Amends the Illinois Insurance Code with respect to colorectal cancer examinations. Provides that insurance coverage must provide coverage for colorectal cancer examinations according to the most recently published guidelines of the American Cancer Society. Effective immediately.
Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates the third Saturday in June of each year as Juneteenth National Freedom Day to commemorate the abolition of slavery throughout the United States and its territories in 1865. Effective immediately.
Amends the Civic Center Code. Provides that certain contracts with a value of more than $10,000 (now, $2,500 or $5,000) shall be awarded to the highest or lowest responsible bidder, as the case may be, after advertising for bids. Provides exceptions to the requirement that contracts be awarded to the lowest bidder in certain circumstances.
Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Allows certain retired teachers to remain in retirement status and continue to receive their retirement annuities while engaging in employment in a designated subject shortage area. Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 to provide that health insurance benefits under the State and TRIP plans are suspended while the annuitant is covered as an active teacher. Amends the School Code to require regional superintendents of schools to certify school district compliance with certain requirements of the program. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Makes grammatical changes in the statute relating to the unlawful delivery of a controlled substance to a pregnant woman.
Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that the presence of a methamphetamine manufacturing chemical in a sealed, factory imprinted container at the time of seizure by law enforcement is prima facie evidence that the methamphetamine manufacturing chemical located within the container is in fact the chemical so described and in the amount and dosage listed on the container.
Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Makes technical changes in the short title Section.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the owner (instead of the driver) of a vehicle is responsible for paying fines, charges, and costs on an abandoned vehicle and may be penalized for failure to do so.
Congratulates Stanley Weder on his retirement from the State of Illinois Comptroller's Office.
Congratulates Hazel Marie Taborn on the occasion of her retirement as Music Minister at Union Baptist Church in Springfield.
