Creates the Comprehensive Housing, Health, and Supportive Services for Older Adults Act and amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act, the State Finance Act, and the Nursing Home Care Act. Requires the Director of Public Health, in coordination with the Director of Aging and the Director of Public Aid, to monitor and analyze the distribution of housing and services for older adults in the different geographic areas of the State and implement corrective action plans by July 1, 2005. Provides for a program for conversion of nursing homes to assisted living or shared housing establishments; makes such conversions exempt from the requirements of the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act, and provides for transition planning grants to nursing homes making such conversions. Creates special funds in the State treasury for use in implementing the Comprehensive Housing, Health, and Supportive Services for Older Adults Act. Provides for transfers from the Long Term Care Monitor/Receiver Fund to the new Nursing Home Conversion Fund and the new Nursing Home Transition Planning Grant Fund. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section requiring the Department of Corrections to designate those institutions and facilities that are maintained for persons assigned as adults and as juveniles.
Creates the Mercury Reduction Act. Provides that the Environmental Protection Agency may participate in the establishment and implementation of a multi-state clearinghouse to assist in carrying out the purpose of mercury reduction. Provides that beginning July 1, 2005, no mercury-added product may be offered for final sale or use or distributed for promotional purposes in the State without prior written notification to the Environmental Protection Agency by the manufacturer of the product. Sets forth the requirements for this notification. Sets forth restrictions on the purchase or sale of certain mercury-added products. Provides that beginning July 1, 2006, no person may crush, shred, flatten, or otherwise process a motor vehicle for scrap metal without first making a good faith effort to remove any mercury light switches and mercury headlights. Provides that, on or before January 1, 2006, the Pollution Control Board must modify its rules governing universal hazardous waste as appropriate to promote the recycling, recovery, and proper management of elemental mercury and mercury-added products on a statewide basis. Sets forth penalties for violations of the Act. Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Adds "vehicle recycler" to the list of persons who may not knowingly shred, scrap, dismantle, recycle, incinerate, handle, store, or otherwise manage any white good that contains any white components. Provides that no owner, operator, agent, employee of a junkyard or scrap dealership, or vehicle recycler may knowingly shred, scrap, dismantle, recycle, incinerate, handle, store, or otherwise manage any end-of-life motor vehicle that contains any mercury-added component. Defines "vehicle recycler", "end-of-life motor vehicle", and "mercury-added component". Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that if a physician providing medical care to a committed person on behalf of the Department of Corrections advises the chief administrative officer of the correctional institution that the committed person's mental or physical health has deteriorated as a result of the cessation of ingestion of food or liquid to the point where medical or surgical treatment is required to prevent death, damage, or impairment to bodily functions, the chief administrative officer may authorize such medical or surgical treatment.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions pertaining to the minimum values of any paid-up, cash surrender or death benefits available under an annuity contract based upon minimum nonforfeiture amounts as defined, modifies the definition determining the minimum nonforfeiture amount. Provides that the interest rate used in determining minimum nonforfeiture amounts to be an annual rate of interest determined as the lesser of 3% per annum and the following, which shall be specified in the contract if the interest rate will be reset, (i) the 5-year Constant Maturity Treasury Rate reported by the Federal Reserve, (ii) reduced by 125 basis points, (iii) the resulting interest rate is not less than 1%, and (iv) the interest rate applies for an initial period and may be redetermined for additional periods. Clarifies existing language and makes other changes. Effective July 1, 2006.
Creates the Private Sewage Disposal Review Commission to review the Private Sewage Disposal Licensing Act.
Congratulates Berneice Kenny of Arlington on the occasion of her 100th birthday on March 14, 2004.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions defining an insurer, adds any self-insurance arrangement covered by stop-loss insurance that provides health care benefits in this State. In provisions requiring any deficit incurred or expected to be incurred on behalf of federally eligible individuals who qualify for Plan coverage be recouped by an assessment of insurers, provides instruction for computing an assessment. Requires each insurer to pay its assessment as required by the Plan. Requires that if assessments exceed the amounts actually needed, the excess shall be held and invested and used by the Plan to offset future net losses or reduce pool premiums. Defines future net losses. Makes other changes.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions regarding policy forms, requires the Department of Insurance to mail a quarterly invoice to insurance companies for the appropriate filing fees. Removes language indicating that fees charged for a policy filed as it will be issued regardless of the number of forms comprising that policy shall not exceed $1,000 or $2,000 for advisory or rating organizations. Effective immediately.