Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Requires insurers to cover surveillance tests for ovarian cancer for female insureds who are at risk for ovarian cancer. Provides a definition for "at risk for ovarian cancer" and "surveillance tests for ovarian cancer". Effective January 1, 2006.
Creates the Rental Housing Support Program Act. Provides for grants from the Illinois Housing Development Authority to local administering agencies to provide subsidies for landlords in order to allow them to charge rent that is affordable for low-income tenants. Also provides for grants from the Illinois Housing Development Authority to developers of affordable rental housing. Sets forth criteria for the awarding of grants. Requires the Authority to establish an operating reserve for the program. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Rental Housing Support Program Fund, a special fund in the State treasury. Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the county recorder shall collect a $10 surcharge for the recordation of any real estate-related document, one dollar of which shall be deposited into the county's general revenue fund and $9 of which shall be deposited into the Rental Housing Support Program Fund. Sets forth the conditions upon which and purposes for which expenditures may be made from the Accounts. Effective July 1, 2005.
Amends provisions of the AIDS Confidentiality Act prohibiting the disclosure of the identity of a test subject or the results of a test in a manner that permits identification of the test subject, with specified exceptions. Adds an exception permitting disclosure to local health authorities serving a population of over 1,000,000 residents or other local health authorities designated by the Department of Public Health. Provides that a local health authority shall not disclose information and records held by it relating to known or suspected cases of AIDS or HIV infection. Amends the AIDS Registry Act. Changes the short title of the Act to the "HIV/AIDS Registry Act". Changes the name of the "AIDS Registry" to the "HIV/AIDS Registry" (makes reference to "HIV" accordingly). Defines "HIV" and "registry".
Creates the Payday Loan Reform Act. Provides that the Division of Financial Institutions of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall license and regulate entities that offer payday loans (loans under which a lender accepts a post-dated check, authorization to debit a consumer's bank account, or an interest in a consumer's wages as security for the loan). Establishes requirements and restrictions applicable to license applications and licensing. Contains provisions regarding: limitations, requirements, and disclosures applicable to loan agreements, terms of loans, finance charges, and renewal of loans; revocation, suspension, and surrender of licenses; information to be available to the public; complaint handling; hearings; books and records; reports; advertising; prohibited acts; bonding; administrative rules; and other matters. Amends the Financial Institutions Code to provide for the administration of the Payday Loan Reform Act. Amends the Consumer Installment Loan Act to provide that the Act does not apply to payday loans. Provides that a violation of the Payday Loan Reform Act constitutes a violation of the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Effective immediately.
Mourns the death of Alphonse G. Guajardo of Chicago.
Urges the President of the United States, the Congress of the United States, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to establish an independent board of drug safety and a public database of all clinical trial data to ensure that the safety and efficacy of drugs that are sent to market and that stay on the market are subject to the scrutiny of the public and doctors and researchers who have no financial ties to the drug industry.
Amends the Supreme Court Act. Adds a caption to a Section concerning the powers of the Court.
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning medical and dental care for minors requiring authoritative intervention who are in temporary custody or shelter care.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that harassment through electronic communications by reason of the harassed person's actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or national origin is a hate crime. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code in relation to rights and responsibilities of applicants and recipients. Prohibits discrimination on account of marriage status. Effective immediately.
