Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Adds categories of non-citizens who are eligible for public aid if they meet other standards of eligibility. The categories include nationals of Cuba or Haiti, Amerasians from Vietnam, persons identified by the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) as victims of trafficking, members of a Hmong or Highland Laotian tribe when the tribe helped United States personnel by taking part in a military or rescue operation during the Vietnam era, American Indians born in Canada, and persons who are a spouse, widow, or child of a U.S. citizen or a spouse or child of a legal permanent resident (LPR) who have been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty by the U.S. citizen or LPR. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Residential Mortgage License Act of 1987. Increases the size of the Residential Mortgage Board by 2 members. Requires that at least two of the members shall represent consumer advocacy organizations of which one must be a statewide senior citizen membership based organization. Removes authority to pay per diem and expenses for members other than citizen members who shall be reimbursed for actual expenses. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the annual budgets of school districts other than the Chicago school district.
Creates the Race Track Housing and Facility Standards Act (contains only a short-title provision).
Creates the Illinois Immigrant and Refugee Act of 2004. Contains a short title only.
Amends the Animal Control Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning rabies inoculations.
Amends the State Housing Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the Act's short title.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, and the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act. Provides that coverage under those Acts must include coverage for all generally medically accepted cancer screening tests. Effective immediately.
Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department of Public Health.