Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Deletes facilities for persons with a developmental disability from the provision requiring the Department of Public Health to consult with the Department of Human Services in developing minimum standards for certain facilities. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, the State Finance Act, the Nursing Home Care Act, and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Renames the Family Care Fund the Medical Interagency Program Fund. Provides that the Fund is created for the purposes of receiving, investing, and distributing moneys in accordance with (i) an approved State plan or waiver under the Social Security Act (instead of a waiver under the Social Security Act resulting from a specified Family Care waiver request) and (ii) an interagency agreement. Makes changes to provisions concerning: the prescreening of long term care facility residents who apply for Medicaid; the FamilyCare program; emergency services audits; and other matters. Repeals a provision requiring the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to operate a pilot project to determine the effect of raising the income and non-exempt asset eligibility thresholds for certain persons with disabilities on those persons' ability to maintain their homes in the community and avoid institutionalization. Repeals a provision requiring the Department of Human Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to jointly establish an interagency committee to assist the departments in making recommendations on incorporating health care advocates into education, training, and placement programs geared towards TANF recipients. Repeals The Illinois Welfare and Rehabilitation Services Planning Act. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code and the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Requires all schools, whether public or private, who are members of the Illinois High School Association to adopt a student athlete injury policy that provides that if a student athlete is injured during play and the coach suspects that the student might have a concussion, then the student is prohibited from returning to play until a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches, an advanced practice nurse, or a physician's assistant authorizes the student to return to play. Urges school boards to encourage their teachers and other school personnel who coach school athletic programs and other extracurricular school activities to acquire training in recognizing the symptoms of a concussion and the proper steps to take in suspected concussion cases.
Creates the Parents and Community Accountability Study Committee to examine issues related to racial and socioeconomic disparities affecting the pro-social development of children and youth, to identify ways to engage more parents in being accountable for the actions of their children, and to identify ways to engage more communities in being accountable for investing in pro-social development of children and families.
Creates the Joint Task Force on Turkish and Illinois Relations. Sets forth the membership of the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force is charged with strengthening and continuing the State's friendship, business, and cultural ties with the Republic of Turkey.
Mourns the death of Paul Simmons Jr.
Mourns the death of George Davis, Jr.
Designates the month of Ramadan, the 9th month of the Islamic lunar calendar, as a Green Month in the State of Illinois.
Mourns the death of Melvin Alexander, Sr. of Chicago.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code and the State Finance Act. Provides for the issuance of Chicago Police Memorial Foundation license plates to applicants who meet specified criteria. Provides that, in addition to the appropriate registration fees, an applicant for the plates shall be charged a fee of $25 at original issuance and at renewal. Provides that $10 of the additional original issuance fee and $23 of the renewal fee shall be deposited into the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation Fund, a new special fund in the State treasury. Provides that $15 of the original issuance fee and $2 of the renewal fee shall be deposited into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund. Provides that the moneys in the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation Fund shall be paid as grants to the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation for specified purposes. Effective immediately.
