Sen. Kwame Raoul

Mourns the death of Daryl Linn Wolford of Chicago.

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that forensic testing of evidence that was secured in relation to the trial which resulted in the defendant's conviction, but which was not subject to the testing which is now requested because the technology for the testing was not available at the time of trial may be allowed by the court if in addition to the other factors required by law the testing is performed by an American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD) accredited laboratory or an International Standards Organization (ISO) accredited laboratory.

Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 and the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that in a delinquency or criminal proceeding, a minor may not waive the right to the assistance of counsel in his or her defense. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions concerning the Medicaid program, provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services may not impose requirements for prior approval based on a preferred drug list for anti-retroviral, anti-hemophilic factor concentrates, or any atypical antipsychotics, conventional antipsychotics, or anticonvulsants used for the treatment of serious mental illnesses (instead of providing that the Department may not impose such requirements until 30 days after it has conducted a study of the impact of such requirements on patient care and submitted a report to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate). Effective immediately.

Amends the Automobile Renting Occupation and Use Tax Act. Defines "car-sharing organization". Exempts car-sharing organizations from taxation under the Act. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Exempts car-sharing organizations from certain requirements concerning the renting of automobiles. Effective immediately.

Appropriates $100,000 for FY2007 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of State Police for grants to local law enforcement agencies to conduct DNA testing in cases involving the murder of children under 17 years of age. Effective July 1, 2006.

Creates the Not-for-Profit Hospital Community Reinvestment Act. Prohibits a hospital system from making capital investments, investments in diagnostic equipment, or maintenance expenditures that result in disparities in health care. Requires a hospital to submit the listed information for evaluation by the Department of Public Health. Provides that the Department shall evaluate the annual reports to determine if a hospital system is engaging in a capital and equipment investment policy that results in health care disparities. Requires the Department to issue a summary report for each hospital system with one of the listed evaluation statements included. Provides that the Department shall make copies of the summary evaluations available to the public. Requires each hospital system to make copies of the report card and the summary evaluation for that hospital available at the main information desk or reception area of each of its facilities and to post a summary of the evaluation in a conspicuous public place at each of its facilities. Provides for community remediation plans for a hospital system that is underinvesting in facilities that serve minority populations. Effective immediately.

Amends the Condominium Property Act. Makes a technical change in the short title Section.

Creates the Supreme Court Campaign Reform Act. Provides that candidates for the Supreme Court may apply for a public financing benefit in connection with their campaign. Sets the amount of the public financing benefit at $750,000 for the general primary and general election cycle. Sets requirements for qualifying for the public financing benefits. Limits the amount of private contributions qualified candidates may accept. Limits the amounts that non-participating candidates may accept from private sources during campaign periods to $1,000 in the aggregate. Provides that qualified candidates must be distributed a line of credit from the Illinois Supreme Court Democracy Trust Fund to be used for lawful political expenditures. Provides for the increase of the line of credit if non-complying candidates make certain expenditures. Sets penalties for violations of the Act. Provides that the Illinois Supreme Court may require attorneys to contribute money to the Fund not to exceed $25 annually. Contains other provisions. Amends the Election Code. Provides that a payment for electioneering communications is an "expenditure". Provides that a group that "accepts contributions or makes expenditures during any 12-month period in an aggregate amount exceeding $3,000 for the purpose of electioneering communications" is a political committee. Allows the Board of Elections to impose a fine against a committee that fails to report expenditures that could trigger matching funds under the Supreme Court Campaign Reform Act. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Illinois Supreme Court Democracy Trust Fund. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Requires the Department of Revenue to print on its standard individual income tax form a provision by which the taxpayer may make a contribution (not less than $1) to the Illinois Supreme Court Democracy Trust Fund. Amends the Clerk of the Courts Act. Requires circuit court clerks to transfer $1 from each appearance fee paid to the State Treasurer for deposit into the Supreme Court Democracy Trust Fund and, to defray that expense, the county board may, by resolution, require the clerk of the circuit court in the county to charge and collect a Supreme Court Democracy Trust Fund fee of not more than $1, which shall be paid at the time that any appearance fee is paid. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code provision regarding a traffic stop statistical study currently in progress. Provides that from January 1, 2006 until December 31, 2007, whenever a State or local law enforcement officer stops a pedestrian on the basis of reasonable suspicion of criminal activity, the officer must record certain information, including the officer's subjective determination of the stopped person's race. Requires law enforcement agencies to collect and transmit the recorded data to the Department of Transportation. Requires the Department to analyze the data for evidence of statistically significant aberrations concerning the race of stopped pedestrians and to make annual reports.