Sen. William Delgado

Requires the Department of Human Services to develop performance indicators to help assess the level of attainment of outcome measures that address program participation and the delivery of quality services in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, the Food Stamp program, and all medical assistance programs for children and families.

Creates the Court Grandparent Awareness Training Act. Provides that the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts shall create an awareness training course that addresses and sensitizes judges and judicial personnel to the unique problems and issues faced by grandparents who are raising their grandchildren. Requires that all judges and judicial personnel attend initial training within 90 days after the effective date of the Act or within 90 days after their appointment or transfer or date of hire, as appropriate, as well as an annual in-service training. Establishes minimum guidelines for the training course content.

Creates the Access to Governmental Services Act. Requires each constitutional officer, State agency, circuit court clerk, and State program to provide equal access to public services for individuals with "limited English proficiency". Provides definitions of "equal access", "limited English proficiency", "oral language services", "State program", and "important documents". Reasonable steps to provide equal access to public services by each constitutional officer, State agency, and State program includes, but is not limited to: in-house oral language services for individuals with limited English proficiency, if the agency or office of the Constitutional officer has contact at least weekly with individuals with limited English proficiency; translation of important documents ordinarily provided to the public must be provided in any language spoken by at least 3% of the population within the State, as measured by the U.S. Census. Reasonable steps to provide equal access to public services by each circuit court clerk includes, but is not limited to: in-house oral language services for individuals with limited English proficiency, if the office of the clerk has contact at least weekly with individuals with limited English proficiency; translation of important documents ordinarily provided to the public must be provided in any language spoken by at least 5% of the population within the county served by the circuit clerk, as measured by the U.S. Census; and additional methods necessary to achieve equal access.

Amends the Language Assistance Services Act. Provides that a hospital or nursing home (i) must adopt and review annually a policy for providing language assistance services to patients with language or communication barriers and (ii) must provide its nonbilingual staff with standardized picture and phrase sheets for use in routine communications with patients who have language or communication barriers (instead of having those 2 activities as options). Provides that a hospital or nursing home must also do at least one of the remaining 7 specified activities (instead of providing that a hospital or nursing home must do one or more of 9 specified activities). Effective immediately.

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Creates the offense of being an armed habitual criminal. Provides that a person commits the offense of being an armed habitual criminal if he or she receives, sells, possesses, or transfers any firearm after having been convicted a total of 3 or more times of any of the following offenses: first degree murder; aggravated battery; aggravated battery with a firearm; unlawful use of a weapon by a felon; robbery; armed robbery; residential burglary; home invasion; vehicular hijacking; gunrunning; intimidation; armed violence; criminal sexual assault; aggravated criminal sexual assault; predatory criminal sexual assault of a child; aggravated domestic battery; or any violation of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act or the Cannabis Control Act that is punishable as a Class 3 felony or higher. Provides that a violation is a Class X felony. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a prisoner serving a sentence for being an armed habitual criminal shall receive no more than 4.5 days of good conduct credit for each month of his or her sentence of imprisonment. Effective immediately.

Amends the Ticket Scalping Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning service charges.

Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 relating to the offense of criminal sexual assault. Provides that a person also commits the offense when he or she commits an act of sexual penetration with a victim who was under 19 years of age and who is enrolled in high school when the act was committed and the accused was 17 years of age or older and held a position of trust, authority, or supervision in relation to the victim at the same high school. Effective immediately.

Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to establish a State goal that all school districts have a wellness policy that is consistent with recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Requires the Department of Public Health and the State Board to form an interagency working group to publish model wellness policies and sample programs. Requires the State Board to establish a pilot project to implement model wellness policies. Creates the School Wellness Policy Taskforce to identify barriers to implementing wellness policies, recommend how to reduce those barriers, recommend statewide school nutrition standards, and evaluate the effectiveness of wellness policies. Effective immediately.

Congratulates the Chicago White Sox organization and Manager Ozzie Guillen on their 2005 World Series victory.

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction.