Congratulates Sarah Fine-Koukol of St. Vincent Ferrer School in River Forest, on being named the 2011 Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom Teacher of the Year by the Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom Program.
Mourns the death of Kyle C. Matthews of Chicago.
Congratulates Jacqueline Reed on the occasion of her retirement as President and Chief Executive Officer of Westside Health Authority.
Mourns the death of Herman "Chip" Johnson, II.
Congratulates the members of the Nineteenth Century Charitable Association of Oak Park on the occasion of the organization's 120th anniversary.
Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that prior to the release of any inmate committed to a facility of the Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Department must provide the inmate with appropriate information in writing, by video, or other electronic means, concerning HIV and AIDS. Provides that the Department shall develop the informational materials in consultation with the Department of Public Health. Provides that at the same time, the Department must also offer the committed person the option of testing for infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), with no copayment for the test. Provides that pre-test information shall be provided to the committed person and informed consent obtained as required in the AIDS Confidentiality Act. Provides that the Department may conduct opt-out HIV testing. Provides that the Department shall follow procedures established by the Department of Public Health to conduct HIV testing and testing to confirm positive HIV test results. Eliminates references to the ELISA test and the Western Blot Assay test. Eliminates provision that HIV information and testing provided to inmates is subject to appropriation. Amends the County Jail Act. Provides that inmates of the Cook County Jail shall be provided information and testing conducted by an employee of the Cook County Health & Hospitals System (rather than the Bureau of Health Services).
Amends the Abuse of Adults with Disabilities Intervention Act. Provides that the Office of Inspector General shall file with the Governor and the General Assembly, no later than January 1 following the end of each fiscal year (rather than within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year), a report concerning its implementation of the Domestic Abuse Project. Defines the terms "mental abuse" and "financial exploitation". Removes the definition of the term "exploitation". Redefines "abuse" to mean the causing of any physical, sexual, or mental abuse (rather than mental injury) to an adult with disabilities. Expands the definition of "physical abuse" to include directing another person to physically abuse a person with disabilities. Expands the definition of "sexual abuse" to include acts of sexual exploitation including, but not limited to, facilitating or compelling an adult with disabilities to become a prostitute, or receiving anything of value from an adult with disabilities knowing it was obtained in whole or in part from the practice of prostitution. Effective immediately.
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
