Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Procurement Policy Board for its FY 06 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2005.
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning legal disability.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Senate Operations Commission for its FY 06 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2005.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Civil Service Commission for its FY 06 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2005.
Creates the Illinois Regenerative Medicine Institute Act. Requires that the 2006 general election ballot include the proposition that the State issue $1,000,000,000 in general obligation bonds in support of stem cell research. Creates the Illinois Regenerative Medicine Institute Creation Act to provide for the governance and operation of the institute, which awards grants and loans for the research. Creates the Cosmetic Medical Procedure Utilization Tax Act to impose a tax upon the privilege of using cosmetic medical procedures at the rate of 6% of gross receipts. Amends the Open Meetings Act to permit closed meetings of the Institute's Oversight Committee and advisory panels on certain confidential topics. Amends the Election Code to provide for placement on the ballot of debt issuance referenda under the Revenue Article of the Illinois Constitution. Amends the State Finance Act to provide various funds for the institute operations, the tax proceeds, and the bond proceeds and retirement. Amends the General Obligation Bond Act to provide for the issuance and use of $1,000,000,000 in bonds. Effective January 1, 2006, except for those portions (institute creation, tax imposition, and bond issuance) conditioned upon voter approval.
Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Provides that beginning January 1, 2007, the Department shall pay an additional $1.33 per hour of chore/housekeeping and homemaker service performed by a chore/housekeeping and homemaker service provider vendor to all vendors who certify that they will offer health insurance to all qualifying employees, and their dependents. Requires the amount of funding, for years after 2007, to be adjusted by the amount of which the medical component of the Consumer Price Index exceeds such component for the previous calendar year. Defines a qualifying employee as an employee that provides over 100 hours of chore/housekeeping and homemaker services per month for 3 consecutive months. Requires that chore/housekeeping and homemaker service provider vendors must certify that 50% of their workforce is eligible for coverage as a qualifying employee. Provides that the Department must set minimum standards for a qualifying health plan by rule. Sets forth that provider vendors who fail to offer coverage to all qualifying employees shall be subject to penalties up to and including the requirement to return all moneys paid under this paragraph by the State as prescribed by Department rule.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a new Section concerning fuel efficient tax incentives. Contains a caption only.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund for the Office of the Attorney General for its FY 06 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2005.
Appropriates $35,000,000 to the Department of Transportation for the operation of the listed train schedule. Effective July 1, 2006.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that, subject to the approval of a federal waiver, persons who are 21 years of age or older who have received Medicaid benefits under provisions concerning persons under age 21 who would qualify as disabled shall remain eligible for continued Medicaid benefits, outside an institution, at a level of care appropriate to meet the individual needs of the person, provided that a physician annually determines that the person requires the level of care provided by a hospital, skilled nursing facility, or intermediate care facility. Requires an annual report by the Department of Human Services beginning January 1, 2007. Requires the Illinois Department of Human Services, the Illinois Department of Public Aid, and the Division of Specialized Care for Children of the University of Illinois to enter into an interagency agreement for the purpose of cooperatively establishing a program of case management for any person who receives Medicaid benefits under the provisions concerning persons under age 21 who would qualify as disabled. Sets forth the minimum requirements for case management services. Effective immediately.
