Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the rules of the Illinois Department of Public Aid shall provide that every administrative determination of paternity, including those in which the mother and alleged father voluntarily acknowledge paternity in the form required by the Department, must be accompanied by genetic testing documentation supporting the determination. Provides that if an alleged father fails to respond to a notice, or fails to comply with an administrative order to submit to genetic testing, the Department may apply to the court for a summons and order compelling the alleged father to submit to genetic testing at a specified time and place. Provides that if the alleged father fails to comply with the summons or order, the Department may seek to enforce the court order with contempt proceedings. Amends the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984. Provides that in an action to declare the non-existence of the parent and child relationship and in any action to determine the existence of the father and child relationship, except those based upon the presumptions of paternity provided for in the Act, the judgment shall not be rendered unless DNA tests have been conducted. Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that voluntary acknowledgement of paternity must be accompanied by the results of DNA tests, conducted by an expert qualified as an examiner of blood or tissues types, showing the man to be the natural father of the child. Makes other changes.
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Amends the School Code. Provides that in the State Board of Education's latch key report, the Board shall report the total number of pupils participating in before and after school programs (instead of the number participating by school district). Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to reimburse a nursing home under the Medicaid program from the date that a Medicaid recipient is transferred from a hospital to the nursing home, regardless of whether the nursing home has received the appropriate forms required under federal law in connection with the transfer by that date. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning boundary changes.
Amends the School Code. In the Section concerning the school building code, provides that the State Board of Education shall require each school district to prepare an indoor air quality policy. Provides that each school district shall annually notify parents about the policy and the school board's approval of that policy and shall provide a copy of the policy along with the notification. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Banking on Illinois Act. Makes a change concerning declarations of policy to provide that by ensuring a favorable environment for banks to commence and operate their businesses from this State, more newly created community banks and merging banks will choose to maintain or retain their headquarters in or (now, and) relocate their main banking offices to Illinois. Provides that it is the purpose of the Act to encourage and provide a favorable environment in Illinois for the chartering and operating of banks that locate and maintain main banking headquarters (now, offices) in this State. Authorizes a State or federally chartered bank that maintains its main banking headquarters in this State to offer a credit product to Illinois residents under the same terms and conditions that an out-of-state bank may offer the credit product to Illinois residents. Requires any bank offering such a credit product to provide written notice to the Director of the Division of Banks and Real Estate in the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation of its intent to offer the product. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Chicago school district.
Appropriates $25,000,000 from the Health Care Services Trust Fund to the Department of Public Aid for payments to providers of services covered under the medical assistance or State children's health insurance programs. Effective July 1, 2005.
Amends the School Code to make changes concerning the waiver or modification of mandates within the School Code and rules. Provides that the General Assembly must act upon (now, may disapprove) the State Board of Education report outlining requests for mandate waivers within 60 days after each house of the General Assembly next convenes after the report is filed. Provides that if the General Assembly fails to act upon (now, disapprove) any waiver request within the 60-day time period, the waiver shall be deemed disapproved (now, granted). Beginning with the report filed by the State Board before March 1, 2007 and for each report filed by the State Board in each odd-numbered year thereafter, requires that the resolution be introduced in the House of Representatives. Beginning with the report filed by the State Board before March 1, 2008 and for each report filed by the State Board in each even-numbered year thereafter, requires that the resolution be introduced in the Senate. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Breakfast and Lunch Program Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning applications.