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Public Act 094-0073
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
Epilepsy Disease Assistance Act.
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Section 5. Policy declaration. The General Assembly
finds |
that epilepsy is a devastating health condition that
afflicts |
2,300,000 United States citizens, over 125,000 of
whom reside |
in Illinois. The General Assembly also finds
that epilepsy |
afflicts its victims at all ages, but is
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devastating to children and the elderly. It is
the opinion of |
the General Assembly that epilepsy can cause
serious financial, |
social, and emotional hardships on the
victims and their |
families of such a major consequence that
it is essential for |
the State to develop and implement
policies, plans, and |
programs to alleviate these
hardships. |
It is the intent of the General Assembly through
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implementation of this Act to establish a program for the
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conduct of epilepsy education, awareness, and treatment |
initiatives designed to address the service gaps and treatment |
needs of the people impacted by epilepsy. Additionally, it is |
the intent of the
General Assembly, through a comprehensive, |
statewide system of community-based services (Epilepsy |
Treatment and Education Program), to provide for the
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identification, evaluation, diagnosis, referral, and
treatment |
of victims of this disease.
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Section 10. Duties of the Department. |
Subject to the availability of funds for these purposes, |
the Department of Public Health shall: |
(1) Assist in the development of programs for the care |
and treatment of persons suffering from epilepsy. |
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(2) Institute and carry on a statewide educational |
initiative among health care professionals, teachers, |
school administers, public health departments, and |
families, including the dissemination of information and |
the conducting of educational programs to assist in the |
early recognition and referral of persons for appropriate |
followup and treatment. |
(3) Develop standards for determining eligibility for |
care and treatment under this program. Among other |
standards so developed under this paragraph, candidates, |
to be eligible, must be referred and evaluated by a program |
properly staffed and affiliated with a national epilepsy |
program. |
(4) Extend assistance to the programs listed in item |
(2) in order to facilitate linkages for persons with |
epilepsy through the following: |
(i) referral and evaluation for appropriate care |
management and treatment; and |
(ii) diagnosis and treatment by epileptologists |
and the Epilepsy Foundation.
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Section 15. Epilepsy Advisory Committee. The Epilepsy |
Advisory Committee is created as a committee within the |
Department of Public Health. The Epilepsy Advisory Committee |
shall consist of the Director of Public Health, or his or her |
designee, who
shall serve as
a non-voting member and who shall |
be the co-chair of the Committee, and 13
voting
members |
appointed by the Governor.
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The voting members shall include persons who are |
experienced in the delivery of diagnoses, treatment, and |
support services to victims of epilepsy and their families. The |
voting
members shall
include 3 board-certified neurologists |
licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches, at least |
one of whom shall be a Director of a comprehensive epilepsy |
center; one representative of an educational institution
that
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is affiliated with a medical center in the State; one
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representative of a
licensed hospital; one nurse; one social |
worker; one representative of an
organization
established |
under the Illinois Insurance Code for the purpose of providing
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health
insurance; one representative of each Illinois Epilepsy |
Foundation affiliate; and 2 people with epilepsy or members of |
their families.
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Each voting member shall serve for a term of
2 years and |
until his or her successor is appointed and qualified. Members |
of
the
Committee shall not be compensated, but shall be |
reimbursed for expenses
actually
incurred in the performance of |
their duties from funds appropriated for that purpose. No more |
than 9 voting members may be of
the same
political party.
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Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as original |
appointments. |
The Epilepsy Advisory Committee shall advise the |
Department of Public Health on their duties under this Act.
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Section 20. Regional programs. The Epilepsy Committee |
shall recommend the establishment of regional epilepsy |
treatment and education programs designed to provide community |
services to people with epilepsy and their families.
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Section 25. Epilepsy Treatment and Education Grants-in-Aid |
Fund. The Epilepsy Treatment and Education Grants-in-Aid Fund |
is created as a special fund in the State treasury. Using |
appropriations from the Fund, the Department of Public Health |
shall provide grants-in-aid (i) to fund necessary educational |
activities and (ii) for the development and maintenance of |
services for victims of epilepsy and their families, as managed |
through an epilepsy program properly staffed and affiliated |
with a national epilepsy program. The Department shall adopt |
rules governing the distribution and specific purpose of these |
grants.
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Section 30. The State Finance Act is amended by adding |
Section 5.640 as follows:
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(30 ILCS 105/5.640 new) |
Sec. 5.640. The Epilepsy Treatment and Education |
Grants-in-Aid Fund.
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Section 35. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by |
changing Sections 509 and 510 and by adding Section 507EE as |
follows:
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(35 ILCS 5/507EE new) |
Sec. 507EE. Epilepsy Treatment and Education Grants-in-Aid |
Fund checkoff. The Department
must print on its standard |
individual income tax form a provision indicating
that if the |
taxpayer wishes to contribute to the Epilepsy Treatment and |
Education
Grants-in-Aid Fund, as authorized by this amendatory |
Act of the 94th General
Assembly, he or she may do
so by |
stating the amount of the contribution (not less than $1) on |
the return
and that the contribution will reduce the taxpayer's |
refund or increase the
amount of payment to accompany the |
return. Failure to remit any amount of
increased payment |
reduces the contribution accordingly. This Section
does not |
apply to any amended return.
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(35 ILCS 5/509) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-509)
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Sec. 509. Tax checkoff explanations. All individual income |
tax return forms
shall contain appropriate explanations and |
spaces to enable the taxpayers to
designate contributions to |
the following funds:
the Child Abuse Prevention Fund,
the |
Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund (as required by the |
Illinois
Non-Game Wildlife Protection Act),
the Alzheimer's |
Disease Research Fund (as required by the Alzheimer's
Disease |
Research Act),
the Assistance to the Homeless Fund (as required |
by this Act),
the Penny Severns Breast and Cervical Cancer |
Research Fund,
the National World War II Memorial Fund,
the |
Prostate Cancer Research Fund,
the Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) |
Research Fund,
the Multiple Sclerosis Assistance Fund,
the |
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Leukemia Treatment and Education Fund,
the World War II |
Illinois Veterans Memorial Fund,
the Korean War Veterans |
National Museum and Library Fund,
the Illinois Military Family |
Relief Fund,
the Illinois Veterans' Homes Fund, the Epilepsy |
Treatment and Education Grants-in-Aid Fund, and the Asthma and |
Lung Research Fund.
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Each form shall contain a statement that the contributions |
will reduce the
taxpayer's refund or increase the amount of |
payment to accompany the return.
Failure to remit any amount of |
increased payment shall reduce the contribution
accordingly.
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If, on October 1 of any year, the total contributions to |
any one of the
funds made under this Section do not equal |
$100,000 or more, the explanations
and spaces for designating |
contributions to the fund shall be removed from the
individual |
income tax return forms for the following and all subsequent |
years
and all subsequent contributions to the fund shall be |
refunded to the taxpayer.
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(Source: P.A. 92-84, eff. 7-1-02; 92-198, eff. 8-1-01; 92-651, |
eff. 7-11-02; 92-772, eff. 8-6-02; 92-886, eff. 2-7-03; 93-36, |
eff. 6-24-03; 93-131, eff. 7-10-03; 93-292, eff. 7-22-03; |
93-324, eff. 7-23-03; 93-776, eff. 7-21-04.)
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(35 ILCS 5/510) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-510)
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Sec. 510. Determination of amounts contributed. The |
Department shall
determine the total amount contributed to each |
of the following:
the Child Abuse Prevention Fund,
the Illinois |
Wildlife Preservation Fund,
the Assistance to the Homeless |
Fund,
the Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund,
the Penny Severns |
Breast and Cervical Cancer Research Fund,
the National World |
War II Memorial Fund,
the Prostate Cancer Research Fund,
the |
Illinois Military Family Relief Fund,
the Lou Gehrig's Disease |
(ALS) Research Fund,
the Multiple Sclerosis Assistance Fund,
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the Leukemia Treatment and Education Fund,
the World War II |
Illinois Veterans Memorial Fund,
the Korean War Veterans |
National Museum and Library Fund, the Illinois Veterans' Homes |
Fund, the Epilepsy Treatment and Education Grants-in-Aid Fund,
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and
the Asthma and Lung Research Fund;
and shall notify the |
State Comptroller and the State Treasurer of the amounts
to be |
transferred from the General Revenue Fund to each fund, and |
upon receipt
of such notification the State Treasurer and |
Comptroller shall transfer the
amounts.
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(Source: P.A. 92-84, eff. 7-1-02; 92-198, eff. 8-1-01; 92-651, |
eff. 7-11-02; 92-772, eff. 8-6-02; 92-886, eff. 2-7-03; 93-36, |
eff. 6-24-03; 93-131, eff. 7-10-03; 93-292, eff. 7-22-03; |
93-324, eff. 7-23-03; 93-776, eff. 7-21-04.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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