Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a licensed practical nurse's scope of practice.
Amends the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Act. Provides that any person who houses, possesses, or is in direct contact with an elephant shall not use a bullhook, ankus, baseball bat, axe handle, pitchfork, or similar device designed to inflict pain for the purpose of training or controlling the behavior of an elephant or permit an employee, agent, or contractor to use a bullhook, ankus, baseball bat, axe handle, pitchfork, or similar device designed to inflict pain for the purpose of training or controlling the behavior of an elephant. Provides that any person who violates this provision shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $500 nor more than $10,000 for each violation, and shall be subject to permit revocation under the Act. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources may adopt rules to enforce this prohibition. Effective on January 1, 2017.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the "Medicaid" Article.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the amount and nature of medical assistance.
Creates the Transportation Benefits Program Act. Requires all covered employers to offer at least one transportation benefit program. Provides that the employer may choose between providing a program consistent with federal law that allows employees to elect to exclude from taxable wages and compensation the employee's commuting costs incurred for the purchase of a transit pass to use public transit or for the purchase of qualified parking, or a program under which the employer supplies a transit pass for the particular qualifying public transit requested by the covered employee or reimburses the covered employee for payments made for the use of qualified parking. Defines terms. Effective January 1, 2016.
Amends the Illinois Animal Welfare Act. Changes the definition of "foster home". Changes information provided by animal shelters and animal control facilities to adopters and the requirement to provide the information before the adoption. Removes the requirement for the animal shelter and animal control facility to post in writing the information provided to the adopter. Allows an animal shelter to return an animal if animal is not claimed after 2 attempts to identify the owner. Requires an animal shelter to hold an animal in which no owner can be identified for the period specified in local ordinance prior to return. Provides that the requirement for owners to pay a shelter for the period of boarding for the dog or cat does not apply to feral cats. Amends the Animal Control Act. Makes changes in how money from the county's animal population control fund may be used. Provides that the registration fee (rather than all the registration requirements) does not apply to feral cats. Makes changes to provisions concerning documentation of rabies inoculations and the procedure for dog or other animal bites. Allows for a search and rescue dog that has bitten a person to continue to perform its duties under the supervision of its handler or owner. Amends the Illinois Public Health and Safety Animal Population Control Act. Makes changes to provisions concerning the eligibility to participate in the Illinois Public Health and Safety Animal Population Control Program. Makes other changes.
Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Authorizes the sale of alcoholic liquor within 100 feet of a specific church located in the City of Chicago. Effective immediately.
Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. In a provision that authorizes a person to make homemade brewed beverages without a license under the Act, adds a requirement that the person who purchases the apparatus or equipment used to produce the homemade brewed beverages must be 21 years of age or older. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning elimination and limitations of medical assistance services.
