Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that in fiscal year 2006 and in each fiscal year thereafter, the State budget must contain one or more line items appropriating moneys to pay certain liabilities incurred in the previous fiscal year. Amends the State Finance Act. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.
Creates the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Prescription Drug Discount Program Act. Provides that the Program shall be administered by the Department of Central Management Services to enable eligible senior citizens and disabled persons to purchase prescription drugs at discounted prices and that the Department shall (i) enroll eligible seniors and disabled persons into the Program, (ii) enter into rebate agreements with drug manufacturers, either itself or through an agent, and (iii) reimburse pharmacies for the cost of providing discounts using the proceeds from the manufacturer rebate agreements. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Prescription Drug Discount Program Fund into which rebate payments and enrollment fees shall be deposited. Provides for an initial transfer from the General Revenue Fund into the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Prescription Drug Discount Program Fund of $27,000,000 to be repaid to the General Revenue Fund out of rebate payments. Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department shall establish a Prescription Drug Purchasing Policy Office to determine and implement strategies for best price purchasing practices for State agencies that pay for prescription drugs by direct purchase or by other arrangements. Effective July 1, 2003.
Creates the Budget Stabilization Act and amends the State Finance Act. Limits appropriations from the State's general funds in fiscal years when estimated general funds revenues exceed certain previous fiscal years' general funds revenues. Requires the State Comptroller to transfer from the General Revenue Fund into the Budget Stabilization Fund or Early Debt Retirement Fund an amount equal to the fiscal year's unappropriated general funds revenues. Establishes appropriation limits and a transfer schedule. Specifies the purpose of the Budget Stabilization Fund and requires that earnings on its investment remain in the Fund. Creates the Early Debt Retirement Fund as a special fund within the State treasury for payment of certain liabilities. Effective immediately.
Mourns the death of Kathryn Katz of Wilmette.
Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that a person who suffers damages as a result of discrimination committed by the nursing home or its agents or employees for reporting cases of abuse and neglect may bring an action against the nursing home or its agents or employees. Amends the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act. Provides that a person who suffers damages as a result of discrimination committed by an employer for reporting cases of abuse and neglect may bring an action against the employer.
Creates the Children's Privacy Protection and Parental Empowerment Act. Prohibits: the sale or purchase of personal information concerning children without parental consent; the processing of personal information concerning children by prisoners or convicted sex offenders; and the distribution or exchange of children's personal information that one has reason to believe will be used to harm or abuse a child. Provides that persons who broker, solicit, or facilitate the sale of personal information concerning children are required to disclose to parents, upon request, the source and content of personal information on file with regard to their children, and to disclose to parents, upon request, the names of persons or entities that have received or solicited personal information with regard to their children. Violation of this Act is a Class A misdemeanor.
Creates the Health Care Facility Insolvency Act. Contains only a short title provision.
Amends the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act. Increases the amount of debt that the District may issue during a budget year, from $100,000,000 to $150,000,000. Effective immediately.
Amends the Public Construction Bond Act. Provides that a contractor shall not be required to post a cash bond or a letter of credit in addition to or as a substitute for the bond required of every contractor performing public work costing over $5,000.
Amends the State Comptroller Act. In provisions concerning deductions from warrants, prohibits the State Comptroller from deducting for payments to institutions from the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund. Amends the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Act. Removes a provision that excludes specified sectarian educational organizations from the definition of "nonpublic institution of higher education". Provides that the State Comptroller shall not offset moneys paid from the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund. Provides that the Illinois Student Assistance Commission's explicit contractual obligation in the prepaid tuition contract to provide a specific number of credit hours of undergraduate instruction must not exceed the maximum (instead of the median) number of credit hours required for the conference of a degree. Removes a provision that limits the length of time of an installment contract. Effective July 1, 2003.
