Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to adopt rules, no later than 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, for the legally recognized services of persons licensed under other laws of this State as a clinical social worker.
Amends the Illinois Clinical Laboratory and Blood Bank Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the State Construction Minority and Female Building Trades Act. Provides that the failure to submit required apprenticeship reports is a violation of the Act. Creates penalties for violation of the Act. Provides that an entity that violates the provisions of the Act or any rule adopted under the Act shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each violation found in the first audit by the Department of Labor. Provides that following a first audit, an entity shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $2,000 for each repeat violation found by the Department within a 5-year period. Provides that each violation of the Act for each day the violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct violation. Provides that in determining the amount of a penalty, the Director of the Department of Labor shall consider the gravity of the violations.
Recognizes April 2016 as Organ Donor Registration Month in the State of Illinois.
Congratulates Ronald J. Gunter on his retirement as Director of the Westmont Park District.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Board of Trustees of the Illinois State University for its FY 16 ordinary and contingent expenses.
Proclaims April 14, 2016 as the Annual Alzheimer's Association Advocacy Day in the State of Illinois.
Designates April of 2016 as Autism Awareness Month in the State of Illinois.
Recognizes the 40th anniversary of the Family Service Shelter.
Congratulates the City of Elmhurst on being designated as one of the "Top 100 Safest Cities" in the United States.
