Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that for facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health under the Nursing Home Care Act as Intermediate Care for the Developmentally Disabled facilities, or facilities licensed by the Department of Human Services under the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act, in any calendar year in which there is a cost-of-living increase in federal Supplemental Security Income benefits or Social Security Administration payments, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall increase the Medicaid per diem rate paid to those facilities by an amount equal to the total amount of the increase in Supplemental Security Income benefits or Social Security Administration payments. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Public Health Program Beneficiary Employer Disclosure Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Increases the amount of the earned income tax credit from 5% of the federal credit to: (i) 7.5% of the federal tax credit for taxable years ending in calendar year 2007; and (ii) 10% of the federal tax credit for taxable years ending in calendar year 2008 or thereafter. Effective immediately.
Amends the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act. Provides that on and after the effective date of this amendatory Act, no license shall be granted or renewed under the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act until the applicant seeking the license submits to the Department of Public Health, and the Department approves, a plan for the service of medically underserved populations that details for each of the facility's next 5 years of operation (i) the proportion of its total projected patients in the categories of indigent and Medicaid recipients and (ii) how the facility will serve those patients. Requires the Department to adopt rules for implementing the requirement of a plan for the service of medically underserved populations, including the development of appropriate minimum proportions of facility patients in the categories of indigent and Medicaid recipients. Effective immediately.
Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code. Under specified circumstances, allows for a maximum of 5 additional charter schools exclusively for truants or dropouts in Chicago if the limit on the number of charter schools that may operate at any one time in the rest of the State has not been reached. Provides that if any of the additional charter schools are not used exclusively for truants or dropouts, then the State Board of Education shall withhold and the charter school shall forfeit all State funding designated for that school.
Creates the Affordable and Clean Energy Standards (ACES) Act. Provides the findings of the General Assembly. Provides that electric utilities shall utilize cost-effective energy efficiency and load management investment in their energy resource portfolios according to specified guidelines. Provides that the Capital Development Board shall adopt the 2006 International Energy Conservation Code, without amendment, as the statewide residential building code for new home construction and significant additions or remodels of existing homes. Includes a severability clause. Preempts home rule. Effective immediately.
Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Enlarges the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District to include the Crawford Countryside Sanitary District. Effective immediately.
Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Prohibits an insurance company or a health care provider from using a patient's social security number as the patient's identification number or in any mailings sent to the patient, except as required by federal regulations.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the organization of the Department of Corrections.
Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.