Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the University of Illinois at Chicago for the use of its School of Public Health for costs associated with public education, outreach, and community involvement for the CeaseFire initiative of the Chicago Project for Violence Prevention. Effective July 1, 2005.
Celebrates the 370th anniversary of the National Guard.
Amends the Nursing Home Care Act and the Hospital Licensing Act; provides that a nursing home or hospital that orders transportation of a resident or patient by ambulance must maintain a written record showing the name of the person who placed the order for that transportation and the medical reason for that transportation. Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act; authorizes the Department of Public Health to suspend, for a period not exceeding 30 days, the license of any vehicle service provider, after an opportunity for a hearing, when findings show that the provider has directly or indirectly given, offered, or promised anything of value to a facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act or the Hospital Licensing Act for the purpose of influencing the facility to use the provider's services for the transportation of residents or patients of the facility. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Sets forth statements that must be included in an agreement for emergency or non-emergency transportation of a patient by an ambulance service provider, and requires that such an agreement contain certain other information and be printed in type of a certain size. Requires that the agreement be signed by the patient or the patient's authorized representative and by the ambulance service provider's authorized agent. Requires that the patient or the patient's authorized representative be provided with an executed copy of the agreement. Provides that it is an unlawful practice under the Act for an ambulance service provider to enter into an agreement with a patient, or a person acting on the patient's behalf, that does not comply with these requirements. Provides that if the court finds that an ambulance service provider has violated any of the requirements concerning an agreement with a patient, the court may order that the ambulance service provider pay to the patient an amount equal to 3 times the maximum amount stated in the agreement that will be due from the patient or, if no such maximum amount is stated in the agreement, 3 times the amount claimed due by the ambulance service provider, including any interest, collection costs, and attorney's fees claimed by the provider.
Amends the IMRF Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Prohibits a person convicted of a felony relating to or arising out of or in connection with his or her service as an employee who is an employee of more than one employer that participates in the Fund from receiving benefits based on any of his or her service as an employee for all employers that participate in the Fund. Provides that, if, as a result of the felony, the employee is ordered by the court to pay restitution to the employer, then (i) the employer may apply for a refund of employee contributions on the employee's behalf and (ii) pursuant to appropriate documentation from the employer and the court, the Fund shall pay to the employer all or a portion of the refund in a sum sufficient to satisfy the court-ordered restitution. Effective immediately.
Amends the Acupuncture Practice Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning activities exempt from the application of the Act.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the transportation of pupils.
Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that a consumer who has been the victim of identity theft may place a security freeze on his or her credit report by making a request in writing by certified mail to a consumer credit reporting agency with a valid copy of a police report, investigative report, or complaint that the consumer has filed with a law enforcement agency about unlawful use of his or her personal information by another person. Requires a credit reporting agency to place a security freeze on a consumer's credit report no later than 5 business days after receiving a written request from the consumer. Provides that if the consumer wishes to allow his or her credit report to be accessed for a specific party, parties, or period of time while a freeze is in place, he or she shall contact the consumer credit reporting agency, request that the freeze be temporarily lifted, and provide certain information. Provides that if a security freeze is in place, a credit reporting agency shall not change any of the following official information in a credit report without sending a written confirmation of the change to the consumer within 30 days of the change being posted to the consumer's file: (i) name; (ii) date of birth; (iii) Social Security number; and (iv) address. Provides that certain entities are not required to place a security freeze in a credit report provided certain conditions are met. Defines "proper identification".
Amends the Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title and policy of the Act.
Amends the Toll Highway Act. Makes a technical change in a definitions Section.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a person convicted or found guilty of any offense requiring registration under the Sex Offender Registration Act or convicted or found guilty of, under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, any offense requiring registration under the Sex Offender Registration Act shall submit samples of blood, saliva, or tissue to the Department of State Police for analysis and categorizing into genetic marker groupings. Provides that on or before February 1 of each year, the Department of State Police shall report to the Governor and both houses of the General Assembly all evidence awaiting testing or DNA analysis, including whether such evidence is in the physical custody of the Department of State Police or awaiting submission to the Department State Police, to the extent that the Department of State Police has notice of such evidence; and the number of convicted persons in Illinois eligible to have their DNA profile entered into the convicted offender database whose DNA profile has not yet been entered into the convicted offender database.
