Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code to require every operator and passenger on a motorcycle, motor driven cycle, or motorized pedalcycle to wear a helmet that meets federal safety standards.
Amends the Public Assistance Fraud Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that providers and suppliers of healthcare services under the State's medical assistance program shall be screened by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services prior to being accepted by the State as service providers. Contains provisions concerning screening measures; payment audits; and mandatory compliance plans.
Shows support for the positive impact of the Community Services Block Grant in the State of Illinois and opposes actions by Congress and the President to reduce Community Services Block Grant funding.
Urges Governor Quinn to reverse his plan to eliminate the Illinois Cares Rx program and continue the program.
Amends the Patients' Right to Know Act. Extends the disclosure period from 5 years to 10 years for certain information that must be posted on a physician's public profile.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In the provisions concerning remittance advice and procedures and recoupment, provides that no recoupment or offset may be requested or withheld from future payments 60 or more days after the original payment was made. Provides that the provisions concerning administration and enforcement are deemed incorporated into health care professional and health care provider service contracts entered into on or before the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that the Director may require an insurance company that issues a policy in wilful violation of the Act to pay a penalty in a sum not exceeding $5,000 (instead of $1,000). Makes other changes.
Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act, the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act, and the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that whenever an ambulatory surgical treatment center or hospital provides treatment to a patient that involves placement of bone, an organ, other human tissue, or any foreign object, including, but not limited to, artificial joints and other prostheses, into the patient's body, the ambulatory surgical treatment center or hospital must fully disclose at least the following to the patient: the source of the bone, organ, other human tissue, or foreign object; the date it was obtained; the date it was placed in the patient; and the location of the placement in the patient's body. Effective immediately.
Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that any person, corporation, or financial institution (instead of person or corporation) holding or controlling personal property shall, upon examining and approving the documents attached to the affidavit, deliver or pay (instead of deliver or pay) over the personal property pursuant to the provisions of the small estate affidavit. Provides that the affidavit shall state that the burial and funeral expenses, medical bills, credit card bills, and real property taxes (instead of funeral expenses) have been, or remain to be, paid. Provides that if there is a surviving spouse, but the surviving spouse is unable to prepare the small estate affidavit or has declined, refused, or asked the affiant to prepare the small estate affidavit, the affiant must state the reason that the affiant has prepared the small estate affidavit rather than the surviving spouse. Provides that the explanation shall include the precise time, date, and circumstances of the surviving spouse declining, refusing, or asking the affiant to prepare the small estate affidavit or state the reason that the surviving spouse is unable to prepare the small estate affidavit. Provides that if the reason for the surviving spouse's inability to prepare the affidavit is medically related that a letter from the surviving spouse's physician should be attached attesting to the medical condition that makes the surviving spouse unable to complete the affidavit. Provides that if there is no surviving spouse and there is one or more minor children, the affiant must be a court appointed guardian for one or more of the children. Provides that the property held shall be paid, after the burial, funeral, medical, and credit card bills, and real estate taxes are paid. Provides that if the surviving spouse is the affiant that he or she shall affirm that he or she was not separated from the decedent. Makes other changes.
Amends the School Code to provide that school districts must provide instruction in relation to the laws regarding the operation of all-terrain vehicles and off-highway motorcycles in grades kindergarten through 12 and contains provisions regarding such instruction. Provides that driver education courses must provide instruction on safety rules and operation of all-terrain vehicles and off-highway motorcycles. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code to prohibit any use of all-terrain vehicles or off-highway vehicles on roads. Provides that the Secretary of State may suspend a person's driver's license for 6 months for a violation of provisions relating to the illegal use of all-terrain vehicles and off-highway motorcycles on streets and for riding an all-terrain vehicle or off-highway motorcycle as a passenger. Provides that it is illegal to operate an all-terrain vehicle or off-highway motorcycle if the operator is under the age of 16, does not have a valid driver's license, or is not wearing a properly fitted helmet secured to the person's head. Provides that a person must demonstrate knowledge of all-terrain vehicle and off-highway motorcycle laws on the written examination for a driver's license, and provides that information relating to all-terrain vehicle and off-highway motorcycle laws must be contained in publications of the "Rules of the Road" by the Secretary of State and "Laws for Youth" by the Legislative Research Unit.
Congratulates Stella Foster on her being presented the 2012 Circle of Friends Award.
