Amends the Downstate Firefighter Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.
Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. In connection with a hospital's or medical staff's right to summarily suspend, without a prior hearing, a person's medical staff membership or clinical privileges in the case of an immediate danger to the public, provides that an immediate danger must be evidenced by a documented act or acts that directly threaten patient care in the hospital and are not of an administrative nature; provides that when a medical staff member's license to practice has been suspended or revoked by the State's licensing authority, no hearing is necessary. Adds provisions concerning medical staff peer review. Adds provisions concerning medical staff self-governance, including: the right to establish criteria and requirements for medical staff membership, privileges, and activities; the right to select and remove medical staff officers; and the right to assess dues. Also sets forth provisions concerning dispute resolution. Effective January 1, 2009.
Amends the Election Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the continuation of prior laws.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that if a taxing district is located in more than one county, then the chief county assessment officer of a county in which the taxing district is located may equalize the assessments by increasing or reducing the entire assessment of property in the portion of the taxing district located in the county served by the chief county assessment officer or any area therein so that the assessments will be at 33 1/3% of fair cash value. Sets forth procedures for the equalization. Provides that these provisions do not apply to any taxing district located in Cook County.
Amends the Humane Care for Animals Act and the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Provides that an animal control officer or a humane society investigator with reasonable cause to suspect or believe that a child is being abused or neglected or is in danger of being abused or neglected must immediately make a written or oral report to the Department of Children and Family Services. Provides that any person required to report suspected child abuse or neglect under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act must also immediately report suspected animal abuse or neglect or danger of animal abuse or neglect to the Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Animal Welfare. Preempts the exercise of home rule powers. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State. Effective immediately.
Amends the Public Library District Act of 1991. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning captions.
Urges the Department of Public Health to provide for the reporting and recommendations originally called for in the Alternative Health Care Delivery Act.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, in counties with 75,000 or more inhabitants, the chief county assessment official shall publish on the county's Internet website all residential assessment data for each parcel of property in the county. Effective immediately.
Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (instead of the Department of Public Health) is responsible for licensing Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs). Effective immediately.
