Rep. Al Riley

Amends the Park District Code. Provides that the Board may appoint an assistant secretary and an assistant treasurer, and if the secretary or treasurer are unable to perform their duties, then the assistant secretary or treasurer, as applicable, shall perform those duties. Further provides that the assistant secretary and assistant treasurer need not be members of the Board. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Sets forth provisions concerning health care cooperatives. Provides that in addition to all other provisions of the Article concerning domestic mutual companies, a company seeking to organize as a health care cooperative shall meet certain requirements. Sets forth provisions concerning the naming of and applications for entities seeking to organize as health care cooperatives. Amends the Co-operative Act. Exempts domestic mutual insurance companies licensed as health care cooperatives by the Director of Insurance from the prohibition against using the term "Co-operative" as part of a corporate or other business name or title without complying with the provisions of the Co-operative Act. Sets forth provisions concerning health benefit purchasing cooperatives. Provides that the purpose of a health benefit purchasing cooperative is to provide health care benefits for certain eligible individuals under a single group health care policy or plan through a contract between the health benefit purchasing cooperative and an insurer authorized to do health insurance business in the State. Sets forth provisions concerning the design, the articles, the membership basis and capital stock, the membership criteria, the health care benefits, and the annual progress report of health benefit purchasing cooperatives. Effective immediately.

Mourns the death of Etel Billig.

Mourns the passing of Mary Elizabeth Pierce and remembers her for her many years of dedicated service to her community, family, and friends.

Mourns the death of Ellis A. Flaws.

Congratulates the citizens of the Village of Hazel Crest on the occasion of the village's 100th anniversary of incorporation.

Congratulates Dr. Sheila Harrison-Williams on being a co-recipient of the National Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE) Joseph E. Hill "Superintendent of the Year" Award.

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Defines "short sale" as the sale of real estate that is subject to a mortgage for an amount that is less than the amount owed to the mortgagee on the outstanding mortgage loan. Provides that in a foreclosure of residential property, if the mortgagor presents to the mortgagee, which is a banking organization or corporation, a bona fide written offer from a third party to purchase the property in foreclosure which is for an amount that constitutes a short sale, and the mortgagor requests that the mortgagee approve the short sale, then the mortgagee must respond within 30 days and must agree to the short sale unless there is a reasonable justification to not do so. Provides that the fact that the proceeds of the short sale would be insufficient to satisfy the mortgage note does not constitute a reasonable justification. Provides that if the mortgagee approves the short sale, the mortgagee agrees as part of the closing of the short sale: to termination of the mortgagor's interest in the property and acceptance the sale proceeds in full satisfaction of the outstanding mortgage loan; to relieve from personal liability all persons who may owe payment or the performance of other obligations secured by the mortgage, including guarantors; and to waive all rights to a personal judgment for deficiency against the mortgagor and all other persons liable under the mortgage.

Amends the Wildlife Code. Provides that a person applying for a crossbow permit to hunt deer must (rather than will) be issued a permit by the Director after the receipt of a physician's statement confirming the applicant is handicapped. Effective immediately.

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that on and after January 1, 2012, providers participating in a quality improvement program approved by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall be reimbursed for screening and diagnostic mammography at the same rate as the Medicare program's rates, including the increased reimbursement for digital mammography (rather than on and after July 1, 2008, screening and diagnostic mammography shall be reimbursed at the same rate as the Medicare program's rates, including the increased reimbursement for digital mammography). Removes language concerning bonus payments to mammography facilities meeting the standards for screening and diagnosis. Effective January 1, 2012.