Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability to have an audit of the Medicaid program performed by an independent CPA.
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Requires a person charged with committing a violent crime against a family or household member to appear before the court for the setting of bail if specified conditions are met. Requires a court to consider enumerated factors in setting bail for a person who is charged with committing a violent crime against a family or household member and who is required to appear before the court for the setting of bail. Provides that a court may permit a person who is charged with committing a violent crime against a family or household member and who is required to appear before the court for the setting of bail to appear by video conferencing equipment. Authorizes the court to waive the appearance for the setting of bail of a person who is charged with committing a misdemeanor offense of violence against a family or household member and to set bail in accordance with specified criteria.
Creates the Health Savings Account Act and amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that, beginning in taxable year 2005, a resident of Illinois or an employer may deposit contributions, subject to certain limitations, into a health savings account. Provides that the principal contributed to and the interest earned on a health savings account and money reimbursed to an eligible individual or an employee for qualified medical expenses is exempt from the Illinois income tax. Sets forth restriction on the use of funds held in a health savings account. Provides that an eligible individual may withdraw money from his or her health savings account for any purpose, but provides that certain withdrawals are not tax exempt. Repeals the Health Savings Account Act on June 30, 2015. Effective July 1, 2005.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code and the State Finance Act. Creates the Autism Awareness Fund. Provides for the issuance of Autism Awareness license plates. Provides that in addition to the appropriate registration fees, an applicant for the special plate shall be charged an original issuance fee of $40 and a fee of $27 for each renewal. Provides that $25 of the additional original issuance fee and $25 of the renewal fee shall be deposited into the Autism Awareness Fund. Provides that $15 of the original issuance fee and $2 of the renewal fee shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Provides that, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly and approval by the Secretary of State, all moneys in the Autism Awareness Fund shall be paid to the Illinois Department of Human Services for the purpose of grants for research, education, and awareness regarding autism and autism spectrum disorders.
Urges the President and Congress should commit the leadership of the U. S. Government to effective implementation of the United Nations World Summit Outcome Document on the responsibility of states to protect their populations.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that domestic battery committed in the presence of a child is a Class 4 felony (rather than a Class A misdemeanor) and that a second or subsequent violation is a Class 3 felony (rather than a Class 4 felony). Changes the definition of "child" from a person under 16 who is the defendant's or victim's child or step-child or who is a minor child residing within the household of the defendant or victim to any person under 18 years of age. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections to make a conforming change to these provisions.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides income tax deductions for contributions to and interest on a health savings account, established under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003. Effective July 1, 2006.
Amends the Illinois Renewable Fuels Development Program Act. Provides that a recipient of Program grants must be constructing, modifying, altering, or retrofitting an (i) ethanol plant (now, just plant) that has annual production capacity of no less than 30,000,000 gallons of renewable fuel per year or a (ii) biodiesel plant. Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to establish and administer grant programs including: the Illinois Renewable Fuels Majority Blended Ethanol Program, the Illinois Corn Grain to Fuel Research Consortium Assistance Program, the Illinois Renewable Fuels Corn-to-Hydrogen Fuel Cell Research Program, the Illinois Renewable Fuels Biodiesel Infrastructure Grant Program, the Illinois Renewable Fuels Ethanol Development Intergovernmental Assistance Program. Sets forth the purposes and conditions for these grant programs. Provides that subject to appropriation (now, subject to appropriation from the Build Illinois Bond Fund), the Director is authorized to award Renewable Fuels Development Program Fund grants. Sets forth that the annual aggregate amount for these grants shall not exceed $25,000,000 in Fiscal year 2007 and 2008 and $15,000,000 thereafter (now, may not exceed $15,000,000). Specifies how these grant funds shall be allocated. Sets forth certain limitations on spending on the various Program grants including for research conducted at the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Facility at SIU-Edwardsville not to exceed $1,000,000 annually, and a one-time grant in FY 2007 not to exceed $3,000,000 for construction, remodeling, and expansion of the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Facility at SIU-Edwardsville. Provides that normal operating and execution of renewable fuels programs in existence on January 1, 2006 within the Department from the Renewable Fuels Development Program Fund shall not exceed $5,000,000 annually. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Renewable Fuels Development Program Fund as a special fund in the State treasury to fund these grant programs. Sets forth certain conditions for the operation of this Fund. Provides for certain annual payments from the General Revenue Fund to the Renewable Fuels Development Program Fund. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, to provide that on or after July 1, 2006 and on or before June 30, 2016, those tax rates apply to 90% of the proceeds of sales made on gasohol (now, apply to 80% of the proceeds of sales made on gasohol). Amends the Motor Fuel and Petroleum Standards Act to provide that beginning January 1, 2008 a minimum of 10% of all motor fuel sold or offered for sale in Illinois must be denatured ethanol and that beginning January 1, 2012 a minimum of 15% of all motor fuel sold or offered for sale in Illinois must be denatured ethanol. Effective July 1, 2006.
Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Prohibits a person from bringing into this State for use or sale any alcohol without liquid machines without the approval of the Illinois Liquor Control Commission. Effective immediately.
Amends the Children's Mental Health Act of 2003. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a children's mental health plan.
