Sen. Sara Feigenholtz

Amends the Military Leave of Absence Act. Requires that a full-time employee of the State, a unit of local government, or a school district who is a member of a reserve component of the U.S. Armed Forces or the Illinois State Militia must be given a leave of absence for any training or duty required by the U.S. Armed Forces not otherwise covered by the Act. If the employee's military pay for that training or duty is less than his or her compensation from the public employer, requires that during the leave the employee receive his or her public employment compensation, minus the amount of the military pay.

Creates the Emerging Technology Industries Act. Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to establish and maintain a program to award grants to emerging-technology enterprises in the State. Sets forth eligibility requirements and funding priorities for awarding the grants, and sets forth procedures for awarding the grants. Requires written contracts in which the emerging-technology enterprise guarantees that it will perform the actions expected to be performed. Sets dollar limits on matching funds for federal Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grants and total grant matching funds per year. Limits total credits to $15,000,000 in any one State fiscal year. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Emerging Technology Grant Fund. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit for qualified investors who make an investment in an emerging technology enterprise in the State. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity must certify the amount of the credit and sets forth the procedures for the application and certification of the credit. Sets forth provisions for the revocation and recapture of the tax credit. Contains other provisions. Effective immediately.

Amends the Consumer Installment Loan Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a license required to engage in the business of making loans of money in a principal amount not exceeding $25,000.

Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that the Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health shall develop a working group to advise the Department on Primary Stroke Center Systems; that this work group shall have representation from the following groups: EMS Medical Directors; hospital administrators; neurologists from accredited Primary Stroke Centers; EMS Coordinators; stroke advocates; fire chiefs in Illinois; private ambulance providers; and a representative from the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council; and that this group shall also develop and submit a statewide stroke assessment tool to the Department for final approval, a copy of which shall be disseminated to all EMS Systems for adoption no later than January 15, 2011. Effective immediately.

Creates the Taxpayer Transparency Act. Provides that a bill making an appropriation may not be considered for final passage by either the House of Representatives or the Senate unless a copy of that bill, in its final form, has been made conveniently available on the General Assembly's Internet website for at least 4 days before the bill is considered for final passage by that chamber and provides that a motion adopted by a record vote of at least three-fifths of the members elected, the House of Representatives or the Senate may provide that this restriction does not apply to that chamber with respect to any one or more bills specified in the motion by bill number. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning construction of the Code.

Urges Congress and all members of the Illinois Congressional Delegation to support an extension of the increased Federal Medical Assistance Percentage funding, made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, beyond December 31, 2010.

Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services Division of Mental Health under the leadership of Secretary of the Department of Human Services and as the State Mental Health Authority, in an effort to develop and establish a comprehensive State mental health plan for Illinois and to coordinate all policy making in mental health, shall convene and lead a Work Group composed of directors of State agencies and principal stakeholders in the public mental health system. Provides that the Work Group is charged with designing Illinois' mental health system to be more efficient and effective as well as reduce redundancies in the delivery of services to persons with mental illnesses. Sets forth items that must be included in the Illinois Comprehensive State Mental Health Plan. Sets forth other Work Group functions.

Amends the Adoption Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning who may be adopted.

Appropriates $7,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for a grant to EdgeAlliance for costs associated with the construction of a 36-unit permanent supporting housing facility. Appropriates $4,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for a grant to EdgeAlliance for costs associated with the construction of a health and wellness center for use by EdgeAlliance residents and residents who are veterans. Effective July 1, 2009.