Amends the Crime Victims Compensation Act. Includes hate crime in the definition of "crime of violence". In the definition of "victim", includes the parent of a person (rather than the parent of a child) killed or injured as a result of a crime of violence. Includes the following in the definition of "pecuniary loss": (i) the loss of tuition paid to attend school when the victim had been enrolled as a student (rather than as a full-time student); and (ii) transportation expenses to and from medical and treatment facilities. Changes the definition of "dependents replacement services loss" so that it applies to loss reasonably incurred by private legal guardians of a minor dependent (in addition to loss reasonably incurred by dependents) after a victim's death under specified circumstances. Changes the definition of "replacement services loss" so that it applies to expenses reasonably incurred in obtaining ordinary and necessary services that would have been performed by an injured person (rather than a permanently injured person) under specified circumstances.
Sen. Sara Feigenholtz
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Amends the Illinois Health Care Finance Reform Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to require all ambulatory surgical treatment centers licensed to operate in the State (now, the requirement applies only to hospitals licensed to operate in the State) to adopt a uniform system for submitting patient claims and encounter data (now, patient billing data) for payment from public and private payors. Requires hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to submit billing data to the Department of Public Health no later than 60 days after the end of each calendar quarter. Requires the Department to include certain information in its "Consumer Guide to Health Care" on its website. Authorizes the Department to disclose certain information on its website. Authorizes the Department to promulgate rules concerning the provisions of the Illinois Health Care Finance Reform Act. Requires that ambulatory surgical treatment centers, organizations representing ambulatory surgical treatment centers, purchasers, consumer groups, and health plans be meaningfully involved in the development of all aspects of the Department's methodology for collecting, analyzing, and disclosing the information collected under this Act. Requires the Department to evaluate additional methods for comparing the performance of hospitals and ambulatory surgical treatment centers and report its findings and recommendations on its Internet website and to the Governor and General Assembly no later than January 1, 2006. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Use Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that any person who uses a consumer credit report in connection with the approval of credit based on the application for an extension of credit, and who has received notification of a police report filed with a consumer credit reporting agency that the applicant has been a victim of aggravated identity theft, may not lend money or extend credit without taking reasonable steps to verify the consumer's identity and confirm that the application for an extension of credit is not the result of financial identity theft or aggravated identity theft. Adds that a consumer may place a security freeze on his or her credit report by making a request directly to the consumer credit reporting agency through a secure electronic mail connection, if an electronic mail connection is provided by the consumer credit reporting agency. Provides that a consumer credit reporting agency shall not charge a fee for placing, removing, or removing for a specific party or period of time a security freeze on a credit report, if the consumer submits to the credit reporting agency a valid copy of a police report, investigative report, or complaint that the consumer has filed with a law enforcement agency about the unlawful use of his or her personal information by another person. Allows the credit reporting agency to charge a fee of not more than $10 to a consumer for each security freeze or temporary lift of a security freeze for a specific party and a fee of not more than $8 for removal of a security freeze or temporary lift of a security freeze for a period of time. Provides that the consumer credit reporting agency shall send a written confirmation of the security freeze to the consumer within 5 (instead of 10) business days of placing the freeze on the account. Requires the Director of the Division of Financial Institutions in the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to promulgate rules necessary to allow the use of electronic media to receive and process a request from a consumer to temporarily lift a security freeze as quickly as possible, with the goal of processing a request within 15 minutes of that request. Defines "consumer", "consumer credit reporting agency", "credit report", "Director", and "security freeze". Changes references from "credit reporting agency" to "consumer credit reporting agency". Effective January 1, 2007.
Endorses non-lethal Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR), when accompanied by ongoing feral cat management, as the most effective, humane method of reducing feral cat populations in Illinois, recognizes October 16, 2006, National Feral Cat Day, and encourages all citizens to support Trap-Neuter-Return for feral cats throughout the State of Illinois.
Resolves that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services immediately expand its Medicaid Datawarehouse, incorporating currently isolated healthcare data residing at other State agencies, so as to effectuate significantly improved health outcomes for the neediest of Illinois citizens.
Congratulates Kevin J. Bell on 30 years of service to Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo.
Mourns the death of Nathaniel B. Snow.
Mourns the death of Betty Friedan, former citizen of Illinois and pioneer of women's rights in America.
Amends the Ticket Scalping Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning service charges.