Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services may purchase services and materials associated with the costs of developing, implementing, and maintaining (rather than developing and implementing) a data warehouse comprised of management and decision making information in regard to the liability associated with, and utilization of, medical and related services, out of moneys available for that purpose. Removes a provision requiring the Department to perform all necessary administrative functions to expand its linearly-scalable data warehouse to encompass other healthcare data sources at both the Department of Human Services and the Department of Public Health, and to supply quarterly reports to the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability detailing progress toward this mandate. Removes language that (i) required the departments of Healthcare and Family Services, Public Health, and Human Services and the Division of Specialized Care for Children to jointly prepare a work plan for fully integrating specified data sets into the medical data warehouse by September 1, 2009 and (ii) required the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to submit status reports on the progress of these and other specified efforts to the Governor and the General Assembly no later than October 1, 2009 and April 1, 2010, with a final report due no later than November 1, 2010. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Agricultural Areas Conservation and Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that until May 1, 2014, vehicle weight limits do not apply to a commercial motor vehicle used primarily in the transportation of propane winter heating fuel. Provides that a vehicle is not permitted to cross a bridge with posted weight restrictions if the vehicle exceeds the posted weight limit. Effective immediately.
Congratulates River City Construction on its 30th anniversary.
Congratulates Judge John Gorman on his retirement.
Congratulates Janice Bonneville as she ends her tenure with the State as Deputy Director of Benefits at Central Management Services.
Congratulates RLI Corp on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its founding.
Congratulates William D. "Bill" Olson on the occasion of his retirement as President of the Associated Beer Distributors of Illinois.
Mourns the death of Harold A. "Pete" Vonachen of Peoria.
Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.