Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act in the provision concerning emergency Department classifications to provide that long-term acute care hospitals, as defined under the Hospital Emergency Services Act, are not required to provide hospital emergency services and shall be classified as not available. Amends the Hospital Emergency Services Act. Provides an exception for long-term acute care hospitals from the requirement that certain hospitals shall provide a hospital emergency service. Provides that general acute care hospitals designated by Medicare as long-term acute care hospitals are not required to provide the hospital emergency services required by the Act. Provides that such hospitals may provide hospital emergency services at their option. Sets forth provisions concerning notification. Effective immediately.
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Mourns the death of Marlies Perthel of Indian Head Park.
Mourns the death of James L. Althoff Sr. of McHenry.
Creates the Illinois Unemployment Insurance Reform Committee to study the system of unemployment insurance benefits, trust fund stability, and reforms that interested parties believe are warranted. Provides guidance for appointments. Provides that the Illinois Unemployment Insurance Reform Committee shall submit a written report of its activities and recommendations, by majority vote of the members appointed, to the General Assembly by January 1, 2015.
Mourns the death of Danny Ray Day Sr. of Dixon.
Amends the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act. Expands the definition of the term "police station" to include a campus police department located on any college or university owned or controlled by the State or any private college or private university that is not owned or controlled by the State.
Amends the Election Code. Extends the "incapacitated voter" provisions to residents of State-operated and federally-operated veterans' homes, hospitals, and facilities located in Illinois in order to qualify for absentee ballots in multiple elections and to require that absentee voting be conducted at the homes, hospitals, and facilities.
Congratulates Senator Gary Dahl on his retirement from the Illinois Senate.
Mourns the death of Mark Johnson of La Grange Park.
Mourns the death of Christopher D. Wheatley.