Amends the School Code. Provides that each school board must not make available food containing industrially produced trans fat or use food containing industrially produced trans fat in the preparation of a food item served to students from any source, including, but not limited to, school stores, school vending machines, school cafeterias, school food service establishments, and fundraising activities on school premises, whether or not school sponsored. Provides that the prohibition applies to all food and beverages sold on school grounds during the regular and extended school day, but does not apply to food provided through a United States Department of Agriculture meal program. Requires the State Board of Education to establish a procedure for monitoring compliance by school boards, and allows the State Board to establish appropriate penalties based on failure to comply.
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Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Provides that within 72 hours after the arrest or detention by a law enforcement officer of a minor who was under 18 years of age at the time of the arrest or detention and who is not in State custody for an offense, other than a minor traffic offense, in which the law enforcement agency keeps a record of the arrest or detention, the Department shall convene a meeting with representatives of the school district where the minor resides and the Department of Juvenile Justice, to establish supportive services plans for the person to meet the needs of that person and his or her family. The supportive services plans shall include a behavior health intervention plan, an education plan, a parental support plan, and any other services plans benefiting the person and his or her family. Defines "minor traffic offense" as a petty offense, business offense, or Class C misdemeanor under the Illinois Vehicle Code or a similar provision of a municipal or local ordinance. Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 and the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that immediately after the arrest or taking into custody of a minor who is not in State custody if the arrest or taking into custody is for an offense, other than a minor traffic violation, in which the law enforcement agency has kept a record of that arrest or taking into custody, the law enforcement agency whose officer has arrested or taken the minor into custody shall notify the Department of Children and Family Services that the minor has been arrested or taken into custody. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services shall notify the school district where the minor resides and the Department of Juvenile Justice that the minor has been arrested or taken into custody. Changes the confidentiality provisions of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 to permit disclosure of the law enforcement records to the Department of Children and Family Services, the school district where the minor resides, and the Department of Juvenile Justice.
Acknowledges the Tulsa, Oklahoma race riot of May 31 and June 1, 1921.
Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department shall establish a searchable online database containing information about businesses located in Illinois. Contains provisions concerning registration of businesses. Provides that the Department shall charge an initial registration fee of $100 for small businesses and $200 for businesses that are not small businesses. Provides that the Department shall charge an annual fee of $25 for each registered small business and $50 for each registered business that is not a small business. Provides that the fees shall be deposited into the Illinois Chamber of Commerce Support Fund. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Fund.
Amends the Consumer Installment Loan Act. Provides that the annual percentage rate shall not exceed 21% for title-secured loans in which an obligor provides to the licensee, as a security for the loan, physical possession of the obligor's title to a motor vehicle. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code and the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984. Provides that administrative determination of paternity that is not based on a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity made in accordance with the Illinois Public Aid Code may be challenged in court on the basis of fraud, duress, or material mistake of fact, with the burden of proof upon the challenging party and that, pending outcome of the challenge to the administrative determination of paternity, the legal responsibilities of the parties shall remain in full force and effect, except upon order of the court upon a showing of good cause. Provides that evidence that, based on DNA testing, the man who has been found to be the father of a child under an administrative determination of paternity is not the natural father of the child constitutes a material mistake of fact. Provides that such an action is barred if brought more than 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act or more than 2 years after the petitioner obtains actual knowledge of relevant facts, whichever is later and that the 2-year period for bringing an action shall not extend beyond the date on which the child reaches the age of 18 years. Effective immediately.
Creates the Young Adult Voluntary Foster Care Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to implement this Act in accordance with the State's approved Title IV-E State Plan. Provides that a youth who exited foster care after reaching 18 years of age but before reaching 21 years of age may reenter foster care and receive extended foster care services. Sets forth eligibility criteria and provides that if a youth chooses to participate in extended foster care services the Department and the youth shall sign a voluntary foster care agreement that shall include certain information including (i) the obligation for the youth to continue to meet the conditions for eligibility for the duration of the voluntary foster care agreement and (ii) the voluntary nature of the youth's participation in receiving extended foster care services. Contains provisions concerning written report requirements; periodic case reviews by the appropriate juvenile court; termination of the voluntary adult foster care agreement; and other matters.
Amends the ID/DD Community Care Act. Requires that any transfer or discharge of a resident under the Discharge and Transfer Part of the Licensing, Enforcement, Violations, Penalties and Remedies Article of the Act must be approved in writing by the medical director of the facility initiating the transfer or discharge. Provides that the facility from which a resident is transferred or discharged shall notify the resident in writing of the availability of relocation assistance from the Department of Public Health.
Amends the Professional Counselor and Clinical Professional Counselor Licensing and Practice Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Professional Counselor Examining and Disciplinary Board.
Amends the School Code. Provides that a school board shall require its schools to either connect at-risk students with anger management classes offered in the community or conduct their own anger management classes for at-risk students. Provides that if the school board requires a school to conduct these classes, the classes do not have to be implemented until the beginning of the 2016-2017 school year. Effective immediately.