Amends the Property Tax Code. In a Section concerning the alternative general homestead exemption, deletes provisions ending the alternative exemption after certain tax years. Sets forth requirements for ordinances by counties concerning the homestead exemption. Effective immediately.
Creates the Illinois Consumer-Directed Care Act. Requires the Illinois Department on Aging, in conjunction with the Illinois Department of Public Aid, the Illinois Department of Public Health, and the Illinois Department of Human Services, to establish the consumer-directed care program as a demonstration program. Provides eligibility requirements for those enrolled in the program. Provides that consumers enrolled in the program shall be given a monthly budget allowance based on the results of their assessed functional needs and the financial resources of the program. Provides that consumers may use the budget allowance to pay only for home and community-based services that meet the consumer's long-term care needs and that are a cost-efficient use of funds. Sets forth the roles and responsibilities for consumers, State agencies, and fiscal intermediaries in administrating the program. Requires that all persons who render care under this Act must comply with the requirements of the Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Requires the Department on Aging to submit an annual report to the General Assembly. Repeals the Act on January 1, 2010.
Amends the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act. Provides that, for grant years 2007 and thereafter, "income" means federal taxable income (now, "income" means federal adjusted gross income modified by adding thereto income received from any of a list of sources).
Amends the Children's Product Safety Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall be responsible for posting recall announcements and other information regarding the safety of children's products disseminated on the Internet.
Amends the School Code. Provides that within 10 business days after the regional superintendent of schools receives school building plans and specifications from a school board and prior to the bidding process, the regional superintendent shall notify the municipality (or county in an unincorporated area) and, if applicable, the fire protection district where the school is being constructed or altered that the plans and specifications have been submitted. Allows local fire, building, and plumbing inspectors to review the plans and specifications. Removes a provision regarding requests by the local fire department or fire protection district where the school is being constructed or altered to review the plans and specifications. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that on and after July 1, 2006, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall reimburse providers of home health services under the Medicaid program using a phased-in rate increase as follows: (1) for services provided from July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007, the rate shall be $70 per visit; and (2) for services provided on or after July 1, 2007, the rate shall be $80 per visit. Provides that these rate increases apply to skilled nursing visits, physical therapy visits, occupational therapy visits, and speech therapy visits. Provides that the rate for home health aide visits shall be $61.34 for all such services provided on or after July 1, 2006. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Clean Indoor Air Act. Provides that a home rule unit of local government or any municipality in this State may regulate smoking in public places. Provides that this regulation must be no less restrictive than the regulation in the Act. Changes the home rule limitation from an absolute preemption to a limitation on the concurrent exercise of home rule power. Maintains the exemption from home rule requirements for home rule units that passed ordinances regulating smoking before October 1, 1989. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the maximum reduction under the Senior Citizen Homestead Exemption shall be $3,500 for 2006, $4,000 for 2007, $4,500 for 2008, and $5,000 for 2009 and thereafter in all counties. Provides that the maximum reduction under the General Homestead Exemption shall be $5,500 for 2006, $6,000 for 2007, $6,500 for 2008, and $7,000 for 2009 and thereafter in all counties. Effective immediately.
Amends the State Finance Act. Excludes moneys received by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation under the Illinois Credit Union Act from those moneys required to be deposited into the Financial Institution Fund. Makes certain provisions concerning transfers to the General Revenue Fund inapplicable to (i) any fund established under the Illinois Credit Union Act, the Illinois Banking Act, the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985, or the Savings Bank Act and (ii) the Professions Indirect Cost Fund. Limits transfers and expenditures from those funds to specified purposes. Prohibits the allocation or transfer of additional amounts generated by certain fee increases with respect to or from the Credit Union Fund. Amends the Illinois Banking Act, the Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985, and the Savings Bank Act. With respect to the moneys in each of the Bank and Trust Company Fund, the Savings and Residential Finance Regulatory Fund, and the Credit Union Fund, (i) exempts those moneys from assignment or transfer except for unappropriated administrative expenses and (ii) provides that the moneys remain the property of and must be held in trust for the financial institutions from which they were collected. For FY08, requires the Commissioner of Banks and Real Estate (now, the Director of the Division of Banks and Real Estate) to adopt rules to adjust regulatory fee rates in the specified manner. Amends the Illinois Credit Union Act. Provides that the regulatory fee paid by a credit union to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall be the lesser of (i) the rate pursuant to the regulatory fee schedule or (ii) a rate established in a manner proportionately consistent with the rates in the regulatory fee schedule and that would fund the actual administrative and operational expenses of the Credit Union Section. Increases rates in the regulatory fee schedule for credit unions with total assets over $5,000,000. Requires the Director of Financial and Professional Regulation to adjust the fee schedule for the next fiscal year. Provides that the fee schedule may be increased by no more than 5% annually if necessary to defray the actual (now, estimated) administrative and operational expenses of the Credit Union Section (now, the Department). Prohibits any increase in the fee schedule if the amount remaining in the Credit Union Fund at the end of the fiscal year is equal to or greater than 25% of the actual administrative and operational expenses for the preceding fiscal year. Requires the Director to base the regulatory fee for the next fiscal year on the credit union's total assets as of December 31 of the preceding calendar year. Beginning on July 1, 2005, requires a credit union to pay the regulatory fee in quarterly installments due and payable on the due date for the call report for the preceding quarter (now, a credit union is required to pay the regulatory fee in full no later than March 1 of each calendar year). Provides for a regulatory fee cap of $125,000 (now, $187,500). Effective immediately.
Amends the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act. Changes the statute of limitations for a cause of action with respect to fraudulent transfers or obligations to the listed number of years after a judgment in favor of the claimant is awarded (instead of after the transfer was made or the obligation was incurred). Effective immediately.
