Amends the Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the organization of the Department of Corrections.
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Creates the Community Developmental Disability Services Medicaid Trust Fund consisting of funds paid to the State by the federal government under Title XIX or Title XXI of the Social Security Act for services delivered by community developmental disability services providers. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall reimburse community developmental disability services providers out of the Fund for Medicaid-reimbursed developmental disability services provided to eligible individuals. Repeals the Community Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Services Provider Participation Fee Trust Fund.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning trustees of schools.
Amends the Tuberculosis Sanitarium District Act. Dissolves the Suburban Cook County Tuberculosis Sanitarium District upon the effective date of the amendatory Act. Requires all assets and liabilities of the dissolved district to be transferred to the Cook County Forest Preserve District to be used only for future land acquisition. Requires all responsibility for tuberculosis treatment and care of the dissolved Suburban Cook County Tuberculosis Sanitarium District to be transferred to the Cook County Department of Public Health.
Appropriates $1,560,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Public Health for grants to the Metropolitan Chicago Hospital Council-CHC for support of the Illinois Poison Control Center. Effective July 1, 2004.
Amends the Procurement Code. Defines "expatriate corporation" as a foreign incorporated entity that (1) is publicly traded in the United States, (2) is incorporated in a tax haven, (3) less than 10% of the gross income of which is derived from activities in the tax haven, (4) less than 10% of the employees of which are permanently located in the tax haven, and (5) has certain ownership or other business interest connections with a domestic corporation or partnership. Provides that an expatriate corporation shall be considered a non-resident bidder. Provides that no business or member of a unitary business group, as defined in the Illinois Income Tax Act, shall submit a bid for or enter into a contract with a State agency under this Code if that business or any member of the unitary business group is an expatriate corporation. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that notwithstanding the definition of "unitary business group", any person formed or incorporated in a foreign tax haven may be a member of a unitary business group without regard to where its business activities are conducted. Lists those places that are "foreign tax havens". Provides that the term "foreign tax haven" also includes any foreign country that does not impose a substantial business income tax or other substantial business activity tax, as determined by the Department by rule. Effective July 1, 2004.
Creates the Fire Safety for Cigarettes Act of 2004. Contains only a short title provision.
Amends the Renewable Fuels Development Program Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the findings of the General Assembly.
Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Authorizes certain persons to purchase up to 2 years of service credit for certain military service not following employment. Requires payment of an amount representing both employee contributions and the employer's normal cost, plus interest. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
