Sen. John M. Sullivan

Mourns the death of Thomas W. Birdsell of Beardstown.

Mourns the death of Carroll A. Johnson of Rushville.

Amends the Statute on Statutes. Defines the terms "person", "human being", "child", and "individual" to include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. Defines "born alive" to mean the complete expulsion or extraction from the mother of an infant, at any stage of development, who after such expulsion or extraction breathes or has a beating heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles, regardless of whether the umbilical cord has been cut and regardless of whether the expulsion or extraction occurs as a result of natural or induced labor, cesarean section, or induced abortion. Provides that nothing in these definitions shall be construed to affirm, deny, expand, or contract any legal status or legal right applicable to any member of the species homo sapiens at any point prior to being born alive.

Amends the State Salary and Annuity Withholding Act. Allows certain contractual employees to authorize the withholding of labor union fringe benefits under specified conditions.

Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Authorizes the Department to retain the fingerprint record of a child fingerprinted at a Department data collection location. Requires the permission of the child's parent or guardian and permits retention and use only if the child is later missing or abducted, if an Amber Alert is issued for that child, or if a missing person report is filed for that child. Requires that the Department destroy the record after the child reaches age 18, unless the 18-year-old authorizes retention of the record.

Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates the month of November of each year as Alzheimer's Awareness Month.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions requiring an insurer that provides coverage for hospital or medical expenses under a group policy of accident and health insurance or health care plan to provide coverage under the policy for treatment of serious mental illness under the same terms and conditions as coverage for hospital or medical expenses related to other illnesses and diseases (commonly referred to as "mental health parity"), eliminates the December 31, 2005 sunset date that applies to those provisions. Effective immediately.

Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Creates the Rural Microbusiness Loan Program to provide $250,000 per fiscal year in loans for the establishment or support of businesses that: (i) employ 5 or fewer employees; (ii) are located in rural counties with a population of 100,000 or less; and (iii) are based on the production, processing, or marketing of agricultural products, forest products, cottage and craft products, or tourism. Limits the total amount of loans made to any borrower to $25,000 per fiscal year. Requires the Department to adopt rules concerning the administration of the program and to create a competitive application procedure. Requires a borrower to provide a certain portion of the financing for the project. Limits the term of the loan to no more than 5 years. Contains provisions concerning the interest rate, security required for the loan, and other terms. Provides that all interest generated by the loans shall be deposited into the Rural Microbusiness Loan Program Administrative Fund, a special fund in the State treasury, for the purpose of paying expenses related to the administration of the Rural Microbusiness Loan Program. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Rural Microbusiness Loan Program Administrative Fund. Effective immediately.

Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Provides that identifying information in indicated reports involving the sexual abuse of a child, the death of a child, or serious physical injury to a child must be retained after the report is indicated or after the subsequent case or report is closed (instead of may be retained longer than 5 years after that time).

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction.