Full Text of HB0788 94th General Assembly
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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 | 5 |
| Epilepsy Disease Assistance Act. | 6 |
| Section 5. Policy declaration. The General Assembly
finds | 7 |
| that epilepsy is a devastating health condition that
afflicts | 8 |
| 2,300,000 United States citizens, over 125,000 of
whom reside | 9 |
| in Illinois. The General Assembly also finds
that epilepsy | 10 |
| afflicts its victims at all ages, but is
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| devastating to children and the elderly. It is
the opinion of | 12 |
| the General Assembly that epilepsy can cause
serious financial, | 13 |
| social, and emotional hardships on the
victims and their | 14 |
| families of such a major consequence that
it is essential for | 15 |
| the State to develop and implement
policies, plans, and | 16 |
| programs to alleviate these
hardships. | 17 |
| 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 | 20 |
| initiatives designed to address the service gaps and treatment | 21 |
| needs of the people impacted by epilepsy. Additionally, it is | 22 |
| the intent of the
General Assembly, through a comprehensive, | 23 |
| statewide system of community-based services (Epilepsy | 24 |
| Treatment and Education Program), to provide for the
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| identification, evaluation, diagnosis, referral, and
treatment | 26 |
| of victims of this disease.
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| Section 10. Duties of the Department. | 28 |
| Subject to the availability of funds for these purposes, | 29 |
| the Department of Public Health shall: | 30 |
| (1) Assist in the development of programs for the care | 31 |
| and treatment of persons suffering from epilepsy. |
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| (2) Institute and carry on a statewide educational | 2 |
| initiative among health care professionals, teachers, | 3 |
| school administers, public health departments, and | 4 |
| families, including the dissemination of information and | 5 |
| the conducting of educational programs to assist in the | 6 |
| early recognition and referral of persons for appropriate | 7 |
| followup and treatment. | 8 |
| (3) Develop standards for determining eligibility for | 9 |
| care and treatment under this program. Among other | 10 |
| standards so developed under this paragraph, candidates, | 11 |
| to be eligible, must be referred and evaluated by a program | 12 |
| properly staffed and affiliated with a national epilepsy | 13 |
| program. | 14 |
| (4) Extend assistance to the programs listed in item | 15 |
| (2) in order to facilitate linkages for persons with | 16 |
| epilepsy through the following: | 17 |
| (i) referral and evaluation for appropriate care | 18 |
| management and treatment; and | 19 |
| (ii) diagnosis and treatment by epileptologists | 20 |
| and the Epilepsy Foundation. | 21 |
| Section 15. Epilepsy Advisory Committee. The Epilepsy | 22 |
| Advisory Committee is created as a committee within the | 23 |
| Department of Public Health. The Epilepsy Advisory Committee | 24 |
| shall consist of the Director of Public Health, or his or her | 25 |
| designee, who
shall serve as
a non-voting member and who shall | 26 |
| be the co-chair of the Committee, and 13
voting
members | 27 |
| appointed by the Governor.
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| The voting members shall include persons who are | 29 |
| experienced in the delivery of diagnoses, treatment, and | 30 |
| support services to victims of epilepsy and their families. The | 31 |
| voting
members shall
include 3 board-certified neurologists | 32 |
| licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches, at least | 33 |
| one of whom shall be a Director of a comprehensive epilepsy | 34 |
| center; one representative of an educational institution
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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 | 2 |
| worker; one representative of an
organization
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| under the Illinois Insurance Code for the purpose of providing
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| health
insurance; one representative of each Illinois Epilepsy | 5 |
| Foundation affiliate; and 2 people with epilepsy or members of | 6 |
| their families.
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| Each voting member shall serve for a term of
2 years and | 8 |
| until his or her successor is appointed and qualified. Members | 9 |
| of
the
Committee shall not be compensated, but shall be | 10 |
| reimbursed for expenses
actually
incurred in the performance of | 11 |
| their duties from funds appropriated for that purpose. No more | 12 |
| 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 | 14 |
| appointments. | 15 |
| The Epilepsy Advisory Committee shall advise the | 16 |
| Department of Public Health on their duties under this Act.
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| Section 20. Regional programs. The Epilepsy Committee | 18 |
| shall recommend the establishment of regional epilepsy | 19 |
| treatment and education programs designed to provide community | 20 |
| services to people with epilepsy and their families. | 21 |
| Section 25. Epilepsy Treatment and Education Grants-in-Aid | 22 |
| Fund. The Epilepsy Treatment and Education Grants-in-Aid Fund | 23 |
| is created as a special fund in the State treasury. Using | 24 |
| appropriations from the Fund, the Department of Public Health | 25 |
| shall provide grants-in-aid (i) to fund necessary educational | 26 |
| activities and (ii) for the development and maintenance of | 27 |
| services for victims of epilepsy and their families, as managed | 28 |
| through an epilepsy program properly staffed and affiliated | 29 |
| with a national epilepsy program. The Department shall adopt | 30 |
| rules governing the distribution and specific purpose of these | 31 |
| grants. | 32 |
| Section 30. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | 33 |
| Section 5.640 as follows: |
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| (30 ILCS 105/5.640 new) | 2 |
| Sec. 5.640. The Epilepsy Treatment and Education | 3 |
| Grants-in-Aid Fund. | 4 |
| Section 35. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Sections 509 and 510 and by adding Section 507EE as | 6 |
| follows: | 7 |
| (35 ILCS 5/507EE new) | 8 |
| Sec. 507EE. Epilepsy Treatment and Education Grants-in-Aid | 9 |
| Fund checkoff. The Department
must print on its standard | 10 |
| individual income tax form a provision indicating
that if the | 11 |
| taxpayer wishes to contribute to the Epilepsy Treatment and | 12 |
| Education
Grants-in-Aid Fund, as authorized by this amendatory | 13 |
| Act of the 94th General
Assembly, he or she may do
so by | 14 |
| stating the amount of the contribution (not less than $1) on | 15 |
| the return
and that the contribution will reduce the taxpayer's | 16 |
| refund or increase the
amount of payment to accompany the | 17 |
| return. Failure to remit any amount of
increased payment | 18 |
| reduces the contribution accordingly. This Section
does not | 19 |
| 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 | 22 |
| tax return forms
shall contain appropriate explanations and | 23 |
| spaces to enable the taxpayers to
designate contributions to | 24 |
| the following funds:
the Child Abuse Prevention Fund,
the | 25 |
| Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund (as required by the | 26 |
| Illinois
Non-Game Wildlife Protection Act),
the Alzheimer's | 27 |
| Disease Research Fund (as required by the Alzheimer's
Disease | 28 |
| Research Act),
the Assistance to the Homeless Fund (as required | 29 |
| by this Act),
the Penny Severns Breast and Cervical Cancer | 30 |
| Research Fund,
the National World War II Memorial Fund,
the | 31 |
| Prostate Cancer Research Fund,
the Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS) | 32 |
| Research Fund,
the Multiple Sclerosis Assistance Fund,
the |
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| Leukemia Treatment and Education Fund,
the World War II | 2 |
| Illinois Veterans Memorial Fund,
the Korean War Veterans | 3 |
| National Museum and Library Fund,
the Illinois Military Family | 4 |
| Relief Fund,
the Illinois Veterans' Homes Fund, the Epilepsy | 5 |
| Treatment and Education Grants-in-Aid Fund, and the Asthma and | 6 |
| Lung Research Fund.
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| Each form shall contain a statement that the contributions | 8 |
| will reduce the
taxpayer's refund or increase the amount of | 9 |
| payment to accompany the return.
Failure to remit any amount of | 10 |
| increased payment shall reduce the contribution
accordingly.
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| If, on October 1 of any year, the total contributions to | 12 |
| any one of the
funds made under this Section do not equal | 13 |
| $100,000 or more, the explanations
and spaces for designating | 14 |
| contributions to the fund shall be removed from the
individual | 15 |
| income tax return forms for the following and all subsequent | 16 |
| years
and all subsequent contributions to the fund shall be | 17 |
| 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, | 19 |
| eff. 7-11-02; 92-772, eff. 8-6-02; 92-886, eff. 2-7-03; 93-36, | 20 |
| eff. 6-24-03; 93-131, eff. 7-10-03; 93-292, eff. 7-22-03; | 21 |
| 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 | 24 |
| Department shall
determine the total amount contributed to each | 25 |
| of the following:
the Child Abuse Prevention Fund,
the Illinois | 26 |
| Wildlife Preservation Fund,
the Assistance to the Homeless | 27 |
| Fund,
the Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund,
the Penny Severns | 28 |
| Breast and Cervical Cancer Research Fund,
the National World | 29 |
| War II Memorial Fund,
the Prostate Cancer Research Fund,
the | 30 |
| Illinois Military Family Relief Fund,
the Lou Gehrig's Disease | 31 |
| (ALS) Research Fund,
the Multiple Sclerosis Assistance Fund,
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| the Leukemia Treatment and Education Fund,
the World War II | 33 |
| Illinois Veterans Memorial Fund,
the Korean War Veterans | 34 |
| National Museum and Library Fund, the Illinois Veterans' Homes | 35 |
| 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 | 2 |
| State Comptroller and the State Treasurer of the amounts
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| transferred from the General Revenue Fund to each fund, and | 4 |
| upon receipt
of such notification the State Treasurer and | 5 |
| 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, | 7 |
| eff. 7-11-02; 92-772, eff. 8-6-02; 92-886, eff. 2-7-03; 93-36, | 8 |
| eff. 6-24-03; 93-131, eff. 7-10-03; 93-292, eff. 7-22-03; | 9 |
| 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 | 11 |
| becoming law.
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