Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell

Encourages the Governor's Office of Management and Budget to utilize the funds available due to the increased Federal Medical Assistance Percentage, also known as FMAP, along with funds available in the Health and Human Services Medicaid Trust Fund and funds available in the Community Mental Health Medicaid Trust Fund to maintain appropriation levels supporting current community care provided by mental health and substance misuse treatment community providers and increase funding to pay the State's obligations in a timely fashion.

Mourns the death of Dr. Harry W. Jensen, DC.

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning charter schools.

Amends the School Code. Adds a Section concerning performance pay. Contains only a caption.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Article involving third party administrators.

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 Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. In a Section concerning funding for children requiring special education services, provides that through fiscal year 2010 (instead of fiscal year 2007), individual school districts shall not receive payments totaling less than they received during fiscal year 2004 under the funding authorized under certain repealed provisions. Effective immediately.

Urges the Governor to exercise his authority to accelerate the 23rd and 24th General State Aid payments immediately to assist school districts in complying with statutory, balanced-budget requirements.

Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code. Under specified circumstances, allows for a maximum of 5 additional charter schools exclusively for truants or dropouts in Chicago (which charter schools may each contain multi-site campuses) if the limit on the number of charter schools that may operate at any one time in the rest of the State has not been reached. Provides that if any of the additional charter schools are not used exclusively for truants or dropouts, then the State Board of Education shall withhold and the charter school shall forfeit all State funding designated for that school.

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Increases the amount of the earned income tax credit from 5% of the federal credit to: (i) 7.5% of the federal tax credit for taxable years ending in calendar year 2007; and (ii) 10% of the federal tax credit for taxable years ending in calendar year 2008 or thereafter. Effective immediately.