Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning justification in the use of force against another person in defense of a dwelling.
Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Makes changes in provisions concerning reversionary annuities, child annuities, duty disability benefits, and refunds. Allows a contributing employee or commissioner to establish additional service credit for certain active military service. Makes other changes. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Creates the Employee Credit Privacy Act. Prohibits employers from inquiring about or using an employee's or prospective employee's credit history as a basis for employment, recruitment, discharge, or compensation with some exceptions. Prohibits an employer from retaliating or discriminating against a person who files a complaint under the Act, participates in an investigation, proceeding, or action concerning a violation of the Act, or opposes a violation of the Act. Contains provisions concerning waiver and remedies.
Amends the Anti-Crime Advisory Council Act to provide that the Council shall additionally advise and assist with the CPS Violence Prevention Hotline. Amends the School Code. Provides that in consultation with the Anti-Crime Advisory Council and the Chicago Police Department, the Chicago Board of Education must establish a hotline for the purpose of receiving anonymous phone calls for information that may prevent violence. Requires that calls that are placed to the hotline must be answered by the Chicago Police Department. Requires that each call placed to the hotline must be recorded and investigated by the Chicago Police Department. Provides that the hotline shall be known as the "CPS Violence Prevention Hotline" and its number and anonymous nature must be posted in all Chicago Public Schools.
Creates the Debt Settlement Consumer Protection Act. Provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to operate as a debt settlement provider or engage in debt settlement service except as authorized by the Act and without first having obtained a license under the Act. Contains provisions concerning the (1) application for a license, (2) qualifications for licensure, (3) renewal of a license, (4) display requirements for a license, (5) temporary licensed locations, (6) denial of a license, (7) revocation or suspension of a license, (8) maintenance of records by a licensee, (9) examination of a licensee, (10) maintenance of trust funds by a licensee, and (11) other licensee businesses. With respect to the Director of Financial Institutions, contains provisions concerning the (1) adoption of rules by the Director, (2) penalties for violations of the Act, (3) procedure the Director may take to obtain an injunction, (4) review of decisions, (5) issuance of cease and desist orders. Contains provisions concerning (1) advertising practices, (2) individualized financial analysis, (3) required disclosures, (4) debt settlement contracts, (5) fees, (6) consumer settlement accounts, (7) cancellation of contracts, (8) obligations of good faith, (9) prohibited practices and noncompliance with the Act, and (10) civil remedies. Amends the Debt Management Service Act to exclude "debt settlement service" and attorneys engaged in specific practices from the Act. Amends the State Finance Act to provide that moneys collected under the Debt Settlement Consumer Protection Act shall be deposited into the Financial Institution Fund. Contains a severability clause. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act to specify that a violation of the Debt Settlement Consumer Protection Act is a violation of the Act. Effective immediately.
Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that all persons seeking admission to a nursing facility shall be verbally screened for risk factors associated with hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) according to guidelines established by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Provides that persons who are identified as being at high risk for hepatitis B, hepatitis C, or HIV shall be offered an opportunity to undergo laboratory testing if they will be admitted to the nursing facility for at least 7 days and are not known to be infected with any of the listed viruses. Provides that all HIV testing shall be conducted in compliance with the AIDS Confidentiality Act and that all persons determined to be susceptible to the hepatitis B virus shall be offered immunization upon admission to any nursing facility. Requires nursing facilities to document a resident's screening for risk factors associated with hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV, and whether or not the resident was immunized against hepatitis B. Effective January 1, 2011.
Amends the State Finance Act and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that disbursements made from the Drug Rebate Fund shall be made for payments for reimbursement (rather than for payments to pharmacies for reimbursement) or coverage for prescription drugs and other pharmacy products provided to a recipient of medical assistance under the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Children's Health Insurance Program Act, the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act, the Veterans' Health Insurance Program Act of 2008, and the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act (rather than to a recipient of medical assistance under the Illinois Public Aid Code or the Children's Health Insurance Program Act). Provides that disbursements made from the Healthcare Provider Relief Fund shall include payments covering administrative expenses. Provides that federal funds received by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services for the Child Support Enforcement Program shall be deposited in the Child Support Enforcement Trust Fund or the Child Support Administrative Fund. Expands the scope of the Public Aid Recoveries Trust Fund to include recoveries made by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services in respect to applicants and recipients under the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act and the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act. Makes other changes.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that a taxpayer conducting a trade or business in an enterprise zone or a High Impact Business designated by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity or, for taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2006, in a River Edge Redevelopment Zone conducting a trade or business in a federally designated Foreign Trade Zone or Sub-Zone shall be allowed a credit in the amount of (i) $1,000 per eligible employee hired to work in the zone during taxable years ending after December 31, 2009 and ending on or before December 31, 2012 and (ii) $500 per eligible employee hired to work in the zone during taxable years ending after December 31, 2012 (now $500 per eligible employee in each taxable year). Effective immediately.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the East St. Louis Financial Advisory Authority for its FY 10 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2009.
Amends the Illinois State Collection Act of 1986. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
