Sen. Richard J. Winkel, Jr.

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Reduces the amounts various fees to be collected by the Environmental Protection Agency. Sets forth new procedures for the collection of NPDES fees and requires that all moneys collected from the fees be deposited into the Illinois Clean Water Fund. Repeals Sections concerning air pollution operating permit fees and fees for water quality certification. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Illinois Clean Water Fund. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a motor vehicle designed for transportation not fewer than 7 and not more than 16 persons, commonly referred to as a van, is a First Division vehicle if the van is used to transport no more than 15 students to and from school, or if the van is used by a school nurse to transport not more than 15 students to a health care facility for medical treatment.

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, and the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act. Requires individual and group accident and health insurance policies and coverage by a health maintenance organization or under a health service plan to include coverage for nonprescription enteral formulas and reduced-protein foods that are necessary for the treatment or management of certain gastrointestinal conditions or inherited diseases involving amino acids. Effective January 1, 2005.

Amends the Real Estate License Act of 2000. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act in the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that (i) the redevelopment project in the TIF District created by an ordinance adopted on December 15, 1981 by the City of Champaign and (ii) the redevelopment project in the TIF District created by an ordinance adopted on December 15, 1986 by the City of Urbana must be completed by December 31 of the 35th year (now, the 23rd year) after the year in which the ordinance was adopted. Effective immediately.

Amends the Department of Human Services Act and the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to contract with an entity experienced in applied research to compile a cross-disability database of disabled Illinois residents who are potential beneficiaries under the "most integrated setting" requirement of the Americans with Disabilities Act as construed by the U.S. Supreme Court. Requires the Secretary of Human Services to appoint a panel to advise the Department on the compilation. Requires the Department to collect and maintain statistical information on developmentally disabled persons who have requested and are waiting for community based services financed by the Department. Effective immediately.

Creates the Genetic Counseling Practice Act. Contains only a short title provision.

Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Removes provisions allowing the Environmental Protection Agency to assess and collect NPDES discharge fees. Effective immediately.

Amends the Office of Banks and Real Estate Act. Requires the Commissioner of Banks and Real Estate to work in cooperation with the Director of Aging to ensure that all financial institutions regulated by the Office of Banks and Real Estate participate fully in the Department on Aging's financial exploitation of the elderly intervention program. Effective immediately.

Creates a study committee to investigate and hold public hearings about the effects of U.S. trade policy on Illinois jobs and farms.