Mourns the death of Gary E. Grace of Champaign.
Sen. Chapin Rose
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Congratulates Millie and Ernie Rosenberg on the occasion of their retirement, and thanks them for their many years of service to the community of Mahomet by operating the Ace Hardware Store, and extends best wishes for the continued success of the store to Jim and Amy Hood.
Congratulates Susan Cisna of Mattoon on being named the 2004 Illinois Reading Educator of the Year for grades 6 through 12.
Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Deletes a provision that includes beginning and ending dates for the operation of a Great START (Strategy to Attract and Retain Teachers) program. Deletes provisions (i) requiring a working committee of the Child and Development Advisory Council of the Department of Human Services to make certain recommendations concerning the Great START program by October 1, 2000 and (ii) requiring the Department to evaluate the Great START program, gather data on the program, and submit a report to the General Assembly by December 31, 2002. Effective immediately.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that any person who receives any money, property, token, object, or article or anything of value, derived from whatever source (rather than earned in whole or in part from the practice of prostitution), from a prostitute under 16 years of age or from a prostitute who is a severely or profoundly mentally retarded person, not for lawful consideration, knowing that it was received from a prostitute under 16 years of age or from a prostitute who is a severely or profoundly mentally retarded person commits juvenile pimping. Provides that if the prostitute is under 13 years of age, the penalty for juvenile pimping is a Class X felony.
Commends New Life Car Care of Sullivan for the charitable assistance the group provides to people in need.
Mourns the death in Iraq of U.S. Army First Sergeant Ernest E. Utt of Hammond.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the State aid formula.
Requests the Illinois Department of Public Health to submit a report to the General Assembly setting forth its findings as to whether suggested methods to regulate products containing dextromethorphan would require any exemptions or waivers from the federal government.
Urges the Department of Central Management Services to reconsider its decision to eliminate Health Alliance as a managed care plan option.