Mourns the death of Harry Fox of Godfrey.
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Mourns the death of Charlotte Brown of Alton.
Mourns the death of Louis Perkins of Alton.
Mourns the passing of David Walkington of Bethalto.
Mourns the death of Patricia "Peggy" J. Cooper of Alton.
Mourns the death of Charles Glassmeyer of Bethalto.
Mourns the death of David Lewis of Alton.
Amends the Medical Care Savings Account Act of 2000. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning programs established under a prior Act.
Creates the Home Health and Hospice Drug Dispensation and Administration Act. Allows home health agencies, hospices, and their authorized nursing employees to purchase, store, or transport certain drugs for the purpose of administering the drugs to home health agency and hospice patients. Requires an agency or hospice that purchases, stores, or transports these drugs to establish policies and procedures concerning proper storage, transportation, temperature stability, removal from container on physician's order, administration of the drug, and the maintenance of written records. Provides that an agency, hospice, or an authorized nursing employee may administer the drug only in the patients residence under physician's orders. Sets forth procedures for agency and hospice handling of physician oral orders and pharmacy dispensation of the drugs. Provides that upon a home health agency's administration or dispensation of a drug to a patient, that agency shall be reimbursed the cost of the drug by the Department of Public Aid. Effective immediately.
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that certain requirements concerning multi-township assessors apply to townships with less than 3,000 inhabitants (now, 1,000 inhabitants). Sets forth provisions for the creation of new multi-township districts for townships with less than 3,000 inhabitants. Effective immediately.