Amends the Toll Highway Act. Allows the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority to publish the names of toll violators on their website along with the amount of fines and unpaid tolls owed by each violator.
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that subject to the restrictions provided in the Article concerning life and health insurers, an insurer may invest in bonds, notes, warrants, and other securities not in default that are the direct obligations of the government of any foreign country that is a member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and for which the full faith and credit of such government has been pledged for the payment of principal and interest, provided that (i) the debt of the issuing country has been rated as investment grade for at least 10 years immediately before the time of acquiring the obligations by at least 2 of the major ratings agencies, including Moody's Investors Service, Standard & Poor's Rating Services, Fitch Rating, and the Securities Valuation Office of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and (ii) the issuing country has not defaulted and has met its payment obligations in a timely manner on all similar obligations for a period of at least 30 years immediately before the time of acquiring the obligations.
Amends the Illinois Power of Attorney Act. Provides that an agent shall provide a copy of certain records required to be kept when requested to do so by a representative of the public guardian for the county in which the principal resides acting in the course of investigating whether to file a petition for guardianship. Adds public guardians to the list of entities which may be awarded fees, costs, and other relief for failure to provide a requested record or after a finding that the agent's action has caused substantial harm to the principal's person or property. Adds public guardians to the definition of "interested person".
Amends the Residential Tenants' Right to Repair Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Creates the Bill of Rights for the Homeless Act. Sets forth certain rights of homeless persons. Provides that in any civil action alleging a violation of the Act, the court may award appropriate injunctive and declaratory relief, actual damages, and reasonable attorney's fees and costs to a prevailing plaintiff. Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act to make corresponding changes. Defines "housing status" as the status of having or not having a fixed or regular residence, including the status of living on the streets, in a shelter, or in a temporary residence.
Amends the Communicable Disease Prevention Act. Makes changes to the provision concerning children of school age who are reported as having been diagnosed as having AIDS or HIV. Provides that the information contained in the notification to be required of the Department of Public Health with regard to a child enrolled in a public school in kindergarten through fifth grade who is diagnosed as being infected with HIV must not be recorded in the child's permanent record. Provides that if the information is in the child's permanent school record, the information must be purged from the child's record before the child enters the sixth grade. Provides that if the child is enrolled in a public school, the principal shall disclose (instead of disclose the identity of the child) to the superintendent of the school district in which the child resides and specifies that the disclosure shall be that a child has been infected with HIV. Provides that all provisions of the AIDS Confidentiality Act shall apply, including penalties for violation of that Act.
Creates the Illinois Mental Health First Aid Training Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall establish and administer the Illinois Mental Health First Aid training program so that certified trainers can provide Illinois residents, professionals, and members of the public with training on how to identify and assist someone who is believed to be developing or has developed a mental health disorder or an alcohol or substance abuse disorder or who is believed to be experiencing a mental health or substance abuse crisis. Provides that subject to appropriations made to, or with the use of appropriations directed by, the Department of Human Services and other State agencies, the Department and other State agencies shall support training grants for Illinois Mental Health First Aid training. Provides that these training grants may support hardship subsidies for Illinois Mental Health First Aid training fees. Provides that the Illinois Mental Health First Aid training program shall be designed to train individuals to accomplish certain objectives including (i) building mental health, alcohol abuse, and substance abuse literacy designed to help the public identify, understand, and respond to the signs of mental illness, alcohol abuse, and substance abuse and (ii) knowing how to prevent a mental health disorder or an alcohol or substance abuse disorder from deteriorating into a more serious condition which may lead to more costly interventions and treatments. Contains provisions concerning the distribution of training grants and other matters. Effective immediately.
Amends language in the Illinois Securities Law of 1953 providing that the 3-year period for seeking specified relief under the Act begins to run on the earlier of the date the party bringing the action has actual knowledge of the alleged violation or the date the party bringing the action has notice of facts which in the exercise of reasonable diligence would lead to actual knowledge of the alleged violation. Deletes language providing that the period of limitation may not be extended more than 2 years beyond the expiration of the 3-year period. Effective immediately.
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that if a person was arrested for first degree murder or other violent crime as defined in the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act, the court, after the arrest of the person, shall determine the citizenship of the person and if the person arrested is not a citizen of the United States of America, order the confiscation of the person's passport or impose travel restrictions on the person if he or she is admitted to bail.
Amends the Probate Act of 1975. To the list of felons barred from being appointed guardian of a disabled person, adds a person convicted of a felony involving harm or threat to a minor, including a felony sexual offense.
