proposals from entities to manage and be the General Partner of Technology Development Account IIb, a separate fund consisting of investments from private sector investors that must invest, at the direction of the Treasurer, in tandem with TDA IIa. Sets restrictions and conditions. Effective immediately.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy for its FY12 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2011.
Urges Congress to fund the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) program at the Fiscal Year 2010 level.
Designates the month of November as COPD Awareness Month in the State of Illinois.
Encourages the State Health Improvement Plan Implementation Council to prepare a report to the General Assembly on the State's public health policies and policymaking infrastructure that shall include an Illinois policy agenda.