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91_HB0154sam001 SRS91HB0154MNsaam01 1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 154 2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 154, by replacing 3 everything after the enacting clause with the following: 4 "Section 10. The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois 5 is amended by changing Section 55.70 and adding Section 55.91 6 as follows: 7 (20 ILCS 2310/55.91 new) 8 Sec. 55.91. Breast Cancer Treatment Advisory Committee. 9 (a) The Breast Cancer Treatment Advisory Committee is 10 hereby created. The Committee shall be composed of the 11 following members: 12 (1) 8 members of the General Assembly, 2 each 13 appointed by the Speaker of the House, the President of 14 the Senate, the Minority Leader of the House, and the 15 Minority Leader of the Senate; and 16 (2) 8 members who have knowledge of breast cancer 17 treatment procedures, 2 each appointed by the Speaker of 18 the House, the President of the Senate, the Minority 19 Leader of the House, and the Minority Leader of the 20 Senate. 21 (b) Members of the committee shall serve for a term that 22 ends on the expiration of the General Assembly during which -2- SRS91HB0154MNsaam01 1 they were appointed. Members of the committee who are not 2 members of the General Assembly shall receive a per diem of 3 $150 for each day of attendance at committee meetings. The 4 Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate shall 5 each designate one member of the committee to serve as 6 co-chairperson of the committee. The committee shall meet at 7 the times and places designated by the co-chairpersons. 8 (c) The committee shall review and study techniques and 9 modalities effective in the prevention, detection, treatment, 10 or cure of breast cancer and make recommendations to the 11 General Assembly of legislation necessary or desirable to 12 improve treatment of breast cancer. 13 (d) The Department of Public Health shall provide 14 necessary staff support to perform the functions of the 15 committee, including the preparation of its recommendations 16 to the General Assembly. 17 Section 25. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by 18 changing Sections 507L, 509, and 510 as follows: 19 (35 ILCS 5/509) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-509) 20 Sec. 509. Tax checkoff explanations. All individual 21 income tax return forms shall contain appropriate 22 explanations and spaces to enable the taxpayers to designate 23 contributions to the Child Abuse Prevention Fund, to the 24 Community Health Center Care Fund, to the Illinois Wildlife 25 Preservation Fund as required by the Illinois Non-Game 26 Wildlife Protection Act, to the Alzheimer's Disease Research 27 Fund as required by the Alzheimer's Disease Research Act, to 28 the Assistance to the Homeless Fund as required by this Act, 29 to the Heritage Preservation Fund as required by the Heritage 30 Preservation Act, to the Child Care Expansion Program Fund as 31 required by the Child Care Expansion Program Act, to the Ryan 32 White AIDS Victims Assistance Fund, to the Assistive -3- SRS91HB0154MNsaam01 1 Technology for Persons with Disabilities Fund, to the 2 Domestic Violence Shelter and Service Fund, to the United 3 States Olympians Assistance Fund, to the Youth Drug Abuse 4 Prevention Fund, to the Persian Gulf Conflict Veterans Fund, 5 to the Literacy Advancement Fund, to the Ryan White Pediatric 6 and Adult AIDS Fund, to the Illinois Special Olympics 7 Checkoff Fund, to the Breast and Cervical Cancer Research 8 Fund, to the Korean War Memorial Fund, to the Heart Disease 9 Treatment and Prevention Fund, to the Hemophilia Treatment 10 Fund, to the Mental Health Research Fund, to the Children's 11 Cancer Fund, to the American Diabetes Association Fund, the 12 Women in Military Service Memorial Fund, and to the Meals on 13 Wheels Fund. Each form shall contain a statement that the 14 contributions will reduce the taxpayer's refund or increase 15 the amount of payment to accompany the return. Failure to 16 remit any amount of increased payment shall reduce the 17 contribution accordingly. 18 If, on October 1 of any year, the total contributions to 19 any one of the funds, other than the Breast and Cervical 20 Cancer Research Fund, made under this Section do not equal 21 $100,000 or more, the explanations and spaces for designating 22 contributions to the fund shall be removed from the 23 individual income tax return forms for the following and all 24 subsequent years and all subsequent contributions to the fund 25 shall be refunded to the taxpayer. If, on October 1, 2004 or 26 any year thereafter, the total contributions to the Breast 27 and Cervical Cancer Research Fund made under this Section do 28 not equal $100,000 or more, the explanations and spaces for 29 designating contributions to the fund shall be removed from 30 the individual income tax return forms for the following and 31 all subsequent years and all subsequent contributions to the 32 fund shall be refunded to the taxpayer. 33 (Source: P.A. 89-230, eff. 1-1-96; 89-324, eff. 8-13-95; 34 90-171, eff. 7-23-97.)".