Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions concerning child care for TANF recipients, provides that beginning July 1, 2004, the rates paid by the Department of Human Services to all providers of child care services who are licensed under the Child Care Act of 1969 shall be increased by an amount equal to 2% of the rates in effect on June 30, 2004. Effective July 1, 2004.
Sen. Don Harmon
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Amends the Film Production Services Tax Credit Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning applications for certification.
Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging by providing that, beginning July 1, 2004, vendors of homemaker, chore, and housekeeping services shall receive a rate increase of $1.16 per hour if at least $0.86 of that increase is used to increase the wages of homemakers and chore housekeepers. Provides that vendors receiving this increase must submit proof to the Department, either (i) by a an audited supplemental to the Direct Service Workers cost report or (ii) by the terms of a collective bargaining agreement, that they have increased homemakers' and chore housekeepers' wages by $0.86 per hour. Effective on July 1, 2004.
Calls on the President and the U.S. Congress to fully fund the CREATE Program to reduce railroad congestion.
Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning hazardous waste disposal sites.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the general purposes of the Code.
Amends the Interagency Wetland Policy Act of 1989. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Health Maintenance Organization Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Nursing Home Administrators Licensing and Disciplinary Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.