Amends the Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act. Provides for the issuance of a specialty occupational therapist license by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to a person who seeks to practice music therapy, as that term is defined by rule of the Department, and who meets certain other qualifications.
Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Medicaid Fund Receipt Account within the General Revenue Fund. Provides that the receipt of all federal Medicaid reimbursement funds must be recorded as an entry in this account and that all such receipts must be expended solely for the purposes for which they were received and may not be expended or diverted for any other purpose.
Directs the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to provide a monthly report to the Illinois General Assembly of those enrolling or re-enrolling in the All Kids program in the previous month and specify (i) which of those new and re-enrolled children were made eligible by the provisions creating the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act and (ii) which of these enrolled children did not provide documentation of immigration status at the time of initial enrollment or subsequent re-enrollment in the All Kids program.
Directs the Auditor General to conduct a performance audit to determine the number of families and individuals that have annual income in excess of current program eligibility standards for the FamilyCare and All Kids programs and to estimate how many of those enrolled in FamilyCare and All Kids were previously insured through private insurance plans in the twelve month period before enrollment in the publicly financed programs.
Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Creates a self-distribution license. Provides that second-class wine-makers may purchase a self-distribution license that allows the licensee to produce up to 100,000 gallons of wine per year and self-distribute up to 25,000 gallons of wine per year. Creates a third-class wine-maker's license, which allows a licensee to produce up to 250,000 gallons of wine per year.
Creates the Nonprobate Transfer Act. Authorizes a transferring entity to act as an agent for an owner of property subject to a nonprobate transfer. Provides that a nonprobate transfer is nontestamentary and is exempt from the requirements of the Probate Act of 1975 and lists the provisions allowed for the nonprobate transfer. Outlines the transfer, registration, and revocation procedures for nonprobate transfers. Provides that prior to the death of the owner, a beneficiary shall have no rights in the property by reason of the beneficiary designation. Provides that, if a beneficiary disclaims, in whole or in part, the nonprobate transfer, then the disclaimant is treated as having predeceased the owner, unless the beneficiary designation provides otherwise. Disqualifies a beneficiary designation in the event that it is procured by fraud, duress, or undue influence. Sets out rules. Provides that recipients of a recoverable transfer shall pay a pro rata share to cover statutory allowances and claims due by the estate.
Amends the State Finance Act concerning fiscal year limitations on spending. With respect to the authority that certain agencies now have to make payments from current appropriations for certain medical services provided in a previous fiscal year, terminates that authority on June 30, 2010.
Encourages communities and electric utilities throughout the State to use the week during which Arbor Day falls to review and improve their education and outreach efforts with regards to proper tree placement.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961 and the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Defines "peace officer" for specified purposes to include a Department of Defense peace officer who has at least the minimum training prescribed by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board for peace officers of units of local government. Effective July 1, 2007.
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that State officers and employees prohibited from obtaining State contracts may not receive legal, banking, consulting, or other fees related to State government bond issuances. Prohibits waivers from the prohibition. Prohibits State contractors with contracts with an annual aggregate value of more than $25,000 from making political contributions to the executive branch constitutional officers responsible for awarding the contracts. Establishes penalties for violations. Requires that each State contract bid or offer in excess of $10,000 annual value must be accompanied by a disclosure of the bidder's or offeror's political contributions to the executive branch constitutional officer responsible for awarding the contract. Authorizes the State Comptroller to refuse payments under contracts for which those disclosures were not made. Makes other changes.
