Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that the Department may perform certain acts for the development of rates for the purchase of fee-for-service care. Adds persons with mental illness and substance abuse as persons the Department may develop the rates for. Provides that in setting rates the Department should consider market factors such as those published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Authorizes the Department to contract with an independent consulting firm for certain studies of reimbursement rates to service providers. Provides that the Department shall establish and promulgate a policy that precludes applicability of income offsets in rate calculation or payment processes (now, establish and promulgate a policy regarding applicability of these offsets). Makes other changes. Effective July 1, 2005.
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Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning penalties.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that on and after July 1, 2006, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall reimburse providers of home health services under the Medicaid program using a phased-in rate increase as follows: (1) for services provided from July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007, the rate shall be $70 per visit; and (2) for services provided on or after July 1, 2007, the rate shall be $80 per visit. Provides that these rate increases apply to skilled nursing visits, physical therapy visits, occupational therapy visits, and speech therapy visits. Provides that the rate for home health aide visits shall be $61.34 for all such services provided on or after July 1, 2006. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. Amends the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act. Makes a technical change in the Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Clean Indoor Air Act. Provides that a home rule unit of local government or any municipality in this State may regulate smoking in public places. Provides that this regulation must be no less restrictive than the regulation in the Act. Changes the home rule limitation from an absolute preemption to a limitation on the concurrent exercise of home rule power. Maintains the exemption from home rule requirements for home rule units that passed ordinances regulating smoking before October 1, 1989. Limits the concurrent exercise of home rule powers.
Amends the Non-Support Punishment Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Act's short title.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the applicability of the common law.
Amends the Capital Development Board Act. Requires the Capital Development Board to establish and maintain a program to install and maintain alternative-energy systems for facilities owned by the State. Defines "alternative-energy systems" as wind-powered and solar-powered energy systems. Creates the Clean Power for Illinois Fund as a special fund in the State treasury, and provides that, subject to appropriation, the Board must use the moneys in the Fund for the purpose of the alternative-energy program. Amends the State Finance Act to establish the Clean Power for Illinois Fund. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Requires public utilities, electric and natural gas cooperatives, and municipal utilities that are engaged in the delivery of electricity or the distribution of natural gas within the State of Illinois to assess each of its customer accounts a monthly Clean Power for Illinois Charge for the Clean Power for Illinois Fund and to remit the charges collected to the Department of Revenue for deposit into that Fund. Requires public utilities to file tariffs with the Illinois Commerce Commission incorporating the Clean Power for Illinois Charge in other charges. Preempts home rule powers. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective July 1, 2006.
Creates the Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Compact Act. Provides that this State and the other contracting states solemnly agree to the terms of the compact, whose purposes include the promotion of development and implementation of improvements to intercity passenger rail service in the Midwest. Establishes a Commission, with 4 members from each contracting state, serving without compensation from the Commission, to carry out the purposes of the compact. Provides for the election of Commission officers, for meetings and Commission administration, and for financing of the operations of the Commission by the compacting states. Provides that the compact becomes effective among the contracting states upon the agreement of 3 eligible states to participate. Provides for the admission of additional states to the compact, amendment of the compact, the withdrawal, default, or termination of contracting states, and construction and severability of the compact.
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Creates a new Section concerning a renewable energy portfolio standard. Contains only a caption.