Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions concerning Medicaid payment rates for nursing homes, provides that the transition period for implementing the new MDS payment methodology for the nursing component of the rate may not exceed 3 (instead of 2) years. Effective immediately.
Amends the Deposit of State Moneys Act. Provides that a bank or savings and loan association is disqualified as a State depository upon making a loan to certain entities doing business in or with the government of Sudan until such time as the United Nations determines that the government of Sudan has taken sufficient and demonstrable steps to end human rights abuses in that nation. Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Prohibits the investment or deposit from the retirement system or pension fund to certain entities doing business in or with the government of Sudan until such time as the United Nations determines that the government of Sudan has taken sufficient and demonstrable steps to end human rights abuses in that nation. Effective immediately.
Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that the word "DECEASED" and the date of death shall not appear on a copy of a birth certificate furnished to a parent of a child who died within 3 months of birth, provided no other copy of a birth certificate was furnished to the parent prior to the child's death. Effective immediately.
Creates the Commission to Study the Transatlantic Slave Trade and its Past and Present Effects on African-Americans.
Declares May 1-8, 2005, as Cover the Uninsured Week in the State of Illinois.
Proclaims May 25, 2005, as "We Remember, We Care for Indigent Persons Day in Illinois".
Congratulates John Everett, Principal of Simeon Career Academy in Chicago, on his retirement.
Mourns the death of Vernona "Nonie" Harrell.
Mourns the passing of Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr., of Los Angeles, California, on March 29, 2005.
Creates the Public Health Program Beneficiary Employer Disclosure Act. Provides that an applicant for benefits under Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program, or a person requesting uncompensated care in a hospital, must identify the employer or employers of the proposed beneficiary of the health care benefits provided under that program. Requires the Department of Public Aid to submit to the General Assembly an annual report, beginning in 2007, identifying all such identified employers who employ 25 or more public health program beneficiaries. Provides for public access to the report.
