Amends the State Property Control Act. Requires that all automobiles owned by the State shall be under the control of the Department of Central Management Services, except those used by the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of State Police.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the "Medicaid" Article.
Extends the annual transfer of money from the General Revenue Fund to the Grape and Wine Resources Fund through June 30, 2006.
Amends the Poison Control System Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to establish a funding formula for the Poison Control System. Provides that the formula must increase or decrease the annual funding amount to match any increase or decrease in the consumer price index as reported on January 1 of each year. Provides that the State shall continue to provide funding to the Illinois Poison Control System on an annual basis in furtherance of the goals of the funding formula. Effective immediately.
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that upon leave of court, in any case in which the defendant is charged with the offense of first degree murder and the prosecution seeks the death penalty, or in a first degree murder case in which a term of natural life imprisonment is the only sentence allowed under the law following the defendant's conviction, any party may take the testimony, upon oral examination, of: (1) any person other than a law enforcement officer, victim, or family member who is identified as, or believed to be, an eyewitness to the occurrence that is the subject of the prosecution; (2) any person whom either party intends to call at trial regarding incriminating statements made by the accused to persons other than a law enforcement officer or prosecutor; and (3) any person identified as, or believed to be, an alibi witness. Applies to actions initiated on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act.
Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Requires the Director of Aging, in coordination with the Director of Public Aid and the Director of Public Health, to analyze the distribution of housing, health services, and supportive services for seniors in each geographic area of the State and to identify and designate critical access service areas. Provides that, at the end of each State fiscal year, any unspent and unencumbered General Revenue Fund appropriations for long-term care for seniors shall be deposited into the Alternative Long-Term Care Services for Seniors Fund. Provides that moneys in the Fund shall be used to fund specified alternative long-term care services with priority given to the distribution of funds for services in critical access service areas. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Alternative Long-Term Care Services for Seniors Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that instruction permits last only 12 months and may not be renewed. Provides that a person who previously held an instruction permit that expired may not be issued another permit until a period of no less than 6 months has passed since the date of the most recent expiration. Provides that a person who has not previously held a driver's license may not be issued a license unless he or she currently holds a valid instruction permit. Effective immediately.
Amends the State Finance Act. Exempts moneys held in the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority Fund from certain transfers to the General Revenue Fund. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that any motor vehicle subject to the mandatory insurance requirements of the Code must display on its rear license plate a sticker indicating that the vehicle is covered by liability insurance and the month and year through which coverage has been purchased. Provides that an insurer must provide an insurance sticker for each vehicle insured under its policy. Provides that the insurer may not issue a similar sticker with any policy that does not provide the coverage required by the Code. Provides that the Secretary of State shall adopt rules providing that, if the Secretary issues a new license plate for a vehicle, and the insurance sticker for that vehicle has not expired, the insurer must issue a new sticker for that vehicle. Provides that the Secretary shall prescribe the form and content of the sticker. Provides that the Secretary shall adopt any additional rules necessary for implementing the provision.
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Creates the Community Developmental Disability Services Medicaid Trust Fund consisting of funds paid to the State by the federal government under Title XIX or Title XXI of the Social Security Act for services delivered by community developmental disability services providers. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall reimburse community developmental disability services providers out of the Fund for Medicaid-reimbursed developmental disability services provided to eligible individuals. Repeals the Community Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Services Provider Participation Fee Trust Fund.
