Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that, as part of proof of its financial responsibility, a contract carrier transporting employees in the course of their employment is required to verify hit and run and uninsured motor vehicle coverage and underinsured motor vehicle coverage in a total amount of not less than $250,000 per passenger.
Amends the Family Caregiver Act. Makes the Act applicable to family caregivers for adults over age 18 who are disabled. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that it is unlawful for a railroad or any of its employees to interfere in any way with a railroad employee's effort to obtain first aid or medical treatment for an injury suffered in the course of employment. Provides that it is unlawful for a railroad or any of its employees to discipline or threaten to discipline an employee for requesting treatment for a job-related injury. Provides that a violation is a business offense punishable by a fine of not more than $10,000.
Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Requires a hospital's discharge planner to provide the patient with information to enable the patient to contact the Department on Aging's case coordination unit. Requires that hospital procedures in connection with giving a discharge notice include prohibitions against discharges or referrals to unlicensed, uncertified, or unregistered facilities or service providers that are required to be licensed, certified, or registered. Effective immediately.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the Violent Video Games Law. Provides that a person who sells, rents, or permits to be sold or rented, any violent video game to any minor, commits a Class A misdemeanor for which a fine of $5,000 may be imposed. Provides that a family member's purchase of a violent video game for another family member who is a minor does not constitute a violation of this provision. Establishes labeling requirements for violent video games. Creates the Sexually Explicit Video Games Law. Provides that a person who sells, rents, or permits to be sold or rented, any sexually explicit video game to any minor, commits a Class A misdemeanor for which a fine of $5,000 may be imposed. Provides that a family member's purchase of a sexually explicit video game for another family member who is a minor does not constitute a violation of this provision. Establishes labeling requirements for sexually explicit video games. Provides that these laws are severable. Effective January 1, 2006.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that notice of penalties and opportunities for hearing with regard to failure to pay fines for parking violations may be sent to the violator's last known address recorded in a United States Postal Service approved database. Provides that, in cases where the violations involved a leased vehicle, notice may be sent to the last address known to the lessor of the vehicle. Provides that, after the expiration of the period during which judicial review may be sought for the administrative adjudication of a parking violation, the municipality commencing an action against the violator may file with the court a certified record (in lieu of a certified copy) of the final determination of violation.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.
Amends the Employee Benefit Contribution Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the failure to make payments to an employee health insurance plan.
Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Provides that "medication administration" refers to a licensed health care professional engaging in administering insulin and vitamin B-12 injections (instead of "routine" insulin and vitamin B-12 injections). From the list of purposes for which an assisted living or shared housing establishment may not employ a licensed health care professional, eliminates the purpose concerning a person who requires sliding scale insulin administration unless self-performed or administered by a licensed health care professional. Provides that an assisted living or shared housing establishment contract must include a statement outlining whether the establishment charges a community fee and, if so, the amount of the fee and whether it is refundable. Provides that if the fee is refundable, the contract must describe the conditions under which it is refundable and how the amount of the refund is determined. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Creates the Community Care Program Advisory Committee in the Department on Aging to advise the Department on issues related to the Department's programs of service to prevent unnecessary institutionalization. Sets forth the terms and conditions of membership on the Committee. Provides that Committee reports and recommendations are advisory only. Effective July 1, 2005.
