Makes appropriations and reappropriations to the Board of Trustees of Eastern Illinois University for various purposes. Effective July 1, 2005.
Amends the Third Party Prescription Programs Article of the Insurance Code to change the name of the Article to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Management Programs Law. Changes references from third party prescription programs to pharmaceutical benefits management programs and from third party program administrator to pharmaceutical benefits manager or PBM throughout the Article. Provides for the registration of all pharmaceutical benefits management programs and pharmaceutical benefits managers (PBMs) doing business in the State with the Director of the Division of Insurance of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Makes changes concerning fiduciary and bonding, notice, and contractual requirements, cancellation procedures, denial of payment, and failure to register. Sets forth provisions concerning failure to comply. Grants rulemaking authority to the Director of the Division of Insurance. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that a taxpayer providing health insurance and a medical care savings account to its employees shall receive a tax credit of up to $1,000 per employee. Provides that an employer that establishes a medical care savings account after the effective date of the amendatory Act shall receive a tax credit of up to $1,200 per employee for the first year and $1,000 thereafter. Amends the Medical Care Savings Account Act of 2000 to permit employees to make contributions to medical care savings accounts. Effective immediately.
Amends the Election Code. Requires that a political committee's reports of campaign contributions during the 30 days before an election and the 15 days before a primary must be filed electronically if the aggregate amount of the contributions being reported, when combined with the committee's previously reported aggregate contributions, equals or exceeds $10,000. Effective immediately.
Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that, for fiscal year 2006 and thereafter, no Road Fund moneys may be appropriated to the Department of Central Management Services, the Department of Employment Security, the Department of Revenue, the Court of Claims, or any other State agency (other than the Department of State Police and the Department of Transportation and, until fiscal year 2008, the Secretary of State). Provides that, beginning with fiscal year 2008 and thereafter, no Road Fund moneys may be appropriated to the Secretary of State. Provides that Road Fund moneys appropriated to the Secretary of State may not exceed $32,200,000 in FY06 and $16,100,000 in FY07 (now, $30,500,000 for FY06 and thereafter). Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. With respect to motor vehicles purchased under a State contract awarded after July 1, 2006, requires that (i) vehicles that burn gasoline must be capable of burning majority blended ethanol and (ii) vehicles that burn diesel fuel must be capable of burning biodiesel or blended biodiesel fuel. Effective January 1, 2006.
Mourns the death of Lance Corporal Johua Hines of Westfield, Illinois.
Amends the Litter Control Act and the Illinois Adopt-A-Highway Act. Provides that a person convicted of violating the Litter Control Act by disposing of litter along a highway may, in addition to any other penalty, be required to maintain litter control, for a period of 30 days, over a designated portion of the highway, including the site where the offense occurred. Provides that the Secretary of Transportation shall adopt rules to implement the Illinois Adopt-A-Highway Act provision.
Amends the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act. Provides that a person who, in addition to meeting certain other requirements, has received, prior to June 1, 2003, an associate degree from a speech-language pathology assistant program approved by the Illinois Community College Board is qualified to be licensed as a speech-language pathology assistant. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district that offers a secondary agricultural education program that is eligible for State and federal funding must ensure that, at a minimum, the following are available to its secondary agricultural education students: (1) an instructional sequence of courses approved by the State Board of Education; (2) a State and nationally affiliated FFA chapter that is integral to instruction and is not treated as an extracurricular activity; and (3) a mechanism for ensuring the involvement of all secondary agricultural education students in formal, supervised, agricultural-experience activities and programs.
