Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Adds cellular telephone companies to the list of persons and entities that are required to provide, upon request by the Child and Spouse Support Unit, location information concerning putative fathers and noncustodial parents for the purpose of establishing a child's paternity or establishing, enforcing, or modifying a child support obligation. Provides that a cellular telephone company shall respond to a request for location information within 15 days after receiving the request or be subject to a specified penalty. Provides that a cellular telephone company shall not be liable to any person for disclosure of location information as required, except for willful and wanton misconduct. Defines "cellular telephone company". Makes changes to the definition of "location information".
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Amends the Election Code. Provides that the State Board of Elections and the Office of the Secretary of State shall establish an automatic voter registration program pursuant to an interagency contract and jointly-adopted rules. Provides that an application for a driver's license, other than a temporary visitor's driver's license or a State identification card, shall also serve as an application to register to vote; allow an update to registration; and perform other specified functions. Requires specified agencies to provide certain information regarding registration. Establishes designated automatic voter registration agencies, and requires the establishment of dual-purpose applications to register to vote. Sets forth provisions and requirements for the State Board of Elections regarding the program. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to exempt certain information. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Property Tax Code. In the definition of "wooded acreage", provides that the property must be defined as "woodlands" by the United States Department of the Interior (currently, defined as "wooded acreage" by the Department of Labor). Provides that the change is intended as a clarification. Effective immediately.
Amends provisions of the Illinois Public Aid Code requiring the Department of Human Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to jointly report the number of applications and redeterminations pending long-term care eligibility determination and admission and the number of appeals of denials. Provides that the report shall specify the number of applications, redeterminations, and appeals that have been pending for 0 to 45 days, 46 days to 90 days, 91 days to 180 days, 181 days to 12 months, over 12 months to 18 months, over 18 months to 24 months, and over 24 months (rather than 0 to 90 days, 91 days to 180 days, 181 days to 12 months, over 12 months to 18 months, over 18 months to 24 months, and over 24 months). Effective immediately.
Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal date of the Acupuncture Practice Act from January 1, 2018 to January 1, 2028. Amends the Acupuncture Practice Act. Provides that all applicants and licensees shall provide a valid address and email address, which shall serve as the address and email address of record, and shall inform the Department of any change of address or email address through specified means. Provides that members of the Board of Acupuncture may not serve more than 2 consecutive full terms (rather than for more than 8 years). Eliminates certain powers and duties of the Board. Eliminates a requirement that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation seek the input of the Board on certain matters. Removes a provision allowing the Department to require a person seeking to resume active status to complete a period of evaluated clinical experience. Changes references to "registration" to references to "license". Provides that the Department has the authority and power to investigate any and all licensed activity. Removes a requirement that the Department mail a registration renewal form to registrants 60 days before the expiration of the current registration and a notice that a registration has lapsed. Makes changes to provisions concerning certification of the record to a court. Repeals provisions concerning maintaining a roster of licensed and disciplined persons. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the State Property Control Act. In provisions concerning the permanent record a responsible officer must maintain of items of State property, sets the definition of "nominal value", below which a responsible officer need not maintain a permanent record of the items, as $5,000 or less. Allows the administrator to set a higher limit by rule. Provides that nothing in the provisions shall be construed as relieving responsible officers of the duty to reasonably ensure that State property is not subject to theft. Provides that physical inventory checks only need to be made for property not of nominal value.
Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Removes obsolete language with regard to members of the Board of Higher Education, a vocational education committee, and the Tuition and Fee Waiver Task Force. Allows for the filing of electronic copies of reports to the General Assembly. Repeals provisions concerning a matching grant program for engineering colleges, a State student cooperative work program, a Parks College feasibility study, and a technology grant program. Makes technical changes.
Amends the General Provisions and Departments of State Government law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Repeals the Agricultural Export Advisory Committee. Amends the Department of Agriculture Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 to make a conforming change. Effective immediately.
Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Prostate Cancer Awareness Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code to allow for the issuance of decals by the Illinois Department of Public Health. Provides for the original and renewal fees and fee distribution for Universal special license plates with decals issued by the Illinois Department of Public Health.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to make application to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services by July 1, 2017 for a State plan amendment to implement the Community First Choice Option pursuant to the Social Security Act. Requires the Department, beginning on July 1, 2017, but no later than July 1, 2018, to submit applications to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for all Medicaid funding options available for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including a research and demonstration waiver application pursuant to the Social Security Act. Effective immediately.