Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg

Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning State policy.

Creates the Electricians Licensing Act. Contains only a short title provision.

Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Community Services, Disabilities, and Mental Health Fund. Provides that, on and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, all moneys received by the Department of Human Services as federal financial participation funds shall be deposited into the Community Services, Disabilities, and Mental Health Fund. Provides that, subject to appropriation, moneys in the Fund shall be used to fund only those programs that generate federal financial participation funds. Effective immediately.

Creates the State Agency Web Site Act. Provides that each State agency shall include a privacy policy on the agency's web site. Sets forth contents of the privacy policy. Provides that conspicuous hyperlinks to the privacy policy shall be located on the web site's home page and on other locations on the web site where personal information is collected or tracking technology is used. Provides that a State agency may not gather data from users on the agency's web site unless it demonstrates a compelling need to do so and that the compelling need, if any, shall be identified as such and stated as part of the privacy policy.

Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Authority Act to create the financially distressed provider refunding bond program. Provides that the Authority may issue limited obligation bonds solely for the purpose of enabling a qualifying provider to refinance all or a portion of its outstanding indebtedness that was previously issued to finance or refinance the cost of a health facility (but not including working capital, accounts receivable, and operating expenses), if the debt to be refinanced meets certain criteria. Provides that a "qualifying provider" means a participating health institution that is either: (i) designated as a provider under the Critical Access Hospital program or (ii) demonstrates, to the reasonable written satisfaction of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, that, for its last 3 fiscal years for which audited financial statements have been prepared, State funding accounted for an annual average of at least 40% of its operating revenues. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Financially Distressed Provider Credit Enhancement Fund. As soon as practical in fiscal year 2004, and each fiscal year thereafter, provides that moneys shall be transferred from the Tobacco Settlement Recovery Fund to the Financially Distressed Provider Credit Enhancement Fund equal to the debt service reserve requirement.

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Creates the Community Developmental Disability Services Medicaid Trust Fund consisting of funds paid to the State by the federal government under Title XIX or Title XXI of the Social Security Act for services delivered by community developmental disability services providers. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall reimburse community developmental disability services providers out of the Fund for Medicaid-reimbursed developmental disability services provided to eligible individuals. Repeals the Community Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Services Provider Participation Fee Trust Fund.

Creates the Fundraising for Terrorist Activity Act. Contains only a short title.

Amends the General Obligation Bond Act. Increases by $200,000,000 the amount of bonds that may be issued for the acquisition, development, construction, reconstruction, improvement, financing, architectural planning and installation of buildings, structures, durable equipment, land, and interest in land for the purpose of the Illinois Open Land Trust Program. Effective immediately.

Commits the General Assembly to ending both long-term and repeated homelessness in Illinois.

Amends the State Finance Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.