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1     AN ACT concerning insurance.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act is
5 amended by changing Section 30 as follows:
 
6     (215 ILCS 170/30)
7     (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2011)
8     Sec. 30. Program outreach and marketing. The Department may
9 provide grants to application agents and other community-based
10 organizations to educate the public about the availability of
11 the Program. The Department shall adopt rules regarding
12 performance standards and outcomes measures expected of
13 organizations that are awarded grants under this Section,
14 including penalties for nonperformance of contract standards.
15 The Department shall permit day and temporary labor service
16 agencies, as defined in the Day and Temporary Labor Services
17 Act and doing business in Illinois, to enroll as unpaid
18 application agents.
19     Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that may
20 exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head under
21 the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to make or
22 promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions of this
23 amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. If, however, the

 

 

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1 Governor believes that rules are necessary to implement or
2 enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 95th
3 General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to the General
4 Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House and the
5 Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the General
6 Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those
7 suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action
8 in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained in this
9 amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be
10 interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other
11 Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise
12 explicitly given. For the purposes of this amendatory Act of
13 the 95th General Assembly, "rules" is given the meaning
14 contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative
15 Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" are given the
16 meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois
17 Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that such
18 definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the
19 jurisdiction of the Governor.
20 (Source: P.A. 94-693, eff. 7-1-06.)
 
21     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
22 1, 2009.