Rep. Lisa M. Dugan

Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Gives downstate firefighter pension funds the same investment authority as all of the other retirement systems and pension funds (excluding downstate police pension funds) under the Code. Removes references to downstate firefighter pension funds in various provisions regarding investment authority that were formerly applicable only to downstate police and downstate firefighter pension funds. Requires the board of trustees of a downstate firefighter pension fund to appoint investment advisers (was discretionary). Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.

Amends the State Finance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Budget Stabilization Fund.

Amends Public Act 95-348, which made appropriations for FY2008, by repealing several Articles and Sections. Makes appropriations from GRF to the Comptroller to pay outstanding vouchers related to medical expenses. Makes appropriations to the Secretary of State for soil and water conservation grants. Makes appropriations to the University of Illinois for the State Cooperative Extension Service. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides a guideline for Medicaid reimbursement for ambulance services for emergency ambulance services, non-emergency ambulance services, mileage, advanced life support services, and specialty care transport services. Provides that the requirement for payment of ground ambulance services by the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services is met if the services are provided pursuant to a request for evaluation, treatment, and transport for an individual with a condition of such a nature that a prudent layperson would have reasonably expected that a delay in seeking immediate medical attention would have been hazardous to life or health. Requires the Department to annually update the ambulance fee schedule rates on July 1 of each year.

Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the School Code, the Illinois Insurance Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, the Limited Health Service Organization Act, the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act, and the Illinois Public Aid Code to provide coverage for autism spectrum disorders to the extent that the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders are not already covered by the policy or plan. Provides that this coverage shall be subject to a maximum benefit of $36,000 per year, but shall not be subject to any limits on the number of visits to an autism service provider. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that no account for a utility service by a public utility that serves over 2,000,000 residential customers shall be in the name of a person under the age of 18, unless that person is an emancipated minor. Provides that such a utility is not entitled to any payment on a service account transferred into the name of a person under the age of 18, unless that person is an emancipated minor. Provides that any utility that serves over 2,000,000 residential customers that unknowingly opens a service account in the name of or transfers a service account to a person under the age of 18 who is not an emancipated minor and reports a delinquent debt on the account to a credit reporting agency, collection agency, or person licensed to market utility services in the State of Illinois shall request that the delinquent debt report on the service account be removed from the minor's credit history as soon as possible after the utility discovers the error.

Amends the State Fire Marshal Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the creation of the Office.

Amends the Property Tax Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning valuation statements.

Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning testing of disaster warning devices.

For Fiscal Year 2008, reappropriates $150,000,000 to the Capital Development Board for school construction grants pursuant to the School Construction Law. Effective immediately.