Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the School Code, the Illinois Insurance Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act, and the Illinois Public Aid Code to require coverage for bone mass measurement and treatment of osteoporosis.
Amends the Economic Development Area Tax Increment Allocation Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code to provide that the medical assistance program must include coverage for surgical treatment for morbid obesity.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Changes references in the statute on unlawful sale of firearms from "sell" or "give" to "transfer". Prohibits multiple transfers of handguns within a 30-day period. Creates the offense of unlawful acquisition of handguns. Provides exemptions and affirmative defenses. Provides that the penalty is a Class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent offense.
Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that health benefits provided to employees under those Acts must include coverage for surgical treatment for morbid obesity. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.
Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish a program to award grants to area projects to plan, establish, operate, coordinate, and evaluate community services programs. Requires the Department to establish eligibility requirements for grants. Sets forth procedures for grant awards. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. Provides that for public elementary schools, any food sold to students in competition with federally funded school meal programs must meet certain healthy food standards. Provides that during regular school hours and during federally funded school meal programs, water, nonfat and low-fat plain and flavored milk, soy milk, and rice milk, and 100% fruit juices that have no added sweeteners are the only beverages that may be sold to elementary school students, and provides that the serving size for a beverage may not exceed 12 ounces unless the beverage being sold is water. Provides that no foods of minimal nutritional value may be served on elementary school campuses during regular school hours. Requires school boards to encourage elementary school teachers not to use food as a reward or incentive for student behavior or academic performance. Requires the State Superintendent of Education to review and test compliance. Effective July 1, 2004.
Creates a Task Force to evaluate the impact of the Cook County Offender Accountability Initiative.
Amends the Jury Act and the Jury Commission Act. Provides that, upon a mother's statement that she is breast feeding and her request to be excused from jury service, she shall be excused from jury service unless it is found that her statement is false. Amends the Jury Secrecy Act and the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Permits a juror who is the mother of an infant to bring the infant into the courtroom where the jury is hearing testimony and deliberating on a verdict for the purpose of caring for and breast feeding that infant. Amends the Public Accommodations Article of the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is a civil rights violation to prohibit a woman from breast feeding an infant in a place of public accommodation. Amends the One Day Rest in Seven Act. Provides that an employer must provide reasonable unpaid break time each day to an employee who needs to express breast milk for her infant child if the break time would not unduly disrupt the operation of the employer. Encourages employers to make reasonable efforts to provide a room or other location, in close proximity to the work area, other than a toilet stall, where an employee may express her milk in privacy.
Amends the Election Code. Establishes guidelines for the State Board of Elections when a provision of State law authorizes voters to file petitions for the submission of a public question to voters in a referendum. Effective immediately.
