Amends the Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan Act. Provides that coverage under the Plan shall automatically terminate as of the effective date of any medical assistance, except in cases where the effective date of the medical assistance is the date that the application for medical assistance was submitted to the Department of Human Services and that date is different than the date that the applicant is determined to be eligible for medical assistance. Provides that in that circumstance, coverage under the plan shall terminate on the date that the applicant was determined to be eligible for medical assistance. Effective immediately.
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Honors Phyllis Wilken of Kankakee on her 95th birthday.
Amends the Soybean Marketing Act. Defines "net market price". Changes the assessment after the first 5 years from "2¢ per bushel" to "1/2 of 1% of the net market price".
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that if a defendant is accused of child pornography or aggravated child pornography or the defendant is accused of first degree murder or second degree murder when the commission of the offense involves sexual penetration or sexual conduct, evidence of the defendant's commission of another such offense or evidence to rebut that proof or an inference from that proof, may be admissible (if that evidence is otherwise admissible under the rules of evidence) and may be considered for its bearing on any matter to which it is relevant. Provides that (1) testimony by the victim of an out of court statement made by the victim that he or she complained of such act to another; and (2) testimony of an out of court statement made by the victim describing any complaint of such act or matter or detail pertaining to any act which is an element of an offense which is the subject of a prosecution for a sexual or physical act against that victim are admissible as exceptions to the hearsay rule in prosecutions for any sex offense as defined in the Sex Offender Registration Act.
Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons with Disabilities Act. Extends the repeal date of the Act from September 6, 2008 to June 30, 2010. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Provides that the Task Force on Health Planning Reform may report to the Governor and the General Assembly as may be necessary at any time and shall submit a final report by November 3, 2008 (instead of shall submit findings and recommendations by March 1, 2008). Provides that the Task Force is abolished on December 31, 2008 (instead of August 31, 2008). Extends the repeal of the Act to July 1, 2009 (instead of August 31, 2008). Effective immediately.
Congratulates the members and officers of Laborers' Local 751 on the occasion of their 80th anniversary and designates February 6, 2008 as Laborers' Local 751 Day in the State of Illinois.
Provides that the Auditor General of the State of Illinois is directed to audit the Medical Assistance Program with respect to the accuracy and impact of eligibility determination standards and procedures regarding persons applying for or receiving assistance for long term care, with particular emphasis on the nature and scope of errors in the assessment of the financial resources and financial liability of the applicants and recipients.
Congratulates Chief Steven Wilder of the Bradley Fire Department, on his retirement, April 30, 2008.
Congratulates the Bishop McNamara Dance Team on the occasion of winning the 2008 State Dance Championship.