Creates the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation Act and amends various Acts. Implements and supersedes Executive Order 6 (2004). Abolishes the Department of Financial Institutions, the Department of Insurance, the Department of Professional Regulation, and the Office of Banks and Real Estate and transfers all of the functions of those agencies to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, which is created. Provides that the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation is the head of the new agency, and provides for 4 Directors, each of whom shall report to the Secretary and shall oversee the functions transferred from one of the abolished agencies to the new agency. Transfers the staffs, records, and unexpended funds of the abolished agencies to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Makes conforming changes in other Acts. Authorizes transfers of moneys to the Professions Indirect Cost Fund from certain special funds that receive moneys from fees and fines associated with the licensing of regulated professions, trades, occupations, and industries by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning tax credits related to qualified solid waste energy facilities.
Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Permits human service providers who receive at least 51% of their operating funds from the State to opt for coverage of their employees as State employees.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Legislative Reference Bureau for its FY 06 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2005.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Universities' Retirement System for its FY 06 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2005.
Amends the State Employee Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a retirement annuity following nonoccupational disability benefits.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Legislative Printing Unit for its FY 06 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2005.
Appropriates $715,734 from the General Revenue Fund to the Judicial Inquiry Board for its FY07 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2006.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Creates the Ultrasound Administration Act. Requires a person that issues an order or a referral for the administration of an ultrasound upon a pregnant woman to be licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches, licensed as an advanced practice nurse, or licensed as a certified nurse midwife. Provides that an order or referral for the administration of an ultrasound shall not be issued for entertainment purposes or for any other purpose which is not warranted by the condition of the patient as determined by the treating physician, advanced practice nurse, or certified nurse midwife. Provides that any person, except a person authorized to issue an order or a referral pursuant to the Act, who administers an ultrasound upon a pregnant woman without an order or referral, shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.