Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the organization of the Department of Corrections.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of Banks and Real Estate for its FY04 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2003.
Creates the Indigent Senior Citizen and Disabled Person Survival Act. Creates the Indigent Senior Citizen and Disabled Person Survival Authority to seek funds from the insurance, general contractors, pharmaceutical, food, utilities, and health care industries and the federal government to be used to provide indigent senior citizens and disabled persons with hospital, surgical and medical care, food, and utility services. Provides for the election of one member from each congressional district at the same time the governor is elected. Provides that the Authority shall negotiate with utility companies, common carriers, communication companies, and other service providers for discounted or flat rates to assist indigent senior citizens and disabled persons to obtain needed services. Effective immediately.
Creates the Children's Mental Health Act of 2003 and amends the State Finance Act and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the development of a Children's Mental Health Plan containing short-term and long-term recommendations to provide comprehensive, coordinated mental health prevention, early intervention, and treatment services for children from birth through age 18. Sets forth features that must be included in the plan. Creates the Children's Mental Health Council, composed of representatives of State government and representatives of various advocacy organizations, to submit a preliminary plan to the Governor on September 30, 2004 and a final plan on June 30, 2005. Imposes certain duties on the Office of Mental Health within the Department of Human Services, the State Board of Education, and school districts. Creates the Children's Mental Health Fund as a special fund in the State treasury, to be used for appropriations to the Department of Human Services for mental health prevention, early intervention, and treatment services for children from birth through age 18. Under the Medicaid program, requires the Department of Public Aid to provide for the screening and assessment of a child before a Medicaid-funded admission to an inpatient hospital for psychiatric services. Effective immediately.
Amends the Circuit Courts Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the court seal.
Makes fiscal year 2005 appropriations to the State Universities Civil Service System for its ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2004.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Public Health for its FY04 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2003.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the Secretary of State for its FY05 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2004.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority for its FY04 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2003.
Creates the State Services Accountability Act. Provides that certain contractors and grantees with State contracts or grants or with contracts to perform public works shall certify that: they will not use State funds to promote, assist, or deter union organizing or to influence the decision of any of their employees to be represented or not represented by a labor organization; they will not require or prohibit the attendance of employees at a meeting related to union representation; they will not schedule or hold meetings related to union representation during an employee's work time or in work areas; and they will allow a labor organization the same opportunity to communicate with employees as is used by the contractor or the grantee. Provides that a labor organization may file a complaint with the Attorney General if it believes that a contractor or grantee is expending funds in violation of this Act and that the Attorney General shall then notify the contractor or grantee that it must provide an accounting with specified information. Provides for enforcement of the Act. Effective immediately.
