Congratulates Richard Gaylord and the members and staff of the National Association of Realtors as they celebrate the centennial anniversary of the Association.
Amends the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing Code. Provides for the summary suspension of a license issued under the Code upon the finding of the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation that the continuation of practice by a licensee would constitute an imminent danger to the public. Effective immediately.
Creates the Genetic and Metabolic Diseases Advisory Committee Act. Provides that the Director of Public Health shall create the Genetic and Metabolic Diseases Advisory Committee to advise the Department of Public Health regarding issues relevant to newborn screenings of metabolic diseases. Amends the State Finance Act to exempt the Metabolic Screening and Treatment Fund from transfers made by the Governor to the General Revenue Fund. Amends the Phenylketonuria Testing Act. Provides that beginning July 1, 2008, the Department of Public Health shall provide all newborns with expanded screening tests for the presence of Lysosomal Storage Disorders known as Krabbe, Pompe, Gaucher, Fabry, and Niemann-Pick. Effective immediately.
Creates the Task Force on the Licensure of Naturopathic Physicians to (i) evaluate whether the standards of naturopathic medical education and training are adequate to protect the public and (ii) make recommendations as to the extent to which regulation of naturopathic physicians will benefit the health of the citizens of Illinois.
Urges the President of the United States and the Congress of the United States to make the Republic of Poland eligible for the United States Department of State's Visa Waiver Program.
Congratulates Joe Caccamo on the occasion of his retirement as President of Central Grocers, Inc.
Amends the Elevator Safety and Regulation Act. Removes certain references to the design of elevators and related apparatuses. Provides that an applicant for an elevator mechanic's license who makes application by demonstrating to the Office of the State Fire Marshal acceptable proof that he or she has worked as an elevator constructor, maintenance, or repair person for the equipment that a licensee of the Act is authorized to install must make application to the Office by December 31, 2007 (rather than May 1, 2006), but that all licenses issued under those terms between May 1, 2006 and the effective date of the amendatory Act are deemed valid. Adds one representative of the senior citizen population who is appointed by the Governor to the Elevator Safety Review Board. Effective immediately.
Amends the Professional Boxing Act to provide for the regulation of martial art and mixed martial art matches and exhibitions. Requires a promoter to submit to the Department, after making initial application to conduct an event and within 10 days of a scheduled event, proof of insurance for not less than $50,000 (instead of $10,000) for each contestant participating in a contest or exhibition. Makes other changes. Repeals a Section concerning ultimate fighting exhibitions.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Under the Medicaid program, authorizes the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to provide for the services of persons licensed as a clinical social worker in supplying medical assistance. Prohibits the Department's rules from requiring that services for a specific Medicaid recipient provided by a licensed clinical social worker be recommended by a physician. Effective immediately.
Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the county board in any county (instead of a county with a population of less then 3,000,000) may establish a code hearing unit. Effective immediately.
