Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough

Amends the Personnel Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Urges the Department of Human Services, in collaboration with the Departments of Children and Family Services, Healthcare and Family Services, Corrections, Financial Institutions and Professional Regulation, the Illinois State Board of Education, and the Illinois Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities to complete an assessment of existing State and federal assistance programs involving Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.

Congratulates Frank M. Paris on the occasion of his retirement from the Village of River Forest.

Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change concerning submission of the State budget.

Amends the Smoke Free Illinois Act. Provides that enclosed laboratories, not open to the public, in an accredited university or government facility where the activity of smoking is exclusively conducted for the purpose of medical or scientific health-related research are not considered a "place of employment" and that smoking is allowed in these enclosed laboratories. Provides that a "retail tobacco store" includes an enclosed workplace that manufactures, imports, or distributes tobacco or tobacco products as a necessary and integral part of its business processes, provided that the involved business entity: (1) maintains a specially designated area or areas within the workplace for the purpose of the heating, burning, smoking, or lighting activities, and does not create a facility that permits smoking throughout; (2) satisfies the 80% requirement related to gross sales; and (3) delivers tobacco products to consumers, retail establishments, or other wholesale establishments as part of its business. Provides that owners of indoor public places and workplaces shall reasonably assure that smoking is prohibited. Provides that smoking is allowed in certain enclosed laboratories and common smoking rooms in long-term care facilities. Provides that the Department, State-certified local public health departments, and local law enforcement agencies shall enforce the provisions of this Act through the issuance of citations and that the citations will conspicuously include certain information. Sets forth procedures to contest a citation issued pursuant to the Act. Imposes conditions on any rulemaking authority. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Congratulates Hugh A. Muir on the occasion of his 100th birthday.

Creates the Midwifery Licensure Act. Provides for the licensure of midwives by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Grants rulemaking authority to the Department and provides that the rules shall include the establishment of criteria for licensure, professional conduct, and discipline. Creates the Illinois Midwifery Board. Sets forth provisions concerning informed consent, qualifications, licensure, title, continuing education, exemption from civil liability, and vicarious liability. Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act to set a repeal date for the new Act of January 1, 2018. Amends the Good Samaritan Act to provide for the exemption from civil liability.

Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that the board of trustees of a community college district has the power to make the buildings of a community college available for emergency purposes, upon the request of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency or the State-accredited emergency management agency with jurisdiction, and to cooperate in all matters with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, local emergency management agencies, State-certified, local public health departments, and federal agencies concerned with emergency preparedness and response (now, the board has the power to make the buildings of a community college available for use as civil defense shelters for all persons and to cooperate with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, local organizations for civil defense, and federal agencies concerned with civil defense in all matters). Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Requires the Department of Revenue to offer a special instant scratch-off game with the title of "Quality of Life", to commence on July 1, 2007 and to be discontinued on December 31, 2012. Provides that the net revenue from the game shall be deposited into the Quality of Life Endowment Fund for appropriation by the General Assembly solely to the Department of Public Health, in consultation with the Quality of Life Board, for the purpose of HIV/AIDS-prevention education and for making grants to public or private entities in Illinois for the purpose of funding organizations that serve the highest at-risk categories for contracting HIV or developing AIDS. Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois to create the Quality of Life Board as an advisory board within the Department of Public Health. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Quality of Life Endowment Fund. Sets forth procedures for the appointment of Board members and for the operation of the Board. Effective immediately.

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that in counties with a population of 3 million or more, the demand for possession or for rent required in a forcible entry and detainer action, and the notice of foreclosure, foreclosure complaint, and notice of judicial sale in mortgage foreclosure proceedings, shall state the name and date of birth of each known occupant of the premises and the name of each known occupant who has a disability. Provides that a judgment of foreclosure may include special matters including, but not limited to, in counties with a population of 3 million or more, whether any known occupant is age 14 or younger, age 65 or older, or disabled. Effective immediately.