Amends the Northern Illinois University Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning membership on the Board of Trustees.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Medicaid reimbursement rate for pharmacies shall include (i) a professional dispensing fee of $5 for each generic prescription drug dispensed and $4 for each brand name prescription drug dispensed (instead of a fee determined by the Department of Public Aid) and (ii) the average wholesale price (instead of current acquisition cost) of the prescription drug dispensed, minus 10%. Provides that the dispensing fee does not include any reasonable reimbursement to a health care provider for professional services (other then dispensing a prescription drug) that he or she provides. Requires the Department to update its information on the average wholesale prices (instead of the acquisition costs) of all prescription drugs at least every 30 days. Effective immediately.
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Removes provisions allowing the Environmental Protection Agency to assess and collect NPDES discharge fees. Effective immediately.
Creates the Native American Gaming Act. Provides that before the Governor may enter into a compact with a Native American tribe authorizing the Native American tribe to conduct gambling in Illinois, the Governor must submit a request for authority to enter into the compact to the General Assembly and receive legislative approval to enter into the compact.
Amends the Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act. Increases the amount of moneys in the Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund to be appropriated to the Department of Public Health for nursing scholarships awarded pursuant to the Nursing Education Scholarship Law from $750,000 to $1,500,000 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004 and each fiscal year thereafter. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions concerning child care for TANF recipients, provides that the Department of Human Services must annually establish income thresholds for determining eligibility for child care benefits. Provides that the thresholds must be no less than 50% of the then-current State median income for each family size, and deletes a provision requiring such a 50% threshold only for FY 1998. Provides that in determining a family's income, the Department must disregard 10% of the family's gross wages and salary.
Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Provides that an entry in the district clerk's records, ledger, or official minute book, stating that there was a dedication of a highway according to statutory requirements, is prima facie evidence that the highway was dedicated and that the dedication complied with all statutory requirements (rather than providing that the clerk's records, or certified copies of the clerk's records and papers, relating to work done on a township or district road are prima facie evidence that requirements have been complied with). Effective immediately.
Mourns the combat death in Iraq of Specialist Brandon Jacob Rowe, United States Army, of Roscoe, and honors his memory.
Names the State of Illinois Building at 160 North La Salle Street in Chicago the Michael Bilandic Building.
