Sen. Mattie Hunter

Amends the School Code. Deletes language providing that before July 1, 2006 and after June 30, 2010, the State Board of Education shall provide the primary source of funding through appropriations for the grants for preschool educational program and the funds shall be distributed for the benefit of children who because of their home and community environment are subject to such language, cultural, economic and like disadvantages that they have been determined as a result of screening procedures to be at risk of academic failure. Deletes language that provides that screening procedures shall be based on criteria established by the State Board of Education. Removes the date restrictions of July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2010 on the requirement that the State Board of Education shall provide the primary source of funding through appropriations for the program. Effective immediately.

Amends the Residential Mortgage License Act of 1987. Provides that no licensee may make, provide, or arrange a mortgage loan with a prepayment penalty (rather than permitting prepayment penalties under specified conditions). Provides that prepayment penalties are prohibited in connection with the sale or destruction of a dwelling secured by a residential mortgage loan. Amends the High Risk Home Loan Act to provide that for any loan that is subject to the provisions of the Act and is not subject to the provisions of the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994, no lender shall make a high risk home loan that includes a penalty provision (rather than permitting prepayment penalties under specified conditions). Amends the Interest Act. Deletes a provision providing that notwithstanding specified provisions, the lender, in the case of any nonexempt residential mortgage loan, shall have the right to include a prepayment penalty that meets specified criteria.

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In connection with the medical assistance program, provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall adopt rules for payment of claims for reimbursement for covered dental services that allow a qualified provider of such services who is volunteering his or her time at no cost to a not-for-profit health clinic to designate such health clinic as alternate payee. Provides that a not-for-profit health clinic may be a public or private health clinic or Federally Qualified Health Center where covered dental services are performed. Provides that if a qualified provider of covered dental services designates a not-for-profit health clinic as alternate payee, the provider shall not be required to individually enroll as a participating vendor in the medical assistance program and the Department shall establish a process for making reimbursement payments to such alternate payee.

Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that hospitals shall have policies and procedures for readily gaining access to a locked bathroom in a patient's room.

Amends the Line of Duty Compensation Act. Provides that the person filing a claim for compensation under the Act for a fireman killed in the line of duty shall have access, on a timely basis and in an efficient manner, to all information related to the court's consideration, processing, or adjudication of the claim. Includes in the definition of "eligible late claimant" persons filing a claim for compensation under the Act for a fireman killed in the line of duty.

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that in addition to any rights and obligations under the federal Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, whenever it is determined in a foreclosure proceeding that the mortgagor defendant is a person who was deployed to a combat or combat support posting while on active military duty within the previous 12 months, the court must stay the proceedings for a period of 90 days. "Active military duty" means service on active duty as a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, the Illinois National Guard, or any reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States.

Mourns the death of Queen T. Holman.

Mourns the death of Manda Roberts of Chicago.

Mourns the death of Merritt L. Hicks Jr. of Chicago.

Mourns the death of Timothy Michael Ash.