Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the Auditor General for its FY04 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2003.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Human Rights Commission for its FY04 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2003.
Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Requires the Department on Aging to develop and maintain an information system concerning the State's aging population and incapacitated and dependent adults and to prepare, publish, and disseminate related educational materials. Provides that the information system must be available for use by State and local agencies and by the public. Requires any public agency or private agency to submit information for the system upon request by the Department. Requires compliance with State and federal confidentiality laws and with federal information sharing standards.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the Attorney General for its FY05 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2004.
Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that a person who is not a federally licensed firearm dealer who desires to transfer a firearm while that person is on the grounds of a gun show must do so only through a federally licensed firearm dealer. Provides that the dealer must follow the procedure under the dial up provision of the Act as if the dealer were the seller of the firearm.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person under the age of 18 may not operate an all-terrain vehicle unless he or she is wearing a protective helmet and is under the supervision of a licensed driver 21 years of age or older.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for its FY04 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2003.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Public Aid may not establish any formulary limits on, or restrict by any prior authorization requirement, any prescription drug or laboratory or diagnostic test as prescribed and determined to be medically necessary for the treatment and prevention of certain diseases, including HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, end stage renal disease, and cancer. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education, in coordination with the Illinois Board of Higher Education, shall implement a Giant Steps Autism Center for Excellence program for the study and evaluation of autism and to provide related teacher training and other services. The program shall be operated over a period of 3 school years, beginning with the 2004-2005 school year. The State Board of Education is authorized to make grants to school districts that apply to participate in the Giant Steps Autism Center for Excellence program. The State Board of Education shall by rule provide the form of application and criteria to be used and applied in selecting participating school districts. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging by providing that, beginning July 1, 2004, vendors of homemaker, chore, and housekeeping services shall receive a rate increase of $1.16 per hour if at least $0.86 of that increase is used to increase the wages of homemakers and chore housekeepers. Provides that vendors receiving this increase must submit proof to the Department, either (i) by a an audited supplemental to the Direct Service Workers cost report or (ii) by the terms of a collective bargaining agreement, that they have increased homemakers' and chore housekeepers' wages by $0.86 per hour. Effective on July 1, 2004.
