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92_HB3381

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning public aid.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is
 5    amended by changing Section 10-65 as follows:

 6        (5 ILCS 100/10-65) (from Ch. 127, par. 1010-65)
 7        Sec. 10-65.  Licenses.
 8        (a)  When any licensing is required by law to be preceded
 9    by notice and an opportunity for a hearing, the provisions of
10    this Act concerning contested cases shall apply.
11        (b)  When a  licensee  has  made  timely  and  sufficient
12    application  for  the  renewal  of a license or a new license
13    with reference to any activity of a  continuing  nature,  the
14    existing  license  shall  continue  in  full force and effect
15    until the final agency decision on the application  has  been
16    made  unless  a  later  date is fixed by order of a reviewing
17    court.
18        (c)  An application for the renewal of a license or a new
19    license shall include the applicant's social security number.
20    Each agency shall require the  licensee  to  certify  on  the
21    application form, under penalty of perjury, that he or she is
22    not  more  than  30 days delinquent in complying with a child
23    support order.  Every application shall state that failure to
24    so certify shall result  in  disciplinary  action,  and  that
25    making a false statement may subject the licensee to contempt
26    of court.  The agency shall notify each applicant or licensee
27    who acknowledges a delinquency or who, contrary to his or her
28    certification,  is  found  to  be  delinquent  or  who  after
29    receiving  notice, fails to comply with a subpoena or warrant
30    relating to a paternity or a child support  proceeding,  that
31    the agency intends to take disciplinary action.  Accordingly,
 
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 1    the  agency  shall  provide  written  notice  of the facts or
 2    conduct upon which  the  agency  will  rely  to  support  its
 3    proposed  action and the applicant or licensee shall be given
 4    an  opportunity  for  a  hearing  in  accordance   with   the
 5    provisions  of  the  Act  concerning  contested  cases.   Any
 6    delinquency  in  complying  with a child support order can be
 7    remedied by arranging for payment of  past  due  and  current
 8    support.   Any  failure  to comply with a subpoena or warrant
 9    relating to a paternity or child support  proceeding  can  be
10    remedied  by  complying with the subpoena or warrant.  Upon a
11    final finding of delinquency or  failure  to  comply  with  a
12    subpoena  or  warrant,  the  agency shall suspend, revoke, or
13    refuse to issue or renew the license. In cases in  which  the
14    Department  of  Human  Services  Public  Aid  has  previously
15    determined  that  an  applicant or a licensee is more than 30
16    days delinquent in the  payment  of  child  support  and  has
17    subsequently  certified  the  delinquency  to  the  licensing
18    agency,  and  in  cases  in  which  a  court  has  previously
19    determined   that  an  applicant  or  licensee  has  been  in
20    violation of the Non-Support Punishment Act for more than  60
21    days,  the licensing agency shall refuse to issue or renew or
22    shall revoke or suspend that person's  license  based  solely
23    upon  the certification of delinquency made by the Department
24    of  Human  Services  Public  Aid  or  the  certification   of
25    violation  made  by the court.  Further process, hearings, or
26    redetermination  of  the  delinquency  or  violation  by  the
27    licensing agency  shall  not  be  required.    The  licensing
28    agency  may  issue  or  renew  a  license if the licensee has
29    arranged for  payment  of  past  and  current  child  support
30    obligations  in  a  manner  satisfactory to the Department of
31    Human Services Public Aid or the court.  The licensing agency
32    may impose conditions, restrictions, or  disciplinary  action
33    upon that license.
34        (d)  Except  as  provided  in  subsection  (c), no agency
 
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 1    shall revoke, suspend, annul, withdraw, amend materially,  or
 2    refuse  to  renew  any  valid  license  without  first giving
 3    written notice to the licensee of the facts or  conduct  upon
 4    which the agency will rely to support its proposed action and
 5    an   opportunity   for  a  hearing  in  accordance  with  the
 6    provisions of this Act concerning contested  cases.   At  the
 7    hearing, the licensee shall have the right to show compliance
 8    with all lawful requirements for the retention, continuation,
 9    or  renewal  of  the  license.  If, however, the agency finds
10    that the public interest,  safety,  or  welfare  imperatively
11    requires  emergency  action, and if the agency incorporates a
12    finding to that effect in its order, summary suspension of  a
13    license  may be ordered pending proceedings for revocation or
14    other action.  Those proceedings shall be promptly instituted
15    and determined.
16        (e)  Any  application  for  renewal  of  a  license  that
17    contains required and relevant information,  data,  material,
18    or  circumstances  that  were not contained in an application
19    for the existing license shall be subject to  the  provisions
20    of subsection (a).
21    (Source: P.A. 90-18, eff. 7-1-99; 91-613, eff. 10-1-99.)

22        Section 10.  The Freedom of Information Act is amended by
23    changing Section 7.1 as follows:

24        (5 ILCS 140/7.1) (from Ch. 116, par. 207.1)
25        Sec.  7.1.   Nothing  in  this  Act shall be construed to
26    prohibit publication and dissemination by the  Department  of
27    Public  Aid  or the Department of Human Services of the names
28    and addresses of entities which have had receipt of  benefits
29    or  payments  under the Illinois Public Aid Code suspended or
30    terminated or future  receipt  barred,  pursuant  to  Section
31    11-26 of that Code.
32    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
 
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 1        Section  15.   The  Intergovernmental  Cooperation Act is
 2    amended by changing Section 3 as follows:

 3        (5 ILCS 220/3) (from Ch. 127, par. 743)
 4        Sec.  3.  Intergovernmental  cooperation.  Any  power  or
 5    powers, privileges,  functions,  or  authority  exercised  or
 6    which  may  be exercised by a public agency of this State may
 7    be exercised, combined, transferred, and enjoyed jointly with
 8    any other public agency of this State and  jointly  with  any
 9    public  agency  of any other state or of the United States to
10    the extent that laws of such other state  or  of  the  United
11    States do not prohibit joint exercise or enjoyment and except
12    where  specifically  and  expressly  prohibited  by law. This
13    includes, but is not limited to, (i) arrangements between the
14    Illinois Student Assistance Commission and agencies in  other
15    states  which issue professional licenses and (ii) agreements
16    between the Illinois Department of Human Services Public  Aid
17    and  public agencies for the establishment and enforcement of
18    child support orders and for the exchange of information that
19    may be necessary for the enforcement of those  child  support
20    orders.
21    (Source: P.A. 90-18, eff. 7-1-97; 91-298, eff. 7-29-99.)

22        Section  17.   The  Supported Employees Act is amended by
23    changing Section 4 as follows:

24        (5 ILCS 390/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 3904)
25        Sec. 4.  The  Department,  working  with  the  Department
26    Departments  of  Human Services and Public Aid, any funder or
27    provider  or  both,  and   the   Interagency   Committee   on
28    Handicapped Employees, shall seek the cooperation, assistance
29    and  participation  of  all State agencies in the development
30    and implementation of a  supported  employment  program.   It
31    shall  be  the goal of the program to appoint a minimum of 25
 
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 1    supported employees to State agency positions prior  to  June
 2    30, 1991.
 3    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

 4        Section  20.   The  Election  Code is amended by changing
 5    Sections 1A-15, 4-6.2, 5-16.2, and 6-50.2 as follows:

 6        (10 ILCS 5/1A-15) (from Ch. 46, par. 1A-15)
 7        Sec. 1A-15.  On the request of the Illinois Department of
 8    Human Services Public Aid, the State Board of Elections shall
 9    provide the Department with tapes,  discs,  other  electronic
10    data  or  compilations  thereof  which only provide the name,
11    address and, when available, the Social  Security  number  of
12    registered  voters  for the purpose of tracing absent parents
13    and the collection of child support.  Such information  shall
14    be  provided at reasonable cost, which shall include the cost
15    of  duplication   plus   15%   for   administration.      The
16    confidentiality  of  all information contained on such tapes,
17    discs and other electronic data or combination thereof  shall
18    be  protected  as  provided  in Section 11-9 of "The Illinois
19    Public Aid Code".
20    (Source: P.A. 85-114.)

21        (10 ILCS 5/4-6.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 4-6.2)
22        Sec. 4-6.2.  (a)  The  county  clerk  shall  appoint  all
23    municipal  and township or road district clerks or their duly
24    authorized deputies as deputy registrars who may  accept  the
25    registration  of  all qualified residents of their respective
26    municipalities,  townships  and  road  districts.  A   deputy
27    registrar  serving  as  such  by  virtue  of  his status as a
28    municipal clerk, or a duly authorized deputy of  a  municipal
29    clerk,  of a municipality the territory of which lies in more
30    than one county may accept the registration of any  qualified
31    resident  of the municipality, regardless of which county the
 
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 1    resident, municipal clerk or the duly  authorized  deputy  of
 2    the municipal clerk lives in.
 3        The    county    clerk   shall   appoint   all   precinct
 4    committeepersons in the county as deputy registrars  who  may
 5    accept  the  registration  of  any  qualified resident of the
 6    county, except during the 28 days preceding an election.
 7        The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars
 8    a reasonable number of employees of the  Secretary  of  State
 9    located   at   driver's   license  examination  stations  and
10    designated to the election  authority  by  the  Secretary  of
11    State  who  may  accept  the  registration  of  any qualified
12    residents  of  the  county  at  any  such  driver's   license
13    examination  stations.    The appointment of employees of the
14    Secretary of State as deputy registrars shall be made in  the
15    manner  provided  in  Section  2-105  of the Illinois Vehicle
16    Code.
17        The county clerk shall  appoint  each  of  the  following
18    named  persons  as deputy registrars upon the written request
19    of such persons:
20             1.  The  chief  librarian,  or  a  qualified  person
21        designated by the chief librarian, of any public  library
22        situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
23        the  registrations  of  any  qualified  resident  of  the
24        county, at such library.
25             2.  The  principal, or a qualified person designated
26        by the principal, of any high school, elementary  school,
27        or   vocational   school  situated  within  the  election
28        jurisdiction, who may accept  the  registrations  of  any
29        qualified  resident  of  the  county, at such school. The
30        county   clerk   shall   notify   every   principal   and
31        vice-principal of each high  school,  elementary  school,
32        and   vocational  school  situated  within  the  election
33        jurisdiction of their  eligibility  to  serve  as  deputy
34        registrars  and  offer  training  courses  for service as
 
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 1        deputy registrars at conveniently located  facilities  at
 2        least 4 months prior to every election.
 3             3.  The  president, or a qualified person designated
 4        by the president, of any university,  college,  community
 5        college,   academy   or  other  institution  of  learning
 6        situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
 7        the registrations of any resident of the county, at  such
 8        university,   college,   community  college,  academy  or
 9        institution.
10             4.  A duly elected or appointed official of  a  bona
11        fide  labor  organization,  or  a  reasonable  number  of
12        qualified  members  designated  by such official, who may
13        accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
14        county.
15             5.  A  duly  elected  or  appointed  official  of  a
16        bonafide  State  civic  organization,  as   defined   and
17        determined  by  rule  of the State Board of Elections, or
18        qualified members designated by such  official,  who  may
19        accept  the registration of any qualified resident of the
20        county. In determining the number  of  deputy  registrars
21        that  shall be appointed, the county clerk shall consider
22        the population of  the  jurisdiction,  the  size  of  the
23        organization,  the  geographic  size of the jurisdiction,
24        convenience for the public, the existing number of deputy
25        registrars in the jurisdiction and  their  location,  the
26        registration  activities of the organization and the need
27        to appoint deputy registrars to assist and facilitate the
28        registration of non-English speaking individuals.  In  no
29        event  shall  a  county  clerk  fix  an  arbitrary number
30        applicable  to  every   civic   organization   requesting
31        appointment  of  its  members  as  deputy registrars. The
32        State Board  of  Elections  shall  by  rule  provide  for
33        certification of bonafide State civic organizations. Such
34        appointments  shall  be made for a period not to exceed 2
 
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 1        years, terminating on the first business day of the month
 2        following the month of the general election, and shall be
 3        valid for all periods of voter registration  as  provided
 4        by this Code during the terms of such appointments.
 5             6.  The   Secretary   Director   of   the   Illinois
 6        Department  of Human Services Public Aid, or a reasonable
 7        number of employees designated by the Secretary  Director
 8        and  located  at  public  aid offices, who may accept the
 9        registration of any qualified resident of the  county  at
10        any such public aid office.
11             7.  The  Director  of  the  Illinois  Department  of
12        Employment  Security, or a reasonable number of employees
13        designated by the Director and  located  at  unemployment
14        offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
15        resident of the county at any such unemployment office.
16             8.  The  president  of any corporation as defined by
17        the Business Corporation Act of  1983,  or  a  reasonable
18        number of employees designated by such president, who may
19        accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
20        county.
21        If  the  request  to  be appointed as deputy registrar is
22    denied, the county clerk shall, within 10 days after the date
23    the request is submitted, provide the affected individual  or
24    organization  with  written notice setting forth the specific
25    reasons or criteria relied upon to deny  the  request  to  be
26    appointed as deputy registrar.
27        The  county  clerk  may appoint as many additional deputy
28    registrars as he considers necessary. The county clerk  shall
29    appoint such additional deputy registrars in such manner that
30    the   convenience   of  the  public  is  served,  giving  due
31    consideration to  both  population  concentration  and  area.
32    Some of the additional deputy registrars shall be selected so
33    that  there  are  an  equal  number  from each of the 2 major
34    political parties in the election jurisdiction.   The  county
 
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 1    clerk,  in  appointing  an additional deputy registrar, shall
 2    make the appointment from a list of applicants  submitted  by
 3    the   Chairman   of  the  County  Central  Committee  of  the
 4    applicant's political party.  A Chairman of a County  Central
 5    Committee  shall  submit  a  list of applicants to the county
 6    clerk by November 30 of each  year.   The  county  clerk  may
 7    require a Chairman of a County Central Committee to furnish a
 8    supplemental list of applicants.
 9        Deputy  registrars  may  accept registrations at any time
10    other than the 28  day  period  preceding  an  election.  All
11    persons  appointed  as deputy registrars shall be  registered
12    voters within the county and shall take and subscribe to  the
13    following oath or affirmation:
14        "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that
15    I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the
16    Constitution  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  and  that I will
17    faithfully discharge the  duties  of  the  office  of  deputy
18    registrar  to the best of my ability and that I will register
19    no person nor cause the registration  of  any  person  except
20    upon his personal application before me.
21                                     ............................
22                                    (Signature Deputy Registrar)"
23        This  oath  shall be administered by the county clerk, or
24    by one of his deputies, or by any person  qualified  to  take
25    acknowledgement  of deeds and shall immediately thereafter be
26    filed with the county clerk.
27        Appointments of deputy  registrars  under  this  Section,
28    except  precinct  committeemen,  shall  be  for 2-year terms,
29    commencing on December 1 following the  general  election  of
30    each even-numbered year; except that the terms of the initial
31    appointments  shall  be until December 1st following the next
32    general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen shall
33    be for 2-year terms commencing on  the  date  of  the  county
34    convention  following  the general primary at which they were
 
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 1    elected.  The county  clerk  shall  issue  a  certificate  of
 2    appointment  to  each deputy registrar, and shall maintain in
 3    his office for public inspection a list of the names  of  all
 4    appointees.
 5        (b)  The  county  clerk shall be responsible for training
 6    all deputy registrars appointed pursuant to  subsection  (a),
 7    at  times  and  locations  reasonably convenient for both the
 8    county clerk and such appointees.  The county clerk shall  be
 9    responsible   for   certifying  and  supervising  all  deputy
10    registrars appointed  pursuant  to  subsection  (a).   Deputy
11    registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to
12    removal for cause.
13        (c)  Completed  registration  materials under the control
14    of deputy registrars, appointed pursuant to  subsection  (a),
15    shall  be  returned to the proper election authority within 7
16    days, except that completed registration  materials  received
17    by  the  deputy registrars during the period between the 35th
18    and 29th day preceding an election shall be returned  by  the
19    deputy  registrars to the proper election authority within 48
20    hours after  receipt  thereof.   The  completed  registration
21    materials  received  by the deputy registrars on the 29th day
22    preceding  an  election  shall  be  returned  by  the  deputy
23    registrars within 24  hours  after  receipt  thereof.  Unused
24    materials  shall  be  returned by deputy registrars appointed
25    pursuant to paragraph 4 of subsection (a), not later than the
26    next working day following the close of registration.
27        (d)  The county clerk shall not be  required  to  provide
28    additional forms to any deputy registrar having more than 200
29    registration  forms  unaccounted  for during the preceding 12
30    month period.
31        (e)  No   deputy   registrar   shall   engage   in    any
32    electioneering  or  the  promotion  of  any  cause during the
33    performance of his or her duties.
34        (f)  The county clerk shall not be criminally or  civilly
 
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 1    liable  for  the  acts  or omissions of any deputy registrar.
 2    Such deputy registrars shall not be deemed to be employees of
 3    the county clerk.
 4    (Source: P.A. 89-653, eff. 8-14-96.)

 5        (10 ILCS 5/5-16.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 5-16.2)
 6        Sec. 5-16.2.  (a) The  county  clerk  shall  appoint  all
 7    municipal  and  township  clerks  or  their  duly  authorized
 8    deputies as deputy registrars who may accept the registration
 9    of  all  qualified  residents of their respective counties. A
10    deputy registrar serving as such by virtue of his status as a
11    municipal clerk, or a duly authorized deputy of  a  municipal
12    clerk,  of a municipality the territory of which lies in more
13    than one county may accept the registration of any  qualified
14    resident  of any county in which the municipality is located,
15    regardless of which county the resident, municipal  clerk  or
16    the duly authorized deputy of the municipal clerk lives in.
17        The    county    clerk   shall   appoint   all   precinct
18    committeepersons in the county as deputy registrars  who  may
19    accept  the  registration  of  any  qualified resident of the
20    county, except during the 28 days preceding an election.
21        The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars
22    a reasonable number of employees of the  Secretary  of  State
23    located   at   driver's   license  examination  stations  and
24    designated to the election  authority  by  the  Secretary  of
25    State  who  may  accept  the  registration  of  any qualified
26    residents  of  the  county  at  any  such  driver's   license
27    examination  stations.    The appointment of employees of the
28    Secretary of State as deputy registrars shall be made in  the
29    manner  provided  in  Section  2-105  of the Illinois Vehicle
30    Code.
31        The county clerk shall  appoint  each  of  the  following
32    named  persons  as deputy registrars upon the written request
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 1             1.  The  chief  librarian,  or  a  qualified  person
 2        designated by the chief librarian, of any public  library
 3        situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
 4        the  registrations  of  any  qualified  resident  of  the
 5        county, at such library.
 6             2.  The  principal, or a qualified person designated
 7        by the principal, of any high school, elementary  school,
 8        or   vocational   school  situated  within  the  election
 9        jurisdiction, who may accept  the  registrations  of  any
10        resident  of the county, at such school. The county clerk
11        shall notify every principal and vice-principal  of  each
12        high  school,  elementary  school,  and vocational school
13        situated  within  the  election  jurisdiction  of   their
14        eligibility  to  serve  as  deputy  registrars  and offer
15        training courses for  service  as  deputy  registrars  at
16        conveniently  located  facilities at least 4 months prior
17        to every election.
18             3.  The president, or a qualified person  designated
19        by  the  president, of any university, college, community
20        college,  academy  or  other  institution   of   learning
21        situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
22        the  registrations of any resident of the county, at such
23        university,  college,  community  college,   academy   or
24        institution.
25             4.  A  duly  elected or appointed official of a bona
26        fide  labor  organization,  or  a  reasonable  number  of
27        qualified members designated by such  official,  who  may
28        accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
29        county.
30             5.  A  duly  elected or appointed official of a bona
31        fide State civic organization, as defined and  determined
32        by  rule  of  the  State Board of Elections, or qualified
33        members designated by such official, who may  accept  the
34        registration  of any qualified resident of the county. In
 
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 1        determining the number of deputy registrars that shall be
 2        appointed, the county clerk shall consider the population
 3        of the jurisdiction, the size of  the  organization,  the
 4        geographic  size of the jurisdiction, convenience for the
 5        public, the existing number of deputy registrars  in  the
 6        jurisdiction   and   their   location,  the  registration
 7        activities of the organization and the  need  to  appoint
 8        deputy   registrars   to   assist   and   facilitate  the
 9        registration of non-English speaking individuals.  In  no
10        event  shall  a  county  clerk  fix  an  arbitrary number
11        applicable  to  every   civic   organization   requesting
12        appointment  of  its  members  as  deputy registrars. The
13        State Board  of  Elections  shall  by  rule  provide  for
14        certification  of  bona  fide  State civic organizations.
15        Such appointments shall be  made  for  a  period  not  to
16        exceed  2 years, terminating on the first business day of
17        the month following the month of  the  general  election,
18        and  shall be valid for all periods of voter registration
19        as provided  by  this  Code  during  the  terms  of  such
20        appointments.
21             6.  The   Secretary   Director   of   the   Illinois
22        Department  of Human Services Public Aid, or a reasonable
23        number of employees designated by the Secretary  Director
24        and  located  at  public  aid offices, who may accept the
25        registration of any qualified resident of the  county  at
26        any such public aid office.
27             7.  The  Director  of  the  Illinois  Department  of
28        Employment  Security, or a reasonable number of employees
29        designated by the Director and  located  at  unemployment
30        offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
31        resident of the county at any such unemployment office.
32             8.  The  president  of any corporation as defined by
33        the Business Corporation Act of  1983,  or  a  reasonable
34        number of employees designated by such president, who may
 
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 1        accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
 2        county.
 3        If  the  request  to  be appointed as deputy registrar is
 4    denied, the county clerk shall, within 10 days after the date
 5    the request is submitted, provide the affected individual  or
 6    organization  with  written notice setting forth the specific
 7    reasons or criteria relied upon to deny  the  request  to  be
 8    appointed as deputy registrar.
 9        The  county  clerk  may appoint as many additional deputy
10    registrars as he considers necessary. The county clerk  shall
11    appoint such additional deputy registrars in such manner that
12    the   convenience   of  the  public  is  served,  giving  due
13    consideration to  both  population  concentration  and  area.
14    Some of the additional deputy registrars shall be selected so
15    that  there  are  an  equal  number  from each of the 2 major
16    political parties in the election jurisdiction.   The  county
17    clerk,  in  appointing  an additional deputy registrar, shall
18    make the appointment from a list of applicants  submitted  by
19    the   Chairman   of  the  County  Central  Committee  of  the
20    applicant's political party.  A Chairman of a County  Central
21    Committee  shall  submit  a  list of applicants to the county
22    clerk by November 30 of each  year.   The  county  clerk  may
23    require a Chairman of a County Central Committee to furnish a
24    supplemental list of applicants.
25        Deputy  registrars  may  accept registrations at any time
26    other than the 28  day  period  preceding  an  election.  All
27    persons  appointed  as deputy registrars shall be  registered
28    voters within the county and shall take and subscribe to  the
29    following oath or affirmation:
30        "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that
31    I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the
32    Constitution  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  and  that I will
33    faithfully discharge the  duties  of  the  office  of  deputy
34    registrar  to the best of my ability and that I will register
 
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 1    no person nor cause the registration  of  any  person  except
 2    upon his personal application before me.
 3                                  ...............................
 4                                 (Signature of Deputy Registrar)"
 5        This  oath  shall be administered by the county clerk, or
 6    by one of his deputies, or by any person  qualified  to  take
 7    acknowledgement  of deeds and shall immediately thereafter be
 8    filed with the county clerk.
 9        Appointments of deputy  registrars  under  this  Section,
10    except  precinct  committeemen,  shall  be  for 2-year terms,
11    commencing on December 1 following the  general  election  of
12    each even-numbered year, except that the terms of the initial
13    appointments  shall  be until December 1st following the next
14    general  election.   Appointments  of  precinct  committeemen
15    shall be for 2-year terms  commencing  on  the  date  of  the
16    county convention following the general primary at which they
17    were  elected.  The county clerk shall issue a certificate of
18    appointment to each deputy registrar, and shall  maintain  in
19    his  office  for public inspection a list of the names of all
20    appointees.
21        (b)  The county clerk shall be responsible  for  training
22    all  deputy  registrars appointed pursuant to subsection (a),
23    at times and locations reasonably  convenient  for  both  the
24    county  clerk and such appointees.  The county clerk shall be
25    responsible  for  certifying  and  supervising   all   deputy
26    registrars  appointed  pursuant  to  subsection  (a).  Deputy
27    registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to
28    removal for cause.
29        (c)  Completed registration materials under  the  control
30    of  deputy  registrars, appointed pursuant to subsection (a),
31    shall be returned to the proper election authority  within  7
32    days,  except  that completed registration materials received
33    by the deputy registrars during the period between  the  35th
34    and  29th  day preceding an election shall be returned by the
 
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 1    deputy registrars to the proper election authority within  48
 2    hours  after  receipt  thereof.   The  completed registration
 3    materials received by the deputy registrars on the  29th  day
 4    preceding  an  election  shall  be  returned  by  the  deputy
 5    registrars  within  24  hours  after  receipt thereof. Unused
 6    materials shall be returned by  deputy  registrars  appointed
 7    pursuant to paragraph 4 of subsection (a), not later than the
 8    next working day following the close of registration.
 9        (d)  The  county  clerk  shall not be required to provide
10    additional forms to any deputy registrar having more than 200
11    registration forms unaccounted for during  the  preceding  12
12    month period.
13        (e)  No    deputy   registrar   shall   engage   in   any
14    electioneering or the  promotion  of  any  cause  during  the
15    performance of his or her duties.
16        (f)  The  county clerk shall not be criminally or civilly
17    liable for the acts or omissions  of  any  deputy  registrar.
18    Such  deputy registers shall not be deemed to be employees of
19    the county clerk.
20    (Source: P.A. 89-653, eff. 8-14-96.)

21        (10 ILCS 5/6-50.2) (from Ch. 46, par. 6-50.2)
22        Sec. 6-50.2. (a)  The  board  of  election  commissioners
23    shall  appoint  all precinct committeepersons in the election
24    jurisdiction  as  deputy  registrars  who  may   accept   the
25    registration  of  any  qualified  resident  of  the  election
26    jurisdiction,   except   during  the  28  days  preceding  an
27    election.
28        The election authority shall appoint as deputy registrars
29    a reasonable number of employees of the  Secretary  of  State
30    located   at   driver's   license  examination  stations  and
31    designated to the election  authority  by  the  Secretary  of
32    State  who  may  accept  the  registration  of  any qualified
33    residents  of  the  county  at  any  such  driver's   license
 
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 1    examination  stations.   The  appointment of employees of the
 2    Secretary of State as deputy registrars shall be made in  the
 3    manner  provided  in  Section  2-105  of the Illinois Vehicle
 4    Code.
 5        The board of election commissioners shall appoint each of
 6    the following named persons as  deputy  registrars  upon  the
 7    written request of such persons:
 8             1.  The  chief  librarian,  or  a  qualified  person
 9        designated  by the chief librarian, of any public library
10        situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
11        the  registrations  of  any  qualified  resident  of  the
12        election jurisdiction, at such library.
13             2.  The principal, or a qualified person  designated
14        by  the principal, of any high school, elementary school,
15        or  vocational  school  situated  within   the   election
16        jurisdiction,  who  may  accept  the registrations of any
17        resident of the election jurisdiction,  at  such  school.
18        The  board  of  election commissioners shall notify every
19        principal  and  vice-principal  of  each   high   school,
20        elementary  school, and vocational school situated in the
21        election jurisdiction of their eligibility  to  serve  as
22        deputy  registrars and offer training courses for service
23        as deputy registrars at conveniently  located  facilities
24        at least 4 months prior to every election.
25             3.  The  president, or a qualified person designated
26        by the president, of any university,  college,  community
27        college,   academy   or  other  institution  of  learning
28        situated within the election jurisdiction, who may accept
29        the  registrations  of  any  resident  of  the   election
30        jurisdiction,  at  such  university,  college,  community
31        college, academy or institution.
32             4.  A  duly  elected or appointed official of a bona
33        fide  labor  organization,  or  a  reasonable  number  of
34        qualified members designated by such  official,  who  may
 
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 1        accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
 2        election jurisdiction.
 3             5.  A  duly  elected or appointed official of a bona
 4        fide State civic organization, as defined and  determined
 5        by  rule  of  the  State Board of Elections, or qualified
 6        members designated by such official, who may  accept  the
 7        registration  of  any  qualified resident of the election
 8        jurisdiction.  In  determining  the  number   of   deputy
 9        registrars that shall be appointed, the board of election
10        commissioners   shall  consider  the  population  of  the
11        jurisdiction,  the  size   of   the   organization,   the
12        geographic  size of the jurisdiction, convenience for the
13        public, the existing number of deputy registrars  in  the
14        jurisdiction   and   their   location,  the  registration
15        activities of the organization and the  need  to  appoint
16        deputy   registrars   to   assist   and   facilitate  the
17        registration of non-English speaking individuals.  In  no
18        event  shall  a  board  of  election commissioners fix an
19        arbitrary number applicable to every  civic  organization
20        requesting   appointment   of   its   members  as  deputy
21        registrars. The State Board of Elections  shall  by  rule
22        provide  for  certification  of  bona  fide  State  civic
23        organizations.  Such  appointments  shall  be  made for a
24        period not to exceed 2 years, terminating  on  the  first
25        business  day  of  the  month  following the month of the
26        general election, and shall be valid for all  periods  of
27        voter  registration  as  provided by this Code during the
28        terms of such appointments.
29             6.  The   Secretary   Director   of   the   Illinois
30        Department of Human Services Public Aid, or a  reasonable
31        number  of employees designated by the Secretary Director
32        and located at public aid offices,  who  may  accept  the
33        registration  of  any  qualified resident of the election
34        jurisdiction at any such public aid office.
 
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 1             7.  The  Director  of  the  Illinois  Department  of
 2        Employment Security, or a reasonable number of  employees
 3        designated  by  the  Director and located at unemployment
 4        offices, who may accept the registration of any qualified
 5        resident  of  the  election  jurisdiction  at  any   such
 6        unemployment  office.  If  the request to be appointed as
 7        deputy  registrar  is  denied,  the  board  of   election
 8        commissioners  shall,  within  10 days after the date the
 9        request is submitted, provide the affected individual  or
10        organization   with  written  notice  setting  forth  the
11        specific reasons or criteria  relied  upon  to  deny  the
12        request to be appointed as deputy registrar.
13             8.  The  president of any corporation, as defined by
14        the Business Corporation Act of  1983,  or  a  reasonable
15        number of employees designated by such president, who may
16        accept the registrations of any qualified resident of the
17        election jurisdiction.
18        The  board  of election commissioners may appoint as many
19    additional deputy registrars as it considers necessary.   The
20    board of election commissioners shall appoint such additional
21    deputy  registrars in such manner that the convenience of the
22    public is served, giving due consideration to both population
23    concentration  and  area.   Some  of  the  additional  deputy
24    registrars shall be selected  so  that  there  are  an  equal
25    number  from  each  of  the  2 major political parties in the
26    election jurisdiction.  The board of election  commissioners,
27    in  appointing an additional deputy registrar, shall make the
28    appointment from  a  list  of  applicants  submitted  by  the
29    Chairman  of  the County Central Committee of the applicant's
30    political party.  A Chairman of a  County  Central  Committee
31    shall submit a list of applicants to the board by November 30
32    of  each  year.  The board may require a Chairman of a County
33    Central  Committee  to  furnish  a   supplemental   list   of
34    applicants.
 
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 1        Deputy  registrars  may  accept registrations at any time
 2    other than the 28  day  period  preceding  an  election.  All
 3    persons  appointed  as deputy registrars shall be  registered
 4    voters within the election jurisdiction and  shall  take  and
 5    subscribe to the following oath or affirmation:
 6        "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that
 7    I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the
 8    Constitution  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  and  that I will
 9    faithfully discharge the duties of the office of registration
10    officer to the best of my ability and that I will register no
11    person nor cause the registration of any person  except  upon
12    his personal application before me.
13                             ....................................
14                             (Signature of Registration Officer)"
15        This  oath  shall be administered and certified to by one
16    of the commissioners or by the executive director or by  some
17    person designated by the board of election commissioners, and
18    shall  immediately  thereafter  be  filed  with  the board of
19    election commissioners.  The members of the board of election
20    commissioners and all persons authorized by  them  under  the
21    provisions  of  this  Article  to  take  registrations, after
22    themselves taking and subscribing  to  the  above  oath,  are
23    authorized  to take or administer such oaths and execute such
24    affidavits as are required by this Article.
25        Appointments of deputy  registrars  under  this  Section,
26    except  precinct  committeemen,  shall  be  for 2-year terms,
27    commencing on December 1 following the  general  election  of
28    each even-numbered year, except that the terms of the initial
29    appointments  shall  be until December 1st following the next
30    general election. Appointments of precinct committeemen shall
31    be for 2-year terms commencing on  the  date  of  the  county
32    convention  following  the general primary at which they were
33    elected.  The county  clerk  shall  issue  a  certificate  of
34    appointment  to  each deputy registrar, and shall maintain in
 
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 1    his office for public inspection a list of the names  of  all
 2    appointees.
 3        (b)  The   board   of  election  commissioners  shall  be
 4    responsible for  training  all  deputy  registrars  appointed
 5    pursuant to subsection (a), at times and locations reasonably
 6    convenient  for  both the board of election commissioners and
 7    such appointees.  The board of election  commissioners  shall
 8    be  responsible  for  certifying  and  supervising all deputy
 9    registrars appointed  pursuant  to  subsection  (a).   Deputy
10    registrars appointed under subsection (a) shall be subject to
11    removal for cause.
12        (c)  Completed  registration  materials under the control
13    of deputy registrars appointed  pursuant  to  subsection  (a)
14    shall  be  returned to the proper election authority within 7
15    days, except that completed registration  materials  received
16    by  the  deputy registrars during the period between the 35th
17    and 29th day preceding an election shall be returned  by  the
18    deputy  registrars to the proper election authority within 48
19    hours after  receipt  thereof.   The  completed  registration
20    materials  received  by the deputy registrars on the 29th day
21    preceding  an  election  shall  be  returned  by  the  deputy
22    registrars within 24  hours  after  receipt  thereof.  Unused
23    materials  shall  be  returned by deputy registrars appointed
24    pursuant to paragraph 4 of subsection (a), not later than the
25    next working day following the close of registration.
26        (d)  The board of election  commissioners  shall  not  be
27    required  to provide additional forms to any deputy registrar
28    having more  than  200  registration  forms  unaccounted  for
29    during the preceding 12 month period.
30        (e)  No    deputy   registrar   shall   engage   in   any
31    electioneering or the  promotion  of  any  cause  during  the
32    performance of his or her duties.
33        (f)  The  board  of  election  commissioners shall not be
34    criminally or civilly liable for the acts or omissions of any
 
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 1    deputy registrar.  Such deputy registrars shall not be deemed
 2    to be employees of the board of election commissioners.
 3    (Source: P.A. 89-653, eff. 8-14-96.)

 4        Section 25.  The State  Comptroller  Act  is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 10.05a as follows:

 6        (15 ILCS 405/10.05a) (from Ch. 15, par. 210.05a)
 7        Sec.  10.05a.   Deductions from Warrants and Payments for
 8    Satisfaction of Past Due Child Support.  At the direction  of
 9    the  Department of Human Services Public Aid, the Comptroller
10    shall deduct from a warrant or  other  payment  described  in
11    Section  10.05 of this Act, in accordance with the procedures
12    provided therein, and pay over to the Department or the State
13    Disbursement Unit established  under  Section  10-26  of  the
14    Illinois Public Aid Code, at the direction of the Department,
15    that amount certified as necessary to satisfy, in whole or in
16    part, past due support owed by a person on account of support
17    action  being  taken by the Department under Article X of the
18    Illinois Public Aid Code, whether or not such support is owed
19    to the State.  Such deduction shall have  priority  over  any
20    garnishment  except  that  for  payment  of  state or federal
21    taxes.  In the case of joint payees,  the  Comptroller  shall
22    deduct   and   pay  over  to  the  Department  or  the  State
23    Disbursement Unit, as directed by the Department, the  entire
24    amount   certified.    The   Comptroller  shall  provide  the
25    Department with the address to which  the  warrant  or  other
26    payment  was  to  be mailed and the social security number of
27    each person from whom a deduction is made  pursuant  to  this
28    Section.
29    (Source: P.A. 91-212, eff. 7-20-99; 91-712, eff. 7-1-00.)

30        Section 30.  The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
31    amended by changing Sections 5-15 and 5-20 as follows:
 
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 1        (20 ILCS 5/5-15) (was 20 ILCS 5/3)
 2        Sec.   5-15.    Departments  of  State  government.   The
 3    Departments of State government are created as follows:
 4        The Department on Aging.
 5        The Department of Agriculture.
 6        The Department of Central Management Services.
 7        The Department of Children and Family Services.
 8        The Department of Commerce and Community Affairs.
 9        The Department of Corrections.
10        The Department of Employment Security.
11        The Department of Financial Institutions.
12        The Department of Human Rights.
13        The Department of Human Services.
14        The Department of Insurance.
15        The Department of Labor.
16        The Department of the Lottery.
17        The Department of Natural Resources.
18        The Department of Nuclear Safety.
19        The Department of Professional Regulation.
20        The Department of Public Aid.
21        The Department of Public Health.
22        The Department of Revenue.
23        The Department of State Police.
24        The Department of Transportation.
25        The Department of Veterans' Affairs.
26    (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

27        (20 ILCS 5/5-20) (was 20 ILCS 5/4)
28        Sec. 5-20. Heads of departments.  Each  department  shall
29    have an officer as its head who shall be known as director or
30    secretary  and  who  shall,  subject to the provisions of the
31    Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, execute the powers and
32    discharge the duties vested by law in his or  her  respective
33    department.
 
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 1        The following officers are hereby created:
 2        Director of Aging, for the Department on Aging.
 3        Director   of   Agriculture,   for   the   Department  of
 4    Agriculture.
 5        Director  of  Central  Management   Services,   for   the
 6    Department of Central Management Services.
 7        Director   of  Children  and  Family  Services,  for  the
 8    Department of Children and Family Services.
 9        Director of  Commerce  and  Community  Affairs,  for  the
10    Department of Commerce and Community Affairs.
11        Director   of   Corrections,   for   the   Department  of
12    Corrections.
13        Director of Employment Security, for  the  Department  of
14    Employment Security.
15        Director of Financial Institutions, for the Department of
16    Financial Institutions.
17        Director  of  Human  Rights,  for the Department of Human
18    Rights.
19        Secretary of Human Services, for the Department of  Human
20    Services.
21        Director of Insurance, for the Department of Insurance.
22        Director of Labor, for the Department of Labor.
23        Director  of  the  Lottery,  for  the  Department  of the
24    Lottery.
25        Director of Natural  Resources,  for  the  Department  of
26    Natural Resources.
27        Director of Nuclear Safety, for the Department of Nuclear
28    Safety.
29        Director  of  Professional Regulation, for the Department
30    of Professional Regulation.
31        Director of Public Aid, for the Department of Public Aid.
32        Director of Public Health, for the Department  of  Public
33    Health.
34        Director of Revenue, for the Department of Revenue.
 
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 1        Director  of  State  Police,  for the Department of State
 2    Police.
 3        Secretary  of  Transportation,  for  the  Department   of
 4    Transportation.
 5        Director  of  Veterans'  Affairs,  for  the Department of
 6    Veterans' Affairs.
 7    (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

 8        (20 ILCS 5/5-165 rep.)
 9        (20 ILCS 5/5-230 rep.)
10        (20 ILCS 5/5-395 rep.)
11        Section 32.  The Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
12    amended by repealing Sections 5-165, 5-230, and 5-395.

13        Section 35.   The  Illinois  Welfare  and  Rehabilitation
14    Services  Planning  Act  is  amended by changing Section 4 as
15    follows:

16        (20 ILCS 10/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 954)
17        Sec. 4.   (a)  Plans  required  by  Section  3  shall  be
18    prepared  by  and  submitted on behalf of the following State
19    agencies, and may be prepared and submitted by another  State
20    Agency designated by the Governor:
21        (1)  the Department of Children and Family Services;
22        (2)  (blank); the Department of Public Aid;
23        (3)  the Department of Corrections;
24        (4)  the Department of Human Services;
25        (5)  (blank);
26        (6)  the Department of Aging;
27        (7)  the Department of Public Health;
28        (8)  the Department of Employment Security.
29        (b)  The plans required by Section 3 of this Act shall be
30    co-ordinated with the plan adopted by the Department of Human
31    Services  under  Sections  48 through 52 of the Mental Health
 
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 1    and Developmental Disabilities  Administrative  Act  and  any
 2    plan  adopted,  re-adopted  or  amended  by the Department of
 3    Human Services under those Sections shall be coordinated with
 4    plans required under Section 3 of this Act.
 5    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

 6        Section 40.  The Illinois Act on the Aging is amended  by
 7    changing Sections 4, 4.02, 4.02b, 4.06, and 8.01 as follows:

 8        (20 ILCS 105/4) (from Ch. 23, par. 6104)
 9        Sec.  4.There  is  created  the  Department on Aging. The
10    Director of the Department on Aging, in conjunction with  the
11    Secretary Director of the Department of Human Services Public
12    Aid  shall  prepare  and  implement  a  plan  to transfer all
13    personnel,  materials,  books,  records,  appropriations  and
14    equipment related  to  "Services  to  Older  People"  in  the
15    Department  of  Human  Services  Public  Aid  as described in
16    Article VIII of, "The  Illinois  Public  Aid  Code",  to  the
17    Department  on  Aging  by the effective date of this Act. The
18    Department on Aging  shall  administer  programs  related  to
19    "Services  to  Older  People",  described in Article VIII of,
20    "The Illinois Public Aid Code", on the effective date of this
21    Act.
22        Upon the effective date of this Act,  the  Department  on
23    Aging  shall  be  the  single  State agency for receiving and
24    disbursing federal funds  made  available  under  the  "Older
25    Americans Act".
26    (Source: P.A. 78-242.)

27        (20 ILCS 105/4.02) (from Ch. 23, par. 6104.02)
28        Sec.  4.02.  The  Department shall establish a program of
29    services  to  prevent  unnecessary  institutionalization   of
30    persons age 60 and older in need of long term care or who are
31    established as persons who suffer from Alzheimer's disease or
 
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 1    a  related  disorder under the Alzheimer's Disease Assistance
 2    Act, thereby enabling them to remain in their own homes or in
 3    other living arrangements.  Such preventive  services,  which
 4    may  be  coordinated  with  other  programs  for the aged and
 5    monitored by area agencies on aging in cooperation  with  the
 6    Department,  may  include, but are not limited to, any or all
 7    of the following:
 8             (a)  home health services;
 9             (b)  home nursing services;
10             (c)  homemaker services;
11             (d)  chore and housekeeping services;
12             (e)  day care services;
13             (f)  home-delivered meals;
14             (g)  education in self-care;
15             (h)  personal care services;
16             (i)  adult day health services;
17             (j)  habilitation services;
18             (k)  respite care;
19             (l)  other  nonmedical  social  services  that   may
20        enable the person to become self-supporting; or
21             (m)  clearinghouse   for   information  provided  by
22        senior citizen home owners who want to rent rooms  to  or
23        share living space with other senior citizens.
24        The  Department shall establish eligibility standards for
25    such services taking into consideration the  unique  economic
26    and  social  needs of the target population for whom they are
27    to be provided. Such eligibility standards shall be based  on
28    the  recipient's  ability  to  pay  for  services;  provided,
29    however,  that  in  determining  the  amount  and  nature  of
30    services  for which a person may qualify, consideration shall
31    not be given to the value of cash, property or  other  assets
32    held in the name of the person's spouse pursuant to a written
33    agreement  dividing  marital property into equal but separate
34    shares or pursuant to a transfer of the person's interest  in
 
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 1    a home to his spouse, provided that the spouse's share of the
 2    marital  property is not made available to the person seeking
 3    such services. The Department shall, in conjunction with  the
 4    Department  of  Human  Services  Public Aid, seek appropriate
 5    amendments  under  Sections  1915  and  1924  of  the  Social
 6    Security Act.  The purpose of  the  amendments  shall  be  to
 7    extend  eligibility  for  home  and  community based services
 8    under Sections 1915 and 1924 of the Social  Security  Act  to
 9    persons  who transfer to or for the benefit of a spouse those
10    amounts of income and resources allowed under Section 1924 of
11    the Social Security Act.  Subject to  the  approval  of  such
12    amendments,  the  Department  shall  extend the provisions of
13    Section 5-4 of the Illinois Public Aid Code to  persons  who,
14    but  for  the  provision of home or community-based services,
15    would require the level of care provided in  an  institution,
16    as  is  provided  for in federal law. Those persons no longer
17    found to be eligible for receiving noninstitutional  services
18    due  to changes in the eligibility criteria shall be given 60
19    days  notice  prior  to  actual  termination.  Those  persons
20    receiving notice of termination may  contact  the  Department
21    and  request the determination be appealed at any time during
22    the  60  day  notice  period.  With  the  exception  of   the
23    lengthened  notice and time frame for the appeal request, the
24    appeal  process  shall  follow  the  normal   procedure.   In
25    addition,    each   person   affected   regardless   of   the
26    circumstances for discontinued  eligibility  shall  be  given
27    notice and the opportunity to purchase the necessary services
28    through  the  Community Care Program.  If the individual does
29    not elect to purchase services, the Department  shall  advise
30    the individual of alternative services. The target population
31    identified  for  the purposes of this Section are persons age
32    60 and older with an identified service need.  Priority shall
33    be  given  to   those   who   are   at   imminent   risk   of
34    institutionalization.   The  services  shall  be  provided to
 
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 1    eligible persons age 60 and older to the extent that the cost
 2    of the services together with the other personal  maintenance
 3    expenses  of  the  persons  are  reasonably  related  to  the
 4    standards   established   for   care   in  a  group  facility
 5    appropriate    to    the    person's    condition.      These
 6    non-institutional  services,  pilot  projects or experimental
 7    facilities may be provided as part of or in addition to those
 8    authorized by federal law or those funded and administered by
 9    the Department of Human Services.  The Departments  of  Human
10    Services,  Public  Aid, Public Health, Veterans' Affairs, and
11    Commerce and Community Affairs and other appropriate agencies
12    of State, federal and local governments shall cooperate  with
13    the  Department on Aging in the establishment and development
14    of the  non-institutional  services.   The  Department  shall
15    require  an  annual  audit  from  all  chore/housekeeping and
16    homemaker vendors contracting with the Department under  this
17    Section.   The  annual  audit  shall assure that each audited
18    vendor's  procedures  are  in  compliance  with  Department's
19    financial reporting guidelines requiring a 27% administrative
20    cost split and a 73% employee wages and benefits cost  split.
21    The audit is a public record under the Freedom of Information
22    Act.   The  Department shall execute, relative to the nursing
23    home prescreening project,  written  inter-agency  agreements
24    with  the  Department of Human Services and the Department of
25    Public Aid, to effect the following:  (1)  intake  procedures
26    and  common  eligibility  criteria  for those persons who are
27    receiving   non-institutional   services;   and    (2)    the
28    establishment  and  development of non-institutional services
29    in areas of the State where they are not currently  available
30    or  are  undeveloped.  On and after July 1, 1996, all nursing
31    home prescreenings for individuals 60 years of age  or  older
32    shall be conducted by the Department.
33        The  Department  is  authorized  to establish a system of
34    recipient copayment for services provided under this Section,
 
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 1    such copayment to be based upon the  recipient's  ability  to
 2    pay  but in no case to exceed the actual cost of the services
 3    provided. Additionally, any  portion  of  a  person's  income
 4    which  is  equal to or less than the federal poverty standard
 5    shall not be considered by the Department in determining  the
 6    copayment.  The  level  of  such  copayment shall be adjusted
 7    whenever necessary to reflect any change  in  the  officially
 8    designated federal poverty standard.
 9        The    Department,   or   the   Department's   authorized
10    representative, shall recover the amount of  moneys  expended
11    for  services provided to or in behalf of a person under this
12    Section by a claim against the person's estate or against the
13    estate of the person's surviving spouse, but no recovery  may
14    be had until after the death of the surviving spouse, if any,
15    and  then  only at such time when there is no surviving child
16    who is under  age  21,  blind,  or  permanently  and  totally
17    disabled.   This  paragraph, however, shall not bar recovery,
18    at the death of the person, of moneys for  services  provided
19    to  the  person or in behalf of the person under this Section
20    to which the person was  not  entitled;  provided  that  such
21    recovery  shall not be enforced against any real estate while
22    it is occupied as a homestead  by  the  surviving  spouse  or
23    other  dependent,  if  no claims by other creditors have been
24    filed against the estate, or, if such claims have been filed,
25    they remain dormant for failure of prosecution or failure  of
26    the  claimant  to compel administration of the estate for the
27    purpose of payment.  This paragraph shall  not  bar  recovery
28    from  the estate of a spouse, under Sections 1915 and 1924 of
29    the Social Security Act  and  Section  5-4  of  the  Illinois
30    Public  Aid  Code,  who  precedes a person receiving services
31    under this Section in death.  All moneys for services paid to
32    or in behalf of  the  person  under  this  Section  shall  be
33    claimed  for  recovery  from  the  deceased  spouse's estate.
34    "Homestead", as used in this paragraph,  means  the  dwelling
 
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 1    house  and  contiguous  real  estate  occupied by a surviving
 2    spouse or relative, as defined by the rules  and  regulations
 3    of  the  Illinois  Department  of  Human Services Public Aid,
 4    regardless of the value of the property.
 5        The  Department  shall  develop  procedures  to   enhance
 6    availability  of  services  on  evenings, weekends, and on an
 7    emergency basis to meet  the  respite  needs  of  caregivers.
 8    Procedures  shall  be  developed to permit the utilization of
 9    services in successive blocks of 24 hours up to  the  monthly
10    maximum  established  by  the Department.   Workers providing
11    these services shall be appropriately trained.
12        Beginning on the effective date of this Amendatory Act of
13    1991, no person may perform chore/housekeeping and  homemaker
14    services  under  a  program authorized by this Section unless
15    that person has been issued a certificate of  pre-service  to
16    do  so  by his or her employing agency.  Information gathered
17    to effect such certification shall include (i)  the  person's
18    name,  (ii)  the  date  the  person  was  hired by his or her
19    current employer, and (iii) the training, including dates and
20    levels.  Persons engaged in the program  authorized  by  this
21    Section  before  the effective date of this amendatory Act of
22    1991 shall be issued a certificate of all pre- and in-service
23    training  from  his  or  her  employer  upon  submitting  the
24    necessary  information.   The  employing  agency   shall   be
25    required  to  retain records of all staff pre- and in-service
26    training, and shall provide such records  to  the  Department
27    upon  request and upon termination of the employer's contract
28    with the Department.  In addition, the  employing  agency  is
29    responsible  for the issuance of certifications of in-service
30    training completed to their employees.
31        The Department is required to develop a system to  ensure
32    that  persons  working  as  homemakers and chore housekeepers
33    receive increases in their wages  when  the  federal  minimum
34    wage  is  increased by requiring vendors to certify that they
 
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 1    are meeting the federal minimum wage statute  for  homemakers
 2    and  chore housekeepers.  An employer that cannot ensure that
 3    the minimum wage increase is being given  to  homemakers  and
 4    chore   housekeepers   shall   be   denied  any  increase  in
 5    reimbursement costs.
 6        The Department on  Aging  and  the  Department  of  Human
 7    Services shall cooperate in the development and submission of
 8    an annual report on programs and services provided under this
 9    Section.   Such joint report shall be filed with the Governor
10    and the General Assembly on or before September 30 each year.
11        The requirement for reporting  to  the  General  Assembly
12    shall  be  satisfied  by filing copies of the report with the
13    Speaker, the Minority Leader and the Clerk of  the  House  of
14    Representatives  and  the  President, the Minority Leader and
15    the Secretary of the  Senate  and  the  Legislative  Research
16    Unit,  as  required  by  Section  3.1 of the General Assembly
17    Organization Act  and filing such additional copies with  the
18    State  Government  Report Distribution Center for the General
19    Assembly as is required under paragraph (t) of Section  7  of
20    the State Library Act.
21        Those  persons  previously  found  eligible for receiving
22    non-institutional services whose services  were  discontinued
23    under  the  Emergency Budget Act of Fiscal Year 1992, and who
24    do not meet the eligibility standards in effect on  or  after
25    July  1,  1992,  shall remain ineligible on and after July 1,
26    1992.  Those persons previously not  required  to  cost-share
27    and  who were required to cost-share effective March 1, 1992,
28    shall continue to meet cost-share requirements on  and  after
29    July  1,  1992.   Beginning July 1, 1992, all clients will be
30    required  to  meet   eligibility,   cost-share,   and   other
31    requirements  and  will have services discontinued or altered
32    when they fail to meet these requirements.
33    (Source: P.A. 91-303, eff. 1-1-00; 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)
 
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 1        (20 ILCS 105/4.02b) (from Ch. 23, par. 6104.02b)
 2        Sec. 4.02b. Community based residential facilities.   The
 3    Department  may  develop criteria for no more than 3 projects
 4    to participate in a supported congregate  living  arrangement
 5    demonstration.   No  other  projects  may  be  added  to  the
 6    demonstration  unless one of the projects previously approved
 7    by the Department  and  the  Illinois  Department  of  Public
 8    Health  withdraws  or  is  terminated from the demonstration.
 9    Each project may serve a maximum of 60 clients,  except  that
10    one  project  may  be  increased  to  serve  a maximum of 175
11    clients upon approval by  the  Department  and  the  Illinois
12    Department  of  Public Health.  The demonstration may include
13    the use of community-based, multi-day residential facilities.
14    Clients may be served long-term or short-term as a  means  of
15    relieving  family  caregivers.   Management of these projects
16    may offer or contract for such services to preclude the  need
17    for  nursing  home  care; however, projects shall not provide
18    sheltered care, or other nursing home care as defined in  the
19    Nursing  Home  Care Act, unless a wavier is obtained pursuant
20    to Section 3-102.2 of that Act.
21        Supported congregate living arrangements  must  apply  to
22    the   Department   for  participation  in  the  demonstration
23    project.  The Department shall develop, in consultation  with
24    the  Illinois  Department  of  Public  Health,  criteria  for
25    participation  in the project.  A project shall have one year
26    from the date of approval to become operational.  One project
27    must involve the conversion of an existing licensed long-term
28    care facility or portion thereof.  If  no  existing  facility
29    applies within one year after the Department begins to accept
30    applications for the pilot project, the Department may select
31    an  alternate project that does not involve the conversion of
32    an existing facility.  During the period of operation of  the
33    demonstration  project,  the  existing  licensed  beds  shall
34    remain licensed as long-term care beds.  At the conclusion of
 
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 1    the  demonstration  project, the beds may revert to long-term
 2    care or the facility may choose to seek appropriate  approval
 3    to  continue  to  operate as an assisted living facility or a
 4    similar program as established by law.  Upon approval  of  an
 5    application,  the Department and the applicant shall submit a
 6    joint waiver request  to  the  Department  of  Public  Health
 7    pursuant to Section 3-102.2 of the Nursing Home Care Act.  If
 8    the  Department  does  not  act upon an application within 60
 9    days, the applicant may file a written waiver request on  its
10    own behalf.
11        The   Department   shall  promulgate  rules  and  provide
12    oversight for the project.  The Department of Human  Services
13    Public  Aid  and  the  Department  of Public Health may offer
14    advice and assistance as needed.
15        The  project  may  be  funded  through  the  Department's
16    community  care  program  appropriations  that  may   include
17    medicaid  waiver  funds  available  through the Department of
18    Human Services Public Aid.
19        The Department  shall  report  annually  to  the  General
20    Assembly by January 1 upon its activities under this Section.
21        The   demonstration   project  shall  terminate  when  an
22    assisted living or similar client focused residential program
23    is established by law or  on  June  30,  2001,  whichever  is
24    earlier.
25    (Source: P.A. 89-530, eff. 7-19-96.)

26        (20 ILCS 105/4.06)
27        Sec.   4.06.  Minority   Senior   Citizen  Program.   The
28    Department shall develop a program to  identify  the  special
29    needs  and  problems of minority senior citizens and evaluate
30    the adequacy  and  accessibility  of  existing  programs  and
31    information  for  minority  senior  citizens.  The Department
32    shall  coordinate  services  for  minority  senior   citizens
33    through  the  Department  of Public Health, the Department of
 
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 1    Public Aid, and the Department of Human Services.
 2        The Department shall develop procedures  to  enhance  and
 3    identify   availability  of  services  and  shall  promulgate
 4    administrative rules to establish the responsibilities of the
 5    Department.
 6        The Department on Aging, the Department of Public Health,
 7    the Department of Public Aid, and  the  Department  of  Human
 8    Services shall cooperate in the development and submission of
 9    an annual report on programs and services provided under this
10    Section.   The  joint report shall be filed with the Governor
11    and the General Assembly on or before September  30  of  each
12    year.
13    (Source: P.A. 88-254; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

14        (20 ILCS 105/8.01) (from Ch. 23, par. 6108.01)
15        Sec.   8.01.   Coordinating   Committee;   members.   The
16    Coordinating  Committee  of  State  Agencies  Serving   Older
17    Persons  shall  consist  of the Director of the Department on
18    Aging  or  his  or  her  designee  as  Chairman,  the   State
19    Superintendent  of  Education  or  his  or her designee,  the
20    Secretary of Human Services  or  his  or  her  designee,  the
21    Secretary  of Transportation or his or her designee,  and the
22    Directors, or the designee or designees of any or all of  the
23    Directors,  of  the following Departments or agencies: Labor;
24    Veterans' Affairs; Public Health; Public  Aid;  Children  and
25    Family  Services;  Commerce and Community Affairs; Insurance;
26    Revenue;  Illinois   Housing   Development   Authority;   and
27    Comprehensive State Health Planning.
28    (Source: P.A. 90-609, eff. 6-30-98; 91-61, eff. 6-30-99.)

29        Section  45.   The  Alcoholism  and  Other Drug Abuse and
30    Dependency Act is amended by changing Sections  5-10,  10-45,
31    and 35-5 as follows:
 
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 1        (20 ILCS 301/5-10)
 2        Sec. 5-10.  Functions of the Department.
 3        (a)  In  addition  to  the  powers,  duties and functions
 4    vested in the Department by this Act, or  by  other  laws  of
 5    this  State,  the  Department  shall  carry out the following
 6    activities:
 7             (1)  Design, coordinate and fund a comprehensive and
 8        coordinated   community-based    and    culturally    and
 9        gender-appropriate array of services throughout the State
10        for   the   prevention,   intervention,   treatment   and
11        rehabilitation  of  alcohol  and  other  drug  abuse  and
12        dependency  that is accessible and addresses the needs of
13        at-risk or addicted individuals and their families.
14             (2)  Act as the exclusive State  agency  to  accept,
15        receive and expend, pursuant to appropriation, any public
16        or  private  monies,  grants or services, including those
17        received from the federal government or from other  State
18        agencies,  for  the  purpose  of  providing  an  array of
19        services for the prevention, intervention, treatment  and
20        rehabilitation  of  alcoholism  or  other  drug  abuse or
21        dependency.  Monies received by the Department  shall  be
22        deposited  into  appropriate  funds  as may be created by
23        State law or administrative action.
24             (3)  Coordinate a  statewide  strategy  among  State
25        agencies  for the prevention, intervention, treatment and
26        rehabilitation  of  alcohol  and  other  drug  abuse  and
27        dependency.  This strategy shall include the  development
28        of  an  annual comprehensive State plan for the provision
29        of  an  array  of  services  for  education,  prevention,
30        intervention, treatment,  relapse  prevention  and  other
31        services and activities to alleviate alcoholism and other
32        drug  abuse  and  dependency.  The plan shall be based on
33        local community-based needs and upon data including,  but
34        not  limited to, that which defines the prevalence of and
 
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 1        costs associated with the abuse of  and  dependency  upon
 2        alcohol  and  other  drugs. This comprehensive State plan
 3        shall  include   identification   of   problems,   needs,
 4        priorities,  services  and  other  pertinent information,
 5        including the needs  of  minorities  and  other  specific
 6        populations  in  the  State,  and  shall describe how the
 7        identified problems and needs  will  be  addressed.   For
 8        purposes  of  this  paragraph,  the  term "minorities and
 9        other specific populations" may include, but shall not be
10        limited to, groups such as women,  children,  intravenous
11        drug  users,  persons  with AIDS or who are HIV infected,
12        African-Americans,  Puerto   Ricans,   Hispanics,   Asian
13        Americans,  the  elderly, persons in the criminal justice
14        system, persons who are clients of services  provided  by
15        other  State agencies, persons with disabilities and such
16        other specific populations as  the  Department  may  from
17        time  to  time  identify.  In  developing  the  plan, the
18        Department  shall  seek  input  from  providers,   parent
19        groups, associations and interested citizens.
20             Beginning  with  State  fiscal year 1996, the annual
21        comprehensive State plan  developed  under  this  Section
22        shall  include an explanation of the rationale to be used
23        in ensuring  that  funding  shall  be  based  upon  local
24        community  needs,  including,  but  not  limited  to, the
25        incidence and prevalence of, and costs  associated  with,
26        the abuse of and dependency upon alcohol and other drugs,
27        as well as upon demonstrated program performance.
28             The  annual comprehensive State plan developed under
29        this  Section  shall  contain  a  report  detailing   the
30        activities  of  and progress made by the programs for the
31        care and treatment of addicted pregnant  women,  addicted
32        mothers  and  their children established under subsection
33        (j) of Section 35-5 of this Act.
34             Each State agency which provides or funds alcohol or
 
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 1        drug  prevention,  intervention  and  treatment  services
 2        shall annually prepare an agency plan for providing  such
 3        services,  and  these  shall be used by the Department in
 4        preparing the annual comprehensive statewide plan.   Each
 5        agency's  annual plan for alcohol and drug abuse services
 6        shall contain a report on the activities and progress  of
 7        such  services  in  the  prior  year.  The Department may
 8        provide technical assistance to other State agencies,  as
 9        required, in the development of their agency plans.
10             (4)  Lead,    foster    and   develop   cooperation,
11        coordination  and  agreements  among  federal  and  State
12        governmental agencies and local  providers  that  provide
13        assistance,   services,   funding   or  other  functions,
14        peripheral or direct, in  the  prevention,  intervention,
15        treatment  or rehabilitation of alcoholism and other drug
16        abuse and dependency.  This shall include, but shall  not
17        be limited to, the following:
18                  (A)  Cooperate  with  and assist the Department
19             of  Corrections  and  the  Department  on  Aging  in
20             establishing and  conducting  programs  relating  to
21             alcoholism and other drug abuse and dependency among
22             those populations which they respectively serve.
23                  (B)  Cooperate  with  and  assist  the Illinois
24             Department of Public Health  in  the  establishment,
25             funding and support of programs and services for the
26             promotion  of  maternal  and  child  health  and the
27             prevention and  treatment  of  infectious  diseases,
28             including   but   not   limited  to  HIV  infection,
29             especially with respect to  those  persons  who  may
30             abuse  drugs  by  intravenous injection, or may have
31             been sexual partners of drug abusers,  or  may  have
32             abused  substances  so that their immune systems are
33             impaired, causing them to be at high risk.
34                  (C)  Supply to the Department of Public  Health
 
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 1             and  prenatal  care  providers a list of all alcohol
 2             and other drug abuse service providers for  addicted
 3             pregnant women in this State.
 4                  (D)  Assist  in the placement of child abuse or
 5             neglect perpetrators  (identified  by  the  Illinois
 6             Department of Children and Family Services) who have
 7             been  determined  to  be in need of alcohol or other
 8             drug abuse services pursuant to Section 8.2  of  the
 9             Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
10                  (E)  Cooperate  with  and  assist  the Illinois
11             Department  of  Children  and  Family  Services   in
12             carrying out its mandates to:
13                       (i)  identify alcohol and other drug abuse
14                  issues  among  its  clients and their families;
15                  and
16                       (ii)  develop  programs  and  services  to
17                  deal with such problems.
18             These programs and services may include,  but  shall
19             not  be limited to, programs to prevent the abuse of
20             alcohol or other drugs by  DCFS  clients  and  their
21             families, rehabilitation services, identifying child
22             care  needs  within  the  array of alcohol and other
23             drug  abuse  services,  and  assistance  with  other
24             issues as required.
25                  (F)  Cooperate with  and  assist  the  Illinois
26             Criminal  Justice Information Authority with respect
27             to statistical and other information concerning drug
28             abuse incidence and prevalence.
29                  (G)  Cooperate  with  and  assist   the   State
30             Superintendent  of  Education,  boards of education,
31             schools, police departments, the Illinois Department
32             of State Police, courts and other public and private
33             agencies and individuals in establishing  prevention
34             programs    statewide   and   preparing   curriculum
 
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 1             materials for use at all  levels  of  education.  An
 2             agreement  shall  be  entered  into  with  the State
 3             Superintendent  of  Education  to  assist   in   the
 4             establishment of such programs.
 5                  (H)  Develop  and  provide  Cooperate  with and
 6             assist the Illinois Department of Public Aid in  the
 7             development  and  provision  of  services offered to
 8             recipients of public assistance  for  the  treatment
 9             and  prevention  of  alcoholism and other drug abuse
10             and dependency.
11                  (I)  Provide training recommendations to  other
12             State  agencies  funding alcohol or other drug abuse
13             prevention,     intervention,      treatment      or
14             rehabilitation services.
15             (5)  From monies appropriated to the Department from
16        the  Drunk  and  Drugged  Driving  Prevention  Fund, make
17        grants to reimburse DUI evaluation and remedial education
18        programs licensed by the  Department  for  the  costs  of
19        providing  indigent  persons  with  free  or reduced-cost
20        services relating  to  a  charge  of  driving  under  the
21        influence of alcohol or other drugs.
22             (6)  Promulgate  regulations  to provide appropriate
23        standards for publicly and privately funded  programs  as
24        well  as  for  levels  of  payment  to  government funded
25        programs  which  provide  an  array   of   services   for
26        prevention,  intervention,  treatment  and rehabilitation
27        for alcoholism and other drug abuse or dependency.
28             (7)  In consultation with local  service  providers,
29        specify  a  uniform  statistical  methodology  for use by
30        agencies, organizations, individuals and  the  Department
31        for   collection   and   dissemination   of   statistical
32        information  regarding services related to alcoholism and
33        other drug use and abuse. This shall  include  prevention
34        services   delivered,  the  number  of  persons  treated,
 
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 1        frequency of admission and readmission, and  duration  of
 2        treatment.
 3             (8)  Receive data and assistance from federal, State
 4        and  local  governmental  agencies,  and obtain copies of
 5        identification and arrest data from  all  federal,  State
 6        and  local  law  enforcement agencies for use in carrying
 7        out the purposes and functions of the Department.
 8             (9)  Designate  and  license  providers  to  conduct
 9        screening, assessment, referral and tracking  of  clients
10        identified  by  the  criminal  justice  system  as having
11        indications  of  alcoholism  or  other  drug   abuse   or
12        dependency  and  being  eligible  to make an election for
13        treatment under Section 40-5 of this Act, and  assist  in
14        the placement of individuals who are under court order to
15        participate in treatment.
16             (10)  Designate   medical   examination   and  other
17        programs for determining alcoholism and other drug  abuse
18        and dependency.
19             (11)  Encourage   service   providers   who  receive
20        financial assistance in any form from the State to assess
21        and collect fees for services rendered.
22             (12)  Make grants with funds appropriated  from  the
23        Drug  Treatment  Fund in accordance with Section 7 of the
24        Controlled Substance and Cannabis  Nuisance  Act,  or  in
25        accordance  with subsections (h) and (i) of Section 411.2
26        of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act.
27             (13)  Encourage all health and disability  insurance
28        programs  to  include alcoholism and other drug abuse and
29        dependency as a covered illness.
30             (14)  Make  such   agreements,   grants-in-aid   and
31        purchase-care  arrangements  with  any  other department,
32        authority or commission of this State, or any other state
33        or the federal government or with any public  or  private
34        agency,   including   the   disbursement   of  funds  and
 
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 1        furnishing of staff, to effectuate the purposes  of  this
 2        Act.
 3             (15)  Conduct   a  public  information  campaign  to
 4        inform  the  State's  Hispanic  residents  regarding  the
 5        prevention and treatment of alcoholism.
 6        (b)  In addition to  the  powers,  duties  and  functions
 7    vested in it by this Act, or by other laws of this State, the
 8    Department  may  undertake,  but shall not be limited to, the
 9    following activities:
10             (1)  Require all programs funded by  the  Department
11        to  include an education component to inform participants
12        regarding  the  causes  and  means  of  transmission  and
13        methods of reducing the risk of acquiring or transmitting
14        HIV infection, and to include funding for such  education
15        component in its support of the program.
16             (2)  Review   all   State  agency  applications  for
17        federal funds which include provisions  relating  to  the
18        prevention,   early   intervention   and   treatment   of
19        alcoholism  and  other drug abuse and dependency in order
20        to ensure consistency with  the  comprehensive  statewide
21        plan developed pursuant to this Act.
22             (3)  Prepare,  publish,  evaluate,  disseminate  and
23        serve  as  a central repository for educational materials
24        dealing with the nature and  effects  of  alcoholism  and
25        other drug abuse and dependency.  Such materials may deal
26        with  the  educational needs of the citizens of Illinois,
27        and may include at least  pamphlets  which  describe  the
28        causes  and  effects of fetal alcohol syndrome, which the
29        Department may distribute free of charge to  each  county
30        clerk  in sufficient quantities that the county clerk may
31        provide a pamphlet to  the  recipients  of  all  marriage
32        licenses issued in the county.
33             (4)  Develop and coordinate, with regional and local
34        agencies,  education  and  training  programs for persons
 
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 1        engaged in providing the array of  services  for  persons
 2        having  alcoholism  or  other  drug  abuse and dependency
 3        problems,  which  programs  may  include   specific   HIV
 4        education and training for program personnel.
 5             (5)  Cooperate with and assist in the development of
 6        education,   prevention   and   treatment   programs  for
 7        employees of State and local governments  and  businesses
 8        in the State.
 9             (6)  Utilize   the   support   and   assistance   of
10        interested persons in the community, including recovering
11        addicts   and   alcoholics,  to  assist  individuals  and
12        communities in understanding the dynamics  of  addiction,
13        and  to  encourage individuals with alcohol or other drug
14        abuse  or  dependency  problems  to  voluntarily  undergo
15        treatment.
16             (7)  Promote,  conduct,  assist  or  sponsor   basic
17        clinical,  epidemiological  and statistical research into
18        alcoholism and  other  drug  abuse  and  dependency,  and
19        research  into  the  prevention  of those problems either
20        solely or in  conjunction  with  any  public  or  private
21        agency.
22             (8)  Cooperate  with  public  and  private agencies,
23        organizations  and  individuals  in  the  development  of
24        programs,  and  to  provide  technical   assistance   and
25        consultation services for this purpose.
26             (9)  Publish  or  provide  for  the  publishing of a
27        manual to assist medical and social service providers  in
28        identifying   alcoholism   and   other   drug  abuse  and
29        dependency   and   coordinating   the   multidisciplinary
30        delivery of services to addicted pregnant women, addicted
31        mothers and their children.  The manual may be used  only
32        to  provide  information  and  may  not  be  used  by the
33        Department  to   establish   practice   standards.    The
34        Department  may  not  require  recipients to use specific
 
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 1        providers  nor  may  they  require  providers  to   refer
 2        recipients to specific providers. The manual may include,
 3        but need not be limited to, the following:
 4                  (A)  Information concerning risk assessments of
 5             women seeking prenatal, natal, and postnatal medical
 6             care.
 7                  (B)  Information concerning risk assessments of
 8             infants who may be substance-affected.
 9                  (C)  Protocols  that  have  been adopted by the
10             Illinois Department of Children and Family  Services
11             for  the  reporting and investigation of allegations
12             of child abuse  or  neglect  under  the  Abused  and
13             Neglected Child Reporting Act.
14                  (D)  Summary of procedures utilized in juvenile
15             court  in  cases  of children alleged or found to be
16             abused or neglected as a result  of  being  born  to
17             addicted women.
18                  (E)  Information    concerning    referral   of
19             addicted pregnant women, addicted mothers and  their
20             children  by  medical, social service, and substance
21             abuse treatment providers,  by  the  Departments  of
22             Children  and  Family  Services,  Public Aid, Public
23             Health, and Human Services.
24                  (F)  Effects of substance abuse on infants  and
25             guidelines  on  the  symptoms,  care, and comfort of
26             drug-withdrawing infants.
27                  (G)  Responsibilities    of    the     Illinois
28             Department  of  Public Health to maintain statistics
29             on the number of children in  Illinois  addicted  at
30             birth.
31             (10)  To  the  extent  permitted  by  federal law or
32        regulation, establish and maintain  a  clearinghouse  and
33        central repository for the development and maintenance of
34        a  centralized  data  collection and dissemination system
 
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 1        and a management information system  for  all  alcoholism
 2        and  other  drug abuse prevention, early intervention and
 3        treatment services.
 4             (11)  Fund, promote or  assist  programs,  services,
 5        demonstrations  or  research  dealing  with  addictive or
 6        habituating  behaviors  detrimental  to  the  health   of
 7        Illinois citizens.
 8             (12)  With  monies  appropriated from the Group Home
 9        Loan Revolving Fund,  make  loans,  directly  or  through
10        subcontract,  to  assist  in  underwriting  the  costs of
11        housing in which individuals recovering from  alcohol  or
12        other  drug  abuse  or dependency may reside in groups of
13        not less than 6 persons, pursuant  to  Section  50-40  of
14        this Act.
15             (13)  Promulgate   such   regulations   as   may  be
16        necessary  for  the  administration  of  grants   or   to
17        otherwise   carry   out  the  purposes  and  enforce  the
18        provisions of this Act.
19             (14)  Fund programs to help parents be effective  in
20        preventing  substance  abuse  by building an awareness of
21        drugs and alcohol and the  family's  role  in  preventing
22        abuse  through  adjusting  expectations,  developing  new
23        skills,  and setting positive family goals.  The programs
24        shall include, but  not  be  limited  to,  the  following
25        subjects:   healthy  family  communication;  establishing
26        rules and limits; how to reduce family conflict;  how  to
27        build  self-esteem,  competency,  and  responsibility  in
28        children;  how  to  improve  motivation  and achievement;
29        effective discipline; problem solving techniques; and how
30        to talk about drugs and alcohol.  The programs  shall  be
31        open to all parents.
32    (Source:   P.A.  88-80;  incorporates  88-171;  88-670,  eff.
33    12-2-94; 89-363, eff. 1-1-96; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
 
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 1        (20 ILCS 301/10-45)
 2        Sec. 10-45.  Membership.  The Board shall consist  of  15
 3    16 members:
 4             (a)  The Director of Aging.
 5             (b)  The State Superintendent of Education.
 6             (c)  The Director of Corrections.
 7             (d)  The Director of State Police.
 8             (e)  The Director of Professional Regulation.
 9             (f)  (Blank).
10             (g)  The Director of Children and Family Services.
11             (h)  (Blank).
12             (i)  (Blank). The Director of Public Aid.
13             (j)  The Director of Public Health.
14             (k)  The Secretary of State.
15             (l)  The Secretary of Transportation.
16             (m)  The Director of Insurance.
17             (n)  The  Director  of  the Administrative Office of
18        the Illinois Courts.
19             (o)  The Chairman of the Board of Higher Education.
20             (p)  The Director of Revenue.
21             (q)  The Executive Director of the Criminal  Justice
22        Information Authority.
23             (r)  A  chairman  who  shall  be  appointed  by  the
24        Governor for a term of 3 years.
25    Each member may designate a representative to serve in his or
26    her place by written notice to the Department.
27    (Source: P.A. 88-80; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97; revised 2-23-00.)

28        (20 ILCS 301/35-5)
29        Sec. 35-5.  Services for pregnant women and mothers.
30        (a)  In  order  to promote a comprehensive, statewide and
31    multidisciplinary approach to serving addicted pregnant women
32    and mothers,  including  those  who  are  minors,  and  their
33    children  who are affected by alcoholism and other drug abuse
 
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 1    or dependency, the Department shall have  responsibility  for
 2    an  ongoing exchange of referral information, as set forth in
 3    subsections (b) and (c) of this Section, among the following:
 4             (1)  those who provide medical and  social  services
 5        to pregnant women, mothers and their children, whether or
 6        not  there  exists  evidence  of alcoholism or other drug
 7        abuse or dependency.   These  include  providers  in  the
 8        Healthy Moms/Healthy Kids program, the Drug Free Families
 9        With  a Future program, the Parents Too Soon program, and
10        any other State-funded medical or social service programs
11        which provide services to pregnant women.
12             (2)  providers  of  treatment  services   to   women
13        affected by alcoholism or other drug abuse or dependency.
14        (b)  The   Department   may,   in  conjunction  with  the
15    Departments of  Children  and  Family  Services  and,  Public
16    Health  and  Public  Aid, develop and maintain an updated and
17    comprehensive list of medical and social service providers by
18    geographic region.  The Department may periodically send this
19    comprehensive list of medical and social service providers to
20    all providers of treatment  for  alcoholism  and  other  drug
21    abuse and dependency, identified under subsection (f) of this
22    Section,  so  that  appropriate  referrals  can be made.  The
23    Department shall obtain the specific consent of each provider
24    of services before publishing, distributing, verbally  making
25    information  available for purposes of referral, or otherwise
26    publicizing the availability of services from a provider. The
27    Department may make information  concerning  availability  of
28    services   available  to  recipients,  but  may  not  require
29    recipients to specific sources of care.
30        (c)  The Department may, on an ongoing  basis,  keep  all
31    medical   and   social  service  providers  identified  under
32    subsection (b) of this Section informed  about  any  relevant
33    changes  in  any  laws  relating to alcoholism and other drug
34    abuse and dependency, about services that are available  from
 
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 1    any  State  agencies for addicted pregnant women and addicted
 2    mothers and their children, and about any other  developments
 3    that the Department finds to be informative.
 4        (d)  All  providers of treatment for alcoholism and other
 5    drug abuse and dependency may receive  information  from  the
 6    Department  on  the  availability  of services under the Drug
 7    Free  Families  with  a  Future  or  any  comparable  program
 8    providing case management services for alcoholic or  addicted
 9    women,  including  information  on  appropriate referrals for
10    other services that may be needed in addition to treatment.
11        (e)  The  Department  may  implement  the  policies   and
12    programs  set  forth  in  this Section with the advice of the
13    Committee on Women's Alcohol and  Substance  Abuse  Treatment
14    created under Section 10-20 of this Act.
15        (f)  The Department shall develop and maintain an updated
16    and comprehensive directory of service providers that provide
17    treatment  services  to  pregnant  women,  mothers, and their
18    children in this State.  The Department shall disseminate  an
19    updated  directory  as  often  as is necessary to the list of
20    medical  and  social   service   providers   compiled   under
21    subsection  (b) of this Section.  The Department shall obtain
22    the specific consent of  each  provider  of  services  before
23    publishing,   distributing,   verbally   making   information
24    available  for  purposes  of  referral  or otherwise using or
25    publicizing the availability of services from a provider. The
26    Department may make information  concerning  availability  of
27    services   available  to  recipients,  but  may  not  require
28    recipients to use specific sources of care.
29        (g)  As a condition of any State grant or  contract,  the
30    Department  shall  require  that  any  treatment  program for
31    addicted women provide services, either by its own  staff  or
32    by  agreement  with  other  agencies  or  individuals,  which
33    include but need not be limited to the following:
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 1        program, the Drug Free Families with a Future program, or
 2        any comparable program providing case management services
 3        to assure ongoing monitoring and coordination of services
 4        after the addicted woman has returned home.
 5             (2)  coordination    with   medical   services   for
 6        individual  medical  care  of  addicted  pregnant  women,
 7        including  prenatal  care  under  the  supervision  of  a
 8        physician.
 9             (3)  coordination with child care services under any
10        State  plan  developed  pursuant  to  subsection  (e)  of
11        Section 10-25 of this Act.
12        (h)  As a condition of any State grant or  contract,  the
13    Department  shall  require  that  any  nonresidential program
14    receiving any funding for treatment services accept women who
15    are pregnant, provided  that  such  services  are  clinically
16    appropriate.  Failure  to  comply  with this subsection shall
17    result in termination of the grant or contract  and  loss  of
18    State funding.
19        (i)(1)  From   funds   appropriated   expressly  for  the
20    purposes of this Section,  the  Department  shall  create  or
21    contract  with  licensed,  certified  agencies  to  develop a
22    program for the  care  and  treatment  of  addicted  pregnant
23    women,  addicted  mothers  and  their  children.  The program
24    shall be in Cook County in an area of high density population
25    having a disproportionate number of addicted women and a high
26    infant mortality rate.
27        (2)  From funds appropriated expressly for  the  purposes
28    of this Section, the Department shall create or contract with
29    licensed,  certified  agencies  to  develop a program for the
30    care and treatment of low income pregnant women.  The program
31    shall be located anywhere in the State outside of Cook County
32    in  an   area   of   high   density   population   having   a
33    disproportionate number of low income pregnant women.
34        (3)  In  implementing the programs established under this
 
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 1    subsection,  the  Department  shall  contract  with  existing
 2    residencies   or   recovery   homes   in   areas   having   a
 3    disproportionate number of women who abuse alcohol  or  other
 4    drugs and need residential treatment and counseling. Priority
 5    shall be given to addicted and abusing women who:
 6             (A)  are pregnant,
 7             (B)  have minor children,
 8             (C)  are both pregnant and have minor children, or
 9             (D)  are  referred by medical personnel because they
10        either  have  given  birth  to  a  baby  addicted  to   a
11        controlled  substance,  or  will  give  birth  to  a baby
12        addicted to a controlled substance.
13        (4)  The services provided by the programs shall  include
14    but not be limited to:
15             (A)  individual  medical  care,  including  prenatal
16        care, under the supervision of a physician.
17             (B)  temporary,  residential  shelter  for  pregnant
18        women, mothers and children when necessary.
19             (C)  a range of educational or counseling services.
20             (D)  comprehensive  and coordinated social services,
21        including  substance  abuse  therapy   groups   for   the
22        treatment   of   alcoholism  and  other  drug  abuse  and
23        dependency; family therapy groups;  programs  to  develop
24        positive   self-awareness;   parent-child   therapy;  and
25        residential support groups.
26        (5)  No services that require a license shall be provided
27    until and unless the recovery home or other residence obtains
28    and maintains the requisite license.
29    (Source: P.A. 88-80.)

30        Section 50.  The Personnel Code is  amended  by  changing
31    Sections 8a, 8b.1, and 10 as follows:

32        (20 ILCS 415/8a) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b108a)
 
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 1        Sec.  8a.   Jurisdiction  A - Classification and pay. For
 2    positions in the State service subject to the jurisdiction of
 3    the Department of Central Management Services with respect to
 4    the classification and pay:
 5        (1)  For the preparation, maintenance,  and  revision  by
 6    the  Director,  subject  to  approval by the Commission, of a
 7    position classification plan for  all  positions  subject  to
 8    this   Act,   based  upon  similarity  of  duties  performed,
 9    responsibilities assigned, and conditions  of  employment  so
10    that the same schedule of pay may be equitably applied to all
11    positions  in the same class. However, the pay of an employee
12    whose position is reduced in rank or  grade  by  reallocation
13    because  of  a  loss  of duties or responsibilities after his
14    appointment to such position shall  not  be  required  to  be
15    lowered  for  a  period of one year after the reallocation of
16    his position. Conditions of employment shall not be used as a
17    factor in the classification of any position heretofore  paid
18    under   the   provisions  of  Section  1.22  of  "An  Act  to
19    standardize position titles and salary rates", approved  June
20    30,  1943, as amended. Unless the Commission disapproves such
21    classification plan within 60 days, or any  revision  thereof
22    within  30  days,  the  Director  shall  allocate  every such
23    position to one of the classes  in  the  plan.  Any  employee
24    affected  by  the  allocation of a position to a class shall,
25    after filing with the Director of Central Management Services
26    a written request for reconsideration thereof in such  manner
27    and form as the Director may prescribe, be given a reasonable
28    opportunity to be heard by the Director. If the employee does
29    not accept the allocation of the position, he shall then have
30    the right of appeal to the Civil Service Commission.
31        (2)  For  a  pay  plan to be prepared by the Director for
32    all employees subject to this  Act  after  consultation  with
33    operating agency heads  and the Director of the Bureau of the
34    Budget.  Such  pay plan may include provisions for uniformity
 
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 1    of starting pay, an increment  plan,  area  differentials,  a
 2    delay  not  to  exceed one year prior to the reduction of the
 3    pay of employees whose positions are reduced in rank or grade
 4    by  reallocation   because   of   a   loss   of   duties   or
 5    responsibilities  after their appointments to such positions,
 6    prevailing rates of wages in those classifications  in  which
 7    employers  are  now paying or may hereafter pay such rates of
 8    wage  and  other  provisions.  Such  pay  plan  shall  become
 9    effective only after it has been approved  by  the  Governor.
10    Amendments  to the pay plan shall be made in the same manner.
11    Such pay plan shall provide that each employee shall be  paid
12    at  one  of the rates set forth in the pay plan for the class
13    of position in which he is employed, subject to delay in  the
14    reduction  of pay of employees whose positions are reduced in
15    rank or grade by  allocation  as  above  set  forth  in  this
16    Section.   Such  pay  plan  shall  provide  for  a  fair  and
17    reasonable compensation for services rendered.
18        This section is inapplicable to the position of Assistant
19    Director  of  Public Aid in the Department of Public Aid. The
20    salary for this position shall  be  as  established  in  "The
21    Civil  Administrative  Code  of  Illinois", approved March 7,
22    1917, as amended.
23    (Source: P.A. 82-789.)

24        (20 ILCS 415/8b.1) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b108b.1)
25        Sec. 8b.1.  For open competitive examinations to test the
26    relative fitness of applicants for the respective positions.
27        Tests shall be designed to eliminate those  who  are  not
28    qualified  for entrance into or promotion within the service,
29    and to  discover  the  relative  fitness  of  those  who  are
30    qualified. The Director may use any one of or any combination
31    of  the  following  examination methods which in his judgment
32    best   serves   this   end:   investigation   of   education;
33    investigation of experience; test of cultural knowledge; test
 
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 1    of capacity; test of knowledge; test of manual skill; test of
 2    linguistic ability;  test  of  character;  test  of  physical
 3    fitness;  test  of  psychological  fitness.  No person with a
 4    record of misdemeanor convictions except those under Sections
 5    11-6, 11-7, 11-9, 11-14, 11-15, 11-17,  11-18,  11-19,  12-2,
 6    12-6,  12-15,  14-4,  16-1, 21.1-3, 24-3.1, 24-5, 25-1, 28-3,
 7    31-1, 31-4, 31-6, 31-7, 32-1,  32-2,  32-3,  32-4,  32-8  and
 8    sub-sections  1, 6 and 8 of Section 24-1 of the Criminal Code
 9    of 1961 or arrested for any cause but not  convicted  thereon
10    shall  be  disqualified  from  taking  such  examinations  or
11    subsequent  appointment,  unless  the person is attempting to
12    qualify for a position which would give him the powers  of  a
13    peace  officer,  in  which  case  the  person's conviction or
14    arrest record may be considered as a  factor  in  determining
15    the  person's  fitness  for  the  position.  The  eligibility
16    conditions  specified  for the position of Assistant Director
17    of Public Aid in the Department  of  Public  Aid  in  Section
18    5-230  of  the  Departments  of State Government Law (20 ILCS
19    5/5-230) shall be applied to that  position  in  addition  to
20    other   standards,  tests  or  criteria  established  by  the
21    Director. All examinations shall  be  announced  publicly  at
22    least  2 weeks in advance of the date of the examinations and
23    may be advertised through the press, radio and  other  media.
24    The  Director  may,  however,  in his discretion, continue to
25    receive applications and examine candidates  long  enough  to
26    assure  a sufficient number of eligibles to meet the needs of
27    the service and may add the names of successful candidates to
28    existing eligible lists in accordance with  their  respective
29    ratings.
30        The  Director  may, in his discretion, accept the results
31    of competitive examinations conducted  by  any  merit  system
32    established  by  federal  law or by the law of any State, and
33    may compile eligible lists therefrom or may add the names  of
34    successful  candidates  in  examinations  conducted  by those
 
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 1    merit systems to existing eligible lists in  accordance  with
 2    their  respective ratings. No person who is a non-resident of
 3    the State of Illinois may be appointed  from  those  eligible
 4    lists,  however,  unless  the  requirement that applicants be
 5    residents of the State of Illinois is waived by the  Director
 6    of Central Management Services and unless there are less than
 7    3  Illinois  residents  available  for  appointment  from the
 8    appropriate eligible list. The results  of  the  examinations
 9    conducted  by other merit systems may not be used unless they
10    are  comparable  in  difficulty  and   comprehensiveness   to
11    examinations   conducted   by   the   Department  of  Central
12    Management Services for similar positions. Special linguistic
13    options may also be established where deemed appropriate.
14    (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

15        (20 ILCS 415/10) (from Ch. 127, par. 63b110)
16        Sec. 10.  Duties and powers of the Commission. The  Civil
17    Service Commission shall have duties and powers as follows:
18        (1)  Upon  written recommendations by the Director of the
19    Department of Central  Management  Services  to  exempt  from
20    jurisdiction  B  of this Act positions which, in the judgment
21    of the Commission, involve  either  principal  administrative
22    responsibility  for  the determination of policy or principal
23    administrative responsibility for the way in  which  policies
24    are  carried  out.  This  authority  may  not  be  exercised,
25    however,  with  respect to the position of Assistant Director
26    of Public Aid in the Department of Public Aid.
27        (2)  To require such special reports from the Director as
28    it may consider desirable.
29        (3)  To disapprove original rules  or  any  part  thereof
30    within 90 days and any amendment thereof within 30 days after
31    the  submission of such rules to the Civil Service Commission
32    by the Director, and to disapprove any amendments thereto  in
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 1        (4)  To approve or disapprove within 60 days from date of
 2    submission the position classification plan  submitted by the
 3    Director  as provided in the rules, and any revisions thereof
 4    within 30 days from the date of submission.
 5        (5)  To hear appeals of employees who do not  accept  the
 6    allocation    of   their   positions   under   the   position
 7    classification plan.
 8        (6)  To hear and determine written charges filed  seeking
 9    the  discharge, demotion of employees and suspension totaling
10    more than thirty days in any 12-month period, as provided  in
11    Section  11  hereof,  and  appeals  from  transfers  from one
12    geographical area in the State to another, and in  connection
13    therewith to administer oaths, subpoena witnesses, and compel
14    the production of books and papers.
15        (7)  The  fees of subpoenaed witnesses under this Act for
16    attendance and travel shall be the same as fees of  witnesses
17    before  the circuit courts of the State, such fees to be paid
18    when  the  witness  is  excused  from   further   attendance.
19    Whenever a subpoena is issued the Commission may require that
20    the cost of service and the fee of the witness shall be borne
21    by  the  party  at  whose insistence the witness is summoned.
22    The Commission has the power, at its discretion, to require a
23    deposit from such party to cover  the  cost  of  service  and
24    witness  fees  and  the  payment of the legal witness fee and
25    mileage to the witness served with the subpoena.  A  subpoena
26    issued under this Act shall be served in the same manner as a
27    subpoena issued out of a court.
28        Upon  the  failure  or  refusal  to  obey  a  subpoena, a
29    petition shall be prepared by the party serving the  subpoena
30    for  enforcement  in the circuit court of the county in which
31    the person to whom the subpoena was directed  either  resides
32    or has his or her principal place of business.
33        Not  less  than five days before the petition is filed in
34    the appropriate court, it shall be served on the person along
 
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 1    with a notice of the time and place the  petition  is  to  be
 2    presented.
 3        Following  a  hearing  on the petition, the circuit court
 4    shall have jurisdiction to enforce subpoenas issued  pursuant
 5    to this Section.
 6        On  motion  and  for  good cause shown the Commission may
 7    quash or modify any subpoena.
 8        (8)  To make an annual report regarding the work  of  the
 9    Commission  to  the  Governor,  such  report  to  be a public
10    report.
11        (9)  If  any  violation  of  this  Act  is   found,   the
12    Commission shall direct compliance in writing.
13        (10)  To appoint a full-time executive secretary and such
14    other  employees,  experts,  and special assistants as may be
15    necessary  to  carry  out  the  powers  and  duties  of   the
16    Commission under this Act and employees, experts, and special
17    assistants so appointed by the Commission shall be subject to
18    the provisions of jurisdictions A, B and C of this Act. These
19    powers  and  duties  supersede any contrary provisions herein
20    contained.
21        (11)  To make rules to  carry  out  and  implement  their
22    powers  and  duties  under  this Act, with authority to amend
23    such rules from time to time.
24        (12)  To hear  or  conduct  investigations  as  it  deems
25    necessary  of  appeals of layoff filed by employees appointed
26    under Jurisdiction B after  examination  provided  that  such
27    appeals  are  filed  within  15  calendar  days following the
28    effective date of such layoff and are made on the basis  that
29    the  provisions  of the Personnel Code or of the Rules of the
30    Department of Central Management Services relating to  layoff
31    have been violated or have not been complied with.
32        All  hearings  shall  be  public.   A  decision  shall be
33    rendered within 60 days after receipt of  the  transcript  of
34    the    proceedings.    The   Commission   shall   order   the
 
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 1    reinstatement of the  employee  if  it  is  proven  that  the
 2    provisions  of  the  Personnel  Code  or  of the Rules of the
 3    Department of Central Management Services relating to  layoff
 4    have  been  violated  or  have  not  been  complied with.  In
 5    connection therewith the  Commission  may  administer  oaths,
 6    subpoena  witnesses,  and  compel the production of books and
 7    papers.
 8        (13)  Whenever the Civil Service Commission is authorized
 9    or required by  law  to  consider  some  aspect  of  criminal
10    history  record  information  for the purpose of carrying out
11    its statutory powers and responsibilities, then, upon request
12    and payment of fees in conformance with the  requirements  of
13    Section  2605-400  of  the Department of State Police Law (20
14    ILCS  2605/2605-400),  the  Department  of  State  Police  is
15    authorized to furnish, pursuant to  positive  identification,
16    such  information contained in State files as is necessary to
17    fulfill the request.
18    (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

19        Section 55.  The Children  and  Family  Services  Act  is
20    amended by changing Section 9.1 as follows:

21        (20 ILCS 505/9.1) (from Ch. 23, par. 5009.1)
22        Sec.  9.1.   The  parents  or guardians of the estates of
23    children accepted for care and training  under  the  Juvenile
24    Court  Act  or  the  Juvenile Court Act of 1987, or through a
25    voluntary placement agreement with the parents  or  guardians
26    shall  be  liable  for the payment to the Department, or to a
27    licensed or approved child care facility  designated  by  the
28    Department  of  sums  representing  charges  for the care and
29    training of those children at a rate to be determined by  the
30    Department.   The  Department  shall  establish a standard by
31    which shall be measured the ability of parents  or  guardians
32    to pay for the care and training of their children, and shall
 
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 1    implement  the  standard  by rules governing its application.
 2    The standard and the rules shall take into account ability to
 3    pay as measured by annual income and family size.  Medical or
 4    other treatment provided on behalf of the family may also  be
 5    taken  into  account  in  determining  ability  to pay if the
 6    Department concludes that such treatment is appropriate.
 7        In addition, the  Department  may  provide  by  rule  for
 8    referral  of  Title IV-E foster care maintenance cases to the
 9    Department of Human Services Public  Aid  for  child  support
10    services  under  Title  IV-D of the Social Security Act.  The
11    Department  shall  consider  "good  cause"  as   defined   in
12    regulations  promulgated  under  Title  IV-A  of  the  Social
13    Security  Act, among other criteria, when determining whether
14    to refer a case and, upon referral, the parent or guardian of
15    the estate of a child who is receiving Title IV-E foster care
16    maintenance  payments  shall  be  deemed  to  have  made   an
17    assignment to the Department of any and all rights, title and
18    interest in any support obligation on behalf of a child.  The
19    rights to support assigned to the Department shall constitute
20    an obligation owed the State by the person who is responsible
21    for providing the support, and shall be collectible under all
22    applicable processes.
23        The acceptance of children for services or care shall not
24    be  limited  or  conditioned  in  any manner on the financial
25    status or ability  of  parents  or  guardians  to  make  such
26    payments.
27    (Source: P.A. 85-1209; 86-1311.)

28        Section 60.  The Department of Employment Security Law of
29    the  Civil  Administrative  Code  of  Illinois  is amended by
30    changing Section 1005-130 as follows:

31        (20 ILCS 1005/1005-130) (was 20 ILCS 1005/43a.14)
32        Sec. 1005-130.  Exchange of information for child support
 
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 1    enforcement.
 2        (a)  The Department has the power to  exchange  with  the
 3    Illinois  Department of Human Services Public Aid information
 4    that may be necessary for the enforcement  of  child  support
 5    orders  entered pursuant to the Illinois Public Aid Code, the
 6    Illinois  Marriage  and  Dissolution  of  Marriage  Act,  the
 7    Non-Support of  Spouse  and  Children  Act,  the  Non-Support
 8    Punishment Act, the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of
 9    Support  Act,  the  Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, or
10    the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984.
11        (b)  Notwithstanding  any   provisions   in   the   Civil
12    Administrative   Code   of  Illinois  to  the  contrary,  the
13    Department of Employment Security shall not be liable to  any
14    person  for  any  disclosure  of  information to the Illinois
15    Department of Human Services Public Aid under subsection  (a)
16    or  for  any  other action taken in good faith to comply with
17    the requirements of subsection (a).
18    (Source:  P.A.  90-18,  eff.  7-1-97;  91-239,  eff.  1-1-00;
19    91-613, eff. 10-1-99; revised 8-5-99.)

20        Section 65.  The New Hire Reporting  Act  is  amended  by
21    changing Section 35 as follows:

22        (20 ILCS 1020/35)
23        Sec. 35.  Department of Human Services Public Aid duties.
24    The Department of Human Services Public Aid shall establish a
25    community   advisory   committee   for   oversight   of   the
26    implementation   process,   toll-free   telephone  lines  for
27    employers with child support questions, an expedited  hearing
28    process  for  non-custodial parents who contest an employer's
29    execution of an  order  for  withholding  and  brochures  and
30    public  service  announcements that inform the general public
31    about the New Hire Directory and how to  utilize  it,  within
32    the  federal  and  State  confidentiality laws, in pursuit of
 
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 1    child support.
 2    (Source: P.A. 90-425, eff. 8-15-97.)

 3        Section 70.  The Department  of  Human  Services  Act  is
 4    amended  by  changing  Sections  80-10,  80-15, 80-20, 80-25,
 5    80-30, and 80-35 as follows:

 6        (20 ILCS 1305/80-10)
 7        Sec.  80-10.  Discontinued   departments   and   offices;
 8    successor agency.
 9        (a)  The  Department  of  Alcoholism and Substance Abuse,
10    the   Department   of   Mental   Health   and   Developmental
11    Disabilities, and the Department of  Rehabilitation  Services
12    are abolished on July 1, 1997.
13        (b)  The  terms  of  the  persons  then  serving  as  the
14    directors  and  assistant  directors  of  the  Department  of
15    Alcoholism  and  Substance  Abuse,  the  Department of Mental
16    Health and Developmental Disabilities, and the Department  of
17    Rehabilitation  Services shall end on July 1, 1997, and those
18    offices are abolished on that date.
19        (b-5)  The Department of Public Aid  is  abolished.   The
20    terms  of  the  persons serving as the director and assistant
21    directors of the Department of Public Aid are abolished.
22        (c)  For the purposes of the Successor  Agency  Act,  the
23    Department  of Human Services is declared to be the successor
24    agency of the Department of Public  Aid,  the  Department  of
25    Alcoholism  and  Substance  Abuse,  the  Department of Mental
26    Health and Developmental Disabilities, and the Department  of
27    Rehabilitation Services.
28        (d)  For  the  purposes  of the Successor Agency Act, the
29    Department of Human Services is declared to be the  successor
30    agency  of  the  Department  of Public Aid, the Department of
31    Public Health, and the  Department  of  Children  and  Family
32    Services,  but  only  with  respect to the functions of those
 
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 1    Departments that are transferred to the Department  of  Human
 2    Services under this Act.
 3    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-3-96.)

 4        (20 ILCS 1305/80-15)
 5        Sec. 80-15. Transfer of powers.
 6        (a)  Except as otherwise provided in this Act, all of the
 7    rights,  powers,  duties,  and functions vested by law in the
 8    Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, the  Department
 9    of  Mental  Health  and  Developmental  Disabilities, and the
10    Department of  Rehabilitation  Services  or  in  any  office,
11    council,   committee,   division,   or   bureau  thereof  are
12    transferred to the Department of Human Services  on  July  1,
13    1997.
14        (b)  The  rights, powers, duties, and functions vested in
15    the Department of Public Aid  (or  in  any  office,  council,
16    committee,  division,  or bureau thereof) under Articles III,
17    IV, VI, IX, and IXA of the Illinois  Public  Aid  Code,  with
18    certain exceptions specified in that Code, are transferred to
19    the Department of Human Services on July 1, 1997.
20        In  addition,  the  Department of Human Services may also
21    exercise the rights, powers, duties, and functions vested  in
22    the Department of Public Aid under Articles I, II, VIIIA, XI,
23    XII,  and  XIII of the Illinois Public Aid Code to the extent
24    that they relate to the Department of Human Services' rights,
25    powers, duties, and functions under Articles III, IV, VI, IX,
26    and IXA of the Illinois Public Aid Code, subject  to  certain
27    exceptions specified in that Code.
28        (c)  Certain rights, powers, duties, and functions vested
29    in  the  Department  of  Public Health are transferred to the
30    Department of Human Services on July 1, 1997, as provided  in
31    Article 90 of this Act.
32        (d)  Certain rights, powers, duties, and functions vested
33    in  the  Department  of  Children  and  Family  Services  are
 
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 1    transferred  to  the  Department of Human Services on July 1,
 2    1997,  as provided in Article 90 of this Act.
 3    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-3-96.)

 4        (20 ILCS 1305/80-20)
 5        Sec. 80-20. Transfer of personnel.
 6        (a)  Personnel employed by the Department  of  Alcoholism
 7    and  Substance  Abuse,  the  Department  of Mental Health and
 8    Developmental   Disabilities,   or    the    Department    of
 9    Rehabilitation  Services  on June 30, 1997 are transferred to
10    the Department of Human Services on July 1, 1997.
11        (a-5)  Personnel employed by the Department of Public Aid
12    are transferred to the Department of Human Services.
13        (b)  Except as  provided  in  subsection  (c),  personnel
14    employed  by any other predecessor agency on June 30, 1997 to
15    perform  duties  pertaining  to   one   or   more   functions
16    transferred  to  the  Department of Human Services under this
17    Act are transferred to the Department of  Human  Services  on
18    July 1, 1997.
19        (c)  In  the  case  of a person employed by a predecessor
20    agency (other  than  the  predecessor  agencies  governed  by
21    subsection  (a)  of  this  Section)  to  perform  both duties
22    pertaining to a function transferred  to  the  Department  of
23    Human  Services  under  this  Act  and duties pertaining to a
24    function retained by the predecessor agency,  the  Secretary,
25    in  consultation with the director of the predecessor agency,
26    shall determine whether  to  transfer  the  employee  to  the
27    Department  of  Human  Services; until this determination has
28    been made, the transfer shall not take effect.
29        (d)  The rights of State employees, the  State,  and  its
30    agencies  under  the Personnel Code and applicable collective
31    bargaining agreements and retirement plans are  not  affected
32    by this Act.
33    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-3-96.)
 
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 1        (20 ILCS 1305/80-25)
 2        Sec. 80-25. Transfer of property.
 3        (a)  Except  as  provided  in  subsection (b), all books,
 4    records, documents, property (real and personal),  unexpended
 5    appropriations,   and  pending  business  pertaining  to  the
 6    rights, powers, duties,  and  functions  transferred  to  the
 7    Department   of  Human  Services  under  this  Act  shall  be
 8    transferred and delivered to the Department of Human Services
 9    effective July 1, 1997.
10        (a-5)  All books, records, documents, property (real  and
11    personal),  unexpended  appropriations,  and pending business
12    pertaining to the rights, powers, duties,  and  functions  of
13    the  Department  of  Public  Aid  under  this  Act  shall  be
14    transferred   and   delivered  to  the  Department  of  Human
15    Services.
16        (b)  In the case of books,  records,  or  documents  that
17    pertain  both  to a function transferred to the Department of
18    Human Services under this Act and to a function retained by a
19    predecessor agency, the Secretary, in consultation  with  the
20    director  of  the predecessor agency, shall determine whether
21    the  books,  records,  or  documents  shall  be  transferred,
22    copied, or left  with  the  predecessor  agency;  until  this
23    determination  has  been  made,  the  transfer shall not take
24    effect.
25        In the case of property or  an  unexpended  appropriation
26    that   pertains   both  to  a  function  transferred  to  the
27    Department of Human Services under this Act and to a function
28    retained  by  a  predecessor  agency,   the   Secretary,   in
29    consultation  with  the  director  of the predecessor agency,
30    shall  determine   whether   the   property   or   unexpended
31    appropriation shall be transferred, divided, or left with the
32    predecessor  agency;  until  this determination has been made
33    (and, in the case of an unexpended appropriation,  notice  of
34    the determination has been filed with the State Comptroller),
 
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 1    the transfer shall not take effect.
 2    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-3-96.)

 3        (20 ILCS 1305/80-30)
 4        Sec. 80-30.  Rules and standards.
 5        (a)  The   rules   and   standards  of  the  Department's
 6    predecessor agencies that are in effect on June 30, 1997  and
 7    pertain   to   the  rights,  powers,  duties,  and  functions
 8    transferred to the Department under this Act shall become the
 9    rules and standards of the Department of  Human  Services  on
10    July  1,  1997  and shall continue in effect until amended or
11    repealed by the Department.
12        (a-5)  The rules  and  standards  of  the  Department  of
13    Public Aid shall become rules and standards of the Department
14    of  Human Services and shall continue in effect until amended
15    or repealed by the Department of Human Services. Any rules of
16    the Department of Public Aid that have been proposed but have
17    not  taken  effect  or  been  finally  adopted  shall  become
18    proposed rules of the Department of Human  Services  and  any
19    rulemaking procedures that have already been completed by the
20    Department of Public Aid for those proposed rules need not be
21    repeated.
22        (b)  Any  rules pertaining to the rights, powers, duties,
23    and functions transferred to the Department  under  this  Act
24    that  have been proposed by a predecessor agency but have not
25    taken effect or been finally adopted by June 30,  1997  shall
26    become  proposed rules of the Department of Human Services on
27    July 1, 1997, and any rulemaking procedures that have already
28    been completed by the predecessor agency for  those  proposed
29    rules need not be repeated.
30        (c)  As  soon  as  practical  after  July  1,  1997,  the
31    Department  of  Human  Services  shall revise and clarify the
32    rules transferred  to  it  under  this  Act  to  reflect  the
33    reorganization  of  rights,  powers,  duties,  and  functions
 
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 1    effected  by this Act using the procedures for recodification
 2    of  rules  available  under   the   Illinois   Administrative
 3    Procedure  Act, except that existing title, part, and section
 4    numbering for  the  affected  rules  may  be  retained.   The
 5    Department   may   propose   and  adopt  under  the  Illinois
 6    Administrative Procedure Act  such  other  rules  as  may  be
 7    necessary  to  consolidate  and  clarify  the  rules  of  the
 8    agencies reorganized by this Act.
 9    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-3-96.)

10        (20 ILCS 1305/80-35)
11        Sec. 80-35.  Savings provisions.
12        (a)  The    rights,   powers,   duties,   and   functions
13    transferred to the Department of Human Services by  this  Act
14    shall be vested in and exercised by the Department subject to
15    the provisions of this Act.  An act done by the Department or
16    an  officer,  employee,  or  agent  of  the Department in the
17    exercise  of  the  transferred  rights,  powers,  duties,  or
18    functions shall have the same legal effect as if done by  the
19    predecessor  agency  or an officer, employee, or agent of the
20    predecessor agency.
21        (b)  The  transfer  of  rights,   powers,   duties,   and
22    functions  to the Department of Human Services under this Act
23    does not invalidate  any  previous  action  taken  by  or  in
24    respect to any of its predecessor agencies or their officers,
25    employees,   or  agents.   References  to  those  predecessor
26    agencies or  their  officers,  employees  or  agents  in  any
27    document,  contract,  agreement, or law shall, in appropriate
28    contexts, be  deemed  to  refer  to  the  Department  or  its
29    officers, employees, or agents.
30        (c)  The   transfer   of   rights,  powers,  duties,  and
31    functions to the Department of Human Services under this  Act
32    does  not affect any person's rights, obligations, or duties,
33    including any civil or criminal penalties applicable thereto,
 
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 1    arising out of those transferred rights, powers, duties,  and
 2    functions.
 3        (d)  With  respect  to  matters  that pertain to a right,
 4    power, duty, or function transferred  to  the  Department  of
 5    Human Services under this Act:
 6             (1)  Beginning July 1, 1997, a report or notice that
 7        was previously required to be made or given by any person
 8        to   a   predecessor  agency  or  any  of  its  officers,
 9        employees, or agents shall be made or given in  the  same
10        manner  to  the  Department  or  its appropriate officer,
11        employee, or agent.
12             (2)  Beginning July 1, 1997,  a  document  that  was
13        previously  required  to  be  furnished  or served by any
14        person to or upon a predecessor  agency  or  any  of  its
15        officers,  employees,  or  agents  shall  be furnished or
16        served in the same manner to or upon  the  Department  or
17        its appropriate officer, employee, or agent.
18             (3)  A  document  that was previously required to be
19        furnished  or  served  by  any  person  to  or  upon  the
20        Department  of  Public  Aid  or  any  of  its   officers,
21        employees,  or agents shall be furnished or served in the
22        same manner to or upon the Department of  Human  Services
23        or its appropriate officer, employee, or agent.
24        (e)  This  Act does not affect any act done, ratified, or
25    cancelled, any right occurring or established, or any  action
26    or  proceeding  had or commenced in an administrative, civil,
27    or criminal cause before July 1, 1997.  Any  such  action  or
28    proceeding that pertains to a right, power, duty, or function
29    transferred  to  the  Department of Human Services under this
30    Act and that is pending  on  that  date  may  be  prosecuted,
31    defended, or continued by the Department of Human Services.
32        (f)  With  regard  to  the Department of Public Aid, this
33    Act does not affect any act done, ratified, or cancelled, any
34    right occurring or established, or any action  or  proceeding
 
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 1    had  or  commenced  in  an administrative, civil, or criminal
 2    cause. Any such action  or  proceeding  that  pertains  to  a
 3    right,   power,   duty,  or  function  transferred  from  the
 4    Department of Public Aid to the Department of Human  Services
 5    under  this  Act and that is pending on the effective date of
 6    this amendatory Act of  the  92nd  General  Assembly  may  be
 7    prosecuted, defended, or continued by the Department of Human
 8    Services.
 9    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-3-96.)

10        (20 ILCS 1305/80-5 rep.)
11        Section  72.   The  Department  of  Human Services Act is
12    amended by repealing Section 80-5.

13        Section 75.  The  Illinois  Lottery  Law  is  amended  by
14    changing Section 13 as follows:

15        (20 ILCS 1605/13) (from Ch. 120, par. 1163)
16        Sec.  13.   No prize, nor any portion of a prize, nor any
17    right of any person to a prize awarded shall  be  assignable.
18    Any  prize,  or portion thereof remaining unpaid at the death
19    of a prize winner, may be paid to the estate of such deceased
20    prize winner, or to the  trustee  under  a  revocable  living
21    trust  established  by  the deceased prize winner as settlor,
22    provided that a copy of such a trust has been filed with  the
23    Department  along  with  a notarized letter of direction from
24    the settlor and no written  notice  of  revocation  has  been
25    received  by  the  Department  prior  to the settlor's death.
26    Following such a settlor's death and prior to any payment  to
27    such  a successor trustee, the Director shall obtain from the
28    trustee and each trust beneficiary  a  written  agreement  to
29    indemnify  and  hold  the Department harmless with respect to
30    any claims  that  may  be  asserted  against  the  Department
31    arising    from    payment   to   or   through   the   trust.
 
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 1    Notwithstanding any other  provision  of  this  Section,  any
 2    person  pursuant to an appropriate judicial order may be paid
 3    the prize to which a winner is entitled, and all or  part  of
 4    any  prize  otherwise  payable  by  State  warrant under this
 5    Section shall be withheld upon  certification  to  the  State
 6    Comptroller  from  the  Illinois Department of Human Services
 7    Public Aid as provided in Section  10-17.5  of  The  Illinois
 8    Public  Aid  Code.  The  Director  shall be discharged of all
 9    further liability upon payment of a prize  pursuant  to  this
10    Section.
11    (Source: P.A. 85-1224.)

12        Section   80.    The   Mental  Health  and  Developmental
13    Disabilities  Administrative  Act  is  amended  by   changing
14    Sections 15.2, 15.3, 18, 18.2, 18.3, and 50a as follows:

15        (20 ILCS 1705/15.2) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-15.2)
16        Sec.  15.2.   Quality  Assurance  for Adult Developmental
17    Training Services.  Whenever the Department of Public Aid  or
18    the  Department  of Human Services pays the cost, directly or
19    indirectly,  in  whole  or  part,  for  adult   developmental
20    training   day   services   for  persons  with  developmental
21    disabilities,  the  provider  of  such  services  shall  meet
22    minimum  standards  established  by  the  Department.    Such
23    minimum  standards  shall  become  effective  July  1,  1986.
24    Interim  program  guidelines,  established by the Department,
25    shall be utilized for programs operational prior to  July  1,
26    1985.
27        The   Department   shall   annually  certify  that  adult
28    developmental training day services  providers  meet  minimum
29    standards.   The  Department  may  determine  that  providers
30    accredited under nationally recognized accreditation programs
31    are  deemed  to  have  met  the  standards established by the
32    Department under this  Section.   The  Department  shall,  at
 
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 1    least quarterly, review the services being provided to assure
 2    compliance  with  the standards.  The Department may suspend,
 3    refuse to renew or deny certification  to  any  provider  who
 4    fails to meet any or all such standards, as provided by rule.
 5        For   purposes  of  this  Section,  "adult  developmental
 6    training day service" means services designed to help persons
 7    with developmental disabilities to develop functional  skills
 8    for living in such areas as motoric development, dressing and
 9    grooming,  toileting,  eating, language, reading and writing,
10    quantitative  skills  development,  independent  living   and
11    reduction of maladaptive behavior.  Such programs may include
12    services  designed  to  improve  an  individual's  ability to
13    engage in  productive  work  as  defined  for  work  activity
14    centers in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended.
15        For   purposes  of  this  Section,  "providers  of  adult
16    developmental training day services" means any person, agency
17    or organization that provides such services for persons  with
18    developmental  disabilities  as  defined by the Mental Health
19    and Developmental Disabilities Code.
20    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

21        (20 ILCS 1705/15.3) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-15.3)
22        Sec. 15.3.  Quality assurance for community mental health
23    services.  Whenever the  Department  of  Public  Aid  or  the
24    Department  of  Human  Services  pays  the  cost, directly or
25    indirectly, in whole or part,  for  community  mental  health
26    services  and  programs  provided  under  the Medicaid Clinic
27    Option authorized by Title XIX of the  Social  Security  Act,
28    the  provider  of  such services shall meet minimum standards
29    established by the Department.
30        The Department shall annually certify that  providers  of
31    community  mental  health  services under the Medicaid Clinic
32    Option meet minimum standards.  The Department  may  suspend,
33    refuse  to  renew  or  deny certification to any provider who
 
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 1    fails to meet any or all such standards, as provided by rule.
 2        For purposes of this Section,  "community  mental  health
 3    services  and  programs"  means  services  designed  to  help
 4    persons  with  mental  illness  develop  skills  for  living,
 5    including but not limited to the following:
 6        (1)  Mental health assessment;
 7        (2)  Psychological evaluation;
 8        (3)  Interdisciplinary treatment planning;
 9        (4)  Medication monitoring and training;
10        (5)  Individual therapy;
11        (6)  Group therapy;
12        (7)  Family therapy;
13        (8)  Crisis intervention;
14        (9)  Case management;
15        (10)  Intensive stabilization; and
16        (11)  Extended treatment and rehabilitation.
17    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

18        (20 ILCS 1705/18) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-18)
19        Sec.  18.  To  receive,  hold,  distribute  and  use  for
20    indicated  purposes and the benefit of recipients, monies and
21    materials made available by the federal government  or  other
22    agency.    The  Department  specifically  may  claim  federal
23    reimbursement through the Illinois Department of  Public  Aid
24    under  the "Medicaid Waiver" provisions of Section 1915(c) of
25    the Social Security Act, as amended, for providing  community
26    services  to recipients of medical assistance under Article V
27    of the  Illinois  Public  Aid  Code.   The  Department  shall
28    maintain  a  separate  line  item  in  its  budget,  entitled
29    "Developmental  Disability  Community Initiative", to account
30    for the expenditure of such monies.
31    (Source: P.A. 85-1209.)

32        (20 ILCS 1705/18.2) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-18.2)
 
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 1        Sec.  18.2.    Integrated   system   for   services   for
 2    developmentally  disabled.   The  Department shall develop an
 3    effective, integrated system for delivering State-funded  and
 4    State-operated   services   to   persons  with  developmental
 5    disabilities.  No later than June 30,  1993,  the  Department
 6    shall  enter  into one or more co-operative arrangements with
 7    the   Department   of   Public   Aid,   the   Department   of
 8    Rehabilitation Services, the Department of Public Health, and
 9    any  other  appropriate  entities   for   administration   or
10    supervision   by   the   Department   of  Mental  Health  and
11    Developmental Disabilities of all State programs for services
12    to persons in community  care  facilities  for  persons  with
13    developmental  disabilities,  including  but  not  limited to
14    intermediate care facilities, that  are  supported  by  State
15    funds  or  by  funding  under Title XIX of the federal Social
16    Security Act.  The Department of Human Services shall succeed
17    to the responsibilities of the Department  of  Mental  Health
18    and   Developmental   Disabilities   and  the  Department  of
19    Rehabilitation   Services   under   any   such    cooperative
20    arrangement in existence on July 1, 1997.
21    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

22        (20 ILCS 1705/18.3)
23        Sec.   18.3.  Integrated  system  for  services  for  the
24    mentally ill.  The Department  shall  develop  an  effective,
25    integrated    system    for   delivering   State-funded   and
26    State-operated services to persons with mental  illness.   No
27    later than June 30, 1994, the Department shall enter into one
28    or  more  cooperative  arrangements  with  the  Department of
29    Public Aid, the Department of  Rehabilitation  Services,  the
30    Department  of  Public  Health,  and  any  other  appropriate
31    entities  for administration or supervision by the Department
32    of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities of all  State
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 1    for persons with mental illness, including but not limited to
 2    intermediate  care  facilities,  that  are supported by State
 3    funds or by funding under Title XIX  of  the  federal  Social
 4    Security  Act.   The Department shall form a medical advisory
 5    panel, appointed by the Secretary, comprised of 5  physicians
 6    licensed  to  practice  medicine  in  all its branches with a
 7    special emphasis  in  treating  mental  illness,  to  provide
 8    advice  on  care  rendered  to  patients  in  any  integrated
 9    delivery  system.    The  Department  of Human Services shall
10    succeed to the responsibilities of the Department  of  Mental
11    Health  and  Developmental Disabilities and the Department of
12    Rehabilitation   Services   under   any   such    cooperative
13    arrangement in existence on July 1, 1997.
14    (Source: P.A. 88-388; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

15        (20 ILCS 1705/50a) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-50a)
16        Sec. 50a. OBRA plan. On or before February 1 of each year
17    the   Department   shall  submit,  in  cooperation  with  the
18    Department of Public Aid and the Department of Public Health,
19    to the Governor and  the  General  Assembly  a  comprehensive
20    status  report on compliance with all mandatory provisions of
21    the federal Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act  of  1987.   To
22    the  extent  that  the  Department  is  mandated  to  provide
23    hearings  under the federal Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
24    of 1987, the Secretary's decision shall  constitute  a  final
25    administrative decision under the Administrative Review Law.
26    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

27        Section  85.   The  Department of Professional Regulation
28    Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois  is  amended
29    by changing Sections 2105-15 and 2105-155 as follows:

30        (20 ILCS 2105/2105-15) (was 20 ILCS 2105/60)
31        Sec. 2105-15.  General powers and duties.
 
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 1        (a)  The Department has, subject to the provisions of the
 2    Civil  Administrative  Code of Illinois, the following powers
 3    and duties:
 4             (1)  To  authorize  examinations   in   English   to
 5        ascertain the qualifications and fitness of applicants to
 6        exercise  the  profession, trade, or occupation for which
 7        the examination is held.
 8             (2)  To prescribe rules and regulations for  a  fair
 9        and  wholly impartial method of examination of candidates
10        to  exercise  the  respective  professions,  trades,   or
11        occupations.
12             (3)  To  pass  upon the qualifications of applicants
13        for licenses, certificates, and authorities,  whether  by
14        examination, by reciprocity, or by endorsement.
15             (4)  To  prescribe  rules  and regulations defining,
16        for the respective professions, trades, and  occupations,
17        what  shall  constitute a school, college, or university,
18        or department of  a  university,  or  other  institution,
19        reputable  and  in  good  standing,  and to determine the
20        reputability and good standing of a school,  college,  or
21        university,  or  department  of  a  university,  or other
22        institution, reputable and in good standing, by reference
23        to  a  compliance  with  those  rules  and   regulations;
24        provided,  that  no  school,  college,  or university, or
25        department of a university,  or  other  institution  that
26        refuses  admittance  to  applicants  solely on account of
27        race, color, creed, sex,  or  national  origin  shall  be
28        considered reputable and in good standing.
29             (5)  To  conduct  hearings on proceedings to revoke,
30        suspend, refuse to renew, place on  probationary  status,
31        or  take  other  disciplinary action as authorized in any
32        licensing Act administered by the Department with  regard
33        to  licenses,  certificates,  or  authorities  of persons
34        exercising  the  respective   professions,   trades,   or
 
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 1        occupations  and  to  revoke,  suspend,  refuse to renew,
 2        place on probationary status, or take other  disciplinary
 3        action as authorized in any licensing Act administered by
 4        the   Department   with   regard   to   those   licenses,
 5        certificates, or authorities.  The Department shall issue
 6        a monthly disciplinary report.  The Department shall deny
 7        any   license   or   renewal   authorized  by  the  Civil
 8        Administrative Code of Illinois to  any  person  who  has
 9        defaulted  on an educational loan or scholarship provided
10        by or  guaranteed  by  the  Illinois  Student  Assistance
11        Commission  or  any  governmental  agency  of this State;
12        however, the Department may issue a license or renewal if
13        the   aforementioned   persons   have    established    a
14        satisfactory   repayment  record  as  determined  by  the
15        Illinois   Student   Assistance   Commission   or   other
16        appropriate   governmental   agency   of   this    State.
17        Additionally,  beginning June 1, 1996, any license issued
18        by the Department may be  suspended  or  revoked  if  the
19        Department, after the opportunity for a hearing under the
20        appropriate  licensing  Act,  finds that the licensee has
21        failed to make satisfactory  repayment  to  the  Illinois
22        Student   Assistance   Commission  for  a  delinquent  or
23        defaulted  loan.  For  the  purposes  of  this   Section,
24        "satisfactory repayment record" shall be defined by rule.
25        The  Department  shall refuse to issue or renew a license
26        to, or shall suspend or revoke a license of,  any  person
27        who,  after  receiving  notice,  fails  to  comply with a
28        subpoena or warrant relating  to  a  paternity  or  child
29        support  proceeding.  However, the Department may issue a
30        license or renewal upon compliance with the  subpoena  or
31        warrant.
32             The Department, without further process or hearings,
33        shall  revoke,  suspend,  or  deny any license or renewal
34        authorized by the Civil Administrative Code  of  Illinois
 
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 1        to  a  person who is certified by the Illinois Department
 2        of Human Services Public Aid as being more than  30  days
 3        delinquent in complying with a child support order or who
 4        is  certified  by  a  court  as being in violation of the
 5        Non-Support of Punishment Act for more than 60 days.  The
 6        Department may, however, issue a license  or  renewal  if
 7        the  person  has  established  a  satisfactory  repayment
 8        record  as determined by the Illinois Department of Human
 9        Services Public Aid or if the person is determined by the
10        court to be in compliance with the Non-Support Punishment
11        Act.  The Department  may  implement  this  paragraph  as
12        added  by  Public  Act  89-6 through the use of emergency
13        rules in accordance with Section  5-45  of  the  Illinois
14        Administrative   Procedure  Act.   For  purposes  of  the
15        Illinois Administrative Procedure Act,  the  adoption  of
16        rules  to implement this paragraph shall be considered an
17        emergency and necessary for the public interest,  safety,
18        and welfare.
19             (6)  To  transfer  jurisdiction  of any realty under
20        the control of the Department to any other department  of
21        the  State  Government  or  to  acquire or accept federal
22        lands when the transfer, acquisition,  or  acceptance  is
23        advantageous  to  the State and is approved in writing by
24        the Governor.
25             (7)  To formulate rules  and  regulations  necessary
26        for  the  enforcement  of  any  Act  administered  by the
27        Department.
28             (8)  To exchange with  the  Illinois  Department  of
29        Human   Services  Public  Aid  information  that  may  be
30        necessary for the enforcement  of  child  support  orders
31        entered  pursuant  to  the  Illinois Public Aid Code, the
32        Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of  Marriage  Act,  the
33        Non-Support  of  Spouse and Children Act, the Non-Support
34        Punishment   Act,   the   Revised   Uniform    Reciprocal
 
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 1        Enforcement of Support Act, the Uniform Interstate Family
 2        Support  Act,  or  the  Illinois  Parentage  Act of 1984.
 3        Notwithstanding  any  provisions  in  this  Code  to  the
 4        contrary, the Department of Professional Regulation shall
 5        not be liable under any  federal  or  State  law  to  any
 6        person  for any disclosure of information to the Illinois
 7        Department  of  Human  Services  Public  Aid  under  this
 8        paragraph (8) or for any other action taken in good faith
 9        to comply with the requirements of this paragraph (8).
10             (9)  To perform other duties prescribed by law.
11        (b)  The Department may, when a fee  is  payable  to  the
12    Department for a wall certificate of registration provided by
13    the  Department  of Central Management Services, require that
14    portion of the payment for printing and distribution costs be
15    made directly or through the Department to the Department  of
16    Central  Management  Services  for deposit into the Paper and
17    Printing Revolving Fund.  The remainder  shall  be  deposited
18    into the General Revenue Fund.
19        (c)  For  the purpose of securing and preparing evidence,
20    and for the purchase of controlled  substances,  professional
21    services, and equipment necessary for enforcement activities,
22    recoupment  of  investigative  costs,  and  other  activities
23    directed  at  suppressing  the misuse and abuse of controlled
24    substances, including those activities set forth in  Sections
25    504  and  508  of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, the
26    Director and agents appointed and authorized by the  Director
27    may  expend  sums  from  the Professional Regulation Evidence
28    Fund that the  Director  deems  necessary  from  the  amounts
29    appropriated for that purpose.  Those sums may be advanced to
30    the agent when the Director deems that procedure to be in the
31    public   interest.   Sums  for  the  purchase  of  controlled
32    substances, professional services,  and  equipment  necessary
33    for  enforcement activities and other activities as set forth
34    in this Section shall be advanced to the agent who is to make
 
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 1    the purchase from the Professional Regulation  Evidence  Fund
 2    on  vouchers  signed by the Director.  The Director and those
 3    agents are authorized to  maintain  one  or  more  commercial
 4    checking  accounts  with  any  State  banking  corporation or
 5    corporations organized  under  or  subject  to  the  Illinois
 6    Banking  Act  for  the deposit and withdrawal of moneys to be
 7    used for the purposes set forth in  this  Section;  provided,
 8    that no check may be written nor any withdrawal made from any
 9    such  account except upon the written signatures of 2 persons
10    designated by the Director to write  those  checks  and  make
11    those  withdrawals.   Vouchers for those expenditures must be
12    signed by the  Director.   All  such  expenditures  shall  be
13    audited  by the Director, and the audit shall be submitted to
14    the Department of Central Management Services for approval.
15        (d)  Whenever the Department is authorized or required by
16    law to  consider  some  aspect  of  criminal  history  record
17    information  for  the  purpose  of carrying out its statutory
18    powers and responsibilities, then, upon request  and  payment
19    of  fees  in  conformance  with  the  requirements of Section
20    2605-400 of the Department  of  State  Police  Law  (20  ILCS
21    2605/2605-400),  the Department of State Police is authorized
22    to  furnish,  pursuant  to   positive   identification,   the
23    information  contained  in  State  files that is necessary to
24    fulfill the request.
25        (e)  The provisions of  this  Section  do  not  apply  to
26    private business and vocational schools as defined by Section
27    1 of the Private Business and Vocational Schools Act.
28        (f)  Beginning  July 1, 1995, this Section does not apply
29    to those professions, trades, and occupations licensed  under
30    the Real Estate License Act of 2000, nor does it apply to any
31    permits, certificates, or other authorizations to do business
32    provided  for  in  the Land Sales Registration Act of 1989 or
33    the Illinois Real Estate Time-Share Act.
34    (Source:  P.A.  90-18,  eff.  7-1-97;  91-239,  eff.  1-1-00;
 
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 1    91-245,  eff.  12-31-99;  91-613,   eff.   10-1-99;   revised
 2    9-29-99.)

 3        (20 ILCS 2105/2105-155) (was 20 ILCS 2105/60n)
 4        Sec.  2105-155.  Suspension  or  termination  of  medical
 5    services  provider  under  the  Public  Aid  Code.  When  the
 6    Department  receives  notice  from  the  Department  of Human
 7    Services Public Aid, as required by Section  2205-10  of  the
 8    Department of Public Aid Law (20 ILCS 2205/2205-10), that the
 9    authorization  to provide medical services under Article V of
10    the Illinois Public Aid Code has been suspended or terminated
11    with respect to any person, firm,  corporation,  association,
12    agency, institution, or other legal entity licensed under any
13    Act   administered   by   the   Department   of  Professional
14    Regulation, the Department of Professional  Regulation  shall
15    determine whether there are reasonable grounds to investigate
16    the   circumstances   that  resulted  in  the  suspension  or
17    termination.  If reasonable grounds are found, the Department
18    of Professional Regulation shall conduct an investigation and
19    take the disciplinary action against the  licensee  that  the
20    Department  determines  to  be required under the appropriate
21    licensing Act.
22    (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

23        Section 90.  The Department of  Public  Aid  Law  of  the
24    Civil  Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing
25    the heading of Article 2205 and Sections 2205-1, 2205-5,  and
26    2205-10 as follows:

27        (20 ILCS 2205/Art. 2205 heading)
28               ARTICLE 2205. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC AID

29        (20 ILCS 2205/2205-1)
30        Sec.  2205-1.  Article  short title. This Article 2205 of



 
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 1    the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois may be cited as the
 2    Department of Public Aid Law.
 3    (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

 4        (20 ILCS 2205/2205-5) (was 20 ILCS 2205/48a)
 5        Sec. 2205-5. Public Aid Code.  The  Department  of  Human
 6    Services  Public Aid shall administer the Illinois Public Aid
 7    Code as provided in that Code.
 8    (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

 9        (20 ILCS 2205/2205-10) (was 20 ILCS 2205/48b)
10        Sec. 2205-10. Suspension or termination of  authorization
11    to provide medical services. Whenever the Department of Human
12    Services  Public Aid suspends or terminates the authorization
13    of  any  person,  firm,  corporation,  association,   agency,
14    institution,   or  other  legal  entity  to  provide  medical
15    services under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code  and
16    the  practice  of providing those services or the maintenance
17    of  facilities  for  those  services  is  licensed  under   a
18    licensing Act administered by the Department of Public Health
19    or  the Department of Professional Regulation, the Department
20    of Human Services Public Aid shall, within  30  days  of  the
21    suspension   or  termination,  give  written  notice  of  the
22    suspension or  termination  and  transmit  a  record  of  the
23    evidence  and  specify the grounds on which the suspension or
24    termination is based to the Department that  administers  the
25    licensing  Act  under  which  that person, firm, corporation,
26    association, agency, institution, or other  legal  entity  is
27    licensed, subject to any confidentiality requirements imposed
28    by  applicable  federal  or  State law.  The cost of any such
29    record shall be borne  by  the  Department  to  which  it  is
30    transmitted.
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 1        Section  95.   The  Illinois Health Finance Reform Act is
 2    amended by changing Sections 2-4, 4-2, and 5-1 as follows:

 3        (20 ILCS 2215/2-4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6502-4)
 4        Sec.  2-4.    Consultation.    The   Directors   of   the
 5    Departments  of Public Aid, Public Health and Insurance shall
 6    consult with the Council, and shall provide the Council  with
 7    information  it requires to perform its duties as outlined in
 8    this Act.
 9    (Source: P.A. 83-1243.)

10        (20 ILCS 2215/4-2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6504-2)
11        Sec. 4-2.  Powers and duties.
12        (a)  The Illinois Health Care  Cost  Containment  Council
13    may   enter   into   any   agreement  with  any  corporation,
14    association or other entity it deems appropriate to undertake
15    the process described in this Article for the compilation and
16    analysis of data collected by the Council and to  conduct  or
17    contract  for studies on health-related questions carried out
18    in pursuance of the purposes of this Article.  The  agreement
19    may  provide  for  the  corporation, association or entity to
20    prepare and distribute or make available data to health  care
21    providers,   health  care  subscribers,  third-party  payors,
22    government and the general public,  in  accordance  with  the
23    rules  of  confidentiality  and  review to be developed under
24    this Act.
25        (b)  The input data collected by  and  furnished  to  the
26    Council  or  designated  corporation,  association  or entity
27    pursuant to this Section shall not be a public  record  under
28    the Illinois Freedom of Information Act.  It is the intent of
29    this  Act  and  of the regulations written pursuant to it  to
30    protect the confidentiality of individual patient information
31    and  the  proprietary  information  of  commercial  insurance
32    carriers  and  health  care  providers.   Data  specified  in
 
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 1    subsections (e) and (e-5) shall be  released  on  a  hospital
 2    specific  and  licensed  ambulatory surgical treatment center
 3    specific basis to facilitate comparisons among hospitals  and
 4    licensed ambulatory surgical treatment centers by purchasers.
 5        (c)  The  Council shall require the Departments of Public
 6    Health and Human Services Public Aid and hospitals located in
 7    the State to assist the Council in gathering  and  submitting
 8    the  following  hospital-specific  financial information, and
 9    the Council is  authorized  to  share  this  data  with  both
10    Departments  to  reduce  the  burden on hospitals by avoiding
11    duplicate data collection:

12    OPERATING REVENUES
13        (1)  Net patient service revenue
14        (2)  Other revenue
15        (3)  Total operating revenue

16    OPERATING EXPENSES
17        (4)  Bad debt expense
18        (5)  Total operating expenses

19    NON-OPERATING GAINS/LOSSES
20        (6)  Total non-operating gains
21        (7)  Total non-operating losses

22    PATIENT CARE REVENUES
23        (8)  Gross inpatient revenue
24        (9)  Gross outpatient revenue
25        (10)  Other Patient care revenue
26        (11)  Total patient revenue
27        (12)  Total gross patient care revenue
28        (13)  Medicare gross revenue
29        (14)  Medicaid gross revenue
30        (15)  Total other gross revenue

31    DEDUCTIONS FROM REVENUE
32        (16)  Charity care
 
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 1        (17)  Medicare allowance
 2        (18)  Medicaid allowance
 3        (19)  Other contractual allowances
 4        (20)  Other allowances
 5        (21)  Total Deductions

 6    ASSETS
 7        (22)  Operating cash and short-term investments
 8        (23)  Estimated patient accounts receivable
 9        (24)  Other current assets
10        (25)  Total current assets
11        (26)  Total other assets
12        (27)  Total Assets

13    LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCES
14        (28)  Total current liabilities
15        (29)  Long Term Debt
16        (30)  Other liabilities
17        (31)  Total liabilities
18        (32)  Total liabilities and fund balances
19        All financial data collected by the Council from publicly
20    available sources such as  the  HCFA  is  releasable  by  the
21    Council on a hospital specific basis when appropriate.
22        (d)  Uniform     Provider    Utilization    and    Charge
23    Information.  The Council shall require that:
24             (1)  Hospitals licensed to operate in the  State  of
25        Illinois  adopt  a  uniform system for submitting patient
26        charges  for  payment  from  public  and  private  payors
27        effective January 1, 1985.  This system  shall  be  based
28        upon  adoption  of  the  uniform  hospital  billing  form
29        (UB-92)  or  its successor form developed by the National
30        Uniform Billing Committee.
31             (2)  (Blank).
32             (3)  The  Department  of   Insurance   require   all
33        third-party   payors,   including  but  not  limited  to,
 
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 1        licensed   insurers,   medical   and   hospital   service
 2        corporations,  health  maintenance   organizations,   and
 3        self-funded  employee health plans, to accept the uniform
 4        billing  form,  without  attachment   as   submitted   by
 5        hospitals  pursuant  to  paragraph  (1) of subsection (d)
 6        above, effective  January  1,  1985;  provided,  however,
 7        nothing  shall  prevent  all such third party payors from
 8        requesting additional information necessary to  determine
 9        eligibility  for  benefits or liability for reimbursement
10        for services provided.
11        (e)  The  Council,  in   cooperation   with   the   State
12    Departments  of  Human  Services  Public  Aid, Insurance, and
13    Public Health, shall establish a system for the collection of
14    the following information from hospitals  utilizing  the  raw
15    data available on the uniform billing forms.  Such data shall
16    include  the  following elements and other elements contained
17    on the uniform billing form or its successor form  determined
18    as necessary by the Council:
19        (1)  Patient date of birth
20        (2)  Patient sex
21        (3)  Patient zip code
22        (4)  Third-party coverage
23        (5)  Date of admission
24        (6)  Source of admission
25        (7)  Type of admission
26        (8)  Discharge date
27        (9)  Principal and up to 8 other diagnoses
28        (10)  Principal procedure and date
29        (11)  Patient status
30        (12)  Other procedures and dates
31        (13)  Total charges and components of those charges
32        (14)  Attending  and  consulting physician identification
33    numbers
34        (15)  Hospital identification number
 
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 1        (16)  An alphanumeric number based on the information  to
 2    identify the payor
 3        (17)  Principal source of payment.
 4        (e-5)  The Council, in cooperation with the Department of
 5    Human  Services  Public Aid, the Department of Insurance, and
 6    the Department of Public Health, shall establish a system for
 7    the  collection  of  the  following  information   for   each
 8    outpatient   surgery  performed  at  hospitals  and  licensed
 9    ambulatory surgical treatment  centers  using  the  raw  data
10    available  on outpatient billing forms submitted by hospitals
11    and licensed ambulatory surgical treatment centers to payors.
12    The data must include the following elements, if available on
13    the billing  forms,  and  other  elements  contained  on  the
14    billing forms that the Council determines are necessary:
15             (1)  patient date of birth;
16             (2)  patient sex;
17             (3)  patient zip code;
18             (4)  third-party coverage;
19             (5)  date of admission;
20             (6)  source of admission;
21             (7)  type of admission;
22             (8)  discharge date;
23             (9)  principal   diagnosis   and   up   to  8  other
24        diagnoses;
25             (10)  principal  procedure  and  the  date  of   the
26        procedure;
27             (11)  patient status;
28             (12)  other   procedures  and  the  dates  of  those
29        procedures;
30             (13)  attending     and     consulting     physician
31        identification numbers;
32             (14)  hospital  or  licensed   ambulatory   surgical
33        treatment center identification number;
34             (15)  an    alphanumeric   number   based   on   the
 
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 1        information needed to identify the payor; and
 2             (16)  principal source of payment.
 3        (f)  Extracts of the UB-92 transactions shall be prepared
 4    by hospitals according  to  regulations  promulgated  by  the
 5    Council  and submitted in electronic format to the Council or
 6    the corporation, association  or  entity  designated  by  the
 7    Council.
 8        For  hospitals  unable  to  submit extracts in electronic
 9    format, the Council shall determine an alternate  method  for
10    submission  of data.  Such extract reporting systems shall be
11    in operation before January 1, 1987; however, the Council may
12    grant time extensions to individual hospital.
13        (f-5)  Extracts of the billing forms shall be prepared by
14    licensed ambulatory surgical treatment centers  according  to
15    rules  adopted by the Council and submitted to the Council or
16    a corporation,  association,  or  entity  designated  by  the
17    Council.  Electronic  submissions  shall  be encouraged.  For
18    licensed ambulatory  surgical  treatment  centers  unable  to
19    submit  extracts  in  an  electronic  format the Council must
20    determine an alternate method for submission of data.
21        (g)  Under no circumstances shall patient name and social
22    security number appear on the extracts.
23        (h)  Hospitals and licensed ambulatory surgical treatment
24    centers shall be assigned a standard identification number by
25    the Council to be used in the submission of all data.
26        (i)  The Council shall collect a  100%  inpatient  sample
27    from  hospitals  annually.  The  Council  shall  require each
28    hospital in the State  to  submit  the  UB-92  data  extracts
29    required  in  subsection  (e)  to  the  Council,  except that
30    hospitals with fewer than 50 beds  may  be  exempted  by  the
31    Council  from  the  filing  requirements if they prove to the
32    Council's satisfaction that  the  requirements  would  impose
33    undue  economic  hardship  and if the Council determines that
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 1    its data base and its concomitant health care cost comparison
 2    efforts.
 3        (i-5)  The  Council shall collect up to a 100% outpatient
 4    sample  annually  from  hospitals  and  licensed   ambulatory
 5    surgical  treatment  centers.  The Council shall require each
 6    hospital and licensed ambulatory surgical treatment center in
 7    the  State  to  submit  the  data  extracts  required   under
 8    subsection  (e-5)  to  the Council, except that hospitals and
 9    licensed  ambulatory  surgical  treatment  centers   may   be
10    exempted  by  the Council from the filing requirements if the
11    hospitals or licensed ambulatory surgical  treatment  centers
12    prove  to  the  Council's  satisfaction that the requirements
13    would impose undue  economic  hardship  and  if  the  Council
14    determines  that  the data submitted from those hospitals and
15    licensed  ambulatory  surgical  treatment  centers  are   not
16    essential  to  the  Council's  database  and  its concomitant
17    health care comparison efforts.
18        (i-10)  The outpatient data shall  be  collected  by  the
19    Council  on  a phase-in and trial basis for a one-year period
20    beginning on January 1, 2001.  The  Council  shall  implement
21    outpatient  data  collection for reporting purposes beginning
22    on January 1, 2002.
23        (j)  The information submitted to the Council pursuant to
24    subsections (e) and (e-5) shall be reported for each  primary
25    payor   category,   including   Medicare,   Medicaid,   other
26    government  programs,  private  insurance, health maintenance
27    organizations,  self-insured,  private  pay   patients,   and
28    others.   Preferred provider organization reimbursement shall
29    also be reported for each primary third party payor category.
30        (k)  The  Council  shall  require  and   the   designated
31    corporation,  association  or  entity,  if  applicable, shall
32    prepare quarterly basic reports in the  aggregate  on  health
33    care  cost  and  utilization trends in Illinois.  The Council
34    shall provide these reports  to  the  public,  if  requested.
 
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 1    These  shall  include,  but  not  be  limited to, comparative
 2    information on average charges, total  and  ancillary  charge
 3    components,   length   of   stay  on  diagnosis-specific  and
 4    procedure specific cases, and number of discharges,  compiled
 5    in  aggregate  by  hospital  and licensed ambulatory surgical
 6    treatment  center,  by  diagnosis,  and  by   primary   payor
 7    category.
 8        (l)  The   Council   shall,  from  information  submitted
 9    pursuant to subsection (e), prepare an annual report  in  the
10    aggregate by hospital containing the following:
11             (1)  the  ratio  of  caesarean section deliveries to
12        total deliveries;
13             (2)  the average length of  stay  for  patients  who
14        undergo caesarean sections;
15             (3)  the average total charges for patients who have
16        normal deliveries without any significant complications;
17             (4)  the  average  total  charges  for  patients who
18        deliver by caesarean section.
19    The Council shall provide  this  report  to  the  public,  if
20    requested.
21        (l-5)  (Blank).
22        (m)  Prior  to  the  release  or  dissemination  of these
23    reports, the Council  or  the  designated  corporation  shall
24    permit  providers  the  opportunity to verify the accuracy of
25    any information pertaining to the  provider.   The  providers
26    may  submit  to  the Council any corrections or errors in the
27    compilation of the data  with  any  supporting  evidence  and
28    documents   the   providers   may  submit.   The  Council  or
29    corporation shall correct data  found  to  be  in  error  and
30    include  additional  commentary  as requested by the provider
31    for major deviations in the charges from the average charges.
32    For purposes of this  subsection  (m),  "providers"  includes
33    physicians  licensed  to  practice  medicine  in  all  of its
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 1        (n)  In addition to  the  reports  indicated  above,  the
 2    Council  shall  respond to requests by agencies of government
 3    and organizations in the private sector  for  data  products,
 4    special  studies  and  analysis of data collected pursuant to
 5    this Section.  Such reports shall be undertaken only  by  the
 6    agreement  of  a  majority  of the members of the Council who
 7    shall designate the form in which the  information  shall  be
 8    made  available.  The Council or the corporation, association
 9    or  entity  in  consultation  with  the  Council  shall  also
10    determine a fee to be charged to  the  requesting  agency  or
11    private  sector organization to cover the direct and indirect
12    costs for producing such a report, and shall permit  affected
13    providers  the  rights  to  review the accuracy of the report
14    before it is released.  Such reports  shall not be subject to
15    The Freedom of Information Act.
16    (Source: P.A. 91-756, eff. 6-2-00.)

17        (20 ILCS 2215/5-1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6505-1)
18        Sec. 5-1.  Mandatory Utilization Review.
19        (a)  Except as prohibited by Federal law or  regulations,
20    any  third  party  payor  shall  have  the  option to require
21    utilization review  for  hospital  admissions  and  continued
22    hospital  stays,  except for the Illinois Department of Human
23    Services Public Aid for  payment  of  hospital  services  for
24    recipients of assistance under Articles V, VI, and VII of the
25    Illinois Public Aid Code.  The payor shall have the option to
26    contract  with  a  medical peer review organization, provided
27    that the organization is at minimum, composed of 10% of  area
28    physicians,  or the hospital to perform utilization review or
29    to conduct its own utilization review.  A medical peer review
30    organization, as defined, may also contract with hospitals to
31    perform reviews on a delegated basis.  The utilization review
32    process shall provide for the timely notification of patients
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 1    services  are  deemed inappropriate or medically unnecessary.
 2    Such notification shall inform the  patient  that  his  third
 3    party  payor  will  cease coverage after a stated period from
 4    the date of the notification.  No third party payor shall  be
 5    liable  for  charges  for  health care services rendered by a
 6    hospital subsequent to the end of the notification period.
 7        Nothing in this Section shall be construed as authorizing
 8    any person or third party payor, other than through  the  use
 9    of  physicians  licensed  to  practice medicine in all of its
10    branches or other licensed health  care  professionals  under
11    the  supervision  of  said physicians, to conduct utilization
12    review.
13        (b)  All costs associated with utilization  review  under
14    this  section  shall be billed to and paid by the third party
15    payor ordering the review.
16        (c)  Any third party  payor  for  hospital  services  may
17    contract  with a hospital for a program of utilization review
18    different  than  that  required  by  this  subsection,  which
19    contract may  provide  for  the  withholding  and  denial  of
20    payment  for  hospital  services  to a beneficiary, when such
21    treatment is found in the course  of  utilization  review  to
22    have  been  inappropriate and unwarranted in the case of that
23    beneficiary.
24        (d)  All records and reports arising as a result of  this
25    subsection  shall be strictly privileged and confidential, as
26    provided under Part 21 of Article VIII of the Code  of  Civil
27    Procedure.
28    (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

29        Section  100.  The Department of Public Health Powers and
30    Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code  of  Illinois  is
31    amended  by  changing  Sections 2310-135, 2310-215, 2310-275,
32    and 2310-395 as follows:
 
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 1        (20 ILCS 2310/2310-135) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.37)
 2        Sec. 2310-135. Notice of  suspension  or  termination  of
 3    medical  services  provider  under  Public Aid Code. When the
 4    Department receives  notice  from  the  Department  of  Human
 5    Services  Public  Aid,  as required by Section 2205-10 of the
 6    Department of Public Aid Law (20 ILCS 2205/2205-10), that the
 7    authorization to provide medical services under Article V  of
 8    the Illinois Public Aid Code has been suspended or terminated
 9    with  respect  to any person, firm, corporation, association,
10    agency, institution, or other legal entity licensed under any
11    Act administered by the  Department  of  Public  Health,  the
12    Department of Public Health shall determine whether there are
13    reasonable  grounds  to  investigate  the  circumstances that
14    resulted  in  the  suspension  or   termination.    If   such
15    reasonable grounds are found, the Department of Public Health
16    shall  conduct  an investigation and take disciplinary action
17    against the licensee that the  Department  determines  to  be
18    required under the appropriate licensing Act.
19    (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

20        (20 ILCS 2310/2310-215) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.62)
21        Sec. 2310-215. Center for Minority Health Services.
22        (a)  The Department shall establish a Center for Minority
23    Health   Services   to   advise  the  Department  on  matters
24    pertaining to the health needs of minority populations within
25    the State.
26        (b)  The Center shall have the following duties:
27             (1)  To assist in the assessment of the health needs
28        of minority populations in the State.
29             (2)  To recommend  treatment  methods  and  programs
30        that are sensitive and relevant to the unique linguistic,
31        cultural,   and   ethnic   characteristics   of  minority
32        populations.
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 1        training  programs,  and  reference  materials to service
 2        providers, organizations, and other agencies.
 3             (4)  To  promote  awareness   of   minority   health
 4        concerns,   and   encourage,  promote,  and  aid  in  the
 5        establishment of minority services.
 6             (5)  To   disseminate   information   on   available
 7        minority services.
 8             (6)  To provide adequate and effective opportunities
 9        for  minority  populations  to  express  their  views  on
10        Departmental    policy    development     and     program
11        implementation.
12             (7)  To  coordinate with the Department on Aging and
13        the Department of Human Services Public Aid to coordinate
14        services designed to meet the needs  of  minority  senior
15        citizens.
16        (c)  For  the  purpose  of this Section, "minority" shall
17    mean and include any person or group of persons who are:
18             (1)  African-American (a person  having  origins  in
19        any of the black racial groups in Africa);
20             (2)  Hispanic  (a  person  of  Spanish or Portuguese
21        culture with origins in Mexico, South or Central America,
22        or the Caribbean Islands, regardless of race);
23             (3)  Asian American (a person having origins in  any
24        of  the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia,
25        the Indian Subcontinent or the Pacific Islands); or
26             (4)  American Indian or  Alaskan  Native  (a  person
27        having  origins  in  any of the original peoples of North
28        America).
29    (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

30        (20 ILCS 2310/2310-275) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.61)
31        Sec. 2310-275. Child health insurance plan study.
32        (a)  The Department, in cooperation with  the  Department
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 1    shall  undertake  a  study  to  determine  the feasibility of
 2    establishing a child health insurance plan to provide primary
 3    and preventive health care services for children.  The  study
 4    shall  provide  an  analysis  of  the  types  of  health care
 5    services and benefits needed, including, but not limited  to,
 6    well-child  care,  diagnosis  and  treatment  of  illness and
 7    injury, prescription drugs,  and  laboratory  services.   The
 8    study  shall  include an analysis of the cost of the plan and
 9    possible sources of  funding.   The  study  shall  include  a
10    review of similar plans operating in other states.
11        (b)  The  Department shall file its report as provided in
12    Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization Act no later
13    than 6 months after January 1, 1992.
14    (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

15        (20 ILCS 2310/2310-395) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.72)
16        Sec. 2310-395.  Task Force on Organ Transplantation.
17        (a)  There is established within the  Department  a  Task
18    Force  on Organ Transplantation ("the Task Force").  The Task
19    Force shall have the following 21 members:
20             (1)  The  Director,  ex  officio,  or  his  or   her
21        designee.
22             (2)  The  Secretary  of State, ex officio, or his or
23        her designee.
24             (3)  Four  members,  appointed  one  each   by   the
25        President  of  the  Senate,  the  Minority  Leader of the
26        Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives,  and
27        the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.
28             (4)  Fifteen  members  appointed  by the Director as
29        follows: 2 physicians (at least one of  whom  shall  have
30        experience  in organ transplantation); one representative
31        of medical schools; one representative of hospitals;  one
32        representative   of   insurers   or   self-insurers;  one
33        representative  of  an  organization  devoted  to   organ
 
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 1        donation  or  the  coordination  of  organ donations; one
 2        representative of an organization that deals with  tissue
 3        donation  or  the  coordination  of tissue donations; one
 4        representative from  the  Illinois  Department  of  Human
 5        Services Public Aid; one representative from the Illinois
 6        Eye  Bank Community; one representative from the Illinois
 7        Hospital   and   Health    Systems    Association;    one
 8        representative   from   the   Illinois   State   Coroners
 9        Association;  one  representative from the Illinois State
10        Medical  Society;  one  representative  from  Mid-America
11        Transplantation Services; and 2 members  of  the  general
12        public who are knowledgeable in areas of the Task Force's
13        work.
14        (b)  The   Task   Force  shall  conduct  a  comprehensive
15    examination of the medical,  legal,  ethical,  economic,  and
16    social  issues  presented  by  human  organ  procurement  and
17    transplantation.
18        (c)  The   Task  Force  shall  report  its  findings  and
19    recommendations to the Governor and the General  Assembly  on
20    or before January 1, of each year, and the Task Force's final
21    report  shall  be  filed  on  or before January 1, 1999.  The
22    report shall  include,  but  need  not  be  limited  to,  the
23    following:
24             (1)  An  assessment of public and private efforts to
25        procure  human  organs   for   transplantation   and   an
26        identification  of  factors  that  diminish the number of
27        organs available for transplantation.
28             (2)  An assessment of problems in  coordinating  the
29        procurement  of  viable human organs and tissue including
30        skin and bones.
31             (3)  Recommendations for the education and  training
32        of  health  professionals,  including physicians, nurses,
33        and hospital and emergency care personnel,  with  respect
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 1             (4)  Recommendations   for   the  education  of  the
 2        general public, the  clergy,  law  enforcement  officers,
 3        members of local fire departments, and other agencies and
 4        individuals  that  may be instrumental in affecting organ
 5        procurement.
 6             (5)  Recommendations for ensuring  equitable  access
 7        by patients to organ transplantation and for ensuring the
 8        equitable  allocation  of donated organs among transplant
 9        centers and among patients  medically  qualified  for  an
10        organ transplant.
11             (6)  An  identification  of barriers to the donation
12        of organs to patients (with special emphasis on pediatric
13        patients),  including  an  assessment  of  each  of   the
14        following:
15                  (A)  Barriers to the improved identification of
16             organ   donors   and   their   families   and  organ
17             recipients.
18                  (B)  The number of potential organ  donors  and
19             their geographical distribution.
20                  (C)  Current  health care services provided for
21             patients who need organ  transplantation  and  organ
22             procurement  procedures,  systems, and programs that
23             affect those patients.
24                  (D)  Cultural factors  affecting  the  facility
25             with respect to the donation of the organs.
26                  (E)  Ethical  and  economic  issues relating to
27             organ  transplantation  needed  by  chronically  ill
28             patients.
29             (7)  An  analysis  of  the   factors   involved   in
30        insurance  reimbursement  for  transplant  procedures  by
31        private insurers and the public sector.
32             (8)  An  analysis  of  the  manner  in  which  organ
33        transplantation  technology is diffused among and adopted
34        by qualified medical centers, including  a  specification
 
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 1        of  the number and geographical distribution of qualified
 2        medical centers using that technology and  an  assessment
 3        of whether the number of centers using that technology is
 4        sufficient  or  excessive  and  whether  the  public  has
 5        sufficient   access  to  medical  procedures  using  that
 6        technology.
 7             (9)  Recommendations   for    legislative    changes
 8        necessary   to   make   organ  transplants  more  readily
 9        available to Illinois citizens.
10        (d)  The Director  of  Public  Health  shall  review  the
11    progress  of  the  Task  Force  to determine the need for its
12    continuance, and the Director shall report this determination
13    to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before January
14    1, 1999.
15    (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

16        Section 105.  The Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act  is
17    amended by changing Section 3 as follows:

18        (20 ILCS 2405/3) (from Ch. 23, par. 3434)
19        Sec. 3.  Powers and duties. The Department shall have the
20    powers and duties enumerated herein:
21        (a)  To  co-operate  with  the  federal government in the
22    administration   of   the   provisions   of    the    federal
23    Rehabilitation  Act  of  1973,  as  amended, of the Workforce
24    Investment Act of 1998, and of the  federal  Social  Security
25    Act to the extent and in the manner provided in these Acts.
26        (b)  To   prescribe   and   supervise   such  courses  of
27    vocational training and provide such other services as may be
28    necessary for the habilitation and rehabilitation of  persons
29    with  one  or more disabilities, including the administrative
30    activities under subsection  (e)  of  this  Section,  and  to
31    co-operate  with State and local school authorities and other
32    recognized agencies engaged in  habilitation,  rehabilitation
 
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 1    and  comprehensive  rehabilitation services; and to cooperate
 2    with the Department of Children and Family Services regarding
 3    the  care  and  education  of  children  with  one  or   more
 4    disabilities.
 5        (c)  To  make  such  reports and submit such plans to the
 6    federal government as are required by the provisions  of  the
 7    federal  Rehabilitation  Act  of 1973, as amended, and by the
 8    rules and regulations  of  the  federal  agency  or  agencies
 9    administering  the  federal  Rehabilitation  Act  of 1973, as
10    amended, the  Workforce  Investment  Act  of  1998,  and  the
11    federal Social Security Act.
12        (d)  To  report  in writing, to the Governor, annually on
13    or before the first day of December, and at such other  times
14    and in such manner and upon such subjects as the Governor may
15    require.   The annual report shall contain (1) a statement of
16    the  existing  condition  of   comprehensive   rehabilitation
17    services, habilitation and rehabilitation in the State; (2) a
18    statement  of  suggestions and recommendations with reference
19    to the development of comprehensive rehabilitation  services,
20    habilitation  and  rehabilitation  in  the  State; and (3) an
21    itemized statement of the  amounts  of  money  received  from
22    federal,  State  and  other  sources,  and of the objects and
23    purposes to which  the  respective  items  of  these  several
24    amounts have been devoted.
25        (e)  To  exercise,  pursuant  to  Section 13 of this Act,
26    executive   and   administrative   supervision    over    all
27    institutions,  divisions,  programs and services now existing
28    or hereafter acquired or created under  the  jurisdiction  of
29    the Department, including, but not limited to, the following:
30        The   Illinois   School  for  the  Visually  Impaired  at
31    Jacksonville, as provided under Section 10 of this Act,
32        The Illinois School for  the  Deaf  at  Jacksonville,  as
33    provided under Section 10 of this Act, and
34        The  Illinois Center for Rehabilitation and Education, as
 
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 1    provided under Section 11 of this Act.
 2        (f)  To  establish  a  program  of  services  to  prevent
 3    unnecessary institutionalization of persons with  Alzheimer's
 4    disease and related disorders or persons in need of long term
 5    care  who  are established as blind or disabled as defined by
 6    the Social Security Act, thereby enabling them to  remain  in
 7    their own homes or other living arrangements. Such preventive
 8    services  may  include, but are not limited to, any or all of
 9    the following:
10             (1)  home health services;
11             (2)  home nursing services;
12             (3)  homemaker services;
13             (4)  chore and housekeeping services;
14             (5)  day care services;
15             (6)  home-delivered meals;
16             (7)  education in self-care;
17             (8)  personal care services;
18             (9)  adult day health services;
19             (10)  habilitation services;
20             (11)  respite care; or
21             (12)  other  nonmedical  social  services  that  may
22        enable the person to become self-supporting.
23        The Department shall establish eligibility standards  for
24    such  services  taking into consideration the unique economic
25    and social needs of the population for whom they  are  to  be
26    provided.   Such  eligibility  standards  may be based on the
27    recipient's ability to pay for services;  provided,  however,
28    that  any  portion  of  a person's income that is equal to or
29    less  than  the  "protected  income"  level  shall   not   be
30    considered by the Department in determining eligibility.  The
31    "protected   income"   level   shall  be  determined  by  the
32    Department, shall never be  less  than  the  federal  poverty
33    standard,  and shall be adjusted each year to reflect changes
34    in the Consumer  Price  Index  For  All  Urban  Consumers  as
 
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 1    determined   by   the  United  States  Department  of  Labor.
 2    Additionally,  in  determining  the  amount  and  nature   of
 3    services  for which a person may qualify, consideration shall
 4    not be given to the value of cash, property or  other  assets
 5    held in the name of the person's spouse pursuant to a written
 6    agreement  dividing  marital property into equal but separate
 7    shares or pursuant to a transfer of the person's interest  in
 8    a home to his spouse, provided that the spouse's share of the
 9    marital  property is not made available to the person seeking
10    such services.
11        The services shall be provided  to  eligible  persons  to
12    prevent unnecessary or premature institutionalization, to the
13    extent that the cost of the services, together with the other
14    personal  maintenance expenses of the persons, are reasonably
15    related to the standards established  for  care  in  a  group
16    facility    appropriate    to    their    condition.    These
17    non-institutional services, pilot  projects  or  experimental
18    facilities may be provided as part of or in addition to those
19    authorized by federal law or those funded and administered by
20    the Illinois Department on Aging.
21        Personal care attendants shall be paid:
22             (i)  A  $5  per  hour minimum rate beginning July 1,
23        1995.
24             (ii)  A $5.30 per hour minimum rate  beginning  July
25        1, 1997.
26             (iii)  A  $5.40 per hour minimum rate beginning July
27        1, 1998.
28        The Department shall execute,  relative  to  the  nursing
29    home  prescreening  project, as authorized by Section 4.03 of
30    the  Illinois  Act  on  the   Aging,   written   inter-agency
31    agreements with the Department on Aging and the Department of
32    Public  Aid,  to effect the following:  (i) intake procedures
33    and common eligibility criteria for  those  persons  who  are
34    receiving    non-institutional   services;   and   (ii)   the
 
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 1    establishment and development of  non-institutional  services
 2    in  areas of the State where they are not currently available
 3    or are undeveloped.  On and after July 1, 1996,  all  nursing
 4    home prescreenings for individuals 18 through 59 years of age
 5    shall be conducted by the Department.
 6        The  Department  is  authorized  to establish a system of
 7    recipient  cost-sharing  for  services  provided  under  this
 8    Section.   The  cost-sharing  shall   be   based   upon   the
 9    recipient's ability to pay for services, but in no case shall
10    the  recipient's share exceed the actual cost of the services
11    provided.  Protected income shall not be  considered  by  the
12    Department in its determination of the recipient's ability to
13    pay   a  share  of  the  cost  of  services.   The  level  of
14    cost-sharing shall be adjusted each year to  reflect  changes
15    in the "protected income" level.  The Department shall deduct
16    from  the recipient's share of the cost of services any money
17    expended by the recipient for disability-related expenses.
18        The   Department,   or   the   Department's    authorized
19    representative,  shall  recover the amount of moneys expended
20    for services provided to or in behalf of a person under  this
21    Section by a claim against the person's estate or against the
22    estate  of the person's surviving spouse, but no recovery may
23    be had until after the death of the surviving spouse, if any,
24    and then only at such time when there is no  surviving  child
25    who  is  under  age  21,  blind,  or  permanently and totally
26    disabled.  This paragraph, however, shall not  bar  recovery,
27    at  the  death of the person, of moneys for services provided
28    to the person or in behalf of the person under  this  Section
29    to  which  the  person  was  not entitled; provided that such
30    recovery shall not be enforced against any real estate  while
31    it  is  occupied  as  a  homestead by the surviving spouse or
32    other dependent, if no claims by other  creditors  have  been
33    filed against the estate, or, if such claims have been filed,
34    they  remain dormant for failure of prosecution or failure of
 
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 1    the claimant to compel administration of the estate  for  the
 2    purpose  of  payment.   This paragraph shall not bar recovery
 3    from the estate of a spouse, under Sections 1915 and 1924  of
 4    the  Social  Security  Act  and  Section  5-4 of the Illinois
 5    Public Aid Code, who precedes  a  person  receiving  services
 6    under this Section in death.  All moneys for services paid to
 7    or  in  behalf  of  the  person  under  this Section shall be
 8    claimed for  recovery  from  the  deceased  spouse's  estate.
 9    "Homestead",  as  used  in this paragraph, means the dwelling
10    house and contiguous real  estate  occupied  by  a  surviving
11    spouse  or  relative, as defined by the rules and regulations
12    of the Illinois Department  of  Human  Services  Public  Aid,
13    regardless of the value of the property.
14        The   Department   and  the  Department  on  Aging  shall
15    cooperate in the development  and  submission  of  an  annual
16    report  on programs and services provided under this Section.
17    Such joint report shall be filed with the  Governor  and  the
18    General Assembly on or before March 30 each year.
19        The  requirement  for  reporting  to the General Assembly
20    shall be satisfied by filing copies of the  report  with  the
21    Speaker,  the  Minority  Leader and the Clerk of the House of
22    Representatives and the President, the  Minority  Leader  and
23    the  Secretary  of  the  Senate  and the Legislative Research
24    Unit, as required by Section  3.1  of  the  General  Assembly
25    Organization Act, and filing additional copies with the State
26    Government   Report   Distribution  Center  for  the  General
27    Assembly as required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of  the
28    State Library Act.
29        (g)  To  establish such subdivisions of the Department as
30    shall be desirable and assign to the various subdivisions the
31    responsibilities and duties placed  upon  the  Department  by
32    law.
33        (h)  To cooperate and enter into any necessary agreements
34    with  the Department of Employment Security for the provision
 
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 1    of job placement and job referral services to clients of  the
 2    Department,   including  job  service  registration  of  such
 3    clients with Illinois Employment Security offices and  making
 4    job  listings  maintained  by  the  Department  of Employment
 5    Security available to such clients.
 6        (i)  To possess all powers reasonable and  necessary  for
 7    the  exercise  and  administration  of the powers, duties and
 8    responsibilities of the Department which are provided for  by
 9    law.
10        (j)  To  establish  a  procedure whereby new providers of
11    personal care attendant services shall submit vouchers to the
12    State for payment two  times  during  their  first  month  of
13    employment  and  one  time  per month thereafter.  In no case
14    shall the Department pay personal care attendants  an  hourly
15    wage that is less than the federal minimum wage.
16        (k)  To provide adequate notice to providers of chore and
17    housekeeping  services  informing them that they are entitled
18    to an interest payment on bills which are not  promptly  paid
19    pursuant to Section 3 of the State Prompt Payment Act.
20        (l)  To  establish,  operate  and  maintain  a  Statewide
21    Housing Clearinghouse of information on available, government
22    subsidized   housing   accessible  to  disabled  persons  and
23    available privately  owned  housing  accessible  to  disabled
24    persons.  The information shall include but not be limited to
25    the   location,  rental  requirements,  access  features  and
26    proximity to public transportation of available housing.  The
27    Clearinghouse  shall  consist  of  at  least  a  computerized
28    database for the storage and retrieval of information  and  a
29    separate  or  shared  toll  free  telephone number for use by
30    those seeking information from the Clearinghouse.  Department
31    offices and personnel throughout the State shall also  assist
32    in  the  operation  of  the  Statewide Housing Clearinghouse.
33    Cooperation with local, State and  federal  housing  managers
34    shall  be  sought  and  extended  in  order to frequently and
 
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 1    promptly update the Clearinghouse's information.
 2    (Source: P.A.  90-365, eff. 8-10-97; 91-540, eff. 8-13-99.)

 3        Section 110.  The Department of Revenue Law of the  Civil
 4    Administrative  Code  of  Illinois  is  amended  by  changing
 5    Sections 2505-65 and 2505-650 as follows:

 6        (20 ILCS 2505/2505-65) (was 20 ILCS 2505/39b12)
 7        Sec. 2505-65. Exchange of information.
 8        (a)  The  Department  has  the power to exchange with any
 9    state, with any local subdivisions of any state, or with  the
10    federal  government,  except  when specifically prohibited by
11    law, any information that may be necessary to  efficient  tax
12    administration  and  that  may be acquired as a result of the
13    administration  of  the  laws  set  forth  in  the   Sections
14    following Section 95-10 and preceding Section 2505-60.
15        (b)  The  Department  has  the power to exchange with the
16    Illinois Department of Human Services Public Aid  information
17    that  may  be  necessary for the enforcement of child support
18    orders entered pursuant to the Illinois Public Aid Code,  the
19    Illinois  Marriage  and  Dissolution  of  Marriage  Act,  the
20    Non-Support  of  Spouse  and  Children  Act,  the Non-Support
21    Punishment Act, the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of
22    Support Act, the Uniform Interstate Family  Support  Act,  or
23    the  Illinois  Parentage  Act  of  1984.  Notwithstanding any
24    provisions in this Code to the contrary,  the  Department  of
25    Revenue  shall not be liable to any person for any disclosure
26    of information to the Illinois Department of  Human  Services
27    Public  Aid under this subsection (b) or for any other action
28    taken in good faith to comply with the requirements  of  this
29    subsection (b).
30    (Source:  P.A.  90-18,  eff.  7-1-97;  91-239,  eff.  1-1-00;
31    91-613, eff. 10-1-99; revised 8-5-99.)
 
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 1        (20 ILCS 2505/2505-650) (was 20 ILCS 2505/39b52)
 2        Sec.  2505-650.  Collection  of  past  due support.  Upon
 3    certification of past due  child  support  amounts  from  the
 4    Department  of  Human  Services Public Aid, the Department of
 5    Revenue may collect the delinquency in any manner  authorized
 6    for  the collection of any tax administered by the Department
 7    of Revenue.  The  Department  of  Revenue  shall  notify  the
 8    Department  of Human Services Public Aid when the delinquency
 9    or any portion of the delinquency has  been  collected  under
10    this Section.  Any child support delinquency collected by the
11    Department of Revenue, including those amounts that result in
12    overpayment   of   a  child  support  delinquency,  shall  be
13    deposited into the Child Support Enforcement  Trust  Fund  or
14    paid to the State Disbursement Unit established under Section
15    10-26  of  the  Illinois Public Aid Code, at the direction of
16    the Department of Human Services Public Aid.  The  Department
17    of  Revenue  may  implement  this  Section through the use of
18    emergency rules  in  accordance  with  Section  5-45  of  the
19    Illinois  Administrative  Procedure Act.  For purposes of the
20    Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, the adoption of  rules
21    to  implement  this  Section shall be considered an emergency
22    and necessary for the public interest, safety, and welfare.
23    (Source: P.A. 90-491,  eff.  1-1-98;  91-212,  eff.  7-20-99;
24    91-239, eff. 1-1-00; 91-712, eff. 7-1-00.)

25        Section  115.   The Department of State Police Law of the
26    Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by  changing
27    Section 55a as follows:

28        (20 ILCS 2605/55a) (from Ch. 127, par. 55a)
29        (Text of Section from P.A. 91-309)
30        Sec. 55a. Powers and duties.
31        (A)  The  Department  of  State  Police  shall  have  the
32    following  powers and duties, and those set forth in Sections
 
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 1    55a-1 through 55c:
 2        1.  To exercise the rights, powers and duties which  have
 3    been  vested  in the Department of Public Safety by the State
 4    Police Act.
 5        2.  To exercise the rights, powers and duties which  have
 6    been  vested  in the Department of Public Safety by the State
 7    Police Radio Act.
 8        3.  To exercise the rights, powers and duties which  have
 9    been  vested  in  the  Department  of  Public  Safety  by the
10    Criminal Identification Act.
11        4.  To (a) investigate the origins, activities, personnel
12    and incidents of crime and the ways and means to redress  the
13    victims   of  crimes,  and  study  the  impact,  if  any,  of
14    legislation relative to the effusion  of  crime  and  growing
15    crime  rates,  and  enforce  the  criminal laws of this State
16    related  thereto,  (b)  enforce  all  laws   regulating   the
17    production,  sale, prescribing, manufacturing, administering,
18    transporting, having in possession,  dispensing,  delivering,
19    distributing,  or  use of controlled substances and cannabis,
20    (c)  employ   skilled   experts,   scientists,   technicians,
21    investigators or otherwise specially qualified persons to aid
22    in  preventing or detecting crime, apprehending criminals, or
23    preparing  and  presenting  evidence  of  violations  of  the
24    criminal laws of the State, (d) cooperate with the police  of
25    cities,  villages and incorporated towns, and with the police
26    officers of any county, in enforcing the laws  of  the  State
27    and  in making arrests and recovering property, (e) apprehend
28    and deliver up any person charged in this State or any  other
29    State  of  the  United  States with treason, felony, or other
30    crime, who has fled from justice and is found in this  State,
31    and  (f) conduct such other investigations as may be provided
32    by law. Persons exercising these powers within the Department
33    are conservators of the peace and as such have all the powers
34    possessed by policemen in cities and  sheriffs,  except  that
 
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 1    they  may  exercise  such  powers  anywhere  in  the State in
 2    cooperation  with  and  after  contact  with  the  local  law
 3    enforcement  officials.  Such  persons  may  use   false   or
 4    fictitious  names  in  the  performance of their duties under
 5    this paragraph, upon approval of the Director, and shall  not
 6    be  subject  to  prosecution under the criminal laws for such
 7    use.
 8        5.  To: (a) be a  central  repository  and  custodian  of
 9    criminal   statistics   for  the  State,  (b)  be  a  central
10    repository  for  criminal  history  record  information,  (c)
11    procure and file for record such information as is  necessary
12    and  helpful  to  plan  programs  of  crime  prevention,  law
13    enforcement  and  criminal  justice, (d) procure and file for
14    record such copies of fingerprints, as  may  be  required  by
15    law,  (e) establish general and field crime laboratories, (f)
16    register and file for  record  such  information  as  may  be
17    required   by   law  for  the  issuance  of  firearm  owner's
18    identification  cards,  (g)   employ   polygraph   operators,
19    laboratory  technicians and other specially qualified persons
20    to aid in the identification of criminal  activity,  and  (h)
21    undertake such other identification, information, laboratory,
22    statistical  or registration activities as may be required by
23    law.
24        5.5.  Provide, when an individual is arrested,  that  the
25    following  information  must  be  made  available to the news
26    media for inspection and copying:
27             (a)   Information  that   identifies   the   person,
28        including  the  name,  age, address, and photograph, when
29        and if available.
30             (b)  Information detailing any charges  relating  to
31        the arrest.
32             (c)  The time and location of the arrest.
33             (d)   The name of the investigating or arresting law
34        enforcement agency.
 
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 1             (e)  If incarcerated, the  amount  of  any  bail  or
 2        bond.
 3             (f)   If  incarcerated,  the  time and date that the
 4        individual was received, discharged, or transferred  from
 5        the arresting agency's custody.
 6                  (1)  The information required by this paragraph
 7             must  be  made  available  to  the  news  media  for
 8             inspection  and  copying as soon as practicable, but
 9             in no event shall the time period  exceed  72  hours
10             from  the  arrest.   The  information  described  in
11             subparagraphs   (c),  (d),  (e),  and  (f)  of  this
12             paragraph,  however,  may  be  withheld  if  it   is
13             determined  that disclosure would (i) interfere with
14             pending or actually and reasonably contemplated  law
15             enforcement   proceedings   conducted   by  any  law
16             enforcement or correctional  agency;  (ii)  endanger
17             the  life  or  physical safety of law enforcement or
18             correctional personnel or any other person; or (iii)
19             compromise  the   security   of   any   correctional
20             facility.
21                  (2)   For  the  purposes of this paragraph, the
22             term "news media" means personnel of a newspaper  or
23             other periodical issued at regular intervals, a news
24             service,  a  radio  station, a television station, a
25             community antenna television service, or a person or
26             corporation engaged in making news  reels  or  other
27             motion picture news for public showing.
28                  (3)    Each  law  enforcement  or  correctional
29             agency may charge fees for arrest records, but in no
30             instance may the  fee  exceed  the  actual  cost  of
31             copying  and reproduction.  The fees may not include
32             the cost of the labor used to reproduce  the  arrest
33             record.
34                  (4)   The  provisions  of this paragraph do not
 
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 1             supersede the confidentiality provisions for  arrest
 2             records of the Juvenile Court Act.
 3        6.  To   (a)  acquire  and  operate  one  or  more  radio
 4    broadcasting stations in the State  to  be  used  for  police
 5    purposes,  (b)  operate a statewide communications network to
 6    gather  and  disseminate  information  for  law   enforcement
 7    agencies,  (c)  operate  an  electronic  data  processing and
 8    computer  center  for  the  storage  and  retrieval  of  data
 9    pertaining to criminal activity, and (d) undertake such other
10    communication activities as may be required by law.
11        7.  To provide, as may be required by law, assistance  to
12    local   law   enforcement   agencies  through  (a)  training,
13    management and consultant services for local law  enforcement
14    agencies, and (b) the pursuit of research and the publication
15    of studies pertaining to local law enforcement activities.
16        8.  To  exercise the rights, powers and duties which have
17    been vested  in  the  Department  of  State  Police  and  the
18    Director  of  the  Department of State Police by the Narcotic
19    Control Division Abolition Act.
20        9.  To exercise the rights, powers and duties which  have
21    been  vested  in  the  Department  of  Public  Safety  by the
22    Illinois Vehicle Code.
23        10.  To exercise the rights, powers and duties which have
24    been vested in the Department of Public Safety by the Firearm
25    Owners Identification Card Act.
26        11.  To  enforce  and  administer  such  other  laws   in
27    relation   to  law  enforcement  as  may  be  vested  in  the
28    Department.
29        12.  To transfer jurisdiction  of  any  realty  title  to
30    which  is  held by the State of Illinois under the control of
31    the  Department  to  any  other  department  of   the   State
32    government  or  to the State Employees Housing Commission, or
33    to acquire  or  accept  Federal  land,  when  such  transfer,
34    acquisition or acceptance is advantageous to the State and is
 
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 1    approved in writing by the Governor.
 2        13.  With  the written approval of the Governor, to enter
 3    into agreements with other departments created by  this  Act,
 4    for the furlough of inmates of the penitentiary to such other
 5    departments   for   their  use  in  research  programs  being
 6    conducted by them.
 7        For  the  purpose  of  participating  in  such   research
 8    projects,  the  Department  may  extend  the  limits  of  any
 9    inmate's place of confinement, when there is reasonable cause
10    to  believe  that  the  inmate will honor his or her trust by
11    authorizing the inmate, under prescribed conditions, to leave
12    the confines of the place unaccompanied by a custodial  agent
13    of  the Department. The Department shall make rules governing
14    the transfer of the inmate to the requesting other department
15    having the approved research project, and the return of  such
16    inmate  to  the unextended confines of the penitentiary. Such
17    transfer shall be made only with the consent of the inmate.
18        The willful failure of a prisoner to  remain  within  the
19    extended limits of his or her confinement or to return within
20    the  time  or  manner  prescribed to the place of confinement
21    designated by the Department in granting such extension shall
22    be deemed an  escape  from  custody  of  the  Department  and
23    punishable  as  provided in Section 3-6-4 of the Unified Code
24    of Corrections.
25        14.  To provide investigative services, with all  of  the
26    powers  possessed by policemen in cities and sheriffs, in and
27    around all race tracks subject to the  Horse  Racing  Act  of
28    1975.
29        15.  To  expend such sums as the Director deems necessary
30    from Contractual Services appropriations for the Division  of
31    Criminal  Investigation  for the purchase of evidence and for
32    the employment of persons to obtain evidence. Such sums shall
33    be advanced to agents authorized by the  Director  to  expend
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 1        16.  To  assist  victims  and  witnesses  in  gang  crime
 2    prosecutions through the administration of funds appropriated
 3    from  the  Gang  Violence  Victims  and Witnesses Fund to the
 4    Department.   Such  funds  shall  be  appropriated   to   the
 5    Department  and  shall  only  be  used  to assist victims and
 6    witnesses in gang crime prosecutions and such assistance  may
 7    include any of the following:
 8             (a)  temporary living costs;
 9             (b)  moving expenses;
10             (c)  closing costs on the sale of private residence;
11             (d)  first month's rent;
12             (e)  security deposits;
13             (f)  apartment location assistance;
14             (g)  other  expenses  which the Department considers
15        appropriate; and
16             (h)  compensation for any loss of or injury to  real
17        or  personal  property  resulting  from a gang crime to a
18        maximum of $5,000, subject to the following provisions:
19                  (1)  in the  case  of  loss  of  property,  the
20             amount  of  compensation  shall  be  measured by the
21             replacement cost of similar or like  property  which
22             has  been  incurred by and which is substantiated by
23             the property owner,
24                  (2)  in the case of  injury  to  property,  the
25             amount of compensation shall be measured by the cost
26             of repair incurred and which can be substantiated by
27             the property owner,
28                  (3)  compensation  under  this  provision  is a
29             secondary  source  of  compensation  and  shall   be
30             reduced  by  any  amount the property owner receives
31             from any other source as compensation for  the  loss
32             or  injury,  including, but not limited to, personal
33             insurance coverage,
34                  (4)  no compensation  may  be  awarded  if  the
 
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 1             property  owner  was an offender or an accomplice of
 2             the offender, or if the award would unjustly benefit
 3             the offender or offenders, or an accomplice  of  the
 4             offender or offenders.
 5        No victim or witness may receive such assistance if he or
 6    she  is  not  a  part  of  or fails to fully cooperate in the
 7    prosecution  of  gang  crime  members  by   law   enforcement
 8    authorities.
 9        The  Department  shall promulgate any rules necessary for
10    the implementation of this amendatory Act of 1985.
11        17.  To conduct arson investigations.
12        18.  To develop a separate statewide  statistical  police
13    contact  record  keeping  system  for  the  study of juvenile
14    delinquency. The records of this police contact system  shall
15    be  limited  to  statistical  information.   No  individually
16    identifiable  information  shall  be maintained in the police
17    contact statistical record system.
18        19.  To develop a  separate  statewide  central  juvenile
19    records  system  for  persons arrested prior to the age of 17
20    under Section 5-401 of the Juvenile  Court  Act  of  1987  or
21    adjudicated   delinquent   minors  and  to  make  information
22    available to local  law  enforcement  officers  so  that  law
23    enforcement  officers  will be able to obtain rapid access to
24    the background of the minor from other jurisdictions  to  the
25    end  that  the  juvenile police officers can make appropriate
26    decisions which will best serve the interest of the child and
27    the community.   The  Department  shall  submit  a  quarterly
28    report  to  the  General  Assembly  and  Governor which shall
29    contain the number of juvenile records  that  the  Department
30    has  received  in  that  quarter  and a list, by category, of
31    offenses that minors were arrested for  or  convicted  of  by
32    age, race and gender.
33        20.  To develop rules which guarantee the confidentiality
34    of  such individually identifiable juvenile records except to
 
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 1    juvenile authorities who request information  concerning  the
 2    minor  and  who  certify in writing that the information will
 3    not be disclosed to any other party except as provided  under
 4    law  or  order  of  court.   For  purposes  of  this Section,
 5    "juvenile authorities" means: (i)  a  judge  of  the  circuit
 6    court and members of the staff of the court designated by the
 7    judge;  (ii)  parties  to  the proceedings under the Juvenile
 8    Court Act  of  1987  and  their  attorneys;  (iii)  probation
 9    officers  and  court  appointed  advocates  for  the juvenile
10    authorized by the judge hearing the case; (iv) any individual
11    or public or private  agency  having  custody  of  the  child
12    pursuant  to  court  order;  (v)  any individual or public or
13    private agency providing education, medical or mental  health
14    service to the child when the requested information is needed
15    to  determine  the  appropriate  service or treatment for the
16    minor;  (vi)  any  potential  placement  provider  when  such
17    release is authorized by the court for the limited purpose of
18    determining the appropriateness of the  potential  placement;
19    (vii)  law enforcement officers and prosecutors; (viii) adult
20    and juvenile prisoner review boards; (ix) authorized military
21    personnel; (x) individuals  authorized  by  court;  (xi)  the
22    Illinois  General  Assembly  or  any  committee or commission
23    thereof.
24        21.  To develop administrative rules  and  administrative
25    hearing  procedures which allow a minor, his or her attorney,
26    and his or her parents or  guardian  access  to  individually
27    identifiable  juvenile records for the purpose of determining
28    or  challenging  the  accuracy   of   the   records.    Final
29    administrative  decisions  shall be subject to the provisions
30    of the Administrative Review Law.
31        22.  To charge,  collect,  and  receive  fees  or  moneys
32    equivalent  to  the  cost  of  providing  Department of State
33    Police  personnel,   equipment,   and   services   to   local
34    governmental  agencies  when  explicitly requested by a local
 
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 1    governmental agency  and  pursuant  to  an  intergovernmental
 2    agreement  as provided by this Section, other State agencies,
 3    and federal agencies, including but not limited  to  fees  or
 4    moneys  equivalent  to  the  cost  of  providing  dispatching
 5    services,  radio  and  radar  repair,  and  training to local
 6    governmental agencies on such terms and conditions as in  the
 7    judgment  of  the  Director  are  in the best interest of the
 8    State; and to establish, charge, collect and receive fees  or
 9    moneys  based  on the cost of providing responses to requests
10    for criminal history record information pursuant to  positive
11    identification  and  any  Illinois or federal law authorizing
12    access to some aspect of such information  and  to  prescribe
13    the  form  and  manner  for  requesting  and  furnishing such
14    information to the requestor on such terms and conditions  as
15    in  the  judgment of the Director are in the best interest of
16    the  State,  provided  fees  for  requesting  and  furnishing
17    criminal  history  record  information  may  be  waived   for
18    requests  in the due administration of the criminal laws. The
19    Department may also  charge,  collect  and  receive  fees  or
20    moneys  equivalent  to  the cost of providing electronic data
21    processing lines or  related  telecommunication  services  to
22    local  governments,  but  only  when  such  services  can  be
23    provided   by  the  Department  at  a  cost  less  than  that
24    experienced by said local governments  through  other  means.
25    All  services  provided  by the Department shall be conducted
26    pursuant   to    contracts    in    accordance    with    the
27    Intergovernmental  Cooperation Act, and all telecommunication
28    services shall be provided  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of
29    Section 67.18 of this Code.
30        All fees received by the Department of State Police under
31    this  Act  or the Illinois Uniform Conviction Information Act
32    shall be deposited in a special fund in the State Treasury to
33    be known  as  the  State  Police  Services  Fund.  The  money
34    deposited   in  the  State  Police  Services  Fund  shall  be
 
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 1    appropriated to the Department of State Police  for  expenses
 2    of the Department of State Police.
 3        Upon  the  completion  of  any audit of the Department of
 4    State Police as prescribed by  the  Illinois  State  Auditing
 5    Act,  which  audit  includes  an  audit  of  the State Police
 6    Services Fund, the Department of State Police shall make  the
 7    audit open to inspection by any interested person.
 8        23.  To  exercise the powers and perform the duties which
 9    have been vested in the Department of  State  Police  by  the
10    Intergovernmental  Missing Child Recovery Act of 1984, and to
11    establish  reasonable  rules  and  regulations   necessitated
12    thereby.
13        24. (a)  To   establish  and  maintain  a  statewide  Law
14    Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS) for the  purpose  of
15    providing   electronic   access  by  authorized  entities  to
16    criminal justice data repositories and effecting an immediate
17    law enforcement  response  to  reports  of  missing  persons,
18    including  lost,  missing  or runaway minors.  The Department
19    shall implement an automatic data exchange system to compile,
20    to maintain and to make available to  other  law  enforcement
21    agencies  for  immediate  dissemination data which can assist
22    appropriate  agencies  in  recovering  missing  persons   and
23    provide   access  by  authorized  entities  to  various  data
24    repositories available through LEADS for criminal justice and
25    related purposes.  To assist the Department in  this  effort,
26    funds may be appropriated from the LEADS Maintenance Fund.
27        (b)  In  exercising its duties under this subsection, the
28    Department shall:
29             (1)  provide a  uniform  reporting  format  for  the
30        entry  of pertinent information regarding the report of a
31        missing person into LEADS;
32             (2)  develop  and  implement  a  policy  whereby   a
33        statewide  or  regional alert would be used in situations
34        relating to the disappearances of individuals,  based  on
 
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 1        criteria  and  in a format established by the Department.
 2        Such a format shall include, but not be limited  to,  the
 3        age  of the missing person and the suspected circumstance
 4        of the disappearance;
 5             (3)  notify  all  law  enforcement   agencies   that
 6        reports  of  missing  persons shall be entered as soon as
 7        the minimum level of data specified by the Department  is
 8        available  to  the  reporting agency, and that no waiting
 9        period for the entry of such data exists;
10             (4)  compile and retain information regarding  lost,
11        abducted,  missing  or  runaway minors in a separate data
12        file, in a manner that allows such information to be used
13        by law enforcement and other agencies deemed  appropriate
14        by   the  Director,  for  investigative  purposes.   Such
15        information shall include the disposition of all reported
16        lost, abducted, missing or runaway minor cases;
17             (5)  compile   and   maintain   an   historic   data
18        repository relating to lost, abducted, missing or runaway
19        minors and other missing persons in order to develop  and
20        improve  techniques  utilized by law enforcement agencies
21        when responding to reports of missing persons; and
22             (6)  create  a  quality  control  program  regarding
23        confirmation  of  missing  person  data,  timeliness   of
24        entries   of   missing  person  reports  into  LEADS  and
25        performance audits of all entering agencies.
26        25.  On  request  of   a   school   board   or   regional
27    superintendent  of schools, to conduct an inquiry pursuant to
28    Section 10-21.9 or 34-18.5 of the School Code to ascertain if
29    an applicant for employment in a  school  district  has  been
30    convicted  of  any  criminal  or  drug offenses enumerated in
31    Section  10-21.9  or  34-18.5  of  the  School   Code.    The
32    Department  shall  furnish such conviction information to the
33    President of the school board of the  school  district  which
34    has  requested  the  information,  or  if the information was
 
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 1    requested by the regional  superintendent  to  that  regional
 2    superintendent.
 3        26.  To  promulgate  rules  and regulations necessary for
 4    the administration and enforcement of its powers and  duties,
 5    wherever  granted  and  imposed,  pursuant  to  the  Illinois
 6    Administrative Procedure Act.
 7        27.  To   (a)   promulgate   rules   pertaining   to  the
 8    certification, revocation of certification  and  training  of
 9    law  enforcement officers as electronic criminal surveillance
10    officers, (b) provide training and  technical  assistance  to
11    State's   Attorneys   and   local  law  enforcement  agencies
12    pertaining   to   the   interception    of    private    oral
13    communications,   (c)  promulgate  rules  necessary  for  the
14    administration of  Article  108B  of  the  Code  of  Criminal
15    Procedure of 1963, including but not limited to standards for
16    recording    and    minimization   of   electronic   criminal
17    surveillance  intercepts,  documentation   required   to   be
18    maintained  during  an  intercept,  procedures in relation to
19    evidence  developed  by  an  intercept,  and  (d)  charge   a
20    reasonable  fee  to  each  law  enforcement agency that sends
21    officers  to  receive   training   as   electronic   criminal
22    surveillance officers.
23        28.  Upon  the  request of any private organization which
24    devotes a major portion of  its  time  to  the  provision  of
25    recreational, social, educational or child safety services to
26    children,  to  conduct,  pursuant to positive identification,
27    criminal   background   investigations   of   all   of   that
28    organization's   current   employees,   current   volunteers,
29    prospective employees or prospective volunteers charged  with
30    the  care and custody of children during the provision of the
31    organization's services, and  to  report  to  the  requesting
32    organization  any  record  of  convictions  maintained in the
33    Department's files about such persons.  The Department  shall
34    charge  an  application  fee,  based on actual costs, for the
 
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 1    dissemination of  conviction  information  pursuant  to  this
 2    subsection.   The  Department  is empowered to establish this
 3    fee and shall prescribe the form and  manner  for  requesting
 4    and   furnishing  conviction  information  pursuant  to  this
 5    subsection. Information received by the organization from the
 6    Department concerning an individual shall be provided to such
 7    individual.    Any   such   information   obtained   by   the
 8    organization shall be confidential and may not be transmitted
 9    outside the organization and may not be transmitted to anyone
10    within the organization except as needed for the  purpose  of
11    evaluating  the  individual.  Only  information and standards
12    which  bear  a  reasonable  and  rational  relation  to   the
13    performance  of child care shall be used by the organization.
14    Any employee of the Department or  any  member,  employee  or
15    volunteer   of   the   organization   receiving  confidential
16    information under this subsection who gives or causes  to  be
17    given  any  confidential  information concerning any criminal
18    convictions of an individual shall be guilty  of  a  Class  A
19    misdemeanor  unless release of such information is authorized
20    by this subsection.
21        29.  Upon the request of the Department of  Children  and
22    Family  Services,  to  investigate  reports of child abuse or
23    neglect.
24        30.  To obtain registration of a fictitious vital  record
25    pursuant to Section 15.1 of the Vital Records Act.
26        31.  To  collect  and disseminate information relating to
27    "hate crimes" as defined under Section 12-7.1 of the Criminal
28    Code of 1961 contingent upon the  availability  of  State  or
29    Federal  funds  to  revise  and  upgrade the Illinois Uniform
30    Crime Reporting System.  All law enforcement  agencies  shall
31    report  monthly  to the Department of State Police concerning
32    such offenses in such form and  in  such  manner  as  may  be
33    prescribed by rules and regulations adopted by the Department
34    of  State  Police.  Such information shall be compiled by the
 
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 1    Department and be disseminated upon request to any local  law
 2    enforcement  agency,  unit  of  local  government,  or  state
 3    agency.   Dissemination  of such information shall be subject
 4    to all confidentiality requirements otherwise imposed by law.
 5    The Department of State Police  shall  provide  training  for
 6    State  Police  officers  in  identifying,  responding to, and
 7    reporting all  hate  crimes.  The  Illinois  Law  Enforcement
 8    Training  Standards  Board shall develop and certify a course
 9    of  such  training  to  be  made  available  to   local   law
10    enforcement officers.
11        32.  Upon  the  request of a private carrier company that
12    provides transportation under Section 28b of the Metropolitan
13    Transit Authority Act, to ascertain if  an  applicant  for  a
14    driver  position  has  been convicted of any criminal or drug
15    offense enumerated in Section 28b of the Metropolitan Transit
16    Authority Act.  The Department shall furnish  the  conviction
17    information to the private carrier company that requested the
18    information.
19        33.  To  apply  for grants or contracts, receive, expend,
20    allocate, or disburse funds  and  moneys  made  available  by
21    public  or  private  entities, including, but not limited to,
22    contracts, bequests,  grants,  or  receiving  equipment  from
23    corporations,  foundations, or public or private institutions
24    of higher learning.  All funds  received  by  the  Department
25    from  these  sources  shall be deposited into the appropriate
26    fund  in  the  State  Treasury  to  be  appropriated  to  the
27    Department for  purposes  as  indicated  by  the  grantor  or
28    contractor  or,  in the case of funds or moneys bequeathed or
29    granted for no specific purpose, for any  purpose  as  deemed
30    appropriate    by   the   Director   in   administering   the
31    responsibilities of the Department.
32        34.  Upon the request of the Department of  Children  and
33    Family Services, the Department of State Police shall provide
34    properly  designated  employees of the Department of Children
 
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 1    and Family Services with criminal history record  information
 2    as defined in the Illinois Uniform Conviction Information Act
 3    and  information maintained in the Statewide Central Juvenile
 4    record system as defined in subdivision (A)19 of this Section
 5    if the Department of Children and Family Services  determines
 6    the  information is necessary to perform its duties under the
 7    Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act, the Child Care  Act
 8    of  1969,  and  the  Children  and  Family Services Act.  The
 9    request shall be in the form  and  manner  specified  by  the
10    Department of State Police.
11        35.  The Illinois Department of Human Services Public Aid
12    is an authorized entity under this Section for the purpose of
13    exchanging  information,  in  the form and manner required by
14    the Department of State Police, to facilitate the location of
15    individuals for  establishing  paternity,  and  establishing,
16    modifying,  and enforcing child support obligations, pursuant
17    to the Illinois Public Aid Code and Title IV, Part D  of  the
18    Social Security Act.
19        36.  Upon request of the Department of Human Services, to
20    conduct  an  assessment  and  evaluation  of sexually violent
21    persons  as  mandated  by  the   Sexually   Violent   Persons
22    Commitment Act, the Department shall furnish criminal history
23    information  maintained on the requested person.  The request
24    shall be in the form and manner specified by the Department.
25        (B)  The Department of State  Police  may  establish  and
26    maintain,  within the Department of State Police, a Statewide
27    Organized Criminal Gang Database (SWORD) for the  purpose  of
28    tracking  organized  criminal  gangs  and  their memberships.
29    Information in the database may include, but not  be  limited
30    to,  the  name,  last  known  address,  birth  date, physical
31    descriptions (such as  scars,  marks,  or  tattoos),  officer
32    safety  information, organized gang affiliation, and entering
33    agency  identifier.    The   Department   may   develop,   in
34    consultation with the Criminal Justice Information Authority,
 
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 1    and  in  a  form  and manner prescribed by the Department, an
 2    automated data exchange system to compile, to  maintain,  and
 3    to   make   this   information  electronically  available  to
 4    prosecutors and  to  other  law  enforcement  agencies.   The
 5    information  may be used by authorized agencies to combat the
 6    operations of organized criminal gangs statewide.
 7        (C)  The Department of State  Police  may  ascertain  the
 8    number  of  bilingual  police  officers  and  other personnel
 9    needed to provide services in a language other  than  English
10    and  may  establish,  under  applicable  personnel  rules and
11    Department guidelines  or  through  a  collective  bargaining
12    agreement, a bilingual pay supplement program.
13    (Source:  P.A.  90-18,  eff.  7-1-97;  90-130,  eff.  1-1-98;
14    90-372,  eff.  7-1-98;  90-590,  eff.  1-1-00;  90-655,  eff.
15    7-30-98; 90-793, eff. 8-14-98; 91-309, eff. 7-29-99.)

16        (Text of Section from P.A. 91-371)
17        Sec. 55a. Powers and duties.
18        (A)  The  Department  of  State  Police  shall  have  the
19    following  powers and duties, and those set forth in Sections
20    55a-1 through 55c:
21        1.  To exercise the rights, powers and duties which  have
22    been  vested  in the Department of Public Safety by the State
23    Police Act.
24        2.  To exercise the rights, powers and duties which  have
25    been  vested  in the Department of Public Safety by the State
26    Police Radio Act.
27        3.  To exercise the rights, powers and duties which  have
28    been  vested  in  the  Department  of  Public  Safety  by the
29    Criminal Identification Act.
30        4.  To (a) investigate the origins, activities, personnel
31    and incidents of crime and the ways and means to redress  the
32    victims   of  crimes,  and  study  the  impact,  if  any,  of
33    legislation relative to the effusion  of  crime  and  growing
34    crime  rates,  and  enforce  the  criminal laws of this State
 
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 1    related  thereto,  (b)  enforce  all  laws   regulating   the
 2    production,  sale, prescribing, manufacturing, administering,
 3    transporting, having in possession,  dispensing,  delivering,
 4    distributing,  or  use of controlled substances and cannabis,
 5    (c)  employ   skilled   experts,   scientists,   technicians,
 6    investigators or otherwise specially qualified persons to aid
 7    in  preventing or detecting crime, apprehending criminals, or
 8    preparing  and  presenting  evidence  of  violations  of  the
 9    criminal laws of the State, (d) cooperate with the police  of
10    cities,  villages and incorporated towns, and with the police
11    officers of any county, in enforcing the laws  of  the  State
12    and  in making arrests and recovering property, (e) apprehend
13    and deliver up any person charged in this State or any  other
14    State  of  the  United  States with treason, felony, or other
15    crime, who has fled from justice and is found in this  State,
16    and  (f) conduct such other investigations as may be provided
17    by law. Persons exercising these powers within the Department
18    are conservators of the peace and as such have all the powers
19    possessed by policemen in cities and  sheriffs,  except  that
20    they  may  exercise  such  powers  anywhere  in  the State in
21    cooperation  with  and  after  contact  with  the  local  law
22    enforcement  officials.  Such  persons  may  use   false   or
23    fictitious  names  in  the  performance of their duties under
24    this paragraph, upon approval of the Director, and shall  not
25    be  subject  to  prosecution under the criminal laws for such
26    use.
27        5.  To: (a) be a  central  repository  and  custodian  of
28    criminal   statistics   for  the  State,  (b)  be  a  central
29    repository  for  criminal  history  record  information,  (c)
30    procure and file for record such information as is  necessary
31    and  helpful  to  plan  programs  of  crime  prevention,  law
32    enforcement  and  criminal  justice, (d) procure and file for
33    record such copies of fingerprints, as  may  be  required  by
34    law,  (e) establish general and field crime laboratories, (f)
 
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 1    register and file for  record  such  information  as  may  be
 2    required   by   law  for  the  issuance  of  firearm  owner's
 3    identification  cards,  (g)   employ   polygraph   operators,
 4    laboratory  technicians and other specially qualified persons
 5    to aid in the identification of criminal  activity,  and  (h)
 6    undertake such other identification, information, laboratory,
 7    statistical  or registration activities as may be required by
 8    law.
 9        6.  To  (a)  acquire  and  operate  one  or  more   radio
10    broadcasting  stations  in  the  State  to be used for police
11    purposes, (b) operate a statewide communications  network  to
12    gather   and  disseminate  information  for  law  enforcement
13    agencies, (c)  operate  an  electronic  data  processing  and
14    computer  center  for  the  storage  and  retrieval  of  data
15    pertaining to criminal activity, and (d) undertake such other
16    communication activities as may be required by law.
17        7.  To  provide, as may be required by law, assistance to
18    local  law  enforcement  agencies   through   (a)   training,
19    management  and consultant services for local law enforcement
20    agencies, and (b) the pursuit of research and the publication
21    of studies pertaining to local law enforcement activities.
22        8.  To exercise the rights, powers and duties which  have
23    been  vested  in  the  Department  of  State  Police  and the
24    Director of the Department of State Police  by  the  Narcotic
25    Control Division Abolition Act.
26        9.  To  exercise the rights, powers and duties which have
27    been vested  in  the  Department  of  Public  Safety  by  the
28    Illinois Vehicle Code.
29        10.  To exercise the rights, powers and duties which have
30    been vested in the Department of Public Safety by the Firearm
31    Owners Identification Card Act.
32        11.  To   enforce  and  administer  such  other  laws  in
33    relation  to  law  enforcement  as  may  be  vested  in   the
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 1        12.  To  transfer  jurisdiction  of  any  realty title to
 2    which is held by the State of Illinois under the  control  of
 3    the   Department   to  any  other  department  of  the  State
 4    government or to the State Employees Housing  Commission,  or
 5    to  acquire  or  accept  Federal  land,  when  such transfer,
 6    acquisition or acceptance is advantageous to the State and is
 7    approved in writing by the Governor.
 8        13.  With the written approval of the Governor, to  enter
 9    into  agreements  with other departments created by this Act,
10    for the furlough of inmates of the penitentiary to such other
11    departments  for  their  use  in  research   programs   being
12    conducted by them.
13        For   the  purpose  of  participating  in  such  research
14    projects,  the  Department  may  extend  the  limits  of  any
15    inmate's place of confinement, when there is reasonable cause
16    to believe that the inmate will honor his  or  her  trust  by
17    authorizing the inmate, under prescribed conditions, to leave
18    the  confines of the place unaccompanied by a custodial agent
19    of the Department. The Department shall make rules  governing
20    the transfer of the inmate to the requesting other department
21    having  the approved research project, and the return of such
22    inmate to the unextended confines of the  penitentiary.  Such
23    transfer shall be made only with the consent of the inmate.
24        The  willful  failure  of a prisoner to remain within the
25    extended limits of his or her confinement or to return within
26    the time or manner prescribed to  the  place  of  confinement
27    designated by the Department in granting such extension shall
28    be  deemed  an  escape  from  custody  of  the Department and
29    punishable as provided in Section 3-6-4 of the  Unified  Code
30    of Corrections.
31        14.  To  provide  investigative services, with all of the
32    powers possessed by policemen in cities and sheriffs, in  and
33    around  all  race  tracks  subject to the Horse Racing Act of
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 1        15.  To expend such sums as the Director deems  necessary
 2    from  Contractual Services appropriations for the Division of
 3    Criminal Investigation for the purchase of evidence  and  for
 4    the employment of persons to obtain evidence. Such sums shall
 5    be  advanced  to  agents authorized by the Director to expend
 6    funds, on vouchers signed by the Director.
 7        16.  To  assist  victims  and  witnesses  in  gang  crime
 8    prosecutions through the administration of funds appropriated
 9    from the Gang Violence Victims  and  Witnesses  Fund  to  the
10    Department.    Such   funds  shall  be  appropriated  to  the
11    Department and shall only  be  used  to  assist  victims  and
12    witnesses  in gang crime prosecutions and such assistance may
13    include any of the following:
14             (a)  temporary living costs;
15             (b)  moving expenses;
16             (c)  closing costs on the sale of private residence;
17             (d)  first month's rent;
18             (e)  security deposits;
19             (f)  apartment location assistance;
20             (g)  other expenses which the  Department  considers
21        appropriate; and
22             (h)  compensation  for any loss of or injury to real
23        or personal property resulting from a  gang  crime  to  a
24        maximum of $5,000, subject to the following provisions:
25                  (1)  in  the  case  of  loss  of  property, the
26             amount of compensation  shall  be  measured  by  the
27             replacement  cost  of similar or like property which
28             has been incurred by and which is  substantiated  by
29             the property owner,
30                  (2)  in  the  case  of  injury to property, the
31             amount of compensation shall be measured by the cost
32             of repair incurred and which can be substantiated by
33             the property owner,
34                  (3)  compensation under  this  provision  is  a
 
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 1             secondary   source  of  compensation  and  shall  be
 2             reduced by any amount the  property  owner  receives
 3             from  any  other source as compensation for the loss
 4             or injury, including, but not limited  to,  personal
 5             insurance coverage,
 6                  (4)  no  compensation  may  be  awarded  if the
 7             property owner was an offender or an  accomplice  of
 8             the offender, or if the award would unjustly benefit
 9             the  offender  or offenders, or an accomplice of the
10             offender or offenders.
11        No victim or witness may receive such assistance if he or
12    she is not a part of or  fails  to  fully  cooperate  in  the
13    prosecution   of   gang  crime  members  by  law  enforcement
14    authorities.
15        The Department shall promulgate any rules  necessary  for
16    the implementation of this amendatory Act of 1985.
17        17.  To conduct arson investigations.
18        18.  To  develop  a separate statewide statistical police
19    contact record keeping  system  for  the  study  of  juvenile
20    delinquency.  The records of this police contact system shall
21    be  limited  to  statistical  information.   No  individually
22    identifiable information shall be maintained  in  the  police
23    contact statistical record system.
24        19.  To  develop  a  separate  statewide central juvenile
25    records system for persons arrested prior to the  age  of  17
26    under  Section  5-401  of  the  Juvenile Court Act of 1987 or
27    adjudicated  delinquent  minors  and  to   make   information
28    available  to  local  law  enforcement  officers  so that law
29    enforcement officers will be able to obtain rapid  access  to
30    the  background  of the minor from other jurisdictions to the
31    end that the juvenile police officers  can  make  appropriate
32    decisions which will best serve the interest of the child and
33    the  community.    The  Department  shall  submit a quarterly
34    report to the  General  Assembly  and  Governor  which  shall
 
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 1    contain  the  number  of juvenile records that the Department
 2    has received in that quarter and  a  list,  by  category,  of
 3    offenses  that  minors  were  arrested for or convicted of by
 4    age, race and gender.
 5        20.  To develop rules which guarantee the confidentiality
 6    of such individually identifiable juvenile records except  to
 7    juvenile  authorities  who request information concerning the
 8    minor and who certify in writing that  the  information  will
 9    not  be disclosed to any other party except as provided under
10    law or  order  of  court.   For  purposes  of  this  Section,
11    "juvenile  authorities"  means:  (i)  a  judge of the circuit
12    court and members of the staff of the court designated by the
13    judge; (ii) parties to the  proceedings  under  the  Juvenile
14    Court  Act  of  1987  and  their  attorneys;  (iii) probation
15    officers and  court  appointed  advocates  for  the  juvenile
16    authorized by the judge hearing the case; (iv) any individual
17    or  public  or  private  agency  having  custody of the child
18    pursuant to court order; (v)  any  individual  or  public  or
19    private  agency providing education, medical or mental health
20    service to the child when the requested information is needed
21    to determine the appropriate service  or  treatment  for  the
22    minor;  (vi)  any  potential  placement  provider  when  such
23    release is authorized by the court for the limited purpose of
24    determining  the  appropriateness of the potential placement;
25    (vii) law enforcement officers and prosecutors; (viii)  adult
26    and juvenile prisoner review boards; (ix) authorized military
27    personnel;  (x)  individuals  authorized  by  court; (xi) the
28    Illinois General Assembly  or  any  committee  or  commission
29    thereof.
30        21.  To  develop  administrative rules and administrative
31    hearing procedures which allow a minor, his or her  attorney,
32    and  his  or  her  parents or guardian access to individually
33    identifiable juvenile records for the purpose of  determining
34    or   challenging   the   accuracy   of  the  records.   Final
 
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 1    administrative decisions shall be subject to  the  provisions
 2    of the Administrative Review Law.
 3        22.  To  charge,  collect,  and  receive  fees  or moneys
 4    equivalent to the  cost  of  providing  Department  of  State
 5    Police   personnel,   equipment,   and   services   to  local
 6    governmental agencies when explicitly requested  by  a  local
 7    governmental  agency  and  pursuant  to  an intergovernmental
 8    agreement as provided by this Section, other State  agencies,
 9    and  federal  agencies,  including but not limited to fees or
10    moneys  equivalent  to  the  cost  of  providing  dispatching
11    services, radio and  radar  repair,  and  training  to  local
12    governmental  agencies on such terms and conditions as in the
13    judgment of the Director are in  the  best  interest  of  the
14    State;  and to establish, charge, collect and receive fees or
15    moneys based on the cost of providing responses  to  requests
16    for  criminal history record information pursuant to positive
17    identification and any Illinois or  federal  law  authorizing
18    access  to  some  aspect of such information and to prescribe
19    the form  and  manner  for  requesting  and  furnishing  such
20    information  to the requestor on such terms and conditions as
21    in the judgment of the Director are in the best  interest  of
22    the  State,  provided  fees  for  requesting  and  furnishing
23    criminal   history  record  information  may  be  waived  for
24    requests in the due administration of the criminal laws.  The
25    Department  may  also  charge,  collect  and  receive fees or
26    moneys equivalent to the cost of  providing  electronic  data
27    processing  lines  or  related  telecommunication services to
28    local  governments,  but  only  when  such  services  can  be
29    provided  by  the  Department  at  a  cost  less  than   that
30    experienced  by  said  local governments through other means.
31    All services provided by the Department  shall  be  conducted
32    pursuant    to    contracts    in    accordance    with   the
33    Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, and all  telecommunication
34    services  shall  be  provided  pursuant  to the provisions of
 
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 1    Section 67.18 of this Code.
 2        All fees received by the Department of State Police under
 3    this Act or the Illinois Uniform Conviction  Information  Act
 4    shall be deposited in a special fund in the State Treasury to
 5    be  known  as  the  State  Police  Services  Fund.  The money
 6    deposited  in  the  State  Police  Services  Fund  shall   be
 7    appropriated  to  the Department of State Police for expenses
 8    of the Department of State Police.
 9        Upon the completion of any audit  of  the  Department  of
10    State  Police  as  prescribed  by the Illinois State Auditing
11    Act, which audit  includes  an  audit  of  the  State  Police
12    Services  Fund, the Department of State Police shall make the
13    audit open to inspection by any interested person.
14        23.  To exercise the powers and perform the duties  which
15    have  been  vested  in  the Department of State Police by the
16    Intergovernmental Missing Child Recovery Act of 1984, and  to
17    establish   reasonable  rules  and  regulations  necessitated
18    thereby.
19        24. (a)  To  establish  and  maintain  a  statewide   Law
20    Enforcement  Agencies  Data System (LEADS) for the purpose of
21    providing  electronic  access  by  authorized   entities   to
22    criminal justice data repositories and effecting an immediate
23    law  enforcement  response  to  reports  of  missing persons,
24    including lost, missing or runaway  minors.   The  Department
25    shall implement an automatic data exchange system to compile,
26    to  maintain  and  to make available to other law enforcement
27    agencies for immediate dissemination data  which  can  assist
28    appropriate   agencies  in  recovering  missing  persons  and
29    provide  access  by  authorized  entities  to  various   data
30    repositories available through LEADS for criminal justice and
31    related  purposes.   To assist the Department in this effort,
32    funds may be appropriated from the LEADS Maintenance Fund.
33        (b)  In exercising its duties under this subsection,  the
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 1             (1)  provide  a  uniform  reporting  format  for the
 2        entry of pertinent information regarding the report of  a
 3        missing person into LEADS;
 4             (2)  develop   and  implement  a  policy  whereby  a
 5        statewide or regional alert would be used  in  situations
 6        relating  to  the disappearances of individuals, based on
 7        criteria and in a format established by  the  Department.
 8        Such  a  format shall include, but not be limited to, the
 9        age of the missing person and the suspected  circumstance
10        of the disappearance;
11             (3)  notify   all   law  enforcement  agencies  that
12        reports of missing persons shall be entered  as  soon  as
13        the  minimum level of data specified by the Department is
14        available to the reporting agency, and  that  no  waiting
15        period for the entry of such data exists;
16             (4)  compile  and retain information regarding lost,
17        abducted, missing or runaway minors in  a  separate  data
18        file, in a manner that allows such information to be used
19        by  law enforcement and other agencies deemed appropriate
20        by  the  Director,  for  investigative  purposes.    Such
21        information shall include the disposition of all reported
22        lost, abducted, missing or runaway minor cases;
23             (5)  compile   and   maintain   an   historic   data
24        repository relating to lost, abducted, missing or runaway
25        minors  and other missing persons in order to develop and
26        improve techniques utilized by law  enforcement  agencies
27        when responding to reports of missing persons; and
28             (6)  create  a  quality  control  program  regarding
29        confirmation   of  missing  person  data,  timeliness  of
30        entries  of  missing  person  reports  into   LEADS   and
31        performance audits of all entering agencies.
32        25.  On   request   of   a   school   board  or  regional
33    superintendent of schools, to conduct an inquiry pursuant  to
34    Section 10-21.9 or 34-18.5 of the School Code to ascertain if
 
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 1    an  applicant  for  employment  in a school district has been
 2    convicted of any criminal  or  drug  offenses  enumerated  in
 3    Section   10-21.9   or  34-18.5  of  the  School  Code.   The
 4    Department shall furnish such conviction information  to  the
 5    President  of  the  school board of the school district which
 6    has requested the information,  or  if  the  information  was
 7    requested  by  the  regional  superintendent to that regional
 8    superintendent.
 9        26.  To promulgate rules and  regulations  necessary  for
10    the  administration and enforcement of its powers and duties,
11    wherever  granted  and  imposed,  pursuant  to  the  Illinois
12    Administrative Procedure Act.
13        27.  To  (a)   promulgate   rules   pertaining   to   the
14    certification,  revocation  of  certification and training of
15    law enforcement officers as electronic criminal  surveillance
16    officers,  (b)  provide  training and technical assistance to
17    State's  Attorneys  and  local   law   enforcement   agencies
18    pertaining    to    the    interception   of   private   oral
19    communications,  (c)  promulgate  rules  necessary  for   the
20    administration  of  Article  108B  of  the  Code  of Criminal
21    Procedure of 1963, including but not limited to standards for
22    recording   and   minimization   of    electronic    criminal
23    surveillance   intercepts,   documentation   required  to  be
24    maintained during an intercept,  procedures  in  relation  to
25    evidence   developed  by  an  intercept,  and  (d)  charge  a
26    reasonable fee to each  law  enforcement  agency  that  sends
27    officers   to   receive   training   as  electronic  criminal
28    surveillance officers.
29        28.  Upon the request of any private  organization  which
30    devotes  a  major  portion  of  its  time to the provision of
31    recreational, social, educational or child safety services to
32    children, to conduct, pursuant  to  positive  identification,
33    criminal   background   investigations   of   all   of   that
34    organization's   current   employees,   current   volunteers,
 
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 1    prospective  employees or prospective volunteers charged with
 2    the care and custody of children during the provision of  the
 3    organization's  services,  and  to  report  to the requesting
 4    organization any record  of  convictions  maintained  in  the
 5    Department's  files about such persons.  The Department shall
 6    charge an application fee, based on  actual  costs,  for  the
 7    dissemination  of  conviction  information  pursuant  to this
 8    subsection.  The Department is empowered  to  establish  this
 9    fee  and  shall  prescribe the form and manner for requesting
10    and  furnishing  conviction  information  pursuant  to   this
11    subsection. Information received by the organization from the
12    Department concerning an individual shall be provided to such
13    individual.    Any   such   information   obtained   by   the
14    organization shall be confidential and may not be transmitted
15    outside the organization and may not be transmitted to anyone
16    within  the  organization except as needed for the purpose of
17    evaluating the individual.  Only  information  and  standards
18    which   bear  a  reasonable  and  rational  relation  to  the
19    performance of child care shall be used by the  organization.
20    Any  employee  of  the  Department or any member, employee or
21    volunteer  of   the   organization   receiving   confidential
22    information  under  this subsection who gives or causes to be
23    given any confidential information  concerning  any  criminal
24    convictions  of  an  individual  shall be guilty of a Class A
25    misdemeanor unless release of such information is  authorized
26    by this subsection.
27        29.  Upon  the  request of the Department of Children and
28    Family Services, to investigate reports  of  child  abuse  or
29    neglect.
30        30.  To  obtain registration of a fictitious vital record
31    pursuant to Section 15.1 of the Vital Records Act.
32        31.  To collect and disseminate information  relating  to
33    "hate crimes" as defined under Section 12-7.1 of the Criminal
34    Code  of  1961  contingent  upon the availability of State or
 
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 1    Federal funds to revise  and  upgrade  the  Illinois  Uniform
 2    Crime  Reporting  System.  All law enforcement agencies shall
 3    report monthly to the Department of State  Police  concerning
 4    such  offenses  in  such  form  and  in such manner as may be
 5    prescribed by rules and regulations adopted by the Department
 6    of State Police.  Such information shall be compiled  by  the
 7    Department  and be disseminated upon request to any local law
 8    enforcement  agency,  unit  of  local  government,  or  state
 9    agency.  Dissemination of such information shall  be  subject
10    to all confidentiality requirements otherwise imposed by law.
11    The  Department  of  State  Police shall provide training for
12    State Police officers  in  identifying,  responding  to,  and
13    reporting  all  hate  crimes.  The  Illinois  Law Enforcement
14    Training Standards Board shall develop and certify  a  course
15    of   such   training  to  be  made  available  to  local  law
16    enforcement officers.
17        32.  Upon the request of a private carrier  company  that
18    provides transportation under Section 28b of the Metropolitan
19    Transit  Authority  Act,  to  ascertain if an applicant for a
20    driver position has been convicted of any  criminal  or  drug
21    offense enumerated in Section 28b of the Metropolitan Transit
22    Authority  Act.   The Department shall furnish the conviction
23    information to the private carrier company that requested the
24    information.
25        33.  To apply for grants or contracts,  receive,  expend,
26    allocate,  or  disburse  funds  and  moneys made available by
27    public or private entities, including, but  not  limited  to,
28    contracts,  bequests,  grants,  or  receiving  equipment from
29    corporations, foundations, or public or private  institutions
30    of  higher  learning.   All  funds received by the Department
31    from these sources shall be deposited  into  the  appropriate
32    fund  in  the  State  Treasury  to  be  appropriated  to  the
33    Department  for  purposes  as  indicated  by  the  grantor or
34    contractor or, in the case of funds or moneys  bequeathed  or
 
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 1    granted  for  no  specific purpose, for any purpose as deemed
 2    appropriate   by   the   Director   in   administering    the
 3    responsibilities of the Department.
 4        34.  Upon  the  request of the Department of Children and
 5    Family Services, the Department of State Police shall provide
 6    properly designated employees of the Department  of  Children
 7    and  Family Services with criminal history record information
 8    as defined in the Illinois Uniform Conviction Information Act
 9    and information maintained in the Statewide Central  Juvenile
10    record system as defined in subdivision (A)19 of this Section
11    if  the Department of Children and Family Services determines
12    the information is necessary to perform its duties under  the
13    Abused  and Neglected Child Reporting Act, the Child Care Act
14    of 1969, and the  Children  and  Family  Services  Act.   The
15    request  shall  be  in  the  form and manner specified by the
16    Department of State Police.
17        35.  The Illinois Department of Human Services Public Aid
18    is an authorized entity under this Section for the purpose of
19    exchanging information, in the form and  manner  required  by
20    the Department of State Police, to facilitate the location of
21    individuals  for  establishing  paternity,  and establishing,
22    modifying, and enforcing child support obligations,  pursuant
23    to  the  Illinois Public Aid Code and Title IV, Part D of the
24    Social Security Act.
25        36.  Upon request of the Department of Human Services, to
26    conduct an assessment  and  evaluation  of  sexually  violent
27    persons   as   mandated   by  the  Sexually  Violent  Persons
28    Commitment Act, the Department shall furnish criminal history
29    information maintained on the requested person.  The  request
30    shall be in the form and manner specified by the Department.
31        37.  Upon  the  request  of the chief of a volunteer fire
32    department, the Department shall conduct criminal  background
33    investigations  of prospective firefighters and report to the
34    requesting chief any record of convictions maintained in  the
 
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 1    Department's  files  about those persons.  The Department may
 2    charge a fee, based on actual costs, for the dissemination of
 3    conviction information under this paragraph.  The  Department
 4    may   prescribe  the  form  and  manner  for  requesting  and
 5    furnishing conviction information under this paragraph.
 6        (B)  The Department of State  Police  may  establish  and
 7    maintain,  within the Department of State Police, a Statewide
 8    Organized Criminal Gang Database (SWORD) for the  purpose  of
 9    tracking  organized  criminal  gangs  and  their memberships.
10    Information in the database may include, but not  be  limited
11    to,  the  name,  last  known  address,  birth  date, physical
12    descriptions (such as  scars,  marks,  or  tattoos),  officer
13    safety  information, organized gang affiliation, and entering
14    agency  identifier.    The   Department   may   develop,   in
15    consultation with the Criminal Justice Information Authority,
16    and  in  a  form  and manner prescribed by the Department, an
17    automated data exchange system to compile, to  maintain,  and
18    to   make   this   information  electronically  available  to
19    prosecutors and  to  other  law  enforcement  agencies.   The
20    information  may be used by authorized agencies to combat the
21    operations of organized criminal gangs statewide.
22        (C)  The Department of State  Police  may  ascertain  the
23    number  of  bilingual  police  officers  and  other personnel
24    needed to provide services in a language other  than  English
25    and  may  establish,  under  applicable  personnel  rules and
26    Department guidelines  or  through  a  collective  bargaining
27    agreement, a bilingual pay supplement program.
28    (Source:  P.A.  89-54,  eff.  6-30-95;  90-18,  eff.  7-1-97;
29    90-130,  eff.  1-1-98;  90-372,  eff.  7-1-98;  90-590,  eff.
30    1-1-00;  90-655,  eff. 7-30-98; 90-793, eff. 8-14-98; revised
31    10-6-98; 91-371, eff. 1-1-00.)

32        (Text of Section from P.A. 91-660)
33        Sec. 55a. Powers and duties.
34        (A)  The  Department  of  State  Police  shall  have  the
 
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 1    following powers and duties, and those set forth in  Sections
 2    55a-1 through 55c:
 3        1.  To  exercise the rights, powers and duties which have
 4    been vested in the Department of Public Safety by  the  State
 5    Police Act.
 6        2.  To  exercise the rights, powers and duties which have
 7    been vested in the Department of Public Safety by  the  State
 8    Police Radio Act.
 9        3.  To  exercise the rights, powers and duties which have
10    been vested  in  the  Department  of  Public  Safety  by  the
11    Criminal Identification Act.
12        4.  To (a) investigate the origins, activities, personnel
13    and  incidents of crime and the ways and means to redress the
14    victims  of  crimes,  and  study  the  impact,  if  any,   of
15    legislation  relative  to  the  effusion of crime and growing
16    crime rates, and enforce the  criminal  laws  of  this  State
17    related   thereto,   (b)  enforce  all  laws  regulating  the
18    production, sale, prescribing, manufacturing,  administering,
19    transporting,  having  in possession, dispensing, delivering,
20    distributing, or use of controlled substances  and  cannabis,
21    (c)   employ   skilled   experts,   scientists,  technicians,
22    investigators or otherwise specially qualified persons to aid
23    in preventing or detecting crime, apprehending criminals,  or
24    preparing  and  presenting  evidence  of  violations  of  the
25    criminal  laws of the State, (d) cooperate with the police of
26    cities, villages and incorporated towns, and with the  police
27    officers  of  any  county, in enforcing the laws of the State
28    and in making arrests and recovering property, (e)  apprehend
29    and  deliver up any person charged in this State or any other
30    State of the United States with  treason,  felony,  or  other
31    crime,  who has fled from justice and is found in this State,
32    and (f) conduct such other investigations as may be  provided
33    by law. Persons exercising these powers within the Department
34    are conservators of the peace and as such have all the powers
 
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 1    possessed  by  policemen  in cities and sheriffs, except that
 2    they may exercise  such  powers  anywhere  in  the  State  in
 3    cooperation  with  and  after  contact  with  the  local  law
 4    enforcement   officials.   Such  persons  may  use  false  or
 5    fictitious names in the performance  of  their  duties  under
 6    this  paragraph, upon approval of the Director, and shall not
 7    be subject to prosecution under the criminal  laws  for  such
 8    use.
 9        5.  To:  (a)  be  a  central  repository and custodian of
10    criminal  statistics  for  the  State,  (b)  be   a   central
11    repository  for  criminal  history  record  information,  (c)
12    procure  and file for record such information as is necessary
13    and  helpful  to  plan  programs  of  crime  prevention,  law
14    enforcement and criminal justice, (d) procure  and  file  for
15    record  such  copies  of  fingerprints, as may be required by
16    law, (e) establish general and field crime laboratories,  (f)
17    register  and  file  for  record  such  information as may be
18    required  by  law  for  the  issuance  of   firearm   owner's
19    identification   cards,   (g)   employ  polygraph  operators,
20    laboratory technicians and other specially qualified  persons
21    to  aid  in  the identification of criminal activity, and (h)
22    undertake such other identification, information, laboratory,
23    statistical or registration activities as may be required  by
24    law.
25        6.  To   (a)  acquire  and  operate  one  or  more  radio
26    broadcasting stations in the State  to  be  used  for  police
27    purposes,  (b)  operate a statewide communications network to
28    gather  and  disseminate  information  for  law   enforcement
29    agencies,  (c)  operate  an  electronic  data  processing and
30    computer  center  for  the  storage  and  retrieval  of  data
31    pertaining to criminal activity, and (d) undertake such other
32    communication activities as may be required by law.
33        7.  To provide, as may be required by law, assistance  to
34    local   law   enforcement   agencies  through  (a)  training,
 
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 1    management and consultant services for local law  enforcement
 2    agencies, and (b) the pursuit of research and the publication
 3    of studies pertaining to local law enforcement activities.
 4        8.  To  exercise the rights, powers and duties which have
 5    been vested  in  the  Department  of  State  Police  and  the
 6    Director  of  the  Department of State Police by the Narcotic
 7    Control Division Abolition Act.
 8        9.  To exercise the rights, powers and duties which  have
 9    been  vested  in  the  Department  of  Public  Safety  by the
10    Illinois Vehicle Code.
11        10.  To exercise the rights, powers and duties which have
12    been vested in the Department of Public Safety by the Firearm
13    Owners Identification Card Act.
14        11.  To  enforce  and  administer  such  other  laws   in
15    relation   to  law  enforcement  as  may  be  vested  in  the
16    Department.
17        12.  To transfer jurisdiction  of  any  realty  title  to
18    which  is  held by the State of Illinois under the control of
19    the  Department  to  any  other  department  of   the   State
20    government  or  to the State Employees Housing Commission, or
21    to acquire  or  accept  Federal  land,  when  such  transfer,
22    acquisition or acceptance is advantageous to the State and is
23    approved in writing by the Governor.
24        13.  With  the written approval of the Governor, to enter
25    into agreements with other departments created by  this  Act,
26    for the furlough of inmates of the penitentiary to such other
27    departments   for   their  use  in  research  programs  being
28    conducted by them.
29        For  the  purpose  of  participating  in  such   research
30    projects,  the  Department  may  extend  the  limits  of  any
31    inmate's place of confinement, when there is reasonable cause
32    to  believe  that  the  inmate will honor his or her trust by
33    authorizing the inmate, under prescribed conditions, to leave
34    the confines of the place unaccompanied by a custodial  agent
 
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 1    of  the Department. The Department shall make rules governing
 2    the transfer of the inmate to the requesting other department
 3    having the approved research project, and the return of  such
 4    inmate  to  the unextended confines of the penitentiary. Such
 5    transfer shall be made only with the consent of the inmate.
 6        The willful failure of a prisoner to  remain  within  the
 7    extended limits of his or her confinement or to return within
 8    the  time  or  manner  prescribed to the place of confinement
 9    designated by the Department in granting such extension shall
10    be deemed an  escape  from  custody  of  the  Department  and
11    punishable  as  provided in Section 3-6-4 of the Unified Code
12    of Corrections.
13        14.  To provide investigative services, with all  of  the
14    powers  possessed by policemen in cities and sheriffs, in and
15    around all race tracks subject to the  Horse  Racing  Act  of
16    1975.
17        15.  To  expend such sums as the Director deems necessary
18    from Contractual Services appropriations for the Division  of
19    Criminal  Investigation  for the purchase of evidence and for
20    the employment of persons to obtain evidence. Such sums shall
21    be advanced to agents authorized by the  Director  to  expend
22    funds, on vouchers signed by the Director.
23        16.  To  assist  victims  and  witnesses  in  gang  crime
24    prosecutions through the administration of funds appropriated
25    from  the  Gang  Violence  Victims  and Witnesses Fund to the
26    Department.   Such  funds  shall  be  appropriated   to   the
27    Department  and  shall  only  be  used  to assist victims and
28    witnesses in gang crime prosecutions and such assistance  may
29    include any of the following:
30             (a)  temporary living costs;
31             (b)  moving expenses;
32             (c)  closing costs on the sale of private residence;
33             (d)  first month's rent;
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 1             (f)  apartment location assistance;
 2             (g)  other  expenses  which the Department considers
 3        appropriate; and
 4             (h)  compensation for any loss of or injury to  real
 5        or  personal  property  resulting  from a gang crime to a
 6        maximum of $5,000, subject to the following provisions:
 7                  (1)  in the  case  of  loss  of  property,  the
 8             amount  of  compensation  shall  be  measured by the
 9             replacement cost of similar or like  property  which
10             has  been  incurred by and which is substantiated by
11             the property owner,
12                  (2)  in the case of  injury  to  property,  the
13             amount of compensation shall be measured by the cost
14             of repair incurred and which can be substantiated by
15             the property owner,
16                  (3)  compensation  under  this  provision  is a
17             secondary  source  of  compensation  and  shall   be
18             reduced  by  any  amount the property owner receives
19             from any other source as compensation for  the  loss
20             or  injury,  including, but not limited to, personal
21             insurance coverage,
22                  (4)  no compensation  may  be  awarded  if  the
23             property  owner  was an offender or an accomplice of
24             the offender, or if the award would unjustly benefit
25             the offender or offenders, or an accomplice  of  the
26             offender or offenders.
27        No victim or witness may receive such assistance if he or
28    she  is  not  a  part  of  or fails to fully cooperate in the
29    prosecution  of  gang  crime  members  by   law   enforcement
30    authorities.
31        The  Department  shall promulgate any rules necessary for
32    the implementation of this amendatory Act of 1985.
33        17.  To conduct arson investigations.
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 1    contact  record  keeping  system  for  the  study of juvenile
 2    delinquency. The records of this police contact system  shall
 3    be  limited  to  statistical  information.   No  individually
 4    identifiable  information  shall  be maintained in the police
 5    contact statistical record system.
 6        19.  To develop a  separate  statewide  central  juvenile
 7    records  system  for  persons arrested prior to the age of 17
 8    under Section 5-401 of the Juvenile  Court  Act  of  1987  or
 9    adjudicated   delinquent   minors  and  to  make  information
10    available to local  law  enforcement  officers  so  that  law
11    enforcement  officers  will be able to obtain rapid access to
12    the background of the minor from other jurisdictions  to  the
13    end  that  the  juvenile police officers can make appropriate
14    decisions which will best serve the interest of the child and
15    the community.   The  Department  shall  submit  a  quarterly
16    report  to  the  General  Assembly  and  Governor which shall
17    contain the number of juvenile records  that  the  Department
18    has  received  in  that  quarter  and a list, by category, of
19    offenses that minors were arrested for  or  convicted  of  by
20    age, race and gender.
21        20.  To develop rules which guarantee the confidentiality
22    of  such individually identifiable juvenile records except to
23    juvenile authorities who request information  concerning  the
24    minor  and  who  certify in writing that the information will
25    not be disclosed to any other party except as provided  under
26    law  or  order  of  court.   For  purposes  of  this Section,
27    "juvenile authorities" means: (i)  a  judge  of  the  circuit
28    court and members of the staff of the court designated by the
29    judge;  (ii)  parties  to  the proceedings under the Juvenile
30    Court Act  of  1987  and  their  attorneys;  (iii)  probation
31    officers  and  court  appointed  advocates  for  the juvenile
32    authorized by the judge hearing the case; (iv) any individual
33    or public or private  agency  having  custody  of  the  child
34    pursuant  to  court  order;  (v)  any individual or public or
 
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 1    private agency providing education, medical or mental  health
 2    service to the child when the requested information is needed
 3    to  determine  the  appropriate  service or treatment for the
 4    minor;  (vi)  any  potential  placement  provider  when  such
 5    release is authorized by the court for the limited purpose of
 6    determining the appropriateness of the  potential  placement;
 7    (vii)  law enforcement officers and prosecutors; (viii) adult
 8    and juvenile prisoner review boards; (ix) authorized military
 9    personnel; (x) individuals  authorized  by  court;  (xi)  the
10    Illinois  General  Assembly  or  any  committee or commission
11    thereof.
12        21.  To develop administrative rules  and  administrative
13    hearing  procedures which allow a minor, his or her attorney,
14    and his or her parents or  guardian  access  to  individually
15    identifiable  juvenile records for the purpose of determining
16    or  challenging  the  accuracy   of   the   records.    Final
17    administrative  decisions  shall be subject to the provisions
18    of the Administrative Review Law.
19        22.  To charge,  collect,  and  receive  fees  or  moneys
20    equivalent  to  the  cost  of  providing  Department of State
21    Police  personnel,   equipment,   and   services   to   local
22    governmental  agencies  when  explicitly requested by a local
23    governmental agency  and  pursuant  to  an  intergovernmental
24    agreement  as provided by this Section, other State agencies,
25    and federal agencies, including but not limited  to  fees  or
26    moneys  equivalent  to  the  cost  of  providing  dispatching
27    services,  radio  and  radar  repair,  and  training to local
28    governmental agencies on such terms and conditions as in  the
29    judgment  of  the  Director  are  in the best interest of the
30    State; and to establish, charge, collect and receive fees  or
31    moneys  based  on the cost of providing responses to requests
32    for criminal history record information pursuant to  positive
33    identification  and  any  Illinois or federal law authorizing
34    access to some aspect of such information  and  to  prescribe
 
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 1    the  form  and  manner  for  requesting  and  furnishing such
 2    information to the requestor on such terms and conditions  as
 3    in  the  judgment of the Director are in the best interest of
 4    the  State,  provided  fees  for  requesting  and  furnishing
 5    criminal  history  record  information  may  be  waived   for
 6    requests  in the due administration of the criminal laws. The
 7    Department may also  charge,  collect  and  receive  fees  or
 8    moneys  equivalent  to  the cost of providing electronic data
 9    processing lines or  related  telecommunication  services  to
10    local  governments,  but  only  when  such  services  can  be
11    provided   by  the  Department  at  a  cost  less  than  that
12    experienced by said local governments  through  other  means.
13    All  services  provided  by the Department shall be conducted
14    pursuant   to    contracts    in    accordance    with    the
15    Intergovernmental  Cooperation Act, and all telecommunication
16    services shall be provided  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of
17    Section 67.18 of this Code.
18        All fees received by the Department of State Police under
19    this  Act  or the Illinois Uniform Conviction Information Act
20    shall be deposited in a special fund in the State Treasury to
21    be known  as  the  State  Police  Services  Fund.  The  money
22    deposited   in  the  State  Police  Services  Fund  shall  be
23    appropriated to the Department of State Police  for  expenses
24    of the Department of State Police.
25        Upon  the  completion  of  any audit of the Department of
26    State Police as prescribed by  the  Illinois  State  Auditing
27    Act,  which  audit  includes  an  audit  of  the State Police
28    Services Fund, the Department of State Police shall make  the
29    audit open to inspection by any interested person.
30        23.  To  exercise the powers and perform the duties which
31    have been vested in the Department of  State  Police  by  the
32    Intergovernmental  Missing Child Recovery Act of 1984, and to
33    establish  reasonable  rules  and  regulations   necessitated
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 1        24. (a)  To   establish  and  maintain  a  statewide  Law
 2    Enforcement Agencies Data System (LEADS) for the  purpose  of
 3    providing   electronic   access  by  authorized  entities  to
 4    criminal justice data repositories and effecting an immediate
 5    law enforcement  response  to  reports  of  missing  persons,
 6    including  lost,  missing  or runaway minors.  The Department
 7    shall implement an automatic data exchange system to compile,
 8    to maintain and to make available to  other  law  enforcement
 9    agencies  for  immediate  dissemination data which can assist
10    appropriate  agencies  in  recovering  missing  persons   and
11    provide   access  by  authorized  entities  to  various  data
12    repositories available through LEADS for criminal justice and
13    related purposes.  To assist the Department in  this  effort,
14    funds may be appropriated from the LEADS Maintenance Fund.
15        (b)  In  exercising its duties under this subsection, the
16    Department shall:
17             (1)  provide a  uniform  reporting  format  for  the
18        entry  of pertinent information regarding the report of a
19        missing person into LEADS;
20             (2)  develop  and  implement  a  policy  whereby   a
21        statewide  or  regional alert would be used in situations
22        relating to the disappearances of individuals,  based  on
23        criteria  and  in a format established by the Department.
24        Such a format shall include, but not be limited  to,  the
25        age  of the missing person and the suspected circumstance
26        of the disappearance;
27             (3)  notify  all  law  enforcement   agencies   that
28        reports  of  missing  persons shall be entered as soon as
29        the minimum level of data specified by the Department  is
30        available  to  the  reporting agency, and that no waiting
31        period for the entry of such data exists;
32             (4)  compile and retain information regarding  lost,
33        abducted,  missing  or  runaway minors in a separate data
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 1        by law enforcement and other agencies deemed  appropriate
 2        by   the  Director,  for  investigative  purposes.   Such
 3        information shall include the disposition of all reported
 4        lost, abducted, missing or runaway minor cases;
 5             (5)  compile   and   maintain   an   historic   data
 6        repository relating to lost, abducted, missing or runaway
 7        minors and other missing persons in order to develop  and
 8        improve  techniques  utilized by law enforcement agencies
 9        when responding to reports of missing persons; and
10             (6)  create  a  quality  control  program  regarding
11        confirmation  of  missing  person  data,  timeliness   of
12        entries   of   missing  person  reports  into  LEADS  and
13        performance audits of all entering agencies.
14        25.  On  request  of   a   school   board   or   regional
15    superintendent  of schools, to conduct an inquiry pursuant to
16    Section 10-21.9 or 34-18.5 of the School Code to ascertain if
17    an applicant for employment in a  school  district  has  been
18    convicted  of  any  criminal  or  drug offenses enumerated in
19    Section  10-21.9  or  34-18.5  of  the  School   Code.    The
20    Department  shall  furnish such conviction information to the
21    President of the school board of the  school  district  which
22    has  requested  the  information,  or  if the information was
23    requested by the regional  superintendent  to  that  regional
24    superintendent.
25        26.  To  promulgate  rules  and regulations necessary for
26    the administration and enforcement of its powers and  duties,
27    wherever  granted  and  imposed,  pursuant  to  the  Illinois
28    Administrative Procedure Act.
29        27.  To   (a)   promulgate   rules   pertaining   to  the
30    certification, revocation of certification  and  training  of
31    law  enforcement officers as electronic criminal surveillance
32    officers, (b) provide training and  technical  assistance  to
33    State's   Attorneys   and   local  law  enforcement  agencies
34    pertaining   to   the   interception    of    private    oral
 
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 1    communications,   (c)  promulgate  rules  necessary  for  the
 2    administration of  Article  108B  of  the  Code  of  Criminal
 3    Procedure of 1963, including but not limited to standards for
 4    recording    and    minimization   of   electronic   criminal
 5    surveillance  intercepts,  documentation   required   to   be
 6    maintained  during  an  intercept,  procedures in relation to
 7    evidence  developed  by  an  intercept,  and  (d)  charge   a
 8    reasonable  fee  to  each  law  enforcement agency that sends
 9    officers  to  receive   training   as   electronic   criminal
10    surveillance officers.
11        28.  Upon  the  request of any private organization which
12    devotes a major portion of  its  time  to  the  provision  of
13    recreational, social, educational or child safety services to
14    children,  to  conduct,  pursuant to positive identification,
15    criminal   background   investigations   of   all   of   that
16    organization's   current   employees,   current   volunteers,
17    prospective employees or prospective volunteers charged  with
18    the  care and custody of children during the provision of the
19    organization's services, and  to  report  to  the  requesting
20    organization  any  record  of  convictions  maintained in the
21    Department's files about such persons.  The Department  shall
22    charge  an  application  fee,  based on actual costs, for the
23    dissemination of  conviction  information  pursuant  to  this
24    subsection.   The  Department  is empowered to establish this
25    fee and shall prescribe the form and  manner  for  requesting
26    and   furnishing  conviction  information  pursuant  to  this
27    subsection. Information received by the organization from the
28    Department concerning an individual shall be provided to such
29    individual.    Any   such   information   obtained   by   the
30    organization shall be confidential and may not be transmitted
31    outside the organization and may not be transmitted to anyone
32    within the organization except as needed for the  purpose  of
33    evaluating  the  individual.  Only  information and standards
34    which  bear  a  reasonable  and  rational  relation  to   the
 
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 1    performance  of child care shall be used by the organization.
 2    Any employee of the Department or  any  member,  employee  or
 3    volunteer   of   the   organization   receiving  confidential
 4    information under this subsection who gives or causes  to  be
 5    given  any  confidential  information concerning any criminal
 6    convictions of an individual shall be guilty  of  a  Class  A
 7    misdemeanor  unless release of such information is authorized
 8    by this subsection.
 9        29.  Upon the request of the Department of  Children  and
10    Family  Services,  to  investigate  reports of child abuse or
11    neglect.
12        30.  To obtain registration of a fictitious vital  record
13    pursuant to Section 15.1 of the Vital Records Act.
14        31.  To  collect  and disseminate information relating to
15    "hate crimes" as defined under Section 12-7.1 of the Criminal
16    Code of 1961 contingent upon the  availability  of  State  or
17    Federal  funds  to  revise  and  upgrade the Illinois Uniform
18    Crime Reporting System.  All law enforcement  agencies  shall
19    report  monthly  to the Department of State Police concerning
20    such offenses in such form and  in  such  manner  as  may  be
21    prescribed by rules and regulations adopted by the Department
22    of  State  Police.  Such information shall be compiled by the
23    Department and be disseminated upon request to any local  law
24    enforcement  agency,  unit  of  local  government,  or  state
25    agency.   Dissemination  of such information shall be subject
26    to all confidentiality requirements otherwise imposed by law.
27    The Department of State Police  shall  provide  training  for
28    State  Police  officers  in  identifying,  responding to, and
29    reporting all  hate  crimes.  The  Illinois  Law  Enforcement
30    Training  Standards  Board shall develop and certify a course
31    of  such  training  to  be  made  available  to   local   law
32    enforcement officers.
33        32.  Upon  the  request of a private carrier company that
34    provides transportation under Section 28b of the Metropolitan
 
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 1    Transit Authority Act, to ascertain if  an  applicant  for  a
 2    driver  position  has  been convicted of any criminal or drug
 3    offense enumerated in Section 28b of the Metropolitan Transit
 4    Authority Act.  The Department shall furnish  the  conviction
 5    information to the private carrier company that requested the
 6    information.
 7        33.  To  apply  for grants or contracts, receive, expend,
 8    allocate, or disburse funds  and  moneys  made  available  by
 9    public  or  private  entities, including, but not limited to,
10    contracts, bequests,  grants,  or  receiving  equipment  from
11    corporations,  foundations, or public or private institutions
12    of higher learning.  All funds  received  by  the  Department
13    from  these  sources  shall be deposited into the appropriate
14    fund  in  the  State  Treasury  to  be  appropriated  to  the
15    Department for  purposes  as  indicated  by  the  grantor  or
16    contractor  or,  in the case of funds or moneys bequeathed or
17    granted for no specific purpose, for any  purpose  as  deemed
18    appropriate    by   the   Director   in   administering   the
19    responsibilities of the Department.
20        34.  Upon the request of the Department of  Children  and
21    Family Services, the Department of State Police shall provide
22    properly  designated  employees of the Department of Children
23    and Family Services with criminal history record  information
24    as defined in the Illinois Uniform Conviction Information Act
25    and  information maintained in the Statewide Central Juvenile
26    record system as defined in subdivision (A)19 of this Section
27    if the Department of Children and Family Services  determines
28    the  information is necessary to perform its duties under the
29    Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act, the Child Care  Act
30    of  1969,  and  the  Children  and  Family Services Act.  The
31    request shall be in the form  and  manner  specified  by  the
32    Department of State Police.
33        35.  The Illinois Department of Human Services Public Aid
34    is an authorized entity under this Section for the purpose of
 
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 1    exchanging  information,  in  the form and manner required by
 2    the Department of State Police, to facilitate the location of
 3    individuals for  establishing  paternity,  and  establishing,
 4    modifying,  and enforcing child support obligations, pursuant
 5    to the Illinois Public Aid Code and Title IV, Part D  of  the
 6    Social Security Act.
 7        36.  Upon request of the Department of Human Services, to
 8    conduct  an  assessment  and  evaluation  of sexually violent
 9    persons  as  mandated  by  the   Sexually   Violent   Persons
10    Commitment Act, the Department shall furnish criminal history
11    information  maintained on the requested person.  The request
12    shall be in the form and manner specified by the Department.
13        37.  To  exercise  the  powers  and  perform  the  duties
14    specifically assigned to the Department  under  the  Wireless
15    Emergency   Telephone   Safety   Act   with  respect  to  the
16    development  and  improvement  of  emergency   communications
17    procedures and facilities in such a manner as to facilitate a
18    quick  response  to  any  person  calling  the number "9-1-1"
19    seeking police, fire, medical, or  other  emergency  services
20    through  a  wireless  carrier as defined in Section 10 of the
21    Wireless Emergency Telephone  Safety  Act.   Nothing  in  the
22    Wireless  Emergency  Telephone  Safety  Act shall require the
23    Illinois State Police  to  provide  wireless  enhanced  9-1-1
24    services.
25        (B)  The  Department  of  State  Police may establish and
26    maintain, within the Department of State Police, a  Statewide
27    Organized  Criminal  Gang Database (SWORD) for the purpose of
28    tracking organized  criminal  gangs  and  their  memberships.
29    Information  in  the database may include, but not be limited
30    to, the  name,  last  known  address,  birth  date,  physical
31    descriptions  (such  as  scars,  marks,  or tattoos), officer
32    safety information, organized gang affiliation, and  entering
33    agency   identifier.    The   Department   may   develop,  in
34    consultation with the Criminal Justice Information Authority,
 
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 1    and in a form and manner prescribed  by  the  Department,  an
 2    automated  data  exchange system to compile, to maintain, and
 3    to  make  this  information   electronically   available   to
 4    prosecutors  and  to  other  law  enforcement  agencies.  The
 5    information may be used by authorized agencies to combat  the
 6    operations of organized criminal gangs statewide.
 7        (C)  The  Department  of  State  Police may ascertain the
 8    number of  bilingual  police  officers  and  other  personnel
 9    needed  to  provide services in a language other than English
10    and may  establish,  under  applicable  personnel  rules  and
11    Department  guidelines  or  through  a  collective bargaining
12    agreement, a bilingual pay supplement program.
13    (Source:  P.A.  89-54,  eff.  6-30-95;  90-18,  eff.  7-1-97;
14    90-130,  eff.  1-1-98;  90-372,  eff.  7-1-98;  90-590,  eff.
15    1-1-00; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98; 90-793, eff.  8-14-98;  revised
16    1-21-99; 91-660, eff. 12-22-99.)

17        Section  120.   The Department of State Police Law of the
18    Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by  changing
19    Section 2605-377 as follows:

20        (20 ILCS 2605/2605-377) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
21        Sec.  2605-377.  Department of Human Services Public Aid;
22    LEADS access.
23        (a)  The Illinois Department of Human Services Public Aid
24    is an authorized entity under this Law  for  the  purpose  of
25    exchanging  information,  in  the form and manner required by
26    the Department of State Police, to facilitate the location of
27    individuals for  establishing  paternity,  and  establishing,
28    modifying,  and enforcing child support obligations, pursuant
29    to the Illinois Public Aid Code and Title IV, Part D  of  the
30    Social Security Act.
31        (b)  The Illinois Department of Human Services Public Aid
32    is an authorized entity under this Section for the purpose of
 
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 1    obtaining  access  to  various  data  repositories  available
 2    through  LEADS, to facilitate the location of individuals for
 3    establishing  paternity,  and  establishing,  modifying,  and
 4    enforcing child support obligations, pursuant to the Illinois
 5    Public Aid Code and Title IV, Part D of the  Social  Security
 6    Act.   The  Department shall enter into an agreement with the
 7    Illinois Department of Human Services Public  Aid  consistent
 8    with these purposes.
 9    (Source:  P.A.  90-18,  eff.  7-1-97;  90-130,  eff.  1-1-98;
10    90-372,  eff.  7-1-98;  90-590,  eff.  1-1-00;  90-655,  eff.
11    7-30-98;  90-793,  eff. 8-14-98; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00; 91-760,
12    eff. 1-1-01.)

13        Section 125.  The Home and Community-Based  Services  Act
14    is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:

15        (20 ILCS 3957/15)
16        Sec. 15.  Task force.
17        (a)  There  is  established  the Home and Community-Based
18    Services Task Force.  The Task Force shall perform a study to
19    determine the feasibility of developing a comprehensive  home
20    and  community-based  services program for individuals age 60
21    and older who are eligible for medical assistance  under  the
22    Illinois  Public  Aid  Code.   The  Task  Force  shall review
23    existing home and community-based services  provided  by  the
24    various   departments  of  State  government,  including  the
25    Department of  Public  Aid,  the  Department  on  Aging,  the
26    Department  of  Human Services, and any other agency of State
27    government that provides home and community-based services to
28    individuals age 60  and  over,  to  determine  the  types  of
29    services  provided and the extent to which those services are
30    currently being provided by the State.  In addition, the Task
31    Force shall do the following:
32             (1)  Determine  the  feasibility  of   consolidating
 
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 1        responsibility  for all home and community-based services
 2        currently provided by the State into one existing  agency
 3        of State government, or division of an existing agency of
 4        State government, that would be responsible for providing
 5        and   regulating   all   long-term   care  and  home  and
 6        community-based  services  for  individuals  age  60  and
 7        older.
 8             (2)  Determine the most effective means of expanding
 9        the State's existing home  and  community-based  programs
10        for  individuals  age  60  and  older  to include in-home
11        services (companionship and home care), residential  care
12        facilities  services,  adult  foster care services, minor
13        physical adaptations to the home, and  adult  day  health
14        services.
15             (3)  Determine  the  most  effective  way  to expand
16        existing home and community-based services, including  by
17        providing  any of the services described in paragraph (2)
18        that are not now being provided, to increase  the  number
19        of individuals who receive these services.
20             (4)  Report    the    Task    Force's    legislative
21        recommendations  to the Governor and the General Assembly
22        no later than July 1, 1994.
23        (b)  The Secretary of Human Services Director  of  Public
24    Aid  or  the  Secretary's  Director's designee shall serve as
25    chairman of the Task Force.  The Directors of  Rehabilitation
26    Services,   Aging,   and   Mental  Health  and  Developmental
27    Disabilities or their designees shall serve as members of the
28    Task Force.  Members of the Task Force  shall  serve  without
29    compensation  and  shall utilize existing staff and equipment
30    to produce their  findings  and  recommendations.   The  Task
31    Force shall cooperate with the various representatives of the
32    nursing  home,  health care, and long-term care industries to
33    develop the study required under subsection (a).  If the Task
34    Force is active on or after July 1, 1997,  the  Secretary  of
 
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 1    Human  Services  or  his  or  her designee shall serve in the
 2    place of the former Director of Rehabilitation  Services  and
 3    the  former  Director  of  Mental  Health  and  Developmental
 4    Disabilities.
 5    (Source: P.A. 88-105; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

 6        Section 130.  The Interagency Coordinating Council Act is
 7    amended by changing Section 2 as follows:

 8        (20 ILCS 3970/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 3832)
 9        Sec.  2.  Interagency  Coordinating  Council.   There  is
10    hereby  created  an  Interagency  Coordinating  Council which
11    shall be composed of the Directors, or  their  designees,  of
12    the  Illinois  Department  of  Children  and Family Services,
13    Illinois  Department  of  Commerce  and  Community   Affairs,
14    Illinois  Department  of Corrections, and Illinois Department
15    of Employment Security, and  Illinois  Department  of  Public
16    Aid;  the Secretary of Human Services or his or her designee;
17    the Executive  Director,  or  a  designee,  of  the  Illinois
18    Community  College Board and the Illinois Planning Council on
19    Developmental  Disabilities;  the  State  Superintendent   of
20    Education,  or  a  designee;  and a designee representing the
21    University of Illinois - Division  of  Specialized  Care  for
22    Children.   At  its  first meeting the Council shall select a
23    chair from among its members who shall serve for a term of  2
24    years.
25    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

26        Section 132.  The Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act
27    is amended by changing Section 4 as follows:

28        (20 ILCS 3960/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1154)
29        (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2003)
30        Sec.  4.  There is created the Health Facilities Planning
 
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 1    Board, which shall  perform  such  functions  as  hereinafter
 2    described in this Act.
 3        The  State  Board  shall  consist  of  15 voting members,
 4    including: 8 consumer members; one  member  representing  the
 5    commercial  health insurance industry in Illinois; one member
 6    representing  hospitals  in  Illinois;  one  member  who   is
 7    actively  engaged  in  the  field of hospital management; one
 8    member who is a professional nurse  registered  in  Illinois;
 9    one  member  who  is  a  physician in active private practice
10    licensed in Illinois to  practice  medicine  in  all  of  its
11    branches;  one member who is actively engaged in the field of
12    skilled nursing or intermediate care facility management; and
13    one member who is actively engaged in the  administration  of
14    an  ambulatory  surgical  treatment center licensed under the
15    Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act.
16        The State Board shall be appointed by the Governor,  with
17    the   advice  and  consent  of  the  Senate.  In  making  the
18    appointments,  the  Governor  shall  give  consideration   to
19    recommendations  made  by  (1) the professional organizations
20    concerned  with  hospital   management   for   the   hospital
21    management   appointment,   (2)   professional  organizations
22    concerned with long term care  facility  management  for  the
23    long   term   care   facility   management  appointment,  (3)
24    professional  medical   organizations   for   the   physician
25    appointment,  (4)  professional nursing organizations for the
26    nurse  appointment,  and   (5)   professional   organizations
27    concerned  with ambulatory surgical treatment centers for the
28    ambulatory surgical treatment center appointment,  and  shall
29    appoint   as   consumer  members  individuals  familiar  with
30    community health needs but whose interest in  the  operation,
31    construction  or  utilization  of  health care facilities are
32    derived  from  factors  other  than  those  related  to   his
33    profession, business, or economic gain, and who represent, so
34    far as possible, different geographic areas of the State. Not
 
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 1    more  than  8  of  the  appointments  shall  be  of  the same
 2    political party.
 3        The Secretary of Human Services, the Director  of  Public
 4    Aid,  and  the Director of Public Health, or their designated
 5    representatives,  shall  serve  as   ex-officio,   non-voting
 6    members of the State Board.
 7        Of  those  appointed  by  the Governor as voting members,
 8    each member  shall  hold  office  for  a  term  of  3  years:
 9    provided,  that  any  member  appointed  to  fill  a  vacancy
10    occurring  prior  to the expiration of the term for which his
11    predecessor  was  appointed  shall  be  appointed   for   the
12    remainder  of  such  term  and  the  term  of  office of each
13    successor shall commence on July 1 of the year in  which  his
14    predecessor's  term  expires. In making original appointments
15    to the State Board, the Governor shall appoint 5 members  for
16    a term of one year, 5 for a term of 2 years, and 3 for a term
17    of  3 years, and each of these terms of office shall commence
18    on July 1, 1974. The initial term of office for  the  members
19    appointed  under  this  amendatory Act of 1996 shall begin on
20    July 1, 1996 and shall last for 2 years, and each  subsequent
21    appointment  shall  be  for  a  term of 3 years.  Each member
22    shall hold  office  until  his  successor  is  appointed  and
23    qualified.
24        State  Board  members,  while  serving on business of the
25    State Board, shall receive actual and  necessary  travel  and
26    subsistence  expenses while so serving away from their places
27    of residence. In addition, while serving on business  of  the
28    State  Board,  each member shall receive compensation of $150
29    per day, except  that  such  compensation  shall  not  exceed
30    $7,500 in any one year for any member.
31        The  State  Board  shall provide for its own organization
32    and procedures, including the selection  of  a  Chairman  and
33    such  other  officers as deemed necessary. The Director, with
34    concurrence of the  State  Board,  shall  name  as  full-time
 
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 1    Executive Secretary of the State Board, a person qualified in
 2    health  care  facility  planning  and in administration.  The
 3    Agency shall provide administrative and staff support for the
 4    State Board.  The State Board shall advise  the  Director  of
 5    its  budgetary  and staff needs and consult with the Director
 6    on annual budget preparation.
 7        The State Board shall meet at least once each quarter, or
 8    as often as the Chairman of the State Board deems  necessary,
 9    or upon the request of a majority of the members.
10        Eight  members  of  the  State  Board  shall constitute a
11    quorum.  The affirmative vote of 8  of  the  members  of  the
12    State  Board  shall  be  necessary for any action requiring a
13    vote to be taken  by  the  State  Board.  A  vacancy  in  the
14    membership of the State Board shall not impair the right of a
15    quorum  to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties
16    of the State Board as provided by this Act.
17    (Source: P.A. 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 91-782, eff. 6-9-00.)

18        Section 133.  The Interagency Coordinating Council Act is
19    amended by changing Section 2 as follows:

20        (20 ILCS 3970/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 3832)
21        Sec.  2.  Interagency  Coordinating  Council.   There  is
22    hereby created  an  Interagency  Coordinating  Council  which
23    shall  be  composed  of the Directors, or their designees, of
24    the Illinois Department  of  Children  and  Family  Services,
25    Illinois   Department  of  Commerce  and  Community  Affairs,
26    Illinois Department of Corrections, and  Illinois  Department
27    of  Employment  Security,  and  Illinois Department of Public
28    Aid; the Secretary of Human Services or his or her  designee;
29    the  Executive  Director,  or  a  designee,  of  the Illinois
30    Community College Board and the Illinois Planning Council  on
31    Developmental   Disabilities;  the  State  Superintendent  of
32    Education, or a designee; and  a  designee  representing  the
 
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 1    University  of  Illinois  -  Division of Specialized Care for
 2    Children.  At its first meeting the Council  shall  select  a
 3    chair  from among its members who shall serve for a term of 2
 4    years.
 5    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

 6        Section  134.   The  Illinois  Council  on  Developmental
 7    Disabilities Law is amended by  changing  Section  2004.5  as
 8    follows:

 9        (20 ILCS 4010/2004.5)
10        Sec.  2004.5.  Council  membership.  The General Assembly
11    intends that the reduction in the membership of  the  Council
12    shall  occur  through attrition between the effective date of
13    this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly and  January
14    1,  2001.   In  the event that the terms of 10 voting members
15    have not expired by January 1, 2001, members of  the  Council
16    serving  on  that  date  shall  continue to serve until their
17    terms expire.
18        (a)  The  membership  of  the  Council  must   reasonably
19    represent  the diversity of this State.  Not less than 60% of
20    the   Council's   membership   must   be   individuals   with
21    developmental disabilities, parents or guardians of  children
22    with  developmental  disabilities,  or immediate relatives or
23    guardians  of  adults  with  developmental  disabilities  who
24    cannot advocate for themselves.
25        The Council must also include  representatives  of  State
26    agencies  that  administer  moneys  under  federal  laws that
27    relate to individuals with  developmental  disabilities;  the
28    State  University  Center  for  Excellence  in  Developmental
29    Disabilities  Education,  Research,  and  Service;  the State
30    protection and advocacy system; and representatives of  local
31    and  non-governmental  agencies and private non-profit groups
32    concerned with services for  individuals  with  developmental
 
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 1    disabilities.   The  members described in this paragraph must
 2    have  sufficient  authority  to  engage   in   policy-making,
 3    planning,  and  implementation  on  behalf of the department,
 4    agency, or program that they represent.   Those  members  may
 5    not  take  part  in any discussion of grants or contracts for
 6    which their departments, agencies, or programs are  grantees,
 7    contractors,  or  applicants  and  must comply with any other
 8    relevant conflict of interest  provisions  in  the  Council's
 9    policies or bylaws.
10        (b)  Seventeen voting members, appointed by the Governor,
11    must be persons with developmental disabilities,  parents  or
12    guardians  of  persons  with  developmental  disabilities, or
13    immediate   relatives   or   guardians   of   persons    with
14    mentally-impairing developmental disabilities.  None of these
15    members  may  be  employees  of  a State agency that receives
16    funds or provides services under  the  federal  Developmental
17    Disabilities  Assistance  and  Bill of Rights Act of 1996 (42
18    U.S.C. 6000 et seq.), as now or hereafter  amended,  managing
19    employees  of  any  other  entity  that  receives  moneys  or
20    provides    services    under   the   federal   Developmental
21    Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act  of  1996  (42
22    U.S.C. 6000 et seq.), as now or hereafter amended, or persons
23    with  an  ownership  interest in or a controlling interest in
24    such  an  entity.   Of  the  members  appointed  under   this
25    subsection (b):
26             (1)  at  least  6 must be persons with developmental
27        disabilities;
28             (2) at least 6 must be parents, immediate relatives,
29        or guardians of children and  adults  with  developmental
30        disabilities,       including       individuals      with
31        mentally-impairing developmental disabilities who  cannot
32        advocate for themselves; and
33             (3)  5  members  must  be  a  combination of persons
34        described in paragraphs (1) and (2); at least one of whom
 
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 1        must be (i) an  immediate  relative  or  guardian  of  an
 2        individual with a developmental disability who resides or
 3        who  previously  resided  in  an  institution  or (ii) an
 4        individual with a developmental disability who resides or
 5        who previously resided in an institution.
 6        (c) Two voting members, appointed by the  Governor,  must
 7    be representatives of local and non-governmental agencies and
 8    private   non-profit   groups  concerned  with  services  for
 9    individuals with developmental disabilities.
10        (d) Nine voting members shall be the Secretary  of  Human
11    Services  Director of Public Aid, or his or her designee; the
12    Director of Aging, or his or her designee;  the  Director  of
13    Children  and  Family  Services,  or  his  or her designee; a
14    representative  of  the   State   Board   of   Education;   a
15    representative of the State protection and advocacy system; a
16    representative  of the State University Center for Excellence
17    in  Developmental  Disabilities  Education,   Research,   and
18    Service;    representatives  of  the  Office of Developmental
19    Disabilities  and  the  Office  of   Community   Health   and
20    Prevention  of  the  Department  of  Human  Services  (as the
21    State's lead agency for Title V of the Social  Security  Act,
22    42  U.S.C.  701 et seq.) designated by the Secretary of Human
23    Services; and a  representative  of  the  State  entity  that
24    administers  federal  moneys under the federal Rehabilitation
25    Act.
26        (e) The Director of the Bureau of the Budget, or  his  or
27    her designee, shall be a non-voting member of the Council.
28        (f)  The Governor must provide for the timely rotation of
29    members.
30        Appointments to the Council  shall  be  for  terms  of  3
31    years.  Appointments  to  fill vacancies occurring before the
32    expiration of a term shall be for the remainder of the  term.
33    Members shall serve until their successors are appointed.
34        The  Council,  at  the  discretion  of  the Governor, may
 
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 1    coordinate and provide recommendations for new members to the
 2    Governor based upon their review of the Council's composition
 3    and  on  input  received   from   other   organizations   and
 4    individuals    representing    persons   with   developmental
 5    disabilities, including the non-State agency members  of  the
 6    Council.   The  Council must, at least once each year, advise
 7    the Governor on the  Council's  membership  requirements  and
 8    vacancies, including rotation requirements.
 9        No member may serve for more than 2 successive terms.
10        (g)  Members  may  not  receive  compensation  for  their
11    services,  but  shall  be  reimbursed  for  their  reasonable
12    expenses  plus  up  to  $50  per  day  for  any loss of wages
13    incurred in the performance of their duties.
14        (h) The total membership of the Council consists  of  the
15    number  of  voting  members,  as  defined  in  this  Section,
16    excluding any vacant positions. A quorum is a simple majority
17    of  the  total membership and is sufficient to constitute the
18    transaction of the business of the Council  unless  otherwise
19    stipulated in the bylaws of the Council.
20        (i) The Council must meet at least quarterly.
21    (Source: P.A. 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)

22        Section 135.  The Primary Care Medical Education Advisory
23    Committee  Act is amended by changing Sections 5, 15, 20, and
24    30 as follows:

25        (20 ILCS 4022/5)
26        Sec. 5.  Purpose.
27        (a)  An  Advisory  Committee  on  Primary  Care   Medical
28    Education is created for the following purposes:
29             (1)  To  assure  coordination  of  policies   in the
30        disbursement of State  medical  education  funds  by  the
31        Illinois   Board   of   Higher  Education;  the  Illinois
32        Department of Human Services Public Aid; and the Illinois
 
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 1        Department of Public Health; and  to  ensure  that  these
 2        organizations  operate under consistent and complementary
 3        goals in funding medical education programs.
 4             (2)  To  improve  coordination  and   reporting   of
 5        existing data to better identify public need for types of
 6        medical professionals.
 7             (3)  To   evaluate   the  factors  that  affect  the
 8        training and retention  of  primary  care  physicians  in
 9        Illinois.
10        (b)  The charge of the Advisory Committee on Primary Care
11    Medical  Education  is  to  recommend  public policies to the
12    Governor and General Assembly that ensure that public funding
13    for medical education reflects public priorities for  medical
14    services.   Currently,  medical schools and training programs
15    should increase their production of primary care  physicians,
16    and State funding should favor primary care education in both
17    public  and  private training programs.  Schools and training
18    programs that perform at consistently high levels of  primary
19    care physician production should be encouraged.
20    (Source: P.A. 89-316, eff. 1-1-96.)

21        (20 ILCS 4022/15)
22        Sec. 15.  Composition.  The Advisory Committee on Primary
23    Care  Medical  Education  shall be comprised of the following
24    pro bono members:  One representative each from the  Illinois
25    State   Medical  Society,  the  Illinois  Academy  of  Family
26    Physicians, the Illinois Chapter of the American  Academy  of
27    Pediatrics,  the  Illinois  Society of Internal Medicine, the
28    Illinois Section of the American College  of  Obstetrics  and
29    Gynecology,   the   Illinois   Hospital   and  Health  System
30    Association, each of the eight Illinois medical schools,  the
31    Illinois  Area  Health  Education Centers, the Illinois Rural
32    Health Association, and  the  Illinois  Primary  Health  Care
33    Association.  The  Secretary  of  Human  Services Director of
 
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 1    Public Aid, Director of Public Health, and Executive Director
 2    of the Board of Higher Education shall serve  as  ex  officio
 3    members  of  the  Advisory Committee.  The Advisory Committee
 4    may elect a chair and such other officers, and set the  place
 5    and time of its meetings as it deems necessary.  The Director
 6    of  Public  Health  shall  convene the initial meeting of the
 7    Advisory Committee within 30 days after the effective date of
 8    this Act.
 9    (Source: P.A. 89-316, eff. 1-1-96.)

10        (20 ILCS 4022/20)
11        Sec. 20.  Staffing.  The Primary Care  Medical  Education
12    Advisory  Committee  shall  be staffed by a full-time program
13    administrator in the Department of Public Health  and  report
14    to  the  Director of the Department.  The administrator shall
15    be supported by staff and resources,  including  funding,  by
16    the   Department  of  Public  Health,  the  Board  of  Higher
17    Education, and the Department of Human Services  Public  Aid.
18    Other  funding  sources  may include schools, foundations, or
19    federal grants.
20    (Source: P.A. 89-316, eff. 1-1-96.)

21        (20 ILCS 4022/30)
22        Sec. 30.   Data  collection.   Each  medical  school  and
23    residency  training  program  shall  submit  to  the Advisory
24    Committee an annual report beginning December 31, 1996 on the
25    distribution  of  graduates  from  its  medical  programs  as
26    follows:
27        (a)  The number and  specialty  distribution  of  medical
28    residents  and  extended-year  residents  by primary care and
29    non-primary care designations.
30        (b)  The distribution of residency positions by  type  of
31    health   facility  (that  is,  university-operated  hospital,
32    county   hospital,   Veteran's    Administration    hospital,
 
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 1    affiliated community hospital, or ambulatory care site).
 2        (c)  The  number  and specialty distribution of post-M.D.
 3    or post-D.O.  trainees  listed  by  primary  and  non-primary
 4    specialties.
 5        (d)  The    number    and   specialty   distribution   of
 6    State-supported and nonstate-supported medical  residents  at
 7    the school.
 8        (e)  The  level  of  financial and other support from all
 9    funding sources provided  for  each  primary  care  residency
10    program.  The  report  shall specify the fund source for each
11    program and the estimated associated faculty support for  the
12    program.
13        (f)  The  1998  report  shall  include data on the actual
14    location and practice specialty of graduates of  the  medical
15    school  from 1991 to 1995 for the primary care specialties of
16    family   practice,   internal   medicine,   pediatrics,   and
17    obstetrics and gynecology.   The  purpose  of  this  tracking
18    shall  be  to determine to what degree these graduates remain
19    in primary care practice in order to evaluate the  impact  of
20    these  trends on the State's goal of increasing the supply of
21    primary care practitioners.
22        The Illinois Board of  Higher  Education  annually  shall
23    submit  to  the Advisory Committee information on medical and
24    education  programs,  and  particularly  information  on  the
25    following:
26             (1)  current objectives of Health Services Education
27        Grants Act funding;
28             (2)  the distribution of Health  Services  Education
29        Grants Act funding; and
30             (3)  general   grants   and  appropriations  to  the
31        State's public medical schools.
32        The Illinois Department of Public Health shall submit  to
33    the  Advisory  Committee  a  copy of its annual report to the
34    General Assembly and the Governor, including the results  and
 
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 1    progress  of  the programs established in the Family Practice
 2    Residency Act.
 3        The Illinois Department  of  Human  Services  Public  Aid
 4    shall  submit  to the Advisory Committee its annual report to
 5    the General Assembly and Governor, including the following:
 6             (1)  current methodology used by the Department  for
 7        calculating direct and indirect GME payments in Illinois;
 8        and
 9             (2)  distribution   of   all   medicaid  direct  and
10        indirect GME payments, including to teaching hospitals in
11        Illinois.
12    (Source: P.A. 89-316, eff. 1-1-96; 90-730, eff. 8-10-98.)

13        Section 140.  The Legislative  Commission  Reorganization
14    Act of 1984 is amended by changing Section 11A-8 as follows:

15        (25 ILCS 130/11A-8) (from Ch. 63, par. 1011A-8)
16        Sec.  11A-8.   The Citizens Assembly, under the direction
17    of the Citizens Council on Public Aid, shall:
18        (a)  Meet with the Illinois Department of Public  Health,
19    the   Illinois  Department  of  Labor,  the  Dangerous  Drugs
20    Commission, the Illinois Department of  Children  and  Family
21    Services,  the  Financial  Fraud  and  Forgery  Bureau in the
22    Department  of  Law  Enforcement  or  any  successor   agency
23    assigned  the  powers  and  duties  of that Bureau, the State
24    Board of Education, and the Department of Human Services, and
25    advise those agencies on  all  matters  having  a  clear  and
26    direct  effect on the policy, administration or fiscal impact
27    of the Illinois Department of Human Services Public Aid;
28        (b)  Report to the General Assembly  its  recommendations
29    for  remedial  legislation  in  the  field of public aid, and
30    include  in  the  report  any   deviations   from   statutory
31    limitations  on  grants made by the Illinois Department since
32    the last report.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

 2        Section 145.  The Illinois State Auditing Act is  amended
 3    by changing Section 3-1 as follows:

 4        (30 ILCS 5/3-1) (from Ch. 15, par. 303-1)
 5        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 91-935)
 6        Sec.  3-1.  Jurisdiction  of Auditor General. The Auditor
 7    General has jurisdiction over all State agencies to make post
 8    audits and investigations authorized by or under this Act  or
 9    the Constitution.
10        The   Auditor   General   has   jurisdiction  over  local
11    government agencies and private agencies only:
12             (a)  to make such post audits authorized by or under
13        this Act as are necessary and incidental to a post  audit
14        of a State agency or of a program administered by a State
15        agency  involving  public  funds  of  the State, but this
16        jurisdiction does not include  any  authority  to  review
17        local  governmental  agencies in the obligation, receipt,
18        expenditure or use of public funds of the State that  are
19        granted  without  limitation or condition imposed by law,
20        other than the general limitation that such funds be used
21        for public purposes;
22             (b)  to make investigations authorized by  or  under
23        this Act or the Constitution; and
24             (c)  to   make   audits  of  the  records  of  local
25        government   agencies   to   verify   actual   costs   of
26        state-mandated programs when directed to  do  so  by  the
27        Legislative  Audit Commission at the request of the State
28        Board of Appeals under the State Mandates Act.
29        In addition to the foregoing,  the  Auditor  General  may
30    conduct  an  audit  of  the  Metropolitan Pier and Exposition
31    Authority,  the  Regional   Transportation   Authority,   the
32    Suburban  Bus  Division,  the  Commuter Rail Division and the
 
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 1    Chicago Transit Authority and any  other  subsidized  carrier
 2    when  authorized  by  the Legislative Audit Commission.  Such
 3    audit may be a financial, management or program audit, or any
 4    combination thereof.
 5        The audit shall determine whether they are  operating  in
 6    accordance  with all applicable laws and regulations. Subject
 7    to  the  limitations  of  this  Act,  the  Legislative  Audit
 8    Commission   may    by    resolution    specify    additional
 9    determinations to be included in the scope of the audit.
10        The  Auditor  General  may  also  conduct  an audit, when
11    authorized  by  the  Legislative  Audit  Commission,  of  any
12    hospital which receives 10% or more  of  its  gross  revenues
13    from payments from the State of Illinois, Department of Human
14    Services Public Aid, Medical Assistance Program.
15        The  Auditor  General  is authorized to conduct financial
16    and compliance  audits  of  the  Illinois  Distance  Learning
17    Foundation and the Illinois Conservation Foundation.
18        As  soon  as  practical  after the effective date of this
19    amendatory Act of 1995, the Auditor General shall  conduct  a
20    compliance  and  management  audit of the City of Chicago and
21    any other entity with regard  to  the  operation  of  Chicago
22    O'Hare  International  Airport,  Chicago  Midway  Airport and
23    Merrill C. Meigs Field. The audit shall include, but  not  be
24    limited   to,  an  examination  of  revenues,  expenses,  and
25    transfers of funds; purchasing and contracting  policies  and
26    practices;   staffing   levels;   and  hiring  practices  and
27    procedures.  When  completed,  the  audit  required  by  this
28    paragraph shall be distributed  in  accordance  with  Section
29    3-14.
30        The   Auditor  General  shall  conduct  a  financial  and
31    compliance  and  program  audit  of  distributions  from  the
32    Municipal Economic Development Fund  during  the  immediately
33    preceding  calendar  year  pursuant to Section 8-403.1 of the
34    Public Utilities Act at no cost  to  the  city,  village,  or
 
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 1    incorporated town that received the distributions.
 2        The  Auditor  General must conduct an audit of the Health
 3    Facilities Planning Board pursuant to  Section  19.5  of  the
 4    Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act.
 5    (Source: P.A. 90-813, eff. 1-29-99; 91-782, eff. 6-9-00.)

 6        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 91-935)
 7        Sec.  3-1.  Jurisdiction  of Auditor General. The Auditor
 8    General has jurisdiction over all State agencies to make post
 9    audits and investigations authorized by or under this Act  or
10    the Constitution.
11        The   Auditor   General   has   jurisdiction  over  local
12    government agencies and private agencies only:
13             (a)  to make such post audits authorized by or under
14        this Act as are necessary and incidental to a post  audit
15        of a State agency or of a program administered by a State
16        agency  involving  public  funds  of  the State, but this
17        jurisdiction does not include  any  authority  to  review
18        local  governmental  agencies in the obligation, receipt,
19        expenditure or use of public funds of the State that  are
20        granted  without  limitation or condition imposed by law,
21        other than the general limitation that such funds be used
22        for public purposes;
23             (b)  to make investigations authorized by  or  under
24        this Act or the Constitution; and
25             (c)  to   make   audits  of  the  records  of  local
26        government   agencies   to   verify   actual   costs   of
27        state-mandated programs when directed to  do  so  by  the
28        Legislative  Audit Commission at the request of the State
29        Board of Appeals under the State Mandates Act.
30        In addition to the foregoing,  the  Auditor  General  may
31    conduct  an  audit  of  the  Metropolitan Pier and Exposition
32    Authority,  the  Regional   Transportation   Authority,   the
33    Suburban  Bus  Division,  the  Commuter Rail Division and the
34    Chicago Transit Authority and any  other  subsidized  carrier
 
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 1    when  authorized  by  the Legislative Audit Commission.  Such
 2    audit may be a financial, management or program audit, or any
 3    combination thereof.
 4        The audit shall determine whether they are  operating  in
 5    accordance  with all applicable laws and regulations. Subject
 6    to  the  limitations  of  this  Act,  the  Legislative  Audit
 7    Commission   may    by    resolution    specify    additional
 8    determinations to be included in the scope of the audit.
 9        In  addition  to  the foregoing, the Auditor General must
10    also  conduct  a  financial  audit  of  the  Illinois  Sports
11    Facilities  Authority's  expenditures  of  public  funds   in
12    connection  with  the reconstruction, renovation, remodeling,
13    extension, or improvement of all or substantially all of  any
14    existing  "facility", as that term is defined in the Illinois
15    Sports Facilities Authority Act.
16        The Auditor General  may  also  conduct  an  audit,  when
17    authorized  by  the  Legislative  Audit  Commission,  of  any
18    hospital  which  receives  10%  or more of its gross revenues
19    from payments from the State of Illinois, Department of Human
20    Services Public Aid, Medical Assistance Program.
21        The Auditor General is authorized  to  conduct  financial
22    and  compliance  audits  of  the  Illinois  Distance Learning
23    Foundation and the Illinois Conservation Foundation.
24        As soon as practical after the  effective  date  of  this
25    amendatory  Act  of 1995, the Auditor General shall conduct a
26    compliance and management audit of the City  of  Chicago  and
27    any  other  entity  with  regard  to the operation of Chicago
28    O'Hare International  Airport,  Chicago  Midway  Airport  and
29    Merrill  C.  Meigs Field. The audit shall include, but not be
30    limited  to,  an  examination  of  revenues,  expenses,   and
31    transfers  of  funds; purchasing and contracting policies and
32    practices;  staffing  levels;  and   hiring   practices   and
33    procedures.  When  completed,  the  audit  required  by  this
34    paragraph  shall  be  distributed  in accordance with Section
 
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 1    3-14.
 2        The  Auditor  General  shall  conduct  a  financial   and
 3    compliance  and  program  audit  of  distributions  from  the
 4    Municipal  Economic  Development  Fund during the immediately
 5    preceding calendar year pursuant to Section  8-403.1  of  the
 6    Public  Utilities  Act  at  no  cost to the city, village, or
 7    incorporated town that received the distributions.
 8        The Auditor General must conduct an audit of  the  Health
 9    Facilities  Planning  Board  pursuant  to Section 19.5 of the
10    Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act.
11    (Source: P.A. 90-813,  eff.  1-29-99;  91-782,  eff.  6-9-00;
12    91-935, eff. 6-1-01.)

13        Section  150.   The  State  Finance  Act  is  amended  by
14    changing  Sections  6b,  6z-24, 6z-30, 6z-40, 13.2, and 25 as
15    follows:

16        (30 ILCS 105/6b) (from Ch. 127, par. 142b)
17        Sec. 6b.  The  gross  or  total  proceeds,  receipts  and
18    income  of  all  the  several  State  institutions,  clinics,
19    rehabilitation  centers  and  services,  except  the Illinois
20    Veterans  Home  at  Quincy,  derived   from   the   Veterans'
21    Administration  for  the  care  and  treatment of veterans of
22    World War I or World War II or those who  served  during  the
23    national  emergency  between  June  25,  1950 and January 31,
24    1955,  who  are  patients   or   residents   in   the   State
25    institutions,  clinics,  rehabilitation centers and services,
26    shall be covered into the  State  treasury  into  the  Mental
27    Health  Fund.   Of  the  money in the United States Veterans'
28    Bureau Fund on the effective date of this amendatory  Act  of
29    1977,  $199,800  shall be transferred to the Quincy Veterans'
30    Home Fund and the balance shall be transferred to the  Mental
31    Health Fund.
32        The  gross  receipts  of the Department of Human Services
 
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 1    relating to mental health and developmental disabilities that
 2    are  obtained  for  services,  commodities,   equipment   and
 3    personnel  provided  to  other agencies and branches of State
 4    government, to units of local government, to  the  government
 5    of  other  states  or  to  the  federal  government  shall be
 6    deposited with the  State  Treasurer  for  deposit  into  the
 7    Mental Health Fund.
 8        The  gross  receipts  of the Department of Human Services
 9    relating to mental health and developmental disabilities that
10    are obtained  in  connection  with  the  retention,  receipt,
11    assignment, license, sale or transfer of interests in, rights
12    to,  or  income  from  discoveries,  inventions,  patents, or
13    copyrightable  works  to  governmental,  public  or   private
14    agencies or persons including units, branches, or agencies of
15    local,  State,  federal  and  foreign  governments  shall  be
16    deposited  with  the  State  Treasurer  for  deposit into the
17    Mental Health Fund.
18        Remittances from or on behalf of licensed long-term  care
19    facilities  through  Department  of Human Services Public Aid
20    reimbursement and monies from other funds  for  Day  Training
21    Programs for clients with a developmental disability shall be
22    deposited  with  the State Treasurer and placed in the Mental
23    Health Fund.
24    (Source: P.A. 88-380; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

25        (30 ILCS 105/6z-24) (from Ch. 127, par. 142z-24)
26        Sec. 6z-24.  There is created in the State  Treasury  the
27    Special   Education   Medicaid  Matching  Fund.   All  monies
28    received    from    the    federal    government    due    to
29    educationally-related services authorized under Section  1903
30    of   the  Social  Security  Act,  as  amended,  and  for  the
31    administrative costs related thereto shall  be  deposited  in
32    the  Special  Education  Medicaid  Matching Fund.  All monies
33    received    from    the    federal    government    due    to
 
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 1    educationally-related services authorized under Section  2105
 2    of the Social Security Act, as amended, shall be deposited in
 3    the Special Education Medicaid Matching Fund.
 4        The  monies  in  the  Special Education Medicaid Matching
 5    Fund shall be held subject to appropriation  by  the  General
 6    Assembly  to the State Board of Education for distribution to
 7    school  districts,  pursuant  to  an  interagency   agreement
 8    between  the Illinois Department of Human Services Public Aid
 9    and the  State  Board  of  Education,  for  eligible  special
10    education  children  claims  under  Titles XIX and XXI of the
11    Social Security Act.
12    (Source: P.A. 91-24, eff. 7-1-99; 91-266, eff. 7-23-99.)

13        (30 ILCS 105/6z-30)
14        Sec. 6z-30.  University  of  Illinois  Hospital  Services
15    Fund.
16        (a)  The University of Illinois Hospital Services Fund is
17    created  as  a  special  fund  in  the  State  Treasury.  The
18    following moneys shall be deposited into the Fund:
19             (1)  As soon as possible after the beginning of each
20        fiscal year (starting in fiscal year  1995),  and  in  no
21        event  later  than July 30, the State Comptroller and the
22        State Treasurer shall automatically transfer  $44,700,000
23        from  the  General  Revenue  Fund  to  the  University of
24        Illinois Hospital Services Fund.
25             (2)  All intergovernmental transfer payments to  the
26        Illinois  Department  of  Public Aid by the University of
27        Illinois Hospital made pursuant to  an  intergovernmental
28        agreement  under subsection (b) or (c) of Section 5A-3 of
29        the Illinois Human Services Public Aid Code.
30             (3)  All federal  matching  funds  received  by  the
31        Illinois  Department  of  Human  Services Public Aid as a
32        result of expenditures made by  the  Illinois  Department
33        that  are  attributable  to moneys that were deposited in
 
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 1        the Fund.
 2        (b)  Moneys in the fund  may  be  used  by  the  Illinois
 3    Department   of   Human   Services  Public  Aid,  subject  to
 4    appropriation,  to  reimburse  the  University  of   Illinois
 5    Hospital for hospital services.  The fund may also be used to
 6    make  monthly  transfers  to  the  General  Revenue  Fund  as
 7    provided in subsection (c).
 8        (c)  The  State  Comptroller  and  State  Treasurer shall
 9    automatically transfer on the last day of each  month  except
10    June,  beginning  August  31,  1994,  from  the University of
11    Illinois Hospital Services Fund to the General Revenue  Fund,
12    an  amount  determined and certified to the State Comptroller
13    by the Secretary of Human Services Director  of  Public  Aid,
14    equal  to the amount by which the balance in the Fund exceeds
15    the  amount  necessary  to  ensure  timely  payments  to  the
16    University of Illinois Hospital.
17        On June 30, 1995 and each June 30 thereafter,  the  State
18    Comptroller  and State Treasurer shall automatically transfer
19    the entire balance in the  University  of  Illinois  Hospital
20    Services Fund to the General Revenue Fund.
21    (Source: P.A. 88-554, eff. 7-26-94; 89-499, eff. 6-28-96.)

22        (30 ILCS 105/6z-40)
23        Sec.  6z-40.  Provider  Inquiry  Trust Fund. The Provider
24    Inquiry Trust Fund is created as a special fund in the  State
25    treasury.   Payments  into  the fund shall consist of fees or
26    other moneys owed by providers of services or  their  agents,
27    including other State agencies, for access to and utilization
28    of   Illinois   Department   of  Human  Services  Public  Aid
29    eligibility files to verify eligibility of clients, bills for
30    services, or other similar, related uses.  Disbursements from
31    the fund shall consist  of  payments  to  the  Department  of
32    Central   Management   Services   for  telecommunication  and
33    statistical services  and  for  payments  for  administrative
 
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 1    expenses   incurred  by  the  Illinois  Department  of  Human
 2    Services Public Aid in the operation of the fund.
 3    (Source: P.A. 89-21, eff. 7-1-95.)

 4        (30 ILCS 105/13.2) (from Ch. 127, par. 149.2)
 5        Sec. 13.2.  Transfers among line item appropriations.
 6        (a)  Transfers among line item  appropriations  from  the
 7    same  treasury fund for the objects specified in this Section
 8    may be made in the manner provided in this Section  when  the
 9    balance   remaining   in   one   or   more   such  line  item
10    appropriations is insufficient for the purpose for which  the
11    appropriation was made.
12        No  transfers  may  be  made  from  one agency to another
13    agency, nor may transfers be made  from  one  institution  of
14    higher education to another institution of higher education.
15    Transfers  may  be made only among the objects of expenditure
16    enumerated in this Section,  except  that  no  funds  may  be
17    transferred  from  any  appropriation  for personal services,
18    from any appropriation for State contributions to  the  State
19    Employees' Retirement System, from any separate appropriation
20    for  employee  retirement contributions paid by the employer,
21    nor  from  any  appropriation  for  State  contribution   for
22    employee  group  insurance.  Further, if an agency receives a
23    separate appropriation for employee retirement  contributions
24    paid  by  the  employer,  any transfer by that agency into an
25    appropriation for personal services must be accompanied by  a
26    corresponding  transfer  into  the appropriation for employee
27    retirement contributions paid by the employer, in  an  amount
28    sufficient  to  meet  the  employer  share  of  the  employee
29    contributions  required  to  be  remitted  to  the retirement
30    system.
31        (b)  In  addition  to  the  general  transfer   authority
32    provided  under  subsection  (c), the following agencies have
33    the specific transfer authority granted in this subsection:
 
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 1        The Illinois Department of Human Services Public  Aid  is
 2    authorized    to    make   transfers   representing   savings
 3    attributable to not increasing grants due to  the  births  of
 4    additional  children  from  line  items  for payments of cash
 5    grants to line items for payments for employment  and  social
 6    services  for  the  purposes  outlined  in  subsection (f) of
 7    Section 4-2 of the Illinois Public Aid Code.
 8        The  Department  of  Children  and  Family  Services   is
 9    authorized   to  make  transfers  not  exceeding  2%  of  the
10    aggregate amount appropriated to it within the same  treasury
11    fund  for  the  following  line  items  among these same line
12    items:  Foster  Home  and   Specialized   Foster   Care   and
13    Prevention,  Institutions and Group Homes and Prevention, and
14    Purchase of Adoption and Guardianship Services.
15        The Department on Aging is authorized to  make  transfers
16    not  exceeding  2% of the aggregate amount appropriated to it
17    within the same treasury fund  for  the  following  Community
18    Care   Program  line  items  among  these  same  line  items:
19    Homemaker and Senior Companion  Services,  Case  Coordination
20    Units, and Adult Day Care Services.
21        (c)  The  sum of such transfers for an agency in a fiscal
22    year shall not exceed 2% of the aggregate amount appropriated
23    to it  within  the  same  treasury  fund  for  the  following
24    objects:  Personal  Services;  Extra Help; Student and Inmate
25    Compensation;  State  Contributions  to  Retirement  Systems;
26    State Contributions to Social  Security;  State  Contribution
27    for  Employee  Group Insurance; Contractual Services; Travel;
28    Commodities; Printing; Equipment; Electronic Data Processing;
29    Operation   of   Automotive   Equipment;   Telecommunications
30    Services; Travel and Allowance  for  Committed,  Paroled  and
31    Discharged  Prisoners; Library Books; Federal Matching Grants
32    for   Student   Loans;   Refunds;   Workers'    Compensation,
33    Occupational Disease, and Tort Claims; and, in appropriations
34    to  institutions  of  higher  education,  Awards  and Grants.
 
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 1    Notwithstanding  the  above,  any  amounts  appropriated  for
 2    payment of workers' compensation claims to an agency to which
 3    the authority to evaluate, administer and pay such claims has
 4    been  delegated  by  the  Department  of  Central  Management
 5    Services may be transferred to any other  expenditure  object
 6    where  such  amounts  exceed  the  amount  necessary  for the
 7    payment of such claims.
 8        (d)  Transfers among appropriations made to  agencies  of
 9    the   Legislative   and   Judicial  departments  and  to  the
10    constitutionally elected officers  in  the  Executive  branch
11    require  the approval of the officer authorized in Section 10
12    of this Act to approve and certify vouchers.  Transfers among
13    appropriations made to the University of  Illinois,  Southern
14    Illinois   University,   Chicago  State  University,  Eastern
15    Illinois University,  Governors  State  University,  Illinois
16    State  University, Northeastern Illinois University, Northern
17    Illinois  University,  Western   Illinois   University,   the
18    Illinois  Mathematics  and  Science  Academy and the Board of
19    Higher Education require the approval of the Board of  Higher
20    Education  and  the Governor.  Transfers among appropriations
21    to all other agencies require the approval of the Governor.
22        The officer responsible for approval shall  certify  that
23    the  transfer  is  necessary  to  carry  out the programs and
24    purposes for  which  the  appropriations  were  made  by  the
25    General  Assembly and shall transmit to the State Comptroller
26    a certified copy of the approval which shall  set  forth  the
27    specific  amounts  transferred  so  that  the Comptroller may
28    change  his  records  accordingly.   The  Comptroller   shall
29    furnish the Governor with information copies of all transfers
30    approved   for  agencies  of  the  Legislative  and  Judicial
31    departments and transfers approved  by  the  constitutionally
32    elected  officials  of  the  Executive  branch other than the
33    Governor, showing the amounts transferred and indicating  the
34    dates such changes were entered on the Comptroller's records.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 89-641, eff. 8-9-96; 90-587,
 2    eff. 7-1-98.)

 3        (30 ILCS 105/25) (from Ch. 127, par. 161)
 4        Sec. 25.  Fiscal year limitations.
 5        (a)  All    appropriations   shall   be   available   for
 6    expenditure for the fiscal year or for a lesser period if the
 7    Act making that appropriation so specifies.  A deficiency  or
 8    emergency  appropriation  shall  be available for expenditure
 9    only through June 30 of the year when  the  Act  making  that
10    appropriation is enacted unless that Act otherwise provides.
11        (b)  Outstanding  liabilities as of June 30, payable from
12    appropriations which have otherwise expired, may be paid  out
13    of  the  expiring  appropriations  during  the 2-month period
14    ending at the close of business on August  31.   Any  service
15    involving  professional  or  artistic  skills or any personal
16    services by an employee  whose  compensation  is  subject  to
17    income tax withholding must be performed as of June 30 of the
18    fiscal  year  in  order  to  be  considered  an  "outstanding
19    liability as of June 30" that is thereby eligible for payment
20    out of the expiring appropriation.
21        However,  payment  of  tuition reimbursement claims under
22    Section 14-7.03 or 18-3 of the School Code may be made by the
23    State Board of Education from its  appropriations  for  those
24    respective  purposes  for  any  fiscal  year, even though the
25    claims reimbursed by the payment may be  claims  attributable
26    to  a  prior  fiscal  year,  and  payments may be made at the
27    direction of the State Superintendent of Education  from  the
28    fund  from  which the appropriation is made without regard to
29    any fiscal year limitations.
30        Medical  payments  may  be  made  by  the  Department  of
31    Veterans' Affairs from its appropriations for those  purposes
32    for  any  fiscal  year,  without  regard to the fact that the
33    medical services being compensated for by  such  payment  may
 
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 1    have been rendered in a prior fiscal year.
 2        Medical  payments  may be made by the Department of Human
 3    Services Public Aid and child care payments may  be  made  by
 4    the  Department  of  Human  Services  (as  successor  to  the
 5    Department  of  Public  Aid)  from  appropriations  for those
 6    purposes for any fiscal year, without regard to the fact that
 7    the medical or child care services being compensated  for  by
 8    such  payment  may have been rendered in a prior fiscal year;
 9    and payments may be made at the direction of  the  Department
10    of  Central  Management  Services  from  the Health Insurance
11    Reserve  Fund  and  the  Local  Government  Health  Insurance
12    Reserve Fund without regard to any fiscal year limitations.
13        Additionally, payments may be made by the  Department  of
14    Human  Services  from  its appropriations, or any other State
15    agency from its  appropriations  with  the  approval  of  the
16    Department of Human Services, from the Immigration Reform and
17    Control   Fund   for  purposes  authorized  pursuant  to  the
18    Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, without regard to
19    any fiscal year limitations.
20        (c)  Further, payments may be made by the  Department  of
21    Public Health and the Department of Human Services (acting as
22    successor  to  the  Department  of  Public  Health  under the
23    Department of  Human  Services  Act)  from  their  respective
24    appropriations for grants for medical care to or on behalf of
25    persons   suffering   from  chronic  renal  disease,  persons
26    suffering from hemophilia, rape victims,  and  premature  and
27    high-mortality  risk infants and their mothers and for grants
28    for supplemental food  supplies  provided  under  the  United
29    States  Department of Agriculture Women, Infants and Children
30    Nutrition Program, for any fiscal year without regard to  the
31    fact  that the services being compensated for by such payment
32    may have been rendered in a prior fiscal year.
33        (d)  The Department of Public Health and  the  Department
34    of  Human  Services (acting as successor to the Department of
 
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 1    Public Health under the Department  of  Human  Services  Act)
 2    shall  each  annually submit to the State Comptroller, Senate
 3    President, Senate Minority  Leader,  Speaker  of  the  House,
 4    House  Minority  Leader,  and  the  respective  Chairmen  and
 5    Minority  Spokesmen  of  the Appropriations Committees of the
 6    Senate and the House, on or before December 31, a  report  of
 7    fiscal  year  funds  used to pay for services provided in any
 8    prior fiscal year.  This report shall document by program  or
 9    service  category  those  expenditures from the most recently
10    completed fiscal year used to pay for  services  provided  in
11    prior fiscal years.
12        (e)  The  Department  of Public Aid and the Department of
13    Human Services (acting as  successor  to  the  Department  of
14    Public   Aid)   shall  each  annually  submit  to  the  State
15    Comptroller,  Senate  President,  Senate   Minority   Leader,
16    Speaker  of  the House, House Minority Leader, the respective
17    Chairmen  and  Minority  Spokesmen  of   the   Appropriations
18    Committees of the Senate and the House, on or before November
19    30,  a  report  that  shall  document  by  program or service
20    category those expenditures from the most recently  completed
21    fiscal  year  used  to pay for (i) services provided in prior
22    fiscal years and (ii) services for which claims were received
23    in prior fiscal years.
24        (f)  The Department of Human Services  (as  successor  to
25    the  Department  of  Public Aid) shall annually submit to the
26    State Comptroller, Senate President, Senate Minority  Leader,
27    Speaker   of  the  House,  House  Minority  Leader,  and  the
28    respective   Chairmen   and   Minority   Spokesmen   of   the
29    Appropriations Committees of the Senate and the House, on  or
30    before December 31, a report of fiscal year funds used to pay
31    for  services (other than medical care) provided in any prior
32    fiscal year.   This  report  shall  document  by  program  or
33    service  category  those  expenditures from the most recently
34    completed fiscal year used to pay for  services  provided  in
 
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 1    prior fiscal years.
 2        (g)  In  addition,  each  annual  report  required  to be
 3    submitted by the Department  of  Human  Services  Public  Aid
 4    under  subsection (e) shall include the following information
 5    with respect to the State's Medicaid program:
 6             (1)  Explanations  of  the  exact  causes   of   the
 7        variance between the previous year's estimated and actual
 8        liabilities.
 9             (2)  Factors   affecting   the  liabilities  of  the
10        Department of Human Services  Public  Aid's  liabilities,
11        including  but  not limited to numbers of aid recipients,
12        levels of medical service utilization by aid  recipients,
13        and inflation in the cost of medical services.
14             (3)  The  results  of  the  Department's  efforts to
15        combat fraud and abuse.
16        (h)  As provided in Section 4  of  the  General  Assembly
17    Compensation  Act, any utility bill for service provided to a
18    General  Assembly  member's  district  office  for  a  period
19    including portions of 2 consecutive fiscal years may be  paid
20    from funds appropriated for such expenditure in either fiscal
21    year.
22        (i)  An agency which administers a fund classified by the
23    Comptroller as an internal service fund may issue rules for:
24             (1)  billing  user  agencies  in  advance  based  on
25        estimated charges for goods or services;
26             (2)  issuing  credits  during  the subsequent fiscal
27        year for all user agency  payments  received  during  the
28        prior  fiscal  year  which  were  in  excess of the final
29        amounts owed by the user agency for that period; and
30             (3)  issuing  catch-up  billings  to  user  agencies
31        during the subsequent fiscal year for  amounts  remaining
32        due  when  payments  received from the user agency during
33        the prior fiscal year were less  than  the  total  amount
34        owed for that period.
 
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 1    User  agencies  are  authorized to reimburse internal service
 2    funds for catch-up billings by vouchers drawn  against  their
 3    respective  appropriations  for  the fiscal year in which the
 4    catch-up billing was issued.
 5    (Source: P.A.  89-235,  eff.  8-4-95;  89-507,  eff.  7-1-97;
 6    89-511,   eff.  1-1-97;  90-14,  eff.  7-1-97;  90-168,  eff.
 7    7-23-97.)

 8        Section 155.  The State  Employee  Industrial  Commission
 9    Awards Act is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:

10        (30 ILCS 260/5) (from Ch. 127, par. 181a)
11        Sec.  5.  Federal funds for compensation of certain State
12    employees.  The State Treasurer, ex officio, may receive from
13    the State Department of Public  Aid  and  the  Department  of
14    Human Services (as successor to the Department of Public Aid)
15    any  moneys which the either Department has received or shall
16    receive from  the  federal  government  for  the  payment  of
17    compensation  awards  for  injuries  or death suffered by any
18    person during the course of his  or  her  employment  by  the
19    State  Department  of  Public Aid or the County Department of
20    Public Aid or the Department of Human Services (as  successor
21    to the Illinois Department of Public Aid) or upon any project
22    entered  into  between  the State Department of Public Aid or
23    the  Department  of  Human  Services  (as  successor  to  the
24    Illinois Department of Public Aid) and any  other  department
25    or agency of the State.  Such moneys, or any part thereof may
26    be  paid over from time to time by the Department, to be held
27    in trust by the Treasurer, ex officio, and disbursed  by  the
28    Treasurer to the beneficiaries as directed by the Department.
29    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

30        Section  160.   The  Human Services Provider Bond Reserve
31    Payment Act is amended by changing Section 10 as follows:
 
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 1        (30 ILCS 435/10)
 2        Sec. 10. Definitions.  For the purposes of this Act:
 3        (a)  "Service provider" means any nongovernmental entity,
 4    either for-profit  or  not-for-profit,  that  enters  into  a
 5    contract  with  a State agency under which the entity is paid
 6    or reimbursed by the State for providing  human  services  to
 7    persons in Illinois.
 8        (b)  "State  agency"  means the Department of Public Aid,
 9    the Department of Public Health, the Department  of  Children
10    and  Family  Services,  the Department of Human Services, and
11    any other department  or  agency  of  State  government  that
12    enters  into contracts with service providers under which the
13    provider is paid or reimbursed by  the  State  for  providing
14    human services to persons in Illinois.
15        (c)  "Covered  bond  issue"  means revenue bonds (i) that
16    are issued by any agency of State or local government  within
17    this  State, including without limitation bonds issued by the
18    Illinois Development Finance Authority, (ii) that are  to  be
19    directly  or  indirectly  paid,  in  whole  or  in part, from
20    payments due to a service provider  under  a  human  services
21    contract  with  a  State  agency,  and (iii) for which a debt
22    service reserve or other reserve fund has  been  established,
23    under  the  control  of  a  named  trustee,  that the service
24    provider is required to replenish in the  event  that  moneys
25    from  the reserve fund are used to make payments of principal
26    or interest on the bonds.
27    (Source: P.A. 88-117; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

28        Section 165.  The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
29    changing Section 50-13 as follows:

30        (30 ILCS 500/50-13)
31        Sec. 50-13.  Conflicts of interest.
32        (a)  Prohibition.  It is unlawful for any person  holding
 
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 1    an  elective  office  in  this  State,  holding a seat in the
 2    General Assembly, or appointed to or employed in any  of  the
 3    offices  or  agencies  of  State  government and who receives
 4    compensation for such employment in  excess  of  60%  of  the
 5    salary of the Governor of the State of Illinois, or who is an
 6    officer  or  employee of the Capital Development Board or the
 7    Illinois Toll Highway Authority, or  who  is  the  spouse  or
 8    minor  child  of  any  such  person  to  have  or acquire any
 9    contract, or any direct pecuniary interest  in  any  contract
10    therein,  whether  for  stationery,  printing,  paper, or any
11    services, materials, or supplies,  that  will  be  wholly  or
12    partially  satisfied  by the payment of funds appropriated by
13    the General Assembly of the  State  of  Illinois  or  in  any
14    contract  of  the  Capital  Development Board or the Illinois
15    Toll Highway Authority.
16        (b)  Interests.    It   is   unlawful   for   any   firm,
17    partnership, association, or corporation, in which any person
18    listed in subsection (a) is entitled to receive (i) more than
19    7 1/2% of the total distributable income or (ii) an amount in
20    excess of the salary of the Governor, to have or acquire  any
21    such contract or direct pecuniary interest therein.
22        (c)  Combined  interests.   It  is unlawful for any firm,
23    partnership, association, or corporation, in which any person
24    listed in subsection (a) together with his or her  spouse  or
25    minor  children  is entitled to receive (i) more than 15%, in
26    the aggregate, of the total distributable income or  (ii)  an
27    amount  in  excess  of 2 times the salary of the Governor, to
28    have  or  acquire  any  such  contract  or  direct  pecuniary
29    interest therein.
30        (d)  Securities.  Nothing in this Section invalidates the
31    provisions of any bond or other security  previously  offered
32    or  to  be  offered  for  sale or sold by or for the State of
33    Illinois.
34        (e)  Prior interests.  This Section does not  affect  the
 
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 1    validity  of  any  contract  made  between  the  State and an
 2    officer or employee of the State or  member  of  the  General
 3    Assembly,  his  or her spouse, minor child or any combination
 4    of those persons if that contract was in existence before his
 5    or her election or  employment  as  an  officer,  member,  or
 6    employee.  The contract is voidable, however, if it cannot be
 7    completed  within  365  days  after  the  officer, member, or
 8    employee takes office or is employed.
 9        (f)  Exceptions.
10             (1)  Public aid payments.   This  Section  does  not
11        apply to payments made for a public aid recipient.
12             (2)  Teaching.   This  Section  does  not apply to a
13        contract for personal services as  a  teacher  or  school
14        administrator between a member of the General Assembly or
15        his  or her spouse, or a State officer or employee or his
16        or her spouse, and any school district, public  community
17        college  district,  the  University of Illinois, Southern
18        Illinois University, Illinois State  University,  Eastern
19        Illinois   University,   Northern   Illinois  University,
20        Western Illinois University,  Chicago  State  University,
21        Governor   State  University,  or  Northeastern  Illinois
22        University.
23             (3)  Ministerial  duties.   This  Section  does  not
24        apply to a contract for personal  services  of  a  wholly
25        ministerial  character,  including  but  not  limited  to
26        services as a laborer, clerk, typist, stenographer, page,
27        bookkeeper,   receptionist,   or   telephone  switchboard
28        operator, made by a spouse or minor child of an  elective
29        or appointive State officer or employee or of a member of
30        the General Assembly.
31             (4)  Child  and  family services.  This Section does
32        not apply to payments made to a  member  of  the  General
33        Assembly,  a State officer or employee, his or her spouse
34        or minor child acting  as  a  foster  parent,  homemaker,
 
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 1        advocate,  or  volunteer  for  or in behalf of a child or
 2        family served by the Department of  Children  and  Family
 3        Services.
 4             (5)  Licensed professionals. Contracts with licensed
 5        professionals,  provided  they  are  competitively bid or
 6        part of a reimbursement program for  specific,  customary
 7        goods and services through the Department of Children and
 8        Family  Services,  the  Department of Human Services, the
 9        Department  of  Public  Aid,  the  Department  of  Public
10        Health, or the Department on Aging.
11        (g)  Penalty. A person convicted of a violation  of  this
12    Section  is  guilty  of a business offense and shall be fined
13    not less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000.
14    (Source: P.A. 90-572, eff. 2-6-98.)

15        Section 170.  The Excellence in Academic Medicine Act  is
16    amended by changing Sections 65 and 74 as follows:

17        (30 ILCS 775/65)
18        Sec. 65.  Reporting requirements.  On May 1 of each year,
19    the  chief  executive  officer  of  each  Qualified  Academic
20    Medical   Center  Hospital  shall  submit  a  report  to  the
21    Comptroller regarding the effects of the programs  authorized
22    by  this  Act.  The report shall also report the total amount
23    of grants from and contracts with the National Institutes  of
24    Health  in  the  preceding  calendar  year.   It shall assess
25    whether the programs funded  are  likely  to  be  successful,
26    require  further  study,  or no longer appear to be promising
27    avenues of research.  It shall discuss the  probable  use  of
28    the  developmental  program  in mainstream medicine including
29    both cost impact and medical effect. The report shall address
30    the effects the programs may have  on  containing  Title  XIX
31    costs in Illinois.  The Comptroller shall immediately forward
32    the  report  to  the  Secretary of Human Services Director of
 
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 1    Public Aid and  the  Director  of  Public  Health  who  shall
 2    evaluate  the contents in a letter submitted to the President
 3    of  the  Senate   and   the   Speaker   of   the   House   of
 4    Representatives.
 5    (Source: P.A. 89-506, eff. 7-3-96.)

 6        (30 ILCS 775/74)
 7        Sec.  74.  Reimbursement  methodology.  The Department of
 8    Human  Services  Public  Aid  may  develop  a   reimbursement
 9    methodology  consistent  with  this  Act  for distribution of
10    moneys  from  the  funds  in  a  manner  that   would   allow
11    distributions  from  these  funds to be matchable under Title
12    XIX  of  the  Social  Security  Act.   The   Department   may
13    promulgate   rules  necessary  to  make  these  distributions
14    matchable.
15    (Source: P.A. 89-506, eff. 7-3-96.)

16        Section 175. The Illinois Income Tax Act  is  amended  by
17    changing Sections 901 and 917 as follows:

18        (35 ILCS 5/901) (from Ch. 120, par. 9-901)
19        Sec. 901.  Collection Authority.
20        (a)  In general.
21        The  Department  shall  collect the taxes imposed by this
22    Act.  The Department shall collect certified past  due  child
23    support  amounts  under Section 2505-650 of the Department of
24    Revenue Law (20 ILCS 2505/2505-650).  Except as  provided  in
25    subsections  (c)  and  (e)  of  this Section, money collected
26    pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of Section  201  of  this
27    Act  shall be paid into the General Revenue Fund in the State
28    treasury; money collected pursuant to subsections (c) and (d)
29    of Section 201 of this Act shall be paid  into  the  Personal
30    Property  Tax  Replacement  Fund, a special fund in the State
31    Treasury; and money collected under Section 2505-650  of  the
 
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 1    Department  of  Revenue  Law (20 ILCS 2505/2505-650) shall be
 2    paid into the Child Support Enforcement Trust Fund, a special
 3    fund outside the State Treasury, or to the State Disbursement
 4    Unit established under Section 10-26 of the  Illinois  Public
 5    Aid  Code,  as  directed  by the Department of Human Services
 6    Public Aid.
 7        (b)  Local Governmental Distributive Fund.
 8        Beginning August 1, 1969, and continuing through June 30,
 9    1994, the  Treasurer  shall  transfer  each  month  from  the
10    General Revenue Fund to a special fund in the State treasury,
11    to  be  known as the "Local Government Distributive Fund", an
12    amount equal to 1/12 of the net revenue realized from the tax
13    imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act
14    during the preceding  month.  Beginning  July  1,  1994,  and
15    continuing   through  June  30,  1995,  the  Treasurer  shall
16    transfer each month from the  General  Revenue  Fund  to  the
17    Local Government Distributive Fund an amount equal to 1/11 of
18    the  net revenue realized from the tax imposed by subsections
19    (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this Act during  the  preceding
20    month.   Beginning July 1, 1995, the Treasurer shall transfer
21    each month  from  the  General  Revenue  Fund  to  the  Local
22    Government  Distributive  Fund an amount equal to 1/10 of the
23    net revenue realized from the tax imposed by subsections  (a)
24    and  (b) of Section 201 of the Illinois Income Tax Act during
25    the preceding month. Net revenue realized for a  month  shall
26    be defined as the revenue from the tax imposed by subsections
27    (a)  and (b) of Section 201 of this Act which is deposited in
28    the General Revenue Fund, the Educational Assistance Fund and
29    the Income Tax Surcharge Local Government  Distributive  Fund
30    during  the  month  minus  the amount paid out of the General
31    Revenue Fund in State warrants  during  that  same  month  as
32    refunds  to  taxpayers for overpayment of liability under the
33    tax imposed by subsections (a) and (b) of Section 201 of this
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 1        (c)  Deposits Into Income Tax Refund Fund.
 2             (1)  Beginning on January 1,  1989  and  thereafter,
 3        the  Department shall deposit a percentage of the amounts
 4        collected pursuant to subsections (a)  and  (b)(1),  (2),
 5        and  (3),  of  Section 201 of this Act into a fund in the
 6        State treasury known as the Income Tax Refund Fund.   The
 7        Department  shall  deposit  6% of such amounts during the
 8        period beginning January 1, 1989 and ending on  June  30,
 9        1989.  Beginning with State fiscal year 1990 and for each
10        fiscal year thereafter, the percentage deposited into the
11        Income  Tax Refund Fund during a fiscal year shall be the
12        Annual Percentage.  For fiscal years 1999  through  2001,
13        the  Annual  Percentage  shall  be  7.1%.   For all other
14        fiscal years, the Annual Percentage shall  be  calculated
15        as a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the amount
16        of  refunds approved for payment by the Department during
17        the preceding fiscal year as a result of  overpayment  of
18        tax  liability under subsections (a) and (b)(1), (2), and
19        (3) of Section 201 of this Act plus the  amount  of  such
20        refunds  remaining  approved but unpaid at the end of the
21        preceding fiscal year, the denominator of which shall  be
22        the   amounts   which   will  be  collected  pursuant  to
23        subsections (a) and (b)(1), (2), and (3) of  Section  201
24        of  this  Act  during  the  preceding  fiscal  year.  The
25        Director of Revenue shall certify the  Annual  Percentage
26        to the Comptroller on the last business day of the fiscal
27        year  immediately  preceding the fiscal year for which it
28        is to be effective.
29             (2)  Beginning on January 1,  1989  and  thereafter,
30        the  Department shall deposit a percentage of the amounts
31        collected pursuant to subsections (a)  and  (b)(6),  (7),
32        and  (8),  (c)  and (d) of Section 201 of this Act into a
33        fund in the State treasury known as the Income Tax Refund
34        Fund.  The Department shall deposit 18% of  such  amounts
 
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 1        during the period beginning January 1, 1989 and ending on
 2        June 30, 1989.  Beginning with State fiscal year 1990 and
 3        for each fiscal year thereafter, the percentage deposited
 4        into  the  Income  Tax  Refund  Fund during a fiscal year
 5        shall be the Annual Percentage.  For fiscal  years  1999,
 6        2000,  and 2001, the Annual Percentage shall be 19%.  For
 7        all other fiscal years, the Annual  Percentage  shall  be
 8        calculated as a fraction, the numerator of which shall be
 9        the  amount  of  refunds  approved  for  payment  by  the
10        Department  during  the preceding fiscal year as a result
11        of overpayment of tax liability under subsections (a) and
12        (b)(6), (7), and (8), (c) and (d) of Section 201 of  this
13        Act  plus  the  amount of such refunds remaining approved
14        but unpaid at the end of the preceding fiscal  year,  the
15        denominator  of  which shall be the amounts which will be
16        collected pursuant to subsections (a)  and  (b)(6),  (7),
17        and  (8),  (c)  and (d) of Section 201 of this Act during
18        the preceding fiscal year.  The Director of Revenue shall
19        certify the Annual Percentage to the Comptroller  on  the
20        last   business   day  of  the  fiscal  year  immediately
21        preceding  the  fiscal  year  for  which  it  is  to   be
22        effective.
23             (3)  The Comptroller shall order transferred and the
24        Treasurer  shall  transfer  from  the  Tobacco Settlement
25        Recovery  Fund  to  the  Income  Tax  Refund   Fund   (i)
26        $35,000,000   in   January,  2001,  (ii)  $35,000,000  in
27        January, 2002, and (iii) $35,000,000 in January, 2003.

28        (d)  Expenditures from Income Tax Refund Fund.
29             (1)  Beginning January 1, 1989, money in the  Income
30        Tax  Refund  Fund  shall  be expended exclusively for the
31        purpose of paying refunds resulting from  overpayment  of
32        tax  liability  under Section 201 of this Act, for paying
33        rebates under Section 208.1 in the event that the amounts
34        in the Homeowners' Tax Relief Fund are  insufficient  for
 
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 1        that  purpose,  and for making transfers pursuant to this
 2        subsection (d).
 3             (2)  The Director shall  order  payment  of  refunds
 4        resulting from overpayment of tax liability under Section
 5        201  of  this Act from the Income Tax Refund Fund only to
 6        the extent that amounts collected pursuant to Section 201
 7        of this Act and transfers pursuant to this subsection (d)
 8        and item (3) of subsection (c) have  been  deposited  and
 9        retained in the Fund.
10             (3)  As  soon  as  possible  after  the  end of each
11        fiscal year, the Director shall order transferred and the
12        State Treasurer and State Comptroller shall transfer from
13        the Income Tax Refund Fund to the Personal  Property  Tax
14        Replacement  Fund an amount, certified by the Director to
15        the Comptroller,  equal  to  the  excess  of  the  amount
16        collected  pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of Section
17        201 of this Act deposited into the Income Tax Refund Fund
18        during  the  fiscal  year  over  the  amount  of  refunds
19        resulting  from  overpayment  of  tax   liability   under
20        subsections  (c)  and (d) of Section 201 of this Act paid
21        from the Income Tax Refund Fund during the fiscal year.
22             (4)  As soon as  possible  after  the  end  of  each
23        fiscal year, the Director shall order transferred and the
24        State Treasurer and State Comptroller shall transfer from
25        the  Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund to the Income
26        Tax Refund Fund an amount, certified by the  Director  to
27        the  Comptroller,  equal  to  the excess of the amount of
28        refunds resulting from overpayment of tax liability under
29        subsections (c) and (d) of Section 201 of this  Act  paid
30        from  the  Income  Tax Refund Fund during the fiscal year
31        over the amount collected pursuant to subsections (c) and
32        (d) of Section 201 of this Act deposited into the  Income
33        Tax Refund Fund during the fiscal year.
34             (4.5)  As  soon  as possible after the end of fiscal
 
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 1        year  1999  and  of  each  fiscal  year  thereafter,  the
 2        Director shall order transferred and the State  Treasurer
 3        and  State Comptroller shall transfer from the Income Tax
 4        Refund Fund to  the  General  Revenue  Fund  any  surplus
 5        remaining  in the Income Tax Refund Fund as of the end of
 6        such fiscal year; excluding for fiscal years 2000,  2001,
 7        and 2002 amounts attributable to transfers under item (3)
 8        of  subsection (c) less refunds resulting from the earned
 9        income tax credit.
10             (5)  This Act shall constitute  an  irrevocable  and
11        continuing  appropriation from the Income Tax Refund Fund
12        for the purpose of paying refunds upon the order  of  the
13        Director  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this
14        Section.
15        (e)  Deposits  into the Education Assistance Fund and the
16    Income Tax Surcharge Local Government Distributive Fund.
17        On July 1, 1991, and thereafter, of the amounts collected
18    pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of Section  201  of  this
19    Act,  minus  deposits  into  the  Income Tax Refund Fund, the
20    Department shall deposit 7.3% into the  Education  Assistance
21    Fund  in  the  State  Treasury.   Beginning July 1, 1991, and
22    continuing through January 31, 1993, of the amounts collected
23    pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of  Section  201  of  the
24    Illinois  Income  Tax Act, minus deposits into the Income Tax
25    Refund Fund, the  Department  shall  deposit  3.0%  into  the
26    Income  Tax  Surcharge  Local Government Distributive Fund in
27    the  State  Treasury.   Beginning  February   1,   1993   and
28    continuing  through  June  30, 1993, of the amounts collected
29    pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of  Section  201  of  the
30    Illinois  Income  Tax Act, minus deposits into the Income Tax
31    Refund Fund, the  Department  shall  deposit  4.4%  into  the
32    Income  Tax  Surcharge  Local Government Distributive Fund in
33    the State Treasury. Beginning July 1,  1993,  and  continuing
34    through  June  30,  1994,  of  the  amounts  collected  under
 
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 1    subsections  (a)  and  (b)  of Section 201 of this Act, minus
 2    deposits into the Income  Tax  Refund  Fund,  the  Department
 3    shall  deposit  1.475%  into  the  Income Tax Surcharge Local
 4    Government Distributive Fund in the State Treasury.
 5    (Source: P.A. 90-613,  eff.  7-9-98;  90-655,  eff.  7-30-98;
 6    91-212,  eff.  7-20-99;  91-239,  eff.  1-1-00;  91-700, eff.
 7    5-11-00; 91-704, eff. 7-1-00; 91-712,  eff.  7-1-00;  revised
 8    6-28-00.)

 9        (35 ILCS 5/917) (from Ch. 120, par. 9-917)
10        Sec. 917.  Confidentiality and information sharing.
11        (a)  Confidentiality. Except as provided in this Section,
12    all information received by the Department from returns filed
13    under this Act, or from any investigation conducted under the
14    provisions  of  this  Act,  shall be confidential, except for
15    official  purposes  within  the  Department  or  pursuant  to
16    official procedures  for  collection  of  any  State  tax  or
17    pursuant  to  an investigation or audit by the Illinois State
18    Scholarship  Commission  of  a  delinquent  student  loan  or
19    monetary award  or  enforcement  of  any  civil  or  criminal
20    penalty or sanction imposed by this Act or by another statute
21    imposing  a  State  tax, and any person who divulges any such
22    information in any  manner,  except  for  such  purposes  and
23    pursuant  to  order  of  the Director or in accordance with a
24    proper  judicial  order,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  Class   A
25    misdemeanor.   However,  the provisions of this paragraph are
26    not  applicable  to  information  furnished  to  a   licensed
27    attorney  representing  the  taxpayer  where  an  appeal or a
28    protest has been filed on behalf of the taxpayer.
29        (b)  Public information. Nothing contained  in  this  Act
30    shall   prevent   the  Director  from  publishing  or  making
31    available to the public the names and  addresses  of  persons
32    filing  returns  under this Act, or from publishing or making
33    available reasonable statistics concerning the  operation  of
 
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 1    the  tax  wherein  the  contents  of returns are grouped into
 2    aggregates in such a way that the  information  contained  in
 3    any individual return shall not be disclosed.
 4        (c)  Governmental   agencies.   The   Director  may  make
 5    available to the Secretary of  the  Treasury  of  the  United
 6    States or his delegate, or the proper officer or his delegate
 7    of any other state imposing a tax upon or measured by income,
 8    for  exclusively  official  purposes, information received by
 9    the Department in the administration of this  Act,  but  such
10    permission shall be granted only if the United States or such
11    other  state,  as  the  case  may  be,  grants the Department
12    substantially similar privileges.  The Director may  exchange
13    information  with  the  Illinois Department of Public Aid and
14    the Department of Human Services (acting as successor to  the
15    Department  of  Public  Aid  under  the  Department  of Human
16    Services Act)  for  the  purpose  of  verifying  sources  and
17    amounts  of  income and for other purposes directly connected
18    with the administration of this Act and the  Illinois  Public
19    Aid  Code.  The  Director  may  exchange information with the
20    Director of the Department of  Employment  Security  for  the
21    purpose  of  verifying  sources and amounts of income and for
22    other purposes directly connected with the administration  of
23    this   Act   and  Acts  administered  by  the  Department  of
24    Employment Security. The Director may make available  to  the
25    Illinois    Industrial   Commission   information   regarding
26    employers for the purpose of verifying the insurance coverage
27    required under the Workers'  Compensation  Act  and  Workers'
28    Occupational Diseases Act.
29        The  Director  may  make  available  to any State agency,
30    including the Illinois Supreme Court, which licenses  persons
31    to  engage  in  any  occupation,  information  that  a person
32    licensed by such agency has failed to file returns under this
33    Act or pay the tax, penalty and interest  shown  therein,  or
34    has  failed  to  pay  any final assessment of tax, penalty or
 
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 1    interest due under this  Act.  The  Director  may  also  make
 2    available  to  the  Secretary  of  State  information  that a
 3    corporation  which  has  been   issued   a   certificate   of
 4    incorporation  by  the  Secretary of State has failed to file
 5    returns under this Act or pay the tax, penalty  and  interest
 6    shown  therein,  or has failed to pay any final assessment of
 7    tax, penalty or interest due under this Act. An assessment is
 8    final when all  proceedings  in  court  for  review  of  such
 9    assessment have terminated or the time for the taking thereof
10    has  expired  without such proceedings being instituted.  For
11    taxable years ending on  or  after  December  31,  1987,  the
12    Director  may  make  available  to  the Director or principal
13    officer  of  any  Department  of  the  State   of   Illinois,
14    information  that  a  person  employed by such Department has
15    failed to file returns under this Act or pay the tax, penalty
16    and interest shown therein.  For purposes of this  paragraph,
17    the word "Department" shall have the same meaning as provided
18    in  Section  3  of the State Employees Group Insurance Act of
19    1971.
20        (d)  The  Director  shall  make  available   for   public
21    inspection  in  the  Department's  principal  office  and for
22    publication, at cost, administrative decisions issued  on  or
23    after  January  1,  1995.  These  decisions  are  to  be made
24    available  in  a  manner  so  that  the  following   taxpayer
25    information is not disclosed:
26             (1)  The   names,   addresses,   and  identification
27        numbers of the taxpayer, related entities, and employees.
28             (2)  At the sole discretion of the  Director,  trade
29        secrets  or  other confidential information identified as
30        such by the taxpayer, no later than 30 days after receipt
31        of an administrative  decision,  by  such  means  as  the
32        Department shall provide by rule.
33        The  Director  shall  determine the appropriate extent of
34    the deletions allowed in paragraph  (2).  In  the  event  the
 
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 1    taxpayer  does  not submit deletions, the Director shall make
 2    only the deletions specified in paragraph (1).
 3        The Director shall make available for  public  inspection
 4    and  publication  an  administrative decision within 180 days
 5    after the issuance of the administrative decision.  The  term
 6    "administrative  decision" has the same meaning as defined in
 7    Section 3-101 of Article III of the Code of Civil  Procedure.
 8    Costs collected under this Section shall be paid into the Tax
 9    Compliance and Administration Fund.
10        (e)  Nothing  contained  in  this  Act  shall prevent the
11    Director from divulging information to any person pursuant to
12    a request or  authorization  made  by  the  taxpayer,  by  an
13    authorized representative of the taxpayer, or, in the case of
14    information  related  to a joint return, by the spouse filing
15    the joint return with the taxpayer.
16    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97; 90-491, eff. 1-1-98.)

17        Section 180.  The Interstate Compact on Adoption  Act  is
18    amended by changing Sections 5-35 and 5-40 as follows:

19        (45 ILCS 17/5-35)
20        Sec. 5-35. Medical assistance.
21        (a)  A child with special needs who resides in this State
22    and  who  is  the subject of an adoption assistance agreement
23    with another state shall be eligible for  medical  assistance
24    from  this  State  under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid
25    Code upon the filing of agreed  documentation  obtained  from
26    the  assistance  state and filed with the Illinois Department
27    of Human Services Public Aid. The Department of Children  and
28    Family  Services  shall  be  required  at  least  annually to
29    establish that the agreement is still in force  or  has  been
30    renewed.
31        (b)  If  a child (i) is in another state, (ii) is covered
32    by an adoption assistance  agreement  made  by  the  Illinois
 
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 1    Department  of  Children  and  Family Services, and (iii) was
 2    eligible for  medical  assistance  under  Article  V  of  the
 3    Illinois  Public  Aid  Code  at the time he or she resided in
 4    this State  and  would  continue  to  be  eligible  for  that
 5    assistance if he or she was currently residing in this State,
 6    then  that  child  is  eligible  for medical assistance under
 7    Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code, but only for those
 8    medical assistance benefits under  Article  V  that  are  not
 9    provided  by  the  other  state. There shall be no payment or
10    reimbursement by this State for services or benefits  covered
11    under  any insurance or other third party medical contract or
12    arrangement held by the child or the adoptive parents.
13        (c)  The  submission  of  any  claim   for   payment   or
14    reimbursement  for  services  or  benefits  pursuant  to this
15    Section  or  the  making  of  any  statement  in   connection
16    therewith, which claim or statement the maker knows or should
17    know  to  be  false,  misleading,  or  fraudulent,  shall  be
18    punishable as perjury and shall also be subject to a fine not
19    to  exceed $10,000 or imprisonment for not to exceed 2 years,
20    or both.
21        (d)  The provisions of this Section shall apply  only  to
22    medical  assistance  for  children  under adoption assistance
23    agreements from states that have entered into a compact  with
24    this  State  under  which  the  other  state provided medical
25    assistance to children  with  special  needs  under  adoption
26    assistance agreements made by this State.
27        (e)  The  Illinois  Department  of  Children  and  Family
28    Services and the Illinois Department of Human Services Public
29    Aid may adopt all rules necessary to implement this Section.
30    (Source: P.A. 90-28, eff. 1-1-98.)

31        (45 ILCS 17/5-40)
32        Sec. 5-40. Federal participation. Consistent with federal
33    law,  the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
 
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 1    and the Illinois Department of Public  Aid  or  the  Illinois
 2    Department  of Human Services, as the successor agency of the
 3    Illinois Department of Public Aid,  in  connection  with  the
 4    administration  of  this  Act  and  any  compact entered into
 5    pursuant to this Act, shall include in any  state  plan  made
 6    pursuant  to the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of
 7    1980 (P.L. 96-272), Titles IV  (e)  and  XIX  of  the  Social
 8    Security  Act,  and  any  other  applicable  federal laws the
 9    provision of adoption assistance and medical  assistance  for
10    which  the  federal  government pays some or all of the cost.
11    The Department  of  Children  and  Family  Services  and  the
12    Illinois  Department of Public Aid or the Department of Human
13    Services, as the successor agency of the Illinois  Department
14    of  Public  Aid,  shall apply for and administer all relevant
15    federal aid in accordance with law.
16    (Source: P.A. 90-28, eff. 1-1-98.)

17        Section 185.  The Counties Code is  amended  by  changing
18    Sections  3-5036.5,  4-2002,  4-2002.1,  5-1065, 5-21009, and
19    5-37006 as follows:

20        (55 ILCS 5/3-5036.5)
21        Sec. 3-5036.5.  Exchange of information for child support
22    enforcement.
23        (a)   The  Recorder  shall  exchange  with  the  Illinois
24    Department of Human Services Public Aid information that  may
25    be  necessary  for  the  enforcement  of child support orders
26    entered  pursuant  to  the  Illinois  Public  Aid  Code,  the
27    Illinois  Marriage  and  Dissolution  of  Marriage  Act,  the
28    Non-Support of  Spouse  and  Children  Act,  the  Non-Support
29    Punishment Act, the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of
30    Support  Act,  the  Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, or
31    the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984.
32        (b)  Notwithstanding any provisions in this Code  to  the
 
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 1    contrary,  the Recorder shall not be liable to any person for
 2    any disclosure of information to the Illinois  Department  of
 3    Human  Services  Public  Aid  under subsection (a) or for any
 4    other  action  taken  in  good  faith  to  comply  with   the
 5    requirements of subsection (a).
 6    (Source: P.A. 90-18, eff. 7-1-97; 91-613, eff. 10-1-99.)

 7        (55 ILCS 5/4-2002) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-2002)
 8        Sec.  4-2002.  State's  attorney  fees  in counties under
 9    3,000,000 population. This Section applies only  to  counties
10    with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants.
11        (a)  State's attorneys shall be entitled to the following
12    fees,  however,  the  fee requirement of this subsection does
13    not apply to county boards:
14        For each conviction in prosecutions  on  indictments  for
15    first   degree  murder,  second  degree  murder,  involuntary
16    manslaughter, criminal sexual  assault,  aggravated  criminal
17    sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, kidnapping,
18    arson  and  forgery,  $30.   All  other  cases  punishable by
19    imprisonment in the penitentiary, $30.
20        For each conviction in other cases tried before judges of
21    the circuit court, $15; except that if the conviction is in a
22    case which may be assigned to an associate judge, whether  or
23    not  it  is  in  fact assigned to an associate judge, the fee
24    shall be $10.
25        For preliminary examinations for each defendant  held  to
26    bail or recognizance, $10.
27        For  each  examination  of a party bound over to keep the
28    peace, $10.
29        For each defendant held to answer in a circuit court on a
30    charge of paternity, $10.
31        For each trial on a charge of paternity, $30.
32        For each case of appeal taken from his county or from the
33    county to which a change of venue is taken to his  county  to
 
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 1    the Supreme or Appellate Court when prosecuted or defended by
 2    him, $50.
 3        For  each  day  actually employed in the trial of a case,
 4    $25; in which case the court before whom the  case  is  tried
 5    shall make an order specifying the number of days for which a
 6    per diem shall be allowed.
 7        For  each  day actually employed in the trial of cases of
 8    felony arising in their  respective  counties  and  taken  by
 9    change  of venue to another county, $25; and the court before
10    whom the case is tried shall make  an  order  specifying  the
11    number  of days for which said per diem shall be allowed; and
12    it is hereby made  the  duty  of  each  State's  attorney  to
13    prepare  and try each case of felony arising when so taken by
14    change of venue.
15        For assisting in a trial of each case  on  an  indictment
16    for  felony  brought  by  change of venue to their respective
17    counties, the same fees they would be  entitled  to  if  such
18    indictment  had  been  found  for an offense committed in his
19    county, and it shall be the duty of the State's  attorney  of
20    the county to which such cause is taken by change of venue to
21    assist in the trial thereof.
22        For   each  case  of  forfeited  recognizance  where  the
23    forfeiture is set aside at the instance of  the  defense,  in
24    addition to the ordinary costs, $10 for each defendant.
25        For  each  proceeding  in a circuit court to inquire into
26    the alleged mental  illness  of  any  person,  $10  for  each
27    defendant.
28        For  each  proceeding  in a circuit court to inquire into
29    the alleged dependency or delinquency of any child, $10.
30        For each day actually employed in the hearing of  a  case
31    of habeas corpus in which the people are interested, $25.
32        All  the  foregoing  fees  shall  be taxed as costs to be
33    collected from the defendant, if possible,  upon  conviction.
34    But in cases of inquiry into the mental illness of any person
 
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 1    alleged to be mentally ill, in cases on a charge of paternity
 2    and  in  cases  of  appeal in the Supreme or Appellate Court,
 3    where judgment is in favor of the accused, the  fees  allowed
 4    the  State's  attorney  therein  shall be retained out of the
 5    fines and forfeitures collected by them in other cases.
 6        Ten per cent of all moneys except revenue,  collected  by
 7    them and paid over to the authorities entitled thereto, which
 8    per  cent together with the fees provided for herein that are
 9    not collected from the parties tried or  examined,  shall  be
10    paid  out  of any fines and forfeited recognizances collected
11    by them, provided however, that in proceedings  to  foreclose
12    the  lien  of  delinquent real estate taxes State's attorneys
13    shall receive a fee, to be credited to the earnings of  their
14    office,  of 10% of the total amount realized from the sale of
15    real estate sold in such proceedings.   Such  fees  shall  be
16    paid from the total amount realized from the sale of the real
17    estate sold in such proceedings.
18        State's attorneys shall have a lien for their fees on all
19    judgments  for  fines  or forfeitures procured by them and on
20    moneys except revenue received by them until  such  fees  and
21    earnings are fully paid.
22        No  fees  shall  be charged on more than 10 counts in any
23    one indictment or information on trial and conviction; nor on
24    more than 10 counts against any one  defendant  on  pleas  of
25    guilty.
26        The Circuit Court may direct that of all monies received,
27    by restitution or otherwise, which monies are ordered paid to
28    the  Department  of  Public  Aid  or  the Department of Human
29    Services (acting as successor to the Department of Public Aid
30    under the Department of  Human  Services  Act)  as  a  direct
31    result  of  the  efforts  of  the  State's attorney and which
32    payments arise from Civil or Criminal prosecutions  involving
33    the  Illinois  Public  Aid  Code  or  the  Criminal Code, the
34    following amounts shall be paid quarterly by  the  Department
 
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 1    of  Public  Aid  or  the  Department of Human Services to the
 2    General Corporate Fund of the County in which the prosecution
 3    or cause of action took place:
 4             (1)  where the  monies  result  from  child  support
 5        obligations,  not  more  than 25% of the federal share of
 6        the monies received,
 7             (2)  where the monies result from other  than  child
 8        support  obligations,  not  more  than 25% of the State's
 9        share of the monies received.
10        (b)  A  municipality  shall  be   entitled   to   a   $10
11    prosecution  fee  for  each conviction for a violation of The
12    Illinois Vehicle Code prosecuted by  the  municipal  attorney
13    pursuant to Section 16-102 of that Code which is tried before
14    a  circuit  or associate judge and shall be entitled to a $10
15    prosecution fee for each conviction  for  a  violation  of  a
16    municipal   vehicle   ordinance   or   nontraffic   ordinance
17    prosecuted  by the municipal attorney which is tried before a
18    circuit or associate judge.  Such fee shall be taxed as costs
19    to  be  collected  from  the  defendant,  if  possible,  upon
20    conviction.  A  municipality  shall  have  a  lien  for  such
21    prosecution  fees  on  all judgments or fines procured by the
22    municipal attorney from prosecutions for  violations  of  The
23    Illinois  Vehicle  Code  and  municipal vehicle ordinances or
24    nontraffic ordinances.
25        For the  purposes  of  this  subsection  (b),  "municipal
26    vehicle  ordinance"  means  any ordinance enacted pursuant to
27    Sections  11-40-1,  11-40-2,  11-40-2a  and  11-40-3  of  the
28    Illinois  Municipal  Code  or  any  ordinance  enacted  by  a
29    municipality which is similar to a provision of Chapter 11 of
30    The Illinois Vehicle Code.
31    (Source: P.A. 88-572, eff. 8-11-94; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

32        (55 ILCS 5/4-2002.1) (from Ch. 34, par. 4-2002.1)
33        Sec. 4-2002.1.  State's  attorney  fees  in  counties  of
 
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 1    3,000,000  or  more population.  This Section applies only to
 2    counties with 3,000,000 or more inhabitants.
 3        (a)  State's attorneys shall be entitled to the following
 4    fees:
 5        For each conviction in prosecutions  on  indictments  for
 6    first   degree  murder,  second  degree  murder,  involuntary
 7    manslaughter, criminal sexual  assault,  aggravated  criminal
 8    sexual assault, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, kidnapping,
 9    arson  and  forgery,  $60.   All  other  cases  punishable by
10    imprisonment in the penitentiary, $60.
11        For each conviction in other cases tried before judges of
12    the circuit court, $30; except that if the conviction is in a
13    case which may be assigned to an associate judge, whether  or
14    not  it  is  in  fact assigned to an associate judge, the fee
15    shall be $20.
16        For preliminary examinations for each defendant  held  to
17    bail or recognizance, $20.
18        For  each  examination  of a party bound over to keep the
19    peace, $20.
20        For each defendant held to answer in a circuit court on a
21    charge of paternity, $20.
22        For each trial on a charge of paternity, $60.
23        For each case of appeal taken from his county or from the
24    county to which a change of venue is taken to his  county  to
25    the Supreme or Appellate Court when prosecuted or defended by
26    him, $100.
27        For  each  day  actually employed in the trial of a case,
28    $50; in which case the court before whom the  case  is  tried
29    shall make an order specifying the number of days for which a
30    per diem shall be allowed.
31        For  each  day actually employed in the trial of cases of
32    felony arising in their  respective  counties  and  taken  by
33    change  of venue to another county, $50; and the court before
34    whom the case is tried shall make  an  order  specifying  the
 
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 1    number  of days for which said per diem shall be allowed; and
 2    it is hereby made  the  duty  of  each  State's  attorney  to
 3    prepare  and try each case of felony arising when so taken by
 4    change of venue.
 5        For assisting in a trial of each case  on  an  indictment
 6    for  felony  brought  by  change of venue to their respective
 7    counties, the same fees they would be  entitled  to  if  such
 8    indictment  had  been  found  for an offense committed in his
 9    county, and it shall be the duty of the State's  attorney  of
10    the county to which such cause is taken by change of venue to
11    assist in the trial thereof.
12        For   each  case  of  forfeited  recognizance  where  the
13    forfeiture is set aside at the instance of  the  defense,  in
14    addition to the ordinary costs, $20 for each defendant.
15        For  each  proceeding  in a circuit court to inquire into
16    the alleged mental  illness  of  any  person,  $20  for  each
17    defendant.
18        For  each  proceeding  in a circuit court to inquire into
19    the alleged dependency or delinquency of any child, $20.
20        For each day actually employed in the hearing of  a  case
21    of habeas corpus in which the people are interested, $50.
22        All  the  foregoing  fees  shall  be taxed as costs to be
23    collected from the defendant, if possible,  upon  conviction.
24    But in cases of inquiry into the mental illness of any person
25    alleged to be mentally ill, in cases on a charge of paternity
26    and  in  cases  of  appeal in the Supreme or Appellate Court,
27    where judgment is in favor of the accused, the  fees  allowed
28    the  State's  attorney  therein  shall be retained out of the
29    fines and forfeitures collected by them in other cases.
30        Ten per cent of all moneys except revenue,  collected  by
31    them and paid over to the authorities entitled thereto, which
32    per  cent together with the fees provided for herein that are
33    not collected from the parties tried or  examined,  shall  be
34    paid  out  of any fines and forfeited recognizances collected
 
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 1    by them, provided however, that in proceedings  to  foreclose
 2    the  lien  of  delinquent real estate taxes State's attorneys
 3    shall receive a fee, to be credited to the earnings of  their
 4    office,  of 10% of the total amount realized from the sale of
 5    real estate sold in such proceedings. Such fees shall be paid
 6    from the total amount realized from  the  sale  of  the  real
 7    estate sold in such proceedings.
 8        State's attorneys shall have a lien for their fees on all
 9    judgments  for  fines  or forfeitures procured by them and on
10    moneys except revenue received by them until  such  fees  and
11    earnings are fully paid.
12        No  fees  shall  be charged on more than 10 counts in any
13    one indictment or information on trial and conviction; nor on
14    more than 10 counts against any one  defendant  on  pleas  of
15    guilty.
16        The Circuit Court may direct that of all monies received,
17    by restitution or otherwise, which monies are ordered paid to
18    the  Department  of  Public  Aid  or  the Department of Human
19    Services (acting as successor to the Department of Public Aid
20    under the Department of  Human  Services  Act)  as  a  direct
21    result  of  the  efforts  of  the  State's attorney and which
22    payments arise from Civil or Criminal prosecutions  involving
23    the  Illinois  Public  Aid  Code  or  the  Criminal Code, the
24    following amounts shall be paid quarterly by  the  Department
25    of  Public  Aid  or  the  Department of Human Services to the
26    General Corporate Fund of the County in which the prosecution
27    or cause of action took place:
28             (1)  where the  monies  result  from  child  support
29        obligations,  not  less  than 25% of the federal share of
30        the monies received,
31             (2)  where the monies result from other  than  child
32        support  obligations,  not  less  than 25% of the State's
33        share of the monies received.
34        (b)  A  municipality  shall  be   entitled   to   a   $10
 
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 1    prosecution  fee  for  each conviction for a violation of the
 2    Illinois Vehicle Code prosecuted by  the  municipal  attorney
 3    pursuant to Section 16-102 of that Code which is tried before
 4    a  circuit  or associate judge and shall be entitled to a $10
 5    prosecution fee for each conviction  for  a  violation  of  a
 6    municipal  vehicle  ordinance  prosecuted  by  the  municipal
 7    attorney  which is tried before a circuit or associate judge.
 8    Such fee shall be taxed as costs to  be  collected  from  the
 9    defendant,  if  possible,  upon  conviction.   A municipality
10    shall have a lien for such prosecution fees on all  judgments
11    or fines procured by the municipal attorney from prosecutions
12    for  violations  of  the  Illinois Vehicle Code and municipal
13    vehicle ordinances.
14        For the  purposes  of  this  subsection  (b),  "municipal
15    vehicle  ordinance"  means  any ordinance enacted pursuant to
16    Sections  11-40-1,  11-40-2,  11-40-2a  and  11-40-3  of  the
17    Illinois  Municipal  Code  or  any  ordinance  enacted  by  a
18    municipality which is similar to a provision of Chapter 11 of
19    the Illinois Vehicle Code.
20    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

21        (55 ILCS 5/5-1065) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1065)
22        Sec. 5-1065. Civil liability for  rentals  in  excess  of
23    number permitted by ordinance.
24        (a)  The owner of a building located in a county having a
25    population  in excess of 100,000 inhabitants who, directly or
26    indirectly, has collected, or caused to be collected, rentals
27    from an occupant of that building during a  period  in  which
28    the  number  of  apartments  or family units in that building
29    exceeded  the  number  permitted  for  that  building  by  an
30    ordinance of the county in which the building is located,  is
31    liable  to  any  such occupant in an amount equal to not more
32    than 3 times the amount of  any  rentals  paid  by  any  such
33    occupant,  or  in his behalf, after January 1, 1970, together
 
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 1    with court costs  and  reasonable  attorney's  fees.  If  the
 2    occupant  is a recipient of public aid under Article III, IV,
 3    or VI of "the Illinois Public Aid Code", as amended, in whose
 4    behalf vendor payment of the rental was made by the  Illinois
 5    Department  of  Public  Aid, the Department of Human Services
 6    (acting as successor to the Department of  Public  Aid  under
 7    the   Department   of   Human   Services  Act),  or  a  local
 8    governmental unit, as the  case  may  be,  the  liability  as
 9    herein  provided is to the Illinois Department of Public Aid,
10    the Department of Human Services (acting as successor to  the
11    Department  of  Public  Aid  under  the  Department  of Human
12    Services Act), or the  local  governmental  unit  making  the
13    vendor payment of the rental.
14        (b)  For the purposes of this Section:
15             (1)  "Owner"  means the legal or beneficial owner of
16        a building.
17             (2)  "Family unit" means a room or  group  of  rooms
18        used  or  intended  to be used as a housekeeping unit for
19        living, sleeping, cooking and eating. The fact  that  any
20        such  family  unit  is  used  or intended to be used with
21        cooking or eating accommodations in common  with  another
22        family   unit  in  any  such  building  does  not  affect
23        liability hereunder.
24        (c)  No liability accrues under  this  Section  until  30
25    days  after  the  owner  of  record  of  a  building has been
26    notified in writing that such owner is in  violation  of  any
27    such  municipal  ordinance.  Such  notice shall be personally
28    served upon such owner of record or sent by  registered  mail
29    to the last known address of such owner.
30    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

31        (55 ILCS 5/5-21009) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-21009)
32        Sec. 5-21009. Purchase of care. Any infirm or chronically
33    ill  resident  of  the  county,  or resident of participating
 
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 1    counties in the case of a joint home, who desires to purchase
 2    care and maintenance in the county home with his own funds or
 3    with a public aid grant awarded to him  under  "The  Illinois
 4    Public Aid Code" may be received and cared for in the home.
 5        Upon  authorization  of  the  County Board, or the County
 6    Boards in the case of a joint home, infirm or chronically ill
 7    residents of other counties who desire to purchase  care  and
 8    maintenance  in  the home from their own funds or from public
 9    aid grants may also be admitted to the home.
10        The Illinois Department of Human Services Public Aid, any
11    local Supervisor of General Assistance, and any  other  State
12    or  local  agency  may  also  purchase  care  in the home for
13    persons under their charge by paying the rates established by
14    the County Board.
15    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)

16        (55 ILCS 5/5-37006) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-37006)
17        Sec. 5-37006.  Reimbursement for  cost  of  services.  In
18    relation  to  inpatient  hospital  services  provided  at any
19    health care facility maintained  by  the  Commission  to  any
20    person  under the legal custody of the Sheriff of Cook County
21    pending trial the Commission may  obtain  reimbursement  from
22    the  confined  person  to whom the services were provided for
23    the cost of such services to the extent that such  person  is
24    reasonably able to pay for such care, including reimbursement
25    from  any  insurance  program  or  from other medical benefit
26    programs available to  such  person.    If  such  person  has
27    already been determined eligible for medical assistance under
28    the  Illinois  Public  Aid  Code  at  the  time the person is
29    initially detained pending trial, the cost of such  services,
30    to  the  extent such cost exceeds $2,500, shall be reimbursed
31    by the Department of Human Services  Public  Aid  under  that
32    Act.   A  reimbursement  under  any public or private program
33    authorized by this Section shall be paid to the Commission to
 
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 1    the same  extent  as  would  obtain  had  the  services  been
 2    rendered in a non-custodial environment.
 3        This  Section  does not apply to services provided to any
 4    person who has been convicted of or has pleaded guilty to  an
 5    offense  and  is  held in custody pending sentencing or under
 6    sentence of the court.
 7    (Source: P.A. 86-962.)

 8        Section 190.  The Illinois Municipal Code is  amended  by
 9    changing Section 11-31.1-12.1 as follows:

10        (65 ILCS 5/11-31.1-12.1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-31.1-12.1)
11        Sec. 11-31.1-12.1. (a) The owner of a building located in
12    a  municipality  in a county having a population in excess of
13    100,000  inhabitants  who,  directly   or   indirectly,   has
14    collected,  or  caused  to  be  collected,  rentals  from  an
15    occupant of that building during a period in which the number
16    of  apartments  or family units in that building exceeded the
17    number permitted for that building by  an  ordinance  of  the
18    municipality  in  which the building is located, is liable to
19    any such occupant in an amount equal to not more than 3 times
20    the amount of any rentals paid by any such  occupant,  or  in
21    his  behalf, after January 1, 1970, together with court costs
22    and  reasonable  attorney's  fees.  If  the  occupant  is   a
23    recipient  of public aid under Article III, IV, or VI of "the
24    Illinois Public  Aid  Code",  approved  April  11,  1967,  as
25    amended,  in  whose  behalf  vendor payment of the rental was
26    made by the Illinois Department of Public Aid, the Department
27    of Human Services (acting as successor to the  Department  of
28    Public  Aid under the Department of Human Services Act), or a
29    local governmental unit, as the case may be, the liability as
30    herein provided is to the Illinois Department of Public  Aid,
31    the  Department of Human Services (acting as successor to the
32    Department of  Public  Aid  under  the  Department  of  Human
 
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 1    Services  Act),  or  the  local  governmental unit making the
 2    vendor payment of the rental.
 3        (b)  For the purposes of this Section:
 4             (1)  "Owner" means the legal or beneficial owner  of
 5        a building.
 6             (2)  "Family  unit"  means  a room or group of rooms
 7        used or intended to be used as a  housekeeping  unit  for
 8        living,  sleeping,  cooking and eating. The fact that any
 9        such family unit is used or  intended  to  be  used  with
10        cooking  or  eating accommodations in common with another
11        family  unit  in  any  such  building  does  not   affect
12        liability hereunder.
13        (c)  No  liability  accrues  under  this Section until 30
14    days after the  owner  of  record  of  a  building  has  been
15    notified  in  writing  that such owner is in violation of any
16    such municipal ordinance. Such  notice  shall  be  personally
17    served  upon  such owner of record or sent by registered mail
18    to the last known address of such owner.
19    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

20        Section 195.  The School  Code  is  amended  by  changing
21    Sections 2-3.79, 14-7.04, 14-15.01, and 30-14.1 as follows:

22        (105 ILCS 5/2-3.79) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.79)
23        Sec.   2-3.79.   Pilot  programs  and  special  education
24    services for preschool children with disabilities from  birth
25    to  age  3.   The  State  Board  of  Education may enter into
26    contracts with public or not-for-profit private organizations
27    or agencies to establish model pilot programs  which  provide
28    services  to  children with disabilities from birth up to the
29    age of 3  years.    Annual  grants  shall  be  awarded  on  a
30    competitive  basis  pursuant to established criteria provided
31    that there is  an  annual  appropriation  for  this  purpose.
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 1    that are providing services to children with disabilities  up
 2    to  the  age  of  3  years  prior  to  September 22, 1985 are
 3    eligible to receive grants awarded pursuant to this Section.
 4        Each pilot program shall include, but not be limited  to:
 5    a  process for identification of infants with disabilities in
 6    the region;  community  awareness  of  the  project  and  the
 7    services  provided; an intervention system; methods to assess
 8    and diagnose infants with  disabilities;  written  individual
 9    treatment  programs  that  include  parental  involvement; an
10    interdisciplinary  treatment  approach   to   include   other
11    agencies  and  not-for-profit  organizations;  and  a written
12    evaluation submitted to the State Board of Education  at  the
13    end of the grant period.
14        An  Interagency Coordination Council shall be established
15    consisting of a representative of the State Superintendent of
16    Education who shall serve as chairman, and one representative
17    from the following departments appointed  by  the  respective
18    directors or secretary:  Children and Family Services, Public
19    Health,  Human  Services,  Public  Aid,  and  the Division of
20    Specialized Care for Children of the University of  Illinois.
21    The  council  shall  recommend criteria to the State Board of
22    Education for the awarding of grants pursuant to this Section
23    and shall assist in coordinating  the  services  provided  by
24    agencies  to the children with disabilities described in this
25    Section.
26        A report containing recommendations concerning all of the
27    pilot programs shall be  submitted  by  the  State  Board  of
28    Education  to  the  General Assembly by January of 1989.  The
29    report which shall analyze the results of the pilot  programs
30    funded under this Section and make recommendations concerning
31    existing  and  proposed  programs  shall  include, but not be
32    limited  to:   recommendations  for   staff   licensure   and
33    qualifications;  the number of children and families eligible
34    for services statewide; the cost of serving the children  and
 
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 1    their  families;  the  types  of services to be provided; and
 2    designs for the most  effective  delivery  systems  of  these
 3    services.
 4    (Source: P.A. 89-397, eff. 8-20-95; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

 5        (105 ILCS 5/14-7.04) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-7.04)
 6        Sec. 14-7.04.  Health care reimbursement.
 7        (a)  Local  educational  agencies  may  utilize federally
 8    funded health care programs to share in the costs of services
 9    which are provided to children  requiring  special  education
10    and  related  services  and  which  are  either  listed on an
11    individualized education program established pursuant to  the
12    federal  Education  for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975,
13    Public Law No. 94-142 or are provided under an individualized
14    family service  plan  established  pursuant  to  the  federal
15    Education  of  the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986, Public
16    Law No. 99-457.  Those federally funded health care  programs
17    shall also share in the cost of all screenings and diagnostic
18    evaluations for children suspected of having or known to have
19    a  disability.   However, all such services shall continue to
20    be initially funded by the local educational agency and shall
21    be provided regardless of subsequent cost sharing with  other
22    funding  sources.  Federally funded health care reimbursement
23    funds are supplemental and shall not be used  to  reduce  any
24    other  Federal  payments,  private payments or State Board of
25    Education funds for special education as provided in  Article
26    14 of the School Code for which the local education agency is
27    eligible.
28        Local   educational  agencies  providing  early  periodic
29    screening and diagnostic testing services on or after  August
30    1,  1991, including screening and diagnostic services, health
31    care and treatment, preventive health  care,  and  any  other
32    measure   to   correct   or  improve  health  impairments  of
33    Medicaid-eligible children, may also access federally  funded
 
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 1    health care resources.
 2        The  State Board of Education and the Department of Human
 3    Services Public  Aid  may  enter  into  an  intergovernmental
 4    agreement  whereby school districts or their agents may claim
 5    medicaid  matching  funds  for  medicaid   eligible   special
 6    education  children  as  authorized  by  Section  1903 of the
 7    Social Security Act.  Under that intergovernmental agreement,
 8    school districts or their agents may also claim federal funds
 9    for the  services  provided  to  special  education  students
10    enrolled in the Children's Health Insurance Program.
11        (b)  No employee or officer of a school district, special
12    education    joint    agreement,   office   of   a   regional
13    superintendent of schools or the State Board of Education may
14    have a direct or indirect financial interest in any agreement
15    between the entity of which the  person  is  an  employee  or
16    officer  and  any  corporation,  organization or other entity
17    that collects or participates in the collection  of  payments
18    from  private  health  care benefit plans or federally funded
19    health care programs authorized under this Section.
20    (Source: P.A. 91-24, eff. 7-1-99.)

21        (105 ILCS 5/14-15.01) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-15.01)
22        Sec.  14-15.01.  Community   and   Residential   Services
23    Authority.
24        (a) (1)  The Community and Residential Services Authority
25    is hereby created and shall consist of the following members:
26        A representative of the State Board of Education;
27        Four  Three  representatives  of  the Department of Human
28    Services;
29        A representative of the Department of Children and Family
30    Services;
31        A representative of the Department of Public Health;
32        A representative of the Department of Corrections;
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 1        A representative of the  Attorney   General's  Disability
 2    Rights Advocacy Division;
 3        The  Chairperson  and  Minority Spokesperson of the House
 4    and Senate Committees on Elementary and  Secondary  Education
 5    or their designees; and
 6        Six  persons  appointed  by  the  Governor.  Five of such
 7    appointees shall be experienced or knowledgeable relative  to
 8    provision   of  services  for  individuals  with  a  behavior
 9    disorder or a severe emotional disturbance and shall  include
10    representatives  of  both  the  private  and  public sectors,
11    except that no more than 2 of those 5 appointees may be  from
12    the  public  sector  and  at  least  2  must  be or have been
13    directly  involved  in  provision   of   services   to   such
14    individuals.   The remaining member appointed by the Governor
15    shall be or shall have been a parent of an individual with  a
16    behavior disorder or a severe emotional disturbance, and that
17    appointee  may  be  from  either  the  private  or the public
18    sector.
19        (2)  Members appointed by the Governor shall be appointed
20    for terms of 4 years and shall continue to serve until  their
21    respective  successors are appointed; provided that the terms
22    of the original appointees shall expire on  August  1,  1990,
23    and  the  term  of the additional member appointed under this
24    amendatory Act of 1992 shall commence  upon  the  appointment
25    and  expire  August  1, 1994.  Any vacancy in the office of a
26    member  appointed  by  the  Governor  shall  be   filled   by
27    appointment of the Governor for the remainder of the term.
28        A  vacancy  in  the  office  of a member appointed by the
29    Governor exists when one or  more  of  the  following  events
30    occur:
31             (i)  An appointee dies;
32             (ii)  An  appointee files a written resignation with
33        the Governor;
34             (iii)  An appointee ceases to be a legal resident of
 
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 1        the State of Illinois; or
 2             (iv)  An appointee fails to  attend  a  majority  of
 3        regularly scheduled Authority meetings in a fiscal year.
 4        Members  who are representatives of an agency shall serve
 5    at the will of the agency head.  Membership on the  Authority
 6    shall  cease  immediately upon cessation of their affiliation
 7    with the agency.  If such a vacancy occurs,  the  appropriate
 8    agency  head  shall  appoint  another person to represent the
 9    agency.
10        If a legislative member of the  Authority  ceases  to  be
11    Chairperson   or  Minority  Spokesperson  of  the  designated
12    Committees, they  shall  automatically  be  replaced  on  the
13    Authority   by   the  person  who  assumes  the  position  of
14    Chairperson or Minority Spokesperson.
15        (b)  The Community  and  Residential  Services  Authority
16    shall have the following powers and duties:
17             (1)  To  conduct  surveys to determine the extent of
18        need, the degree to which documented  need  is  currently
19        being  met  and  feasible  alternatives for matching need
20        with resources.
21             (2)  To develop policy  statements  for  interagency
22        cooperation  to  cover  all  aspects of service delivery,
23        including laws, regulations  and  procedures,  and  clear
24        guidelines for determining responsibility at all times.
25             (3)  To  recommend  policy  statements  and  provide
26        information  regarding effective programs for delivery of
27        services to all individuals with a behavior disorder or a
28        severe  emotional  disturbance  in  public   or   private
29        situations.
30             (4)  To review the criteria for service eligibility,
31        provision    and    availability   established   by   the
32        governmental agencies represented on this Authority,  and
33        to  recommend  changes,  additions  or  deletions to such
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 1             (5)  To develop and  submit  to  the  Governor,  the
 2        General   Assembly,   the   Directors   of  the  agencies
 3        represented on the Authority,  and  the  State  Board  of
 4        Education  a  master plan for individuals with a behavior
 5        disorder or a  severe  emotional  disturbance,  including
 6        detailed  plans  of service ranging from the least to the
 7        most   restrictive   options;   and   to   assist   local
 8        communities, upon request, in developing or strengthening
 9        collaborative interagency networks.
10             (6)  To develop a process for making  determinations
11        in situations where there is a dispute relative to a plan
12        of  service  for  individuals  or  funding  for a plan of
13        service.
14             (7)  To provide  technical  assistance  to  parents,
15        service consumers, providers, and member agency personnel
16        regarding statutory responsibilities of human service and
17        educational  agencies,  and to provide such assistance as
18        deemed necessary to appropriately access needed services.
19        (c) (1)  The members of the Authority  shall  receive  no
20    compensation  for  their  services  but  shall be entitled to
21    reimbursement   of   reasonable   expenses   incurred   while
22    performing their duties.
23        (2)  The Authority may appoint special  study  groups  to
24    operate  under  the  direction  of  the Authority and persons
25    appointed to such groups shall receive only reimbursement  of
26    reasonable  expenses  incurred  in  the  performance of their
27    duties.
28        (3)  The Authority shall  elect  from  its  membership  a
29    chairperson, vice-chairperson and secretary.
30        (4)  The Authority may employ and fix the compensation of
31    such employees and technical assistants as it deems necessary
32    to  carry  out  its  powers and duties under this Act.  Staff
33    assistance for the Authority shall be provided by  the  State
34    Board of Education.
 
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 1        (5)  Funds  for  the  ordinary and contingent expenses of
 2    the Authority shall be appropriated to  the  State  Board  of
 3    Education in a separate line item.
 4        (d) (1)  The  Authority  shall  have  power to promulgate
 5    rules and regulations to carry  out  its  powers  and  duties
 6    under this Act.
 7        (2)  The  Authority  may  accept monetary gifts or grants
 8    from the federal government or any agency thereof,  from  any
 9    charitable foundation or professional association or from any
10    other  reputable  source  for  implementation  of any program
11    necessary or desirable to the carrying  out  of  the  general
12    purposes of the Authority.  Such gifts and grants may be held
13    in trust by the Authority and expended in the exercise of its
14    powers and performance of its duties as prescribed by law.
15        (3)  The  Authority  shall submit an annual report of its
16    activities and expenditures  to  the  Governor,  the  General
17    Assembly,  the  directors  of  agencies  represented  on  the
18    Authority, and the State Superintendent of Education.
19    (Source: P.A.   89-21,  eff.  7-1-95;  89-507,  eff.  7-1-97;
20    90-566, eff. 1-2-98.)

21        (105 ILCS 5/30-14.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 30-14.1)
22        Sec. 30-14.1. Scholarships for needy students in families
23    receiving public assistance- Number-Selection-Privileges.
24        The State Department of Human  Services  Public  Aid  may
25    grant  annually  not  in  excess  of 12 scholarships to needy
26    children receiving assistance, as provided in Section 4-3  of
27    the  "Illinois  Public Aid Code", approved April 11, 1967, as
28    amended.
29        The  scholarship  shall  entitle   the   student   to   4
30    consecutive  years  of  study,  or  an accelerated equivalent
31    thereof, at a university supported by this State, subject  to
32    earlier  termination  as  provided  in  this  Section. If for
33    reasons  beyond  the  control  of  the  student  a  temporary
 
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 1    interruption occurs in such consecutive years of  study,  the
 2    scholarship shall not thereby be lost to the holder.
 3        The  State  Department  shall  establish  rules  for  the
 4    selection  of  nominees  for  such  scholarships  which shall
 5    include recommendations from the principal,  members  of  the
 6    faculty, or both, of the high school or high schools in which
 7    the  nominee  received  his instruction. The State Department
 8    may provide for personal consultation with  the  student  and
 9    for  the  submission  of  any  student  to  a written or oral
10    examination  designed  to  determine  his  capacity  for  and
11    interest in higher education. The names and addresses of  the
12    nominees  shall  be  filed  by  the State Department with the
13    president of the university at which the scholarship is to be
14    effective at least 30 days prior to the opening  day  of  the
15    semester  or  term with which the scholarship is to commence.
16    The university designated by the  State  Department  in  such
17    scholarship shall honor the same without imposing eligibility
18    or  qualifying conditions for entrance beyond those specified
19    in Section 4-3 of the "Illinois Public  Aid  Code",  approved
20    April  11, 1967, as amended. If, after admission, the student
21    fails to achieve and maintain  the  grade  standards  of  the
22    University and as a result is placed on academic probation or
23    denied further admission, or is dismissed from the University
24    for disciplinary reasons, or, without good cause, voluntarily
25    withdraws   from   the   University,  the  scholarship  shall
26    thereupon terminate.
27        Scholarships granted under this Section shall  carry  the
28    same  exemptions  from tuition and other fees and subject the
29    holders  thereof  to  the  same  conditions   specified   for
30    scholarships under Section 30-13 of this Article.
31        After  1971  all  scholarships  under  this  Section  are
32    abolished.  However,  the  rights  of holders of scholarships
33    issued prior to such date shall not be affected thereby.
34    (Source: P.A. 77-1311.)
 
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 1        Section  197.   The  Adult  Education  Reporting  Act  is
 2    amended by changing Section 1 as follows:

 3        (105 ILCS 410/1) (from Ch. 122, par. 1851)
 4        Sec. 1.  As  used  in  this  Act,  "agency"  means:   the
 5    Departments   of   Corrections,   Public  Aid,  Commerce  and
 6    Community Affairs, Human Services,  and  Public  Health;  the
 7    Secretary of State; the Illinois Community College Board; and
 8    the  Administrative  Office  of  the  Illinois Courts. On and
 9    after July 1, 2001, "agency"  includes  the  State  Board  of
10    Education and does not include the Illinois Community College
11    Board.
12    (Source: P.A. 91-830, eff. 7-1-00.)

13        Section  200.   The  Illinois  Banking  Act is amended by
14    changing Section 48.4 as follows:

15        (205 ILCS 5/48.4)
16        Sec.  48.4.   Administrative  liens  for  past-due  child
17    support.  Any bank governed by this  Act  shall  encumber  or
18    surrender  accounts  or  assets held by the bank on behalf of
19    any responsible relative who is subject to  a  child  support
20    lien,  upon  notice  of  the  lien  or  levy  of the Illinois
21    Department of Human Services  Public  Aid  or  its  successor
22    agency pursuant to Section 10-25.5 of the Illinois Public Aid
23    Code,  or  upon  notice  of  interstate  lien  from any other
24    state's agency responsible for implementing the child support
25    enforcement program set forth in Title  IV,  Part  D  of  the
26    Social Security Act.
27    (Source: P.A. 90-18, eff. 7-1-97; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)

28        Section  205.   The Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985
29    is amended by changing 1-6d as follows:
 
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 1        (205 ILCS 105/1-6d)
 2        Sec.  1-6d.   Administrative  liens  for  past-due  child
 3    support.  Any association governed by this Act shall encumber
 4    or surrender accounts or assets held by  the  association  on
 5    behalf  of any responsible relative who is subject to a child
 6    support lien, upon notice of the lien or levy of the Illinois
 7    Department of Human Services  Public  Aid  or  its  successor
 8    agency pursuant to Section 10-25.5 of the Illinois Public Aid
 9    Code,  or  upon  notice  of  interstate  lien  from any other
10    state's agency responsible for implementing the child support
11    enforcement program set forth in Title  IV,  Part  D  of  the
12    Social Security Act.
13    (Source: P.A. 90-18, eff. 7-1-97.)

14        Section 210.  The Savings Bank Act is amended by changing
15    Section 7007 as follows:

16        (205 ILCS 205/7007)
17        Sec.  7007.   Administrative  liens  for  past-due  child
18    support.   Any  savings  bank  governed  by  this  Act  shall
19    encumber  or surrender accounts or assets held by the savings
20    bank on behalf of any responsible relative who is subject  to
21    a  child support lien, upon notice of the lien or levy of the
22    Illinois Department of  Human  Services  Public  Aid  or  its
23    successor  agency pursuant to Section 10-25.5 of the Illinois
24    Public Aid Code, or upon notice of interstate lien  from  any
25    other  state's  agency responsible for implementing the child
26    support enforcement program set forth in Title IV, Part D  of
27    the Social Security Act.
28    (Source: P.A. 90-18, eff. 7-1-97.)

29        Section 215.  The Illinois Credit Union Act is amended by
30    changing Section 43.1 as follows:
 
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 1        (205 ILCS 305/43.1)
 2        Sec.  43.1.   Administrative  liens  for  past-due  child
 3    support.   Any  credit  union  governed  by  this  Act  shall
 4    encumber  or  surrender accounts or assets held by the credit
 5    union on behalf of any responsible relative who is subject to
 6    a child support lien, upon notice of the lien or levy of  the
 7    Illinois  Department  of  Human  Services  Public  Aid or its
 8    successor agency pursuant to Section 10-25.5 of the  Illinois
 9    Public  Aid  Code, or upon notice of interstate lien from any
10    other state's agency responsible for implementing  the  child
11    support  enforcement program set forth in Title IV, Part D of
12    the Social Security Act.
13    (Source: P.A. 90-18, eff. 7-1-97.)

14        Section 220.  The Foreign Banking Office Act  is  amended
15    by changing Section 20 as follows:

16        (205 ILCS 645/20)
17        Sec.   20.    Administrative  liens  for  past-due  child
18    support.  Any foreign banking corporation  governed  by  this
19    Act  shall  encumber  or surrender accounts or assets held by
20    the foreign banking corporation on behalf of any  responsible
21    relative  who is subject to a child support lien, upon notice
22    of the lien or levy  of  the  Illinois  Department  of  Human
23    Services  Public  Aid  or  its  successor  agency pursuant to
24    Section 10-25.5 of the Illinois  Public  Aid  Code,  or  upon
25    notice  of  interstate  lien  from  any  other state's agency
26    responsible for implementing the  child  support  enforcement
27    program  set forth in Title IV, Part D of the Social Security
28    Act.
29    (Source: P.A. 90-18, eff. 7-1-97; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)

30        Section 225.  The Alternative Health Care Delivery Act is
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 1        (210 ILCS 3/30)
 2        Sec.  30.   Demonstration  program   requirements.    The
 3    requirements  set  forth  in  this  Section  shall  apply  to
 4    demonstration programs.
 5        (a)  There shall be no more than:
 6             (i)  3  subacute  care  hospital  alternative health
 7        care models in the City of Chicago (one of which shall be
 8        located on a designated site and shall have been licensed
 9        as a hospital under the Illinois Hospital  Licensing  Act
10        within  the  10  years immediately before the application
11        for a license);
12             (ii)  2 subacute care  hospital  alternative  health
13        care  models in the demonstration program for each of the
14        following areas:
15                  (1)  Cook County outside the City of Chicago.
16                  (2)  DuPage,  Kane,  Lake,  McHenry,  and  Will
17             Counties.
18                  (3)  Municipalities with a  population  greater
19             than  50,000  not  located in the areas described in
20             item (i) of subsection (a) and  paragraphs  (1)  and
21             (2) of item (ii) of subsection (a); and
22             (iii)  4  subacute  care hospital alternative health
23        care models in the demonstration program for rural areas.
24        In selecting among applicants for these licenses in rural
25    areas,  the  Health  Facilities  Planning   Board   and   the
26    Department  shall  give  preference  to hospitals that may be
27    unable for economic reasons to provide continued  service  to
28    the  community  in which they are located unless the hospital
29    were to receive an alternative health care model license.
30        (a-5)  There  shall  be  no  more  than  a  total  of  12
31    postsurgical recovery care  center  alternative  health  care
32    models in the demonstration program, located as follows:
33             (1)  Two in the City of Chicago.
34             (2)  Two in Cook County outside the City of Chicago.
 
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 1        At  least  one  of  these shall be owned or operated by a
 2        hospital devoted exclusively to caring for children.
 3             (3)  Two in Kane, Lake, and McHenry Counties.
 4             (4)  Four in municipalities  with  a  population  of
 5        50,000  or  more  not  located  in the areas described in
 6        paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), 3 of which shall  be  owned
 7        or  operated  by  hospitals, at least 2 of which shall be
 8        located in  counties  with  a  population  of  less  than
 9        175,000,  according  to  the most recent decennial census
10        for which data are available, and one of which  shall  be
11        owned  or  operated  by  an ambulatory surgical treatment
12        center.
13             (5)  Two in rural areas,  both  of  which  shall  be
14        owned or operated by hospitals.
15        There  shall  be  no  postsurgical  recovery  care center
16    alternative health  care  models  located  in  counties  with
17    populations  greater than 600,000 but less than 1,000,000.  A
18    proposed postsurgical recovery care center must be  owned  or
19    operated by a hospital if it is to be located within, or will
20    primarily  serve  the  residents of, a health service area in
21    which more than 60% of  the  gross  patient  revenue  of  the
22    hospitals  within  that  health service area are derived from
23    Medicaid  and  Medicare,  according  to  the  most   recently
24    available  calendar  year  data from the Illinois Health Care
25    Cost Containment Council.  Nothing in  this  paragraph  shall
26    preclude  a  hospital  and  an  ambulatory surgical treatment
27    center  from  forming  a  joint  venture  or   developing   a
28    collaborative  agreement  to  own  or  operate a postsurgical
29    recovery care center.
30        (a-10)  There  shall  be  no  more  than  a  total  of  8
31    children's respite care center alternative health care models
32    in the demonstration  program,  which  shall  be  located  as
33    follows:
34             (1)  One in the City of Chicago.
 
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 1             (2)  One in Cook County outside the City of Chicago.
 2             (3)  A  total  of 2 in the area comprised of DuPage,
 3        Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties.
 4             (4)  A  total  of  2  in   municipalities   with   a
 5        population  of  50,000  or  more  and  not located in the
 6        areas described in paragraphs (1), (2), or (3).
 7             (5)  A total of 2 in rural areas, as defined by  the
 8        Health Facilities Planning Board.
 9        No  more than one children's respite care model owned and
10    operated by a licensed skilled pediatric  facility  shall  be
11    located  in  each  of the areas designated in this subsection
12    (a-10).
13        (a-15)  There  shall  be  an  authorized  community-based
14    residential rehabilitation  center  alternative  health  care
15    model  in  the  demonstration  program.   The community-based
16    residential rehabilitation center shall  be  located  in  the
17    area of Illinois south of Interstate Highway 70.
18        (a-20)  There  shall be an authorized Alzheimer's disease
19    management  center  alternative  health  care  model  in  the
20    demonstration program.  The  Alzheimer's  disease  management
21    center   shall   be  located  in  Will  County,  owned  by  a
22    not-for-profit entity, and endorsed by a resolution  approved
23    by  the  county  board  before  the  effective  date  of this
24    amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly.
25        (b)  Alternative health care models, other than  a  model
26    authorized   under   subsection   (a-20),   shall   obtain  a
27    certificate of  need  from  the  Illinois  Health  Facilities
28    Planning  Board under the Illinois Health Facilities Planning
29    Act before receiving a license by the Department.  If,  after
30    obtaining  its  initial  certificate  of need, an alternative
31    health  care  delivery  model  that  is  a  community   based
32    residential  rehabilitation  center seeks to increase the bed
33    capacity of that center, it must obtain a certificate of need
34    from the Illinois Health  Facilities  Planning  Board  before
 
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 1    increasing the bed capacity.  Alternative  health care models
 2    in  medically  underserved  areas  shall  receive priority in
 3    obtaining a certificate of need.
 4        (c)  An alternative health care model  license  shall  be
 5    issued for a period of one year and shall be annually renewed
 6    if  the facility or program is in substantial compliance with
 7    the Department's rules adopted under  this  Act.  A  licensed
 8    alternative  health  care  model  that  continues  to  be  in
 9    substantial   compliance   after   the   conclusion   of  the
10    demonstration program shall be eligible for  annual  renewals
11    unless  and until a different licensure program for that type
12    of health care  model  is  established  by  legislation.  The
13    Department may issue a provisional license to any alternative
14    health care model that does not substantially comply with the
15    provisions  of  this Act and the rules adopted under this Act
16    if (i) the Department finds that the alternative health  care
17    model  has  undertaken  changes  and  corrections  which upon
18    completion will render the alternative health care  model  in
19    substantial  compliance  with this Act and rules and (ii) the
20    health and safety of the patients of the  alternative  health
21    care  model will be protected during the period for which the
22    provisional license is issued.  The Department  shall  advise
23    the  licensee  of  the conditions under which the provisional
24    license  is  issued,  including  the  manner  in  which   the
25    alternative  health  care  model  fails  to  comply  with the
26    provisions of this Act and rules, and the time  within  which
27    the  changes  and  corrections  necessary for the alternative
28    health care model to substantially comply with this  Act  and
29    rules shall be completed.
30        (d)  Alternative    health   care   models   shall   seek
31    certification under Titles  XVIII  and  XIX  of  the  federal
32    Social  Security  Act.   In addition, alternative health care
33    models shall provide charitable  care  consistent  with  that
34    provided   by   comparable   health  care  providers  in  the
 
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 1    geographic area.
 2        (d-5)  The Illinois Department of Human  Services  Public
 3    Aid,  in  cooperation  with the Illinois Department of Public
 4    Health,  shall  develop   and   implement   a   reimbursement
 5    methodology   for   all   facilities   participating  in  the
 6    demonstration program.   The  Illinois  Department  of  Human
 7    Services  Public Aid shall keep a record of services provided
 8    under the demonstration  program  to  recipients  of  medical
 9    assistance  under  the  Illinois  Public  Aid  Code and shall
10    submit an annual report of that information to  the  Illinois
11    Department of Public Health.
12        (e)  Alternative  health care models shall, to the extent
13    possible, link  and  integrate  their  services  with  nearby
14    health care facilities.
15        (f)  Each alternative health care model shall implement a
16    quality  assurance  program  with  measurable benefits and at
17    reasonable cost.
18    (Source: P.A. 91-65, eff. 7-9-99; 91-838, eff. 6-16-00.)

19        (210 ILCS 3/35)
20        Sec. 35.   Alternative  health  care  models  authorized.
21    Notwithstanding  any  other  law to the contrary, alternative
22    health  care  models  described  in  this  Section   may   be
23    established on a demonstration basis.
24             (1)  Alternative  health  care  model; subacute care
25        hospital.  A subacute care hospital is a designated  site
26        which  provides  medical  specialty care for patients who
27        need a greater  intensity  or  complexity  of  care  than
28        generally  provided in a skilled nursing facility but who
29        no longer require acute hospital care. The average length
30        of stay for patients treated in subacute  care  hospitals
31        shall  not  be  less  than  20  days,  and for individual
32        patients, the expected length of  stay  at  the  time  of
33        admission  shall  not  be  less than 10 days.  Variations
 
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 1        from minimum lengths of stay shall  be  reported  to  the
 2        Department.  There shall be no more than 13 subacute care
 3        hospitals   authorized  to  operate  by  the  Department.
 4        Subacute care includes physician supervision,  registered
 5        nursing,  and  physiological  monitoring  on  a continual
 6        basis. A subacute care hospital is either a  freestanding
 7        building  or  a  distinct physical and operational entity
 8        within a hospital or nursing home building.   A  subacute
 9        care  hospital  shall  only  consist  of  beds  currently
10        existing   in   licensed  hospitals  or  skilled  nursing
11        facilities,  except,  in  the  City  of  Chicago,  on   a
12        designated site that was licensed as a hospital under the
13        Illinois  Hospital  Licensing  Act  within  the  10 years
14        immediately before the  application  for  an  alternative
15        health care model license. During the period of operation
16        of  the demonstration project, the existing licensed beds
17        shall remain licensed  as  hospital  or  skilled  nursing
18        facility  beds  as well as being licensed under this Act.
19        In order to handle cases of  complications,  emergencies,
20        or  exigent circumstances, a subacute care hospital shall
21        maintain a contractual relationship, including a transfer
22        agreement, with a general  acute  care  hospital.   If  a
23        subacute  care  model  is located in a general acute care
24        hospital, it shall utilize all or a portion  of  the  bed
25        capacity  of that existing hospital.  In no event shall a
26        subacute care hospital use the  word  "hospital"  in  its
27        advertising  or marketing activities or represent or hold
28        itself  out  to  the  public  as  a  general  acute  care
29        hospital.
30             (2)  Alternative   health   care   delivery   model;
31        postsurgical  recovery  care  center.    A   postsurgical
32        recovery  care center is a designated site which provides
33        postsurgical recovery care for generally healthy patients
34        undergoing surgical  procedures  that  require  overnight
 
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 1        nursing  care,  pain  control,  or observation that would
 2        otherwise  be  provided  in  an  inpatient  setting.    A
 3        postsurgical  recovery care center is either freestanding
 4        or a defined unit of  an  ambulatory  surgical  treatment
 5        center   or  hospital.  No  facility,  or  portion  of  a
 6        facility, may participate in a demonstration program as a
 7        postsurgical recovery care center unless the facility has
 8        been licensed as an ambulatory surgical treatment  center
 9        or  hospital  for at least 2 years before August 20, 1993
10        (the effective date of Public Act 88-441).   The  maximum
11        length  of  stay  for patients in a postsurgical recovery
12        care center is not to exceed 48 hours unless the treating
13        physician requests an extension of time from the recovery
14        center's medical director on  the  basis  of  medical  or
15        clinical  documentation that an additional care period is
16        required for the recovery of a patient  and  the  medical
17        director  approves  the  extension  of time.  In no case,
18        however,  shall  a  patient's  length  of   stay   in   a
19        postsurgical  recovery  care  center  be  longer  than 72
20        hours. If a patient requires an  additional  care  period
21        after  the  expiration  of the 72-hour limit, the patient
22        shall be transferred to an appropriate facility.  Reports
23        on variances from the 48-hour limit shall be sent to  the
24        Department for its evaluation.  The reports shall, before
25        submission  to the Department, have removed from them all
26        patient and physician identifiers.  In  order  to  handle
27        cases   of   complications,   emergencies,   or   exigent
28        circumstances, every postsurgical recovery care center as
29        defined  in  this  paragraph shall maintain a contractual
30        relationship, including  a  transfer  agreement,  with  a
31        general  acute  care  hospital.   A postsurgical recovery
32        care  center  shall  be  no  larger  than  20   beds.   A
33        postsurgical recovery care center shall be located within
34        15  minutes  travel  time  from  the  general  acute care
 
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 1        hospital with which the center  maintains  a  contractual
 2        relationship, including a transfer agreement, as required
 3        under this paragraph.
 4             No   postsurgical   recovery   care   center   shall
 5        discriminate  against  any  patient  requiring  treatment
 6        because  of the source of payment for services, including
 7        Medicare and Medicaid recipients.
 8             The Department shall adopt rules  to  implement  the
 9        provisions  of  Public Act 88-441 concerning postsurgical
10        recovery care centers within 9 months  after  August  20,
11        1993.
12             (3)  Alternative   health   care   delivery   model;
13        children's  respite  care  center.   A children's respite
14        care center model is  a  designated  site  that  provides
15        respite  for  medically frail, technologically dependent,
16        clinically stable children, up to age 18, for a period of
17        one to 14 days.   This  care  is  to  be  provided  in  a
18        home-like   environment  that  serves  no  more  than  10
19        children  at  a  time.  Children's  respite  care  center
20        services must be available  through  the   model  to  all
21        families,  including those whose care is paid for through
22        the Illinois Department of Human Services Public  Aid  or
23        the  Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.
24        Each respite care model  location  shall  be  a  facility
25        physically  separate  and  apart  from any other facility
26        licensed by the Department of Public Health under this or
27        any other Act  and  shall  provide,  at  a  minimum,  the
28        following services: out-of-home respite care; hospital to
29        home  training  for  families  and caregivers; short term
30        transitional care to facilitate  placement  and  training
31        for  foster  care  parents;  parent  and  family  support
32        groups.
33             Coverage  for  the services provided by the Illinois
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 1        paragraph (3) is contingent upon federal waiver  approval
 2        and   is  provided  only  to  Medicaid  eligible  clients
 3        participating in the home and  community  based  services
 4        waiver  designated  in  Section  1915(c)  of  the  Social
 5        Security  Act  for  medically  frail  and technologically
 6        dependent children.
 7             (4)  Alternative   health   care   delivery   model;
 8        community based residential  rehabilitation  center.    A
 9        community-based  residential  rehabilitation center model
10        is a designated  site  that  provides  rehabilitation  or
11        support, or both, for persons who have experienced severe
12        brain injury, who are medically stable, and who no longer
13        require  acute  rehabilitative care or intense medical or
14        nursing services.   The  average  length  of  stay  in  a
15        community-based  residential  rehabilitation center shall
16        not exceed 4 months.  As an integral part of the services
17        provided, individuals are housed in a  supervised  living
18        setting  while  having immediate access to the community.
19        The residential rehabilitation center authorized  by  the
20        Department  may  have  more  than  one residence included
21        under the license.  A residence may be no larger than  12
22        beds  and  shall  be  located  as an integral part of the
23        community.  Day treatment  or  individualized  outpatient
24        services  shall  be  provided  for  persons who reside in
25        their  own  home.   Functional  outcome  goals  shall  be
26        established for each individual.  Services shall include,
27        but are not limited to,  case  management,  training  and
28        assistance  with  activities  of  daily  living,  nursing
29        consultation,     traditional     therapies    (physical,
30        occupational, speech), functional  interventions  in  the
31        residence   and   community   (job  placement,  shopping,
32        banking,   recreation),    counseling,    self-management
33        strategies,    productive    activities,   and   multiple
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 1        throughout the day.  The design of individualized program
 2        plans shall be consistent with the outcome goals that are
 3        established  for each resident.  The programs provided in
 4        this setting shall be accredited  by  the  Commission  on
 5        Accreditation  of  Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF).  The
 6        program shall have been accredited by  CARF  as  a  Brain
 7        Injury  Community-Integrative  Program  for  at  least  3
 8        years.
 9             (5)  Alternative   health   care   delivery   model;
10        Alzheimer's  disease  management  center.  An Alzheimer's
11        disease management center model is a designated site that
12        provides a safe and secure setting for  care  of  persons
13        diagnosed   with  Alzheimer's  disease.   An  Alzheimer's
14        disease management  center  model  shall  be  a  facility
15        separate   from   any  other  facility  licensed  by  the
16        Department of Public Health under this or any other  Act.
17        An  Alzheimer's  disease  management center shall conduct
18        and document an  assessment  of  each  resident  every  6
19        months.   The  assessment  shall include an evaluation of
20        daily  functioning,  cognitive  status,   other   medical
21        conditions,  and  behavioral  problems.   An  Alzheimer's
22        disease  management center shall develop and implement an
23        ongoing treatment plan for each resident.  The  treatment
24        plan  shall  have  defined goals. The Alzheimer's disease
25        management center shall  treat  behavioral  problems  and
26        mood  disorders using nonpharmacologic approaches such as
27        environmental  modification,  task  simplification,   and
28        other   appropriate   activities.  All  staff  must  have
29        necessary training to care for all stages of  Alzheimer's
30        Disease.   An Alzheimer's disease management center shall
31        provide  education  and   support   for   residents   and
32        caregivers.   The  education  and  support  shall include
33        referrals  to  support  organizations   for   educational
34        materials  on  community resources, support groups, legal
 
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 1        and financial issues, respite care, and future care needs
 2        and  options.   The  education  and  support  shall  also
 3        include a discussion  of  the  resident's  need  to  make
 4        advance directives and to identify surrogates for medical
 5        and   legal  decision-making.   The  provisions  of  this
 6        paragraph establish the minimum level  of  services  that
 7        must  be  provided  by  an Alzheimer's disease management
 8        center.  An Alzheimer's disease management  center  model
 9        shall  have  no more than 100 residents.  Nothing in this
10        paragraph (5) shall be construed as prohibiting a  person
11        or  facility  from providing services and care to persons
12        with Alzheimer's disease as  otherwise  authorized  under
13        State law.
14    (Source:  P.A.  91-65,  eff.  7-9-99;  91-357,  eff. 7-29-99;
15    91-838, eff. 6-16-00.)

16        Section 230.  The Assisted Living and Shared Housing  Act
17    is amended by changing Sections 125 and 130 as follows:

18        (210 ILCS 9/125)
19        Sec.  125.  Assisted  Living  and Shared Housing Advisory
20    Board.
21        (a)  The Governor shall appoint the Assisted  Living  and
22    Shared  Housing Advisory Board which shall be responsible for
23    advising the Director in all aspects of the administration of
24    the Act.
25        (b)  The  Board  shall  be  comprised  of  the  following
26    persons:
27             (1)  the Director  who  shall  serve  as  chair,  ex
28        officio and nonvoting;
29             (2)  the  Director  of  Aging  who  shall  serve  as
30        vice-chair, ex officio and nonvoting;
31             (3)  one  representative  each of the Departments of
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 1        Department  on  Aging,  the  Office  of  the  State  Fire
 2        Marshal, and the Illinois Housing  Development Authority,
 3        all nonvoting members;
 4             (4)  the State Ombudsman or his or her  designee;
 5             (5)  one representative of the Association  of  Area
 6        Agencies on Aging;
 7             (6)  four  members selected from the recommendations
 8        by provider organizations  whose  membership  consist  of
 9        nursing care or assisted living establishments;
10             (7)  one member selected from the recommendations of
11        provider  organizations whose membership consists of home
12        health agencies;
13             (8)  two residents  of  assisted  living  or  shared
14        housing establishments;
15             (9)  three     members     selected     from     the
16        recommendations  of  consumer  organizations which engage
17        solely in advocacy or legal representation on  behalf  of
18        the senior population;
19             (10)  one member who shall be a physician;
20             (11)  one   member   who   shall   be  a  registered
21        professional nurse selected from the  recommendations  of
22        professional nursing associations; and
23             (12)  two citizen members with expertise in the area
24        of  gerontology  research  or  legal  research  regarding
25        implementation of assisted living statutes.
26        (c)  Members  of  the  Board created by this Act shall be
27    appointed to serve for terms of 3 years. All members shall be
28    appointed by  January  1,  2001.  One  third  of  the   Board
29    members' initial terms shall expire in one year; one third in
30    2  years, and one third in 3 years. A member's term  does not
31    expire until a successor is appointed by the  Governor.   Any
32    member  appointed  to  fill  a vacancy occurring prior to the
33    expiration of the term for which his or her  predecessor  was
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 1    The Board shall  meet  at  the  call  of  the  Director.  The
 2    affirmative  vote  of   9  members  of  the  Board  shall  be
 3    necessary  for  Board  action.  Members  of  this Board shall
 4    receive  no   compensation  for  their   services,   however,
 5    resident  members    shall  be  reimbursed  for  their actual
 6    expenses.
 7        (d)  The  Board  shall  be   provided   copies   of   all
 8    administrative  rules and changes to administrative rules for
 9    review and comment prior to notice being given to the public.
10    If the Board, having been asked  for  its  review,  fails  to
11    advise  the  Department  within  90  days, the rules shall be
12    considered acted upon.
13    (Source: P.A. 91-656, eff. 1-1-01.)

14        (210 ILCS 9/130)
15        Sec. 130.  Assisted Living and Shared Housing Quality  of
16    Life Advisory Committee.
17        (a)  For  the  purpose of this Section only, "Department"
18    means the  Department  on  Aging  and  "Director"  means  the
19    Director of Aging.
20        (b)  There  shall be established within the Department on
21    Aging the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Quality of  Life
22    Advisory  Committee.   The committee shall give advice to the
23    Department on activities of the assisted living ombudsman and
24    all other matters deemed relevant by the Director and to  the
25    Director  of  Public  Health on the delivery of personal care
26    services, the unique needs and concerns of  seniors  residing
27    in  housing  projects,  and  all  other  issues affecting the
28    quality of life of residents.  At  least  3  members  of  the
29    committee  must  serve  on  the  Assisted  Living  and Shared
30    Housing Advisory Board.  The committee shall be comprised  of
31    19  members  appointed  by  the  Governor and composed of the
32    following persons or their designees:  the  State  Ombudsman;
33    the  Director of the Division of Long Term Care; the Director
 
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 1    of the  Division  of  Older  American  Services;  one  member
 2    representing  the  Department  of  Public  Health; one member
 3    representing  the  Area  Agencies  on   Aging;   one   member
 4    representing agencies providing case coordination services; 3
 5    members  each  representing  different provider organizations
 6    whose membership consists of residential  facilities  serving
 7    seniors;  2  members representing providers of community care
 8    services;  one  member  representing  the   Community   Based
 9    Residential  Facility  projects;  one member representing the
10    Department of Public Aid's Supportive  Living  Facilities  of
11    the  Department  of Human Services; two residents of assisted
12    living  or   shared   housing   establishments;   2   members
13    representing  consumer  groups that engage solely in advocacy
14    or legal representation on behalf of the  senior  population;
15    and  2  citizen  members with expertise in either gerontology
16    research or legal research regarding  the  implementation  of
17    assisted living statutes.
18        The Director or his or her designee shall serve as the ex
19    officio  and  nonvoting chair.  The Director of Public Health
20    or his or her designee shall serve  as  the  ex  officio  and
21    nonvoting  vice-chair.   A  quorum shall consist of 10 voting
22    members and all decisions shall be made by  simple  majority.
23    Members  of  the committee shall serve for 3 years or until a
24    replacement has been named.  Initial appointments shall  have
25    staggered  terms  to  permit  no  more  than one-third of the
26    committee to  be  reappointed  each  year.   Members  of  the
27    committee  shall  not receive compensation for their services
28    or expenses, except resident members, who shall be reimbursed
29    for actual expenses.  The committee shall review and  comment
30    on  proposed  rules to be promulgated pursuant to this Act by
31    the Director or the Director of Public Health.  The  Director
32    of  Public  Health  shall provide copies of rules pursuant to
33    subsection (h) of Section 110.  The  Director  shall  provide
34    the  committee copies of all administrative rules and changes
 
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 1    to administrative rules  for  review  and  comment  prior  to
 2    notice  being  given to the public.  If the committee, having
 3    been asked for its review, fails to respond within  90  days,
 4    the rules shall be considered acted upon.
 5        (c)  The Department shall conduct a study or contract for
 6    the  conducting  of a study to review the effects of this Act
 7    on the availability of housing for seniors. The  study  shall
 8    evaluate  whether  (i)  sufficient housing exists to meet the
 9    needs of Illinois seniors  for  housing,  (ii)  the  services
10    available under this Act meet the needs of Illinois seniors,
11    (iii)  the private sector marketplace is an adequate supplier
12    of housing with services for  seniors,  and  (iv)  any  other
13    consideration  the  Department  and  the Department of Public
14    Health  deem  relevant.  The  Department  of  Public   Health
15    Assisted Living and Shared Housing Advisory Board shall serve
16    in  an  advisory capacity to the Department and the Committee
17    in the development of this report.
18        (d)  The  study  mandated  by  subsection  (c)  shall  be
19    completed and its findings and  recommendations  reported  to
20    the General Assembly no later  than January 1, 2003.
21    (Source: P.A. 91-656, eff. 1-1-01.)

22        Section  235.   The  Abused  and Neglected Long Term Care
23    Facility Residents  Reporting  Act  is  amended  by  changing
24    Section 4 as follows:

25        (210 ILCS 30/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4164)
26        Sec. 4.  Any long term care facility administrator, agent
27    or  employee  or  any  physician, hospital, surgeon, dentist,
28    osteopath,  chiropractor,   podiatrist,   Christian   Science
29    practitioner,   coroner,   social   worker,  social  services
30    administrator, registered  nurse,  law  enforcement  officer,
31    field  personnel  of  the  Illinois Department of Public Aid,
32    field personnel of the Illinois Department of  Public  Health
 
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 1    and  County or Municipal Health Departments, personnel of the
 2    Department of Human Services (acting as the successor to  the
 3    Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities or
 4    the  Department of Public Aid), personnel of the Guardianship
 5    and Advocacy Commission, personnel of the State Fire Marshal,
 6    local fire department inspectors  or  other  personnel,    or
 7    personnel  of  the  Illinois  Department  on  Aging,  or  its
 8    subsidiary  Agencies  on  Aging,  or  employee  of a facility
 9    licensed under the Assisted Living and  Shared  Housing  Act,
10    having  reasonable  cause  to  believe any resident with whom
11    they have direct contact  has  been  subjected  to  abuse  or
12    neglect shall immediately report or cause a report to be made
13    to  the Department. Persons required to make reports or cause
14    reports to be made under this Section include  all  employees
15    of  the  State  of  Illinois  who  are  involved in providing
16    services  to  residents,  including  professionals  providing
17    medical or rehabilitation  services  and  all  other  persons
18    having direct contact with residents; and further include all
19    employees  of community service agencies who provide services
20    to a resident of a public or private long term care  facility
21    outside  of that facility. Any long term care surveyor of the
22    Illinois Department of Public Health who has reasonable cause
23    to believe in the course of a survey that a resident has been
24    abused or neglected and initiates an investigation  while  on
25    site  at  the  facility  shall be exempt from making a report
26    under this Section but the results of any such  investigation
27    shall  be  forwarded  to the central register in a manner and
28    form described by the Department.
29        The requirement of this Act shall not  relieve  any  long
30    term  care  facility  administrator,  agent  or  employee  of
31    responsibility  to  report the abuse or neglect of a resident
32    under Section 3-610 of the Nursing Home Care Act.
33        In addition to  the  above  persons  required  to  report
34    suspected  resident  abuse  and neglect, any other person may
 
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 1    make a report to the Department, or to  any  law  enforcement
 2    officer,  if  such  person  has reasonable cause to suspect a
 3    resident has been abused or neglected.
 4        This Section also applies to residents whose death occurs
 5    from suspected abuse or neglect before being found or brought
 6    to a hospital.
 7        A person required to make reports or cause reports to  be
 8    made  under  this  Section  who  fails  to  comply  with  the
 9    requirements   of  this  Section  is  guilty  of  a  Class  A
10    misdemeanor.
11    (Source: P.A. 91-656, eff. 1-1-01.)

12        Section 240.  The Nursing Home Care  Act  is  amended  by
13    changing  Sections  2-202, 2-204, 2-205, 3-108, 3-208, 3-304,
14    3-401.1, 3-405, 3-406, 3-411, 3-414,  3-805,  and  3A-101  as
15    follows:

16        (210 ILCS 45/2-202) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4152-202)
17        Sec.  2-202.   (a)  Before  a  person  is  admitted  to a
18    facility, or at the expiration  of  the  period  of  previous
19    contract,  or  when  the source of payment for the resident's
20    care changes from private to public funds or from  public  to
21    private funds, a written contract shall be executed between a
22    licensee and the following in order of priority:
23             (1)  the  person,  or  if the person is a minor, his
24        parent or guardian; or
25             (2)  the person's guardian, if  any,  or  agent,  if
26        any,  as  defined in Section 2-3 of the Illinois Power of
27        Attorney Act; or
28             (3)  a member of the person's immediate family.
29        An adult person shall be presumed to have the capacity to
30    contract for admission to a long term care facility unless he
31    has been adjudicated a "disabled person" within  the  meaning
32    of  Section  11a-2  of  the  Probate Act of 1975, or unless a
 
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 1    petition for such an adjudication is  pending  in  a  circuit
 2    court of Illinois.
 3        If  there is no guardian, agent or member of the person's
 4    immediate family available, able or willing  to  execute  the
 5    contract  required by this Section and a physician determines
 6    that a person is so disabled as to be unable  to  consent  to
 7    placement  in  a  facility,  or  if a person has already been
 8    found to be a  "disabled  person",  but  no  order  has  been
 9    entered  allowing  residential  placement of the person, that
10    person may be admitted to a facility before the execution  of
11    a contract required by this Section; provided that a petition
12    for guardianship or for modification of guardianship is filed
13    within  15  days of the person's admission to a facility, and
14    provided further that such a contract is executed  within  10
15    days of the disposition of the petition.
16        No  adult  shall be admitted to a facility if he objects,
17    orally or in writing, to such admission, except as  otherwise
18    provided  in  Chapters  III  and  IV of the Mental Health and
19    Developmental Disabilities Code or Section  11a-14.1  of  the
20    Probate Act of 1975.
21        If  a  person  has not executed a contract as required by
22    this Section, then such a contract shall be  executed  on  or
23    before  July 1, 1981, or within 10 days after the disposition
24    of  a  petition   for   guardianship   or   modification   of
25    guardianship  that was filed prior to July 1, 1981, whichever
26    is later.
27        Before a licensee enters a contract under  this  Section,
28    it  shall  provide the prospective resident and his guardian,
29    if  any,  with  written  notice  of  the  licensee's   policy
30    regarding  discharge  of  a  resident whose private funds for
31    payment of care are exhausted.
32        (b)  A resident shall not be discharged or transferred at
33    the expiration of the term of a contract, except as  provided
34    in Sections 3-401 through 3-423.
 
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 1        (c)  At  the  time  of  the  resident's  admission to the
 2    facility, a copy of  the  contract  shall  be  given  to  the
 3    resident,  his  guardian,  if  any,  and any other person who
 4    executed the contract.
 5        (d)  A copy  of  the  contract  for  a  resident  who  is
 6    supported  by  nonpublic  funds other than the resident's own
 7    funds shall be made available to  the  person  providing  the
 8    funds for the resident's support.
 9        (e)  The  original  or  a  copy  of the contract shall be
10    maintained in the facility and be made available upon request
11    to representatives of the Department and  the  Department  of
12    Human Services Public Aid.
13        (f)  The   contract   shall   be  written  in  clear  and
14    unambiguous language and shall be printed in  not  less  than
15    12-point  type.   The  general  form of the contract shall be
16    prescribed by the Department.
17        (g)  The contract shall specify:
18             (1)  the term of the contract;
19             (2)  the services to be provided under the  contract
20        and the charges for the services;
21             (3)  the services that may be provided to supplement
22        the contract and the charges for the services;
23             (4)  the  sources  liable for payments due under the
24        contract;
25             (5)  the amount of deposit paid; and
26             (6)  the  rights,  duties  and  obligations  of  the
27        resident, except that the specification of  a  resident's
28        rights  may  be  furnished  on  a separate document which
29        complies with the requirements of Section 2-211.
30        (h)  The  contract  shall  designate  the  name  of   the
31    resident's   representative,  if  any.   The  resident  shall
32    provide the facility with a copy  of  the  written  agreement
33    between  the resident and the resident's representative which
34    authorizes the resident's representative to inspect and  copy
 
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 1    the   resident's   records   and  authorizes  the  resident's
 2    representative to execute  the  contract  on  behalf  of  the
 3    resident required by this Section.
 4        (i)  The  contract  shall provide that if the resident is
 5    compelled by a change in physical or mental health  to  leave
 6    the facility, the contract and all obligations under it shall
 7    terminate  on  7 days notice.  No prior notice of termination
 8    of the contract shall be required, however, in the case of  a
 9    resident's  death.   The  contract shall also provide that in
10    all other situations, a resident may terminate  the  contract
11    and all obligations under it with 30 days notice. All charges
12    shall  be  prorated  as  of  the  date  on which the contract
13    terminates, and, if any payments have been made  in  advance,
14    the  excess shall be refunded to the resident. This provision
15    shall not  apply  to  life-care  contracts  through  which  a
16    facility  agrees  to  provide  maintenance  and  care  for  a
17    resident   throughout  the  remainder  of  his  life  nor  to
18    continuing-care contracts through which a facility agrees  to
19    supplement  all  available  forms  of  financial  support  in
20    providing  maintenance and care for a resident throughout the
21    remainder of his life.
22        (j)  In addition to  all  other  contract  specifications
23    contained  in  this  Section  admission  contracts shall also
24    specify:
25             (1)  whether the facility accepts Medicaid clients;
26             (2)  whether the facility requires a deposit of  the
27        resident  or  his  family  prior  to the establishment of
28        Medicaid eligibility;
29             (3)  in the event that  a  deposit  is  required,  a
30        clear  and  concise  statement  of  the  procedure  to be
31        followed for the return of such deposit to  the  resident
32        or  the  appropriate  family  member  or  guardian of the
33        person;
34             (4)  that all deposits  made  to  a  facility  by  a
 
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 1        resident,  or  on behalf of a resident, shall be returned
 2        by the facility within 30 days of  the  establishment  of
 3        Medicaid  eligibility, unless such deposits must be drawn
 4        upon  or   encumbered   in   accordance   with   Medicaid
 5        eligibility  requirements  established  by  the  Illinois
 6        Department of Human Services Public Aid.
 7        (k)  It  shall  be  a  business offense for a facility to
 8    knowingly and intentionally both retain a resident's  deposit
 9    and accept Medicaid payments on behalf of that resident.
10    (Source: P.A. 87-225; 87-895; 88-154.)

11        (210 ILCS 45/2-204) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4152-204)
12        Sec.  2-204.  The Director shall appoint a Long-Term Care
13    Facility Advisory Board to consult with  the  Department  and
14    the residents' advisory councils created under Section 2-203.
15        (a)  The  Board  shall  be  comprised  of  the  following
16    persons:
17             (1)  The  Director  who  shall serve as chairman, ex
18        officio and nonvoting; and
19             (2)  One representative each of  the  Department  of
20        Public   Aid,  the  Department  of  Human  Services,  the
21        Department on Aging, and the Office  of  the  State  Fire
22        Marshal, all nonvoting members;
23             (3)  One member who shall be a physician licensed to
24        practice medicine in all its branches;
25             (4)  One  member  who  shall  be  a registered nurse
26        selected from the recommendations of professional nursing
27        associations;
28             (5)  Four members who shall  be  selected  from  the
29        recommendations   by   organizations   whose   membership
30        consists of facilities;
31             (6)  Two  members  who  shall  represent the general
32        public who are  not  members  of  a  residents'  advisory
33        council  established  under Section 2-203 and who have no
 
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 1        responsibility for management or formation of  policy  or
 2        financial interest in a facility;
 3             (7)  One  member  who  is  a  member of a residents'
 4        advisory council established under Section 2-203  and  is
 5        capable of actively participating on the Board; and
 6             (8)  One  member  who  shall  be  selected  from the
 7        recommendations of consumer  organizations  which  engage
 8        solely  in  advocacy or legal representation on behalf of
 9        residents and their immediate families.
10        (b)  The terms of those members of  the  Board  appointed
11    prior  to  the  effective date of this amendatory Act of 1988
12    shall expire on December 31,  1988.   Members  of  the  Board
13    created  by this amendatory Act of 1988 shall be appointed to
14    serve for terms as follows: 3 for 2 years, 3 for 3 years  and
15    3  for  4  years.   The  member  of  the  Board added by this
16    amendatory Act of 1989 shall be appointed to serve for a term
17    of 4 years.  Each successor member shall be appointed  for  a
18    term  of  4  years.   Any  member appointed to fill a vacancy
19    occurring prior to the expiration of the term for  which  his
20    predecessor   was   appointed  shall  be  appointed  for  the
21    remainder of such term.  The Board shall meet  as  frequently
22    as  the  chairman  deems necessary, but not less than 4 times
23    each year.  Upon request by 4 or more  members  the  chairman
24    shall call a meeting of the Board.  The affirmative vote of 6
25    members  of the Board shall be necessary for Board action.  A
26    member of the Board can designate a replacement to  serve  at
27    the  Board  meeting  and  vote  in  place  of  the  member by
28    submitting a letter of designation to the chairman  prior  to
29    or   at  the  Board  meeting.  The  Board  members  shall  be
30    reimbursed  for  their  actual  expenses  incurred   in   the
31    performance of their duties.
32        (c)  The  Advisory  Board  shall advise the Department of
33    Public Health on all aspects of  its  responsibilities  under
34    this  Act,  including  the  format  and  content of any rules
 
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 1    promulgated by the Department of Public  Health.    Any  such
 2    rules, except emergency rules promulgated pursuant to Section
 3    5-45   of   the   Illinois   Administrative   Procedure  Act,
 4    promulgated without obtaining  the  advice  of  the  Advisory
 5    Board  are  null  and void.  In the event that the Department
 6    fails to follow the  advice  of  the  Board,  the  Department
 7    shall,  prior  to  the promulgation of such rules, transmit a
 8    written explanation of  the  reason  thereof  to  the  Board.
 9    During  its  review  of  rules,  the  Board shall analyze the
10    economic and  regulatory  impact  of  those  rules.   If  the
11    Advisory  Board,  having  been asked for its advice, fails to
12    advise the Department within 90  days,  the  rules  shall  be
13    considered acted upon.
14    (Source: P.A. 88-45; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

15        (210 ILCS 45/2-205) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4152-205)
16        Sec.  2-205.   The  following  information  is subject to
17    disclosure  to  the  public  from  the  Department   or   the
18    Department of Human Services Public Aid:
19        (1)  Information submitted under Sections 3-103 and 3-207
20    except  information  concerning the remuneration of personnel
21    licensed, registered,  or  certified  by  the  Department  of
22    Professional Regulation and monthly charges for an individual
23    private resident;
24        (2)  Records  of  license  and certification inspections,
25    surveys, and evaluations  of  facilities,  other  reports  of
26    inspections,  surveys,  and evaluations of resident care, and
27    reports concerning a facility  prepared  pursuant  to  Titles
28    XVIII  and  XIX  of  the  Social Security Act, subject to the
29    provisions of the Social Security Act;
30        (3)  Cost  and  reimbursement  reports  submitted  by   a
31    facility   under   Section   3-208,   reports  of  audits  of
32    facilities,  and  other  public  records   concerning   costs
33    incurred  by,  revenues  received  by,  and  reimbursement of
 
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 1    facilities; and
 2        (4)  Complaints filed against a  facility  and  complaint
 3    investigation  reports,  except that a complaint or complaint
 4    investigation report shall not be disclosed to a person other
 5    than the complainant or complainant's  representative  before
 6    it  is  disclosed  to  a  facility  under Section 3-702, and,
 7    further, except that a complainant or resident's  name  shall
 8    not be disclosed except under Section 3-702.
 9        The  Department  shall  disclose  information  under this
10    Section in accordance  with  provisions  for  inspection  and
11    copying   of  public  records  required  by  The  Freedom  of
12    Information Act.
13        However,  the  disclosure  of  information  described  in
14    subsection (1) shall not be restricted by  any  provision  of
15    The Freedom of Information Act.
16    (Source: P.A. 85-1209; 85-1378.)

17        (210 ILCS 45/3-108) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-108)
18        Sec. 3-108. The Department shall coordinate the functions
19    within  State  government affecting facilities licensed under
20    this Act and shall cooperate with other State agencies  which
21    establish  standards or requirements for facilities to assure
22    necessary, equitable, and  consistent  State  supervision  of
23    licensees   without   unnecessary   duplication   of  survey,
24    evaluation,   and   consultation   services   or    complaint
25    investigations.   The  Department  shall  cooperate  with the
26    Department  of  Human  Services  in  regard   to   facilities
27    containing more than 20% of residents for whom the Department
28    of  Human  Services  has  mandated follow-up responsibilities
29    under  the  Mental  Health  and  Developmental   Disabilities
30    Administrative Act.
31        The  Department  shall  cooperate  with the Department of
32    Human Services Public  Aid  in  regard  to  facilities  where
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 1        The  Department shall immediately refer to the Department
 2    of Professional Regulation  for  investigation  any  credible
 3    evidence  of  which  it  has  knowledge  that  an  individual
 4    licensed by that Department has violated this Act or any rule
 5    issued under this Act.
 6        The  Department  shall  enter  into agreements with other
 7    State Departments, agencies or commissions to effectuate  the
 8    purpose of this Section.
 9    (Source: P.A. 89-197, eff. 7-21-95; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

10        (210 ILCS 45/3-208) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-208)
11        Sec.  3-208.  (a)  Each  licensee shall file annually, or
12    more often as  the  Director  shall  by  rule  prescribe,  an
13    attested  financial  statement.  The  Director  may  order an
14    audited financial statement of a particular  facility  by  an
15    auditor  of  the Director's choice, provided the cost of such
16    audit is paid by the Department.
17        (b)  No  public  funds  shall   be   expended   for   the
18    maintenance of any resident in a facility which has failed to
19    file  the financial statement required under this Section and
20    no public funds shall be paid to or on behalf of  a  facility
21    which has failed to file a statement.
22        (c)  The  Director  of Public Health and the Secretary of
23    Human Services Director of Public Aid shall promulgate  under
24    Sections  3-801  and  3-802,  one  set of regulations for the
25    filing of these financial statements, and  shall  provide  in
26    these  regulations for forms, required information, intervals
27    and dates of filing and such other  provisions  as  they  may
28    deem necessary.
29        (d)  The  Director  of Public Health and the Secretary of
30    Human Services Director of Public Aid shall seek  the  advice
31    and  comments  of  other  State  and  federal  agencies which
32    require the submission  of  financial  data  from  facilities
33    licensed under this Act and shall incorporate the information
 
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 1    requirements  of  these  agencies  so  as to impose the least
 2    possible burden on  licensees.  No  other  State  agency  may
 3    require  submission  of  financial  data  except as expressly
 4    authorized by law or as necessary  to  meet  requirements  of
 5    federal  statutes  or regulations. Information obtained under
 6    this Section shall be made available, upon  request,  by  the
 7    Department   to   any   other  State  agency  or  legislative
 8    commission  to  which  such  information  is  necessary   for
 9    investigations  or  required  for  the  purposes  of State or
10    federal law or regulation.
11    (Source: P.A. 81-1349.)

12        (210 ILCS 45/3-304) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-304)
13        Sec.  3-304.  (a)  The  Department  shall  prepare  on  a
14    quarterly basis a list containing the names and addresses  of
15    all  facilities  against  which  the  Department  during  the
16    previous quarter has:
17        (1)  sent  a  notice  under  Section  3-307  regarding  a
18    penalty assessment under subsection (1) of Section 3-305;
19        (2)  sent  a  notice  of license revocation under Section
20    3-119;
21        (3)  sent a notice refusing renewal of  a  license  under
22    Section 3-119;
23        (4)  sent  a  notice  to  suspend a license under Section
24    3-119;
25        (5)  issued a conditional  license  for  violations  that
26    have  not  been corrected under Section 3-303 or penalties or
27    fines described under Section 3-305 have been assessed  under
28    Section 3-307 or 3-308;
29        (6)  placed  a monitor under subsections (a), (b) and (c)
30    of Section 3-501 and under subsection  (d)  of  such  Section
31    where license revocation or nonrenewal notices have also been
32    issued;
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 1        (8)  recommended   to   the  Secretary  Director  of  the
 2    Department of Human Services Public Aid, or the Secretary  of
 3    the  United  States  Department of Health and Human Services,
 4    the decertification for violations  in  relation  to  patient
 5    care  of  a  facility pursuant to Titles XVIII and XIX of the
 6    federal Social Security Act.       (b)  In  addition  to  the
 7    name  and address of the facility, the list shall include the
 8    name and address of the person or licensee against  whom  the
 9    action  has been initiated, a self-explanatory summary of the
10    facts which warranted the initiation of each action, the type
11    of action initiated,  the  date  of  the  initiation  of  the
12    action,  the  amount of the penalty sought to be assessed, if
13    any, and the final disposition of the action, if completed.
14        (c)  The list shall be available to  any  member  of  the
15    public upon oral or written request without charge.
16    (Source: P.A. 85-1378.)

17        (210 ILCS 45/3-401.1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-401.1)
18        Sec.  3-401.1.   (a)  A  facility  participating  in  the
19    Medical  Assistance  Program  is  prohibited  from failing or
20    refusing to retain as a resident any person because he or she
21    is a recipient of or an applicant for the Medical  Assistance
22    Program.
23        (a-5)  After the effective date of this amendatory Act of
24    1997,  a  facility of which only a distinct part is certified
25    to participate in the Medical Assistance Program  may  refuse
26    to  retain  as a resident any person who resides in a part of
27    the  facility  that  does  not  participate  in  the  Medical
28    Assistance Program and who is unable to pay for  his  or  her
29    care in the facility without Medical Assistance only if:
30             (1)  the  facility,  no  later  than  at the time of
31        admission and at the  time  of  the  resident's  contract
32        renewal,  explains  to  the resident (unless he or she is
33        incompetent), and to the resident's  representative,  and
 
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 1        to  the  person  making payment on behalf of the resident
 2        for the resident's stay, in writing,  that  the  facility
 3        may  discharge  the resident if the resident is no longer
 4        able to pay for his or her care in the  facility  without
 5        Medical Assistance;
 6             (2)  the resident (unless he or she is incompetent),
 7        the  resident's  representative,  and  the  person making
 8        payment on behalf of  the  resident  for  the  resident's
 9        stay,  acknowledge in writing that they have received the
10        written explanation.
11        (a-10)  For the purposes of this Section, a recipient  or
12    applicant  shall  be  considered  a  resident in the facility
13    during any hospital stay totaling 10 days or less following a
14    hospital admission. The Illinois Department of Human Services
15    Public Aid shall recoup funds from  a  facility  when,  as  a
16    result of the facility's refusal to readmit a recipient after
17    hospitalization  for  10  days  or less, the recipient incurs
18    hospital bills in an amount  greater  than  the  amount  that
19    would  have  been  paid  by  that  Department for care of the
20    recipient in the facility. The amount of the recoupment shall
21    be  the  difference  between  the  payment  by  the  Illinois
22    Department  of  Human  Services  Public  Aid's  payment   for
23    hospital  care and the amount that Department would have paid
24    for care in the facility.
25        (b)  A facility which  violates  this  Section  shall  be
26    guilty of a business offense and fined not less than $500 nor
27    more  than  $1,000  for  the  first offense and not less than
28    $1,000 nor more than $5,000 for each subsequent offense.
29    (Source: P.A. 90-310, eff. 8-1-97.)

30        (210 ILCS 45/3-405) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-405)
31        Sec. 3-405.  A copy of the  notice  required  by  Section
32    3-402 shall be placed in the resident's clinical record and a
33    copy  shall  be  transmitted to the Department, the resident,
 
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 1    the resident's representative, and, if the resident's care is
 2    paid  for  in  whole  or  part  through  Title  XIX,  to  the
 3    Department of Human Services Public Aid.
 4    (Source: P.A. 81-223.)

 5        (210 ILCS 45/3-406) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-406)
 6        Sec. 3-406.  When the basis for an  involuntary  transfer
 7    or  discharge is the result of an action by the Department of
 8    Human Services Public Aid with  respect  to  a  recipient  of
 9    Title  XIX and a hearing request is filed with the Department
10    of Human Services  Public  Aid,  the  21-day  written  notice
11    period  shall  not begin until a final decision in the matter
12    is rendered by the Department of Human Services Public Aid or
13    a court of competent jurisdiction and notice  of  that  final
14    decision is received by the resident and the facility.
15    (Source: P.A. 81-223.)

16        (210 ILCS 45/3-411) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-411)
17        Sec.  3-411.   The  Department of Public Health, when the
18    basis for involuntary transfer or  discharge  is  other  than
19    action  by  the  Department of Human Services Public Aid with
20    respect to the Title XIX Medicaid  recipient,  shall  hold  a
21    hearing  at  the  resident's  facility not later than 10 days
22    after a hearing request  is  filed,  and  render  a  decision
23    within 14 days after the filing of the hearing request.
24    (Source: P.A. 81-1349.)

25        (210 ILCS 45/3-414) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-414)
26        Sec.  3-414.  The Department of Human Services Public Aid
27    shall continue Title XIX Medicaid funding during the  appeal,
28    transfer,  or  discharge  period  for those residents who are
29    Title XIX recipients affected by Section 3-401.
30    (Source: P.A. 81-223.)
 
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 1        (210 ILCS 45/3-805) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-805)
 2        Sec. 3-805. (a) The  Department  shall  conduct  a  pilot
 3    project  to  examine, study and contrast the Joint Commission
 4    on   the   Accreditation   of   Health   Care   Organizations
 5    ("Commission") accreditation review process with the  current
 6    regulations  and  licensure  surveys process conducted by the
 7    Department for long-term care facilities.  This pilot project
 8    will enable qualified facilities to apply  for  participation
 9    in  the project, in which surveys completed by the Commission
10    are  accepted  by  the  Department  in  lieu  of  inspections
11    required by this Act, as provided in subsection (b)  of  this
12    Section.   It  is  intended  that  this  pilot  project shall
13    commence on January 1, 1990, and shall conclude  on  December
14    31, 2000, with a final report to be submitted to the Governor
15    and the General Assembly by June 30, 2001.
16        (b) (1)  In  lieu of conducting an inspection for license
17    renewal under this Act, the  Department  may  accept  from  a
18    facility  that  is  accredited  by  the  Commission under the
19    Commission's long-term care  standards  the  facility's  most
20    recent  annual  accreditation  review  by the Commission.  In
21    addition to such review, the facility shall submit any fee or
22    other license renewal report or information required by  law.
23    The  Department  may  accept  such  review for so long as the
24    Commission maintains an annual inspection or review  program.
25    If   the  Commission  does  not  conduct  an  on-site  annual
26    inspection  or  review,  the  Department  shall  conduct   an
27    inspection  as  otherwise  required  by  this  Act.   If  the
28    Department  determines  that  an annual on-site inspection or
29    review conducted by the  Commission  does  not  meet  minimum
30    standards  set  by  the  Department, the Department shall not
31    accept  the  Commission's  accreditation  review  and   shall
32    conduct an inspection as otherwise required by this Act.
33        The  Department  shall establish procedures applicable to
34    the pilot project conducted pursuant to  this  Section.   The
 
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 1    procedures  shall  provide  for  a review of the Commission's
 2    survey findings that may be Type "A" or Type  "B"  violations
 3    under  this Act requiring immediate correction, the taking of
 4    necessary and appropriate action to  determine  whether  such
 5    violations  exist,  and  steps to effect corrective action in
 6    cooperation with the Commission, or otherwise under this Act,
 7    as may be necessary.  The  Department  shall  also  establish
 8    procedures to require the Commission to immediately report to
 9    the   Department   any  survey  finding  that  constitutes  a
10    condition  or  occurrence  relating  to  the  operation   and
11    maintenance  of  a  facility  which  presents  a  substantial
12    probability  that death or serious mental or physical harm to
13    a resident  will  result  therefrom,  so  as  to  enable  the
14    Department  to  take  necessary  and appropriate action under
15    this Act.
16        (2)  This subsection (b) does not limit the Department in
17    performing any inspections or other duties authorized by this
18    Act, or under any contract relating to the medical assistance
19    program administered by  the  Illinois  Department  of  Human
20    Services Public Aid, or under Title XVIII or Title XIX of the
21    Social Security Act.
22        (3)  No    facility   shall   be   required   to   obtain
23    accreditation from the Commission.
24        (c)  Participation in the pilot project shall be  limited
25    to  facilities  selected  at random by the Director, provided
26    that:
27             (1)  facilities shall  apply  to  the  Director  for
28        selection to participate;
29             (2)  facilities  which  are  currently accredited by
30        the Commission may apply to participate;
31             (3)  any facility not accredited by  the  Commission
32        at  the  time  of application to participate in the pilot
33        project shall apply for such accreditation;
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 1        no greater than 15% of the total number of long-term care
 2        facilities licensed under this Act;
 3             (5)  the  number  of facilities so selected shall be
 4        divided equally between facilities having fewer than  100
 5        beds and facilities having 100 or more beds;
 6             (6)  facilities so selected shall have been licensed
 7        for  more  than  2 years and shall not have been issued a
 8        conditional license within 2 years  before  applying  for
 9        participation in the pilot project; and
10             (7)  no  facilities  so  selected  shall  have  been
11        issued  a  notice of a Type "A" violation within one year
12        before applying for participation in the pilot project.
13        (d)  Inspections and surveys conducted by the  Commission
14    under   the   pilot   project   for   initial   or  continued
15    accreditation shall  not  be  announced  in  advance  to  the
16    facility  being  inspected or surveyed, and shall provide for
17    participation  in  the  inspection  or  survey   process   by
18    residents of the facility and the public.
19        (e)  With  respect  to  any  facility  accredited  by the
20    Commission, the Commission shall  submit  to  the  Department
21    copies of:
22             (1)  the accreditation award letter;
23             (2)  the     accreditation     report,     including
24        recommendations and comments by the Commission; and
25             (3)  any  correspondence  directly  related  to  the
26        accreditation.
27        (f)  No  facility  which  is  denied initial or continued
28    accreditation by the  Commission  shall  participate  in  the
29    pilot project.
30        (g)  The Director shall meet at least once every 6 months
31    with the director of the Commission's long-term care facility
32    accreditation  program  to  review,  coordinate and modify as
33    necessary the services performed by the Commission under  the
34    pilot  project.   On  or  before  June 30, 1993, the Director
 
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 1    shall submit to the Governor and to the  General  Assembly  a
 2    report   evaluating   the   pilot   project  and  making  any
 3    recommendations deemed necessary.
 4        (h)  This  Section  does  not  limit  the  Department  in
 5    performing any inspections or other duties authorized by this
 6    Act, or under any contract relating to the medical assistance
 7    program administered by  the  Illinois  Department  of  Human
 8    Services Public Aid, or under Title XVIII or Title XIX of the
 9    Social Security Act.
10    (Source: P.A.  89-171,  eff.  7-19-95;  89-381, eff. 8-18-95;
11    89-626, eff. 8-9-96; 90-353, eff. 8-8-97.)

12        (210 ILCS 45/3A-101)
13        Sec. 3A-101.  Cooperative arrangements.  Not  later  than
14    June  30,  1996,  the Department shall enter into one or more
15    cooperative arrangements  with  the  Illinois  Department  of
16    Human  Services  Public  Aid,  the  Department  on Aging, the
17    Office of the State Fire Marshal, and any  other  appropriate
18    entity  for  the  purpose  of  developing a single survey for
19    nursing facilities, including but not limited  to  facilities
20    funded  under  Title XVIII or Title XIX of the federal Social
21    Security Act,  or  both,  which  shall  be  administered  and
22    conducted  solely  by  the  Department. The Departments shall
23    test the single survey process on a pilot  basis,  with  both
24    the  Departments  of Public Aid and Public Health represented
25    on the consolidated survey team.  The pilot will sunset  June
26    30,  1997.   After June 30, 1997, unless otherwise determined
27    by the Governor, a single survey shall be implemented by  the
28    Department  of  Public  Health which would not preclude staff
29    from the Department of Human Services Public Aid  from  going
30    on-site to nursing facilities to perform necessary audits and
31    reviews  which  shall  not  replicate the single State agency
32    survey required by this Act. This Article shall not apply  to
33    community   or   intermediate   care   facilities   for   the
 
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 1    developmentally disabled.
 2    (Source: P.A. 89-415, eff. 1-1-96.)

 3        Section  245.   The  Home  Health Agency Licensing Act is
 4    amended by changing Section 11 as follows:

 5        (210 ILCS 55/11) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 2811)
 6        Sec. 11.  (a) Each licensee shall file annually, or  more
 7    often  as  the  Director shall by rule prescribe, an attested
 8    financial statement. An audited financial  statement  may  be
 9    required of a particular facility, if the Director determines
10    that additional information is needed.
11        (b)  No  public  funds shall be expended for the services
12    of a  home  health  agency  which  has  failed  to  file  the
13    financial statement required by this Section.
14        (c)  The  Director  of  the Illinois Department of Public
15    Health and the Secretary Director of the Illinois  Department
16    of  Human  Services  Public  Aid  shall promulgate one set of
17    regulations for the filing of financial statements, and shall
18    provide in these regulations for forms, information required,
19    intervals and dates of filing, and such other  provisions  as
20    he  may  deem  necessary.  Regulations  shall be published in
21    sufficient time to permit those licensees who must first file
22    financial statements time in which to do so.
23        (d)  The Director shall seek the advice and  comments  of
24    other State and Federal agencies which require the submission
25    of  financial  data  from home health agencies licensed under
26    this Act and shall incorporate the  information  requirements
27    of  these  agencies  into the forms it adopts or issues under
28    this Act and shall otherwise coordinate its regulations  with
29    the  requirements of these agencies so as to impose the least
30    possible burden on licensees.   No  other  State  agency  may
31    require  submission  of  financial  data  except as expressly
32    authorized by law or as necessary  to  meet  requirements  of
 
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 1    federal  law  or regulation.  Information obtained under this
 2    Section  shall  be  made  available,  upon  request,  by  the
 3    Department  to  any  other  State   agency   or   legislative
 4    commission   to  which  such  information  is  necessary  for
 5    investigations or to execute the intent of State  or  Federal
 6    law or regulation.
 7    (Source: P.A. 80-804.)

 8        Section  250.   The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by
 9    changing Sections 238, 238.1,  299.1a,  299.1b,  337.1,  352,
10    356b, 356r, 367b, and 512-3 as follows:

11        (215 ILCS 5/238) (from Ch. 73, par. 850)
12        Sec. 238.  Exemption.
13        (a)  All  proceeds  payable  because  of the death of the
14    insured and the aggregate net cash value of any or  all  life
15    and  endowment  policies  and  annuity contracts payable to a
16    wife or husband of the insured, or  to  a  child,  parent  or
17    other person dependent upon the insured, whether the power to
18    change the beneficiary is reserved to the insured or not, and
19    whether the insured or his estate is a contingent beneficiary
20    or   not,   shall   be  exempt  from  execution,  attachment,
21    garnishment or other process, for the debts or liabilities of
22    the insured incurred subsequent to the effective date of this
23    Code, except as to premiums paid in fraud of creditors within
24    the period limited by law for the recovery thereof.
25        (b)  Any insurance company doing business in  this  State
26    and  governed  by  this  Code  shall  encumber  or  surrender
27    accounts  as  defined in Section 10-24 of the Illinois Public
28    Aid  Code  held  by  the  insurance  company  owned  by   any
29    responsible  relative who is subject to a child support lien,
30    upon notice of the lien or levy by the Illinois Department of
31    Human Services Public Aid or its successor agency pursuant to
32    Section 10-25.5 of the Illinois  Public  Aid  Code,  or  upon
 
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 1    notice  of  interstate  lien  from  any  other state's agency
 2    responsible for implementing the  child  support  enforcement
 3    program  set forth in Title IV, Part D of the Social Security
 4    Act.
 5        This  Section  does  not  prohibit  the   furnishing   of
 6    information   in   accordance   with   the  federal  Personal
 7    Responsibility and Work  Opportunity  Reconciliation  Act  of
 8    1996.   Any  insurance  company  governed  by this Code shall
 9    enter  into  an  agreement  for  data  exchanges   with   the
10    Department   of   Human  Services  Public  Aid  provided  the
11    Department of Human Services Public Aid pays to the insurance
12    company a reasonable  fee  not  to  exceed  its  actual  cost
13    incurred.   An  insurance  company  providing  information in
14    accordance with this item shall not be liable to any owner of
15    an account as defined in Section 10-24 of the Illinois Public
16    Aid Code or other person for any disclosure of information to
17    the Department of Human Services Public Aid, for  encumbering
18    or  surrendering  any accounts as defined in Section 10-24 of
19    the Illinois Public Aid Code held by the insurance company in
20    response to a lien or order to withhold and deliver issued by
21    a State agency, or for any other  action  taken  pursuant  to
22    this   item,   including  individual  or  mechanical  errors,
23    provided the action does not constitute gross  negligence  or
24    willful  misconduct.  An  insurance  company  shall  have  no
25    obligation  to  hold,  encumber, or surrender any accounts as
26    defined in Section 10-24 of  the  Illinois  Public  Aid  Code
27    until  it  has been served with a subpoena, summons, warrant,
28    court or administrative order, lien, or levy  requiring  that
29    action.
30    (Source: P.A. 90-18, eff. 7-1-97.)

31        (215 ILCS 5/238.1)
32        Sec. 238.1. Data exchanges; administrative liens.
33        (a)  Any  insurance  company  doing business in the State
 
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 1    and governed by this Code shall enter into an  agreement  for
 2    data exchanges with the Illinois Department of Human Services
 3    Public Aid for the purpose of locating accounts as defined in
 4    Section  10-24 of the Illinois Public Aid Code of responsible
 5    relatives  to  satisfy  past-due  child   support   owed   by
 6    responsible relatives under an order for support entered by a
 7    court  or  administrative  body of this or any other State on
 8    behalf of resident or non-resident persons.
 9        (b)  Notwithstanding any provisions in this Code  to  the
10    contrary,  an  insurance  company  shall not be liable to any
11    person:
12             (1)  for  any  disclosure  of  information  to   the
13        Illinois  Department  of  Human Services Public Aid under
14        subsection (a);
15             (2)  for encumbering or surrendering any accounts as
16        defined in Section 10-24 of the Illinois Public Aid  Code
17        held by such insurance company in response to a notice of
18        lien  or  levy issued by the Illinois Department of Human
19        Services Public  Aid,  or  by  any  other  state's  child
20        support  enforcement  agency,  as provided for in Section
21        238 of this Code; or
22             (3)  for any other action taken  in  good  faith  to
23        comply with the requirements of subsection (a).
24    (Source: P.A. 90-18, eff. 7-1-97.)

25        (215 ILCS 5/299.1a) (from Ch. 73, par. 911.1a)
26        Sec. 299.1a.  Benefits not Attachable.
27        (a)  No money or other charity, relief or aid to be paid,
28    provided  or  rendered  by  any  society  shall  be liable to
29    attachment, garnishment or other process  or  to  be  seized,
30    taken,  appropriated  or  applied  by  any legal or equitable
31    process or operation of law to pay any debt or liability of a
32    member or beneficiary, or any other person  who  may  have  a
33    right  thereunder,  either  before  or  after  payment by the
 
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 1    society.
 2        (b)  Any benefit association doing business in this State
 3    and governed by this Article XVII shall encumber or surrender
 4    accounts as defined in Section 10-24 of the  Illinois  Public
 5    Aid  Code  held  by  the  benefit  association  owned  by any
 6    responsible relative who is subject to a child support  lien,
 7    upon notice of the lien or levy by the Illinois Department of
 8    Human Services Public Aid or its successor agency pursuant to
 9    Section  10-25.5  of  the  Illinois  Public Aid Code, or upon
10    notice of interstate  lien  from  any  other  state's  agency
11    responsible  for  implementing  the child support enforcement
12    program set forth in Title IV, Part D of the Social  Security
13    Act.
14        This   Section  shall  not  prohibit  the  furnishing  of
15    information  in  accordance   with   the   federal   Personal
16    Responsibility  and  Work  Opportunity  Reconciliation Act of
17    1996. Any benefit association governed by this  Article  XVII
18    shall  enter  into  an  agreement for data exchanges with the
19    Department  of  Human  Services  Public  Aid   provided   the
20    Department  of  Human Services Public Aid pays to the benefit
21    association a reasonable fee not to exceed  its  actual  cost
22    incurred.   A  benefit  association  providing information in
23    accordance with this item shall not be liable to any  account
24    holder or other person for any disclosure of information to a
25    State agency, for encumbering or surrendering any accounts as
26    defined in Section 10-24 of the Illinois Public Aid Code held
27    by  the benefit association in response to a lien or order to
28    withhold and deliver issued by a State  agency,  or  for  any
29    other   action   taken   pursuant  to  this  item,  including
30    individual or mechanical errors, provided the action does not
31    constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct. A  benefit
32    association  shall  have  no obligation to hold, encumber, or
33    surrender accounts until it has been served with a  subpoena,
34    summons,  warrant,  court  or  administrative order, lien, or
 
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 1    levy requiring that action.
 2    (Source: P.A. 90-18, eff. 7-1-97.)

 3        (215 ILCS 5/299.1b)
 4        Sec. 299.1b. Data exchanges; administrative liens.
 5        (a)  Any benefit association doing business in the  State
 6    and  governed  by this Code shall enter into an agreement for
 7    data exchanges with the Illinois Department of Human Services
 8    Public Aid for the purpose of locating accounts as defined in
 9    Section 10-24 of the Illinois Public Aid Code of  responsible
10    relatives   to   satisfy   past-due  child  support  owed  by
11    responsible relatives under an order for support entered by a
12    court or administrative body of this or any  other  State  on
13    behalf of resident or non-resident persons.
14        (b)  Notwithstanding  any  provisions in this Code to the
15    contrary, a benefit association shall not be  liable  to  any
16    person:
17             (1)  for   any  disclosure  of  information  to  the
18        Illinois Department of Human Services  Public  Aid  under
19        subsection (a);
20             (2)  for encumbering or surrendering any accounts as
21        defined  in Section 10-24 of the Illinois Public Aid Code
22        held by such benefit association in response to a  notice
23        of  lien  or  levy  issued  by the Illinois Department of
24        Human Services Public Aid, or by any other state's  child
25        support  enforcement  agency,  as provided for in Section
26        299.1a of this Code; or
27             (3)  for any other action taken  in  good  faith  to
28        comply with the requirements of subsection (a).
29    (Source: P.A. 90-18, eff. 7-1-97.)

30        (215 ILCS 5/337.1)
31        Sec. 337.1. Data exchanges; administrative liens.
32        (a)  Any  benefit  association  governed  by this Article
 
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 1    XVIII shall encumber or  surrender  accounts  as  defined  in
 2    Section  10-24  of  the  Illinois Public Aid Code held by the
 3    benefit association on behalf of any responsible relative who
 4    is subject to a child support lien, upon notice of  the  lien
 5    or  levy  by the Illinois Department of Human Services Public
 6    Aid or its successor agency pursuant to  Section  10-25.5  of
 7    the  Illinois  Public  Aid Code, or upon notice of interstate
 8    lien  from  any  other   state's   agency   responsible   for
 9    implementing  the child support enforcement program set forth
10    in Title IV, Part D of the Social Security Act.
11        (b)  This Section shall not prohibit  the  furnishing  of
12    information   in   accordance   with   the  federal  Personal
13    Responsibility and Work  Opportunity  Reconciliation  Act  of
14    1996.  Any benefit association governed by this Article XVIII
15    shall enter into an agreement for  data  exchanges  with  the
16    Department   of   Human  Services  Public  Aid  provided  the
17    Department of Human Services Public Aid pays to  the  benefit
18    association  a  reasonable  fee not to exceed its actual cost
19    incurred.  A benefit  association  providing  information  in
20    accordance with this item shall not be liable to any owner of
21    an account as defined in Section 10-24 of the Illinois Public
22    Aid Code or other person for any disclosure of information to
23    the  Department of Human Services Public Aid, for encumbering
24    or surrendering any accounts held by the benefit  association
25    in response to a lien or order to withhold and deliver issued
26    by  the  Department  of Human Services Public Aid, or for any
27    other  action  taken  pursuant  to   this   item,   including
28    individual or mechanical errors, provided the action does not
29    constitute  gross negligence or willful misconduct. A benefit
30    association shall have no obligation to  hold,  encumber,  or
31    surrender  the  accounts  or  portions  thereof as defined in
32    Section 10-24 of the Illinois Public Aid Code  until  it  has
33    been  served  with  a  subpoena,  summons,  warrant, court or
34    administrative order, lien, or levy.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A. 90-18, eff. 7-1-97.)

 2        (215 ILCS 5/352) (from Ch. 73, par. 964)
 3        Sec. 352.  Scope of Article.
 4        (a)  Except as provided in subsections (b), (c), (d), and
 5    (e), this Article shall apply to all companies transacting in
 6    this State the kinds of business enumerated in clause (b)  of
 7    Class  1  and  clause (a) of Class 2 of section 4. Nothing in
 8    this Article shall apply to, or in any way affect policies or
 9    contracts described in clause (a) of Class 1  of  Section  4;
10    however,  this  Article shall apply to policies and contracts
11    which  contain  benefits  providing  reimbursement  for   the
12    expenses  of  long  term  health  care which are certified or
13    ordered  by  a  physician  including  but  not   limited   to
14    professional   nursing  care,  custodial  nursing  care,  and
15    non-nursing custodial care provided in a nursing home or at a
16    residence of the insured.
17        (b)  This Article does not apply to policies of  accident
18    and  health  insurance issued in compliance with Article XIXB
19    of this Code.
20        (c)  A policy issued and delivered  in  this  State  that
21    provides  coverage  under that policy for certificate holders
22    who are neither residents of nor employed in this State  does
23    not  need to provide to those nonresident certificate holders
24    who  are not employed in this State the coverages or services
25    mandated by this Article.
26        (d)  Stop-loss insurance is exempt from all  Sections  of
27    this  Article,  except  this  Section and Sections 353a, 354,
28    357.30, and 370.  For purposes of this  exemption,  stop-loss
29    insurance is further defined as follows:
30             (1)  The  policy  must  be  issued  to and insure an
31        employer, trustee, or other sponsor of the plan,  or  the
32        plan itself, but not employees, members, or participants.
33             (2)  Payments  by  the  insurer  must be made to the
 
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 1        employer, trustee, or other sponsors of the plan, or  the
 2        plan   itself,   but   not  to  the  employees,  members,
 3        participants, or health care providers.
 4        (e)  A policy issued or delivered in this  State  to  the
 5    Illinois   Department   of  Human  Services  Public  Aid  and
 6    providing coverage, under clause (b) of Class 1 or clause (a)
 7    of Class 2 as described in Section  4,  to  persons  who  are
 8    enrolled  in  the  integrated health care program established
 9    under Section 5-16.3 of  the  Illinois  Public  Aid  Code  is
10    exempt  from all restrictions, limitations, standards, rules,
11    or  regulations  respecting  benefits  imposed  by  or  under
12    authority of this Code, except those specified by  subsection
13    (1)  of  Section  143.   Nothing in this subsection, however,
14    affects the  total  medical  services  available  to  persons
15    eligible for medical assistance under the Illinois Public Aid
16    Code.
17    (Source: P.A. 87-435; 87-757; 87-938; 87-956; 88-364; 88-554,
18    eff. 7-26-94.)

19        (215 ILCS 5/356b) (from Ch. 73, par. 968b)
20        Sec.  356b. (a)  This Section applies to the hospital and
21    medical expense provisions of an accident or health insurance
22    policy.
23        (b)  If a policy provides that coverage  of  a  dependent
24    person  terminates  upon  attainment  of the limiting age for
25    dependent persons specified in the policy, the attainment  of
26    such  limiting age does not operate to terminate the hospital
27    and  medical  coverage  of  a  person  who,  because   of   a
28    handicapped  condition that occurred before attainment of the
29    limiting age, is incapable of self-sustaining employment  and
30    is  dependent  on  his or her parents or other care providers
31    for lifetime care and supervision.
32        (c)  For purposes of subsection (b), "dependent on  other
33    care   providers"   is   defined  as  requiring  a  Community
 
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 1    Integrated  Living  Arrangement,   group   home,   supervised
 2    apartment,   or   other   residential  services  licensed  or
 3    certified by the Department of Human Services  (as  successor
 4    to the Departments Department of Public Aid and Mental Health
 5    and  Developmental Disabilities), or the Department of Public
 6    Health, or the Department of Public Aid.
 7        (d)  The insurer may inquire of the policyholder 2 months
 8    prior to attainment by a dependent of the  limiting  age  set
 9    forth  in  the  policy, or at any reasonable time thereafter,
10    whether such dependent is in fact a  disabled  and  dependent
11    person  and, in the absence of proof submitted within 60 days
12    of such  inquiry  that  such  dependent  is  a  disabled  and
13    dependent  person may terminate coverage of such person at or
14    after attainment of the limiting age. In the absence of  such
15    inquiry,  coverage of any disabled and dependent person shall
16    continue through the term of such policy or any extension  or
17    renewal thereof.
18        (e)  This   amendatory  Act  of  1969  is  applicable  to
19    policies issued or  renewed  more  than  60  days  after  the
20    effective date of this amendatory Act of 1969.
21    (Source: P.A. 88-309; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

22        (215 ILCS 5/356r)
23        Sec. 356r.  Woman's principal health care provider.
24        (a)  An individual or group policy of accident and health
25    insurance  or a managed care plan amended, delivered, issued,
26    or renewed  in  this  State  after  November  14,  1996  that
27    requires an insured or enrollee to designate an individual to
28    coordinate  care or to control access to health care services
29    shall also permit a female insured or enrollee to designate a
30    participating woman's principal health care provider, and the
31    insurer or managed care  plan  shall  provide  the  following
32    written  notice  to all female insureds or enrollees no later
33    than 120 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act
 
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 1    of 1998; to all new enrollees at the time of enrollment;  and
 2    thereafter  to all existing enrollees at least annually, as a
 3    part of a regular publication or informational mailing:
 4                 "NOTICE TO ALL FEMALE PLAN MEMBERS:
 5              YOUR RIGHT TO SELECT A WOMAN'S PRINCIPAL
 6                        HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.
 7             Illinois  law  allows  you  to  select  "a   woman's
 8        principal  health  care  provider"  in  addition  to your
 9        selection of   a  primary  care  physician.    A  woman's
10        principal health care provider is a physician licensed to
11        practice  medicine  in  all  its branches specializing in
12        obstetrics  or  gynecology  or  specializing  in   family
13        practice.   A  woman's principal health care provider may
14        be seen for care without referrals from your primary care
15        physician.  If you have not already  selected  a  woman's
16        principal  health  care provider, you may do so now or at
17        any other time.  You are  not  required  to  have  or  to
18        select a woman's principal health care provider.
19             Your  woman's principal health care provider must be
20        a  part  of  your  plan.   You  may  get  the   list   of
21        participating  obstetricians,  gynecologists,  and family
22        practice  specialists  from  your   employer's   employee
23        benefits coordinator, or for your own copy of the current
24        list, you may call [insert plan's toll free number].  The
25        list  will be sent to you within 10 days after your call.
26        To designate a woman's  principal  health  care  provider
27        from  the list, call [insert plan's toll free number] and
28        tell our  staff  the  name  of  the  physician  you  have
29        selected.".
30    If  the insurer or managed care plan exercises the option set
31    forth in subsection (a-5), the notice shall also state:
32             "Your plan requires that your primary care physician
33        and your woman's principal health care  provider  have  a
34        referral  arrangement  with  one another.  If the woman's
 
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 1        principal health care provider that you select  does  not
 2        have  a  referral  arrangement  with  your  primary  care
 3        physician,  you  will  have  to select a new primary care
 4        physician  who  has  a  referral  arrangement  with  your
 5        woman's principal health care provider or you may  select
 6        a  woman's  principal  health  care  provider  who  has a
 7        referral arrangement with your  primary  care  physician.
 8        The list  of woman's principal health care providers will
 9        also  have  the  names of the primary care physicians and
10        their referral arrangements.".
11        No later than 120 days after the effective date  of  this
12    amendatory  Act  of  1998,  the  insurer or managed care plan
13    shall provide each employer who has a policy of insurance  or
14    a  managed  care  plan  with the insurer or managed care plan
15    with a list of physicians licensed to  practice  medicine  in
16    all  its branches specializing in obstetrics or gynecology or
17    specializing in family practice who have contracted with  the
18    plan. At the time of enrollment and thereafter within 10 days
19    after  a  request  by an insured  or enrollee, the insurer or
20    managed care plan also shall provide this  list  directly  to
21    the   insured  or  enrollee.  The  list  shall  include  each
22    physician's address, telephone  number,  and  specialty.   No
23    insurer  or  plan  formal  or  informal policy may restrict a
24    female insured's or enrollee's right to designate  a  woman's
25    principal  health  care  provider,  except  as  set  forth in
26    subsection (a-5). If the female enrollee is an enrollee of  a
27    managed care plan under contract with the Department of Human
28    Services  Public Aid, the physician chosen by the enrollee as
29    her  woman's  principal  health  care  provider  must  be   a
30    Medicaid-enrolled provider. This requirement does not require
31    a female insured or enrollee to make a selection of a woman's
32    principal  health  care  provider.     The  female insured or
33    enrollee may  designate  a  physician  licensed  to  practice
34    medicine  in all its branches specializing in family practice
 
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 1    as her woman's principal health care provider.
 2        (a-5)  The insured or enrollee may  be  required  by  the
 3    insurer  or  managed  care plan to select a woman's principal
 4    health care provider who has a referral arrangement with  the
 5    insured's  or  enrollee's  individual who coordinates care or
 6    controls access to health  care  services  if  such  referral
 7    arrangement   exists   or  to  select  a  new  individual  to
 8    coordinate care or to control access to health care  services
 9    who  has  a  referral  arrangement with the woman's principal
10    health care provider chosen by the insured  or  enrollee,  if
11    such referral arrangement exists.  If an insurer or a managed
12    care  plan  requires  an  insured or enrollee to select a new
13    physician under this subsection (a-5), the insurer or managed
14    care plan must provide the  insured  or  enrollee  with  both
15    options to select a new physician provided in this subsection
16    (a-5).
17        Notwithstanding a plan's restrictions of the frequency or
18    timing  of  making  designations of primary care providers, a
19    female enrollee or insured who is subject  to  the  selection
20    requirements  of  this subsection, may, at any time, effect a
21    change  in  primary  care  physicians  in  order  to  make  a
22    selection of a woman's principal health care provider.
23        (a-6)  If an insurer or managed care plan  exercises  the
24    option  in  subsection  (a-5),  the list to be provided under
25    subsection (a) shall identify the referral arrangements  that
26    exist between the individual who coordinates care or controls
27    access  to  health  care  services  and the woman's principal
28    health care provider in order to assist the female insured or
29    enrollee to make a selection within the insurer's or  managed
30    care plan's requirement.
31        (b)  If  a  female  insured  or enrollee has designated a
32    woman's principal health care provider, then the  insured  or
33    enrollee must be given direct access to the woman's principal
34    health  care  provider  for services covered by the policy or
 
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 1    plan without the need  for  a  referral  or  prior  approval.
 2    Nothing  shall prohibit the insurer or managed care plan from
 3    requiring prior  authorization  or  approval  from  either  a
 4    primary  care  provider  or the woman's principal health care
 5    provider for referrals for additional care or services.
 6        (c)  For the purposes of this Section the following terms
 7    are defined:
 8             (1)  "Woman's principal health care provider"  means
 9        a  physician  licensed to practice medicine in all of its
10        branches specializing  in  obstetrics  or  gynecology  or
11        specializing in family practice.
12             (2)  "Managed   care   entity"   means   any  entity
13        including  a  licensed  insurance  company,  hospital  or
14        medical service plan,  health  maintenance  organization,
15        limited  health  service organization, preferred provider
16        organization, third party administrator, an  employer  or
17        employee  organization,  or  any  person  or  entity that
18        establishes,  operates,  or  maintains   a   network   of
19        participating providers.
20             (3)  "Managed  care plan" means a plan operated by a
21        managed care entity that provides for  the  financing  of
22        health  care  services  to  persons  enrolled in the plan
23        through:
24                  (A)  organizational  arrangements  for  ongoing
25             quality assurance, utilization review  programs,  or
26             dispute resolution; or
27                  (B)  financial  incentives for persons enrolled
28             in the plan to use the participating  providers  and
29             procedures covered by the plan.
30             (4)  "Participating  provider" means a physician who
31        has contracted with an insurer or managed  care  plan  to
32        provide  services  to insureds or enrollees as defined by
33        the contract.
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 1    on  July 17, 1996 and took effect November 14, 1996, which is
 2    120 days after becoming law.
 3    (Source:  P.A.  89-514;  90-14,  eff.  7-1-97;  90-741,  eff.
 4    8-13-98.)

 5        (215 ILCS 5/367b) (from Ch. 73, par. 979b)
 6        Sec. 367b. (a) This Section applies to the  hospital  and
 7    medical  expense  provisions  of  a  group accident or health
 8    insurance policy.
 9        (b)  If a policy provides that coverage of a dependent of
10    an employee or other member of the covered  group  terminates
11    upon  attainment  of  the  limiting age for dependent persons
12    specified in the policy, the attainment of such limiting  age
13    does  not  operate  to  terminate  the  hospital  and medical
14    coverage of a person who, because of a handicapped  condition
15    that  occurred  before  attainment  of  the  limiting age, is
16    incapable of self-sustaining employment and is  dependent  on
17    his  or her parents or other care providers for lifetime care
18    and supervision.
19        (c)  For purposes of subsection (b), "dependent on  other
20    care   providers"   is   defined  as  requiring  a  Community
21    Integrated  Living  Arrangement,   group   home,   supervised
22    apartment,   or   other   residential  services  licensed  or
23    certified by the Department of Human Services  (as  successor
24    to the Departments Department of Public Aid and Mental Health
25    and  Developmental Disabilities), or the Department of Public
26    Health, or the Department of Public Aid.
27        (d)  The insurer may inquire  of  the  person  insured  2
28    months prior to attainment by a dependent of the limiting age
29    set   forth   in  the  policy,  or  at  any  reasonable  time
30    thereafter, whether such dependent is in fact a disabled  and
31    dependent  person  and,  in  the  absence  of proof submitted
32    within 31 days of such  inquiry  that  such  dependent  is  a
33    disabled  and dependent person may terminate coverage of such
 
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 1    person at or after attainment of the  limiting  age.  In  the
 2    absence  of  such  inquiry,  coverage  of  any  disabled  and
 3    dependent  person  shall  continue  through  the term of such
 4    policy or any extension or renewal.
 5        (e)  This  amendatory  Act  of  1969  is  applicable   to
 6    policies  issued  or  renewed  more  than  60  days after the
 7    effective date of this amendatory Act of 1969.
 8    (Source: P.A. 88-309; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

 9        (215 ILCS 5/512-3) (from Ch. 73, par. 1065.59-3)
10        Sec.  512-3.  Definitions.   For  the  purposes  of  this
11    Article, unless the context  otherwise  requires,  the  terms
12    defined  in  this  Article have the meanings ascribed to them
13    herein:
14        (a)  "Third  party  prescription  program"  or  "program"
15    means any  system  of  providing  for  the  reimbursement  of
16    pharmaceutical   services   and  prescription  drug  products
17    offered  or  operated  in  this  State  under  a  contractual
18    arrangement or agreement between a provider of such  services
19    and  another  party who is not the consumer of those services
20    and products.  Such programs may include,  but  need  not  be
21    limited   to,  employee  benefit  plans  whereby  a  consumer
22    receives prescription drugs or other pharmaceutical  services
23    and  those  services are paid for by an agent of the employer
24    or others.
25        (b)  "Third    party    program     administrator"     or
26    "administrator"  means any person, partnership or corporation
27    who  issues  or  causes  to  be   issued   any   payment   or
28    reimbursement to a provider for services rendered pursuant to
29    a third party prescription program,  but does not include the
30    Secretary  Director of Human Services Public Aid or any agent
31    authorized by the Secretary Director to reimburse a  provider
32    of  services  rendered  pursuant  to  a  program of which the
33    Department of Human Services Public Aid is the third party.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A. 90-372, eff. 7-1-98.)

 2        Section 255.  The Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan Act
 3    is amended by changing Section 8 as follows:

 4        (215 ILCS 105/8) (from Ch. 73, par. 1308)
 5        Sec. 8.  Minimum benefits.
 6        a.  Availability. The Plan shall  offer  in  an  annually
 7    renewable  policy  major  medical  expense  coverage to every
 8    eligible person who is  not  eligible  for  Medicare.   Major
 9    medical  expense  coverage  offered  by the Plan shall pay an
10    eligible person's covered expenses, subject to limit  on  the
11    deductible   and   coinsurance   payments   authorized  under
12    paragraph (4) of subsection  d  of  this  Section,  up  to  a
13    lifetime  benefit limit of $1,000,000 per covered individual.
14    The maximum limit under this subsection shall not be  altered
15    by  the  Board,  and  no  actuarial equivalent benefit may be
16    substituted by the Board.  Any  person  who  otherwise  would
17    qualify  for coverage under the Plan, but is excluded because
18    he or she is eligible for Medicare, shall be eligible for any
19    separate Medicare supplement policy  or  policies  which  the
20    Board may offer.
21        b.  Outline  of  benefits.   Covered  expenses  shall  be
22    limited   to   the  usual  and  customary  charge,  including
23    negotiated fees, in the locality for the  following  services
24    and articles when prescribed by a physician and determined by
25    the Plan to be medically necessary for the following areas of
26    services,  subject to such separate deductibles, co-payments,
27    exclusions, and other limitations on benefits  as  the  Board
28    shall establish and approve, and the other provisions of this
29    Section:
30             (1)  Hospital  services,  except  that  any services
31        provided by a hospital that is located more than 75 miles
32        outside the State of Illinois shall be covered only for a
 
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 1        maximum of 45 days in any calendar year.  With respect to
 2        covered expenses incurred during any calendar year ending
 3        on or after December 31, 1999, inpatient  hospitalization
 4        of an eligible person for the treatment of mental illness
 5        at  a hospital located within the State of Illinois shall
 6        be subject to the same terms and conditions  as  for  any
 7        other illness.
 8             (2)  Professional  services  for  the  diagnosis  or
 9        treatment  of  injuries,  illnesses  or conditions, other
10        than dental and mental and nervous disorders as described
11        in paragraph (17), which are rendered by a physician,  or
12        by   other  licensed  professionals  at  the  physician's
13        direction. This includes reconstruction of the breast  on
14        which   a   mastectomy   was   performed;   surgery   and
15        reconstruction   of   the   other  breast  to  produce  a
16        symmetrical appearance; and prostheses and  treatment  of
17        physical  complications  at all stages of the mastectomy,
18        including lymphedemas.
19             (2.5)  Professional services provided by a physician
20        to children under  the  age  of  16  years  for  physical
21        examinations and age appropriate immunizations ordered by
22        a  physician  licensed  to  practice  medicine in all its
23        branches.
24             (3)  (Blank).
25             (4)  Outpatient  prescription  drugs  that  by   law
26        require a prescription written by a physician licensed to
27        practice  medicine  in  all  its branches subject to such
28        separate deductible, copayment, and other limitations  or
29        restrictions  as  the  Board shall approve, including the
30        use of a prescription drug card or any other program,  or
31        both.
32             (5)  Skilled  nursing services of a licensed skilled
33        nursing facility for not more  than  120  days  during  a
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 1             (6)  Services of a home health agency in accord with
 2        a  home  health  care plan, up to a maximum of 270 visits
 3        per year.
 4             (7)  Services of a licensed  hospice  for  not  more
 5        than 180 days during a policy year.
 6             (8)  Use of radium or other radioactive materials.
 7             (9)  Oxygen.
 8             (10)  Anesthetics.
 9             (11)  Orthoses and prostheses other than dental.
10             (12)  Rental  or  purchase  in accordance with Board
11        policies or  procedures  of  durable  medical  equipment,
12        other than eyeglasses or hearing aids, for which there is
13        no personal use in the absence of the condition for which
14        it is prescribed.
15             (13)  Diagnostic x-rays and laboratory tests.
16             (14)  Oral  surgery (i) for excision of partially or
17        completely unerupted impacted teeth when not performed in
18        connection with  the  routine  extraction  or  repair  of
19        teeth;  (ii) for excision of tumors or cysts of the jaws,
20        cheeks, lips, tongue, and roof and floor  of  the  mouth;
21        (iii) required for correction of cleft lip and palate and
22        other  craniofacial  and  maxillofacial birth defects; or
23        (iv) for treatment of injuries  to  natural  teeth  or  a
24        fractured jaw due to an accident.
25             (15)  Physical,  speech, and functional occupational
26        therapy  as   medically   necessary   and   provided   by
27        appropriate licensed professionals.
28             (16)  Emergency   and   other   medically  necessary
29        transportation provided by a licensed  ambulance  service
30        to  the nearest health care facility qualified to treat a
31        covered illness, injury, or  condition,  subject  to  the
32        provisions of the Emergency Medical Systems (EMS) Act.
33             (17)  Outpatient    services   for   diagnosis   and
34        treatment of mental and nervous disorders provided that a
 
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 1        covered person shall be required to make a copayment  not
 2        to  exceed  50%  and  that  the  Plan's payment shall not
 3        exceed such amounts as are established by the Board.
 4             (18)  Human organ or tissue transplants specified by
 5        the Board that are performed at a hospital designated  by
 6        the  Board  as a participating transplant center for that
 7        specific organ or tissue transplant.
 8             (19)  Naprapathic services, as appropriate, provided
 9        by a licensed naprapathic practitioner.
10        c.  Exclusions.  Covered expenses of the Plan  shall  not
11    include the following:
12             (1)  Any  charge for treatment for cosmetic purposes
13        other than for reconstructive surgery when the service is
14        incidental to or follows surgery resulting  from  injury,
15        sickness  or  other  diseases  of  the  involved  part or
16        surgery for the  repair  or  treatment  of  a  congenital
17        bodily defect to restore normal bodily functions.
18             (2)  Any charge for care that is primarily for rest,
19        custodial, educational, or domiciliary purposes.
20             (3)  Any  charge  for  services in a private room to
21        the extent it is in excess of  the  institution's  charge
22        for  its  most  common semiprivate room, unless a private
23        room is prescribed as medically necessary by a physician.
24             (4)  That part of any charge for room and  board  or
25        for   services  rendered  or  articles  prescribed  by  a
26        physician, dentist, or other health care  personnel  that
27        exceeds  the  reasonable  and  customary  charge  in  the
28        locality  or  for  any services or supplies not medically
29        necessary for the diagnosed injury or illness.
30             (5)  Any  charge  for  services  or   articles   the
31        provision  of  which is not within the scope of licensure
32        of the institution or individual providing  the  services
33        or articles.
34             (6)  Any  expense  incurred  prior  to the effective
 
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 1        date of coverage by the Plan  for  the  person  on  whose
 2        behalf the expense is incurred.
 3             (7)  Dental  care, dental surgery, dental treatment,
 4        any  other  dental  procedure  involving  the  teeth   or
 5        periodontium, or any dental appliances, including crowns,
 6        bridges,  implants,  or  partial  or  complete  dentures,
 7        except  as  specifically  provided  in  paragraph (14) of
 8        subsection b of this Section.
 9             (8)  Eyeglasses, contact  lenses,  hearing  aids  or
10        their fitting.
11             (9)  Illness or injury due to acts of war.
12             (10)  Services  of  blood  donors  and  any  fee for
13        failure to replace the first 3 pints of blood provided to
14        a covered  person each policy year.
15             (11)  Personal supplies or services  provided  by  a
16        hospital  or  nursing  home,  or  any other nonmedical or
17        nonprescribed supply or service.
18             (12)  Routine maternity  charges  for  a  pregnancy,
19        except  where  added as optional coverage with payment of
20        an  additional  premium  for  pregnancy  resulting   from
21        conception  occurring  after  the  effective  date of the
22        optional coverage.
23             (13)  (Blank).
24             (14)  Any expense or charge for services, drugs,  or
25        supplies  that  are:  (i)  not  provided  in  accord with
26        generally accepted standards of current medical practice;
27        (ii) for procedures, treatments, equipment,  transplants,
28        or   implants,   any   of   which   are  investigational,
29        experimental,   or   for   research    purposes;    (iii)
30        investigative  and not proven safe and effective; or (iv)
31        for,  or  resulting   from,   a   gender   transformation
32        operation.
33             (15)  Any  expense  or  charge  for routine physical
34        examinations or tests except as provided in item (2.5) of
 
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 1        subsection b of this Section.
 2             (16)  Any expense for which a charge is not made  in
 3        the  absence  of insurance or for which there is no legal
 4        obligation on the part of the patient to pay.
 5             (17)  Any expense  incurred  for  benefits  provided
 6        under  the  laws  of  the  United  States and this State,
 7        including   Medicare,   Medicaid,   and   other   medical
 8        assistance, maternal and child health  services  and  any
 9        other  program  that  is  administered  or  funded by the
10        Department of Human Services, Department of  Public  Aid,
11        or     Department     of    Public    Health,    military
12        service-connected disability payments,  medical  services
13        provided  for  members  of  the  armed  forces  and their
14        dependents or employees of the armed forces of the United
15        States, and medical services financed on  behalf  of  all
16        citizens by the United States.
17             (18)  Any   expense   or   charge   for   in   vitro
18        fertilization,  artificial  insemination,  or  any  other
19        artificial means used to cause pregnancy.
20             (19)  Any  expense or charge for oral contraceptives
21        used for birth  control  or  any  other  temporary  birth
22        control measures.
23             (20)  Any  expense  or  charge  for sterilization or
24        sterilization reversals.
25             (21)  Any  expense  or  charge   for   weight   loss
26        programs,  exercise  equipment,  or treatment of obesity,
27        except when certified by a physician  as  morbid  obesity
28        (at least 2 times normal body weight).
29             (22)  Any   expense   or   charge   for  acupuncture
30        treatment unless  used  as  an  anesthetic  agent  for  a
31        covered surgery.
32             (23)  Any  expense or charge for or related to organ
33        or tissue transplants other than  those  performed  at  a
34        hospital  with  a Board approved organ transplant program
 
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 1        that has been designated by the Board as a  preferred  or
 2        exclusive  provider  organization for that specific organ
 3        or tissue transplant.
 4             (24)  Any  expense   or   charge   for   procedures,
 5        treatments,  equipment,  or services that are provided in
 6        special settings for research purposes or in a controlled
 7        environment, are being studied  for  safety,  efficiency,
 8        and  effectiveness,  and  are awaiting endorsement by the
 9        appropriate  national  medical  speciality  college   for
10        general use within the medical community.
11        d.  Deductibles and coinsurance.
12        The  Plan coverage defined in Section 6 shall provide for
13    a choice of deductibles per individual as authorized  by  the
14    Board.  If 2 individual members of the same family household,
15    who are both covered persons under the Plan, satisfy the same
16    applicable deductibles, no other member of that family who is
17    also  a  covered  person  under the Plan shall be required to
18    meet any deductibles for the balance of that  calendar  year.
19    The  deductibles  must  be  applied  first  to the authorized
20    amount of covered expenses incurred by the covered person.  A
21    mandatory coinsurance requirement shall  be  imposed  at  the
22    rate  authorized  by  the  Board  in  excess of the mandatory
23    deductible, the coinsurance in the aggregate  not  to  exceed
24    such  amounts  as  are authorized by the Board per annum.  At
25    its discretion the Board  may,  however,  offer  catastrophic
26    coverages   or   other   policies  that  provide  for  larger
27    deductibles with or without  coinsurance  requirements.   The
28    deductibles  and coinsurance factors may be adjusted annually
29    according to the Medical  Component  of  the  Consumer  Price
30    Index.
31        e.  Scope of coverage.
32             (1)  In  approving  any  of  the benefit plans to be
33        offered by the  Plan,  the  Board  shall  establish  such
34        benefit   levels,   deductibles,   coinsurance   factors,
 
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 1        exclusions,  and  limitations  as it may deem appropriate
 2        and that it believes to be generally  reflective  of  and
 3        commensurate  with  health  insurance  coverage  that  is
 4        provided in the individual market in this State.
 5             (2)  The  benefit  plans  approved  by the Board may
 6        also provide for  and  employ  various  cost  containment
 7        measures   and  other  requirements  including,  but  not
 8        limited to, preadmission certification,  prior  approval,
 9        second  surgical  opinions, concurrent utilization review
10        programs, individual case management, preferred  provider
11        organizations,   health  maintenance  organizations,  and
12        other cost effective arrangements for paying for  covered
13        expenses.
14        f.  Preexisting conditions.
15             (1)  Except   for   federally  eligible  individuals
16        qualifying for Plan coverage under  Section  15  of  this
17        Act,  plan  coverage  shall  exclude  charges or expenses
18        incurred  during  the  first  6  months   following   the
19        effective  date of coverage as to any condition for which
20        medical advice, care  or  treatment  was  recommended  or
21        received  during the 6 month period immediately preceding
22        the effective date of coverage.
23             (2)  (Blank).
24             (3)  (Blank).
25        g.  Other sources primary;  nonduplication of benefits.
26             (1)  The Plan shall be the last  payor  of  benefits
27        whenever  any  other  benefit  or  source  of third party
28        payment is  available.   Subject  to  the  provisions  of
29        subsection  e  of  Section  7, benefits otherwise payable
30        under Plan coverage shall be reduced by all amounts  paid
31        or payable by Medicare or any other government program or
32        through  any  health  insurance  coverage or group health
33        plan, whether by insurance, reimbursement, or  otherwise,
34        or   through   any  third  party  liability,  settlement,
 
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 1        judgment,  or  award,  regardless  of  the  date  of  the
 2        settlement, judgment, or award, whether  the  settlement,
 3        judgment,  or  award  is  in  the  form  of  a  contract,
 4        agreement, or trust on behalf of a minor or otherwise and
 5        whether  the settlement, judgment, or award is payable to
 6        the  covered  person,  his  or  her  dependent,   estate,
 7        personal  representative,  or  guardian  in a lump sum or
 8        over  time,  and  by  all  hospital  or  medical  expense
 9        benefits paid or payable under any worker's  compensation
10        coverage,   automobile   medical  payment,  or  liability
11        insurance, whether provided on  the  basis  of  fault  or
12        nonfault, and by any hospital or medical benefits paid or
13        payable  under  or  provided  pursuant  to  any  State or
14        federal law or program.
15             (2)  The Plan shall have a cause of  action  against
16        any  covered person or any other person or entity for the
17        recovery of any amount paid to the extent the amount  was
18        for  treatment, services, or supplies not covered in this
19        Section or in excess of benefits as  set  forth  in  this
20        Section.
21             (3)  Whenever benefits are due from the Plan because
22        of  sickness  or  an injury to a covered person resulting
23        from a third party's wrongful act or negligence  and  the
24        covered  person has recovered or may recover damages from
25        a third party or its insurer, the  Plan  shall  have  the
26        right  to  reduce  benefits  or to refuse to pay benefits
27        that otherwise may be payable by the  amount  of  damages
28        that  the  covered  person  has  recovered or may recover
29        regardless of the date of the sickness or injury  or  the
30        date of any settlement, judgment, or award resulting from
31        that sickness or injury.
32             During  the  pendency of any action or claim that is
33        brought by or on behalf of a  covered  person  against  a
34        third  party  or  its  insurer,  any  benefits that would
 
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 1        otherwise be payable except for the  provisions  of  this
 2        paragraph  (3)  shall  be  paid  if payment by or for the
 3        third party has not yet been made and the covered  person
 4        or,  if  incapable,  that  person's  legal representative
 5        agrees in writing to pay back promptly the benefits  paid
 6        as  a  result  of the sickness or injury to the extent of
 7        any future payments made by or for the  third  party  for
 8        the  sickness  or  injury.   This  agreement  is to apply
 9        whether or not liability for the payments is  established
10        or  admitted by the third party or whether those payments
11        are itemized.
12             Any amounts due the plan to repay  benefits  may  be
13        deducted  from  other  benefits payable by the Plan after
14        payments by or for the third party are made.
15             (4)  Benefits due from the Plan may  be  reduced  or
16        refused   as  an  offset  against  any  amount  otherwise
17        recoverable under this Section.
18        h.  Right of subrogation; recoveries.
19             (1)  Whenever the Plan has paid benefits because  of
20        sickness  or  an  injury  to any covered person resulting
21        from a third party's wrongful act or negligence,  or  for
22        which  an  insurer  is  liable  in  accordance  with  the
23        provisions  of  any  policy of insurance, and the covered
24        person has recovered or may recover damages from a  third
25        party that is liable for the damages, the Plan shall have
26        the  right  to  recover  the  benefits  it  paid from any
27        amounts that the  covered  person  has  received  or  may
28        receive  regardless of the date of the sickness or injury
29        or  the  date  of  any  settlement,  judgment,  or  award
30        resulting from that sickness or injury.  The  Plan  shall
31        be subrogated to any right of recovery the covered person
32        may  have under the terms of any private or public health
33        care coverage or liability coverage,  including  coverage
34        under  the  Workers'  Compensation  Act  or  the Workers'
 
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 1        Occupational  Diseases  Act,  without  the  necessity  of
 2        assignment of claim or other authorization to secure  the
 3        right of recovery.  To enforce its subrogation right, the
 4        Plan may (i) intervene or join in an action or proceeding
 5        brought   by   the   covered   person   or  his  personal
 6        representative,  including  his  guardian,   conservator,
 7        estate, dependents, or survivors, against any third party
 8        or  the  third party's insurer that may be liable or (ii)
 9        institute and prosecute  legal  proceedings  against  any
10        third  party  or  the  third  party's insurer that may be
11        liable for the sickness or injury in an appropriate court
12        either in the name of the Plan or  in  the  name  of  the
13        covered  person or his personal representative, including
14        his  guardian,  conservator,   estate,   dependents,   or
15        survivors.
16             (2)  If  any  action  or  claim  is brought by or on
17        behalf of a covered person against a third party  or  the
18        third party's insurer, the covered person or his personal
19        representative,   including  his  guardian,  conservator,
20        estate, dependents, or survivors, shall notify  the  Plan
21        by  personal  service or registered mail of the action or
22        claim and of the name of the court in which the action or
23        claim is brought, filing proof thereof in the  action  or
24        claim.  The Plan may, at any time thereafter, join in the
25        action  or  claim  upon  its motion so that all orders of
26        court after hearing and judgment shall be  made  for  its
27        protection.   No  release  or  settlement  of a claim for
28        damages and no satisfaction of  judgment  in  the  action
29        shall be valid without the written consent of the Plan to
30        the  extent of its interest in the settlement or judgment
31        and of the covered person or his personal representative.
32             (3)  In the event that the  covered  person  or  his
33        personal  representative  fails to institute a proceeding
34        against any appropriate  third  party  before  the  fifth
 
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 1        month before the action would be barred, the Plan may, in
 2        its  own  name  or  in  the name of the covered person or
 3        personal representative, commence  a  proceeding  against
 4        any  appropriate  third party for the recovery of damages
 5        on account of any  sickness,  injury,  or  death  to  the
 6        covered  person.   The  covered person shall cooperate in
 7        doing what is reasonably necessary to assist the Plan  in
 8        any  recovery  and  shall  not take any action that would
 9        prejudice the Plan's right to recovery.  The  Plan  shall
10        pay  to the covered person or his personal representative
11        all sums collected from any third party  by  judgment  or
12        otherwise in excess of amounts paid in benefits under the
13        Plan  and  amounts paid or to be paid as costs, attorneys
14        fees, and reasonable expenses incurred  by  the  Plan  in
15        making the collection or enforcing the judgment.
16             (4)  In  the  event  that  a  covered  person or his
17        personal   representative,   including   his    guardian,
18        conservator,  estate,  dependents, or survivors, recovers
19        damages from a third party for sickness or injury  caused
20        to the covered person, the covered person or the personal
21        representative  shall  pay  to  the Plan from the damages
22        recovered the amount of benefits paid or to  be  paid  on
23        behalf of the covered person.
24             (5)  When  the  action  or  claim  is brought by the
25        covered person alone and  the  covered  person  incurs  a
26        personal  liability  to  pay attorney's fees and costs of
27        litigation, the Plan's claim  for  reimbursement  of  the
28        benefits provided to the covered person shall be the full
29        amount  of  benefits  paid to or on behalf of the covered
30        person  under  this  Act  less  a  pro  rata  share  that
31        represents the Plan's reasonable share of attorney's fees
32        paid by the covered person and that portion of  the  cost
33        of  litigation  expenses determined by multiplying by the
34        ratio of the full amount of the expenditures to the  full
 
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 1        amount of the judgement, award, or settlement.
 2             (6)  In  the event of judgment or award in a suit or
 3        claim against a third party or insurer, the  court  shall
 4        first   order  paid  from  any  judgement  or  award  the
 5        reasonable litigation expenses  incurred  in  preparation
 6        and  prosecution  of  the  action or claim, together with
 7        reasonable  attorney's  fees.   After  payment  of  those
 8        expenses and attorney's fees, the court shall  apply  out
 9        of  the  balance  of  the  judgment  or  award  an amount
10        sufficient to reimburse  the  Plan  the  full  amount  of
11        benefits  paid on behalf of the covered person under this
12        Act, provided the court  may  reduce  and  apportion  the
13        Plan's  portion  of  the  judgement  proportionate to the
14        recovery of the covered person.  The burden of  producing
15        evidence  sufficient to support the exercise by the court
16        of its discretion to reduce the amount of a proven charge
17        sought to be enforced against  the  recovery  shall  rest
18        with  the  party  seeking  the  reduction.  The court may
19        consider the nature and extent of  the  injury,  economic
20        and  non-economic  loss,  settlement  offers, comparative
21        negligence as it applies to the case  at  hand,  hospital
22        costs, physician costs, and all other appropriate costs.
23        The  Plan  shall  pay  its pro rata share of the attorney
24        fees based on the Plan's recovery as it compares  to  the
25        total  judgment.   Any  reimbursement  rights of the Plan
26        shall take priority over  all  other  liens  and  charges
27        existing  under the laws of this State with the exception
28        of any attorney liens filed under the Attorneys Lien Act.
29             (7)  The Plan may compromise or settle  and  release
30        any  claim  for benefits provided under this Act or waive
31        any claims for benefits, in whole or  in  part,  for  the
32        convenience  of  the  Plan or if the Plan determines that
33        collection  would  result  in  undue  hardship  upon  the
34        covered person.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A. 90-7, eff. 6-10-97; 90-30, eff. 7-1-97; 90-655,
 2    eff. 7-30-98; 91-639, eff. 8-20-99; 91-735, eff. 6-2-00.)

 3        Section 260.  The Children's Health Insurance Program Act
 4    is amended by changing Section 10 and 15 as follows:

 5        (215 ILCS 106/10)
 6        (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2002)
 7        Sec. 10.  Definitions.  As used in this Act:
 8        "Benchmarking" means health benefits coverage as  defined
 9    in Section 2103 of the Social Security Act.
10        "Child" means a person under the age of 19.
11        "Department"  means  the  Department  of  Human  Services
12    Public Aid.
13        "Medical  assistance" means health care benefits provided
14    under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code.
15        "Medical visit"  means  a  hospital,  dental,  physician,
16    optical,  or  other  health  care  visit  where  services are
17    provided pursuant to this Act.
18        "Program" means the Children's Health Insurance  Program,
19    which  includes  subsidizing  the cost of privately sponsored
20    health insurance and  purchasing  or  providing  health  care
21    benefits for eligible children.
22        "Resident"   means  a  person  who  meets  the  residency
23    requirements as defined in Section 5-3 of the Illinois Public
24    Aid Code.
25    (Source: P.A. 90-736, eff. 8-12-98.)

26        (215 ILCS 106/15)
27        (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2002)
28        Sec. 15.  Operation of  the  Program.   There  is  hereby
29    created  a  Children's Health Insurance Program.  The Program
30    shall  operate  subject  to  appropriation   and   shall   be
31    administered  by the Department of Human Services Public Aid.
 
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 1    The Department shall have the powers and authority granted to
 2    the Department under  the  Illinois  Public  Aid  Code.   The
 3    Department  may  contract with a Third Party Administrator or
 4    other entities to administer and oversee any portion of  this
 5    Program.
 6    (Source: P.A. 90-736, eff. 8-12-98.)

 7        Section  265.  The Health Maintenance Organization Act is
 8    amended by changing Section 2-1,  4-9.1,  4-17,  and  6-8  as
 9    follows:

10        (215 ILCS 125/2-1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1403)
11        Sec.  2-1.   Certificate  of  authority  -  Exception for
12    corporate  employee  programs  -  Applications   -   Material
13    modification of operation.
14        (a)  No  organization shall establish or operate a Health
15    Maintenance Organization in this State  without  obtaining  a
16    certificate  of  authority  under  this Act.  No person other
17    than an organization may  lawfully  establish  or  operate  a
18    Health  Maintenance  Organization  in  this  State.  This Act
19    shall not apply to  the  establishment  and  operation  of  a
20    Health  Maintenance  Organization  exclusively  providing  or
21    arranging   for  health  care  services  to  employees  of  a
22    corporate affiliate of such Health Maintenance  Organization.
23    This  exclusion  shall  be  available  only  to  those Health
24    Maintenance    Organizations    which    require     employee
25    contributions  which equal less than 50% of the total cost of
26    the health care plan, with the remainder of  the  cost  being
27    paid  by the corporate affiliate which is the employer of the
28    participants in the  plan. This Act shall not  apply  to  the
29    establishment   and   operation   of   a  Health  Maintenance
30    Organization exclusively providing or arranging  health  care
31    services  under  contract with the State to persons committed
32    to the custody of the  Illinois  Department  of  Corrections.
 
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 1    This Act does not apply to the establishment and operation of
 2    (i)  a  managed care community network providing or arranging
 3    health  care  services  under   contract   with   the   State
 4    exclusively  to  persons  who  are enrolled in the integrated
 5    health care program established under Section 5-16.3  of  the
 6    Illinois  Public  Aid  Code  or (ii) a managed care community
 7    network owned, operated, or governed by a county provider  as
 8    defined in Section 15-1 of that Code.
 9        This   Act  does  not  apply  to  the  establishment  and
10    operation  of  managed  care  community  networks  that   are
11    certified  as risk-bearing entities under Section 5-11 of the
12    Illinois Public Aid Code and that contract with the  Illinois
13    Department  of  Human  Services  Public  Aid pursuant to that
14    Section.
15        (b)  Any organization may apply to the Director  for  and
16    obtain  a certificate of authority to establish and operate a
17    Health Maintenance Organization in compliance with this  Act.
18    A  foreign corporation may qualify under this Act, subject to
19    its registration to do business in this State  as  a  foreign
20    corporation.
21        (c)  Each  application  for  a  certificate  of authority
22    shall be filed in triplicate and verified by  an  officer  or
23    authorized  representative  of  the  applicant, shall be in a
24    form prescribed by the Director, and shall set forth, without
25    limiting what may be required by the Director, the following:
26             (1)  A copy of the organizational document;
27             (2)  A copy of the bylaws, rules and regulations, or
28        similar document regulating the conduct of  the  internal
29        affairs of the applicant, which shall include a mechanism
30        to  afford the enrollees an opportunity to participate in
31        an advisory capacity in matters of policy and operations;
32             (3)  A list of the names,  addresses,  and  official
33        positions  of  the  persons who are to be responsible for
34        the conduct of the affairs of the  applicant;  including,
 
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 1        but   not  limited  to,  all  members  of  the  board  of
 2        directors, executive committee, the  principal  officers,
 3        and  any  person  or entity owning or having the right to
 4        acquire  10%  or  more  of  the  voting   securities   or
 5        subordinated debt of the applicant;
 6             (4)  A statement generally describing the applicant,
 7        geographic  area  to be served, its facilities, personnel
 8        and the health care services to be offered;
 9             (5)  A copy of the form of any contract made  or  to
10        be made between the applicant and any providers regarding
11        the provision of health care services to enrollees;
12             (6)  A  copy  of the form of any contract made or to
13        be made between the applicant and any  person  listed  in
14        paragraph (3) of this subsection;
15             (7)  A  copy  of the form of any contract made or to
16        be  made  between   the   applicant   and   any   person,
17        corporation,   partnership   or   other  entity  for  the
18        performance on the applicant's behalf  of  any  functions
19        including, but not limited to, marketing, administration,
20        enrollment,  investment management and subcontracting for
21        the provision of health services to enrollees;
22             (8)  A copy of the form of any group contract  which
23        is  to be issued to employers, unions, trustees, or other
24        organizations and a copy  of  any  form  of  evidence  of
25        coverage  to  be issued to any enrollee or subscriber and
26        any advertising material;
27             (9)  Descriptions of the applicant's procedures  for
28        resolving   enrollee   grievances   which   must  include
29        procedures providing for enrollees participation  in  the
30        resolution of grievances;
31             (10)  A   copy   of   the  applicant's  most  recent
32        financial statements audited by an independent  certified
33        public  accountant.   If  the  financial  affairs  of the
34        applicant's parent company are audited by an  independent
 
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 1        certified  public  accountant  but those of the applicant
 2        are not, then a copy of the most recent audited financial
 3        statement of the applicant's parent,  attached  to  which
 4        shall be consolidating financial statements of the parent
 5        including  separate unaudited financial statements of the
 6        applicant, unless the Director determines that additional
 7        or more recent financial information is required for  the
 8        proper administration of this Act;
 9             (11)  A  copy  of  the  applicant's  financial plan,
10        including  a   three-year   projection   of   anticipated
11        operating  results, a statement of the sources of working
12        capital, and any other sources of funding and  provisions
13        for contingencies;
14             (12)  A description of rate methodology;
15             (13)  A   description  of  the  proposed  method  of
16        marketing;
17             (14)  A copy of every filing made with the  Illinois
18        Secretary  of  State  which  relates  to  the applicant's
19        registered agent or registered office;
20             (15)  A description of the complaint  procedures  to
21        be  established  and maintained as required under Section
22        4-6 of this Act;
23             (16)  A description, in accordance with  regulations
24        promulgated  by the Illinois Department of Public Health,
25        of  the  quality  assessment   and   utilization   review
26        procedures to be utilized by the applicant;
27             (17)  The fee for filing an application for issuance
28        of  a certificate of authority provided in Section 408 of
29        the Illinois Insurance Code, as now or hereafter amended;
30        and
31             (18)  Such other information  as  the  Director  may
32        reasonably require to make the determinations required by
33        this Act.
34    (Source: P.A. 90-618, eff. 7-10-98.)
 
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 1        (215 ILCS 125/4-9.1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1409.2-1)
 2        Sec. 4-9.1.  Dependent Coverage Termination.
 3        (a)  The  attainment  of  a  limiting  age  under a group
 4    contract or evidence of coverage which provides that coverage
 5    of a dependent person of an  enrollee  shall  terminate  upon
 6    attainment of the limiting age for dependent persons does not
 7    operate to terminate the coverage of a person who, because of
 8    a  handicapped  condition  that occurred before attainment of
 9    the limiting age, is incapable of self-sustaining  employment
10    and  is  dependent  on  his  or  her  parents  or  other care
11    providers for lifetime care and supervision.
12        (b)  For purposes of subsection (a), "dependent on  other
13    care   providers"   is   defined  as  requiring  a  Community
14    Integrated  Living  Arrangement,   group   home,   supervised
15    apartment,   or   other   residential  services  licensed  or
16    certified by the Department of Human Services  (as  successor
17    to the Departments Department of Public Aid and Mental Health
18    and  Developmental Disabilities) or, the Department of Public
19    Health, or the Department of Public Aid.
20        (c)  Proof of such incapacity  and  dependency  shall  be
21    furnished  to  the  health  maintenance  organization  by the
22    enrollee within 31 days of a request for the  information  by
23    the  health  maintenance organization and subsequently as may
24    be required by the health maintenance organization,  but  not
25    more  frequently  than  annually.   In  the  absence of proof
26    submitted within 31 days of such inquiry that such  dependent
27    is  a  disabled  and dependent person, the health maintenance
28    organization may terminate coverage  of  such  person  at  or
29    after attainment of the limiting age.  In the absence of such
30    inquiry,  coverage of any disabled and dependent person shall
31    continue through the term of the group contract  or  evidence
32    of coverage or any extension or renewal thereof.
33    (Source: P.A. 88-309; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
 
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 1        (215 ILCS 125/4-17)
 2        Sec. 4-17. Basic outpatient preventive and primary health
 3    care  services  for children.  In order to attempt to address
 4    the needs of children in Illinois  (i)  without  health  care
 5    coverage,  either  through  a  parent's  employment,  through
 6    medical assistance under the Illinois Public Aid Code, or any
 7    other  health plan or (ii) who lose medical assistance if and
 8    when their parents move from welfare to work and do not  find
 9    employment   that  offers  health  care  coverage,  a  health
10    maintenance  organization may undertake to provide or arrange
11    for and to pay for or reimburse the cost of basic  outpatient
12    preventive  and primary health care services.  The Department
13    shall promulgate rules  to  establish  minimum  coverage  and
14    disclosure  requirements.   These  requirements  at a minimum
15    shall   include    routine    physical    examinations    and
16    immunizations,  sick visits, diagnostic x-rays and laboratory
17    services, and emergency outpatient services.    Coverage  may
18    also include preventive dental services, vision screening and
19    one pair of eyeglasses, prescription drugs, and mental health
20    services.   The   coverage   may   include   any   reasonable
21    co-payments,  deductibles,  and  benefit  maximums subject to
22    limitations established by the Director by  rule.    Coverage
23    shall  be  limited  to  children  who  are 18 years of age or
24    under, who have resided in the State of Illinois for at least
25    30 days, and who do not qualify for medical assistance  under
26    the  Illinois  Public  Aid  Code.  Any such coverage shall be
27    made available to an adult on behalf  of  such  children  and
28    shall   not  be  funded  through  State  appropriations.   In
29    counties  with  populations  in  excess  of  3,000,000,   the
30    Director shall not approve any arrangement under this Section
31    unless  and  until  an  arrangement  for  at least one health
32    maintenance organization under  contract  with  the  Illinois
33    Department of Human Services Public Aid for furnishing health
34    services  pursuant to Section 5-11 of the Illinois Public Aid
 
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 1    Code and for which the requirements of 42 CFR 434.26(a)  have
 2    been waived is approved.
 3    (Source: P.A. 90-376, eff. 8-14-97; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)

 4        (215 ILCS 125/6-8) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1418.8)
 5        Sec.  6-8.   Powers  and  duties  of the Association.  In
 6    addition  to  the  powers  and  duties  enumerated  in  other
 7    Sections of this Article,  the  Association  shall  have  the
 8    powers set forth in this Section.
 9        (1)  If   a   domestic   organization   is   an  impaired
10    organization, the Association may, subject to any  conditions
11    imposed  by the Association other than those which impair the
12    contractual obligations of  the  impaired  organization,  and
13    approved by the impaired organization and the Director:
14             (a)  guarantee   or   reinsure,   or   cause  to  be
15        guaranteed, assumed or  reinsured,  any  or  all  of  the
16        covered  health care plan certificates of covered persons
17        of the impaired organization;
18             (b)  provide   such    monies,    pledges,    notes,
19        guarantees,  or  other  means as are proper to effectuate
20        paragraph (a), and  assure  payment  of  the  contractual
21        obligations  of  the impaired organization pending action
22        under paragraph (a); and
23             (c)  loan money to the impaired organization.
24        (2)  If a domestic, foreign, or alien organization is  an
25    insolvent organization, the Association shall, subject to the
26    approval of the Director:
27             (a)  guarantee,  assume,  indemnify  or  reinsure or
28        cause to be guaranteed, assumed, indemnified or reinsured
29        the covered health care plan benefits of covered  persons
30        of the insolvent organization; however, in the event that
31        the   Secretary  Director  of  the  Department  of  Human
32        Services  Public  Aid  assigns   individuals   that   are
33        recipients  of  public aid from an insolvent organization
 
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 1        to another organization, the Secretary  Director  of  the
 2        Department  of  Human  Services  Public Aid shall, before
 3        fixing the rates to be paid by the  Department  of  Human
 4        Services  Public  Aid  to  the transferee organization on
 5        account of such individuals, consult with the Director of
 6        the Department of Insurance as to the  reasonableness  of
 7        such  rates  in  light  of  the health care needs of such
 8        individuals  and  the  costs  of  providing  health  care
 9        services to such individuals;
10             (b)  assure payment of the  contractual  obligations
11        of the insolvent organization to covered persons;
12             (c)  make  payments  to providers of health care, or
13        indemnity payments to covered persons, so  as  to  assure
14        the  continued  payment of benefits substantially similar
15        to those provided for  under  covered  health  care  plan
16        certificate  issued  by  the  insolvent  organization  to
17        covered persons; and
18             (d)  provide    such    monies,    pledges,   notes,
19        guaranties, or other means as are reasonably necessary to
20        discharge such duties.
21        This subsection (2) shall not apply when the Director has
22    determined  that  the   foreign   or   alien   organization's
23    domiciliary  jurisdiction  or  state  of  entry  provides, by
24    statute, protection substantially similar to that provided by
25    this Article for residents of this State and such  protection
26    will be provided in a timely manner.
27        (3)  There  shall  be  no liability on the part of and no
28    cause of  action  shall  arise  against  the  Association  or
29    against  any  transferee  from  the Association in connection
30    with the transfer by reinsurance or otherwise of all  or  any
31    part  of  an impaired or insolvent organization's business by
32    reason of any action taken or any failure to take any  action
33    by the impaired or insolvent organization at any time.
34        (4)  If  the Association fails to act within a reasonable
 
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 1    period of time as provided in subsection (2) of this  Section
 2    with respect to an insolvent organization, the Director shall
 3    have  the  powers  and  duties  of the Association under this
 4    Article with regard to such insolvent organization.
 5        (5)  The Association or  its  designated  representatives
 6    may  render  assistance  and advice to the Director, upon his
 7    request,  concerning  rehabilitation,  payment   of   claims,
 8    continuations  of  coverage,  or  the  performance  of  other
 9    contractual   obligations   of   any  impaired  or  insolvent
10    organization.
11        (6)  The Association has standing to  appear  before  any
12    court concerning all matters germane to the powers and duties
13    of  the Association, including, but not limited to, proposals
14    for reinsuring or guaranteeing the covered health  care  plan
15    certificates  of  the  impaired or insolvent organization and
16    the  determination  of   the   covered   health   care   plan
17    certificates and contractual obligations.
18        (7) (a)  Any person receiving benefits under this Article
19    is  deemed  to  have  assigned  the  rights under the covered
20    health care  plan certificates  to  the  Association  to  the
21    extent  of  the  benefits  received  because  of this Article
22    whether the benefits are payments of contractual  obligations
23    or  continuation of coverage.  The Association may require an
24    assignment to it of such rights by  any  payee,  enrollee  or
25    beneficiary  as  a  condition precedent to the receipt of any
26    rights or  benefits  conferred  by  this  Article  upon  such
27    person.   The  Association  is  subrogated  to  these  rights
28    against  the assets of any insolvent organization and against
29    any other party who may be liable to such payee, enrollee  or
30    beneficiary.
31        (b)  The subrogation rights of the Association under this
32    subsection  have  the same priority against the assets of the
33    insolvent  organization  as  that  possessed  by  the  person
34    entitled to receive benefits under this Article.
 
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 1        (8) (a)  The contractual  obligations  of  the  insolvent
 2    organization  for which the Association becomes or may become
 3    liable are as great as but no greater  than  the  contractual
 4    obligations  of the insolvent organization would have been in
 5    the absence of an  insolvency  unless  such  obligations  are
 6    reduced  as  permitted   by subsection (3), but the aggregate
 7    liability of the Association shall not exceed  $300,000  with
 8    respect to any one natural person.
 9        (b)  Furthermore,  the  Association shall not be required
10    to pay, and shall have  no  liability  to,  any  provider  of
11    health care services to an enrollee:
12             (i)  if  such  provider, or his or its affiliates or
13        members of his immediate family, at any time  within  the
14        one  year  prior to the date of the issuance of the first
15        order,  by  a  court  of   competent   jurisdiction,   of
16        conservation, rehabilitation or liquidation pertaining to
17        the health maintenance organization:
18                  (A)  was  a securityholder of such organization
19             (but excluding any securityholder holding an  equity
20             interest of 5% or less);
21                  (B)  exercised control over the organization by
22             means  such  as  serving  as an officer or director,
23             through a management agreement  or  as  a  principal
24             member of a not-for-profit organization;
25                  (C)  had  a representative serving by virtue or
26             his or her official position as a representative  of
27             such  provider  on  the  board  of  any entity which
28             exercised control over the organization;
29                  (D)  received provider payments  made  by  such
30             organization  pursuant to a contract which was not a
31             product of arms-length bargaining; or
32                  (E)  received  distributions  other  than   for
33             physician    services    from    a    not-for-profit
34             organization on account of such provider's status as
 
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 1             a member of such organization.
 2             For  purposes  of  this  subparagraph (i), the terms
 3        "affiliate,"  "person,"  "control"  and  "securityholder"
 4        shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in Section
 5        131.1 of the Illinois Insurance Code; or
 6             (ii)  if and to  the  extent  such  a  provider  has
 7        agreed  by contract not to seek payment from the enrollee
 8        for services provided to such enrollee or if, and to  the
 9        extent,  as  a  matter  of law such provider may not seek
10        payment from the enrollee for services provided  to  such
11        enrollee.
12        (c)  In no event shall the Association be required to pay
13    any  provider participating in the insolvent organization any
14    amount for in-plan services rendered by such  provider  prior
15    to  the  insolvency  of the organization in excess of (1) the
16    amount provided by  a capitation contract between a physician
17    provider and the insolvent organization for such services; or
18    (2) the amounts  provided  by  contract  between  a  hospital
19    provider  and the Department of Human Services Public Aid for
20    similar services to recipients of public aid; or (3)  in  the
21    event  neither  (1)  nor  (2)  above  is applicable, then the
22    amounts paid under the Medicare area prevailing rate for  the
23    area  where  the  services  were provided, or if no such rate
24    exists with respect to such services, then 80% of  the  usual
25    and  customary  rates  established  by  the  Health Insurance
26    Association of America. The payments required to be  made  by
27    the  Association under this Section shall constitute full and
28    complete payment for such provider services to the enrollee.
29        (d)  The Association shall not be required  to  pay  more
30    than  an  aggregate of $300,000 for any organization which is
31    declared to be insolvent prior to  July  1,  1987,  and  such
32    funds  shall  be  distributed  first to enrollees who are not
33    public aid recipients pursuant to a plan recommended  by  the
34    Association and approved by the Director and the court having
 
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 1    jurisdiction over the liquidation.
 2        (9)  The Association may:
 3             (a)  Enter  into  such contracts as are necessary or
 4        proper to carry out the provisions and purposes  of  this
 5        Article.
 6             (b)  Sue  or  be  sued,  including  taking any legal
 7        actions necessary or proper for recovery  of  any  unpaid
 8        assessments under Section 6-9.  The Association shall not
 9        be liable for punitive or exemplary damages.
10             (c)  Borrow  money  to  effect  the purposes of this
11        Article.  Any notes or other evidence of indebtedness  of
12        the  Association not in default are legal investments for
13        domestic organizations and may  be  carried  as  admitted
14        assets.
15             (d)  Employ  or retain such persons as are necessary
16        to handle the financial transactions of the  Association,
17        and  to  perform such other functions as become necessary
18        or proper under this Article.
19             (e)  Negotiate and  contract  with  any  liquidator,
20        rehabilitator,  conservator,  or  ancillary  receiver  to
21        carry out the powers and duties of the Association.
22             (f)  Take  such  legal action as may be necessary to
23        avoid payment of improper claims.
24             (g)  Exercise, for the purposes of this Article  and
25        to  the  extent approved by the Director, the powers of a
26        domestic organization, but in no case may the Association
27        issue evidence of coverage  other  than  that  issued  to
28        perform  the  contractual  obligations of the impaired or
29        insolvent organization.
30             (h)  Exercise all the rights of the  Director  under
31        Section  193(4)  of  the  Illinois  Insurance  Code  with
32        respect  to  covered  health care plan certificates after
33        the association becomes obligated by statute.
34        (10)  The  obligations  of  the  Association  under  this
 
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 1    Article shall not relieve any  reinsurer,  insurer  or  other
 2    person  of  its obligations to the insolvent organization (or
 3    its  conservator,  rehabilitator,   liquidator   or   similar
 4    official)  or its enrollees, including without limitation any
 5    reinsurer, insurer or other person liable  to  the  insolvent
 6    insurer  (or  its  conservator,  rehabilitator, liquidator or
 7    similar official) or its  enrollees  under  any  contract  of
 8    reinsurance,  any  contract  providing  stop loss coverage or
 9    similar coverage or any health care contract. With respect to
10    covered  health  care  plan  certificates   for   which   the
11    Association  becomes  obligated after an entry of an order of
12    liquidation or rehabilitation, the Association may  elect  to
13    succeed  to  the rights of the insolvent organization arising
14    after the date of the order of liquidation or  rehabilitation
15    under  any  contract  of  reinsurance, any contract providing
16    stop loss coverage or similar coverages or  any  health  care
17    service  contract  to  which the insolvent organization was a
18    party, on the terms set forth under  such  contract,  to  the
19    extent  that  such contract provides coverage for health care
20    services provided after the date of the order of  liquidation
21    or  rehabilitation.   As a condition to making this election,
22    the Association must pay premiums for  coverage  relating  to
23    periods  after  the  date  of  the  order  of  liquidation or
24    rehabilitation.
25        (11)  The  Association  shall  be  entitled  to   collect
26    premiums  due  under  or  with respect to covered health care
27    certificates  for  a  period  from  the  date  on  which  the
28    domestic, foreign, or alien organization became an  insolvent
29    organization  until the Association no longer has obligations
30    under subsection (2) of this Section  with  respect  to  such
31    certificates.  The Association's obligations under subsection
32    (2)  of  this Section with respect to any covered health care
33    plan certificates shall terminate in the event that all  such
34    premiums  due  under  or  with respect to such covered health
 
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 1    care plan certificates are not paid to  the  Association  (i)
 2    within  30 days of the Association's demand therefor, or (ii)
 3    in the event that such  certificates  provide  for  a  longer
 4    grace   period  for  payment  of  premiums  after  notice  of
 5    non-payment or demand therefor, within the lesser of (A)  the
 6    period provided for in such certificates or (B) 60 days.
 7    (Source: P.A. 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)

 8        Section  270.  The Voluntary Health Services Plans Act is
 9    amended by changing Sections 2, 15a, and 25 as follows:

10        (215 ILCS 165/2) (from Ch. 32, par. 596)
11        Sec. 2. For the purposes of this Act, the following terms
12    have the respective  meanings  set  forth  in  this  section,
13    unless  different  meanings  are  plainly  indicated  by  the
14    context:
15        (a)  "Health   Services   Plan   Corporation"   means   a
16    corporation  organized  under  the  terms of this Act for the
17    purpose of establishing  and  operating  a  voluntary  health
18    services plan and providing other medically related services.
19        (b)  "Voluntary health services plan" means either a plan
20    or system under which medical, hospital, nursing and relating
21    health   services   may   be  rendered  to  a  subscriber  or
22    beneficiary  at  the  expense  of  a  health  services   plan
23    corporation,  or  any  contractual  arrangement  to  provide,
24    either  directly  or through arrangements with others, dental
25    care services to subscribers and beneficiaries.
26        (c)  "Subscriber"  means  a  natural  person  to  whom  a
27    subscription certificate has been issued by a health services
28    plan corporation.  Persons eligible under Section 5-2 of  the
29    Illinois  Public  Aid  Code  may  be subscribers if a written
30    agreement exists, as specified in Section  25  of  this  Act,
31    between   the   Health  Services  Plan  Corporation  and  the
32    Department of Human Services  Public  Aid.    A  subscription
 
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 1    certificate may be issued to such persons at no cost.
 2        (d)  "Beneficiary"   means   a  person  designated  in  a
 3    subscription certificate as one entitled  to  receive  health
 4    services.
 5        (e)  "Health  services"  means  those services ordinarily
 6    rendered by  physicians  licensed  in  Illinois  to  practice
 7    medicine  in  all of its branches, by podiatrists licensed in
 8    Illinois to practice  podiatric  medicine,  by  dentists  and
 9    dental  surgeons  licensed to practice in Illinois, by nurses
10    registered in Illinois,  by  dental  hygienists  licensed  to
11    practice  in  Illinois,  and  by  assistants  and technicians
12    acting under  professional  supervision;  it  likewise  means
13    hospital  services  as  usually  and  customarily rendered in
14    Illinois, and the compounding and  dispensing  of  drugs  and
15    medicines by pharmacists and assistant pharmacists registered
16    in Illinois.
17        (f)  "Subscription   certificate"   means  a  certificate
18    issued to a subscriber by a health services plan corporation,
19    setting forth the terms  and  conditions  upon  which  health
20    services  shall be rendered to a subscriber or a beneficiary.
21        (g)  "Physician rendering service for  a  plan"  means  a
22    physician licensed in Illinois to practice medicine in all of
23    its  branches  who  has  undertaken or agreed, upon terms and
24    conditions acceptable both  to  himself  and  to  the  health
25    services   plan  corporation  involved,  to  furnish  medical
26    service to the plan's subscribers and beneficiaries.
27        (h)  "Dentist or dental surgeon rendering service  for  a
28    plan"  means a dentist or dental surgeon licensed in Illinois
29    to practice dentistry or dental surgery who has undertaken or
30    agreed, upon terms and conditions acceptable both to  himself
31    and  to  the  health  services  plan corporation involved, to
32    furnish dental or dental  surgical  services  to  the  plan's
33    subscribers and beneficiaries.
34        (i)  "Director"  means  the  Director of Insurance of the
 
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 1    State of Illinois.
 2        (j)  "Person" means any  of  the  following:   a  natural
 3    person,    corporation,    partnership    or   unincorporated
 4    association.
 5        (k)  "Podiatrist or podiatric surgeon  rendering  service
 6    for  a  plan"  means  any  podiatrist  or  podiatric  surgeon
 7    licensed in Illinois to practice podiatry, who has undertaken
 8    or  agreed,  upon  terms  and  conditions  acceptable both to
 9    himself and to the health services plan corporation involved,
10    to furnish podiatric or podiatric surgical  services  to  the
11    plan's subscribers and beneficiaries.
12    (Source: P.A. 83-254.)

13        (215 ILCS 165/15a) (from Ch. 32, par. 609a)
14        Sec. 15a. Dependent Coverage Termination.
15        (a)  The  attainment  of a limiting age under a voluntary
16    health services  plan  which  provides  that  coverage  of  a
17    dependent  of  a subscriber terminates upon attainment of the
18    limiting  age  for  dependent  persons   specified   in   the
19    subscription  certificate  does  not operate to terminate the
20    coverage of a person who, because of a handicapped  condition
21    that  occurred  before  attainment  of  the  limiting age, is
22    incapable of self-sustaining employment and is  dependent  on
23    his  or her parents or other care providers for lifetime care
24    and supervision.
25        (b)  For purposes of subsection (a), "dependent on  other
26    care   providers"   is   defined  as  requiring  a  Community
27    Integrated  Living  Arrangement,   group   home,   supervised
28    apartment,   or   other   residential  services  licensed  or
29    certified by the Department of Human Services  (as  successor
30    to the Departments Department of Public Aid and Mental Health
31    and  Developmental Disabilities), or the Department of Public
32    Health, or the Department of Public Aid.
33        (c)  The corporation may require, at reasonable intervals
 
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 1    from the date of the first  claim  filed  on  behalf  of  the
 2    disabled   and   dependent   person  or  from  the  date  the
 3    corporation receives notice of a covered person's  disability
 4    and   dependency,   proof  of  the  person's  disability  and
 5    dependency.
 6        (d)  This  amendatory  Act  of  1969  is  applicable   to
 7    subscription certificates issued or renewed after October 27,
 8    1969.
 9    (Source: P.A. 88-309; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

10        (215 ILCS 165/25) (from Ch. 32, par. 619)
11        Sec.  25.  A health services plan corporation may receive
12    and accept from governmental  or  private  agencies  or  from
13    other  persons  as defined in this Act, payments covering all
14    or part of  the  cost  of  subscriptions  to  provide  health
15    services  for  needy  and  other  individuals.  However,  all
16    contracts  for  health services concerning persons other than
17    recipients of public aid shall be between the corporation and
18    the person to receive such services.  No  payments  shall  be
19    made  by  the  Department of Human Services Public Aid to any
20    Health Services Plan Corporation except where the payment  is
21    made for a covered service included in the Medical Assistance
22    Program  at  the  rate established by the Department of Human
23    Services Public Aid, and where the service was rendered to  a
24    public  aid  recipient, and where there was in full force and
25    effect, at the time  the  service  was  rendered,  a  written
26    agreement  governing  such provision of services between such
27    Health Services Plan Corporation and the Department.
28    (Source: P.A. 81-1203.)

29        Section 275.  The Illinois Dental Practice Act is amended
30    by changing Sections 23 and 23a as follows:

31        (225 ILCS 25/23) (from Ch. 111, par. 2323)
 
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 1        Sec. 23. Refusal,  revocation  or  suspension  of  dental
 2    licenses.   The  Department  may refuse to issue or renew, or
 3    may revoke, suspend, place on probation,  reprimand  or  take
 4    other  disciplinary action as the Department may deem proper,
 5    including fines not to exceed  $10,000  per  violation,  with
 6    regard  to  any license for any one or any combination of the
 7    following causes:
 8        1.  Fraud in procuring the license.
 9        2.  Habitual intoxication or  addiction  to  the  use  of
10    drugs.
11        3.  Wilful  or  repeated  violations  of the rules of the
12    Department of Public Health or Department of Nuclear Safety.
13        4.  Acceptance of a fee for service as a witness, without
14    the knowledge of the court, in addition to the fee allowed by
15    the court.
16        5.  Division of fees or agreeing to split or  divide  the
17    fees  received  for  dental  services  with  any  person  for
18    bringing or referring a patient, except in regard to referral
19    services  as  provided  for under Section 45, or assisting in
20    the care or treatment of a patient, without the knowledge  of
21    the patient or his legal representative.
22        6.  Employing,  procuring, inducing, aiding or abetting a
23    person not licensed or registered as a dentist to  engage  in
24    the  practice  of dentistry. The person practiced upon is not
25    an accomplice, employer, procurer, inducer, aider, or abetter
26    within the meaning of this Act.
27        7.  Making  any  misrepresentations  or  false  promises,
28    directly or indirectly,  to  influence,  persuade  or  induce
29    dental patronage.
30        8.  Professional   connection   or  association  with  or
31    lending his name to  another  for  the  illegal  practice  of
32    dentistry   by   another,   or   professional  connection  or
33    association with any  person,  firm  or  corporation  holding
34    himself,  herself,  themselves,  or  itself out in any manner
 
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 1    contrary to this Act.
 2        9.  Obtaining or seeking to obtain  practice,  money,  or
 3    any   other   things   of   value   by  false  or  fraudulent
 4    representations,  but  not  limited  to,  engaging  in   such
 5    fraudulent practice to defraud the medical assistance program
 6    of the Department of Human Services Public Aid.
 7        10.  Practicing under a name other than his or her own.
 8        11.  Engaging     in    dishonorable,    unethical,    or
 9    unprofessional conduct of  a  character  likely  to  deceive,
10    defraud, or harm the public.
11        12.  Conviction  in  this  or  another State of any crime
12    which is a felony under the laws of this State or  conviction
13    of  a felony in a federal court, conviction of a misdemeanor,
14    an essential element of which is dishonesty, or conviction of
15    any crime which  is  directly  related  to  the  practice  of
16    dentistry or dental hygiene.
17        13.  Permitting  a  dental hygienist, dental assistant or
18    other person under his or  her  supervision  to  perform  any
19    operation not authorized by this Act.
20        14.  Permitting  more  than  4  dental  hygienists  to be
21    employed under his supervision at any one time.
22        15.  A violation of any provision  of  this  Act  or  any
23    rules promulgated under this Act.
24        16.  Taking  impressions for or using the services of any
25    person, firm or corporation violating this Act.
26        17.  Violating any provision of Section  45  relating  to
27    advertising.
28        18.  Discipline  by  another U.S. jurisdiction or foreign
29    nation, if at least one of the grounds for the discipline  is
30    the  same  or  substantially  equivalent  to  those set forth
31    within this Act.
32        19.  Willfully failing to report an instance of suspected
33    child  abuse  or  neglect  as  required  by  the  Abused  and
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 1        20.  Gross or repeated malpractice resulting in injury or
 2    death of a patient.
 3        21.  The use or prescription  for  use  of  narcotics  or
 4    controlled substances or designated products as listed in the
 5    Illinois Controlled Substances Act, in any way other than for
 6    therapeutic purposes.
 7        22.  Willfully  making or filing false records or reports
 8    in his practice as a dentist, including, but not limited  to,
 9    false records to support claims against the dental assistance
10    program  of  the Illinois Department of Human Services Public
11    Aid.
12        23.  Professional  incompetence  as  manifested  by  poor
13    standards of care.
14        24.  Physical  or  mental  illness,  including,  but  not
15    limited to, deterioration through the aging process, or  loss
16    of  motor  skills  which  results in a dentist's inability to
17    practice dentistry with reasonable judgment, skill or safety.
18    In enforcing this paragraph,  the  Department  may  compel  a
19    person  licensed  to  practice  under this Act to submit to a
20    mental or physical examination  pursuant  to  the  terms  and
21    conditions of Section 23b.
22        25.  Repeated irregularities in billing a third party for
23    services  rendered  to  a  patient.   For  purposes  of  this
24    paragraph 25, "irregularities in billing" shall include:
25             (a)  Reporting  excessive charges for the purpose of
26        obtaining a total  payment  in  excess  of  that  usually
27        received by the dentist for the services rendered.
28             (b)  Reporting charges for services not rendered.
29             (c)  Incorrectly reporting services rendered for the
30        purpose of obtaining payment not earned.
31        26.  Continuing  the  active  practice of dentistry while
32    knowingly having any infectious, communicable, or  contagious
33    disease proscribed by rule or regulation of the Department.
34        27.  Being  named as a perpetrator in an indicated report
 
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 1    by the Department of Children and Family Services pursuant to
 2    the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act, and upon  proof
 3    by clear and convincing evidence that the licensee has caused
 4    a  child  to be an abused child or neglected child as defined
 5    in the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
 6        28.  Violating the Health Care Worker Self-Referral Act.
 7        29.  Abandonment of a patient.
 8        30.  Mental  incompetency  as  declared  by  a  court  of
 9    competent jurisdiction.
10        All proceedings to suspend, revoke, place on probationary
11    status,  or  take  any  other  disciplinary  action  as   the
12    Department  may  deem proper, with regard to a license on any
13    of the foregoing grounds, must be commenced  within  3  years
14    after  receipt  by the Department of a complaint alleging the
15    commission of or notice of the conviction order  for  any  of
16    the  acts  described herein.  Except for fraud in procuring a
17    license, no action shall be commenced more than 5 years after
18    the date of the incident or act alleged to have violated this
19    Section.  The time during which the holder of the license was
20    outside the State of Illinois shall not  be  included  within
21    any  period of time limiting the commencement of disciplinary
22    action by the Department.
23        The Department may refuse to issue  or  may  suspend  the
24    license  of  any person who fails to file a return, or to pay
25    the tax, penalty or interest shown in a filed return,  or  to
26    pay  any  final  assessment  of  tax, penalty or interest, as
27    required  by  any  tax  Act  administered  by  the   Illinois
28    Department of Revenue, until such time as the requirements of
29    any such tax Act are satisfied.
30    (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 91-689, eff. 1-1-01.)

31        (225 ILCS 25/23a) (from Ch. 111, par. 2323a)
32        Sec.  23a.   The  Director  of  the  Department may, upon
33    receipt of a written  communication  from  the  Secretary  of
 
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 1    Human  Services  or  the Director of the Department of Public
 2    Aid or Department of  Public  Health,  that  continuation  of
 3    practice  of  a person licensed under this Act constitutes an
 4    immediate danger  to  the  public,  immediately  suspend  the
 5    license  of  such  person without a hearing.  In instances in
 6    which the Director immediately suspends a license under  this
 7    Section,  a  hearing  upon  such  person's  license  must  be
 8    convened  by  the  Board within 15 days after such suspension
 9    and completed without appreciable delay, such hearing held to
10    determine whether to  recommend  to  the  Director  that  the
11    person's   license   be   revoked,   suspended,   placed   on
12    probationary  status or reinstated, or such person be subject
13    to other disciplinary action.  In such hearing,  the  written
14    communication  and any other evidence submitted therewith may
15    be introduced  as  evidence  against  such  person;  provided
16    however,   the   person,  or  his  counsel,  shall  have  the
17    opportunity to discredit or impeach such evidence and  submit
18    evidence rebutting same.
19    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

20        Section 280.  The Illinois Funeral or Burial Funds Act is
21    amended by changing Section 4 as follows:

22        (225 ILCS 45/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73.104)
23        Sec. 4. Withdrawal of funds; revocability of contract.
24        (a)  The  amount or amounts so deposited into trust, with
25    interest thereon, if any, shall not be  withdrawn  until  the
26    death  of  the  person or persons for whose funeral or burial
27    such funds were paid, unless sooner withdrawn and  repaid  to
28    the  person  who  originally  paid  the  money  under  or  in
29    connection  with the pre-need contract or to his or her legal
30    representative.  The life insurance policies or  tax-deferred
31    annuities  shall  not  be  surrendered until the death of the
32    person or persons for whose funeral or burial the policies or
 
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 1    annuities  were  purchased,  unless  sooner  surrendered  and
 2    repaid to the owner of  the  policy  purchased  under  or  in
 3    connection  with the pre-need contract or to his or her legal
 4    representative.  If, however,  the  agreement  or  series  of
 5    agreements  provides  for  forfeiture and retention of any or
 6    all payments as and for liquidated  damages  as  provided  in
 7    Section  6,  then  the  trustee may withdraw the deposits. In
 8    addition, nothing in this Section (i) prohibits the change of
 9    depositary by the trustee and the  transfer  of  trust  funds
10    from  one  depositary to another or (ii) prohibits a contract
11    purchaser who is or may become eligible for public assistance
12    under any applicable federal or State law or local  ordinance
13    including,  but  not limited to, eligibility under 24 C.F.R.,
14    Part 913 relating to family insurance under  federal  Housing
15    and  Urban  Development  Policy  from irrevocably waiving, in
16    writing, and  renouncing  the  right  to  cancel  a  pre-need
17    contract for funeral services in an amount prescribed by rule
18    of  the  Illinois Department of Human Services Public Aid. No
19    guaranteed price pre-need funeral  contract  may  prohibit  a
20    purchaser  from  making  a contract irrevocable to the extent
21    that federal law or regulations require that such a  contract
22    be  irrevocable  for  purposes of the purchaser's eligibility
23    for  Supplemental  Security  Income  benefits,  Medicaid,  or
24    another public assistance program, as permitted under federal
25    law.
26        (b)  If for any reason  a  seller  or  provider  who  has
27    engaged  in  pre-need  sales has refused, cannot, or does not
28    comply with the terms  of  the  pre-need  contract  within  a
29    reasonable  time  after  he  or she is required to do so, the
30    purchaser or his or her heirs or assigns or  duly  authorized
31    representative  shall have the right to a refund of an amount
32    equal to the sales price paid for undelivered merchandise  or
33    services plus otherwise earned undistributed interest amounts
34    held in trust attributable to the contract, within 30 days of
 
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 1    the  filing  of  a  sworn  affidavit with the trustee setting
 2    forth the existence of the contract and the fact  of  breach.
 3    A  copy of this affidavit shall be filed with the Comptroller
 4    and the seller.  In the event  a  seller  is  prevented  from
 5    performing  by strike, shortage of materials, civil disorder,
 6    natural disaster, or any like occurrence beyond  the  control
 7    of  the seller or provider, the seller or provider's time for
 8    performance shall be extended by the  length  of  the  delay.
 9    Nothing  in this Section shall relieve the seller or provider
10    from  any  liability  for  non-performance  of  his  or   her
11    obligations under the pre-need contract.
12        (c)  After  final  payment  on  a  pre-need contract, any
13    purchaser may, upon written demand to a seller,  demand  that
14    the  pre-need  contract  with  the seller be terminated.  The
15    seller shall, within  30  days,  initiate  a  refund  to  the
16    purchaser  of the entire amount held in trust attributable to
17    undelivered merchandise and unperformed  services,  including
18    otherwise earned undistributed interest earned thereon or the
19    cash   surrender   value   of  a  life  insurance  policy  or
20    tax-deferred annuity.
21        If no funeral merchandise or services are provided or  if
22    the  funeral  is  conducted by another person, the seller may
23    keep no more than 10% of the payments made under the pre-need
24    contract or $300, whichever sum is less.   The  remainder  of
25    the  trust  funds  or  insurance or annuity proceeds shall be
26    forwarded to the legal heirs of the deceased or as determined
27    by probate action.
28        (d)  The placement and retention of all or a portion of a
29    casket,  combination  casket-vault,  urn,  or  outer   burial
30    container  comprised  of  materials  which  are  designed  to
31    withstand  prolonged  storage in the manner set forth in this
32    paragraph  without   adversely   affecting   the   structural
33    integrity or aesthetic characteristics of such merchandise in
34    a  specific  burial  space in which the person or persons for
 
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 1    whose funeral or burial the merchandise was  intended  has  a
 2    right  of interment, or the placement of the merchandise in a
 3    specific mausoleum crypt or lawn crypt in which  such  person
 4    has   a   right  of  entombment,  or  the  placement  of  the
 5    merchandise in a specific niche in which such  person  has  a
 6    right  of inurnment, or delivery to such person and retention
 7    by such person until the time of need shall constitute actual
 8    delivery to the person who originally paid the money under or
 9    in connection with said agreement or  series  of  agreements.
10    Actual  delivery  shall eliminate, from and after the date of
11    actual delivery, any requirement under this Act to  place  or
12    retain  in  trust  any  funds  received  for the sale of such
13    merchandise.  The delivery, prior to the time of need, of any
14    funeral or  burial  merchandise  in  any  manner  other  than
15    authorized  by  this  Section  shall  not  constitute  actual
16    delivery  and  shall not eliminate any requirement under this
17    Act to place or retain in trust any funds  received  for  the
18    sale of such merchandise.
19    (Source: P.A. 87-1091; 88-477.)

20        Section 285.  The Medical Practice Act of 1987 is amended
21    by changing Sections 22 and 25 as follows:

22        (225 ILCS 60/22) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-22)
23        Sec. 22.  Disciplinary action.
24        (A)  The   Department   may  revoke,  suspend,  place  on
25    probationary status, or take any other disciplinary action as
26    the Department may deem proper with regard to the license  or
27    visiting professor permit of any person issued under this Act
28    to  practice medicine, or to treat human ailments without the
29    use of drugs and without operative surgery upon  any  of  the
30    following grounds:
31             (1)  Performance  of  an  elective  abortion  in any
32        place, locale, facility, or institution other than:
 
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 1                  (a)  a  facility  licensed  pursuant   to   the
 2             Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act;
 3                  (b)  an institution licensed under the Hospital
 4             Licensing Act; or
 5                  (c)  an ambulatory surgical treatment center or
 6             hospitalization  or  care facility maintained by the
 7             State or any agency thereof, where  such  department
 8             or  agency  has authority under law to establish and
 9             enforce  standards  for  the   ambulatory   surgical
10             treatment    centers,   hospitalization,   or   care
11             facilities under its management and control; or
12                  (d)  ambulatory  surgical  treatment   centers,
13             hospitalization or care facilities maintained by the
14             Federal Government; or
15                  (e)  ambulatory   surgical  treatment  centers,
16             hospitalization or care facilities maintained by any
17             university or college established under the laws  of
18             this State and supported principally by public funds
19             raised by taxation.
20             (2)  Performance  of  an  abortion  procedure  in  a
21        wilful  and wanton manner on a woman who was not pregnant
22        at the time the abortion procedure was performed.
23             (3)  The conviction of a felony in this or any other
24        jurisdiction, except as otherwise provided in  subsection
25        B  of  this  Section,  whether or not related to practice
26        under this  Act,  or  the  entry  of  a  guilty  or  nolo
27        contendere plea to a felony charge.
28             (4)  Gross negligence in practice under this Act.
29             (5)  Engaging    in   dishonorable,   unethical   or
30        unprofessional conduct of a character likely to  deceive,
31        defraud or harm the public.
32             (6)  Obtaining   any   fee   by  fraud,  deceit,  or
33        misrepresentation.
34             (7)  Habitual or excessive use  or  abuse  of  drugs
 
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 1        defined  in  law as controlled substances, of alcohol, or
 2        of any other substances which results in the inability to
 3        practice with reasonable judgment, skill or safety.
 4             (8)  Practicing under a false or, except as provided
 5        by law, an assumed name.
 6             (9)  Fraud or misrepresentation in applying for,  or
 7        procuring, a license under this Act or in connection with
 8        applying for renewal of a license under this Act.
 9             (10)  Making   a   false   or  misleading  statement
10        regarding their skill or the efficacy  or  value  of  the
11        medicine,  treatment,  or  remedy  prescribed  by them at
12        their direction in the treatment of any disease or  other
13        condition of the body or mind.
14             (11)  Allowing another person or organization to use
15        their license, procured under this Act, to practice.
16             (12)  Disciplinary   action   of  another  state  or
17        jurisdiction against a license or other authorization  to
18        practice  as  a  medical  doctor,  doctor  of osteopathy,
19        doctor of osteopathic medicine or doctor of chiropractic,
20        a certified copy of the record of the action taken by the
21        other state or jurisdiction being  prima  facie  evidence
22        thereof.
23             (13)  Violation  of  any provision of this Act or of
24        the Medical Practice Act prior to the repeal of that Act,
25        or violation of the  rules,  or  a  final  administrative
26        action  of  the  Director,  after  consideration  of  the
27        recommendation of the Disciplinary Board.
28             (14)  Dividing  with  anyone  other  than physicians
29        with  whom  the  licensee  practices  in  a  partnership,
30        Professional Association, limited liability  company,  or
31        Medical  or Professional Corporation any fee, commission,
32        rebate or other form of compensation for any professional
33        services not actually and  personally  rendered.  Nothing
34        contained  in  this  subsection prohibits persons holding
 
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 1        valid and current licenses under this Act from practicing
 2        medicine in partnership under  a  partnership  agreement,
 3        including  a  limited liability partnership, in a limited
 4        liability company under  the  Limited  Liability  Company
 5        Act,   in   a   corporation  authorized  by  the  Medical
 6        Corporation Act, as  an  association  authorized  by  the
 7        Professional  Association  Act, or in a corporation under
 8        the  Professional  Corporation  Act  or   from   pooling,
 9        sharing,  dividing  or  apportioning  the fees and monies
10        received by them or by the  partnership,  corporation  or
11        association  in accordance with the partnership agreement
12        or  the  policies  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the
13        corporation or association.  Nothing  contained  in  this
14        subsection prohibits 2 or more corporations authorized by
15        the  Medical  Corporation Act, from forming a partnership
16        or joint venture  of  such  corporations,  and  providing
17        medical,  surgical  and scientific research and knowledge
18        by employees of these corporations if such employees  are
19        licensed  under  this  Act,  or  from  pooling,  sharing,
20        dividing, or apportioning the fees and monies received by
21        the  partnership  or joint venture in accordance with the
22        partnership  or   joint   venture   agreement.    Nothing
23        contained  in this subsection shall abrogate the right of
24        2 or more persons, holding  valid  and  current  licenses
25        under this Act, to each receive adequate compensation for
26        concurrently rendering professional services to a patient
27        and   divide  a  fee;  provided,  the  patient  has  full
28        knowledge  of  the  division,  and,  provided,  that  the
29        division is made in proportion to the services  performed
30        and responsibility assumed by each.
31             (15)  A  finding  by  the Medical Disciplinary Board
32        that the registrant  after  having  his  or  her  license
33        placed  on probationary status or subjected to conditions
34        or restrictions violated the terms of  the  probation  or
 
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 1        failed to comply with such terms or conditions.
 2             (16)  Abandonment of a patient.
 3             (17)  Prescribing,      selling,      administering,
 4        distributing,   giving  or  self-administering  any  drug
 5        classified as a controlled substance (designated product)
 6        or narcotic for other than medically accepted therapeutic
 7        purposes.
 8             (18)  Promotion  of  the  sale  of  drugs,  devices,
 9        appliances or goods provided for a patient in such manner
10        as to exploit the  patient  for  financial  gain  of  the
11        physician.
12             (19)  Offering,  undertaking  or agreeing to cure or
13        treat disease by a secret method, procedure, treatment or
14        medicine, or the treating, operating or  prescribing  for
15        any human condition by a method, means or procedure which
16        the  licensee  refuses  to  divulge  upon  demand  of the
17        Department.
18             (20)  Immoral conduct in the commission of  any  act
19        including,  but  not  limited to, commission of an act of
20        sexual misconduct related to the licensee's practice.
21             (21)  Wilfully making or  filing  false  records  or
22        reports in his or her practice as a physician, including,
23        but  not  limited  to,  false  records  to support claims
24        against the medical assistance program of the  Department
25        of  Human  Services  Public Aid under the Illinois Public
26        Aid Code.
27             (22)  Wilful omission to file or record, or wilfully
28        impeding the filing or  recording,  or  inducing  another
29        person  to  omit  to  file  or record, medical reports as
30        required  by  law,  or  wilfully  failing  to  report  an
31        instance of suspected abuse or  neglect  as  required  by
32        law.
33             (23)  Being  named  as a perpetrator in an indicated
34        report by the Department of Children and Family  Services
 
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 1        under  the  Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act, and
 2        upon proof by clear  and  convincing  evidence  that  the
 3        licensee  has  caused  a  child  to be an abused child or
 4        neglected child as defined in the  Abused  and  Neglected
 5        Child Reporting Act.
 6             (24)  Solicitation  of professional patronage by any
 7        corporation, agents or persons, or profiting  from  those
 8        representing themselves to be agents of the licensee.
 9             (25)  Gross  and  wilful  and continued overcharging
10        for  professional  services,   including   filing   false
11        statements  for collection of fees for which services are
12        not rendered, including, but not limited to, filing  such
13        false  statements  for  collection of monies for services
14        not rendered from the medical assistance program  of  the
15        Department   of  Human  Services  Public  Aid  under  the
16        Illinois Public Aid Code.
17             (26)  A pattern of practice or other behavior  which
18        demonstrates incapacity or incompetence to practice under
19        this Act.
20             (27)  Mental  illness or disability which results in
21        the inability to practice under this Act with  reasonable
22        judgment, skill or safety.
23             (28)  Physical  illness,  including, but not limited
24        to, deterioration through the aging process, or  loss  of
25        motor  skill  which results in a physician's inability to
26        practice under this Act with reasonable  judgment,  skill
27        or safety.
28             (29)  Cheating   on   or   attempt  to  subvert  the
29        licensing examinations administered under this Act.
30             (30)  Wilfully   or   negligently   violating    the
31        confidentiality  between  physician and patient except as
32        required by law.
33             (31)  The use of any false, fraudulent, or deceptive
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 1        this Act.
 2             (32)  Aiding and abetting an individual not licensed
 3        under  this  Act in the practice of a profession licensed
 4        under this Act.
 5             (33)  Violating state or federal laws or regulations
 6        relating to controlled substances.
 7             (34)  Failure  to  report  to  the  Department   any
 8        adverse  final  action  taken  against  them  by  another
 9        licensing  jurisdiction (any other state or any territory
10        of the United States or any foreign state or country), by
11        any peer review body, by any health care institution,  by
12        any   professional  society  or  association  related  to
13        practice under this Act, by any governmental  agency,  by
14        any  law  enforcement agency, or by any court for acts or
15        conduct similar to acts or conduct which would constitute
16        grounds for action as defined in this Section.
17             (35)  Failure to report to the Department  surrender
18        of  a  license  or authorization to practice as a medical
19        doctor, a doctor of osteopathy, a doctor  of  osteopathic
20        medicine,  or  doctor of chiropractic in another state or
21        jurisdiction, or surrender of membership on  any  medical
22        staff  or  in  any medical or professional association or
23        society, while under disciplinary investigation by any of
24        those authorities or bodies, for acts or conduct  similar
25        to  acts  or  conduct  which would constitute grounds for
26        action as defined in this Section.
27             (36)  Failure  to  report  to  the  Department   any
28        adverse  judgment,  settlement,  or  award arising from a
29        liability claim related to acts  or  conduct  similar  to
30        acts or conduct which would constitute grounds for action
31        as defined in this Section.
32             (37)  Failure  to transfer copies of medical records
33        as required by law.
34             (38)  Failure  to  furnish   the   Department,   its
 
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 1        investigators  or  representatives, relevant information,
 2        legally requested by the  Department  after  consultation
 3        with  the Chief Medical Coordinator or the Deputy Medical
 4        Coordinator.
 5             (39)  Violating the Health Care Worker Self-Referral
 6        Act.
 7             (40)  Willful failure to provide notice when  notice
 8        is  required under the Parental Notice of Abortion Act of
 9        1995.
10             (41)  Failure to establish and maintain  records  of
11        patient care and treatment as required by this law.
12             (42)  Entering  into  an excessive number of written
13        collaborative agreements with licensed advanced  practice
14        nurses   resulting   in   an   inability   to  adequately
15        collaborate and provide medical direction.
16             (43)  Repeated  failure  to  adequately  collaborate
17        with or provide medical direction to a licensed  advanced
18        practice nurse.
19        All proceedings to suspend, revoke, place on probationary
20    status,   or  take  any  other  disciplinary  action  as  the
21    Department may deem proper, with regard to a license  on  any
22    of  the  foregoing  grounds, must be commenced within 3 years
23    next after receipt by the Department of a complaint  alleging
24    the  commission  of or notice of the conviction order for any
25    of  the  acts  described  herein.   Except  for  the  grounds
26    numbered (8), (9) and (29), no action shall be commenced more
27    than 5 years after the date of the incident or act alleged to
28    have violated this Section.  In the event of  the  settlement
29    of  any  claim or cause of action in favor of the claimant or
30    the reduction to final judgment of any civil action in  favor
31    of the plaintiff, such claim, cause of action or civil action
32    being grounded on the allegation that a person licensed under
33    this  Act  was  negligent  in  providing care, the Department
34    shall have an additional period of one year from the date  of
 
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 1    notification  to  the Department under Section 23 of this Act
 2    of such settlement or final judgment in which to  investigate
 3    and commence formal disciplinary proceedings under Section 36
 4    of  this  Act, except as otherwise provided by law.  The time
 5    during which the holder of the license was outside the  State
 6    of  Illinois  shall not be included within any period of time
 7    limiting the  commencement  of  disciplinary  action  by  the
 8    Department.
 9        The  entry  of  an order or judgment by any circuit court
10    establishing that any person holding a license under this Act
11    is a person  in  need  of  mental  treatment  operates  as  a
12    suspension  of  that  license.   That person may resume their
13    practice only upon the entry of a  Departmental  order  based
14    upon  a  finding  by the Medical Disciplinary Board that they
15    have been determined to be recovered from mental  illness  by
16    the  court  and  upon the Disciplinary Board's recommendation
17    that they be permitted to resume their practice.
18        The Department may refuse to issue or  take  disciplinary
19    action concerning the license of any person who fails to file
20    a  return,  or to pay the tax, penalty or interest shown in a
21    filed return, or to pay any final assessment of tax,  penalty
22    or  interest,  as required by any tax Act administered by the
23    Illinois Department  of  Revenue,  until  such  time  as  the
24    requirements  of any such tax Act are satisfied as determined
25    by the Illinois Department of Revenue.
26        The  Department,   upon   the   recommendation   of   the
27    Disciplinary   Board,  shall  adopt  rules  which  set  forth
28    standards to be used in determining:
29             (a)  when  a  person  will  be  deemed  sufficiently
30        rehabilitated to warrant the public trust;
31             (b)  what  constitutes  dishonorable,  unethical  or
32        unprofessional conduct of a character likely to  deceive,
33        defraud, or harm the public;
34             (c)  what   constitutes   immoral   conduct  in  the
 
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 1        commission of any act, including,  but  not  limited  to,
 2        commission  of an act of sexual misconduct related to the
 3        licensee's practice; and
 4             (d)  what  constitutes  gross  negligence   in   the
 5        practice of medicine.
 6        However,  no  such rule shall be admissible into evidence
 7    in any civil action except for review of a licensing or other
 8    disciplinary action under this Act.
 9        In  enforcing  this  Section,  the  Medical  Disciplinary
10    Board, upon a showing of a possible violation, may compel any
11    individual licensed to practice under this Act,  or  who  has
12    applied  for  licensure  or a permit pursuant to this Act, to
13    submit to a mental  or  physical  examination,  or  both,  as
14    required  by  and  at  the  expense  of  the Department.  The
15    examining physician or physicians shall be those specifically
16    designated   by   the   Disciplinary   Board.   The   Medical
17    Disciplinary Board or the Department may order the  examining
18    physician  to  present  testimony  concerning  this mental or
19    physical  examination  of  the  licensee  or  applicant.   No
20    information shall be excluded by reason of any common law  or
21    statutory  privilege  relating  to  communication between the
22    licensee  or  applicant  and  the  examining  physician.  The
23    individual to be  examined  may  have,  at  his  or  her  own
24    expense,  another  physician  of  his  or  her choice present
25    during all aspects  of  the  examination.    Failure  of  any
26    individual  to submit to mental or physical examination, when
27    directed, shall be grounds  for  suspension  of  his  or  her
28    license  until  such  time  as  the individual submits to the
29    examination if the Disciplinary Board finds, after notice and
30    hearing, that the refusal to submit to  the  examination  was
31    without  reasonable cause.  If the Disciplinary Board finds a
32    physician unable to practice because of the reasons set forth
33    in this Section, the Disciplinary Board  shall  require  such
34    physician  to  submit  to  care,  counseling, or treatment by
 
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 1    physicians approved or designated by the Disciplinary  Board,
 2    as   a   condition  for  continued,  reinstated,  or  renewed
 3    licensure to practice.   Any  physician,  whose  license  was
 4    granted  pursuant  to  Sections 9, 17, or 19 of this Act, or,
 5    continued, reinstated, renewed,  disciplined  or  supervised,
 6    subject  to  such terms, conditions or restrictions who shall
 7    fail to comply with such terms, conditions  or  restrictions,
 8    or  to  complete  a  required program of care, counseling, or
 9    treatment, as determined by the Chief Medical Coordinator  or
10    Deputy   Medical  Coordinators,  shall  be  referred  to  the
11    Director for a determination as to whether the licensee shall
12    have their license suspended immediately, pending  a  hearing
13    by  the  Disciplinary  Board.   In  instances  in  which  the
14    Director immediately suspends a license under this Section, a
15    hearing  upon  such  person's license must be convened by the
16    Disciplinary Board within 15 days after such  suspension  and
17    completed  without appreciable delay.  The Disciplinary Board
18    shall have the authority to review  the  subject  physician's
19    record  of treatment and counseling regarding the impairment,
20    to the extent permitted by applicable  federal  statutes  and
21    regulations   safeguarding  the  confidentiality  of  medical
22    records.
23        An individual licensed under  this  Act,  affected  under
24    this Section, shall be afforded an opportunity to demonstrate
25    to  the  Disciplinary  Board that they can resume practice in
26    compliance with acceptable and prevailing standards under the
27    provisions of their license.
28        The Department may promulgate rules for the imposition of
29    fines in disciplinary cases, not to exceed  $5,000  for  each
30    violation  of  this Act.  Fines may be imposed in conjunction
31    with other forms of disciplinary action, but shall not be the
32    exclusive disposition of any disciplinary action arising  out
33    of  conduct  resulting  in death or injury to a patient.  Any
34    funds collected from such fines shall  be  deposited  in  the
 
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 1    Medical Disciplinary Fund.
 2        (B)  The  Department shall revoke the license or visiting
 3    permit of any  person  issued  under  this  Act  to  practice
 4    medicine  or to treat human ailments without the use of drugs
 5    and without operative  surgery,  who  has  been  convicted  a
 6    second  time  of  committing  any  felony  under the Illinois
 7    Controlled Substances Act, or who has been convicted a second
 8    time of committing a Class 1 felony under Sections  8A-3  and
 9    8A-6 of the Illinois Public Aid Code.  A person whose license
10    or  visiting  permit  is  revoked  under this subsection B of
11    Section 22 of this Act shall be  prohibited  from  practicing
12    medicine  or treating human ailments without the use of drugs
13    and without operative surgery.
14        (C)  The Medical Disciplinary Board  shall  recommend  to
15    the  Department  civil  penalties  and  any other appropriate
16    discipline in disciplinary cases when the Board finds that  a
17    physician   willfully   performed  an  abortion  with  actual
18    knowledge that the person upon whom  the  abortion  has  been
19    performed  is a minor or an incompetent person without notice
20    as required under the Parental  Notice  of  Abortion  Act  of
21    1995.   Upon the Board's recommendation, the Department shall
22    impose, for the first violation, a civil  penalty  of  $1,000
23    and  for a second or subsequent violation, a civil penalty of
24    $5,000.
25    (Source: P.A.  89-18,  eff.  6-1-95;  89-201,  eff.   1-1-96;
26    89-626,  eff.  8-9-96;  89-702,  eff.  7-1-97;  90-742,  eff.
27    8-13-98.)

28        (225 ILCS 60/25) (from Ch. 111, par. 4400-25)
29        Sec.  25.   The  Director  of  the  Department  may, upon
30    receipt of a written  communication  from  the  Secretary  of
31    Human  Services,  the Director of Public Aid, or the Director
32    of Public Health that continuation of practice  of  a  person
33    licensed  under  this  Act constitutes an immediate danger to
 
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 1    the public, and after consultation  with  the  Chief  Medical
 2    Coordinator   or   Deputy  Medical  Coordinator,  immediately
 3    suspend the license of such person  without  a  hearing.   In
 4    instances  in  which  the  Director  immediately  suspends  a
 5    license  under  this  Section,  a  hearing upon such person's
 6    license must be convened by the Disciplinary Board within  15
 7    days  after such suspension and completed without appreciable
 8    delay.  Such hearing is to be held to  determine  whether  to
 9    recommend  to  the  Director  that  the  person's  license be
10    revoked,  suspended,  placed  on   probationary   status   or
11    reinstated, or whether such person should be subject to other
12    disciplinary   action.    In   the   hearing,   the   written
13    communication  and any other evidence submitted therewith may
14    be introduced  as  evidence  against  such  person;  provided
15    however,  the  person,  or  their  counsel,  shall  have  the
16    opportunity   to  discredit,   impeach  and  submit  evidence
17    rebutting such evidence.
18    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

19        Section 290.  The Naprapathic Practice Act is amended  by
20    changing Section 110 as follows:

21        (225 ILCS 63/110)
22        Sec.  110.  Grounds  for  disciplinary  action;  refusal,
23    revocation, suspension.
24        (a)  The  Department  may refuse to issue or to renew, or
25    may revoke, suspend, place on probation,  reprimand  or  take
26    other  disciplinary action as the Department may deem proper,
27    including fines not to exceed $5,000 for each violation, with
28    regard to any licensee or license for any one or  combination
29    of the following causes:
30             (1)  Violations of this Act or its rules.
31             (2)  Material misstatement in furnishing information
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 1             (3)  Conviction  of  any crime under the laws of any
 2        U.S.  jurisdiction  that  is  (i)  a   felony,   (ii)   a
 3        misdemeanor, an essential element of which is dishonesty,
 4        or   (iii)  directly  related  to  the  practice  of  the
 5        profession.
 6             (4)  Making any misrepresentation for the purpose of
 7        obtaining a license.
 8             (5)  Professional incompetence or gross negligence.
 9             (6)  Gross malpractice.
10             (7)  Aiding or assisting another person in violating
11        any provision of this Act or its rules.
12             (8)  Failing to provide information within  60  days
13        in response to a written request made by the Department.
14             (9)  Engaging   in   dishonorable,   unethical,   or
15        unprofessional  conduct of a character likely to deceive,
16        defraud, or harm the public.
17             (10)  Habitual or  excessive  use  or  addiction  to
18        alcohol,  narcotics,  stimulants,  or  any other chemical
19        agent or drug that results in the inability  to  practice
20        with reasonable judgment, skill, or safety.
21             (11)  Discipline  by  another  U.S.  jurisdiction or
22        foreign nation if at least one of  the  grounds  for  the
23        discipline  is  the  same  or substantially equivalent to
24        those set forth in this Act.
25             (12)  Directly or indirectly giving to or  receiving
26        from  any  person,  firm,  corporation,  partnership,  or
27        association any fee, commission, rebate, or other form of
28        compensation  for  any professional services not actually
29        or personally rendered.  This  shall  not  be  deemed  to
30        include   rent   or   other   remunerations  paid  to  an
31        individual, partnership, or corporation  by  a  naprapath
32        for  the  lease,  rental,  or  use  of  space,  owned  or
33        controlled by the individual, partnership, corporation or
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 1             (13)  Using  the  title "Doctor" or its abbreviation
 2        without further clarifying  that  title  or  abbreviation
 3        with   the   word  "naprapath"  or  "naprapathy"  or  the
 4        designation "D.N.".
 5             (14)  A finding by the Department that the licensee,
 6        after having his or her license  placed  on  probationary
 7        status, has violated the terms of probation.
 8             (15)  Abandonment of a patient without cause.
 9             (16)  Willfully  making  or  filing false records or
10        reports relating to a licensee's practice, including  but
11        not  limited  to, false records filed with State agencies
12        or departments.
13             (17)  Willfully failing to  report  an  instance  of
14        suspected  child  abuse  or  neglect  as  required by the
15        Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
16             (18)  Physical illness, including  but  not  limited
17        to,  deterioration  through  the aging process or loss of
18        motor skill that results in the inability to practice the
19        profession with reasonable judgment, skill, or safety.
20             (19)  Solicitation of professional services by means
21        other than permitted advertising.
22             (20)  Failure to provide a patient with  a  copy  of
23        his  or  her  record  upon  the  written  request  of the
24        patient.
25             (21)  Conviction   by   any   court   of   competent
26        jurisdiction, either within or without this State, of any
27        violation  of  any  law   governing   the   practice   of
28        naprapathy,  conviction  in  this or another state of any
29        crime which is a felony under the laws of this  State  or
30        conviction  of  a  felony  in  a  federal  court,  if the
31        Department  determines,  after  investigation,  that  the
32        person has not been sufficiently rehabilitated to warrant
33        the public trust.
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 1        or obtained by fraudulent means.
 2             (23)  Continued   practice  by  a  person  knowingly
 3        having an infectious or contagious disease.
 4             (24)  Being named as a perpetrator in  an  indicated
 5        report  by the Department of Children and Family Services
 6        under the Abused and Neglected Child  Reporting  Act  and
 7        upon  proof  by  clear  and  convincing evidence that the
 8        licensee has caused a child to be an abused  child  or  a
 9        neglected  child  as  defined in the Abused and Neglected
10        Child Reporting Act.
11             (25)  Practicing or attempting to practice  under  a
12        name other than the full name shown on the license.
13             (26)  Immoral  conduct in the commission of any act,
14        such  as  sexual  abuse,  sexual  misconduct,  or  sexual
15        exploitation, related to the licensee's practice.
16             (27)  Maintaining a professional  relationship  with
17        any  person,  firm,  or  corporation  when  the naprapath
18        knows,  or  should  know,  that  the  person,  firm,   or
19        corporation is violating this Act.
20             (28)  Promotion  of  the  sale  of food supplements,
21        devices, appliances, or goods provided for  a  client  or
22        patient  in  such  manner  as  to  exploit the patient or
23        client for financial gain of the licensee.
24             (29)  Having treated ailments of human beings  other
25        than  by  the  practice  of naprapathy as defined in this
26        Act, or having treated ailments  of  human  beings  as  a
27        licensed  naprapath  independent of a documented referral
28        or documented  current  and  relevant  diagnosis  from  a
29        physician,  dentist,  or  podiatrist, or having failed to
30        notify  the  physician,  dentist,   or   podiatrist   who
31        established  a  documented current and relevant diagnosis
32        that  the  patient  is  receiving  naprapathic  treatment
33        pursuant to that diagnosis.
34             (30)  Use by a  registered  naprapath  of  the  word
 
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 1        "infirmary",   "hospital",   "school",  "university",  in
 2        English or any other language,  in  connection  with  the
 3        place where naprapathy may be practiced or demonstrated.
 4             (31)  Continuance  of  a  naprapath in the employ of
 5        any person, firm, or corporation, or as an  assistant  to
 6        any  naprapath  or  naprapaths,  directly  or indirectly,
 7        after his or her employer  or  superior  has  been  found
 8        guilty  of  violating or has been enjoined from violating
 9        the laws  of  the  State  of  Illinois  relating  to  the
10        practice  of  naprapathy  when  the  employer or superior
11        persists in that violation.
12             (32)  The  performance  of  naprapathic  service  in
13        conjunction with a scheme or plan  with  another  person,
14        firm,  or corporation known to be advertising in a manner
15        contrary to this Act or otherwise violating the  laws  of
16        the   State   of  Illinois  concerning  the  practice  of
17        naprapathy.
18             (33)  Failure  to  provide  satisfactory  proof   of
19        having  participated  in  approved  continuing  education
20        programs  as  determined by the Committee and approved by
21        the Director.  Exceptions for extreme hardships are to be
22        defined by the rules of the Department.
23             (34)  Willfully making or filing  false  records  or
24        reports in the practice of naprapathy, including, but not
25        limited  to,  false records to support claims against the
26        medical assistance program of  the  Department  of  Human
27        Services Public Aid under the Illinois Public Aid Code.
28             (35)  Gross or willful overcharging for professional
29        services including filing false statements for collection
30        of  fees  for which services are not rendered, including,
31        but  not  limited  to,  filing   false   statements   for
32        collection  of  monies for services not rendered from the
33        medical assistance program of  the  Department  of  Human
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 1             (36)  Mental illness, including, but not limited to,
 2        deterioration  through the aging process or loss of motor
 3        skill that results  in  the  inability  to  practice  the
 4        profession with reasonable judgment, skill, or safety.
 5        The  Department  may  refuse  to issue or may suspend the
 6    license of any person who fails to (i) file a  return  or  to
 7    pay  the  tax, penalty or interest shown in a filed return or
 8    (ii) pay  any  final  assessment  of  the  tax,  penalty,  or
 9    interest  as  required  by  any  tax  Act administered by the
10    Illinois Department of  Revenue,  until  the  time  that  the
11    requirements of that tax Act are satisfied.
12        (b)  The determination by a circuit court that a licensee
13    is  subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission as
14    provided in the Mental Health and Developmental  Disabilities
15    Code  operates  as  an  automatic suspension.  The suspension
16    will end only upon a finding by a court that the  patient  is
17    no  longer  subject  to  involuntary  admission  or  judicial
18    admission,   the   issuance   of  an  order  so  finding  and
19    discharging  the  patient,  and  the  recommendation  of  the
20    Committee to the Director that the  licensee  be  allowed  to
21    resume his or her practice.
22    (Source: P.A. 89-61, eff. 6-30-95.)

23        Section  300.   The Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing
24    Act is amended  by  changing  Sections  10-45  and  20-55  as
25    follows:

26        (225 ILCS 65/10-45)
27        Sec. 10-45.  Grounds for disciplinary action.
28        (a)  The  Department  may,  upon  recommendation  of  the
29    Board,  refuse  to issue or to renew, or may revoke, suspend,
30    place on probation, reprimand,  or  take  other  disciplinary
31    action  as the Department may deem appropriate with regard to
32    a license for any one or combination of the causes set  forth
 
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 1    in  subsection  (b) below.  Fines up to $2,500 may be imposed
 2    in conjunction with other forms of  disciplinary  action  for
 3    those  violations  that  result  in  monetary  gain  for  the
 4    licensee. Fines shall not be the exclusive disposition of any
 5    disciplinary action arising out of conduct resulting in death
 6    or  injury  to  a  patient.   Fines  shall not be assessed in
 7    disciplinary actions involving mental or physical illness  or
 8    impairment.   All fines collected under this Section shall be
 9    deposited in the Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund.
10        (b)  Grounds  for   disciplinary   action   include   the
11    following:
12             (1)  Material deception in furnishing information to
13        the Department.
14             (2)  Material  violations  of  any provision of this
15        Act or violation of the rules of or final  administrative
16        action  of  the  Director,  after  consideration  of  the
17        recommendation of the Board.
18             (3)  Conviction  of  any crime under the laws of any
19        jurisdiction of the United States: (i) which is a felony;
20        or (ii) which is a misdemeanor, an essential  element  of
21        which  is  dishonesty,  or  (iii)  of  any crime which is
22        directly related to the practice of the profession.
23             (4)  A pattern of practice or other  behavior  which
24        demonstrates incapacity or incompetency to practice under
25        this Act.
26             (5)  Knowingly aiding or assisting another person in
27        violating any provision of this Act or rules.
28             (6)  Failing,  within 90 days, to provide a response
29        to a request for information in  response  to  a  written
30        request made by the Department by certified mail.
31             (7)  Engaging    in   dishonorable,   unethical   or
32        unprofessional conduct of a character likely to  deceive,
33        defraud or harm the public, as defined by rule.
34             (8)  Unlawful  sale  or  distribution  of  any drug,
 
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 1        narcotic, or prescription device, or unlawful  conversion
 2        of any drug, narcotic or prescription device.
 3             (9)  Habitual  or  excessive  use  or  addiction  to
 4        alcohol,  narcotics,  stimulants,  or  any other chemical
 5        agent or drug which results in a licensee's inability  to
 6        practice with reasonable judgment, skill or safety.
 7             (10)  Discipline  by  another  U.S.  jurisdiction or
 8        foreign nation, if at least one of the  grounds  for  the
 9        discipline  is  the  same  or substantially equivalent to
10        those set forth in this Section.
11             (11)  A finding that the licensee, after having  her
12        or   his  license  placed  on  probationary  status,  has
13        violated the terms of probation.
14             (12)  Being named as a perpetrator in  an  indicated
15        report  by the Department of Children and Family Services
16        and under the Abused and Neglected Child  Reporting  Act,
17        and  upon proof by clear and convincing evidence that the
18        licensee has caused a child to  be  an  abused  child  or
19        neglected  child  as  defined in the Abused and Neglected
20        Child Reporting Act.
21             (13)  Willful  omission  to  file  or   record,   or
22        willfully  impeding  the  filing or recording or inducing
23        another person to omit to file or record medical  reports
24        as  required  by  law  or  willfully failing to report an
25        instance of suspected child abuse or neglect as  required
26        by the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
27             (14)  Gross negligence in the practice of nursing.
28             (15)  Holding  oneself  out to be practicing nursing
29        under any name other than one's own.
30             (16)  Fraud, deceit or misrepresentation in applying
31        for  or  procuring  a  license  under  this  Act  or   in
32        connection  with  applying for renewal of a license under
33        this Act.
34             (17)  Allowing another person or organization to use
 
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 1        the licensees' license to deceive the public.
 2             (18)  Willfully making or filing  false  records  or
 3        reports  in  the  licensee's  practice, including but not
 4        limited to false records to support  claims  against  the
 5        medical  assistance  program  of  the Department of Human
 6        Services Public Aid under the Illinois Public Aid Code.
 7             (19)  Attempting to subvert  or  cheat  on  a  nurse
 8        licensing examination administered under this Act.
 9             (20)  Immoral  conduct  in the commission of an act,
10        such  as  sexual  abuse,  sexual  misconduct,  or  sexual
11        exploitation, related to the licensee's practice.
12             (21)  Willfully   or   negligently   violating   the
13        confidentiality  between  nurse  and  patient  except  as
14        required by law.
15             (22)  Practicing under  a  false  or  assumed  name,
16        except as provided by law.
17             (23)  The use of any false, fraudulent, or deceptive
18        statement  in  any document connected with the licensee's
19        practice.
20             (24)  Directly or indirectly giving to or  receiving
21        from   a   person,  firm,  corporation,  partnership,  or
22        association a fee, commission, rebate, or other  form  of
23        compensation  for  professional  services not actually or
24        personally rendered.
25             (25)  Failure  of  a  licensee  to  report  to   the
26        Department  any  adverse  final action taken against such
27        licensee by another  licensing  jurisdiction  (any  other
28        jurisdiction of the United States or any foreign state or
29        country),  by  any  peer  review body, by any health care
30        institution, by any professional or  nursing  society  or
31        association,  by  any  governmental  agency,  by  any law
32        enforcement  agency,  or  by  any  court  or  a   nursing
33        liability  claim  related  to  acts or conduct similar to
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 1        as defined in this Section.
 2             (26)  Failure   of  a  licensee  to  report  to  the
 3        Department surrender by the  licensee  of  a  license  or
 4        authorization  to  practice  nursing  in another state or
 5        jurisdiction, or current surrender  by  the  licensee  of
 6        membership  on  any  nursing  staff  or in any nursing or
 7        professional   association   or   society   while   under
 8        disciplinary investigation by any of those authorities or
 9        bodies for acts or conduct similar  to  acts  or  conduct
10        that  would  constitute  grounds for action as defined by
11        this Section.
12             (27)  A  violation  of  the   Health   Care   Worker
13        Self-Referral Act.
14             (28)  Physical illness, including but not limited to
15        deterioration  through the aging process or loss of motor
16        skill, mental illness, or disability that results in  the
17        inability  to  practice  the  profession  with reasonable
18        judgment, skill, or safety.
19        (c)  The determination by a circuit court that a licensee
20    is subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission  as
21    provided  in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
22    Code, as amended, operates as an  automatic  suspension.  The
23    suspension  will  end only upon a finding by a court that the
24    patient is no longer  subject  to  involuntary  admission  or
25    judicial  admission  and  issues  an  order  so  finding  and
26    discharging  the  patient; and upon the recommendation of the
27    Board to the Director that the licensee be allowed to  resume
28    his or her practice.
29        (d)  The  Department  may  refuse to issue or may suspend
30    the license of any person who fails to file a return,  or  to
31    pay  the tax, penalty or interest shown in a filed return, or
32    to pay any final assessment of the tax, penalty, or  interest
33    as  required  by  any  tax  Act  administered by the Illinois
34    Department of Revenue, until such time as the requirements of
 
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 1    any such tax Act are satisfied.
 2        (e)  In enforcing this Section, the Department  or  Board
 3    upon  a  showing  of  a  possible  violation  may  compel  an
 4    individual  licensed  to  practice under this Act, or who has
 5    applied for licensure under this Act, to submit to  a  mental
 6    or  physical  examination, or both, as required by and at the
 7    expense of the Department. The Department or Board may  order
 8    the  examining  physician to present testimony concerning the
 9    mental or physical examination of the licensee or  applicant.
10    No  information shall be excluded by reason of any common law
11    or statutory privilege relating to communications between the
12    licensee  or  applicant  and  the  examining  physician.  The
13    examining physicians shall be specifically designated by  the
14    Board  or Department. The individual to be examined may have,
15    at his or her own expense, another physician of  his  or  her
16    choice  present  during  all  aspects  of  this  examination.
17    Failure  of  an  individual to submit to a mental or physical
18    examination, when directed, shall be grounds  for  suspension
19    of  his  or  her  license until the individual submits to the
20    examination  if  the  Department  finds,  after  notice   and
21    hearing,  that  the  refusal to submit to the examination was
22    without reasonable cause.
23        If the Department or Board finds an individual unable  to
24    practice  because  of  the reasons set forth in this Section,
25    the Department or Board may require that individual to submit
26    to care, counseling, or treatment by physicians  approved  or
27    designated  by the Department or Board, as a condition, term,
28    or  restriction  for  continued,   reinstated,   or   renewed
29    licensure  to  practice;  or, in lieu of care, counseling, or
30    treatment,  the  Department  may  file,  or  the  Board   may
31    recommend   to   the  Department  to  file,  a  complaint  to
32    immediately suspend,  revoke,  or  otherwise  discipline  the
33    license  of  the  individual. An individual whose license was
34    granted,  continued,  reinstated,  renewed,  disciplined   or
 
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 1    supervised    subject   to   such   terms,   conditions,   or
 2    restrictions, and  who  fails  to  comply  with  such  terms,
 3    conditions,   or  restrictions,  shall  be  referred  to  the
 4    Director for a determination as  to  whether  the  individual
 5    shall  have his or her license suspended immediately, pending
 6    a hearing by the Department.
 7        In instances in which the Director immediately suspends a
 8    person's license  under  this  Section,  a  hearing  on  that
 9    person's license must be convened by the Department within 15
10    days  after  the suspension and completed without appreciable
11    delay. The Department and Board shall have the  authority  to
12    review  the  subject  individual's  record  of  treatment and
13    counseling regarding the impairment to the  extent  permitted
14    by  applicable  federal statutes and regulations safeguarding
15    the confidentiality of medical records.
16        An individual licensed under this Act and affected  under
17    this  Section shall be afforded an opportunity to demonstrate
18    to the Department or Board that he or she can resume practice
19    in compliance with acceptable and prevailing standards  under
20    the provisions of his or her license.
21    (Source: P.A. 90-742, eff. 8-13-98.)

22        (225 ILCS 65/20-55)
23        Sec.  20-55. Suspension for imminent danger. The Director
24    of  the  Department  may,   upon   receipt   of   a   written
25    communication  from  the  Secretary  of  Human  Services, the
26    Director of Public Aid, or the Director of Public Health that
27    continuation of practice of a person licensed under this  Act
28    constitutes  an  immediate  danger to the public, immediately
29    suspend the license of such person  without  a  hearing.   In
30    instances  in  which  the  Director  immediately  suspends  a
31    license  under  this  Section,  a  hearing upon such person's
32    license must be convened by the  Department  within  30  days
33    after  such  suspension  and  completed  without  appreciable
 
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 1    delay, such hearing held to determine whether to recommend to
 2    the Director that the person's license be revoked, suspended,
 3    placed  on  probationary status or reinstated, or such person
 4    be subject to other disciplinary action.   In  such  hearing,
 5    the  written  communication  and any other evidence submitted
 6    therewith may be introduced as evidence against such  person;
 7    provided,  however,  the person, or his or her counsel, shall
 8    have the opportunity  to  discredit  or  impeach  and  submit
 9    evidence rebutting such evidence.
10    (Source:  P.A.  89-507,  eff.  7-1-97;  90-61, eff. 12-30-97;
11    90-742, eff. 8-13-98.)

12        Section 305.  The Illinois  Optometric  Practice  Act  of
13    1987 is amended by changing Section 24 as follows:

14        (225 ILCS 80/24) (from Ch. 111, par. 3924)
15        Sec. 24.  Grounds for disciplinary action.
16        (a)  The  Department  may refuse to issue or to renew, or
17    may revoke, suspend, place on probation,  reprimand  or  take
18    other  disciplinary action as the Department may deem proper,
19    including fines not to exceed $5,000 for each violation, with
20    regard  to  any  license  or  certificate  for  any  one   or
21    combination of the following causes:
22             (1)  Violations   of  this  Act,  or  of  the  rules
23        promulgated hereunder.
24             (2)  Conviction of any crime under the laws  of  any
25        U.S.  jurisdiction  thereof that is a felony or that is a
26        misdemeanor of which an essential element is  dishonesty,
27        or  of any crime that is directly related to the practice
28        of the profession.
29             (3)  Making any misrepresentation for the purpose of
30        obtaining a license or certificate.
31             (4)  Professional incompetence or  gross  negligence
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 1             (5)  Gross  malpractice,  prima  facie  evidence  of
 2        which  may  be a conviction or judgment of malpractice in
 3        any court of competent jurisdiction.
 4             (6)  Aiding or assisting another person in violating
 5        any provision of this Act or rules.
 6             (7)  Failing, within 60 days, to provide information
 7        in response to a written request made by  the  Department
 8        that has been sent by certified or registered mail to the
 9        licensee's last known address.
10             (8)  Engaging   in   dishonorable,   unethical,   or
11        unprofessional  conduct of a character likely to deceive,
12        defraud, or harm the public.
13             (9)  Habitual  or  excessive  use  or  addiction  to
14        alcohol, narcotics,  stimulants  or  any  other  chemical
15        agent  or  drug that results in the inability to practice
16        with reasonable judgment, skill, or safety.
17             (10)  Discipline by  another  U.S.  jurisdiction  or
18        foreign  nation,  if  at least one of the grounds for the
19        discipline is the same  or  substantially  equivalent  to
20        those set forth herein.
21             (11)  Directly  or indirectly giving to or receiving
22        from  any  person,  firm,  corporation,  partnership,  or
23        association any fee, commission, rebate, or other form of
24        compensation for any professional services  not  actually
25        or  personally  rendered.   This  shall  not be deemed to
26        include (i)  rent  or  other  remunerations  paid  to  an
27        individual, partnership, or corporation by an optometrist
28        for  the  lease,  rental,  or  use  of  space,  owned  or
29        controlled,  by  the individual, partnership, corporation
30        or association, and (ii) the division of fees between  an
31        optometrist  and  related  professional service providers
32        with whom the optometrist practices   in  a  professional
33        corporation   organized   under   Section   3.6   of  the
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 1             (12)  A finding by the Department that the licensee,
 2        after having his or her license  placed  on  probationary
 3        status has violated the terms of probation.
 4             (13)  Abandonment of a patient.
 5             (14)  Willfully  making  or  filing false records or
 6        reports in his or her practice, including but not limited
 7        to  false  records   filed   with   State   agencies   or
 8        departments.
 9             (15)  Willfully  failing  to  report  an instance of
10        suspected child abuse  or  neglect  as  required  by  the
11        Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
12             (16)  Physical  illness,  including  but not limited
13        to, deterioration through the aging process, or  loss  of
14        motor  skill,  mental illness, or disability that results
15        in  the  inability  to  practice  the   profession   with
16        reasonable judgment, skill, or safety.
17             (17)  Solicitation  of  professional  services other
18        than permitted advertising.
19             (18)  Failure to provide a patient with  a  copy  of
20        his  or  her  record  or  prescription  upon  the written
21        request of the patient.
22             (19)  Conviction   by   any   court   of   competent
23        jurisdiction, either within or without this State, of any
24        violation of any law governing the practice of optometry,
25        conviction in this or another State of any crime that  is
26        a  felony under the laws of this State or conviction of a
27        felony in a federal court, if the Department  determines,
28        after  investigation,  that  such  person  has  not  been
29        sufficiently rehabilitated to warrant the public trust.
30             (20)  A  finding that licensure has been applied for
31        or obtained by fraudulent means.
32             (21)  Continued  practice  by  a  person   knowingly
33        having an infectious or contagious disease.
34             (22)  Being  named  as a perpetrator in an indicated
 
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 1        report by the Department of Children and Family  Services
 2        under  the  Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act, and
 3        upon proof by clear  and  convincing  evidence  that  the
 4        licensee  has  caused  a child to be an abused child or a
 5        neglected child as defined in the  Abused  and  Neglected
 6        Child Reporting Act.
 7             (23)  Practicing  or  attempting to practice under a
 8        name other than the full name as  shown  on  his  or  her
 9        license.
10             (24)  Immoral  conduct in the commission of any act,
11        such  as  sexual  abuse,  sexual  misconduct  or   sexual
12        exploitation, related to the licensee's practice.
13             (25)  Maintaining  a  professional relationship with
14        any person, firm, or  corporation  when  the  optometrist
15        knows,  or  should  know,  that  such  person,  firm,  or
16        corporation is violating this Act.
17             (26)  Promotion  of  the  sale  of  drugs,  devices,
18        appliances  or  goods provided for a client or patient in
19        such manner as to  exploit  the  patient  or  client  for
20        financial gain of the licensee.
21             (27)  Using  the  title "Doctor" or its abbreviation
22        without further qualifying  that  title  or  abbreviation
23        with the word "optometry" or "optometrist".
24             (28)  Use  by  a  licensed  optometrist  of the word
25        "infirmary",  "hospital",  "school",   "university",   in
26        English  or  any  other  language, in connection with the
27        place where optometry may be practiced or demonstrated.
28             (29)  Continuance of an optometrist in the employ of
29        any person, firm or corporation, or as  an  assistant  to
30        any  optometrist or optometrists, directly or indirectly,
31        after his or her employer  or  superior  has  been  found
32        guilty  of  violating or has been enjoined from violating
33        the laws  of  the  State  of  Illinois  relating  to  the
34        practice  of  optometry,  when  the  employer or superior
 
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 1        persists in that violation.
 2             (30)  The  performance  of  optometric  service   in
 3        conjunction  with  a  scheme or plan with another person,
 4        firm or corporation known to be advertising in  a  manner
 5        contrary  to  this Act or otherwise violating the laws of
 6        the  State  of  Illinois  concerning  the   practice   of
 7        optometry.
 8             (31)  Failure   to  provide  satisfactory  proof  of
 9        having  participated  in  approved  continuing  education
10        programs as determined by the Board and approved  by  the
11        Director.   Exceptions  for  extreme  hardships are to be
12        defined by the rules of the Department.
13             (32)  Willfully making or filing  false  records  or
14        reports  in the practice of optometry, including, but not
15        limited to false records to support  claims  against  the
16        medical  assistance  program  of  the Department of Human
17        Services Public Aid under the Illinois Public Aid Code.
18             (33)  Gross    and    willful    overcharging    for
19        professional services including filing  false  statements
20        for  collection  of  fees  for  which  services  are  not
21        rendered,  including,  but  not  limited  to filing false
22        statements for collection  of  monies  for  services  not
23        rendered  from  the  medical  assistance  program  of the
24        Department  of  Human  Services  Public  Aid  under   the
25        Illinois Public Aid Code.
26             (34)  In   the   absence  of  good  reasons  to  the
27        contrary, failure to perform a minimum eye examination as
28        required by the rules of the Department.
29             (35)  Violation   of   the   Health   Care    Worker
30        Self-Referral Act.
31        The  Department  may  refuse  to issue or may suspend the
32    license or certificate of any person  who  fails  to  file  a
33    return,  or  to  pay  the tax, penalty or interest shown in a
34    filed return, or to pay any  final  assessment  of  the  tax,
 
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 1    penalty  or interest, as required by any tax Act administered
 2    by the Illinois Department of Revenue, until such time as the
 3    requirements of any such tax Act are satisfied.
 4        (a-5)  In  enforcing  this  Section,  the  Board  upon  a
 5    showing of a possible violation, may  compel  any  individual
 6    licensed  to  practice under this Act, or who has applied for
 7    licensure or certification pursuant to this Act, to submit to
 8    a mental or physical examination, or both, as required by and
 9    at the expense of the Department.  The  examining  physicians
10    or   clinical   psychologists  shall  be  those  specifically
11    designated by the Board.  The Board  or  the  Department  may
12    order  the  examining  physician  or clinical psychologist to
13    present  testimony  concerning  this   mental   or   physical
14    examination  of  the  licensee  or applicant.  No information
15    shall be excluded by reason of any common  law  or  statutory
16    privilege  relating to communications between the licensee or
17    applicant   and   the   examining   physician   or   clinical
18    psychologist.  Eye examinations may be provided by a licensed
19    and certified therapeutic optometrist.  The individual to  be
20    examined  may  have,  at  his  or  her  own  expense, another
21    physician of his or her choice present during all aspects  of
22    the  examination.   Failure  of any individual to submit to a
23    mental or  physical  examination,  when  directed,  shall  be
24    grounds  for  suspension  of a license until such time as the
25    individual submits to the examination  if  the  Board  finds,
26    after  notice  and hearing, that the refusal to submit to the
27    examination was without reasonable cause.
28        If the Board  finds  an  individual  unable  to  practice
29    because  of  the reasons set forth in this Section, the Board
30    shall require such individual to submit to care,  counseling,
31    or treatment by physicians or clinical psychologists approved
32    or  designated  by  the  Board,  as  a  condition,  term,  or
33    restriction  for  continued, reinstated, or renewed licensure
34    to practice, or in lieu of care,  counseling,  or  treatment,
 
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 1    the Board may recommend to the Department to file a complaint
 2    to  immediately  suspend, revoke, or otherwise discipline the
 3    license of the individual, or the Board may recommend to  the
 4    Department  to  file  a  complaint  to  suspend,  revoke,  or
 5    otherwise  discipline  the  license  of  the individual.  Any
 6    individual whose license was granted pursuant to this Act, or
 7    continued, reinstated, renewed, disciplined,  or  supervised,
 8    subject to such conditions, terms, or restrictions, who shall
 9    fail  to comply with such conditions, terms, or restrictions,
10    shall be referred to the Director for a determination  as  to
11    whether   the  individual  shall  have  his  or  her  license
12    suspended immediately, pending a hearing by the Board.
13        (b)  The determination by a circuit court that a licensee
14    is subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission  as
15    provided  in the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
16    Code operates as an  automatic  suspension.   The  suspension
17    will  end  only upon a finding by a court that the patient is
18    no  longer  subject  to  involuntary  admission  or  judicial
19    admission and issues an order so finding and discharging  the
20    patient;  and  upon  the  recommendation  of the Board to the
21    Director that the licensee be allowed to resume  his  or  her
22    practice.
23    (Source: P.A.  89-702,  eff.  7-1-97;  90-230,  eff.  1-1-98;
24    90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)

25        Section  310.   The  Pharmacy  Practice  Act  of  1987 is
26    amended by changing Sections 30 and 33 as follows:

27        (225 ILCS 85/30) (from Ch. 111, par. 4150)
28        Sec. 30.  (a) In accordance with Section 11 of this  Act,
29    the Department may refuse to issue, restore, or renew, or may
30    revoke,  suspend, place on probation, reprimand or take other
31    disciplinary action as the Department may  deem  proper  with
32    regard  to any license or certificate of registration for any
 
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 1    one or combination of the following causes:
 2             1.  Material misstatement in furnishing  information
 3        to the Department.
 4             2.  Violations of this Act, or the rules promulgated
 5        hereunder.
 6             3.  Making  any misrepresentation for the purpose of
 7        obtaining licenses.
 8             4.  A  pattern   of   conduct   which   demonstrates
 9        incompetence or unfitness to practice.
10             5.  Aiding  or assisting another person in violating
11        any provision of this Act or rules.
12             6.  Failing, within 60 days, to respond to a written
13        request made by the Department for information.
14             7.  Engaging   in   dishonorable,    unethical    or
15        unprofessional  conduct of a character likely to deceive,
16        defraud or harm the public.
17             8.  Discipline  by  another  U.S.  jurisdiction   or
18        foreign  nation,  if  at least one of the grounds for the
19        discipline is the same  or  substantially  equivalent  to
20        those set forth herein.
21             9.  Directly  or  indirectly  giving to or receiving
22        from  any  person,  firm,  corporation,  partnership   or
23        association  any fee, commission, rebate or other form of
24        compensation for any professional services  not  actually
25        or personally rendered.
26             10.  A  finding by the Department that the licensee,
27        after having his license placed  on  probationary  status
28        has violated the terms of probation.
29             11.  Selling or engaging in the sale of drug samples
30        provided at no cost by drug manufacturers.
31             12.  Physical illness, including but not limited to,
32        deterioration through the aging process, or loss of motor
33        skill  which  results  in  the  inability to practice the
34        profession with reasonable judgment, skill or safety.
 
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 1             13.  A finding that licensure  or  registration  has
 2        been applied for or obtained by fraudulent means.
 3             14.  The  applicant,  or licensee has been convicted
 4        in state or federal court of any crime which is a  felony
 5        or  any  misdemeanor related to the practice of pharmacy,
 6        of which an essential element is dishonesty.
 7             15.  Habitual  or  excessive  use  or  addiction  to
 8        alcohol, narcotics,  stimulants  or  any  other  chemical
 9        agent  or drug which results in the inability to practice
10        with reasonable judgment, skill or safety.
11             16.  Willfully making or  filing  false  records  or
12        reports  in  the practice of pharmacy, including, but not
13        limited to false records to support  claims  against  the
14        medical  assistance  program  of  the Department of Human
15        Services Public Aid under the Public Aid Code.
16             17.  Gross and willful overcharging for professional
17        services including filing false statements for collection
18        of fees for which services are not  rendered,  including,
19        but   not   limited   to,  filing  false  statements  for
20        collection of monies for services not rendered  from  the
21        medical  assistance  program  of  the Department of Human
22        Services Public Aid under the Public Aid Code.
23             18.  Repetitiously  dispensing  prescription   drugs
24        without receiving a written or oral prescription.
25             19.  Upon  a finding of a substantial discrepancy in
26        a Department audit  of  a  prescription  drug,  including
27        controlled  substances,  as  that term is defined in this
28        Act or in the Illinois Controlled Substances Act.
29             20.  Physical illness which results in the inability
30        to practice with reasonable judgment, skill or safety, or
31        mental incompetency as declared by a court  of  competent
32        jurisdiction.
33             21.  Violation    of    the   Health   Care   Worker
34        Self-Referral Act.
 
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 1        (b)  The Department may refuse to issue  or  may  suspend
 2    the license or registration of any person who fails to file a
 3    return,  or  to  pay  the tax, penalty or interest shown in a
 4    filed return, or to pay any final assessment of tax,  penalty
 5    or  interest,  as required by any tax Act administered by the
 6    Illinois Department  of  Revenue,  until  such  time  as  the
 7    requirements of any such tax Act are satisfied.
 8        (c)  The   Department   shall   revoke   the  license  or
 9    certificate of registration issued under  the  provisions  of
10    this Act or any prior Act of this State of any person who has
11    been  convicted  a second time of committing any felony under
12    the Illinois Controlled  Substances  Act,  or  who  has  been
13    convicted  a second time of committing a Class 1 felony under
14    Sections 8A-3 and 8A-6 of the Illinois Public  Aid  Code.   A
15    person  whose  license  or certificate of registration issued
16    under the provisions of this Act or any  prior  Act  of  this
17    State   is   revoked  under  this  subsection  (c)  shall  be
18    prohibited from engaging in the practice of pharmacy in  this
19    State.
20        (d)  In  any order issued in resolution of a disciplinary
21    proceeding, the Board may request any licensee  found  guilty
22    of  a  charge involving a significant violation of subsection
23    (a) of Section 5,  or  paragraph  19  of  Section  30  as  it
24    pertains to controlled substances, to pay to the Department a
25    fine not to exceed $2,000.
26        (e)  In  any order issued in resolution of a disciplinary
27    proceeding, in addition to any other disciplinary action, the
28    Board may request any licensee found guilty of  noncompliance
29    with  the  continuing education requirements of Section 12 to
30    pay the Department a fine not to exceed $1000.
31        (f)  The Department shall issue quarterly to the Board  a
32    status  of  all complaints related to the profession received
33    by the Department.
34    (Source: P.A. 86-596; 86-1434; 86-1472; 87-1207.)
 
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 1        (225 ILCS 85/33) (from Ch. 111, par. 4153)
 2        Sec. 33.   The  Director  of  the  Department  may,  upon
 3    receipt  of  a  written  communication  from the Secretary of
 4    Human Services, the Director of Public Aid, or  the  Director
 5    of  Public  Health  that continuation of practice of a person
 6    licensed  or  registered  under  this  Act   constitutes   an
 7    immediate  danger  to  the  public,  immediately  suspend the
 8    license or registration of such person without a hearing.  In
 9    instances  in  which  the  Director  immediately  suspends  a
10    license or registration under this Act, a hearing  upon  such
11    person's license must be convened by the Board within 15 days
12    after  such  suspension  and  completed  without  appreciable
13    delay, such hearing held to determine whether to recommend to
14    the Director that the person's license be revoked, suspended,
15    placed  on  probationary status or reinstated, or such person
16    be subject to other disciplinary action.   In  such  hearing,
17    the  written  communication  and any other evidence submitted
18    therewith may be introduced as evidence against such  person;
19    provided  however, the person, or his counsel, shall have the
20    opportunity to discredit or impeach such evidence and  submit
21    evidence rebutting same.
22    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)

23        Section  315.  The Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987
24    is amended by changing Section 24 as follows:

25        (225 ILCS 100/24) (from Ch. 111, par. 4824)
26        Sec. 24. Refusal to issue or suspension or revocation  of
27    license;  grounds.   The  Department may refuse to issue, may
28    refuse to renew, may refuse to restore, may suspend,  or  may
29    revoke  any  license, or may place on probation, reprimand or
30    take other disciplinary action as  the  Department  may  deem
31    proper,  including  fines  not  to  exceed  $5,000  for  each
32    violation  upon anyone licensed under this Act for any of the
 
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 1    following reasons:
 2        (1)  Making  a  material   misstatement   in   furnishing
 3    information to the Department.
 4        (2)  Violations   of   this  Act,  or  of  the  rules  or
 5    regulations promulgated hereunder.
 6        (3)  Conviction of any crime under the laws of any United
 7    States jurisdiction that is a felony  or  a  misdemeanor,  of
 8    which  an  essential  element  is dishonesty, or of any crime
 9    that is directly related to the practice of the profession.
10        (4)  Making any  misrepresentation  for  the  purpose  of
11    obtaining licenses, or violating any provision of this Act or
12    the rules promulgated thereunder pertaining to advertising.
13        (5)  Professional incompetence.
14        (6)  Gross or repeated malpractice or negligence.
15        (7)  Aiding  or assisting another person in violating any
16    provision of this Act or rules.
17        (8)  Failing, within 60 days, to provide  information  in
18    response to a written request made by the Department.
19        (9)  Engaging     in     dishonorable,    unethical    or
20    unprofessional conduct of  a  character  likely  to  deceive,
21    defraud or harm the public.
22        (10)  Habitual  or  excessive  use of alcohol, narcotics,
23    stimulants or other chemical agent or drug  that  results  in
24    the  inability to practice podiatric medicine with reasonable
25    judgment, skill or safety.
26        (11)  Discipline by another United States jurisdiction if
27    at least one of the grounds for the discipline is the same or
28    substantially equivalent to those set forth in this Section.
29        (12)  Directly or indirectly giving to or receiving  from
30    any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association any
31    fee, commission, rebate or other form of compensation for any
32    professional  services  not  actually or personally rendered.
33    This  shall  not  be  deemed  to  include   rent   or   other
34    remunerations   paid   to   an  individual,  partnership,  or
 
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 1    corporation, by a licensee, for the lease, rental or  use  of
 2    space, owned or controlled, by the individual, partnership or
 3    corporation.
 4        (13)  A  finding by the Podiatric Medical Licensing Board
 5    that the licensee, after having his or her license placed  on
 6    probationary status, has violated the terms of probation.
 7        (14)  Abandonment of a patient.
 8        (15)  Willfully making or filing false records or reports
 9    in  his  or  her practice, including but not limited to false
10    records filed with state agencies or departments.
11        (16)  Willfully  failing  to  report   an   instance   of
12    suspected  child  abuse  or neglect as required by the Abused
13    and Neglected Child Report Act.
14        (17)  Physical illness, including  but  not  limited  to,
15    deterioration  through  the  aging  process, or loss of motor
16    skill  that  results  in  the  inability  to   practice   the
17    profession with reasonable judgment, skill or safety.
18        (18)  Solicitation  of  professional  services other than
19    permitted advertising.
20        (19)  The  determination  by  a  circuit  court  that   a
21    licensed   podiatric  physician  is  subject  to  involuntary
22    admission or judicial admission as  provided  in  the  Mental
23    Health  and  Developmental  Disabilities  Code operates as an
24    automatic suspension. Such suspension will end  only  upon  a
25    finding  by  a court that the patient is no longer subject to
26    involuntary admission or judicial  admission  and  issues  an
27    order  so  finding  and discharging the patient; and upon the
28    recommendation of the Podiatric Medical  Licensing  Board  to
29    the  Director  that  the licensee be allowed to resume his or
30    her practice.
31        (20)  Holding oneself out to treat human  ailments  under
32    any  name  other than his or her own, or the impersonation of
33    any other physician.
34        (21)  Revocation or suspension or other action taken with
 
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 1    respect  to  a   podiatric   medical   license   in   another
 2    jurisdiction  that would constitute disciplinary action under
 3    this Act.
 4        (22)  Promotion of the sale of drugs, devices, appliances
 5    or goods provided for a patient in such manner as to  exploit
 6    the patient for financial gain of the podiatric physician.
 7        (23)  Gross,  willful,  and  continued  overcharging  for
 8    professional  services  including filing false statements for
 9    collection of fees for those  services,  including,  but  not
10    limited  to,  filing false statement for collection of monies
11    for services not rendered from the medical assistance program
12    of the Department of Human  Services  Public  Aid  under  the
13    Illinois  Public  Aid  Code  or other private or public third
14    party payor.
15        (24)  Being named as a perpetrator in an indicated report
16    by the Department of Children and Family Services  under  the
17    Abused  and  Neglected Child Reporting Act, and upon proof by
18    clear and convincing evidence that the licensee has caused  a
19    child  to be an abused child or neglected child as defined in
20    the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
21        (25)  Willfully making or filing false records or reports
22    in the practice of podiatric  medicine,  including,  but  not
23    limited  to,  false  records  to  support  claims against the
24    medical  assistance  program  of  the  Department  of   Human
25    Services Public Aid under the Illinois Public Aid Code.
26        (26)  Mental  illness  or  disability that results in the
27    inability to practice  with  reasonable  judgment,  skill  or
28    safety.
29        (27)  Immoral  conduct  in  the  commission  of  any  act
30    including,   sexual   abuse,  sexual  misconduct,  or  sexual
31    exploitation, related to the licensee's practice.
32        (28)  Violation of the Health Care  Worker  Self-Referral
33    Act.
34        (29)  Failure  to  report  to  the Department any adverse
 
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 1    final action taken against him or her  by  another  licensing
 2    jurisdiction  (another  state  or  a  territory of the United
 3    States or a foreign state or country) by a peer review  body,
 4    by  any health care institution, by a professional society or
 5    association  related  to  practice  under  this  Act,  by   a
 6    governmental  agency,  by  a  law enforcement agency, or by a
 7    court for acts or conduct similar to  acts  or  conduct  that
 8    would  constitute  grounds  for  action  as  defined  in this
 9    Section.
10        The Department may refuse to issue  or  may  suspend  the
11    license  of  any person who fails to file a return, or to pay
12    the tax, penalty or interest shown in a filed return,  or  to
13    pay  any  final  assessment  of  tax, penalty or interest, as
14    required  by  any  tax  Act  administered  by  the   Illinois
15    Department of Revenue, until such time as the requirements of
16    any such tax Act are satisfied.
17        Upon   receipt   of  a  written  communication  from  the
18    Secretary of Human Services, the Director of Public  Aid,  or
19    the  Director  of Public Health that continuation of practice
20    of a person licensed under this Act constitutes an  immediate
21    danger  to  the  public, the Director may immediately suspend
22    the license of such person without a hearing.   In  instances
23    in  which  the  Director immediately suspends a license under
24    this Section, a hearing upon such person's  license  must  be
25    convened  by  the  Board within 15 days after such suspension
26    and completed without appreciable delay, such hearing held to
27    determine whether to  recommend  to  the  Director  that  the
28    person's   license   be   revoked,   suspended,   placed   on
29    probationary  status or reinstated, or such person be subject
30    to other disciplinary action.  In such hearing,  the  written
31    communication  and any other evidence submitted therewith may
32    be introduced as  evidence  against  such  person;  provided,
33    however, the person or his counsel shall have the opportunity
34    to  discredit  or  impeach  such evidence and submit evidence
 
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 1    rebutting the same.
 2        All proceedings to suspend, revoke, place on probationary
 3    status,  or  take  any  other  disciplinary  action  as   the
 4    Department  may  deem proper, with regard to a license on any
 5    of the foregoing grounds, must be commenced  within  3  years
 6    after  receipt  by the Department of a complaint alleging the
 7    commission of or notice of the conviction order  for  any  of
 8    the  acts  described  in  this  Section.  Except for fraud in
 9    procuring a license, no action shall be commenced more than 5
10    years after the date of the incident or act alleged  to  have
11    been  a  violation  of  this  Section.  In  the  event of the
12    settlement of any claim or cause of action in  favor  of  the
13    claimant  or  the  reduction  to  final judgment of any civil
14    action in favor  of  the  plaintiff,  such  claim,  cause  of
15    action, or civil action being grounded on the allegation that
16    a  person  licensed under this Act was negligent in providing
17    care, the Department shall have an additional period  of  one
18    year  from  the  date of notification to the Department under
19    Section 26 of this Act of such settlement or  final  judgment
20    in  which  to  investigate  and  commence formal disciplinary
21    proceedings under Section 24 of this Act, except as otherwise
22    provided by law. The time during  which  the  holder  of  the
23    license  was  outside  the  State  of  Illinois  shall not be
24    included within any period of time limiting the  commencement
25    of disciplinary action by the Department.
26        In enforcing this Section, the Department or Board upon a
27    showing  of  a  possible  violation  may compel an individual
28    licensed to practice under this Act, or who has  applied  for
29    licensure  under  this Act, to submit to a mental or physical
30    examination, or both, as required by and at  the  expense  of
31    the  Department.  The  Department  or  Board  may  order  the
32    examining  physician  to  present  testimony  concerning  the
33    mental  or physical examination of the licensee or applicant.
34    No information shall be excluded by reason of any common  law
 
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 1    or statutory privilege relating to communications between the
 2    licensee  or  applicant  and  the  examining  physician.  The
 3    examining  physicians shall be specifically designated by the
 4    Board or Department. The individual to be examined may  have,
 5    at  his  or  her own expense, another physician of his or her
 6    choice  present  during  all  aspects  of  this  examination.
 7    Failure of an individual to submit to a  mental  or  physical
 8    examination,  when  directed, shall be grounds for suspension
 9    of his or her license until the  individual  submits  to  the
10    examination   if  the  Department  finds,  after  notice  and
11    hearing, that the refusal to submit to  the  examination  was
12    without reasonable cause.
13        If  the Department or Board finds an individual unable to
14    practice because of the reasons set forth  in  this  Section,
15    the Department or Board may require that individual to submit
16    to  care,  counseling, or treatment by physicians approved or
17    designated by the Department or Board, as a condition,  term,
18    or   restriction   for   continued,  reinstated,  or  renewed
19    licensure to practice; or, in lieu of  care,  counseling,  or
20    treatment,   the  Department  may  file,  or  the  Board  may
21    recommend  to  the  Department  to  file,  a   complaint   to
22    immediately  suspend,  revoke,  or  otherwise  discipline the
23    license of the individual. An individual  whose  license  was
24    granted,   continued,  reinstated,  renewed,  disciplined  or
25    supervised   subject   to   such   terms,   conditions,    or
26    restrictions,  and  who  fails  to  comply  with  such terms,
27    conditions,  or  restrictions,  shall  be  referred  to   the
28    Director  for  a  determination  as to whether the individual
29    shall have his or her license suspended immediately,  pending
30    a hearing by the Department.
31        In instances in which the Director immediately suspends a
32    person's  license  under  this  Section,  a  hearing  on that
33    person's license must be convened by the Department within 15
34    days after the suspension and completed  without  appreciable
 
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 1    delay.  The  Department and Board shall have the authority to
 2    review the  subject  individual's  record  of  treatment  and
 3    counseling  regarding  the impairment to the extent permitted
 4    by applicable federal statutes and  regulations  safeguarding
 5    the confidentiality of medical records.
 6        An  individual licensed under this Act and affected under
 7    this Section shall be afforded an opportunity to  demonstrate
 8    to the Department or Board that he or she can resume practice
 9    in  compliance with acceptable and prevailing standards under
10    the provisions of his or her license.
11    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97; 90-76, eff. 12-30-97.)

12        Section 320.  The Illinois Speech-Language Pathology  and
13    Audiology  Practice  Act is amended by changing Section 16 as
14    follows:

15        (225 ILCS 110/16) (from Ch. 111, par. 7916)
16        Sec. 16.  Refusal, revocation or suspension of licenses.
17        (1)  The Department may refuse to issue or renew, or  may
18    revoke,  suspend,  place  on probation, censure, reprimand or
19    take other disciplinary action as  the  Department  may  deem
20    proper,  including  fines  not  to  exceed  $5,000  for  each
21    violation,  with  regard  to  any  license  for  any  one  or
22    combination of the following causes:
23             (a)  Fraud in procuring the license.
24             (b)  Habitual  intoxication  or addiction to the use
25        of drugs.
26             (c)  Willful or repeated violations of the rules  of
27        the Department of Public Health.
28             (d)  Division of fees or agreeing to split or divide
29        the   fees  received  for  speech-language  pathology  or
30        audiology services  with  any  person  for  referring  an
31        individual,  or  assisting in the care or treatment of an
32        individual, without the knowledge of  the  individual  or
 
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 1        his or her legal representative.
 2             (e)  Employing,   procuring,   inducing,  aiding  or
 3        abetting a  person  not  licensed  as  a  speech-language
 4        pathologist  or audiologist to engage in the unauthorized
 5        practice of speech-language pathology or audiology.
 6             (f)  Making   any   misrepresentations   or    false
 7        promises,  directly or indirectly, to influence, persuade
 8        or induce patronage.
 9             (g)  Professional connection or association with, or
10        lending his or  her  name  to  another  for  the  illegal
11        practice  of  speech-language  pathology  or audiology by
12        another, or professional connection or  association  with
13        any person, firm or corporation holding itself out in any
14        manner contrary to this Act.
15             (h)  Obtaining  or  seeking to obtain checks, money,
16        or any other things  of  value  by  false  or  fraudulent
17        representations,  including  but not limited to, engaging
18        in  such  fraudulent  practice  to  defraud  the  medical
19        assistance program of the Department  of  Human  Services
20        Public Aid.
21             (i)  Practicing  under  a name other than his or her
22        own.
23             (j)  Improper,   unprofessional   or    dishonorable
24        conduct of a character likely to deceive, defraud or harm
25        the public.
26             (k)  Conviction  in  this  or  another  state of any
27        crime which is a felony under the laws of this  State  or
28        conviction  of  a  felony  in  a  federal  court,  if the
29        Department determines,  after  investigation,  that  such
30        person has not been sufficiently rehabilitated to warrant
31        the public trust.
32             (1)  Permitting   a   person   under   his   or  her
33        supervision to perform any  function  not  authorized  by
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 1             (m)  A  violation  of  any  provision of this Act or
 2        rules promulgated thereunder.
 3             (n)  Revocation by another state,  the  District  of
 4        Columbia,  territory,  or  foreign nation of a license to
 5        practice speech-language pathology or  audiology  in  its
 6        jurisdiction  if  at  least  one  of the grounds for that
 7        revocation is the same as or the equivalent of one of the
 8        grounds for revocation set forth herein.
 9             (o)  Willfully failing  to  report  an  instance  of
10        suspected  child  abuse  or  neglect  as  required by the
11        Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
12             (p)  Gross  or  repeated  malpractice  resulting  in
13        injury or death of an individual.
14             (q)  Willfully making or  filing  false  records  or
15        reports  in  his  or  her  practice  as a speech-language
16        pathologist or audiologist, including,  but  not  limited
17        to,  false  records  to support claims against the public
18        assistance program of the Illinois  Department  of  Human
19        Services Public Aid.
20             (r)  Professional incompetence as manifested by poor
21        standards of care or mental incompetence as declared by a
22        court of competent jurisdiction.
23             (s)  Repeated  irregularities  in  billing  a  third
24        party  for  services  rendered  to  an  individual.   For
25        purposes  of  this  Section,  "irregularities in billing"
26        shall include:
27                  (i)  reporting  excessive   charges   for   the
28             purpose  of  obtaining  a total payment in excess of
29             that  usually  received   by   the   speech-language
30             pathologist   or   audiologist   for   the  services
31             rendered;
32                  (ii)  reporting  charges   for   services   not
33             rendered; or
34                  (iii)  incorrectly  reporting services rendered
 
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 1             for the purpose of obtaining payment not earned.
 2             (t)  (Blank).
 3             (u)  Violation   of   the   Health    Care    Worker
 4        Self-Referral Act.
 5             (v)  Physical  illness, including but not limited to
 6        deterioration through the aging process or loss of  motor
 7        skill,  mental illness, or disability that results in the
 8        inability to  practice  the  profession  with  reasonable
 9        judgment, skill, or safety.
10        (2)  The  Department  shall  deny  a  license  or renewal
11    authorized by this Act to any person who has defaulted on  an
12    educational loan guaranteed by the Illinois State Scholarship
13    Commission;  however,  the  Department may issue a license or
14    renewal if the  aforementioned  persons  have  established  a
15    satisfactory  repayment  record as determined by the Illinois
16    State Scholarship Commission.
17        (3)  The  entry  of  an  order   by   a   circuit   court
18    establishing that any person holding a license under this Act
19    is  subject to involuntary admission or judicial admission as
20    provided  for  in  the  Mental   Health   and   Developmental
21    Disabilities  Code,  operates  as  an automatic suspension of
22    that license.  That  person  may  have  his  or  her  license
23    restored  only upon the determination by a circuit court that
24    the patient is no longer subject to involuntary admission  or
25    judicial  admission  and  the issuance of an order so finding
26    and  discharging  the   patient,   and   upon   the   Board's
27    recommendation   to   the  Department  that  the  license  be
28    restored. Where the circumstances so indicate, the Board  may
29    recommend  to  the  Department that it require an examination
30    prior to restoring any license automatically suspended  under
31    this subsection.
32        (4)  The  Department  may  refuse to issue or may suspend
33    the license of any person who fails to file a return,  or  to
34    pay the tax, penalty, or interest shown in a filed return, or
 
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 1    to  pay  any final assessment of the tax penalty or interest,
 2    as required by any tax Act administered by the Department  of
 3    Revenue,  until such time as the requirements of any such tax
 4    Act are satisfied.
 5        (5)  In enforcing this Section, the Board upon a  showing
 6    of  a possible violation may compel an individual licensed to
 7    practice under this Act, or who  has  applied  for  licensure
 8    pursuant  to  this  Act,  to  submit  to a mental or physical
 9    examination, or both, as required by and at  the  expense  of
10    the   Department.    The  examining  physicians  or  clinical
11    psychologists shall be those specifically designated  by  the
12    Board.  The individual to be examined may have, at his or her
13    own  expense,  another  physician or clinical psychologist of
14    his  or  her  choice  present  during  all  aspects  of  this
15    examination.  Failure of any individual to submit to a mental
16    or physical examination, when directed, shall be grounds  for
17    suspension of his or her license until the individual submits
18    to  the  examination  if  the  Board  finds, after notice and
19    hearing, that the refusal to submit to  the  examination  was
20    without reasonable cause.
21        If  the  Board  finds  an  individual  unable to practice
22    because of the reasons set forth in this Section,  the  Board
23    may require that individual to submit to care, counseling, or
24    treatment by physicians or clinical psychologists approved or
25    designated by the Board, as a condition, term, or restriction
26    for  continued, reinstated, or renewed licensure to practice;
27    or, in lieu of care, counseling, or treatment, the Board  may
28    recommend   to   the   Department  to  file  a  complaint  to
29    immediately suspend,  revoke,  or  otherwise  discipline  the
30    license  of  the individual. Any individual whose license was
31    granted,  continued,  reinstated,  renewed,  disciplined   or
32    supervised    subject   to   such   terms,   conditions,   or
33    restrictions, and  who  fails  to  comply  with  such  terms,
34    conditions,   or  restrictions,  shall  be  referred  to  the
 
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 1    Director for a determination as  to  whether  the  individual
 2    shall  have his or her license suspended immediately, pending
 3    a hearing by the Board.
 4        In instances in which the Director immediately suspends a
 5    person's license  under  this  Section,  a  hearing  on  that
 6    person's license must be convened by the Board within 15 days
 7    after the suspension and completed without appreciable delay.
 8    The  Board  shall  have  the  authority to review the subject
 9    individual's record of treatment and counseling regarding the
10    impairment to the  extent  permitted  by  applicable  federal
11    statutes  and regulations safeguarding the confidentiality of
12    medical records.
13        An individual licensed under this Act and affected  under
14    this  Section shall be afforded an opportunity to demonstrate
15    to the Board that he or she can resume practice in compliance
16    with acceptable and prevailing standards under the provisions
17    of his or her license.
18    (Source: P.A. 90-69, eff. 7-8-97.)

19        Section 325.  The  Auction  License  Act  is  amended  by
20    changing Section 20-20 as follows:

21        (225 ILCS 407/20-20)
22        Sec.  20-20.   Termination without hearing for failure to
23    pay taxes, child  support,  or  a  student  loan.   OBRE  may
24    terminate  or  otherwise  discipline any license issued under
25    this Act without hearing  if  the  appropriate  administering
26    agency  provides  adequate  information  and  proof  that the
27    licensee has:
28             (1)  failed to  file  a  return,  to  pay  the  tax,
29        penalty,  or  interest shown in a filed return, or to pay
30        any final assessment of tax,  penalty,  or  interest,  as
31        required  by  any  tax  act  administered by the Illinois
32        Department of Revenue until the requirements of  the  tax
 
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 1        act are satisfied;
 2             (2)  failed  to  pay any court ordered child support
 3        as determined by a court order or by  referral  from  the
 4        Illinois Department of Human Services Public Aid; or
 5             (3)  failed  to repay any student loan or assistance
 6        as  determined  by  the   Illinois   Student   Assistance
 7        Commission.     If  a  license is terminated or otherwise
 8        disciplined pursuant to this Section,  the  licensee  may
 9        request  a hearing as provided by this Act within 30 days
10        of notice of termination or discipline.
11    (Source: P.A. 91-603, eff. 1-1-00.)

12        Section 330.  The Real Estate  License  Act  of  2000  is
13    amended by changing Section 20-45 as follows:

14        (225 ILCS 454/20-45)
15        Sec.  20-45.   Nonpayment  of  child support. In cases in
16    which  the  Department  of  Human  Services  Public  Aid  has
17    previously determined that a licensee or a potential licensee
18    is more than 30 days  delinquent  in  the  payment  of  child
19    support  and  has  subsequently  certified the delinquency to
20    OBRE, OBRE may refuse to issue or  renew  or  may  revoke  or
21    suspend  that person's license or may take other disciplinary
22    action  against   that   person   based   solely   upon   the
23    certification  of delinquency made by the Department of Human
24    Services Public Aid.  Redetermination of the  delinquency  by
25    OBRE  shall  not be required.  In cases regarding the renewal
26    of a license,  OBRE  shall  not  renew  any  license  if  the
27    Department  of  Human  Services  Public Aid has certified the
28    licensee to be more than 30 days delinquent in the payment of
29    child support unless the licensee has arranged for payment of
30    past and  current  child  support  obligations  in  a  manner
31    satisfactory  to the Department of Human Services Public Aid.
32    OBRE may impose  conditions,  restrictions,  or  disciplinary
 
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 1    action upon that renewal.
 2    (Source: P.A. 91-245, eff. 12-31-99.)

 3        Section  335.  The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
 4    changing Sections 2-12, 2-12.5, 2-14, 3-10.7,  3-10.9,  3-13,
 5    4-1.7,  4-2,  4-4.1, 5-1.1, 5-4, 5-4.23, 5-4.33, 5-5, 5-5.01,
 6    5-5.1, 5-5.3, 5-5.4, 5-5.4a, 5-5.5,  5-5.5a,  5-5.7,  5-5.8a,
 7    5-5.8b,  5-9,  5-11,  5-11.1,  5-15.5,  5-16.1, 5-16.4, 5-21,
 8    5A-7, 5B-7, 5C-6, 6-11, 8A-7.1,  8A-9,  9-1,  10-1,  10-13.4,
 9    10-15,  10-17.9,  10-24.35, 10-24.40, 10-24.50, 11-8.3, 11-9,
10    11-27, 12-1, 12-4.7c, 12-4.9,  12-4.17,  12-4.20c,  12-4.20d,
11    12-4.25,  12-4.35,  12-4.201, 12-8.1, 12-9, 12-10.1, 12-10.4,
12    12-13.1, 12-16, 12-20, and 14-7 as follows:

13        (305 ILCS 5/2-12) (from Ch. 23, par. 2-12)
14        Sec. 2-12.  "Illinois Department"; "Department".  In this
15    Code,  "Illinois  Department"   or   "Department",   when   a
16    particular entity is not specified, means the following:
17        (1)  In  the  case of a function performed before July 1,
18    1997 (the effective date of the Department of Human  Services
19    Act), the term means the Department of Public Aid.
20        (2)  In  the  case  of  a  function to be performed on or
21    after July 1, 1997 under Article III, IV, VI, IX, or IXA, the
22    term means the Department of Human Services as  successor  to
23    the Illinois Department of Public Aid.
24        (3)  In  the  case  of  a  function to be performed on or
25    after July 1, 1997 under Article V, V-A, V-B, V-C, V-D,  V-E,
26    X,  XIV,  or  XV,  the  term means the Illinois Department of
27    Public Aid.
28        (4)  In the case of a function  to  be  performed  on  or
29    after  July  1,  1997 under Article I, II, VIIIA, XI, XII, or
30    XIII, the term means the Department of Human Services (acting
31    as successor to the Illinois Department of Public Aid) or the
32    Illinois Department of  Public  Aid  or  both,  according  to
 
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 1    whether  that  function,  in  the  specific context, has been
 2    allocated  to  the  Department  of  Human  Services  or   the
 3    Department of Public Aid or both of those departments.
 4    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

 5        (305 ILCS 5/2-12.5)
 6        Sec.   2-12.5.   Secretary.  "Director  of  the  Illinois
 7    Department"; "Director of  the  Department";  "Director".  In
 8    this Code, "Secretary" "Director of the Illinois Department",
 9    "Director   of   the   Department",  or  "Director",  when  a
10    particular official is not specified, means the following:
11        (1)  In the case of a function performed before  July  1,
12    1997  (the effective date of the Department of Human Services
13    Act), the term means the Director of Public Aid.
14        (2)  In the case of a function  to  be  performed  on  or
15    after July 1, 1997 under Article III, IV, VI, IX, or IXA, the
16    term means the Secretary of Human Services.  "Director", when
17    used  in  connection  with an occurrence before the effective
18    date of this amendatory Act of  the  92nd  General  Assembly,
19    means the former Director of Public Aid.
20        (3)  In  the  case  of  a  function to be performed on or
21    after July 1, 1997 under Article V, V-A, V-B, V-C, V-D,  V-E,
22    X, XIV, or XV, the term means the Director of Public Aid.
23        (4)  In  the  case  of  a  function to be performed on or
24    after July 1, 1997 under Article I, II, VIIIA,  XI,  XII,  or
25    XIII,  the  term means the Secretary of Human Services or the
26    Director of Public Aid or both,  according  to  whether  that
27    function,  in the specific context, has been allocated to the
28    Department of Human Services or the Department of Public  Aid
29    or both of those departments.
30    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

31        (305 ILCS 5/2-14) (from Ch. 23, par. 2-14)
32        Sec. 2-14. "Local governmental unit". Every county, city,
 
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 1    village,  incorporated town or township charged with the duty
 2    of providing public aid under Article VI; and County Veterans
 3    Assistance  Commissions  providing  general   assistance   to
 4    indigent  war  veterans  and  their  families  under  Section
 5    12-21.13 of Article XII.
 6        However,  should  any  Section  of  this  Code impose the
 7    obligation of providing medical assistance to persons who are
 8    non-residents  of  the  State  of  Illinois  upon   a   local
 9    governmental  unit,  the term "local governmental unit" shall
10    not include townships.   In  such  case  the  obligation  for
11    providing  medical  assistance  to  non-residents which would
12    otherwise  be  the  duty  of  a  township  shall  become  the
13    obligation of the Illinois Department of Public Aid.
14    (Source: P.A. 81-519; 81-1085; 81-1509.)

15        (305 ILCS 5/3-10.7) (from Ch. 23, par. 3-10.7)
16        Sec. 3-10.7.  Foreclosure of lien. Upon the death of  the
17    recipient, or prior thereto in cases of fraud if the Illinois
18    Department  deems  such  action  necessary  to  preserve  the
19    security  of  the  lien,  the  Illinois Department, acting in
20    behalf of the State, may foreclose the  lien  in  a  judicial
21    proceeding  to  the  same extent and in the same manner as in
22    the enforcement of other liens.  The  process,  practice  and
23    procedure  for such foreclosure shall be the same as provided
24    in the Civil Practice Law, as amended.
25        If the amount bid for the property at the  sale  is  less
26    than  the amount of the lien, or if there are no bidders, the
27    Illinois Department may purchase the property for the use  of
28    the People of the State of Illinois. Property so acquired may
29    be  sold  to  the  highest bidder, after advertisement in the
30    State official newspaper, the sale to be  not  less  than  10
31    days  after the advertisement. Upon a sale, the deed shall be
32    executed by the Illinois Department for the use of the People
33    of the  State  of  Illinois,  and  shall  be  signed  by  the
 
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 1    Secretary Director.
 2        Except  in  cases of fraud, the Illinois Department shall
 3    defer foreclosure  proceedings  on  property  occupied  as  a
 4    homestead  by  the  recipient,  his  surviving  spouse,  or a
 5    relative of  the  recipient  as  defined  by  the  rules  and
 6    regulations of the Illinois Department.
 7    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

 8        (305 ILCS 5/3-10.9) (from Ch. 23, par. 3-10.9)
 9        Sec.  3-10.9.   Redemption.  Except as to any sale had by
10    virtue of  a  judgment  of  foreclosure  in  accordance  with
11    Article  XV  of  the  Code  of Civil Procedure, whenever real
12    estate has been or is sold at judicial or judgment  sale  and
13    the  lien  thereon  in  favor  of  the Illinois Department is
14    junior or inferior to the lien so enforced or  foreclosed  by
15    or through that sale, the right to redeem in any manner under
16    or  by virtue of such lien from such sale or from the lien so
17    foreclosed or enforced shall  terminate  at  the  end  of  12
18    months  from the date upon which there is filed for record in
19    the office of the Recorder for the County in which the  lands
20    so  sold  are situated, if such lands are unregistered, or in
21    the office of the Registrar of Titles  for  such  County,  if
22    such  lands  are registered, a certified copy of the original
23    or duplicate recorded or registered certificate of such sale,
24    such certified copy being endorsed by the Secretary  Director
25    showing  service  of  a  copy of such certificate upon him or
26    her, and upon such  service  such  officer  shall  make  such
27    endorsement.  Such service may be by United States registered
28    or certified mail.
29    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

30        (305 ILCS 5/3-13) (from Ch. 23, par. 3-13)
31        Sec.   3-13.    Federal   program   -   Declaration    of
32    responsibilities:  It  is the position of this State that the
 
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 1    Federal Government should  meet  its  obligation  to  provide
 2    financial  aid  to  those  aged,  blind  or  disabled persons
 3    eligible under Article III  hereof  so  as  to  assure  those
 4    persons  a  standard  of  living  compatible  with health and
 5    well-being, including any supplementary aid program  provided
 6    to meet special or emergency needs, and it is the position of
 7    this  State  that  the  Federal  Government  should  meet its
 8    obligation to provide continuing supplemental nutritional aid
 9    for such persons through the Federal Food  Stamp  Program  or
10    through  full  reimbursement for expenditures made in lieu of
11    such Food Stamp Program.
12        (a)  The   Illinois   Department   may,   from    federal
13    reimbursements    received    under    this   Section,   make
14    disbursements to any attorney, or advocate working under  the
15    supervision  of  an  attorney,  who represents a recipient of
16    assistance under  Article  VI  of  this  Code  in  a  program
17    administered  by the Illinois Department, in an appeal of any
18    claim  for  federal  Supplemental  Security  Income  benefits
19    before an administrative law judge which is decided in  favor
20    of  such recipient.  The amount of such disbursement shall be
21    equal to 25% of the  maximum  federal  Supplemental  Security
22    Income  grant  payable  to  an individual for a period of one
23    year.  No such disbursement shall be made unless  a  petition
24    and  a  copy  of  the favorable decision is submitted by such
25    attorney or advocate to the  Illinois  Department  within  60
26    days of the date of such decision.  The disbursement shall be
27    made  within  30  days  after  the petition is received.  The
28    Illinois Department shall promulgate  rules  and  regulations
29    necessary to implement this subsection.
30        (b)  The  Illinois  Department  shall  institute  a State
31    program to fully supplement the federal Supplemental Security
32    Income grants of all persons in the aged, blind, or  disabled
33    categories  who meet the eligibility and need requirements of
34    this Code, after having given  prior  notice  to  and  having
 
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 1    consulted  with  the  Citizens Assembly/Council on Public Aid
 2    under the procedures established by Section  12-4.11  hereof.
 3    The amount or amounts of such supplementary payments shall be
 4    established   by  the  Secretary  Director  of  the  Illinois
 5    Department in a manner consistent with the  other  provisions
 6    of this Article III.
 7        (c)  The  Illinois  Department,  the  Comptroller and the
 8    Treasurer,  are  authorized  to  disburse  to   the   Federal
 9    Government  amounts  appropriated  to the Illinois Department
10    for use in furnishing aid to persons eligible  under  Article
11    III  of this Code, to receive reimbursements from the Federal
12    Government  therefor,   and   to   establish   administrative
13    procedures necessary for the accomplishment of such a payment
14    system.
15    (Source: P.A. 89-21, eff. 7-1-95.)

16        (305 ILCS 5/4-1.7) (from Ch. 23, par. 4-1.7)
17        Sec.   4-1.7.   Enforcement  of  Parental  Child  Support
18    Obligation.)  If the parent  or  parents  of  the  child  are
19    failing  to  meet or are delinquent in their legal obligation
20    to support the child,  the  parent  or  other  person  having
21    custody of the child or the Illinois Department of Public Aid
22    may   request  the  law  enforcement  officer  authorized  or
23    directed by law to so act to file action for the  enforcement
24    of  such  remedies as the law provides for the fulfillment of
25    the child support obligation.
26        If a parent has  a  judicial  remedy  against  the  other
27    parent  to  compel  child support, or if, as the result of an
28    action initiated by or in behalf of one  parent  against  the
29    other,  a  child support order has been entered in respect to
30    which there is noncompliance or  delinquency,  or  where  the
31    order so entered may be changed upon petition to the court to
32    provide additional support, the parent or other person having
33    custody of the child or the Illinois Department of Public Aid
 
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 1    may  request  the appropriate law enforcement officer to seek
 2    enforcement of the remedy, or of  the  support  order,  or  a
 3    change  therein  to  provide  additional support.  If the law
 4    enforcement officer is not authorized by law  to  so  act  in
 5    these  instances,  the parent, or if so authorized by law the
 6    other person having custody of the  child,  or  the  Illinois
 7    Department  of  Public  Aid may initiate an action to enforce
 8    these remedies.
 9        A parent or other person having custody of the child must
10    comply with the requirements  of  Title  IV  of  the  federal
11    Social  Security  Act,  and  the regulations duly promulgated
12    thereunder,  and  any  rules  promulgated  by  the   Illinois
13    Department   regarding   enforcement  of  the  child  support
14    obligation.  The Illinois Department of Public  Aid  and  the
15    Department  of  Human  Services  may  provide by rule for the
16    grant or continuation of aid to the person  for  a  temporary
17    period  if  he  or  she  accepts counseling or other services
18    designed  to  increase  his  or  her   motivation   to   seek
19    enforcement of the child support obligation.
20        In addition to any other definition of failure or refusal
21    to  comply  with  the requirements of Title IV of the federal
22    Social Security Act, or Illinois Department rule, in the case
23    of failure to attend court  hearings,  the  parent  or  other
24    person  can show cooperation by attending a court hearing or,
25    if a  court  hearing  cannot  be  scheduled  within  14  days
26    following  the  court  hearing  that was missed, by signing a
27    statement that the parent or other person is now  willing  to
28    cooperate  in  the child support enforcement process and will
29    appear at any later scheduled  court  date.   The  parent  or
30    other person can show cooperation by signing such a statement
31    only  once.   If failure to attend the court hearing or other
32    failure to cooperate results in  the  case  being  dismissed,
33    such a statement may be signed after 2 months.
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 1    to this Section shall commence during pregnancy of the parent
 2    or other person having custody of the child or  for  30  days
 3    after  the termination of such pregnancy.  The termination of
 4    medical assistance may commence thereafter  if  the  Illinois
 5    Department  of  Public  Aid  determines  that  the failure or
 6    refusal to comply with this Section  persists.   Postponement
 7    of   denial  or  termination  of  medical  assistance  during
 8    pregnancy under this paragraph shall be effective only to the
 9    extent it does not conflict with federal law or regulation.
10        Any evidence a parent or other person having  custody  of
11    the  child  gives in order to comply with the requirements of
12    this  Section  shall  not  render  him  or  her   liable   to
13    prosecution under Sections 11-7 or 11-8 of the "Criminal Code
14    of 1961", approved July 28, 1961, as amended.
15        When  so requested, the Illinois Department of Public Aid
16    and the Department  of  Human  Services  shall  provide  such
17    services  and  assistance  as the law enforcement officer may
18    require  in  connection  with  the  filing  of   any   action
19    hereunder.
20        The  Illinois Department of Public Aid and the Department
21    of Human Services, and as an expense of  administration,  may
22    also  provide  applicants for and recipients of aid with such
23    services  and  assistance,  including   assumption   of   the
24    reasonable  costs of prosecuting any action or proceeding, as
25    may be necessary to enable them to enforce the child  support
26    liability required hereunder.
27        Nothing   in   this  Section  shall  be  construed  as  a
28    requirement that an applicant or recipient file an action for
29    dissolution of marriage against his or her spouse.
30    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97; 90-17, eff. 7-1-97.)

31        (305 ILCS 5/4-2) (from Ch. 23, par. 4-2)
32        Sec. 4-2.  Amount of aid.
33        (a)  The amount and nature  of  financial  aid  shall  be
 
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 1    determined  in  accordance  with the grant amounts, rules and
 2    regulations of the Illinois Department. Due regard  shall  be
 3    given  to the self-sufficiency requirements of the family and
 4    to the income, money  contributions  and  other  support  and
 5    resources available, from whatever source.  Beginning July 1,
 6    1992,  the  supplementary  grants  previously paid under this
 7    Section shall no longer be paid.   However,  the  amount  and
 8    nature of any financial aid is not affected by the payment of
 9    any  grant  under  the  "Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons
10    Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act" or any
11    distributions or items of income described under subparagraph
12    (X) of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Section 203 of  the
13    Illinois  Income  Tax  Act. The aid shall be sufficient, when
14    added to all other income, money contributions and support to
15    provide the family with a grant in the amount established  by
16    Department regulation.
17        (b)  The   Illinois   Department   may   conduct  special
18    projects, which may be known  as  Grant  Diversion  Projects,
19    under  which  recipients  of financial aid under this Article
20    are placed in jobs and  their  grants  are  diverted  to  the
21    employer  who in turn makes payments to the recipients in the
22    form of salary or other employment  benefits.   The  Illinois
23    Department  shall by rule specify the terms and conditions of
24    such Grant Diversion Projects.  Such projects shall take into
25    consideration  and   be   coordinated   with   the   programs
26    administered   under   the   Illinois   Emergency  Employment
27    Development Act.
28        (c)  The amount and nature of the  financial  aid  for  a
29    child requiring care outside his own home shall be determined
30    in  accordance with the rules and regulations of the Illinois
31    Department, with due regard to the needs and requirements  of
32    the  child  in the foster home or institution in which he has
33    been placed.
34        (d)  If the  Department  establishes  grants  for  family
 
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 1    units  consisting  exclusively  of  a  pregnant woman with no
 2    dependent child or including her husband if living with  her,
 3    the  grant amount for such a unit shall be equal to the grant
 4    amount for an assistance unit consisting of one adult,  or  2
 5    persons  if  the  husband  is included.  Other than as herein
 6    described,  an  unborn  child  shall  not   be   counted   in
 7    determining the size of an assistance unit or for calculating
 8    grants.
 9        Payments for basic maintenance requirements of a child or
10    children and the relative with whom the child or children are
11    living   shall  be  prescribed,  by  rule,  by  the  Illinois
12    Department.
13    These grants may be increased in the following circumstances:
14             1.  If the child is living with both parents or with
15        persons standing in the relationship of parents,  and  if
16        the  grant is necessitated because of the unemployment or
17        insufficient  earnings  of  the  parent  or  parents  and
18        neither  parent  is   receiving   benefits   under   "The
19        Unemployment  Compensation  Act", approved June 30, 1937,
20        as amended, the maximum may be increased by not more than
21        $25.
22             2.  If a child is age 13 or over, the maximum may be
23        increased by not more than $15.
24        The allowances provided under Article IX  for  recipients
25    participating  in  the  training  and rehabilitation programs
26    shall be in addition to the maximum payments  established  in
27    this Section.
28        Grants  under  this  Article shall not be supplemented by
29    General Assistance provided under Article VI.
30        (e)  Grants shall be paid to the parent or  other  person
31    with  whom  the child or children are living, except for such
32    amount as is paid in behalf of the child  or  his  parent  or
33    other  relative to other persons or agencies pursuant to this
34    Code or the rules and regulations of the Illinois Department.
 
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 1        (f)  An assistance unit, receiving  financial  aid  under
 2    this  Article  or temporarily ineligible to receive aid under
 3    this  Article  under  a  penalty  imposed  by  the   Illinois
 4    Department   for  failure  to  comply  with  the  eligibility
 5    requirements or  that  voluntarily  requests  termination  of
 6    financial   assistance   under   this   Article  and  becomes
 7    subsequently eligible for assistance within 9  months,  shall
 8    not  receive  any  increase  in  the  amount of aid solely on
 9    account of the birth of a child; except that an  increase  is
10    not prohibited when the birth is (i) of a child of a pregnant
11    woman  who  became eligible for aid under this Article during
12    the pregnancy, or (ii) of a child born within 10 months after
13    the date of implementation of this subsection, or  (iii) of a
14    child  conceived  after  a  family  became   ineligible   for
15    assistance due to income or marriage and at least 3 months of
16    ineligibility    expired   before   any   reapplication   for
17    assistance.  This subsection does  not,  however,  prevent  a
18    unit  from  receiving a general increase in the amount of aid
19    that is provided to all recipients of aid under this Article.
20        The Illinois Department is authorized to transfer  funds,
21    and  shall  use  any  budgetary  savings  attributable to not
22    increasing  the  grants  due  to  the  births  of  additional
23    children, to supplement existing funding for  employment  and
24    training  services  for  recipients of aid under this Article
25    IV.  The Illinois Department shall target, to the extent  the
26    supplemental funding allows, employment and training services
27    to the families who do not receive a grant increase after the
28    birth of a child.  In addition, the Illinois Department shall
29    provide,  to the extent the supplemental funding allows, such
30    families with up to 24  months  of  transitional  child  care
31    pursuant   to   Illinois  Department  rules.   All  remaining
32    supplemental funds shall be used for employment and  training
33    services or transitional child care support.
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 1    the Illinois Department shall first  determine,  pursuant  to
 2    regulations  adopted  by  the  Illinois  Department for  this
 3    purpose, the amount of savings attributable to not increasing
 4    the  grants  due  to  the  births  of  additional   children.
 5    Transfers   may   be   made   from   General   Revenue   Fund
 6    appropriations   for   distributive  purposes  authorized  by
 7    Article  IV  of  this  Code  only  to  General  Revenue  Fund
 8    appropriations   for   employability   development   services
 9    including operating  and  administrative  costs  and  related
10    distributive  purposes  under  Article  IXA of this Code. The
11    Secretary Director, with the approval of the Governor,  shall
12    certify  the  amount and affected line item appropriations to
13    the State Comptroller.
14        The Illinois Department shall apply for  all  waivers  of
15    federal  law  and  regulations  necessary  to  implement this
16    subsection; implementation of this subsection  is  contingent
17    on  the  Illinois  Department receiving all necessary federal
18    waivers.   The  Illinois  Department   may   implement   this
19    subsection  through  the use of emergency rules in accordance
20    with Section 5-45 of the  Illinois  Administrative  Procedure
21    Act.   For  purposes of the Illinois Administrative Procedure
22    Act, the adoption of rules to implement this subsection shall
23    be considered an  emergency  and  necessary  for  the  public
24    interest, safety, and welfare.
25        Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit
26    the  Illinois  Department from using funds under this Article
27    IV to provide assistance in the form of vouchers that may  be
28    used  to  pay  for  goods and services deemed by the Illinois
29    Department, by rule, as suitable for the care  of  the  child
30    such as diapers, clothing, school supplies, and cribs.
31        (g)  (Blank).
32        (h)  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision of this Code,
33    the Illinois  Department  is  authorized  to  reduce  payment
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 1    December  31  of  any  fiscal year if the Illinois Department
 2    determines that the caseload upon  which  the  appropriations
 3    for  the current fiscal year are based have increased by more
 4    than 5% and the appropriation is  not  sufficient  to  ensure
 5    that  cash  benefits  under  this  Article  do not exceed the
 6    amounts appropriated for those cash benefits.  Reductions  in
 7    payment  levels  may  be accomplished by emergency rule under
 8    Section 5-45 of the Illinois  Administrative  Procedure  Act,
 9    except  that  the limitation on the number of emergency rules
10    that may be adopted in a 24-month period shall not apply  and
11    the  provisions  of  Sections 5-115 and 5-125 of the Illinois
12    Administrative Procedure Act shall not  apply.  Increases  in
13    payment  levels shall be accomplished only in accordance with
14    Section 5-40 of the Illinois  Administrative  Procedure  Act.
15    Before  any rule to increase payment levels promulgated under
16    this Section  shall  become  effective,  a  joint  resolution
17    approving  the  rule must be adopted by a roll call vote by a
18    majority of the  members  elected  to  each  chamber  of  the
19    General Assembly.
20    (Source:  P.A.  90-17,  eff.  7-1-97;  90-372,  eff.  7-1-98;
21    90-655, eff. 7-30-98; 91-676, eff. 12-23-99.)

22        (305 ILCS 5/4-4.1)
23        Sec. 4-4.1.  Immunizations.
24        (a)  The  Illinois Department of Public Aid shall develop
25    and implement and that Department and the Department of Human
26    Services shall jointly continue by rule a program  to  ensure
27    that children under 5 years of age living in assistance units
28    that  receive  benefits  under  this Code are immunized.  The
29    Illinois  Department  of  Public  Aid  shall  report  to  the
30    Governor and the General Assembly  on  the  progress  of  the
31    program on April 1, 1994 and 1995.
32        (b)  Nothing  in  this  Section  shall  be  construed  to
33    require  immunization  of  any  child in contravention of the
 
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 1    stated objections of a parent,  guardian,  or  relative  with
 2    custody  of  a  child  that  the administration of immunizing
 3    agents  conflicts  with  his  or  her  religious  tenets  and
 4    practices.
 5    (Source: P.A. 88-342; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

 6        (305 ILCS 5/5-1.1) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-1.1)
 7        Sec. 5-1.1.  Definitions.   The  terms  defined  in  this
 8    Section shall have the meanings ascribed to them, except when
 9    the context otherwise requires.
10        (a)  "Skilled  nursing  facility"  means  a  nursing home
11    eligible to participate as a skilled nursing  facility  under
12    Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act.
13        (b)  "Intermediate  care  facility"  means a nursing home
14    eligible to participate  as  an  intermediate  care  facility
15    under Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act.
16        (c)  "Standard  services"  means  those services required
17    for the care of all patients in the facility and shall  as  a
18    minimum  include  the  following:   (1)  administration;  (2)
19    dietary  (standard); (3) housekeeping; (4) laundry and linen;
20    (5)  maintenance  of  property   and   equipment,   including
21    utilities;  (6)  medical  records; (7) training of employees;
22    (8) utilization review; (9) activities services; (10)  social
23    services;  (11)  disability  services;  and all other similar
24    services required by either the laws of the State of Illinois
25    or one of its political subdivisions or municipalities or  by
26    Title XIX of the Social Security Act.
27        (d)  "Patient  services"  means those which vary with the
28    number  of  personnel;  professional  and   para-professional
29    skills  of  the personnel; specialized equipment, and reflect
30    the intensity of the medical and psycho-social needs  of  the
31    patients.   Patient  services shall as a minimum include: (1)
32    physical   services;   (2)   nursing   services,    including
33    restorative  nursing;  (3) medical direction and patient care
 
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 1    planning; (4)  health  related  supportive  and  habilitative
 2    services and all similar services required by either the laws
 3    of the State of Illinois or one of its political subdivisions
 4    or municipalities or by Title XIX of the Social Security Act.
 5        (e)  "Ancillary  services"  means  those  services  which
 6    require a specific physician's order and defined as under the
 7    medical assistance program as not being routine in nature for
 8    skilled  nursing  and  intermediate  care  facilities.   Such
 9    services generally must be authorized prior to  delivery  and
10    payment  as provided for under the rules of the Department of
11    Public Aid.
12        (f)  "Capital"  means  the  investment  in  a  facility's
13    assets for both debt and non-debt funds.  Non-debt capital is
14    the difference between an adjusted replacement value  of  the
15    assets and the actual amount of debt capital.
16        (g)  "Profit"  means  the  amount which shall accrue to a
17    facility as a result of its revenues exceeding  its  expenses
18    as   determined   in   accordance   with  generally  accepted
19    accounting principles.
20        (h)  "Non-institutional services"  means  those  services
21    provided  under  paragraph  (f)  of Section 3 of the Disabled
22    Persons Rehabilitation Act and those services provided  under
23    Section 4.02 of the Illinois Act on the Aging.
24        (i)  "Exceptional   medical  care"  means  the  level  of
25    medical care required by persons who are medically stable for
26    discharge from a hospital but  who  require  acute  intensity
27    hospital  level  care  for  physician,  nurse  and  ancillary
28    specialist   services,   including   persons   with  acquired
29    immunodeficiency syndrome  (AIDS)  or  a  related  condition.
30    Such   care   shall  consist  of  those  services  which  the
31    Department shall determine by rule.
32        (j)  "Institutionalized person" means an  individual  who
33    is  an  inpatient  in an intermediate care or skilled nursing
34    facility, or who is an inpatient  in  a  medical  institution
 
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 1    receiving   a   level  of  care  equivalent  to  that  of  an
 2    intermediate care or skilled  nursing  facility,  or  who  is
 3    receiving  services  under  Section  1915(c)  of  the  Social
 4    Security Act.
 5        (k)  "Institutionalized       spouse"       means      an
 6    institutionalized person who is expected to receive  services
 7    at the same level of care for at least 30 days and is married
 8    to a spouse who is not an institutionalized person.
 9        (l)  "Community    spouse"    is   the   spouse   of   an
10    institutionalized spouse.
11    (Source: P.A. 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)

12        (305 ILCS 5/5-4) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-4)
13        Sec. 5-4.  Amount and nature of medical assistance.   The
14    amount  and  nature of medical assistance shall be determined
15    by the County Departments in accordance with  the  standards,
16    rules,  and  regulations of the Illinois Department of Public
17    Aid, with due regard to the requirements  and  conditions  in
18    each  case,  including  contributions  available from legally
19    responsible relatives.  However, the  amount  and  nature  of
20    such  medical assistance shall not be affected by the payment
21    of any grant under the Senior Citizens and  Disabled  Persons
22    Property  Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act or any
23    distributions or items of income described under subparagraph
24    (X) of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Section 203 of  the
25    Illinois  Income  Tax  Act.  The amount and nature of medical
26    assistance shall not be affected by the receipt of  donations
27    or  benefits from fundraisers in cases of serious illness, as
28    long as neither the person nor members of the person's family
29    have actual control over the donations  or  benefits  or  the
30    disbursement of the donations or benefits.
31        In  determining  the  income  and assets available to the
32    institutionalized spouse and to  the  community  spouse,  the
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 1    established  by  federal  law.  The community spouse resource
 2    allowance shall be established and maintained at the  maximum
 3    level  permitted pursuant to Section 1924(f)(2) of the Social
 4    Security Act, as now or hereafter amended, or an  amount  set
 5    after  a  fair  hearing,  whichever  is greater.  The monthly
 6    maintenance allowance  for  the  community  spouse  shall  be
 7    established  and  maintained  at  the maximum level permitted
 8    pursuant to Section 1924(d)(3)(C) of the Social Security Act,
 9    as now or hereafter amended.  Subject to the approval of  the
10    Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human
11    Services, the provisions of this Section shall be extended to
12    persons  who but for the provision of home or community-based
13    services under Section 4.02 of the Illinois Act on the Aging,
14    would require the level of care provided in  an  institution,
15    as is provided for in federal law.
16        The  Department of Human Services shall notify in writing
17    each institutionalized spouse who is a recipient  of  medical
18    assistance   under  this  Article,  and  each  such  person's
19    community spouse, of the changes in treatment of  income  and
20    resources,  including  provisions for protecting income for a
21    community spouse and permitting the transfer of resources  to
22    a  community  spouse,  required  by  enactment of the federal
23    Medicare  Catastrophic  Coverage  Act  of  1988  (Public  Law
24    100-360).  The notification shall be in language likely to be
25    easily understood by those persons.  The Department of  Human
26    Services also shall reassess the amount of medical assistance
27    for  which each such recipient is eligible as a result of the
28    enactment of that federal Act, whether  or  not  a  recipient
29    requests such a reassessment.
30    (Source: P.A. 90-655, eff. 7-30-98; 91-676, eff. 12-23-99.)

31        (305 ILCS 5/5-4.23) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-4.23)
32        Sec. 5-4.23.  Payment of Fees Due.
33        (a)  The  fees  described  in Section 5-4.22 shall be due
 
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 1    and payable on a calendar quarterly basis.
 2        (b)  The fee shall be payable to  and  collected  by  the
 3    Illinois  Department  in  equal  quarterly amounts due on the
 4    first business day of  each  calendar  quarter.   All  monies
 5    collected  under  Section  5-4.22 shall be deposited into the
 6    Fund.
 7        (c)  The Secretary Director of the Illinois Department is
 8    authorized  to  establish  delayed  payment   schedules   for
 9    facilities that are unable to make timely payments under this
10    subsection   due  to  financial  difficulties.   The  delayed
11    payments shall include interest at a rate not to  exceed  the
12    State of Illinois borrowing rate.  The interest may be waived
13    by the Secretary Director for good cause shown.
14    (Source: P.A. 87-13.)

15        (305 ILCS 5/5-4.33) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-4.33)
16        Sec. 5-4.33.  Payment of Fees Due.
17        (a)  The  fees  described  in Section 5-4.32 shall be due
18    and payable on  a  calendar  quarterly  basis.  The  Illinois
19    Department may provide that county nursing homes directed and
20    maintained  pursuant  to  Section 5-1005 of the Counties Code
21    may meet their fee obligation by certifying to  the  Illinois
22    Department  that  county expenditures have been obligated for
23    the operation of the county nursing  home  in  an  amount  at
24    least equal to the amount of the fee.
25        (b)  The  fee  shall  be  payable to and collected by the
26    Illinois Department in equal quarterly  amounts  due  on  the
27    first  business  day  of  each  calendar quarter.  All monies
28    collected under Section 5-4.32 shall be  deposited  into  the
29    Fund.
30        (c)  The Secretary Director of the Illinois Department is
31    authorized   to   establish  delayed  payment  schedules  for
32    facilities that are unable to make timely payments under this
33    subsection  due  to  financial  difficulties.   The   delayed
 
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 1    payments  shall  include interest at a rate not to exceed the
 2    State of Illinois borrowing rate.  The interest may be waived
 3    by the Secretary Director for good cause shown.
 4    (Source: P.A. 87-13.)

 5        (305 ILCS 5/5-5) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-5)
 6        Sec. 5-5.  Medical services. The Illinois Department,  by
 7    rule,  shall  determine  the  quantity and quality of and the
 8    rate of reimbursement for the medical  assistance  for  which
 9    payment  will  be  authorized, and the medical services to be
10    provided, which may include all or part of the following: (1)
11    inpatient  hospital   services;   (2)   outpatient   hospital
12    services;  (3)  other  laboratory  and  X-ray  services;  (4)
13    skilled  nursing  home  services;  (5)  physicians'  services
14    whether  furnished  in  the  office,  the  patient's  home, a
15    hospital, a skilled nursing home, or elsewhere;  (6)  medical
16    care,  or  any  other  type  of  remedial  care  furnished by
17    licensed practitioners; (7) home health  care  services;  (8)
18    private  duty  nursing  service;  (9)  clinic  services; (10)
19    dental services; (11) physical therapy and related  services;
20    (12)  prescribed drugs, dentures, and prosthetic devices; and
21    eyeglasses prescribed by a physician skilled in the  diseases
22    of  the  eye,  or by an optometrist, whichever the person may
23    select; (13) other  diagnostic,  screening,  preventive,  and
24    rehabilitative  services;  (14) transportation and such other
25    expenses as may  be  necessary;  (15)  medical  treatment  of
26    sexual  assault  survivors,  as  defined in Section 1a of the
27    Sexual  Assault  Survivors  Emergency  Treatment   Act,   for
28    injuries  sustained  as  a  result  of  the  sexual  assault,
29    including  examinations  and  laboratory  tests  to  discover
30    evidence  which  may  be used in criminal proceedings arising
31    from the sexual assault; (16) the diagnosis and treatment  of
32    sickle  cell anemia; and (17) any other medical care, and any
33    other type of remedial care recognized under the laws of this
 
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 1    State, but not including abortions, or  induced  miscarriages
 2    or  premature  births, unless, in the opinion of a physician,
 3    such procedures are necessary for  the  preservation  of  the
 4    life  of  the  woman  seeking  such  treatment,  or except an
 5    induced premature birth intended to  produce  a  live  viable
 6    child  and  such procedure is necessary for the health of the
 7    mother or her unborn child. The Illinois Department, by rule,
 8    shall  prohibit  any   physician   from   providing   medical
 9    assistance  to anyone eligible therefor under this Code where
10    such  physician  has  been  found  guilty  of  performing  an
11    abortion procedure in a wilful and wanton manner upon a woman
12    who was not pregnant at the time such abortion procedure  was
13    performed.  The  term "any other type of remedial care" shall
14    include nursing care and nursing home service for persons who
15    rely on treatment by spiritual means alone through prayer for
16    healing.
17        Notwithstanding any other provision of  this  Section,  a
18    comprehensive  tobacco  use  cessation  program that includes
19    purchasing prescription drugs or prescription medical devices
20    approved by the Food and Drug administration shall be covered
21    under the medical assistance program under this  Article  for
22    persons  who are otherwise eligible for assistance under this
23    Article.
24        Notwithstanding any other provision  of  this  Code,  the
25    Illinois  Department  may  not  require,  as  a  condition of
26    payment  for  any  laboratory  test  authorized  under   this
27    Article,  that  a physician's handwritten signature appear on
28    the laboratory test order form.  The Illinois Department may,
29    however,  impose  other  appropriate  requirements  regarding
30    laboratory test order documentation.
31        The Illinois Department of Public Aid shall  provide  the
32    following  services  to persons eligible for assistance under
33    this Article who are participating in education, training  or
34    employment  programs  operated  by  the  Department  of Human
 
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 1    Services as successor to the Department of Public Aid:
 2             (1)  dental services, which shall include but not be
 3        limited to prosthodontics; and
 4             (2)  eyeglasses prescribed by a physician skilled in
 5        the diseases of the eye, or by an optometrist,  whichever
 6        the person may select.
 7        The  Illinois  Department,  by  rule, may distinguish and
 8    classify  the  medical  services  to  be  provided  only   in
 9    accordance  with the classes of persons designated in Section
10    5-2.
11        The Illinois Department shall authorize the provision of,
12    and  shall  authorize  payment  for,  screening  by  low-dose
13    mammography for the presence  of  occult  breast  cancer  for
14    women  35  years of age or older who are eligible for medical
15    assistance  under  this  Article,  as  follows:   a  baseline
16    mammogram for women 35 to 39  years  of  age  and  an  annual
17    mammogram for women 40 years of age or older.  All screenings
18    shall   include   a  physical  breast  exam,  instruction  on
19    self-examination and information regarding the  frequency  of
20    self-examination  and  its  value as a preventative tool.  As
21    used in this Section, "low-dose mammography" means the  x-ray
22    examination   of   the   breast   using  equipment  dedicated
23    specifically  for  mammography,  including  the  x-ray  tube,
24    filter, compression device, image  receptor,  and  cassettes,
25    with  an average radiation exposure delivery of less than one
26    rad mid-breast, with 2 views for each breast.
27        Any medical or health  care  provider  shall  immediately
28    recommend,  to  any  pregnant  woman  who  is  being provided
29    prenatal services and  is  suspected  of  drug  abuse  or  is
30    addicted  as  defined  in the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse
31    and Dependency Act,  referral  to  a  local  substance  abuse
32    treatment  provider  licensed  by  the  Department  of  Human
33    Services  or  to a licensed hospital which provides substance
34    abuse treatment services.  The Department of Public Aid shall
 
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 1    assure coverage for the cost of treatment of the  drug  abuse
 2    or  addiction  for pregnant recipients in accordance with the
 3    Illinois Medicaid Program in conjunction with the  Department
 4    of Human Services.
 5        All  medical  providers  providing  medical assistance to
 6    pregnant women under this Code shall receive information from
 7    the Department on the availability of services under the Drug
 8    Free  Families  with  a  Future  or  any  comparable  program
 9    providing  case  management  services  for  addicted   women,
10    including  information  on  appropriate  referrals  for other
11    social services that may  be  needed  by  addicted  women  in
12    addition to treatment for addiction.
13        The   Illinois   Department,   in  cooperation  with  the
14    Departments of Human Services (as successor to the Department
15    of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse) and Public Health, through
16    a  public  awareness  campaign,   may   provide   information
17    concerning  treatment  for  alcoholism  and  drug  abuse  and
18    addiction, prenatal health care, and other pertinent programs
19    directed at reducing the number of drug-affected infants born
20    to recipients of medical assistance.
21        Neither  The  Illinois  Department  of Public Aid nor the
22    Department of Human  Services  may  not  shall  sanction  the
23    recipient solely on the basis of her substance abuse.
24        The  Illinois Department shall establish such regulations
25    governing  the  dispensing  of  health  services  under  this
26    Article as it shall deem appropriate.  In  formulating  these
27    regulations  the  Illinois  Department shall consult with and
28    give substantial weight to the recommendations offered by the
29    Citizens  Assembly/Council  on  Public  Aid.  The  Department
30    should  seek  the  advice  of  formal  professional  advisory
31    committees  appointed  by  the  Secretary  Director  of   the
32    Illinois  Department  for  the  purpose  of providing regular
33    advice on  policy  and  administrative  matters,  information
34    dissemination  and  educational  activities  for  medical and
 
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 1    health care providers, and consistency in procedures  to  the
 2    Illinois Department.
 3        The  Illinois  Department  may  develop and contract with
 4    Partnerships of medical providers to arrange medical services
 5    for  persons  eligible  under  Section  5-2  of  this   Code.
 6    Implementation  of  this  Section  may  be  by  demonstration
 7    projects  in certain geographic areas.  The Partnership shall
 8    be represented by a sponsor organization.  The Department, by
 9    rule,  shall   develop   qualifications   for   sponsors   of
10    Partnerships.   Nothing in this Section shall be construed to
11    require  that  the  sponsor   organization   be   a   medical
12    organization.
13        The  sponsor must negotiate formal written contracts with
14    medical  providers  for  physician  services,  inpatient  and
15    outpatient hospital care, home health services, treatment for
16    alcoholism and substance abuse, and other services determined
17    necessary by the Illinois Department by rule for delivery  by
18    Partnerships.   Physician  services must include prenatal and
19    obstetrical care.  The Illinois  Department  shall  reimburse
20    medical   services  delivered  by  Partnership  providers  to
21    clients in target  areas  according  to  provisions  of  this
22    Article  and  the  Illinois Health Finance Reform Act, except
23    that:
24             (1)  Physicians participating in a  Partnership  and
25        providing  certain services, which shall be determined by
26        the Illinois Department, to persons in areas  covered  by
27        the  Partnership  may receive an additional surcharge for
28        such services.
29             (2)  The  Department  may  elect  to  consider   and
30        negotiate   financial   incentives   to   encourage   the
31        development of Partnerships and the efficient delivery of
32        medical care.
33             (3)  Persons   receiving  medical  services  through
34        Partnerships may  receive  medical  and  case  management
 
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 1        services  above  the  level  usually  offered through the
 2        medical assistance program.
 3        Medical providers  shall  be  required  to  meet  certain
 4    qualifications  to  participate in Partnerships to ensure the
 5    delivery   of   high   quality   medical   services.    These
 6    qualifications shall be determined by rule  of  the  Illinois
 7    Department   and   may  be  higher  than  qualifications  for
 8    participation in the medical assistance program.  Partnership
 9    sponsors may prescribe reasonable  additional  qualifications
10    for  participation  by medical providers, only with the prior
11    written approval of the Illinois Department.
12        Nothing in this Section shall limit the  free  choice  of
13    practitioners,  hospitals,  and  other  providers  of medical
14    services by clients. In order to ensure  patient  freedom  of
15    choice,  the Illinois Department shall immediately promulgate
16    all rules and  take  all  other  necessary  actions  so  that
17    provided   services  may  be  accessed  from  therapeutically
18    certified optometrists to the full  extent  of  the  Illinois
19    Optometric   Practice  Act  of  1987  without  discriminating
20    between service providers.
21        The Department shall apply for a waiver from  the  United
22    States  Health Care Financing Administration to allow for the
23    implementation of Partnerships under this Section.
24        The  Illinois  Department  shall  require   health   care
25    providers  to maintain records that document the medical care
26    and services provided to  recipients  of  Medical  Assistance
27    under  this  Article.   The Illinois Department shall require
28    health care providers to make available, when  authorized  by
29    the  patient,  in  writing,  the  medical records in a timely
30    fashion to other health care providers who  are  treating  or
31    serving  persons  eligible  for Medical Assistance under this
32    Article.   All  dispensers  of  medical  services  shall   be
33    required  to  maintain  and  retain business and professional
34    records sufficient  to  fully  and  accurately  document  the
 
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 1    nature,  scope,  details  and  receipt  of  the  health  care
 2    provided  to  persons  eligible  for medical assistance under
 3    this Code, in accordance with regulations promulgated by  the
 4    Illinois  Department. The rules and regulations shall require
 5    that proof of the receipt of  prescription  drugs,  dentures,
 6    prosthetic  devices  and eyeglasses by eligible persons under
 7    this Section accompany each claim for reimbursement submitted
 8    by the dispenser of such medical services. No such claims for
 9    reimbursement shall be approved for payment by  the  Illinois
10    Department without such proof of receipt, unless the Illinois
11    Department  shall have put into effect and shall be operating
12    a system of post-payment audit and review which shall,  on  a
13    sampling basis, be deemed adequate by the Illinois Department
14    to  assure  that such drugs, dentures, prosthetic devices and
15    eyeglasses for which payment is being made are actually being
16    received by eligible recipients. Within  90  days  after  the
17    effective  date  of this amendatory Act of 1984, the Illinois
18    Department shall establish  a  current  list  of  acquisition
19    costs   for  all  prosthetic  devices  and  any  other  items
20    recognized as medical  equipment  and  supplies  reimbursable
21    under  this Article and shall update such list on a quarterly
22    basis, except that the acquisition costs of all  prescription
23    drugs  shall be updated no less frequently than every 30 days
24    as required by Section 5-5.12.
25        The rules and  regulations  of  the  Illinois  Department
26    shall require that a written statement including the required
27    opinion   of  a  physician  shall  accompany  any  claim  for
28    reimbursement  for  abortions,  or  induced  miscarriages  or
29    premature  births.   This  statement  shall   indicate   what
30    procedures were used in providing such medical services.
31        The Illinois Department shall require that all dispensers
32    of medical services, other than an individual practitioner or
33    group  of  practitioners,  desiring  to  participate  in  the
34    Medical  Assistance program established under this Article to
 
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 1    disclose all financial, beneficial, ownership, equity, surety
 2    or other  interests  in  any  and  all  firms,  corporations,
 3    partnerships,   associations,   business  enterprises,  joint
 4    ventures, agencies,  institutions  or  other  legal  entities
 5    providing  any  form  of  health  care services in this State
 6    under this Article.
 7        The Illinois Department may require that  all  dispensers
 8    of  medical  services  desiring to participate in the medical
 9    assistance program established under this  Article  disclose,
10    under  such  terms  and conditions as the Illinois Department
11    may  by  rule  establish,  all  inquiries  from  clients  and
12    attorneys  regarding  medical  bills  paid  by  the  Illinois
13    Department,  which   inquiries   could   indicate   potential
14    existence of claims or liens for the Illinois Department.
15        The   Illinois   Department   shall  establish  policies,
16    procedures,  standards  and  criteria   by   rule   for   the
17    acquisition,   repair   and   replacement   of  orthotic  and
18    prosthetic devices and durable medical equipment.  Such rules
19    shall provide, but not be limited to, the following services:
20    (1) immediate  repair  or  replacement  of  such  devices  by
21    recipients  without  medical  authorization;  and (2) rental,
22    lease,  purchase  or  lease-purchase   of   durable   medical
23    equipment   in   a   cost-effective   manner,   taking   into
24    consideration  the  recipient's medical prognosis, the extent
25    of the recipient's needs, and the requirements and costs  for
26    maintaining  such  equipment.   Such  rules  shall  enable  a
27    recipient  to  temporarily  acquire  and  use  alternative or
28    substitute  devices   or   equipment   pending   repairs   or
29    replacements of any device or equipment previously authorized
30    for  such recipient by the Department. Rules under clause (2)
31    above shall not provide for  purchase  or  lease-purchase  of
32    durable medical equipment or supplies used for the purpose of
33    oxygen delivery and respiratory care.
34        The  Department  shall  execute,  relative to the nursing
 
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 1    home prescreening project,  written  inter-agency  agreements
 2    with  the  Department of Human Services and the Department on
 3    Aging, to effect the following:  (i)  intake  procedures  and
 4    common   eligibility  criteria  for  those  persons  who  are
 5    receiving   non-institutional   services;   and   (ii)    the
 6    establishment  and  development of non-institutional services
 7    in areas of the State where they are not currently  available
 8    or are undeveloped.
 9        The  Illinois  Department  shall  develop and operate, in
10    cooperation with other State Departments and agencies and  in
11    compliance  with  applicable  federal  laws  and regulations,
12    appropriate and effective systems of health  care  evaluation
13    and  programs  for  monitoring  of utilization of health care
14    services and facilities, as it affects persons  eligible  for
15    medical  assistance  under this Code. The Illinois Department
16    shall report regularly the results of the operation  of  such
17    systems  and  programs  to  the  Citizens Assembly/Council on
18    Public Aid to enable the Committee to ensure,  from  time  to
19    time, that these programs are effective and meaningful.
20        The  Illinois  Department  shall  report  annually to the
21    General Assembly, no later than the second Friday in April of
22    1979 and each year thereafter, in regard to:
23             (a)  actual statistics and trends in utilization  of
24        medical services by public aid recipients;
25             (b)  actual  statistics  and trends in the provision
26        of the various medical services by medical vendors;
27             (c)  current rate structures and proposed changes in
28        those rate structures for the  various  medical  vendors;
29        and
30             (d)  efforts  at  utilization  review and control by
31        the Illinois Department.
32        The period covered by each report shall be  the  3  years
33    ending  on the June 30 prior to the report.  The report shall
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 1    General  Assembly.  The filing of one copy of the report with
 2    the Speaker, one copy with the Minority Leader and  one  copy
 3    with the Clerk of the House of Representatives, one copy with
 4    the President, one copy with the Minority Leader and one copy
 5    with   the  Secretary  of  the  Senate,  one  copy  with  the
 6    Legislative Research Unit, such additional  copies  with  the
 7    State  Government  Report Distribution Center for the General
 8    Assembly as is required under paragraph (t) of Section  7  of
 9    the  State  Library  Act  and  one  copy  with  the  Citizens
10    Assembly/Council  on  Public  Aid  or  its successor shall be
11    deemed sufficient to comply with this Section.
12    (Source: P.A. 90-7, eff. 6-10-97; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 91-344,
13    eff. 1-1-00; 91-462,  eff.  8-6-99;  91-666,  eff.  12-22-99;
14    revised 1-6-00.)

15        (305 ILCS 5/5-5.01) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.01)
16        Sec.  5-5.01.  The Department of Public Aid may establish
17    and implement a pilot project for determining the feasibility
18    of authorizing medical assistance payments for the  costs  of
19    diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
20    (Source: P.A. 84-773.)

21        (305 ILCS 5/5-5.1) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.1)
22        Sec.  5-5.1.   Grouping of Facilities.  The Department of
23    Public Aid  shall,  for  purposes  of  payment,  provide  for
24    groupings of nursing facilities.  Factors to be considered in
25    grouping  facilities  may  include,  but  are not limited to,
26    size, age, patient mix or geographical area.
27        The groupings  developed  under  this  Section  shall  be
28    considered   in  determining  reasonable  cost  reimbursement
29    formulas.  However,  this  Section  shall  not  preclude  the
30    Department  from  recognizing  and  evaluating  the  cost  of
31    capital on a facility-by-facility basis.
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 1        (305 ILCS 5/5-5.3) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.3)
 2        Sec.  5-5.3.  Conditions of Payment - Prospective Rates -
 3    Accounting  Principles.   This  amendatory  Act   establishes
 4    certain  conditions  for  the  Department  of  Public  Aid in
 5    instituting rates for  the  care  of  recipients  of  medical
 6    assistance  in  skilled  nursing  facilities and intermediate
 7    care facilities.  Such conditions shall assure a method under
 8    which the payment for skilled nursing and  intermediate  care
 9    services, provided to recipients under the Medical Assistance
10    Program shall be on a reasonable cost related basis, which is
11    prospectively determined annually by the Department of Public
12    Aid.  The annually established payment rate shall take effect
13    on July 1 in 1984 and subsequent years.  There  shall  be  no
14    rate  increase  during  calendar  year 1983 and the first six
15    months of calendar year 1984.
16        The determination of the payment shall  be  made  on  the
17    basis  of generally accepted accounting principles that shall
18    take into  account  the  actual  costs  to  the  facility  of
19    providing  skilled  nursing and intermediate care services to
20    recipients under the medical assistance program.
21        The resultant total rate for a specified type of  service
22    shall  be  an  amount  which shall have been determined to be
23    adequate to reimburse  allowable costs of a facility that  is
24    economically  and efficiently operated.  The Department shall
25    establish an effective date for each  facility  or  group  of
26    facilities  after  which  rates shall be paid on a reasonable
27    cost  related  basis  which  shall  be  no  sooner  than  the
28    effective date of this amendatory Act of 1977.
29    (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

30        (305 ILCS 5/5-5.4) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.4)
31        Sec. 5-5.4.  Standards of Payment  Department  of  Public
32    Aid.  The Department of Public Aid shall develop standards of
33    payment  of skilled nursing and intermediate care services in
 
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 1    facilities providing such services under this Article which:
 2        (1)  Provides  for  the  determination  of  a  facility's
 3    payment for skilled nursing and intermediate care services on
 4    a prospective basis.  The amount of the payment rate for  all
 5    nursing  facilities  certified  under  the medical assistance
 6    program shall be prospectively established  annually  on  the
 7    basis   of   historical,   financial,  and  statistical  data
 8    reflecting actual costs from  prior  years,  which  shall  be
 9    applied  to  the current rate year and updated for inflation,
10    except that the capital cost element  for  newly  constructed
11    facilities  shall  be  based  upon  projected  budgets.   The
12    annually established payment rate shall take effect on July 1
13    in  1984  and  subsequent  years.   Rate  increases  shall be
14    provided annually thereafter on July 1 in 1984  and  on  each
15    subsequent July 1 in the following years, except that no rate
16    increase  and no update for inflation shall be provided on or
17    after  July  1,  1994  and  before  July  1,   2001,   unless
18    specifically provided for in this Section.
19        For  facilities  licensed  by  the  Department  of Public
20    Health under the Nursing Home Care Act as  Intermediate  Care
21    for the Developmentally Disabled facilities or Long Term Care
22    for  Under Age 22 facilities, the rates taking effect on July
23    1, 1998 shall include an  increase  of  3%.   For  facilities
24    licensed by the Department of Public Health under the Nursing
25    Home  Care  Act as Skilled Nursing facilities or Intermediate
26    Care facilities, the rates taking  effect  on  July  1,  1998
27    shall  include an increase of 3% plus $1.10 per resident-day,
28    as defined by the Department.
29        For facilities  licensed  by  the  Department  of  Public
30    Health  under  the Nursing Home Care Act as Intermediate Care
31    for the Developmentally Disabled facilities or Long Term Care
32    for Under Age 22 facilities, the rates taking effect on  July
33    1,  1999  shall  include  an  increase of 1.6% plus $3.00 per
34    resident-day, as defined by the Department.   For  facilities
 
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 1    licensed by the Department of Public Health under the Nursing
 2    Home  Care  Act as Skilled Nursing facilities or Intermediate
 3    Care facilities, the rates taking  effect  on  July  1,  1999
 4    shall  include an increase of 1.6% and, for services provided
 5    on or after October 1, 1999, shall be increased by $4.00  per
 6    resident-day, as defined by the Department.
 7        For  facilities  licensed  by  the  Department  of Public
 8    Health under the Nursing Home Care Act as  Intermediate  Care
 9    for the Developmentally Disabled facilities or Long Term Care
10    for  Under Age 22 facilities, the rates taking effect on July
11    1, 2000 shall include an increase of 2.5%  per  resident-day,
12    as defined by the Department.  For facilities licensed by the
13    Department  of  Public Health under the Nursing Home Care Act
14    as  Skilled   Nursing   facilities   or   Intermediate   Care
15    facilities,  the  rates  taking  effect on July 1, 2000 shall
16    include an increase of 2.5% per resident-day, as  defined  by
17    the Department.
18        Rates  established  effective  each  July  1 shall govern
19    payment for services rendered throughout  that  fiscal  year,
20    except  that  rates  established  on  July  1,  1996 shall be
21    increased by 6.8% for services provided on or  after  January
22    1,  1997.  Such rates will be based upon the rates calculated
23    for the year beginning July 1, 1990, and for subsequent years
24    thereafter shall be based on the facility  cost  reports  for
25    the  facility  fiscal year ending at any point in time during
26    the previous calendar year, updated to the  midpoint  of  the
27    rate  year.   The  cost  report  shall  be  on  file with the
28    Department no later than April 1 of the  current  rate  year.
29    Should  the  cost  report  not  be  on  file  by April 1, the
30    Department shall base the rate  on  the  latest  cost  report
31    filed  by  each  skilled  care facility and intermediate care
32    facility, updated to the midpoint of the current  rate  year.
33    In  determining rates for services rendered on and after July
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 1    The  Department shall not make any alterations of regulations
 2    which would reduce any component of the Medicaid  rate  to  a
 3    level  below what that component would have been utilizing in
 4    the rate effective on July 1, 1984.
 5        (2)  Shall take into account the actual costs incurred by
 6    facilities in providing services for  recipients  of  skilled
 7    nursing  and  intermediate  care  services  under the medical
 8    assistance program.
 9        (3)  Shall   take   into   account   the   medical    and
10    psycho-social characteristics and needs of the patients.
11        (4)  Shall take into account the actual costs incurred by
12    facilities  in  meeting licensing and certification standards
13    imposed and prescribed by the State of Illinois, any  of  its
14    political  subdivisions  or  municipalities  and  by the U.S.
15    Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to Title XIX
16    of the Social Security Act.
17        The  Department  of  Public  Aid  shall  develop  precise
18    standards for payments to reimburse  nursing  facilities  for
19    any  utilization  of appropriate rehabilitative personnel for
20    the provision of rehabilitative services which is  authorized
21    by  federal regulations, including reimbursement for services
22    provided by qualified therapists or qualified assistants, and
23    which is in accordance with accepted professional  practices.
24    Reimbursement  also  may  be  made  for  utilization of other
25    supportive personnel under appropriate supervision.
26    (Source: P.A. 90-9, eff. 7-1-97; 90-588, eff. 7-1-98;  91-24,
27    eff. 7-1-99; 91-712, eff. 7-1-00.)

28        (305 ILCS 5/5-5.4a)
29        Sec.   5-5.4a.  Intermediate   Care   Facility   for  the
30    Developmentally Disabled; bed reserve payments.
31        The Department of Public Aid shall  promulgate  rules  by
32    October  1,  1993  which  establish  a  policy of bed reserve
33    payments   to   Intermediate   Care   Facilities   for    the
 
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 1    Developmentally   Disabled   which  addresses  the  needs  of
 2    residents   of   Intermediate   Care   Facilities   for   the
 3    Developmentally Disabled (ICF/DD) and their families.
 4        (a)  When a resident of an Intermediate Care Facility for
 5    the Developmentally Disabled  (ICF/DD)  is  absent  from  the
 6    ICF/DD  in  which  he  or  she  is a resident for purposes of
 7    physician authorized in-patient admission to a hospital,  the
 8    Department's  rules  shall,  at  a  minimum,  provide (1) bed
 9    reserve payments at  a  daily  rate  which  is  100%  of  the
10    client's current per diem rate, for a period not exceeding 10
11    consecutive  days;  (2)  bed reserve payments at a daily rate
12    which is 75% of a client's  current  per  diem  rate,  for  a
13    period  which exceeds 10 consecutive days but does not exceed
14    30 consecutive days; and (3) bed reserve payments at a  daily
15    rate  which  is 50% of a client's current per diem rate for a
16    period which exceeds thirty consecutive  days  but  does  not
17    exceed 45 consecutive days.
18        (b)  When a resident of an Intermediate Care Facility for
19    the  Developmentally  Disabled  (ICF/DD)  is  absent from the
20    ICF/DD in which he or she is a resident  for  purposes  of  a
21    home visit with a family member the Department's rules shall,
22    at  a  minimum,  provide  (1)  bed reserve payments at a rate
23    which is 100% of a client's current  per  diem  rate,  for  a
24    period  not  exceeding 10 days per State fiscal year; and (2)
25    bed reserve payments at a rate which is  75%  of  a  client's
26    current per diem rate, for a period which exceeds 10 days per
27    State  fiscal  year  but  does  not  exceed 30 days per State
28    fiscal year.
29        (c)  No Department rule regarding  bed  reserve  payments
30    shall  require  an  ICF/DD  to have a specified percentage of
31    total facility occupancy as a requirement for  receiving  bed
32    reserve payments.
33        This Section 5-5.4a shall not apply to any State operated
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 1    (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

 2        (305 ILCS 5/5-5.5) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.5)
 3        Sec. 5-5.5.  Elements of Payment Rate.
 4        (a)  The   Department  of  Public  Aid  shall  develop  a
 5    prospective method for determining payment rates for  skilled
 6    nursing  and intermediate care services in nursing facilities
 7    composed of the following cost elements:
 8             (1)  Standard  Services,  with  the  cost  of   this
 9        component  being  determined  by  taking into account the
10        actual costs to the facilities of these services  subject
11        to cost ceilings to be defined in the Department's rules.
12             (2)  Resident   Services,  with  the  cost  of  this
13        component being determined by  taking  into  account  the
14        actual costs, needs and utilization of these services, as
15        derived  from  an assessment of the resident needs in the
16        nursing facilities.  The  Department  shall  adopt  rules
17        governing  reimbursement  for resident services as listed
18        in Section 5-1.1.  Surveys  or  assessments  of  resident
19        needs  under  this  Section shall include a review by the
20        facility  of  the  results  of  such  assessments  and  a
21        discussion of issues in dispute  with  authorized  survey
22        staff,  unless  the facility elects not to participate in
23        such  a  review  process.   Surveys  or  assessments   of
24        resident  needs  under  this  Section  may  be  conducted
25        semi-annually  and  payment  rates  relating  to resident
26        services may be changed  on  a  semi-annual  basis.   The
27        Illinois Department shall initiate a project, either on a
28        pilot  basis  or  Statewide,  to  reimburse  the  cost of
29        resident services based on a methodology  which  utilizes
30        an assessment of resident needs to determine the level of
31        reimbursement.  This  methodology shall be different from
32        the payment criteria for resident  services  utilized  by
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 1        1982, and each year thereafter, until such time when  the
 2        Illinois  Department  adopts the methodology used in such
 3        project for use  statewide  or  the  Illinois  Department
 4        reports  to  the  Citizens Assembly/Council on Public Aid
 5        that the methodology did not meet the Department's  goals
 6        and objectives and therefore is ceasing such project, the
 7        Illinois  Department shall report to the General Assembly
 8        on the implementation and progress of such  project.  The
 9        report shall include:
10                  (A)  A  statement  of the Illinois Department's
11             goals and objectives for such project;
12                  (B)  A description of such  project,  including
13             the  number  and type of nursing facilities involved
14             in the project;
15                  (C)  A description of the methodology  used  in
16             such project;
17                  (D)  A description of the Illinois Department's
18             application of the methodology;
19                  (E)  A statement on the methodology's effect on
20             the quality of care given to residents in the sample
21             nursing facilities; and
22                  (F)  A statement on the cost of the methodology
23             used  in  such project and a comparison of this cost
24             with the cost of the current payment criteria.
25             (3)  Ancillary Services, with the payment rate being
26        developed for each individual type of  service.   Payment
27        shall  be  made  only  when  authorized  under procedures
28        developed by the Department of Public Aid.
29             (4)  Nurse's Aide Training, with the  cost  of  this
30        component  being  determined  by  taking into account the
31        actual cost to the facilities of such training.
32             (5)  Real  Estate  Taxes,  with  the  cost  of  this
33        component being determined by  taking  into  account  the
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 1        reports (with no imposition of maximums) updated  to  the
 2        midpoint  of  the  current  rate  year for long term care
 3        services rendered between July 1, 1984 and June 30, 1985,
 4        and with the cost of this component being  determined  by
 5        taking  into  account the actual 1983 taxes for which the
 6        nursing  homes  were  assessed  (with  no  imposition  of
 7        maximums) updated to the midpoint  of  the  current  rate
 8        year for long term care services rendered between July 1,
 9        1985 and June 30, 1986.
10        (b)  In  developing  a prospective method for determining
11    payment rates  for  skilled  nursing  and  intermediate  care
12    services  in nursing facilities, the Department of Public Aid
13    shall consider the following cost elements:
14             (1)  Reasonable capital cost determined by utilizing
15        incurred interest rate  and  the  current  value  of  the
16        investment, including land, utilizing composite rates, or
17        by  utilizing  such other reasonable cost related methods
18        determined by the Department. However, beginning with the
19        rate reimbursement period effective  July  1,  1987,  the
20        Department   shall   be   prohibited  from  establishing,
21        including, and implementing any  depreciation  factor  in
22        calculating the capital cost element.
23             (2)  Profit,  with  the actual amount being produced
24        and accruing to the providers in the form of a return  on
25        their  total investment, on the basis of their ability to
26        economically and efficiently deliver a type  of  service.
27        The  method  of  payment may assure the opportunity for a
28        profit, but shall not guarantee or establish  a  specific
29        amount as a cost.
30        (c)  The Illinois Department may implement the amendatory
31    changes  to  this Section made by this amendatory Act of 1991
32    through the use of emergency rules  in  accordance  with  the
33    provisions  of  Section  5.02  of the Illinois Administrative
34    Procedure Act. For purposes of  the  Illinois  Administrative
 
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 1    Procedure  Act,  the  adoption  of  rules  to  implement  the
 2    amendatory  changes  to  this Section made by this amendatory
 3    Act of 1991 shall be deemed an emergency  and  necessary  for
 4    the public interest, safety and welfare.
 5        (d)  No  later  than  January  1, 2001, the Department of
 6    Public  Aid  shall  file  with   the   Joint   Committee   on
 7    Administrative Rules, pursuant to the Illinois Administrative
 8    Procedure Act, a proposed rule, or a proposed amendment to an
 9    existing  rule,  regarding  payment for appropriate services,
10    including assessment, care planning, discharge planning,  and
11    treatment  provided  by  nursing  facilities to residents who
12    have a serious mental illness.
13    (Source: P.A. 91-799, eff. 6-13-00.)

14        (305 ILCS 5/5-5.5a) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.5a)
15        Sec. 5-5.5a.  Kosher kitchen and food service.
16        (a)  The Department of Public Aid may develop in its rate
17    structure for skilled  nursing  facilities  and  intermediate
18    care facilities an accommodation for fully kosher kitchen and
19    food  service  operations, rabbinically approved or certified
20    on an annual basis for a facility in which the  only  kitchen
21    or  all  kitchens are fully kosher (a fully kosher facility).
22    Beginning in the fiscal year after the fiscal year when  this
23    amendatory  Act of 1990 becomes effective, the rate structure
24    may provide for an additional payment to such facility not to
25    exceed 50 cents per resident per day if 60% or  more  of  the
26    residents  in  the  facility  request  kosher  foods  or food
27    products prepared in accordance with Jewish religious dietary
28    requirements  for  religious  purposes  in  a  fully   kosher
29    facility.   Based  upon  food  cost  reports  of the Illinois
30    Department of Agriculture  regarding  kosher  and  non-kosher
31    food available in the various regions of the State, this rate
32    structure  may be periodically adjusted by the Department but
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 1    (a).
 2        (b)  The   Department  shall  by  rule  determine  how  a
 3    facility with a fully kosher kitchen and food service may  be
 4    determined   to   be   eligible   and   apply  for  the  rate
 5    accommodation specified in subsection (a).
 6    (Source: P.A. 86-1464.)

 7        (305 ILCS 5/5-5.7) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.7)
 8        Sec. 5-5.7.  Cost Reports - Audits.   The  Department  of
 9    Public Aid shall work with the Department of Public Health to
10    use  cost  report information currently being collected under
11    provisions of the "Nursing Home Care  Act",  approved  August
12    23,  1979,  as amended.  The Department of Public Aid may, in
13    conjunction with the Department of Public Health, develop  in
14    accordance  with  generally  accepted accounting principles a
15    uniform chart  of  accounts  which  each  facility  providing
16    services  under  the  medical assistance program shall adopt,
17    after a reasonable period.
18        Nursing homes licensed under the Nursing  Home  Care  Act
19    and   providers  of  adult  developmental  training  services
20    certified by the Department of  Human  Services  pursuant  to
21    Section   15.2   of   the  Mental  Health  and  Developmental
22    Disabilities Administrative Act  which  provide  services  to
23    clients  eligible  for  medical assistance under this Article
24    are responsible  for  submitting  the  required  annual  cost
25    report to the Department of Public Aid.
26        The  Department  of  Public Aid shall audit the financial
27    and statistical records of each provider participating in the
28    medical  assistance  program  as   a   skilled   nursing   or
29    intermediate  care  facility  over a 3 year period, beginning
30    with the close of the first cost reporting  year.   Following
31    the  end  of  this  3-year  term, audits of the financial and
32    statistical records will be performed each year in  at  least
33    20% of the facilities participating in the medical assistance
 
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 1    program  with  at least 10% being selected on a random sample
 2    basis, and the remainder selected on the basis of exceptional
 3    profiles.  All audits shall be conducted in  accordance  with
 4    generally accepted auditing standards.
 5        The  Department of Public Aid shall establish prospective
 6    payment rates for categories of  service  needed  within  the
 7    skilled  nursing and intermediate care levels of services, in
 8    order to more appropriately recognize the individual needs of
 9    patients in nursing facilities.
10        The Department of Public Aid shall  provide,  during  the
11    process  of establishing the payment rate for skilled nursing
12    and intermediate care services, or when a substantial  change
13    in  rates  is  proposed, an opportunity for public review and
14    comment  on  the  proposed  rates  prior  to  their  becoming
15    effective.
16    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

17        (305 ILCS 5/5-5.8a) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.8a)
18        Sec. 5-5.8a.  Payment for exceptional care.
19        (a)  For the provision of exceptional medical  care,  the
20    Illinois  Department  of Public Aid may make payments only to
21    skilled  nursing  facilities  that  substantially  meet   the
22    licensure  and  certification  requirements prescribed by the
23    Department of Public Health.  Only the Department  of  Public
24    Health shall be responsible for determining whether licensure
25    and  certification  requirements  for  skilled  nursing  care
26    facilities  have been substantially met.  The rate of payment
27    shall be negotiated with the facilities offering  to  provide
28    the   exceptional   medical  care.   A  facility's  costs  of
29    providing  exceptional  care  shall  not  be  considered   in
30    determining the rate of payment to skilled nursing facilities
31    under  Sections 5-5.3 through 5-5.5.  Payment for exceptional
32    medical care shall not exceed  the  rate  that  the  Illinois
33    Department  would  be  required  to  pay  under  the  Medical
 
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 1    Assistance Program for the same care in a hospital.
 2        (b)  The   Illinois  Department  shall  adopt  rules  and
 3    regulations under the Illinois Administrative  Procedure  Act
 4    to implement this Section.  Those rules and regulations shall
 5    set  forth  the  procedures to be followed by facilities when
 6    submitting an initial exceptional medical care  certification
 7    request  and  exceptional medical care payment requests.  The
 8    rules and regulations shall also include the  procedures  and
 9    criteria  used  by  the  Illinois  Department  in determining
10    whether to  approve  a  skilled  nursing  facility's  initial
11    exceptional    medical   care   certification   request   and
12    exceptional medical care payment requests.  The  rules  shall
13    provide  that  the  Illinois  Department,  upon  receipt of a
14    facility's request for payment for exceptional  medical  care
15    and  all  necessary  documentation, shall, after negotiations
16    between  the  Illinois  Department  and  the   facility   are
17    completed,  determine  and  notify  the  facility whether the
18    request has been approved or denied.
19    (Source: P.A. 88-412.)

20        (305 ILCS 5/5-5.8b) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.8b)
21        Sec. 5-5.8b.  Payment to  Campus  Facilities.   There  is
22    hereby  established  a  separate  payment category for campus
23    facilities.  A "campus facility"  is  defined  as  an  entity
24    which  consists  of  a  long  term care facility (or group of
25    facilities if the  facilities  are  on  the  same  contiguous
26    parcel  of  real  estate)  which  meets  all of the following
27    criteria as of May 1, 1987:  the  entity  provides  care  for
28    both  children  and adults; residents of the entity reside in
29    three or more separate buildings with  congregate  and  small
30    group  living  arrangements  on  a  single campus; the entity
31    provides three or more separate licensed levels of care;  the
32    entity  (or  a  part  of  the  entity)  is  enrolled with the
33    Department of Public Aid as a  provider  of  long  term  care
 
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 1    services  and receives payments from the Department of Public
 2    Aid; the entity (or a part of the  entity)  receives  funding
 3    from  the  Department  of  Mental  Health  and  Developmental
 4    Disabilities  (now the Department of Human Services); and the
 5    entity (or a part of the entity) holds a current license as a
 6    child care institution issued by the Department  of  Children
 7    and Family Services.
 8        The  Department  of  Public  Aid, the Department of Human
 9    Services, and the Department of Children and Family  Services
10    shall develop jointly a rate methodology or methodologies for
11    campus  facilities.   Such  methodology  or methodologies may
12    establish a single rate to be paid by all the agencies, or  a
13    separate  rate  to  be  paid  by  each  agency,  or  separate
14    components  to  be  paid  to  different  parts  of the campus
15    facility.  All campus facilities shall receive the same  rate
16    of  payment  for similar services.  Any methodology developed
17    pursuant to this section shall take into account  the  actual
18    costs to the facility of providing services to residents, and
19    shall  be  adequate  to  reimburse  the  allowable costs of a
20    campus  facility  which  is  economically   and   efficiently
21    operated.   Any methodology shall be established on the basis
22    of historical, financial, and statistical data  submitted  by
23    campus  facilities,  and  shall  take into account the actual
24    costs incurred by campus facilities  in  providing  services,
25    and  in meeting licensing and certification standards imposed
26    and prescribed by the State of Illinois, any of its political
27    subdivisions or  municipalities  and  by  the  United  States
28    Department  of  Health  and  Human  Services.   Rates  may be
29    established on a prospective  or  retrospective  basis.   Any
30    methodology   shall  provide  reimbursement  for  appropriate
31    payment  elements,  including  the   following:      standard
32    services,  patient  services,  real estate taxes, and capital
33    costs.
34    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
 
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 1        (305 ILCS 5/5-9) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-9)
 2        Sec. 5-9. Choice of Medical Dispensers.   Applicants  and
 3    recipients   shall  be  entitled  to  free  choice  of  those
 4    qualified practitioners, hospitals, nursing homes, and  other
 5    dispensers  of  medical services meeting the requirements and
 6    complying with the rules  and  regulations  of  the  Illinois
 7    Department.  However,  the  Secretary  Director of Public Aid
 8    may, after providing reasonable notice  and  opportunity  for
 9    hearing,  deny,  suspend or terminate any otherwise qualified
10    person, firm, corporation, association, agency,  institution,
11    or  other  legal  entity,  from  participation as a vendor of
12    goods  or  services  under  the  medical  assistance  program
13    authorized by this Article if the  Secretary  Director  finds
14    such  vendor  of medical services in violation of this Act or
15    the policy or rules and regulations issued pursuant  to  this
16    Act.  Any  physician  who has been convicted of performing an
17    abortion procedure in a wilful and wanton manner upon a woman
18    who was not pregnant at the time such abortion procedure  was
19    performed  shall  be  automatically  removed from the list of
20    physicians qualified to participate as a  vendor  of  medical
21    services  under  the medical assistance program authorized by
22    this Article.
23    (Source: P.A. 82-263.)

24        (305 ILCS 5/5-11) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-11)
25        Sec.  5-11.  Co-operative  arrangements;  contracts  with
26    other  State  agencies,  health   care   and   rehabilitation
27    organizations, and fiscal intermediaries.
28        (a)  The  Illinois Department may enter into co-operative
29    arrangements   with   State    agencies    responsible    for
30    administering  or  supervising  the  administration of health
31    services and vocational rehabilitation services  to  the  end
32    that there may be maximum utilization of such services in the
33    provision of medical assistance.
 
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 1        The  Illinois  Department  shall, not later than June 30,
 2    1993, enter into one or more co-operative  arrangements  with
 3    the   Department   of   Mental   Health   and   Developmental
 4    Disabilities  providing  that the Department of Mental Health
 5    and  Developmental  Disabilities  will  be  responsible   for
 6    administering  or  supervising  all  programs for services to
 7    persons  in  community  care  facilities  for  persons   with
 8    developmental  disabilities,  including  but  not  limited to
 9    intermediate care facilities, that  are  supported  by  State
10    funds  or  by  funding  under Title XIX of the federal Social
11    Security Act.  The  responsibilities  of  the  Department  of
12    Mental  Health  and  Developmental  Disabilities  under these
13    agreements  are  transferred  to  the  Department  of   Human
14    Services as provided in the Department of Human Services Act.
15        The  Department  may also contract with such State health
16    and rehabilitation  agencies  and  other  public  or  private
17    health care and rehabilitation organizations to act for it in
18    supplying  designated  medical  services  to persons eligible
19    therefor  under  this  Article.  Any  contracts  with  health
20    services  or  health  maintenance  organizations   shall   be
21    restricted  to  organizations  which  have  been certified as
22    being in compliance with standards  promulgated  pursuant  to
23    the  laws  of  this  State  governing  the  establishment and
24    operation  of   health   services   or   health   maintenance
25    organizations.   The   Department   may  also  contract  with
26    insurance companies or other corporate  entities  serving  as
27    fiscal   intermediaries   in   this  State  for  the  Federal
28    Government in respect to Medicare payments under Title  XVIII
29    of  the Federal Social Security Act to act for the Department
30    in paying medical care suppliers.  The provisions of  Section
31    9 of "An Act in relation to State finance", approved June 10,
32    1919,  as amended, notwithstanding, such contracts with State
33    agencies, other health care and rehabilitation organizations,
34    or fiscal intermediaries may provide for advance payments.
 
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 1        (b)  For purposes of this subsection (b),  "managed  care
 2    community  network"  means  an  entity,  other  than a health
 3    maintenance  organization,  that  is  owned,   operated,   or
 4    governed  by  providers  of  health care services within this
 5    State and that provides or arranges primary,  secondary,  and
 6    tertiary managed health care services under contract with the
 7    Illinois  Department  exclusively to persons participating in
 8    programs administered by the Illinois Department.
 9        The  Illinois  Department  may   certify   managed   care
10    community networks, including managed care community networks
11    owned, operated, managed, or governed by State-funded medical
12    schools,  as  risk-bearing entities eligible to contract with
13    the   Illinois   Department   as   Medicaid   managed    care
14    organizations.   The  Illinois  Department  may contract with
15    those managed care community networks to furnish health  care
16    services   to  or  arrange  those  services  for  individuals
17    participating  in  programs  administered  by  the   Illinois
18    Department.    The   rates   for   those   provider-sponsored
19    organizations  may  be  determined  on  a  prepaid, capitated
20    basis.  A  managed  care  community  network  may  choose  to
21    contract   with  the  Illinois  Department  to  provide  only
22    pediatric health care services. The Illinois Department shall
23    by rule adopt the  criteria,  standards,  and  procedures  by
24    which  a  managed  care community network may be permitted to
25    contract with the Illinois Department and shall consult  with
26    the Department of Insurance in adopting these rules.
27        A county provider as defined in Section 15-1 of this Code
28    may contract with the Illinois Department to provide primary,
29    secondary,  or  tertiary  managed  health  care services as a
30    managed care community network without the need to  establish
31    a  separate  entity  and  shall  be  deemed  a  managed  care
32    community  network  for  purposes  of  this  Code only to the
33    extent it provides services to participating individuals.   A
34    county  provider  is  entitled  to contract with the Illinois
 
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 1    Department with respect to any contracting region located  in
 2    whole or in part within the county.  A county provider is not
 3    required  to  accept  enrollees  who do not reside within the
 4    county.
 5        In order to (i) accelerate and facilitate the development
 6    of  integrated  health  care  in  contracting  areas  outside
 7    counties with populations in excess of 3,000,000 and counties
 8    adjacent to those counties and (ii) maintain and sustain  the
 9    high  quality of education and residency programs coordinated
10    and  associated  with  local  area  hospitals,  the  Illinois
11    Department may develop and implement a demonstration  program
12    from   managed   care  community  networks  owned,  operated,
13    managed, or governed by State-funded  medical  schools.   The
14    Illinois  Department  shall  prescribe  by rule the criteria,
15    standards, and procedures for  effecting  this  demonstration
16    program.
17        A  managed care community network that contracts with the
18    Illinois Department to furnish health  care  services  to  or
19    arrange   those   services  for  enrollees  participating  in
20    programs administered by the Illinois Department shall do all
21    of the following:
22             (1)  Provide that any provider affiliated  with  the
23        managed  care community network may also provide services
24        on a fee-for-service basis to Illinois Department clients
25        not enrolled in such managed care entities.
26             (2)  Provide client education services as determined
27        and approved by the Illinois  Department,  including  but
28        not   limited  to  (i)  education  regarding  appropriate
29        utilization of health care services  in  a  managed  care
30        system, (ii) written disclosure of treatment policies and
31        restrictions   or   limitations   on   health   services,
32        including,   but   not  limited  to,  physical  services,
33        clinical  laboratory   tests,   hospital   and   surgical
34        procedures,   prescription   drugs   and  biologics,  and
 
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 1        radiological examinations, and (iii) written notice  that
 2        the  enrollee  may  receive  from  another provider those
 3        covered services that are not  provided  by  the  managed
 4        care community network.
 5             (3)  Provide  that  enrollees  within the system may
 6        choose the site for provision of services and  the  panel
 7        of health care providers.
 8             (4)  Not discriminate in enrollment or disenrollment
 9        practices   among   recipients  of  medical  services  or
10        enrollees based on health status.
11             (5)  Provide a  quality  assurance  and  utilization
12        review program that meets the requirements established by
13        the  Illinois  Department in rules that incorporate those
14        standards   set   forth   in   the   Health   Maintenance
15        Organization Act.
16             (6)  Issue  a   managed   care   community   network
17        identification  card  to  each  enrollee upon enrollment.
18        The card must contain all of the following:
19                  (A)  The enrollee's health plan.
20                  (B)  The  name  and  telephone  number  of  the
21             enrollee's primary care physician or  the  site  for
22             receiving primary care services.
23                  (C)  A  telephone  number to be used to confirm
24             eligibility  for  benefits  and  authorization   for
25             services  that is available 24 hours per day, 7 days
26             per week.
27             (7)  Ensure that every primary  care  physician  and
28        pharmacy  in the managed care community network meets the
29        standards established  by  the  Illinois  Department  for
30        accessibility   and   quality  of  care.    The  Illinois
31        Department shall arrange for and oversee an evaluation of
32        the standards established under this  paragraph  (7)  and
33        may recommend any necessary changes to these standards.
34             (8)  Provide  a  procedure  for  handling complaints
 
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 1        that meets the requirements established by  the  Illinois
 2        Department  in rules that incorporate those standards set
 3        forth in the Health Maintenance Organization Act.
 4             (9)  Maintain, retain, and  make  available  to  the
 5        Illinois  Department records, data, and information, in a
 6        uniform manner determined  by  the  Illinois  Department,
 7        sufficient   for   the  Illinois  Department  to  monitor
 8        utilization, accessibility, and quality of care.
 9             (10)  Provide that the pharmacy  formulary  used  by
10        the  managed  care  community  network  and  its contract
11        providers  be  no  more  restrictive  than  the  Illinois
12        Department's pharmaceutical program on the effective date
13        of this amendatory Act of 1998 and as amended after  that
14        date.
15        The  Illinois Department shall contract with an entity or
16    entities to provide  external  peer-based  quality  assurance
17    review  for  the managed health care programs administered by
18    the Illinois Department.  The entity shall be  representative
19    of  Illinois  physicians licensed to practice medicine in all
20    its branches and have statewide geographic representation  in
21    all specialities of medical care that are provided in managed
22    health care programs administered by the Illinois Department.
23    The  entity may not be a third party payer and shall maintain
24    offices in locations around the State  in  order  to  provide
25    service   and   continuing  medical  education  to  physician
26    participants  within  those  managed  health  care   programs
27    administered  by the Illinois Department.  The review process
28    shall be  developed  and  conducted  by  Illinois  physicians
29    licensed  to  practice  medicine  in  all  its  branches.  In
30    consultation with the entity,  the  Illinois  Department  may
31    contract  with  other  entities  for  professional peer-based
32    quality assurance review of individual categories of services
33    other than services provided, supervised, or  coordinated  by
34    physicians licensed to practice medicine in all its branches.
 
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 1    The Illinois Department shall establish, by rule, criteria to
 2    avoid  conflicts  of  interest  in  the  conduct  of  quality
 3    assurance activities consistent with professional peer-review
 4    standards.    All   quality  assurance  activities  shall  be
 5    coordinated by the Illinois Department.
 6        Each managed care community network must demonstrate  its
 7    ability  to  bear  the  financial risk of serving individuals
 8    under this program. The Illinois  Department  shall  by  rule
 9    adopt  standards  for  assessing  the  solvency and financial
10    soundness  of  each  managed  care  community  network.   Any
11    solvency  and  financial  standards  adopted for managed care
12    community networks shall be  no  more  restrictive  than  the
13    solvency   and  financial  standards  adopted  under  Section
14    1856(a) of the Social  Security  Act  for  provider-sponsored
15    organizations  under  Part  C  of  Title  XVIII of the Social
16    Security Act.
17        The Illinois  Department  may  implement  the  amendatory
18    changes  to  this  Code  made  by this amendatory Act of 1998
19    through the use of emergency rules in accordance with Section
20    5-45 of  the  Illinois  Administrative  Procedure  Act.   For
21    purposes  of  that  Act,  the  adoption of rules to implement
22    these changes is deemed an emergency and  necessary  for  the
23    public interest, safety, and welfare.
24        (c)  Not   later   than   June  30,  1996,  the  Illinois
25    Department  shall  enter  into  one   or   more   cooperative
26    arrangements  with  the  Department  of Public Health for the
27    purpose of developing a single survey for nursing facilities,
28    including but not limited to facilities  funded  under  Title
29    XVIII  or  Title  XIX  of  the federal Social Security Act or
30    both, which shall be administered and conducted solely by the
31    Department of Public Health. The Departments shall  test  the
32    single  survey  process  on  a  pilot  basis,  with  both the
33    Departments of Public Aid and Public  Health  represented  on
34    the consolidated survey team.  The pilot will sunset June 30,
 
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 1    1997.   After  June  30, 1997, unless otherwise determined by
 2    the Governor, a single survey shall  be  implemented  by  the
 3    Department  of  Public  Health which would not preclude staff
 4    from the Department of  Public  Aid  from  going  on-site  to
 5    nursing  facilities  to  perform necessary audits and reviews
 6    which shall not replicate  the  single  State  agency  survey
 7    required  by  this  Act.   This  Section  shall  not apply to
 8    community or intermediate care facilities  for  persons  with
 9    developmental disabilities.
10    (Source: P.A.  89-415,  eff.  1-1-96;  89-507,  eff.  7-1-97;
11    90-618, eff. 7-10-98.)

12        (305 ILCS 5/5-11.1)
13        Sec.  5-11.1.  Cooperative  arrangements; contracts.  The
14    Illinois Department may enter into  cooperative  arrangements
15    with   State   agencies   responsible  for  administering  or
16    supervising  the  administration  of  health   services   and
17    vocational rehabilitation services to maximize utilization of
18    these services in the provision of medical assistance.
19        The  Illinois  Department  shall, not later than June 30,
20    1994, enter into one or more  cooperative  arrangements  with
21    the   Department   of   Mental   Health   and   Developmental
22    Disabilities  providing  that the Department of Mental Health
23    and  Developmental  Disabilities  will  be  responsible   for
24    administering  or  supervising  all  programs for services to
25    persons in community care facilities for persons with  mental
26    illness,  including  but  not  limited  to  intermediate care
27    facilities, that are supported by State funds or  by  funding
28    under  Title  XIX  of  the  federal Social Security Act.  The
29    responsibilities of  the  Department  of  Mental  Health  and
30    Developmental   Disabilities   under   these  agreements  are
31    transferred to the Department of Human Services  as  provided
32    in the Department of Human Services Act.
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 1    rehabilitation agencies and other public  or  private  health
 2    care  and  rehabilitation  organizations  to  act  for  it in
 3    supplying designated medical  services  to  persons  eligible
 4    under  this  Section.   Any contracts with health services or
 5    health  maintenance  organizations  shall  be  restricted  to
 6    organizations  which  have  been  certified   as   being   in
 7    compliance  with standards promulgated under the laws of this
 8    State governing the establishment  and  operation  of  health
 9    services  or health maintenance organizations. The Department
10    may also contract with insurance companies or other corporate
11    entities serving as fiscal intermediaries in this  State  for
12    the  federal government in respect to Medicare payments under
13    Title XVIII of the federal Social Security Act to act for the
14    Department in paying medical care suppliers.  Nothing in this
15    Section  shall  be  construed  to   abrogate   any   existing
16    doctor/patient  relationships  with  Illinois  Department  of
17    Public  Aid recipients or the free choice of clients or their
18    guardians to select a physician to provide medical care.  The
19    provisions  of  Section  9   of   the   State   Finance   Act
20    notwithstanding,  such  contracts  with State agencies, other
21    health  care  and  rehabilitation  organizations,  or  fiscal
22    intermediaries may provide for advance payments.
23    (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

24        (305 ILCS 5/5-15.5)
25        Sec.   5-15.5.    Preventive    physical    examinations;
26    demonstration program.
27        (a)  The  Illinois Department may establish and implement
28    a demonstration program of preventive  physical  examinations
29    over  a  3-year  period  commencing  on  January 1, 1994, for
30    persons receiving assistance under Article IV  of  this  Code
31    and  persons  eligible  for assistance under this Article who
32    are otherwise eligible for assistance under  Article  IV  but
33    who  fail  to qualify for cash assistance under Article IV on
 
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 1    the basis of need.  Notwithstanding any  other  provision  of
 2    this  Section,  however,  persons who are pregnant or who are
 3    less  than  21  years  of  age  shall  not  be  eligible   to
 4    participate  in the demonstration program.  The demonstration
 5    program may be implemented  for  recipients  in  at  least  2
 6    counties,  one  with a population of not more than 650,000 as
 7    determined by  the  1990  federal  census,  and  one  with  a
 8    population of not more than 100,000 as determined by the 1990
 9    federal  census.   The  Illinois  Department may establish by
10    rule  the  nature  and  scope  of  the  preventive   physical
11    examinations  required  under  this  Section, except that the
12    services may include, as appropriate, blood pressure reading,
13    complete blood test appropriate to the  population  and  risk
14    factors,  family  planning,  nutrition  counselling,  smoking
15    evaluation,    temperature,    urinalysis,    chest    x-ray,
16    tuberculosis screening, and appropriate referrals.
17        (b)  Participation  in the demonstration program shall be
18    voluntary, and eligible recipients shall not  be  subject  to
19    sanctions  for  refusing or failing to submit to a preventive
20    physical examination or any portion of such  an  examination.
21    The  Illinois  Department  may  by  rule  limit each eligible
22    recipient to one examination during the demonstration period.
23        (c)  For the purpose of carrying out its responsibilities
24    under this Section, the Illinois Department is authorized  to
25    enter  into  cooperative  arrangements  with  for-profit  and
26    non-profit   medical  clinics  and  hospitals,  local  health
27    departments, and other providers  of  medical  services.  The
28    Illinois  Department  of Public Health shall cooperate in the
29    development and establishment of this demonstration  program.
30    During  the period of the demonstration program, the Illinois
31    Department of Public Aid shall  study  the  cost  benefit  of
32    providing  preventive  physical  examinations to the targeted
33    group of recipients of public aid.
34        (d)  Implementation of the demonstration program shall be
 
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 1    contingent on the receipt of all necessary federal waivers.
 2    (Source: P.A. 88-396.)

 3        (305 ILCS 5/5-16.1) (from Ch. 23, par. 5-16.1)
 4        Sec. 5-16.1.  Case  Management  Services.   The  Illinois
 5    Department   may  develop,  implement  and  evaluate  a  Case
 6    Management   Services   Program   which   provides   services
 7    consistent with the  provisions  of  this  Section,  and  the
 8    Inter-Agency  Agreement  between the Department of Public Aid
 9    and  the  Department  of  Public  Health,  for   a   targeted
10    population  on  a  less  than Statewide basis in the State of
11    Illinois.  The  purpose  of  this  Case  Management  Services
12    Program  shall  be to assist eligible participants in gaining
13    access to  needed  medical,  social,  educational  and  other
14    services thereby reducing the likelihood of long-term welfare
15    dependency.   The Case Management Services Program shall have
16    the following characteristics:
17             (a)  It shall be conducted for a period of  no  less
18        than  5  consecutive  fiscal  years  in  one  urban  area
19        containing a high proportion, as determined by Department
20        of Public Aid and Department of Public Health records, of
21        Medicaid  eligible  pregnant  or parenting girls under 17
22        years of age at the time of the initial assessment and in
23        one  rural  area  containing  a   high   proportion,   as
24        determined  by Department of Public Aid and Department of
25        Public Health records, of Medicaid eligible  pregnant  or
26        parenting  girls under 17 years of age at the time of the
27        initial assessment.
28             (b)  Providers participating in the program shall be
29        paid an amount per patient per month, to be  set  by  the
30        Illinois  Department,  for  the  case management services
31        provided.
32             (c)  Providers  eligible  to  participate   in   the
33        program  shall  be  nurses or social workers, licensed to
 
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 1        practice in Illinois,  who  comply  with  the  rules  and
 2        regulations  established  by  the Illinois Department and
 3        the Inter-Agency  Agreement  between  the  Department  of
 4        Public  Aid  and  the  Department  of Public Health.  The
 5        Illinois   Department   may   terminate   a    provider's
 6        participation   in   the   program  if  the  provider  is
 7        determined to have failed to comply with  any  applicable
 8        program standard or procedure established by the Illinois
 9        Department.
10             (d)  Each  eligible participant in an area where the
11        Case Management Services Program is being  conducted  may
12        voluntarily designate a case manager, of her own choosing
13        to assume responsibility for her care.
14             (e)  A  participant  may  change her designated case
15        manager provided that she informs the Illinois Department
16        by the 20th day of the month in order for the  change  to
17        be effective in the following month.
18             (f)  The   Illinois   Department   shall,  by  rule,
19        establish  procedures  for  providing   case   management
20        services  when  the designated source becomes unavailable
21        or  wishes  to  withdraw  from  any  obligation  as  case
22        management services provider.
23             (g)  In  accordance  with  rules  adopted   by   the
24        Illinois   Department,   a  participant  may  discontinue
25        participation in the program upon timely  notice  to  the
26        Illinois  Department, in which case the participant shall
27        remain  eligible  for  assistance  under  all  applicable
28        provisions of Article V of this Code.
29        The Illinois Department shall take any necessary steps to
30    obtain authorization or waiver under federal law to implement
31    a Case Management Services Program.  Participation  shall  be
32    voluntary for the provider and the recipient.
33    (Source: P.A. 87-685.)
 
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 1        (305 ILCS 5/5-16.4)
 2        Sec. 5-16.4.  Medical Assistance Provider Payment Fund.
 3        (a)  There  is  created in the State treasury the Medical
 4    Assistance Provider Payment Fund.   Interest  earned  by  the
 5    Fund shall be credited to the Fund.
 6        (b)  The  Fund  is  created for the purpose of disbursing
 7    moneys as follows:
 8             (1)  For medical services provided to recipients  of
 9        aid under Articles V, VI, and XII.
10             (2)  For payment of administrative expenses incurred
11        by the Illinois Department or its agent in performing the
12        activities authorized by this Section.
13             (3)  For  making transfers to the General Obligation
14        Bond Retirement and Interest Fund, as those transfers are
15        authorized in the proceedings authorizing debt under  the
16        Medicaid Liability Liquidity Borrowing Act, but transfers
17        made   under  this  paragraph  (3)  may  not  exceed  the
18        principal amount of debt issued under that Act.
19        Disbursements from the Fund, other than transfers to  the
20    General  Obligation  Bond Retirement and Interest Fund (which
21    shall be made  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the
22    Medicaid  Liability  Liquidity  Borrowing  Act),  shall be by
23    warrants drawn by  the  State  Comptroller  upon  receipt  of
24    vouchers   duly   executed  and  certified  by  the  Illinois
25    Department.
26        (c)  The Fund shall consist of the following:
27             (1)  All federal  matching  funds  received  by  the
28        Illinois  Department  as a result of expenditures made by
29        the Illinois Department that are attributable  to  moneys
30        deposited into the Fund.
31             (2)  Proceeds from any short-term borrowing directed
32        to  the  Fund  by  the  Governor pursuant to the Medicaid
33        Liability Liquidity Borrowing Act.
34             (3)  Amounts  transferred  into   the   Fund   under
 
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 1        subsection (d) of this Section.
 2             (4)  All other moneys received for the Fund from any
 3        other source, including interest earned on those moneys.
 4        (d)  Beginning July 1, 1995, on the 13th and 26th days of
 5    each month the State Comptroller and Treasurer shall transfer
 6    from  the  General  Revenue  Fund  to  the Medical Assistance
 7    Provider Payment Fund an amount equal to 1/48th of the annual
 8    Medical Assistance appropriation to the  Illinois  Department
 9    of  Public  Aid  from the Medical Assistance Provider Payment
10    Fund,  plus  cumulative   deficiencies   from   those   prior
11    transfers.    In  addition  to  those  transfers,  the  State
12    Comptroller and  Treasurer  may  transfer  from  the  General
13    Revenue  Fund to the Medical Assistance Provider Payment Fund
14    as much as is necessary to pay claims  pursuant  to  the  new
15    twice-monthly  payment schedule established in Section 5-16.5
16    and to avoid interest  liabilities  under  the  State  Prompt
17    Payment  Act.   No transfers made pursuant to this subsection
18    shall interfere with the timely payment of the general  State
19    aid  payment  made  pursuant  to  Section 18-11 of the School
20    Code.
21    (Source: P.A. 88-554, eff. 7-26-94.)

22        (305 ILCS 5/5-21)
23        Sec. 5-21.  Immunization.  By July 1, 1994, the  Illinois
24    Department  shall,  in  cooperation  with  the  Department of
25    Public Health, establish and implement a pilot  program  that
26    will  provide immunization services for children on a walk-in
27    basis at local public aid offices.   The  Secretary  Director
28    shall  determine  the number and location of the local public
29    aid offices that will participate in the pilot program.   The
30    Illinois   Department   shall   submit   a   report   on  the
31    effectiveness of the program to the General  Assembly  on  or
32    before  December  31,  1995. The Department of Public Aid and
33    the Department of Human Services,  in  cooperation  with  the
 
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 1    Department  of Public Health, shall continue to implement the
 2    pilot program after the effective date of this amendatory Act
 3    of 1996.
 4    (Source: P.A. 88-493;  88-670,  eff.  12-2-94;  89-507,  eff.
 5    7-1-97.)

 6        (305 ILCS 5/5A-7) (from Ch. 23, par. 5A-7)
 7        Sec. 5A-7. Administration; enforcement provisions.
 8        (a)  To  the  extent practicable, the Illinois Department
 9    shall administer and enforce this  Article  and  collect  the
10    assessments,  interest, and penalty assessments imposed under
11    this Article using procedures employed in its  administration
12    of  this  Code  generally  and, as it deems appropriate, in a
13    manner similar to that in which  the  Department  of  Revenue
14    administers  and collects the retailers' occupation tax under
15    the Retailers' Occupation  Tax  Act  ("ROTA").    Instead  of
16    certificates  of  registration, the Illinois Department shall
17    establish and maintain a listing of  all  hospital  providers
18    appearing  in  the  licensing  records  of  the Department of
19    Public  Health,  which  shall  show  each  provider's   name,
20    principal place of business, and the name and address of each
21    hospital  operated,  conducted, or maintained by the provider
22    in  this  State.   In  addition,  the   following   specified
23    provisions   of   the   Retailers'  Occupation  Tax  Act  are
24    incorporated by reference into this Section except  that  the
25    Illinois  Department  and its Secretary Director (rather than
26    the  Department  of  Revenue  and  its  Director)  and  every
27    hospital provider subject to assessment measured by  adjusted
28    gross  hospital revenue and to the return filing requirements
29    of this Article (rather than persons  subject  to  retailers'
30    occupation  tax  measured  by gross receipts from the sale of
31    tangible personal property at retail and to the return filing
32    requirements of ROTA) shall  have  the  powers,  duties,  and
33    rights  specified  in  these  ROTA provisions, as modified in
 
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 1    this Section or  by  the  Illinois  Department  in  a  manner
 2    consistent   with  this  Article  and  except  as  manifestly
 3    inconsistent with the other provisions of this Article:
 4             (1)  ROTA, Section 4 (examination of return;  notice
 5        of   correction;   evidence;   limitations;  protest  and
 6        hearing), except that (i) the Illinois  Department  shall
 7        issue   notices  of  assessment  liability  (rather  than
 8        notices of tax liability as provided in ROTA, Section 4);
 9        (ii) in the case of a fraudulent return or in the case of
10        an extended period agreed to by the  Illinois  Department
11        and  the  hospital  provider before the expiration of the
12        limitation period,  no  notice  of  assessment  liability
13        shall  be issued more than 3 years after the later of the
14        due date of the return required by Section  5A-5  or  the
15        date  the return (or an amended return) was filed (rather
16        within the period stated in ROTA, Section 4);  and  (iii)
17        the  penalty  provisions  of  ROTA,  Section  4 shall not
18        apply.
19             (2)  ROTA, Sec. 5 (failure to make  return;  failure
20        to  pay assessment), except that the penalty and interest
21        provisions of ROTA, Section 5 shall not apply.
22             (3)  ROTA,    Section    5a    (lien;    attachment;
23        termination; notice; protest; review;  release  of  lien;
24        status of lien).
25             (4)  ROTA,  Section  5b  (State  lien notices; State
26        lien index; duties of recorder and registrar of titles).
27             (5)  ROTA,  Section  5c   (liens;   certificate   of
28        release).
29             (6)  ROTA,  Section  5d  (Department not required to
30        furnish bond; claim to property attached or levied upon).
31             (7)  ROTA,  Section  5e   (foreclosure   on   liens;
32        enforcement).
33             (8)  ROTA,  Section 5f (demand for payment; levy and
34        sale of property; limitation).
 
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 1             (9)  ROTA,   Section   5g   (sale    of    property;
 2        redemption).
 3             (10)  ROTA,  Section  5j (sales on transfers outside
 4        usual course of business; report; payment of  assessment;
 5        rights and duties of purchaser; penalty).
 6             (11)  ROTA, Section 6 (erroneous payments; credit or
 7        refund),  provided  that  (i) the Illinois Department may
 8        only apply an  amount  otherwise  subject  to  credit  or
 9        refund  to  a  liability arising under this Article; (ii)
10        except in the case of an extended period agreed to by the
11        Illinois Department and the hospital provider before  the
12        expiration  of this limitation period, a claim for credit
13        or refund must be filed no more than 3  years  after  the
14        due  date  of the return required by Section 5A-5 (rather
15        than the time limitation stated in ROTA, Section 6);  and
16        (iii) credits or refunds shall not bear interest.
17             (12)  ROTA,   Section   6a  (claims  for  credit  or
18        refund).
19             (13)  ROTA, Section 6b (tentative  determination  of
20        claim; notice; hearing; review), provided that a hospital
21        provider or its representative shall have 60 days (rather
22        than 20 days)  within which to file a protest and request
23        for  hearing  in response to a tentative determination of
24        claim.
25             (14)  ROTA,  Section  6c  (finality   of   tentative
26        determinations).
27             (15)  ROTA,    Section    8    (investigations   and
28        hearings).
29             (16)  ROTA, Section 9 (witness; immunity).
30             (17)  ROTA,  Section  10  (issuance  of   subpoenas;
31        attendance   of   witnesses;   production  of  books  and
32        records).
33             (18)  ROTA, Section  11  (information  confidential;
34        exceptions).
 
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 1             (19)  ROTA,   Section  12  (rules  and  regulations;
 2        hearing; appeals), except that a hospital provider  shall
 3        not be required to file a bond or be subject to a lien in
 4        lieu  thereof  in  order  to  seek court review under the
 5        Administrative  Review  Law  of  a  final  assessment  or
 6        revised final assessment or the equivalent thereof issued
 7        by the Illinois Department under this Article.
 8        (b)  In addition to any other  remedy  provided  for  and
 9    without   sending  a  notice  of  assessment  liability,  the
10    Illinois Department  may  collect  an  unpaid  assessment  by
11    withholding,  as payment of the assessment, reimbursements or
12    other amounts otherwise payable by the Illinois Department to
13    the provider.
14    (Source: P.A. 87-861.)

15        (305 ILCS 5/5B-7) (from Ch. 23, par. 5B-7)
16        Sec. 5B-7.  Administration; enforcement provisions.
17        (a)  To the extent practicable, the  Illinois  Department
18    shall  administer  and  enforce  this Article and collect the
19    assessments, interest, and penalty assessments imposed  under
20    this Article, using procedures employed in its administration
21    of  this  Code  generally  and, as it deems appropriate, in a
22    manner similar to that in which  the  Department  of  Revenue
23    administers  and collects the retailers' occupation tax under
24    the Retailers' Occupation  Tax  Act  ("ROTA").    Instead  of
25    certificates  of  registration, the Illinois Department shall
26    establish and  maintain  a  listing  of  all  long-term  care
27    providers   appearing   in   the  licensing  records  of  the
28    Department of Public Health, which shall show each provider's
29    name, principal place of business, and the name  and  address
30    of each long-term care facility operated or maintained by the
31    provider   in   this   State.   In  addition,  the  following
32    provisions  of  the  Retailers'  Occupation   Tax   Act   are
33    incorporated  by reference into this Section, except that the
 
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 1    Illinois Department and its Secretary Director  (rather  than
 2    the  Department  of  Revenue  and  its  Director)  and  every
 3    long-term  care  provider  subject  to assessment measured by
 4    occupied bed days and to the return  filing  requirements  of
 5    this  Article  (rather  than  persons  subject  to retailers'
 6    occupation tax measured by gross receipts from  the  sale  of
 7    tangible personal property at retail and to the return filing
 8    requirements  of  ROTA)  shall  have  the powers, duties, and
 9    rights specified in these ROTA  provisions,  as  modified  in
10    this  Section  or  by  the  Illinois  Department  in a manner
11    consistent  with  this  Article  and  except  as   manifestly
12    inconsistent with the other provisions of this Article:
13             (1)  ROTA,  Section 4 (examination of return; notice
14        of  correction;  evidence;   limitations;   protest   and
15        hearing),  except  that (i) the Illinois Department shall
16        issue  notices  of  assessment  liability  (rather   than
17        notices of tax liability as provided in ROTA, Section 4);
18        (ii) in the case of a fraudulent return or in the case of
19        an  extended  period agreed to by the Illinois Department
20        and the long-term care provider before the expiration  of
21        the  limitation period, no notice of assessment liability
22        shall be issued more than 3 years after the later of  the
23        due  date  of  the return required by Section 5B-5 or the
24        date the return (or an amended return) was filed  (rather
25        within  the  period stated in ROTA, Section 4); and (iii)
26        the penalty provisions  of  ROTA,  Section  4  shall  not
27        apply.
28             (2)  ROTA,   Section  5  (failure  to  make  return;
29        failure to pay assessment), except that the  penalty  and
30        interest provisions of ROTA, Section 5 shall not apply.
31             (3)  ROTA,    Section    5a    (lien;    attachment;
32        termination;  notice;  protest;  review; release of lien;
33        status of lien).
34             (4)  ROTA, Section 5b  (State  lien  notices;  State
 
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 1        lien index; duties of recorder and registrar of titles).
 2             (5)  ROTA,   Section   5c   (liens;  certificate  of
 3        release).
 4             (6)  ROTA, Section 5d (Department  not  required  to
 5        furnish bond; claim to property attached or levied upon).
 6             (7)  ROTA,   Section   5e   (foreclosure  on  liens;
 7        enforcement).
 8             (8)  ROTA, Section 5f (demand for payment; levy  and
 9        sale of property; limitation).
10             (9)  ROTA,    Section    5g   (sale   of   property;
11        redemption).
12             (10)  ROTA, Section 5j (sales on  transfers  outside
13        usual  course of business; report; payment of assessment;
14        rights and duties of purchaser; penalty).
15             (11)  ROTA, Section 6 (erroneous payments; credit or
16        refund), provided that (i) the  Illinois  Department  may
17        only  apply  an  amount  otherwise  subject  to credit or
18        refund to a liability arising under  this  Article;  (ii)
19        except in the case of an extended period agreed to by the
20        Illinois Department and the long term care provider prior
21        to  the expiration of this limitation period, a claim for
22        credit or refund must be filed no more than 3 years after
23        the due date of  the  return  required  by  Section  5B-5
24        (rather  than the time limitation stated in ROTA, Section
25        6);  and  (iii)  credits  or  refunds  shall   not   bear
26        interest.
27             (12)  ROTA,   Section   6a  (claims  for  credit  or
28        refund).
29             (13)  ROTA, Section 6b (tentative  determination  of
30        claim;   notice;   hearing;   review),  provided  that  a
31        long-term care provider or its representative shall  have
32        60  days  (rather  than  20 days)  within which to file a
33        protest  and  request  for  hearing  in  response  to   a
34        tentative determination of claim.
 
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 1             (14)  ROTA,   Section   6c  (finality  of  tentative
 2        determinations).
 3             (15)  ROTA,   Section   8     (investigations    and
 4        hearings).
 5             (16)  ROTA, Section 9 (witness; immunity).
 6             (17)  ROTA,   Section  10  (issuance  of  subpoenas;
 7        attendance  of  witnesses;  production   of   books   and
 8        records).
 9             (18)  ROTA,  Section  11  (information confidential;
10        exceptions).
11             (19)  ROTA,  Section  12  (rules  and   regulations;
12        hearing;  appeals), except that a long-term care provider
13        shall not be required to file a bond or be subject  to  a
14        lien  in lieu thereof in order to seek court review under
15        the Administrative Review Law of a  final  assessment  or
16        revised final assessment or the equivalent thereof issued
17        by the Illinois Department under this Article.
18        (b)  In  addition  to  any  other remedy provided for and
19    without  sending  a  notice  of  assessment  liability,   the
20    Illinois  Department  may  collect  an  unpaid  assessment by
21    withholding, as payment of the assessment, reimbursements  or
22    other amounts otherwise payable by the Illinois Department to
23    the provider.
24    (Source: P.A. 87-861.)

25        (305 ILCS 5/5C-6) (from Ch. 23, par. 5C-6)
26        Sec. 5C-6.   Administration; enforcement provisions.
27        (a)  To  the  extent practicable, the Illinois Department
28    shall administer and enforce this  Article  and  collect  the
29    assessments,  interest, and penalty assessments imposed under
30    this Article, using procedures employed in its administration
31    of this Code generally and, as it  deems  appropriate,  in  a
32    manner  similar  to  that  in which the Department of Revenue
33    administers  and  collects  the  retailers'  occupation   tax
 
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 1    pursuant  to  the  Retailers'  Occupation  Tax  Act ("ROTA").
 2    Instead  of  certificates  of  registration,   the   Illinois
 3    Department  shall  establish  and  maintain  a listing of all
 4    developmentally disabled  care  providers  appearing  in  the
 5    licensing  records  of the Department of Public Health, which
 6    shall show each provider's name, principal place of business,
 7    and the name and address  of  each  developmentally  disabled
 8    care  facility operated or maintained by the provider in this
 9    State.  In addition, the following Retailers' Occupation  Tax
10    Act  provisions  are  incorporated  by  reference  into  this
11    Section,   except   that  the  Illinois  Department  and  its
12    Secretary Director (rather than the Department of Revenue and
13    its  Director)  and  every  developmentally   disabled   care
14    provider  subject  to  assessment  measured by adjusted gross
15    developmentally disabled  care  revenue  and  to  the  return
16    filing  requirements  of  this  Article  (rather than persons
17    subject  to  retailers'  occupation  tax  measured  by  gross
18    receipts from the  sale  of  tangible  personal  property  at
19    retail  and  to the return filing requirements of ROTA) shall
20    have the powers, duties, and rights specified in  these  ROTA
21    provisions,  as  modified  in this Section or by the Illinois
22    Department in a  manner  consistent  with  this  Article  and
23    except  as  manifestly inconsistent with the other provisions
24    of this Article:
25             (1)  ROTA, Section 4 (examination of return;  notice
26        of   correction;   evidence;   limitations;  protest  and
27        hearing), except that (i) the Illinois  Department  shall
28        issue   notices  of  assessment  liability  (rather  than
29        notices of tax liability as provided in ROTA, Section 4);
30        (ii) in the case of a fraudulent return or in the case of
31        an extended period agreed to by the  Illinois  Department
32        and the developmentally disabled care provider before the
33        expiration   of  the  limitation  period,  no  notice  of
34        assessment liability shall be issued more  than  3  years
 
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 1        after the later of the due date of the return required by
 2        Section  5C-5  or  the  date  the  return  (or an amended
 3        return) was filed (rather within  the  period  stated  in
 4        ROTA,  Section  4);  and  (iii) the penalty provisions of
 5        ROTA, Section 4 shall not apply.
 6             (2)  ROTA,  Section  5  (failure  to  make   return;
 7        failure  to  pay assessment), except that the penalty and
 8        interest provisions of ROTA, Section 5 shall not apply.
 9             (3)  ROTA,    Section    5a    (lien;    attachment;
10        termination; notice; protest; review;  release  of  lien;
11        status of lien).
12             (4)  ROTA,  Section  5b  (State  lien notices; State
13        lien index; duties of recorder and registrar of titles).
14             (5)  ROTA,  Section  5c   (liens;   certificate   of
15        release).
16             (6)  ROTA,  Section  5d  (Department not required to
17        furnish bond; claim to property attached or levied upon).
18             (7)  ROTA,  Section  5e   (foreclosure   on   liens;
19        enforcement).
20             (8)  ROTA,  Section 5f (demand for payment; levy and
21        sale of property; limitation).
22             (9)  ROTA,   Section   5g   (sale    of    property;
23        redemption).
24             (10)  ROTA,  Section  5j (sales on transfers outside
25        usual course of business; report; payment of  assessment;
26        rights and duties of purchaser; penalty).
27             (11)  ROTA, Section 6 (erroneous payments; credit or
28        refund),  provided  that  (i) the Illinois Department may
29        only apply an  amount  otherwise  subject  to  credit  or
30        refund  to  a  liability arising under this Article; (ii)
31        except in the case of an extended period agreed to by the
32        Illinois Department and the developmentally disabled care
33        provider prior  to  the  expiration  of  this  limitation
34        period,  a  claim  for  credit or refund must be filed no
 
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 1        more than 3 years  after  the  due  date  of  the  return
 2        required by Section 5C-5 (rather than the time limitation
 3        stated  in ROTA, Section 6); and (iii) credits or refunds
 4        shall not bear interest.
 5             (12)  ROTA,  Section  6a  (claims  for   credit   or
 6        refund).
 7             (13)  ROTA,  Section  6b (tentative determination of
 8        claim;  notice;  hearing;  review),   provided   that   a
 9        developmentally    disabled    care   provider   or   its
10        representative  shall  have  60  days  (rather  than   20
11        days)  within  which  to  file  a protest and request for
12        hearing in  response  to  a  tentative  determination  of
13        claim.
14             (14)  ROTA,   Section   6c  (finality  of  tentative
15        determinations).
16             (15)  ROTA,   Section   8     (investigations    and
17        hearings).
18             (16)  ROTA, Section 9 (witness; immunity).
19             (17)  ROTA,   Section  10  (issuance  of  subpoenas;
20        attendance  of  witnesses;  production   of   books   and
21        records).
22             (18)  ROTA,  Section  11  (information confidential;
23        exceptions).
24             (19)  ROTA,  Section  12  (rules  and   regulations;
25        hearing; appeals), except that a developmentally disabled
26        care  provider shall not be required to file a bond or be
27        subject to a lien in lieu thereof in order to seek  court
28        review  under  the  Administrative  Review Law of a final
29        assessment or revised final assessment or the  equivalent
30        thereof  issued  by  the  Illinois  Department under this
31        Article.
32        (b)  In addition to any other  remedy  provided  for  and
33    without   sending  a  notice  of  assessment  liability,  the
34    Illinois Department  may  collect  an  unpaid  assessment  by
 
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 1    withholding,  as payment of the assessment, reimbursements or
 2    other amounts otherwise payable by the Illinois Department to
 3    the provider.
 4    (Source: P.A. 87-861.)

 5        (305 ILCS 5/6-11) (from Ch. 23, par. 6-11)
 6        Sec. 6-11.  State funded General Assistance.
 7        (a)  Effective July 1, 1992,  all  State  funded  General
 8    Assistance  and related medical benefits shall be governed by
 9    this Section.  Other parts of this Code or other laws related
10    to General Assistance shall remain in effect  to  the  extent
11    they do not conflict with the provisions of this Section.  If
12    any  other  part  of  this  Code  or other laws of this State
13    conflict with the provisions of this Section, the  provisions
14    of this Section shall control.
15        (b)  State  funded  General Assistance shall consist of 2
16    separate programs.  One program shall be for adults  with  no
17    children and shall be known as State Transitional Assistance.
18    The other program shall be for families with children and for
19    pregnant  women  and  shall  be  known  as  State  Family and
20    Children Assistance.
21        (c) (1)  To be eligible for State Transitional Assistance
22    on or after July 1, 1992, an individual  must  be  ineligible
23    for  assistance under any other Article of this Code, must be
24    determined  chronically  needy,  and  must  be  one  of   the
25    following:
26             (A)  age 18 or over or
27             (B)  married and living with a spouse, regardless of
28        age.
29        (2)  The  Illinois  Department  or the local governmental
30    unit shall  determine  whether  individuals  are  chronically
31    needy as follows:
32             (A)  Individuals  who  have applied for Supplemental
33        Security Income (SSI) and  are  awaiting  a  decision  on
 
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 1        eligibility  for  SSI  who are determined disabled by the
 2        Illinois Department  using  the  SSI  standard  shall  be
 3        considered  chronically  needy,  except  that individuals
 4        whose disability is based solely on substance  addictions
 5        (drug  abuse  and  alcoholism) and whose disability would
 6        cease were their addictions to end shall be eligible only
 7        for medical assistance and shall not be eligible for cash
 8        assistance  under  the  State   Transitional   Assistance
 9        program.
10             (B)  If  an  individual has been denied SSI due to a
11        finding of "not disabled" (either at  the  Administrative
12        Law  Judge  level  or  above, or at a lower level if that
13        determination was not appealed), the Illinois  Department
14        shall  adopt that finding and the individual shall not be
15        eligible for State Transitional Assistance or any related
16        medical  benefits.   Such  an  individual  may   not   be
17        determined  disabled  by  the  Illinois  Department for a
18        period of 12 months, unless  the  individual  shows  that
19        there has been a substantial change in his or her medical
20        condition  or that there has been a substantial change in
21        other factors, such as age or work experience, that might
22        change the determination of disability.
23             (C)  The Illinois Department, by rule,  may  specify
24        other  categories  of  individuals  as chronically needy;
25        nothing in this Section,  however,  shall  be  deemed  to
26        require the inclusion of any specific category other than
27        as specified in paragraphs (A) and (B).
28        (3)  For  individuals  in  State Transitional Assistance,
29    medical assistance shall be provided in an amount and  nature
30    determined  by the Illinois Department of Public Aid by rule.
31    The amount and nature of medical assistance provided need not
32    be  the  same  as  that  provided  under  paragraph  (4)   of
33    subsection (d) of this Section, and nothing in this paragraph
34    (3)  shall  be  construed  to  require  the  coverage  of any
 
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 1    particular medical  service.  In  addition,  the  amount  and
 2    nature  of  medical  assistance provided may be different for
 3    different categories of  individuals  determined  chronically
 4    needy.
 5        (4)  The  Illinois  Department  shall determine, by rule,
 6    those assistance recipients under Article  VI  who  shall  be
 7    subject   to  employment,  training,  or  education  programs
 8    including Earnfare, the content of those  programs,  and  the
 9    penalties for failure to cooperate in those programs.
10        (5)  The  Illinois  Department  shall, by rule, establish
11    further eligibility requirements, including but  not  limited
12    to residence, need, and the level of payments.
13        (d) (1)  To  be  eligible  for  State Family and Children
14    Assistance, a family unit must be ineligible  for  assistance
15    under any other Article of this Code and must contain a child
16    who is:
17             (A)  under age 18 or
18             (B)  age  18  and a full-time student in a secondary
19        school or the equivalent level of vocational or technical
20        training, and who may reasonably be expected to  complete
21        the program before reaching age 19.
22        Those  children  shall  be  eligible for State Family and
23    Children Assistance.
24        (2)  The natural or adoptive parents of the child  living
25    in  the  same  household may be eligible for State Family and
26    Children Assistance.
27        (3)  A pregnant woman whose pregnancy has  been  verified
28    shall be eligible for income maintenance assistance under the
29    State Family and Children Assistance program.
30        (4)  The amount and nature of medical assistance provided
31    under  the State Family and Children Assistance program shall
32    be determined by the Illinois Department  of  Public  Aid  by
33    rule.  The  amount  and nature of medical assistance provided
34    need not be the same as that provided under paragraph (3)  of
 
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 1    subsection (c) of this Section, and nothing in this paragraph
 2    (4)  shall  be  construed  to  require  the  coverage  of any
 3    particular medical service.
 4        (5)  The Illinois Department shall,  by  rule,  establish
 5    further  eligibility  requirements, including but not limited
 6    to residence, need, and the level of payments.
 7        (e)  A  local   governmental   unit   that   chooses   to
 8    participate  in  a  General  Assistance  program  under  this
 9    Section  shall  provide  funding  in  accordance with Section
10    12-21.3 of this Act. Local governmental funds used to qualify
11    for State funding may only be expended for  clients  eligible
12    for   assistance   under   this   Section  6-11  and  related
13    administrative expenses.
14        (f)  In order to qualify for  State  funding  under  this
15    Section,  a  local  governmental unit shall be subject to the
16    supervision and the rules and  regulations  of  the  Illinois
17    Department.
18        (g)  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision in this Code,
19    the Illinois  Department  is  authorized  to  reduce  payment
20    levels  used  to determine cash grants provided to recipients
21    of State Transitional Assistance at any time within a  Fiscal
22    Year  in  order  to  ensure  that  cash  benefits  for  State
23    Transitional   Assistance   do   not   exceed   the   amounts
24    appropriated  for  those  cash  benefits.  Changes in payment
25    levels may be accomplished by emergency  rule  under  Section
26    5-45  of  the  Illinois  Administrative Procedure Act, except
27    that the limitation on the number of emergency rules that may
28    be adopted in a 24-month  period  shall  not  apply  and  the
29    provisions  of  Sections  5-115  and  5-125  of  the Illinois
30    Administrative Procedure Act shall not apply.  This provision
31    shall also be applicable to any reduction in  payment  levels
32    made upon implementation of this amendatory Act of 1995.
33    (Source: P.A.   88-45;   89-21,  eff.  7-1-95;  89-507,  eff.
34    7-1-97.)
 
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 1        (305 ILCS 5/8A-7.1) (from Ch. 23, par. 8A-7.1)
 2        Sec. 8A-7.1.   The  Secretary  Director,  upon  making  a
 3    determination based upon information in the possession of the
 4    Illinois  Department,  that  continuation  in  practice  of a
 5    licensed  health  care  professional  would   constitute   an
 6    immediate  danger  to  the  public,  shall  submit  a written
 7    communication to  the  Director  of  Professional  Regulation
 8    indicating  such  determination  and additionally providing a
 9    complete  summary  of  the  information   upon   which   such
10    determination is based, and recommending that the Director of
11    Professional  Regulation  immediately  suspend  such person's
12    license.  All relevant evidence, or copies  thereof,  in  the
13    Illinois  Department's  possession  may  also be submitted in
14    conjunction with the written communication.  A copy  of  such
15    written  communication,  which is exempt from the copying and
16    inspection provisions of  The  Freedom  of  Information  Act,
17    shall   at   the   time  of  submittal  to  the  Director  of
18    Professional Regulation be simultaneously mailed to the  last
19    known   business   address   of  such  licensed  health  care
20    professional  by  certified  or  registered  postage,  United
21    States Mail, return  receipt  requested.   Any  evidence,  or
22    copies  thereof,  which  is submitted in conjunction with the
23    written communication is also exempt  from  the  copying  and
24    inspection provisions of The Freedom of Information Act.
25        The Secretary Director, upon making a determination based
26    upon   information   in   the   possession  of  the  Illinois
27    Department, that  a  licensed  health  care  professional  is
28    willfully  committing  fraud  upon  the Illinois Department's
29    medical  assistance   program,   shall   submit   a   written
30    communication  to  the  Director  of  Professional Regulation
31    indicating such determination and  additionally  providing  a
32    complete   summary   of   the  information  upon  which  such
33    determination is based.  All  relevant  evidence,  or  copies
34    thereof,  in the Illinois Department's possession may also be
 
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 1    submitted in conjunction with the written communication.
 2        Upon receipt of such written communication, the  Director
 3    of  Professional  Regulation  shall  promptly investigate the
 4    allegations contained in such written communication.  A  copy
 5    of  such  written  communication,  which  is  exempt from the
 6    copying  and  inspection  provisions  of   The   Freedom   of
 7    Information  Act,  shall  at  the  time  of submission to the
 8    Director of Professional Regulation, be simultaneously mailed
 9    to the last  known  address  of  such  licensed  health  care
10    professional  by  certified  or  registered  postage,  United
11    States  Mail,  return  receipt  requested.   Any evidence, or
12    copies thereof, which is submitted in  conjunction  with  the
13    written  communication  is  also  exempt from the copying and
14    inspection provisions of The Freedom of Information Act.
15        For the purposes of this Section, "licensed  health  care
16    professional"  means  any  person licensed under the Illinois
17    Dental  Practice  Act,  the  Nursing  and  Advanced  Practice
18    Nursing Act, the Medical Practice Act of 1987,  the  Pharmacy
19    Practice  Act  of 1987, the Podiatric Medical Practice Act of
20    1987, and the Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987.
21    (Source: P.A. 90-742, eff. 8-13-98.)

22        (305 ILCS 5/8A-9) (from Ch. 23, par. 8A-9)
23        Sec. 8A-9. Special Investigations Unit.  There  shall  be
24    established   within  the  administrative  staff  a  unit  to
25    investigate  all  matters  pertaining   to   the   fraudulent
26    acquisition  of  public  aid, including administrative funds.
27    The investigation may be conducted without  prior  notice  to
28    the  recipients,  to the personnel administering the cases or
29    to vendors or other persons involved.  The  unit  shall  also
30    investigate  any  other matter relating to the administration
31    of public aid assigned to it by the Secretary Director of the
32    Illinois Department. The Illinois  Department  may  make  the
33    facts revealed by any investigation available to the Attorney
 
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 1    General or to the appropriate State's Attorney.
 2    (Source: P.A. 82-440.)

 3        (305 ILCS 5/9-1) (from Ch. 23, par. 9-1)
 4        Sec.  9-1.  Declaration of Purpose.  It is the purpose of
 5    this Article to aid applicants for and recipients  of  public
 6    aid  under Articles III, IV, V, VI and VII, to increase their
 7    capacities  for  self-support,  self-care,  and   responsible
 8    citizenship,   and   to   assist   them  in  maintaining  and
 9    strengthening family life. If authorized pursuant to  Section
10    9-8,  this  Article  may  be extended to former and potential
11    recipients and to persons whose income does  not  exceed  the
12    standard  established  to  determine eligibility for aid as a
13    medically indigent person under Article  V.  The  Department,
14    with the written consent of the Governor, may also:
15        (a)  extend   this   Article  to  individuals  and  their
16    families with income closely related to national  indices  of
17    poverty    who    have    special    needs   resulting   from
18    institutionalization of a family member  or  conditions  that
19    may  lead to institutionalization or who live in impoverished
20    areas or in facilities developed  to  serve  persons  of  low
21    income;
22        (b)  establish, where indicated, schedules of payment for
23    service provided based on ability to pay;
24        (c)  provide for the coordinated delivery of the services
25    described  in  this  Article  and related services offered by
26    other  public  or  private  agencies  or  institutions,   and
27    cooperate  with the Illinois Department on Aging to enable it
28    to properly execute and fulfill its duties  pursuant  to  the
29    provisions  of  Section  4.01  of  the  "Illinois  Act on the
30    Aging", as now or hereafter amended;
31        (d)  provide in-home care services,  such  as  chore  and
32    housekeeping services or homemaker services, to recipients of
33    public   aid   under  Articles  IV  and  VI,  the  scope  and
 
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 1    eligibility criteria for such services to  be  determined  by
 2    rule; and
 3        (e)  contract  with other State agencies for the purchase
 4    of social service under Title XX of the Social Security  Act,
 5    such services to be provided pursuant to such other agencies'
 6    enabling legislation; and.
 7        (f)  cooperate with the Illinois Department of Public Aid
 8    to   provide  services  to  public  aid  recipients  for  the
 9    treatment and prevention of alcoholism and substance abuse.
10    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97; revised 1-16-01.)

11        (305 ILCS 5/10-1) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-1)
12        Sec.  10-1.   Declaration  of  Public  Policy  -  Persons
13    Eligible for Child and Spouse Support  Services  -  Fees  for
14    Non-Applicants  and Non-Recipients.) It is the intent of this
15    Code that the  financial  aid  and  social  welfare  services
16    herein  provided  supplement rather than supplant the primary
17    and continuing obligation of the family unit for self-support
18    to the fullest extent permitted by the resources available to
19    it. This primary and continuing  obligation  applies  whether
20    the  family  unit  of  parents and children or of husband and
21    wife remains intact and resides  in  a  common  household  or
22    whether  the  unit  has been broken by absence of one or more
23    members of the unit.  The obligation of the  family  unit  is
24    particularly  applicable  when  a  member  is  in necessitous
25    circumstances and lacks the means of a livelihood  compatible
26    with health and well-being.
27        It is the purpose of this Article to provide for locating
28    an  absent  parent  or  spouse, for determining his financial
29    circumstances, and for  enforcing  his  legal  obligation  of
30    support,  if  he  is  able to furnish support, in whole or in
31    part.  The Illinois  Department  of  Public  Aid  shall  give
32    priority   to  establishing,  enforcing  and  collecting  the
33    current support obligation, and then to past due support owed
 
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 1    to the  family  unit,  except  with  respect  to  collections
 2    effected  through the intercept programs provided for in this
 3    Article.
 4        The child and spouse support services provided  hereunder
 5    shall  be  furnished dependents of an absent parent or spouse
 6    who are applicants for or  recipients of financial aid  under
 7    this  Code.   It  is not, however, a condition of eligibility
 8    for financial aid that there be no responsible relatives  who
 9    are  reasonably  able  to  provide  support.  Nor,  except as
10    provided in Sections 4-1.7 and 10-8, shall the  existence  of
11    such  relatives  or  their  payment  of support contributions
12    disqualify a needy person for financial aid.
13        By accepting financial aid under this Code, a spouse or a
14    parent or other person having custody of  a  child  shall  be
15    deemed to have made assignment to the Illinois Department for
16    aid  under  Articles  III,  IV,  V  and  VII  or  to  a local
17    governmental unit for aid under Article VI  of  any  and  all
18    rights,  title,  and interest in any support obligation up to
19    the amount of financial aid provided.  The rights to  support
20    assigned  to  the  Illinois Department of Public Aid or local
21    governmental unit shall constitute  an  obligation  owed  the
22    State  or  local  governmental  unit  by  the  person  who is
23    responsible  for  providing  the  support,   and   shall   be
24    collectible under all applicable processes.
25        The  Illinois Department of Public Aid shall also furnish
26    the child and spouse support services established under  this
27    Article  in  behalf  of persons who are not applicants for or
28    recipients of financial aid under  this  Code  in  accordance
29    with  the  requirements  of  Title  IV,  Part D of the Social
30    Security Act.  The Department may  establish  a  schedule  of
31    reasonable fees, to be paid for the services provided and may
32    deduct  a  collection  fee,  not  to exceed 10% of the amount
33    collected, from such collection. The Illinois  Department  of
34    Public  Aid  shall  cause  to  be  published  and distributed
 
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 1    publications reasonably calculated to inform the public  that
 2    individuals  who  are  not  recipients  of  or applicants for
 3    public aid under this Code are eligible  for  the  child  and
 4    spouse   support   services   under  this  Article  X.   Such
 5    publications  shall  set  forth  an  explanation,  in   plain
 6    language,  that the child and spouse support services program
 7    is independent of any public aid program under the  Code  and
 8    that  the receiving of child and spouse support service in no
 9    way  implies  that  the  person  receiving  such  service  is
10    receiving public aid.
11    (Source: P.A. 90-18, eff. 7-1-97.)

12        (305 ILCS 5/10-13.4) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-13.4)
13        Sec. 10-13.4. Proof of  records.)    The  books,  papers,
14    records  and  memoranda  of the Illinois Department or of the
15    administrative enforcement unit, or  parts  thereof,  may  be
16    proved  in any hearing, investigation, or legal proceeding by
17    a photostatic or other copy thereof under the certificate  of
18    the  Secretary  Director  of  the  Illinois Department.  Such
19    certified copy shall, without further proof, be admitted into
20    evidence in the hearing before the Illinois Department or  in
21    any other legal proceeding.
22    (Source: P.A. 79-474.)

23        (305 ILCS 5/10-15) (from Ch. 23, par. 10-15)
24        Sec.  10-15.   Enforcement of administrative order; costs
25    and fees.  If a responsible relative  refuses,  neglects,  or
26    fails  to  comply  with  a  final  administrative  support or
27    reimbursement order of the Illinois Department entered by the
28    Child and Spouse Support Unit pursuant to Sections  10-11  or
29    10-11.1  or registered pursuant to Section 10-17.1, the Child
30    and Spouse Support Unit may file suit against the responsible
31    relative  or  relatives  to  secure   compliance   with   the
32    administrative order.
 
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 1        Suits  shall  be  instituted in the name of the People of
 2    the State of Illinois on the relation of  the  Department  of
 3    Public  Aid  of  the  State  of  Illinois  and  the spouse or
 4    dependent children  for  whom  the  support  order  has  been
 5    issued.
 6        The   court  shall  order  the  payment  of  the  support
 7    obligation, or orders for reimbursement of moneys for support
 8    provided, directly to the Illinois Department but  the  order
 9    shall   permit   the   Illinois   Department  to  direct  the
10    responsible relative or relatives to make payments of support
11    directly to the spouse or  dependent  children,  or  to  some
12    person  or  agency  in  his  or  their behalf, as provided in
13    Section 10-8 or 10-10, as applicable.
14        Whenever it is determined in a proceeding to  enforce  an
15    administrative   order   that  the  responsible  relative  is
16    unemployed, and support is sought on behalf of applicants for
17    or recipients of financial aid under Article IV of this  Code
18    or other persons who are given access to the child and spouse
19    support services of this Article as provided in Section 10-1,
20    the   court  may  order  the  responsible  relative  to  seek
21    employment and report periodically to the court with a diary,
22    listing  or  other  memorandum  of  his  or  her  efforts  in
23    accordance with such order.  In addition, the court may order
24    the unemployed responsible relative to report to the Illinois
25    Department for participation in job search, training or  work
26    programs established under Section 9-6 of this Code or to the
27    Illinois  Department  of  Employment  Security for job search
28    services or to make  application  with  the  local  Job  Jobs
29    Training  Partnership  Act  provider for participation in job
30    search, training or work programs.
31        Charges imposed in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of
32    Section  10-21 shall be enforced by the Court in a suit filed
33    under this Section.
34        To  the  extent  the  provisions  of  this  Section   are
 
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 1    inconsistent  with  the  requirements pertaining to the State
 2    Disbursement Unit under Sections 10-10.4 and  10-26  of  this
 3    Code,  the  requirements pertaining to the State Disbursement
 4    Unit shall apply.
 5    (Source: P.A. 91-212, eff. 7-20-99; revised 2-23-00.)

 6        (305 ILCS 5/10-17.9)
 7        Sec. 10-17.9.  Past  due  support  information  to  State
 8    Department of Revenue.
 9        (a)  The  Illinois  Department  may  provide  by rule for
10    certification to the Illinois Department of Revenue  of  past
11    due  support  owed  by  responsible relatives under a support
12    order entered by a court or administrative body  of  this  or
13    any  other  State  on  behalf  of  resident  or  non-resident
14    persons.   The  rule  shall  provide  for  notice  to  and an
15    opportunity  to  be  heard  by  each   responsible   relative
16    affected.   Any final administrative decision rendered by the
17    Department shall be reviewed only  under  and  in  accordance
18    with  the  Administrative Review Law.  A responsible relative
19    may avoid certification to the Illinois Department of Revenue
20    by establishing a satisfactory repayment record as determined
21    by the Illinois Department of Public Aid.
22        (b)  A certified past due support amount shall be  final.
23    The  certified  amount  shall  be  payable  to  the  Illinois
24    Department  of  Revenue  upon  written  notification  of  the
25    certification  to  the  responsible  relative by the Illinois
26    Department of Revenue.
27        (c)  In  the  event  a  responsible   relative   overpays
28    pursuant  to collection under this Section and the applicable
29    Sections of the Illinois  Income  Tax  Act,  the  overpayment
30    shall be a credit against future support obligations.  If the
31    current  support  obligation  of the responsible relative has
32    terminated under  operation of law or court order, any moneys
33    overpaid but still in the possession of the Department  shall
 
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 1    be promptly returned to the responsible relative.
 2        (d)  Except  as  otherwise  provided in this Article, any
 3    child  support  delinquency   certified   to   the   Illinois
 4    Department  of  Revenue  shall  be treated as a child support
 5    delinquency for all other purposes, and any collection action
 6    by the State's Attorney or the Illinois Department of Revenue
 7    with respect to any delinquency certified under this  Article
 8    shall  have  the same priority against attachment, execution,
 9    assignment, or other collection action as is provided by  any
10    other provision of State law.
11        (e)  Any  child  support  delinquency  collected  by  the
12    Illinois  Department of Revenue, including those amounts that
13    result in overpayment of a child support  delinquency,  shall
14    be  paid  to  the  State  Disbursement Unit established under
15    Section 10-26.
16    (Source: P.A. 91-212, eff. 7-20-99.)

17        (305 ILCS 5/10-24.35)
18        Sec. 10-24.35.  Accommodation of financial  institutions.
19    The Illinois Department of Public Aid shall make a reasonable
20    effort  to  accommodate those financial institutions on which
21    the requirements of this Article X  would impose a  hardship.
22    In the case of a non-automated financial institution, a paper
23    copy   including   either  social  security  numbers  or  tax
24    identification numbers is an acceptable format.  In order  to
25    allow  for data processing implementation, no agreement shall
26    become effective earlier than 90 days after its execution.
27    (Source: P.A. 90-18, eff. 7-1-97.)

28        (305 ILCS 5/10-24.40)
29        Sec.  10-24.40.   Financial  institution's   charges   on
30    account.
31        (a)  If  the Illinois Department of Public Aid requests a
32    financial institution  to  hold  or  encumber  assets  in  an
 
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 1    account   as   defined   in   Section  10-24,  the  financial
 2    institution at which the account as defined in Section  10-24
 3    is  maintained  may charge and collect its normally scheduled
 4    account activity fees to  maintain  the  account  during  the
 5    period of time the account assets are held or encumbered.
 6        (b)  If  the  Illinois Department of Public Aid takes any
 7    action to enforce a lien or levy imposed on  an  account,  as
 8    defined   in   Section  10-24,  under  Section  10-25.5,  the
 9    financial institution at which the account is maintained  may
10    charge to the account a fee of up to $50 and shall deduct the
11    amount  of  the  fee  from  the  account before remitting any
12    moneys from the account to the Illinois Department of  Public
13    Aid.
14    (Source: P.A. 90-18, eff. 7-1-97.)

15        (305 ILCS 5/10-24.50)
16        Sec.  10-24.50.   Financial  institution's  freedom  from
17    liability.  A financial institution that provides information
18    under  Sections 10-24 through 10-24.50 shall not be liable to
19    any account holder, owner, or  other  person  in  any  civil,
20    criminal, or administrative action for any of the following:
21             (1)  Disclosing  the  required  information  to  the
22        Illinois  Department  of Public Aid, any other provisions
23        of the law not withstanding.
24             (2)  Holding, encumbering, or surrendering any of an
25        individual's accounts as  defined  in  Section  10-24  in
26        response  to  a  lien  or  order  to withhold and deliver
27        issued by:
28                  (A)  the  Illinois  Department  of  Public  Aid
29             under Sections 10-25 and 10-25.5; or
30                  (B)  a person or entity acting on behalf of the
31             Illinois Department of Public Aid.
32             (3)  Any other action taken or omission made in good
33        faith to comply with  Sections  10-24  through  10-24.50,
 
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 1        including  individual or mechanical errors, provided that
 2        the  action  or  omission  does  not   constitute   gross
 3        negligence or willful misconduct.
 4    (Source: P.A. 90-18, eff. 7-1-97.)

 5        (305 ILCS 5/11-8.3) (from Ch. 23, par. 11-8.3)
 6        Sec.  11-8.3. Hearing officers - Subpoenas. Any qualified
 7    officer or employee of  the  Illinois  Department,  a  County
 8    Board,  or  member of the staff of a Commissioner of Appeals,
 9    as the case may be, designated in writing to so  act  by  the
10    Secretary  Director  of the Department, Chairman or President
11    of the County Board, or Commissioner of Appeals, may  conduct
12    hearings   on  appeals  and  may  compel,  by  subpoena,  the
13    attendance and testimony of witnesses and the  production  of
14    books and papers, and administer oaths to witnesses. Wherever
15    feasible,  the  Public  Aid  Committee  shall  itself conduct
16    hearings on appeals by applicants for or  recipients  of  aid
17    under  Article  VI.  No person shall be compelled to attend a
18    hearing at a place outside the county in  which  he  resides.
19    Subpoenas may be served as provided for in civil actions. The
20    fees of witnesses for attendance and travel shall be the same
21    as  the  fees of witnesses before the circuit court and shall
22    be paid  as  an  expense  of  administration  of  the  County
23    Department  or  the  local governmental unit, as the case may
24    be.
25        If a witness refuses to attend or testify, or to  produce
26    books or papers, concerning any matter upon which he might be
27    lawfully  examined,  the  circuit court of the county wherein
28    the  hearing  is  held,  upon  application  of  the  Illinois
29    Department, Public Aid Committee, or Commissioner of Appeals,
30    as the case may be, may compel obedience  by  proceedings  as
31    for  contempt  as in case of a like refusal to obey a similar
32    order of the court.
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 1        (305 ILCS 5/11-9) (from Ch. 23, par. 11-9)
 2        Sec. 11-9.  Protection of records - Exceptions.  For  the
 3    protection   of   applicants  and  recipients,  the  Illinois
 4    Department, the county  departments  and  local  governmental
 5    units   and  their  respective  officers  and  employees  are
 6    prohibited, except as hereinafter provided,  from  disclosing
 7    the    contents   of   any   records,   files,   papers   and
 8    communications, except for purposes directly  connected  with
 9    the administration of public aid under this Code.
10        In  any judicial proceeding, except a proceeding directly
11    concerned with the administration of programs provided for in
12    this Code, such records, files,  papers  and  communications,
13    and  their contents shall be deemed privileged communications
14    and shall be disclosed only upon  the  order  of  the  court,
15    where the court finds such to be necessary in the interest of
16    justice.
17        The  Illinois  Department  shall  establish  and  enforce
18    reasonable  rules  and regulations governing the custody, use
19    and  preservation  of  the  records,   papers,   files,   and
20    communications   of   the  Illinois  Department,  the  county
21    departments and local governmental units receiving  State  or
22    Federal  funds  or  aid.  The  governing  body of other local
23    governmental units shall in like manner establish and enforce
24    rules and regulations governing the same matters.
25        The contents of case files pertaining to recipients under
26    Articles IV, V, VI, and VII shall be made  available  without
27    subpoena  or  formal  notice to the officers of any court, to
28    all law enforcing agencies, and  to  such  other  persons  or
29    agencies as from time to time may be authorized by any court.
30    In particular, the contents of those case files shall be made
31    available  upon  request  to a law enforcement agency for the
32    purpose of determining the current  address  of  a  recipient
33    with  respect  to  whom  an  arrest  warrant  is outstanding.
34    Information shall also be disclosed  to  the  Illinois  State
 
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 1    Scholarship  Commission pursuant to an investigation or audit
 2    by the Illinois State Scholarship Commission of a  delinquent
 3    student loan or monetary award.
 4        This Section does not prevent the Illinois Department and
 5    local  governmental  units  from reporting to appropriate law
 6    enforcement officials  the  desertion  or  abandonment  by  a
 7    parent  of  a  child,  as a result of which financial aid has
 8    been necessitated under  Articles  IV,  V,  VI,  or  VII,  or
 9    reporting  to appropriate law enforcement officials instances
10    in which a mother under age 18 has a child out of wedlock and
11    is an applicant for or recipient of aid under any Article  of
12    this  Code.  The  Illinois Department may provide by rule for
13    the  county  departments  and  local  governmental  units  to
14    initiate proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987  to
15    have  children  declared  to be neglected when they deem such
16    action  necessary  to  protect  the  children  from   immoral
17    influences present in their home or surroundings.
18        This  Section  does not preclude the full exercise of the
19    powers of the Board of Public Aid  Commissioners  to  inspect
20    records  and  documents,  as provided for all advisory boards
21    pursuant  to  Section  5-505  of  the  Departments  of  State
22    Government Law (20 ILCS 5/5-505).
23        This Section does not preclude exchanges  of  information
24    among  the  Illinois Department of Public Aid, the Department
25    of Human Services (as successor to the Department  of  Public
26    Aid),  and the Illinois Department of Revenue for the purpose
27    of verifying sources and amounts  of  income  and  for  other
28    purposes  directly  connected with the administration of this
29    Code and of the Illinois Income Tax Act.
30        The provisions of this Section and of  Section  11-11  as
31    they  apply  to applicants and recipients of public aid under
32    Articles III, IV and V shall be operative only to the  extent
33    that  they do not conflict with any Federal law or regulation
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 1        The Illinois Department of Public Aid and the  Department
 2    of Human Services (as successor to the Illinois Department of
 3    Public  Aid)  shall enter into an inter-agency agreement with
 4    the Department of Children and Family Services to establish a
 5    procedure by which employees of the  Department  of  Children
 6    and  Family  Services  may  have immediate access to records,
 7    files, papers, and communications (except medical, alcohol or
 8    drug assessment or treatment, mental  health,  or  any  other
 9    medical   records)   of   the   Illinois  Department,  county
10    departments, and local governmental units receiving State  or
11    federal  funds  or  aid,  if  the  Department of Children and
12    Family Services determines the information  is  necessary  to
13    perform  its  duties  under  the  Abused  and Neglected Child
14    Reporting Act, the Child Care Act of 1969, and  the  Children
15    and Family Services Act.
16    (Source:  P.A.  90-14,  eff.  7-1-97;  90-590,  eff.  1-1-00;
17    91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

18        (305 ILCS 5/11-27) (from Ch. 23, par. 11-27)
19        Sec. 11-27.  Obtaining benefits after termination.
20        (a)  For  the  purpose of this Section, the term "entity"
21    includes  persons,  firms,  corporations,  associations   and
22    agencies.
23        (b)  Subject to the provisions of Sections 8A-7, 8A-8 and
24    12-4.25,  no  entity which has had its receipt of benefits or
25    payments under this  Code  terminated  or  suspended  or  its
26    future  receipt  barred  by  the Department shall, while such
27    disability remains in effect, directly or indirectly:
28        (1)  serve as a technical or other advisor to any  entity
29    which obtains, attempts to obtain or seeks to obtain benefits
30    or payments under this Code; or
31        (2)  be  an  incorporator  or  member  of  the  board  of
32    directors  of any entity which obtains, attempts to obtain or
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 1        (3)  be an investor with or in any entity which  obtains,
 2    attempts  to  obtain  or seeks to obtain benefits or payments
 3    under this Code.
 4        (c)  The  Secretary  Director  may,  by  rule,  establish
 5    procedures for any entity aggrieved  by  the  application  of
 6    this Section to seek special permission to continue receiving
 7    benefits or payments under this Code or to seek reinstatement
 8    of benefits or payments under this Code.  Such entity must be
 9    otherwise eligible to receive benefits or payments under this
10    Code  and  in  compliance  with any applicable requirement of
11    this Code  for  reinstatement.   If  the  Secretary  Director
12    determines   that  the  entity  seeking  such  permission  or
13    reinstatement had no part in  the  actions  or  conduct  upon
14    which  the decision to suspend, terminate or bar benefits was
15    based, he may authorize the  continued  participation  by  or
16    reinstatement of the entity in such program or programs as he
17    may  deem  appropriate  under  all the circumstances and upon
18    such terms and conditions  and  under  such  probationary  or
19    other restrictions as he or other provisions of this Code may
20    require.
21        (d)  Any  entity  which knowingly violates the provisions
22    of this Section or knowingly attempts or conspires to violate
23    the provisions of this Section shall be civilly liable  in  a
24    court  of  law  for damages in an amount 3 times the value of
25    all benefits or payments obtained by such entity or  $10,000,
26    whichever sum is greater.
27        (e)  The civil liability imposed under this Section shall
28    be joint and several and shall extend to any entity knowingly
29    seeking  or  attempting  to  obtain  benefits under this Code
30    which, having the authority to refuse,  knowingly  associates
31    with or permits the association of a suspended, terminated or
32    barred  entity  as  prohibited  herein.  Such liability shall
33    also extend to any entity found guilty in a court of  law  of
34    such   unlawful   association,   including   the   suspended,
 
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 1    terminated  or barred entity.  Liability shall arise when any
 2    such  entity  knew,  or  under  all  of   the   circumstances
 3    reasonably  should  have  known,  that  it was engaging in or
 4    authorizing any activity prohibited herein.
 5        (f)  The Attorney General, or  the  State's  Attorney  in
 6    actions  involving  a  local  governmental unit, may initiate
 7    court proceedings to recover benefits or payments obtained in
 8    violation of this Section  and  shall,  in  addition  to  any
 9    judgment obtained, be entitled to recover all court costs.
10        (g)  Notwithstanding  any  provision  of  The  Freedom of
11    Information Act or other State law, the Department shall make
12    public the identity and  business  address  of  every  entity
13    which  has had its receipt of benefits or payments under this
14    Code suspended or terminated or its future receipt barred  by
15    the  Department.   Each month, the Department shall publish a
16    list of such identities and addresses, which shall be  mailed
17    by   the   Department  without  charge  to  associations  and
18    societies, including  their  affiliates  and  components,  of
19    vendors  providing  goods,  services or both to recipients of
20    medical assistance under this  Code.   The  Department  shall
21    also  mail  such  list  without charge to any other person or
22    organization upon request.
23        (h)  Nothing  in  this   Section   shall   prohibit   the
24    Department  from  pursuing  and implementing any other remedy
25    provided by this Code  in  connection  with  the  suspension,
26    termination  or  reinstatement  of  receipt  of  benefits  or
27    payments  under this Code or the barring of receipt of future
28    benefits or payments under this Code.
29    (Source: P.A. 84-1254; 84-1438.)

30        (305 ILCS 5/12-1) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-1)
31        Sec. 12-1. Administration of Code; Illinois Department of
32    Public Aid.
33        (a)  This Code shall be administered by the Department of
 
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 1    Human Services and the Illinois Department of Public  Aid  as
 2    provided in the Department of Human Services Act.
 3        (b)  The  Department  of  Public  Aid  shall be under the
 4    supervision and direction of the Director of Public  Aid,  as
 5    provided   in  Section  5-20  of  the  Departments  of  State
 6    Government Law (20  ILCS  5/5-20).   The  Director  shall  be
 7    appointed  pursuant  to  the  provisions of Section 5-605 and
 8    meet the qualifications of Section 5-230 of that Law.
 9        The Assistant Director of Public Aid, created by  Section
10    5-165  of  the  Departments  of State Government Law (20 ILCS
11    5/5-165), shall be appointed pursuant to  the  provisions  of
12    Section  5-605  of that Law and shall meet the qualifications
13    prescribed in Section 5-230 of that Law.
14        The salaries of the Director and the  Assistant  Director
15    shall  be those specified in Section 5-395 of the Departments
16    of State Government Law (20 ILCS 5/5-395).
17        The Illinois Department of Public Aid and  the  Secretary
18    of  Human  Services  Director of Public Aid shall comply with
19    other provisions of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois
20    which are generally applicable to the several departments  of
21    the State Government created by that Code.
22    (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

23        (305 ILCS 5/12-4.7c)
24        Sec. 12-4.7c. Exchange of information after July 1, 1997.
25        (a)  (Blank).   The  Department  of  Human Services shall
26    exchange  with  the  Illinois  Department   of   Public   Aid
27    information  that  may  be  necessary  for the enforcement of
28    child support orders entered pursuant to Sections  10-10  and
29    10-11  of  this Code or pursuant to the Illinois Marriage and
30    Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Non-Support  of  Spouse  and
31    Children  Act,  the  Non-Support  Punishment Act, the Revised
32    Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support  Act,  the  Uniform
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 1    of 1984.
 2        (b)  Notwithstanding any provisions in this Code  to  the
 3    contrary,  the  Department  of  Human  Services  shall not be
 4    liable to any person for any disclosure of information to the
 5    Illinois Department of Public Aid under subsection (a) or for
 6    any other action taken in  good  faith  to  comply  with  the
 7    requirements  of  subsection  (a),  as  that  subsection  (a)
 8    existed  before  the effective date of this amendatory Act of
 9    the 92nd General Assembly.
10    (Source: P.A. 90-18, eff. 7-1-97; 91-613, eff. 10-1-99.)

11        (305 ILCS 5/12-4.9) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-4.9)
12        Sec.  12-4.9.  Hearings   and   investigations.   Conduct
13    hearings   and   investigations   in   connection   with  the
14    administration  of  public  aid;  compel  by  subpoena,   the
15    attendance  and  testimony of witnesses and the production of
16    books and papers;  and  administer  oaths  to  witnesses.  No
17    person  shall  be  compelled  to  attend  an investigation or
18    hearing at a place outside the county in which he resides.
19        Subpoenas may be served as provided for in civil actions.
20    The fees of witnesses for attendance and travel shall be  the
21    same  as  the  fees of witnesses before the Circuit Court and
22    shall be paid as an expense of administration.
23        Any qualified  officer  or  employee  of  the  Department
24    designated  in  writing by the Secretary Director may conduct
25    the hearings and investigations.
26    (Source: Laws 1967, p. 122.)

27        (305 ILCS 5/12-4.17) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-4.17)
28        Sec.  12-4.17.   Training  personnel  for  employment  in
29    public aid  programs.  Establish  within  the  administrative
30    staff  a  staff  development  unit to provide orientation and
31    job-related  training  for  new   employees   and   continued
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 1    Department and County Departments; establish criteria for and
 2    administer  and  maintain  a  program  for granting employees
 3    educational leave for specialized professional  or  technical
 4    study;   and  co-ordinate  such  training,  development,  and
 5    educational activities  with  the  training  program  of  the
 6    Illinois  Department  of Central Management Services and with
 7    other programs for training personnel established under  this
 8    Section.  The  Department  may  also make grants to public or
 9    other non-profit institutions of higher learning for training
10    personnel employed or preparing for employment in the  public
11    aid programs and conduct special courses of study or seminars
12    for  personnel  by  experts hired temporarily by the Illinois
13    Department.
14        (a)  To qualify for  an  assignment  for  educational  or
15    training purposes under this Section, a person must:
16        1.  be  enrolled  in  the  final  2  years  of accredited
17    specialized  training  which  is   required   to   meet   the
18    qualifications  for  the  position,  as  established  by  the
19    Department  of  Central  Management Services, or be a current
20    employee of the Department who has continuously served  in  a
21    full-time capacity for at least 1 year prior to assignment;
22        2.  have completed 4 years of high school education;
23        3.  possess   such   qualities   and  attributes  as  the
24    Secretary Director of  the  Department  deems  necessary  for
25    achieving the purposes of which the assignment was made;
26        4.  sign  an  agreement  to  serve  as an employee of the
27    Department for 12 months for  each  9  months  of  subsidized
28    training  for  educational  or  training  purposes under this
29    Section;
30        5.  sign  a  promissory  note  agreeing  to   repay   the
31    Department  for  the  funds expended if the employee fails to
32    return to employment with,  or  remain  an  employee  of  the
33    Department  for  the  period of time required by paragraph 4;
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 1        6.  agree in writing to such other terms  and  conditions
 2    as  the  Department  may reasonably require when granting the
 3    assignment.
 4        (b)  When  granting  an  assignment  for  educational  or
 5    training purposes to an eligible person under  this  Section,
 6    the Department may pay:
 7        1.  for support and living expenses, a sum up to $300 per
 8    month  plus  $50 per month for the first unemployed dependent
 9    of the person  and  $25  per  month  for  each  of  the  next
10    unemployed  dependents, provided the maximum total payment to
11    the person under this paragraph shall  not  exceed  $400  per
12    month; and
13        2.  for school expenses, not in excess of 80% of the cost
14    to  the person of all tuition, laboratory fees, matriculation
15    fees  and  other  general  student  charges   made   by   the
16    institution of higher learning, but not including charges for
17    food  or residence halls, which charges shall be payable from
18    the  funds  for  support  and  living   expenses   with   the
19    limitations provided in paragraph 1.
20        (c)  Except for the purpose of receiving salary, vacation
21    pay  or  any  other  similar  remuneration  payable  to State
22    employees, the status of an employee of the Department as  an
23    employee of the State is not affected by the employee serving
24    on  an  educational or training assignment under this Section
25    as  specified  under  the  rules  and  regulations   of   the
26    Department of Central Management Services.
27        (d)  Training  programs  such as tuition only refunds and
28    special workshops for employees, and training which is a part
29    of collaborative arrangements  with  institutions  of  higher
30    learning  or  other  public agencies are not affected by this
31    Section.
32    (Source: P.A. 85-1308.)

33        (305 ILCS 5/12-4.20c) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-4.20c)
 
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 1        Sec. 12-4.20c.  Appointment  of  Child  Support  Advisory
 2    Committee. Appoint the Child Support Advisory Committee to be
 3    composed  of  members of the General Assembly, the judiciary,
 4    the private bar, and others with expertise specific to  child
 5    support establishment and enforcement. Among the tasks of the
 6    Committee  shall  be the periodic review of the State's child
 7    support guidelines as required by the federal Family  Support
 8    Act  of  1988.  Members shall be appointed for one year terms
 9    commencing on January 1 of each year.  Each  newly  appointed
10    Committee  shall  elect a chairperson from among its members.
11    Members  shall  serve  without  compensation,  but  shall  be
12    reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of  their
13    duties.  The  Committee  shall meet at least quarterly and at
14    other times at the call of the chairperson or at the  request
15    of the Secretary Director.
16    (Source: P.A. 86-1347; 86-1432.)

17        (305 ILCS 5/12-4.20d) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-4.20d)
18        Sec.  12-4.20d.  Appointment  of Social Services Advisory
19    Council. Appoint the Social Services Advisory Council, to  be
20    composed  of  30  members,  which  shall  include  a balanced
21    representation  of  recipients,  services  providers,   local
22    governmental  units,  community  and welfare advocacy groups,
23    academia and the general public. The Council shall advise the
24    Illinois  Department  regarding  all  aspects  of  assistance
25    delivered or contracted for under Articles III, IV, VI and IX
26    of this Code and other areas as  deemed  appropriate  by  the
27    Secretary  Director.  In  appointing  the  first Council, the
28    Secretary Director shall name 15 members to 2 year terms  and
29    15  members  to  4 year terms, all of whom shall be appointed
30    within 6 months of the effective date of this amendatory  Act
31    of  1991. All members appointed thereafter shall serve 4 year
32    terms. Members shall serve without  compensation  other  than
33    reimbursement   of   expenses   actually   incurred   in  the
 
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 1    performance of their official duties. At its  first  meeting,
 2    the  Council shall select a chair from among its members. The
 3    Council shall meet at least quarterly and at other  times  at
 4    the call of the chair.
 5    (Source: P.A. 87-685.)

 6        (305 ILCS 5/12-4.25) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-4.25)
 7        Sec.   12-4.25.  Medical   assistance   program;   vendor
 8    participation.
 9        (A)  The   Illinois   Department  may  deny,  suspend  or
10    terminate the eligibility of any person,  firm,  corporation,
11    association,  agency,  institution  or  other legal entity to
12    participate as a vendor of goods or  services  to  recipients
13    under  the  medical  assistance  program  under Article V, if
14    after reasonable notice and opportunity  for  a  hearing  the
15    Illinois Department finds:
16             (a)  Such   vendor   is   not   complying  with  the
17        Department's policy or rules and regulations, or with the
18        terms  and  conditions   prescribed   by   the   Illinois
19        Department  in its vendor agreement, which document shall
20        be  developed  by  the  Department   as   a   result   of
21        negotiations   with   each   vendor  category,  including
22        physicians,  hospitals,  long   term   care   facilities,
23        pharmacists,   optometrists,   podiatrists  and  dentists
24        setting forth the terms and conditions applicable to  the
25        participation of each vendor group in the program; or
26             (b)  Such   vendor   has  failed  to  keep  or  make
27        available  for  inspection,  audit  or   copying,   after
28        receiving a written request from the Illinois Department,
29        such  records  regarding  payments  claimed for providing
30        services.  This section does not require vendors to  make
31        available  patient  records of patients for whom services
32        are not reimbursed under this Code; or
33             (c)  Such  vendor  has   failed   to   furnish   any
 
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 1        information   requested   by   the  Department  regarding
 2        payments for providing goods or services; or
 3             (d)  Such vendor has knowingly made, or caused to be
 4        made, any false statement or representation of a material
 5        fact in connection with the administration of the medical
 6        assistance program; or
 7             (e)  Such vendor has furnished goods or services  to
 8        a  recipient which are (1) in excess of his or her needs,
 9        (2) harmful to the recipient, or (3) of grossly  inferior
10        quality,  all  of  such  determinations  to be based upon
11        competent medical judgment and evaluations; or
12             (f)  The   vendor;   a   person   with    management
13        responsibility for a vendor; an officer or person owning,
14        either  directly  or indirectly, 5% or more of the shares
15        of stock or other evidences of ownership in  a  corporate
16        vendor;  an  owner  of  a  sole proprietorship which is a
17        vendor; or a partner in a partnership which is a  vendor,
18        either:
19                  (1)  was     previously     terminated     from
20             participation in the medical assistance program; or
21                  (2)  was     a     person    with    management
22             responsibility for a  previously  terminated  vendor
23             during  the  time of conduct which was the basis for
24             that vendor's termination from participation in  the
25             medical assistance program; or
26                  (3)  was  an  officer, or person owning, either
27             directly or indirectly, 5% or more of the shares  of
28             stock   or   other   evidences  of  ownership  in  a
29             previously terminated corporate  vendor  during  the
30             time  of  conduct  which  was  the  basis  for  that
31             vendor's   termination  from  participation  in  the
32             medical assistance program; or
33                  (4)  was an owner of a sole  proprietorship  or
34             partner   of  a  partnership  which  was  previously
 
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 1             terminated during the time of conduct which was  the
 2             basis    for    that   vendor's   termination   from
 3             participation in the medical assistance program; or
 4             (g)  The   vendor;   a   person   with    management
 5        responsibility for a vendor; an officer or person owning,
 6        either  directly  or indirectly, 5% or more of the shares
 7        of stock or other evidences of ownership in  a  corporate
 8        vendor;  an  owner  of  a  sole proprietorship which is a
 9        vendor; or a partner in a partnership which is a  vendor,
10        either:
11                  (1)  has  engaged  in  practices  prohibited by
12             applicable  federal  or  State  law  or   regulation
13             relating to the medical assistance program; or
14                  (2)  was     a     person    with    management
15             responsibility for a vendor at the  time  that  such
16             vendor engaged in practices prohibited by applicable
17             federal  or  State law or regulation relating to the
18             medical assistance program; or
19                  (3)  was an officer, or person  owning,  either
20             directly  or indirectly, 5% or more of the shares of
21             stock or other evidences of ownership in a vendor at
22             the time such vendor engaged in practices prohibited
23             by applicable federal or  State  law  or  regulation
24             relating to the medical assistance program; or
25                  (4)  was  an  owner of a sole proprietorship or
26             partner of a partnership which was a vendor  at  the
27             time  such vendor engaged in practices prohibited by
28             applicable  federal  or  State  law  or   regulation
29             relating to the medical assistance program.
30             (h)  The  direct or indirect ownership of the vendor
31        (including the ownership of  a  vendor  that  is  a  sole
32        proprietorship,  a partner's interest in a vendor that is
33        a partnership, or ownership of 5% or more of  the  shares
34        of  stock  or other evidences of ownership in a corporate
 
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 1        vendor) has been transferred  by  an  individual  who  is
 2        terminated  or  barred  from participating as a vendor to
 3        the individual's spouse, child, brother, sister,  parent,
 4        grandparent,  grandchild,  uncle,  aunt,  niece,  nephew,
 5        cousin, or relative by marriage.
 6        (B)  The  Illinois  Department  shall  deny,  suspend  or
 7    terminate  the  eligibility of any person, firm, corporation,
 8    association, agency, institution or  other  legal  entity  to
 9    participate  as  a  vendor of goods or services to recipients
10    under the medical assistance program under Article V:
11             (1)  if such vendor is not properly licensed;
12             (2)  within 30 days of the date when  such  vendor's
13    professional  license,  certification  or other authorization
14    has been refused renewal or has been  revoked,  suspended  or
15    otherwise terminated; or
16             (3)  if   such   vendor  has  been  convicted  of  a
17        violation of this Code, as provided in Article VIIIA.
18        (C)  Upon termination of a vendor of  goods  or  services
19    from   participation   in   the  medical  assistance  program
20    authorized  by  this  Article,  a  person   with   management
21    responsibility for such vendor during the time of any conduct
22    which  served  as  the basis for that vendor's termination is
23    barred from participation in the medical assistance program.
24        Upon termination of a corporate vendor, the officers  and
25    persons  owning,  directly  or  indirectly, 5% or more of the
26    shares of stock or other evidences of ownership in the vendor
27    during the time of any conduct which served as the basis  for
28    that  vendor's  termination  are barred from participation in
29    the medical assistance program. A person who  owns,  directly
30    or  indirectly,  5%  or  more of the shares of stock or other
31    evidences of ownership in a terminated corporate  vendor  may
32    not  transfer his or her ownership interest in that vendor to
33    his  or  her  spouse,   child,   brother,   sister,   parent,
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 1    or relative by marriage.
 2        Upon termination of a sole proprietorship or partnership,
 3    the owner or partners during the time of  any  conduct  which
 4    served  as the basis for that vendor's termination are barred
 5    from participation in the  medical  assistance  program.  The
 6    owner  of  a terminated vendor that is a sole proprietorship,
 7    and a partner in a terminated vendor that is  a  partnership,
 8    may not transfer his or her ownership or partnership interest
 9    in  that vendor to his or her spouse, child, brother, sister,
10    parent, grandparent, grandchild, uncle, aunt, niece,  nephew,
11    cousin, or relative by marriage.
12        Rules  adopted  by  the  Illinois Department to implement
13    these provisions shall specifically include a  definition  of
14    the term "management responsibility" as used in this Section.
15    Such definition shall include, but not be limited to, typical
16    job  titles,  and  duties  and  descriptions  which  will  be
17    considered  as  within  the  definition  of  individuals with
18    management responsibility for a provider.
19        (D)  If a vendor has  been  suspended  from  the  medical
20    assistance program under Article V of the Code, the Secretary
21    Director   may   require   that   such   vendor  correct  any
22    deficiencies which served as the basis  for  the  suspension.
23    The  Secretary Director shall specify in the suspension order
24    a specific period of time, which shall not  exceed  one  year
25    from  the  date of the order, during which a suspended vendor
26    shall not be eligible to participate. At  the  conclusion  of
27    the   period  of  suspension  the  Secretary  Director  shall
28    reinstate such vendor, unless he finds that such  vendor  has
29    not  corrected  deficiencies  upon  which  the suspension was
30    based.
31        If  a  vendor  has  been  terminated  from  the   medical
32    assistance  program  under  Article  V,  such vendor shall be
33    barred from participation for at least one year. At  the  end
34    of  one  year  a vendor who has been terminated may apply for
 
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 1    reinstatement to the program. Upon proper application  to  be
 2    reinstated   such  vendor  may  be  deemed  eligible  by  the
 3    Secretary Director  providing  that  such  vendor  meets  the
 4    requirements  for eligibility under this Act.  If such vendor
 5    is deemed not eligible for reinstatement, he shall be  barred
 6    from  again  applying for reinstatement for one year from the
 7    date his application for reinstatement is denied.
 8        If a vendor has been terminated  and  reinstated  to  the
 9    medical  assistance program under Article V and the vendor is
10    terminated a second  or  subsequent  time  from  the  medical
11    assistance   program,   the   vendor  shall  be  barred  from
12    participation for at least 2 years.  At the end of 2 years, a
13    vendor who has been terminated may apply for reinstatement to
14    the program.  Upon application to be reinstated,  the  vendor
15    may  be  deemed eligible if the vendor meets the requirements
16    for eligibility under this Code.  If the vendor is deemed not
17    eligible for reinstatement, the vendor shall be  barred  from
18    again  applying  for  reinstatement for 2 years from the date
19    the vendor's application for reinstatement is denied.
20        (E)  The Illinois Department may recover money improperly
21    or erroneously  paid,  or  overpayments,  either  by  setoff,
22    crediting  against  future  billings  or  by requiring direct
23    repayment to the Illinois Department.
24        (F)  The Illinois Department may withhold payments to any
25    vendor during the  pendency  of  any  proceeding  under  this
26    Section  except  that  if a final administrative decision has
27    not been issued within 120 days of  the  initiation  of  such
28    proceedings,  unless  delay  has  been  caused by the vendor,
29    payments can no longer be withheld, provided,  however,  that
30    the  120  day  limit  may  be  extended  if said extension is
31    mutually agreed to by the Illinois Department and the vendor.
32    The Illinois Department shall state  by  rule  with  as  much
33    specificity   as   practicable  the  conditions  under  which
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 1    proceeding  under  this  Section.  Payments may be denied for
 2    bills submitted  with  service  dates  occurring  during  the
 3    pendency  of  a  proceeding  where  the  final administrative
 4    decision is to terminate eligibility to  participate  in  the
 5    medical  assistance  program.   The Illinois Department shall
 6    state by rule with as much  specificity  as  practicable  the
 7    conditions  under  which payments will not be denied for such
 8    bills.
 9        (F-5) The Illinois Department  may  temporarily  withhold
10    payments  to    a  vendor if any of the following individuals
11    have been indicted or  otherwise charged under a law  of  the
12    United  States  or  this  or  any  other state  with a felony
13    offense  that  is  based  on   alleged   fraud   or   willful
14    misrepresentation  on  the  part of the individual related to
15    (i) the medical  assistance program under Article V  of  this
16    Code,  (ii) a medical assistance  program provided in another
17    state which is of the kind provided under  Article V of  this
18    Code,  (iii)  the  Medicare  program under Title XVIII of the
19    Social Security Act, or (iv) the  provision  of  health  care
20    services:
21             (1)  If  the  vendor is a corporation: an officer of
22        the corporation    or  an  individual  who  owns,  either
23        directly  or  indirectly,  5%  or  more  of the shares of
24        stock or other evidence of ownership of the  corporation.
25             (2) If the vendor  is  a  sole  proprietorship:  the
26        owner of the sole  proprietorship.
27             (3) If the vendor is a partnership: a partner in the
28        partnership.
29             (4)  If  the  vendor  is  any  other business entity
30        authorized by law  to transact business  in  this  State:
31        an  officer  of  the  entity  or an  individual who owns,
32        either  directly  or  indirectly,  5%  or  more  of   the
33        evidences of ownership of the entity.
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 1    under  this    subsection,  the  Department shall not release
 2    those payments to the vendor  while any  criminal  proceeding
 3    related  to  the  indictment or charge is pending  unless the
 4    Department determines that there is good cause to release the
 5    payments  before  completion  of  the  proceeding.   If   the
 6    indictment or charge  results in the individual's conviction,
 7    the  Illinois Department shall retain all withheld  payments,
 8    which shall be considered forfeited to  the  Department.   If
 9    the  indictment or charge does not result in the individual's
10    conviction,  the  Illinois  Department   shall release to the
11    vendor all withheld payments.
12        (G)  The provisions of the Administrative Review Law,  as
13    now  or  hereafter  amended,  and  the rules adopted pursuant
14    thereto, shall apply to and govern all  proceedings  for  the
15    judicial  review  of  final  administrative  decisions of the
16    Illinois   Department   under   this   Section.    The   term
17    "administrative decision" is defined as in Section  3-101  of
18    the Code of Civil Procedure.
19        (H)  Nothing  contained  in  this  Code  shall in any way
20    limit or otherwise impair the authority or power of any State
21    agency responsible for licensing of vendors.
22        (I)  Based on a finding of noncompliance on the part of a
23    nursing home with any  requirement  for  certification  under
24    Title XVIII or XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sec.
25    1395  et  seq.  or 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1396 et seq.), the Illinois
26    Department may impose one or more of the  following  remedies
27    after notice to the facility:
28             (1)  Termination of the provider agreement.
29             (2)  Temporary management.
30             (3)  Denial of payment for new admissions.
31             (4)  Civil money penalties.
32             (5)  Closure of the facility in emergency situations
33        or transfer of residents, or both.
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 1             (7)  Denial  of  all  payments  when the Health Care
 2        Finance Administration has imposed this sanction.
 3        The Illinois Department shall by rule establish  criteria
 4    governing continued payments to a nursing facility subsequent
 5    to  termination  of  the facility's provider agreement if, in
 6    the sole discretion of the Illinois Department, circumstances
 7    affecting the health, safety, and welfare of  the  facility's
 8    residents  require  those  continued  payments.  The Illinois
 9    Department may condition  those  continued  payments  on  the
10    appointment  of temporary management, sale of the facility to
11    new owners or  operators,  or  other  arrangements  that  the
12    Illinois  Department  determines  best serve the needs of the
13    facility's residents.
14        Except in the case of a facility that has a  right  to  a
15    hearing  on  the finding of noncompliance before an agency of
16    the federal government, a  facility  may  request  a  hearing
17    before  a State agency on any finding of noncompliance within
18    60 days after the notice of the intent to  impose  a  remedy.
19    Except  in the case of civil money penalties, a request for a
20    hearing shall not  delay  imposition  of  the  penalty.   The
21    choice of remedies is not appealable at a hearing.  The level
22    of  noncompliance  may  be  challenged  only in the case of a
23    civil money penalty.  The Illinois Department  shall  provide
24    by   rule   for  the  State  agency  that  will  conduct  the
25    evidentiary hearings.
26        The Illinois Department may collect  interest  on  unpaid
27    civil money penalties.
28        The  Illinois Department may adopt all rules necessary to
29    implement this subsection (I).
30    (Source: P.A. 89-21, eff. 1-1-96; 90-725, eff. 8-7-98.)

31        (305 ILCS 5/12-4.35)
32        Sec. 12-4.35. Medical services for certain noncitizens.
33        (a)  Subject to specific appropriation for this  purpose,
 
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 1    and  notwithstanding  Section  1-11  of  this Code or Section
 2    20(a) of the Children's Health  Insurance  Program  Act,  the
 3    Department  of  Public  Aid  may  provide medical services to
 4    noncitizens who have not yet attained 19 years of age and who
 5    are not eligible for medical assistance under  Article  V  of
 6    this  Code  or  under the Children's Health Insurance Program
 7    created by the Children's Health Insurance Program Act due to
 8    their not meeting  the  otherwise  applicable  provisions  of
 9    Section  1-11 of this Code or Section 20(a) of the Children's
10    Health  Insurance  Program  Act.     The   medical   services
11    available, standards for eligibility, and other conditions of
12    participation under this Section shall be established by rule
13    by  the  Department; however, any such rule shall be at least
14    as restrictive as the  rules  for  medical  assistance  under
15    Article  V  of  this  Code or the Children's Health Insurance
16    Program created by the Children's  Health  Insurance  Program
17    Act.
18        (b)  The  Department  is  authorized  to take any action,
19    including  without  limitation   cessation   of   enrollment,
20    reduction   of   available  medical  services,  and  changing
21    standards for eligibility, that is deemed  necessary  by  the
22    Department during a State fiscal year to assure that payments
23    under this Section do not exceed the amounts appropriated for
24    this purpose.
25        (c)  In  the  event  that the appropriation in any fiscal
26    year for the Children's Health Insurance Program  created  by
27    the  Children's Health Insurance Program Act is determined by
28    the Department to be insufficient to continue  enrollment  of
29    otherwise  eligible  children  under that Program during that
30    fiscal year,  the  Department  is  authorized  to  use  funds
31    appropriated  for  the  purposes of this Section to fund that
32    Program and to take any other action  necessary  to  continue
33    the   operation  of  that  Program.   Furthermore,  continued
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 1    Section in any  fiscal  year  is  contingent  upon  continued
 2    enrollment   of   individuals   into  the  Children's  Health
 3    Insurance Program during that fiscal year.
 4        (d)  The General Assembly  finds  that  the  adoption  of
 5    rules  to  meet the purposes of subsections (a), (b), and (c)
 6    is an  emergency  and  necessary  for  the  public  interest,
 7    safety,  and  welfare.   The  Department may adopt such rules
 8    through the use of emergency rulemaking  in  accordance  with
 9    Section  5-45  of  the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act,
10    except that the limitation on the number of  emergency  rules
11    that may be adopted in a 24-month period shall not apply.
12    (Source: P.A. 90-588, eff. 7-1-98.)

13        (305 ILCS 5/12-4.201)
14        Sec.  12-4.201.   Data  warehouse  concerning medical and
15    related  services.  The Illinois Department of Public Aid may
16    purchase services and  materials associated with the costs of
17    developing and implementing a data   warehouse  comprised  of
18    management  and decision making information in  regard to the
19    liability associated with, and utilization  of,  medical  and
20    related services, out of moneys available for that purpose.
21    (Source: P.A. 90-9, eff. 7-1-97.)

22        (305 ILCS 5/12-8.1)
23        Sec. 12-8.1.  State Disbursement Unit Revolving Fund.
24        (a)  There is created a revolving fund to be known as the
25    State  Disbursement  Unit  Revolving  Fund, to be held by the
26    State Treasurer as ex officio custodian,  for  the  following
27    purposes:
28             (1)  the deposit of all support payments received by
29        the Illinois Department's State Disbursement Unit; and
30             (2)  the disbursement of such payments in accordance
31        with  the provisions of Title IV-D of the Social Security
32        Act and rules promulgated by the Department.
 
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 1        (b)  The provisions of this Section shall apply  only  if
 2    the   Department   performs   the   functions  of  the  State
 3    Disbursement Unit under paragraph (d) of Section 10-26.
 4        (c)  Moneys in the State Disbursement Unit Revolving Fund
 5    shall  be  expended  upon  the  direction  of  the  Secretary
 6    Director.
 7    (Source: P.A. 91-712, eff. 7-1-00.)

 8        (305 ILCS 5/12-9) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-9)
 9        Sec. 12-9.  Public Aid Recoveries Trust Fund; uses.   The
10    Public  Aid  Recoveries  Trust  Fund  shall  consist  of  (1)
11    recoveries   by   the   Illinois  Department  of  Public  Aid
12    authorized  by  this  Code  in  respect  to   applicants   or
13    recipients  under  Articles  III,  IV,  V,  and VI, including
14    recoveries made by the Illinois Department of Public Aid from
15    the estates of deceased recipients, (2)  recoveries  made  by
16    the   Illinois   Department  of  Public  Aid  in  respect  to
17    applicants  and  recipients  under  the   Children's   Health
18    Insurance  Program,  and (3) federal funds received on behalf
19    of and earned by local  governmental  entities  for  services
20    provided to applicants or recipients covered under this Code.
21    to  the  State  Disbursement  Unit  established under Section
22    10-26 of this Code or The Fund shall be  held  as  a  special
23    fund in the State Treasury.
24        Disbursements  from  this  Fund shall be only (1) for the
25    reimbursement of claims collected by the Illinois  Department
26    of  Public  Aid  through error or mistake, (2) for payment to
27    persons or agencies designated as payees or co-payees on  any
28    instrument,  whether  or  not  negotiable,  delivered  to the
29    Illinois Department of Public Aid as a  recovery  under  this
30    Section,  such  payment to be in proportion to the respective
31    interests of the payees in the amount so collected,  (3)  for
32    payments  to the Department of Human Services for collections
33    made by the former  Illinois  Department  of  Public  Aid  on
 
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 1    behalf  of  the Department of Human Services under this Code,
 2    (4) from the State Disbursement  Unit  Revolving  Fund  under
 3    Section  12-8.1 of this Code or for payment of administrative
 4    expenses incurred in  performing  the  activities  authorized
 5    under  this  Code,  (5)  for  payment  of  fees to persons or
 6    agencies in the performance of  activities  pursuant  to  the
 7    collection  of monies owed the State that are collected under
 8    this  Code,  (6)  for  payments  of  any  amounts  which  are
 9    reimbursable to the federal government which are required  to
10    be  paid  by  State  warrant  by  either the State or federal
11    government,  and  (7)  for  payments  to  local  governmental
12    entities of federal funds for services provided to applicants
13    or recipients covered under this  Code.   Disbursements  from
14    this Fund for purposes of items (4) and (5) of this paragraph
15    shall  be  subject  to  appropriations  from  the Fund to the
16    Illinois Department of Public Aid.
17        The balance in  this  Fund  on  the  first  day  of  each
18    calendar  quarter,  after  payment  therefrom of  any amounts
19    reimbursable to the federal government, and minus the  amount
20    reasonably anticipated to be needed to make the disbursements
21    during  that  quarter  authorized  by  this Section, shall be
22    certified  by  the  Secretary  Director   of   the   Illinois
23    Department  of  Public  Aid  and  transferred  by  the  State
24    Comptroller to the General Revenue Fund in the State Treasury
25    within 30 days of the first day of each calendar quarter.
26        On July 1, 1999, the State Comptroller shall transfer the
27    sum  of  $5,000,000 from the Public Aid Recoveries Trust Fund
28    (formerly the Public Assistance Recoveries Trust  Fund)  into
29    the DHS Recoveries Trust Fund.
30    (Source:  P.A.  90-255,  eff.  1-1-98;  91-24,  eff.  7-1-99;
31    91-212, eff. 7-20-99; revised 9-28-99.)

32        (305 ILCS 5/12-10.1) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-10.1)
33        Sec.  12-10.1.   Local  Initiative  Fund - Uses. There is
 
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 1    hereby created the  Local  Initiative  Fund  in  the    State
 2    Treasury.  The  Local  Initiative  Fund  is  created  for the
 3    purpose of receiving and disbursing monies in accordance with
 4    the provisions of the Social  Services  Block  Grant  of  the
 5    federal   Social   Security   Act   and   related  rules  and
 6    regulations, as now or hereafter amended, governing  the  use
 7    of such monies.
 8        Expenditures from the Local Initiative Fund shall be made
 9    for  services  contained  in the Projected Expenditure Report
10    required of the State under the Social Services  Block  Grant
11    of the federal Social Security Act. The Local Initiative Fund
12    shall   be  administered  by  the  Illinois Department, which
13    shall expend  monies  appropriated  from  such  fund  by  the
14    Illinois  General  Assembly for the purchase and provision of
15    social services.  The Illinois  Department  shall  execute  a
16    written  contract  for  the  purchase of social services from
17    persons qualified to provide  such  services.  Such  contract
18    shall  be  filed  with  the Illinois Department and the State
19    Comptroller.
20        There shall be paid into the Local  Initiative  Fund  the
21    following monies:
22        1.  Federal  funds paid to the State as reimbursement for
23    expenditures from the Local Initiative Fund made according to
24    the provisions of the federal Social Services Block Grant.
25        2.  Payments by the Illinois Department for  the  purpose
26    of reimbursing the Local Initiative Fund for expenditures for
27    services  not  approved  for  federal reimbursement under the
28    Social Security Block Grant of the  federal  Social  Security
29    Act  either  by  the  Illinois  Department  or by the federal
30    Department of Health and Human Services.  Such payments shall
31    be made by the Illinois Department in  the  amount  that  the
32    Secretary  Director of the Illinois Department has determined
33    was not caused by the failure of a provider  of  services  to
34    comply  with  the  provisions  of  a  service contract or the
 
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 1    provisions of the Social Services Block Grant of the  federal
 2    Social  Security Act and related rules and regulations as now
 3    or hereafter amended.  Any such expenditures for services not
 4    approved for federal  reimbursement  which  are  subsequently
 5    paid  into  the  Social  Services  Block  Grant Fund shall be
 6    transferred into the General Revenue Fund.
 7    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

 8        (305 ILCS 5/12-10.4)
 9        Sec. 12-10.4. Juvenile Rehabilitation  Services  Medicaid
10    Matching  Fund.    There is created in the State Treasury the
11    Juvenile  Rehabilitation  Services  Medicaid  Matching  Fund.
12    Deposits to this Fund shall consist of  all  moneys  received
13    from  the  federal  government for behavioral health services
14    secured by counties under the Medicaid Rehabilitation  Option
15    pursuant to Title XIX of the Social Security Act or under the
16    Children's   Health   Insurance   Program   pursuant  to  the
17    Children's Health Insurance Program Act and Title XXI of  the
18    Social  Security  Act  for minors who are committed to mental
19    health facilities  by  the  Illinois  court  system  and  for
20    residential   placements   secured   by   the  Department  of
21    Corrections for minors as a condition of their parole.
22        Disbursements from the Fund shall  be  made,  subject  to
23    appropriation,  by  the Illinois Department of Public Aid for
24    grants to the Department of Corrections  and  those  counties
25    which secure behavioral health services ordered by the courts
26    and  which  have an interagency agreement with the Department
27    and submit detailed bills according to  standards  determined
28    by the Department.
29    (Source:  P.A.  90-587,  eff.  7-1-98;  91-266, eff. 7-23-99;
30    91-712, eff. 7-1-00.)

31        (305 ILCS 5/12-13.1)
32        Sec. 12-13.1.  Inspector General.
 
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 1        (a)  (Blank). The Governor shall appoint, and the  Senate
 2    shall confirm, an Inspector General who shall function within
 3    the  Illinois  Department  of  Public  Aid  and report to the
 4    Governor.  The term of the Inspector General shall expire  on
 5    the   third  Monday  of  January,  1997  and  every  4  years
 6    thereafter.
 7        (b)  In order to prevent, detect,  and  eliminate  fraud,
 8    waste,  abuse,  mismanagement,  and misconduct, the Inspector
 9    General shall oversee the Illinois Department's Department of
10    Public Aid's integrity functions, which include, but are  not
11    limited to, the following:
12             (1)  Investigation   of   misconduct  by  employees,
13        vendors, contractors and medical providers.
14             (2)  Audits of medical providers related to ensuring
15        that appropriate payments are made for services  rendered
16        and to the recovery of overpayments.
17             (3)  Monitoring   of   quality   assurance  programs
18        generally related to the medical assistance  program  and
19        specifically related to any managed care program.
20             (4)  Quality  control  measurements  of the programs
21        administered by the Illinois Department of Public Aid.
22             (5)  Investigations of fraud or intentional  program
23        violations   committed   by   clients   of  the  Illinois
24        Department of Public Aid.
25             (6)  Actions  initiated   against   contractors   or
26        medical providers for any of the following reasons:
27                  (A)  Violations   of   the  medical  assistance
28             program.
29                  (B)  Sanctions  against  providers  brought  in
30             conjunction with the Department of Public Health  or
31             the  Department  of  Human Services (as successor to
32             the Department of Mental  Health  and  Developmental
33             Disabilities).
34                  (C)  Recoveries    of    assessments    against
 
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 1             hospitals and long-term care facilities.
 2                  (D)  Sanctions  mandated  by  the United States
 3             Department of  Health  and  Human  Services  against
 4             medical providers.
 5                  (E)  Violations  of  contracts  related  to any
 6             managed care programs.
 7             (7)  Representation of the  Illinois  Department  of
 8        Public  Aid  at  hearings with the Illinois Department of
 9        Professional  Regulation   in   actions   taken   against
10        professional   licenses   held  by  persons  who  are  in
11        violation of orders for child support payments.
12        (b-5)  (Blank).  At the request of the Secretary of Human
13    Services, the Inspector General shall,  in  relation  to  any
14    function  performed  by  the  Department of Human Services as
15    successor to the Department of Public Aid,  exercise  one  or
16    more  of  the  powers provided under this Section as if those
17    powers related to the Department of Human Services;  in  such
18    matters,  the  Inspector  General  shall  report  his  or her
19    findings to the Secretary of Human Services.
20        (c)  The Inspector  General  shall  have  access  to  all
21    information,   personnel   and  facilities  of  the  Illinois
22    Department, its of Public Aid and  the  Department  of  Human
23    Services  (as  successor  to  the  Department of Public Aid),
24    their employees, vendors, contractors and  medical  providers
25    and  any federal, State or local governmental agency that are
26    necessary to perform the duties of  the  Office  as  directly
27    related  to  public  assistance  programs  administered by it
28    those departments.  No medical provider shall  be  compelled,
29    however,  to  provide  individual medical records of patients
30    who are not clients of the Medical Assistance Program.  State
31    and local governmental agencies are authorized  and  directed
32    to   provide   the   requested   information,  assistance  or
33    cooperation.
34        (d)  The Inspector General shall serve  as  the  Illinois
 
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 1    Department's  Department of Public Aid's primary liaison with
 2    law enforcement, investigatory  and  prosecutorial  agencies,
 3    including but not limited to the following:
 4             (1)  The Department of State Police.
 5             (2)  The  Federal  Bureau of Investigation and other
 6        federal law enforcement agencies.
 7             (3)  The  various  Inspectors  General  of   federal
 8        agencies  overseeing  the  programs  administered  by the
 9        Illinois Department of Public Aid.
10             (4)  The various Inspectors  General  of  any  other
11        State  agencies  with  responsibilities  for  portions of
12        programs   primarily   administered   by   the   Illinois
13        Department of Public Aid.
14             (5)  The  Offices  of  the  several  United   States
15        Attorneys in Illinois.
16             (6)  The several State's Attorneys.
17        The  Inspector General shall meet on a regular basis with
18    these  entities  to  share  information  regarding   possible
19    misconduct  by  any  persons  or  entities  involved with the
20    public aid programs administered by the  Illinois  Department
21    of Public Aid.
22        (e)  All   investigations   conducted  by  the  Inspector
23    General shall be conducted  in  a  manner  that  ensures  the
24    preservation  of  evidence  for use in criminal prosecutions.
25    If the Inspector General determines that a possible  criminal
26    act  relating  to fraud in the provision or administration of
27    the  medical  assistance  program  has  been  committed,  the
28    Inspector General shall immediately notify the Medicaid Fraud
29    Control Unit.  If the Inspector  General  determines  that  a
30    possible   criminal   act   has  been  committed  within  the
31    jurisdiction of the Office, the Inspector General may request
32    the special expertise of the Department of State Police.  The
33    Inspector General may present for prosecution the findings of
34    any criminal investigation to  the  Office  of  the  Attorney
 
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 1    General, the Offices of the several United State Attorneys in
 2    Illinois or the several State's Attorneys.
 3        (f)  To  carry out his or her duties as described in this
 4    Section, the Inspector General and his or her designees shall
 5    have the power to  compel  by  subpoena  the  attendance  and
 6    testimony   of   witnesses   and  the  production  of  books,
 7    electronic records and papers as directly related  to  public
 8    assistance  programs  administered by the Illinois Department
 9    of Public  Aid  or  the  Department  of  Human  Services  (as
10    successor  to  the  Department  of  Public  Aid).  No medical
11    provider shall be compelled, however, to  provide  individual
12    medical  records  of  patients  who  are  not  clients of the
13    Medical Assistance Program.
14        (g)  The Inspector General shall report all  convictions,
15    terminations,   and   suspensions   taken   against  vendors,
16    contractors and medical providers to the Illinois  Department
17    of  Public Aid and to any agency responsible for licensing or
18    regulating those persons or entities.
19        (h)  The Inspector General  shall  make  annual  reports,
20    findings,   and   recommendations   regarding   the  Office's
21    investigations  into  reports   of   fraud,   waste,   abuse,
22    mismanagement,  or  misconduct  relating  to  any  public aid
23    programs administered by the Illinois  Department  of  Public
24    Aid  or the Department of Human Services (as successor to the
25    Department of Public Aid) to the  General  Assembly  and  the
26    Governor.   These  reports  shall include, but not be limited
27    to, the following information:
28             (1)  Aggregate   provider   billing   and    payment
29        information, including the number of providers at various
30        Medicaid earning levels.
31             (2)  The  number of audits of the medical assistance
32        program and  the  dollar  savings  resulting  from  those
33        audits.
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 1        under the  Illinois  Department's  Department  of  Public
 2        Aid's  Refill  Too  Soon  program  and the dollar savings
 3        resulting from that program.
 4             (4)  Provider sanctions, in the aggregate, including
 5        terminations and suspensions.
 6             (5)  A  detailed  summary  of   the   investigations
 7        undertaken  in the previous fiscal year.  These summaries
 8        shall  comply  with  all   laws   and   rules   regarding
 9        maintaining confidentiality in the public aid programs.
10        (i)  Nothing  in  this Section shall limit investigations
11    by the Illinois Department of Public Aid or the Department of
12    Human Services that may otherwise be required by law or  that
13    may   be   necessary   in   their  capacity  as  the  central
14    administrative authorities responsible for administration  of
15    public aid programs in this State.
16    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97; 90-725, eff. 8-7-98.)

17        (305 ILCS 5/12-16) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-16)
18        Sec.  12-16.  Public  Aid  Claims Enforcement Division of
19    Office  of  Attorney  General.    The   Public   Aid   Claims
20    Enforcement  Division  in the Office of the Attorney General,
21    established pursuant to the 1949  Code,  shall  institute  in
22    behalf  of  the State all court actions referred to it by the
23    Illinois Department of Public Aid or the Department of  Human
24    Services  (as  successor to the Illinois Department of Public
25    Aid) under this Code and  other  laws  for  the  recovery  of
26    financial  aid  provided  under  the public aid programs, the
27    enforcement of obligations of support, and the enforcement of
28    other claims, penalties and obligations.
29        The Division shall be staffed with attorneys appointed by
30    the Attorney General as Special Assistant Attorneys'  General
31    whose  special  duty  it  shall  be  to execute the aforesaid
32    duties.  The Assistant Attorneys' General shall  be  assigned
33    exclusively  to  such  duties.   They may engage only in such
 
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 1    political activities as  are  not  prohibited  by  the  Hatch
 2    Political  Activity  Act, Title 5, U.S.C.A., Sections 118i et
 3    seq.
 4        The Attorney General may request the appropriate  State's
 5    Attorney of a county or staff of the Child and Spouse Support
 6    Unit  established  under  Section  10-3.1  of  this  Code  to
 7    institute any such action in behalf of the State or to assist
 8    the Attorney General in the prosecution of actions instituted
 9    by his Office.
10    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

11        (305 ILCS 5/12-20) (from Ch. 23, par. 12-20)
12        Sec.         12-20.         Public         policy-Service
13    areas-Supervision-Expenses-Function   of   welfare   services
14    committees.
15        It  is  the  policy  of  this State to encourage and make
16    maximum use of volunteers to  assist  caseworkers  and  other
17    staff  of  the  County  Departments  and,  where feasible and
18    desirable, to assist staff of  the  Illinois  Department,  in
19    order  that  the work of the regular staffs of the County and
20    Illinois Departments  may  be  effectively  complemented  and
21    supplemented   by  the  vast  potential  for  auxiliary  help
22    available within the private sector of society.
23        Volunteers may be  assigned  to  assist  caseworkers  and
24    other  staff  members  of  the  County  Departments  and  the
25    Illinois Department in discharging their responsibilities for
26    administering  public  aid.  Such areas of service within the
27    County Departments may include:
28        1.  Helping recipients to utilize facilities and services
29    which will help them become self-supporting and improve their
30    capacity to provide themselves  with  a  standard  of  living
31    compatible with health and well-being.
32        2.  Aiding  in  the determination of need for public aid,
33    initially  upon  an  applicant's   request   for   aid,   and
 
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 1    continuously thereafter so long as aid is received.
 2        3.  Aiding   in   gathering  information  as  to  whether
 3    responsible relatives of applicants or recipients are able to
 4    provide support.
 5        4.  Aiding in the assembling of information pertaining to
 6    home conditions which may  require  the  filing  of  a  child
 7    neglect petition in the Juvenile Court.
 8        5.  Aiding in the determination of fraud.
 9        6.  Aiding  in  such  other ways as shall be set forth by
10    the Illinois Department in its  rules  and  regulations  from
11    time to time.
12        Volunteers  assigned to duties within a County Department
13    shall be deemed employees of the County Department and  shall
14    be under the supervision of the Superintendent or Director of
15    the Department. Volunteers assigned to duties on the staff of
16    the  Illinois  Department  shall  be deemed employees of that
17    Department  and  shall  be  under  the  supervision  of   the
18    Secretary   Director   of   Public   Aid  or  his  designated
19    representative.  The  activities  and  assignments   of   all
20    volunteers, whether assigned to a County Department or to the
21    Illinois  Department,  shall  be  subject  to  the  rules and
22    regulations of the Illinois Department.
23        Volunteers shall serve without  compensation  but  shall,
24    upon  application  for  the  same, be entitled to mileage and
25    other incidental expenses  incurred  in  the  fulfillment  of
26    their responsibilities.
27        Each  County  Welfare  Services Committee, subject to the
28    supervision of and in cooperation with the County  Department
29    and  the  Illinois Department, shall establish and maintain a
30    program for the recruitment and  utilization  of  volunteers.
31    The acceptance of any recruited volunteer shall be determined
32    in  accordance with the rules and regulations of the Illinois
33    Department. The Committee shall continuously review the rules
34    pertaining to the use  of  volunteers  and  shall  make  such
 
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 1    recommendations  as  it  deems desirable for revision in such
 2    rules or for revision in the provisions of this Section.
 3    (Source: Laws 1967, p. 122.)

 4        (305 ILCS 5/14-7) (from Ch. 23, par. 14-7)
 5        Sec. 14-7.  Penalties.
 6        (a)  Any hospital that fails to pay the fee when  due  or
 7    pays  less  than  the  full  amount  due, shall be assessed a
 8    penalty of 10% of the  delinquency  or  deficiency  for  each
 9    month,  or  any fraction thereof, computed on the full amount
10    of the delinquency or deficiency, from the time the  fee  was
11    due.
12        (b)  In addition, the Illinois Department may take action
13    to notify the Office of the Comptroller to collect any amount
14    of  monies  owed  under this Article XIV, pursuant to Section
15    10.05 of the State Comptroller Act, or may  suspend  payments
16    to,  or  cancel  or  refuse  to issue, extend, or reinstate a
17    Provider Agreement to, any hospital which has failed  to  pay
18    any delinquent fee or penalty.
19        (c)  The Secretary Director of the Illinois Department is
20    authorized   to   establish  delayed  payment  schedules  for
21    facilities that are unable to make timely payments under this
22    subsection  due  to  financial  difficulties.   The   delayed
23    payments  shall  include interest at a rate not to exceed the
24    State of Illinois borrowing rate.  The interest may be waived
25    by the Secretary Director for good cause shown.
26    (Source: P.A. 87-13.)

27        Section 340.  The Medicaid  Revenue  Act  is  amended  by
28    changing Section 1-2 as follows:

29        (305 ILCS 35/1-2) (from Ch. 23, par. 7051-2)
30        Sec.  1-2.   Legislative  finding  and  declaration.  The
31    General Assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares:
 
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 1        (1)  It is in the public interest and it  is  the  public
 2    policy  of  this  State  to provide for and improve the basic
 3    medical care  and  long-term  health  care  services  of  its
 4    indigent, most vulnerable citizens.
 5        (2)  Preservation of health, alleviation of sickness, and
 6    correction  of  handicapping conditions for persons requiring
 7    maintenance support are essential if  those  persons  are  to
 8    have  an opportunity to become self-supporting or to attain a
 9    greater capacity for self-care.
10        (3)  For persons who are medically indigent but otherwise
11    able to provide themselves a livelihood,  it  is  of  special
12    importance   to   maintain  their  incentives  for  continued
13    independence  and  preserve  their  limited   resources   for
14    ordinary   maintenance  needed  to  prevent  their  total  or
15    substantial dependence on public support.
16        (4)  The State has historically  provided  for  care  and
17    services, in conjunction with the federal government, through
18    the establishment and funding of a medical assistance program
19    administered  by  the Department of Human Services Public Aid
20    and approved by the Secretary of Health  and  Human  Services
21    under  Title  XIX  of  the  federal Social Security Act, that
22    program being commonly referred to as "Medicaid".
23        (5)  The  Medicaid  program  is  a  funding   partnership
24    between  the  State  of  Illinois and the federal government,
25    with the  Department  of  Human  Services  Public  Aid  being
26    designated  as  the  single  State agency responsible for the
27    administration  of  the   program,   but   with   the   State
28    historically receiving 50% of the amounts expended as medical
29    assistance  under  the  Medicaid  program  from  the  federal
30    government.
31        (6)  To  raise  a  portion  of  Illinois'  share  of  the
32    Medicaid  funds  after  July  1,  1991,  the General Assembly
33    enacted Public Act 87-13 to provide  for  the  collection  of
34    provider  participation  fees  from  designated  health  care
 
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 1    providers receiving Medicaid payments.
 2        (7)  On  September  12, 1991, the Secretary of Health and
 3    Human Services proposed regulations that could  have  reduced
 4    the  federal matching of Medicaid expenditures incurred on or
 5    after January 1, 1992 by the portion of the expenditures paid
 6    from funds raised through the provider participation fees.
 7        (8)  To  prevent  the  Secretary  from   enacting   those
 8    regulations  but at the same time to impose certain statutory
 9    limitations on the means by which states may  raise  Medicaid
10    funds  eligible  for  federal  matching, Congress enacted the
11    Medicaid Voluntary  Contribution  and  Provider-Specific  Tax
12    Amendments of 1991, Public Law 102-234.
13        (9)  Public  Law  102-234 provides for a state's share of
14    Medicaid funding eligible for federal matching to  be  raised
15    through  "broad-based  health  care  related taxes", meaning,
16    generally, a tax imposed with respect to a  class  of  health
17    care  items  or  services  (or  providers thereof)  specified
18    therein, which (i) is imposed on all  items  or  services  or
19    providers in the class in the state, except federal or public
20    providers,  and (ii) is imposed uniformly on all providers in
21    the class at the same rate with respect to the same base.
22        (10)  The separate  classes  of  health  care  items  and
23    services  established  by  P.L. 102-234 include inpatient and
24    outpatient hospital services, nursing facility services,  and
25    services  of  intermediate  care  facilities for the mentally
26    retarded.
27        (11)  The provider participation fees imposed under  P.A.
28    87-13 may not meet the standards under P.L. 102-234.
29        (12)  The   resulting   hospital  Medicaid  reimbursement
30    reductions may  force  the  closure  of  some  hospitals  now
31    serving  a  disproportionately  high number of the needy, who
32    would then have to be cared for  by  remaining  hospitals  at
33    substantial cost to those remaining hospitals.
34        (13)  The  hospitals  in  the  State  are all part of and
 
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 1    benefit from a hospital system linked together in a number of
 2    ways, including common licensing and regulation, health  care
 3    standards, education, research and disease control reporting,
 4    patient  transfers  for  specialist  care,  and  organ  donor
 5    networks.
 6        (14)  Each  hospital's  patient  population demographics,
 7    including the proportion of patients whose care  is  paid  by
 8    Medicaid, is subject to change over time.
 9        (15)  Hospitals  in  the State have a special interest in
10    the payment of adequate  reimbursement  levels  for  hospital
11    care by Medicaid.
12        (16)  Most  hospitals  are  exempt  from  payment of most
13    federal, State, and local income, sales, property, and  other
14    taxes.
15        (17)  The  hospital  assessment enacted by this Act under
16    the guidelines of P.L. 102-234 is the most efficient means of
17    raising the federally matchable  funds  needed  for  hospital
18    care reimbursement.
19        (18)  Cook  County  Hospital  and Oak Forest Hospital are
20    public hospitals owned  and  operated  by  Cook  County  with
21    unique  fiscal  problems, including a patient population that
22    is primarily Medicaid or altogether nonpaying, that  make  an
23    intergovernmental   transfer   payment   arrangement  a  more
24    appropriate means of  financing  than  the  regular  hospital
25    assessment and reimbursement provisions.
26        (19)  Sole   community   hospitals   provide   access  to
27    essential  care  that  would  otherwise  not  be   reasonably
28    available  in  the community they serve, such that imposition
29    of  assessments  on  them  in  their   precarious   financial
30    circumstances  may force their closure and have the effect of
31    reducing access to health care.
32        (20)  Each    nursing    home's    resident    population
33    demographics, including the  proportion  of  residents  whose
34    care  is  paid by Medicaid, is subject to change over time in
 
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 1    that, among other things, residents currently able to pay the
 2    cost of nursing home care may become  dependent  on  Medicaid
 3    support  for  continued  care  and  services as resources are
 4    depleted.
 5        (21)  As  the  citizens  of  the  State  age,   increased
 6    pressures  will  be  placed  on limited facilities to provide
 7    reasonable levels of care for a greater number  of  geriatric
 8    residents,  and  all  involved  in the nursing home industry,
 9    providers and residents,  have  a  special  interest  in  the
10    maintenance  of  adequate  Medicaid  support  for all nursing
11    facilities.
12        (22)  The assessments on nursing homes  enacted  by  this
13    Act  under  the  guidelines  of  P.L.  102-234  are  the most
14    efficient means of  raising  the  federally  matchable  funds
15    needed for nursing home care reimbursement.
16        (23)  All  intermediate  care facilities for persons with
17    developmental disabilities receive a high degree of  Medicaid
18    support and benefits and therefore have a special interest in
19    the maintenance of adequate Medicaid support.
20        (24)  The assessments on intermediate care facilities for
21    persons  with  developmental disabilities enacted by this Act
22    under the guidelines of P.L. 102-234 are the  most  efficient
23    means  of  raising  the  federally matchable funds needed for
24    reimbursement of providers of intermediate care  for  persons
25    with developmental disabilities.
26    (Source: P.A. 87-861; 88-380.)

27        Section  341.   The  Nursing Home Grant Assistance Act is
28    amended by changing Section 20 as follows:

29        (305 ILCS 40/20) (from Ch. 23, par. 7100-20)
30        Sec. 20.  Nursing Home Grant Assistance Fund.
31        (a)  There is created in the State Treasury  the  Nursing
32    Home  Grant  Assistance  Fund.   Interest  earned on the Fund
 
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 1    shall be credited to the Fund.
 2        (b)  The Fund is created for  the  purpose  of  receiving
 3    moneys  in accordance with Section 15, Section 30 and Section
 4    35 of this Act, and disbursing monies for payment of:
 5             (1)  grants to eligible individuals under this Act;
 6             (2)  administrative   expenses   incurred   by   the
 7        Department in performing  the  activities  authorized  by
 8        this Act;
 9             (3)  refunds  to distribution agents as provided for
10        under this Act; and
11             (4)  transfers to the General Revenue  Fund  of  any
12        amounts   of   Nursing  Home  Grant  Assistance  payments
13        returned to the Department by distribution agents.
14        The Department shall deposit all  moneys  received  under
15    this Act in the Nursing Home Grant Assistance Fund.
16        The  Department,  subject to appropriation, may use up to
17    2.5% of the moneys received under this Act for the  costs  of
18    administering and enforcing the program.
19        (c)  Within 30 days after the end of the quarterly period
20    in  which  the  distribution  agent  is  required to file the
21    certification and make the payment required by this Act,  and
22    after  verification  with  the  Illinois  Department of Human
23    Services  Public  Aid  of  the  licensing   status   of   the
24    distribution  agent,  the Director shall order the payment to
25    be made from appropriations made for  the  purposes  of  this
26    Act.
27        (d)  Disbursements  from  this  Fund shall be by warrants
28    drawn by the State Comptroller upon receipt of vouchers  duly
29    executed  and  certified  by  the Department.  The Department
30    shall prepare  and  certify  to  the  State  Comptroller  the
31    disbursement  of  the grants to qualified distributing agents
32    for payment to the  eligible  individuals  certified  to  the
33    Department by the qualified distributing agents.
34        The amount to be paid per calendar quarter to a qualified
 
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 1    distribution  agent  shall  not  exceed,  for  each  eligible
 2    individual, $500 multiplied by a fraction equal to the number
 3    of  days that the eligible individual's nursing home care was
 4    not paid for, in whole or in part, by a  federal,  State,  or
 5    combined  federal-State  medical care program, divided by the
 6    number of calendar days  in  the  quarter.   Any  amount  the
 7    qualified  distribution  agent  owes  to the Department under
 8    Section 30 shall be deducted from the amount of  the  payment
 9    to the qualified distribution agent.
10        If  the  amount  appropriated or available in the Fund is
11    insufficient to meet all or part  of  any  quarterly  payment
12    certification,   the  payment  certified  to  each  qualified
13    distributing agent shall be uniformly reduced  by  an  amount
14    which  will  permit  a  payment  to be made to each qualified
15    distributing agent.  Within 10  days  after  receipt  by  the
16    State  Comptroller  of  the disbursement certification to the
17    qualified distributing agents, the  State  Comptroller  shall
18    cause  the warrants to be drawn for the respective amounts in
19    accordance   with   the   directions   contained   in    that
20    certification.
21        (e)  Notwithstanding  any other provision of this Act, as
22    soon as is practicable  after  the  effective  date  of  this
23    amendatory  Act  of  1994,  the  Department  shall order that
24    payments  be  made,  subject   to   appropriation,   to   the
25    appropriate  distribution  agents  for  grants to persons who
26    were eligible individuals during the fourth quarter of fiscal
27    year 1993 to  the  extent  that  those  individuals  did  not
28    receive  a  grant  for  that quarter or the fourth quarter of
29    fiscal year 1992. An eligible individual, or a person  acting
30    on  behalf of an eligible individual, must apply on or before
31    December 31, 1994 for a grant under this subsection (e).  The
32    amount to be paid  to  each  distribution  agent  under  this
33    subsection shall be calculated as provided in subsection (d).
34    Distribution  agents  shall distribute the grants to eligible
 
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 1    individuals as required in Section 30.  For  the  purpose  of
 2    determining  grants under this subsection (e), a nursing home
 3    that is a distribution agent under this Act shall  file  with
 4    the   Department,   on   or  before  September  30,  1994,  a
 5    certification  disclosing  the  information  required   under
 6    Section  15 with respect to the fourth quarter of fiscal year
 7    1993.
 8    (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

 9        Section 345.  The Elder Abuse and Neglect Act is  amended
10    by changing Sections 2 and 3.5 as follows:

11        (320 ILCS 20/2) (from Ch. 23, par. 6602)
12        Sec.  2.   Definitions.   As used in this Act, unless the
13    context requires otherwise:
14        (a)  "Abuse" means causing any physical, mental or sexual
15    injury to an eligible adult, including exploitation  of  such
16    adult's financial resources.
17        Nothing  in  this  Act shall be construed to mean that an
18    eligible adult is a victim of abuse or neglect for  the  sole
19    reason  that he or she is being furnished with or relies upon
20    treatment  by  spiritual  means  through  prayer  alone,   in
21    accordance  with  the  tenets  and  practices of a recognized
22    church or religious denomination.
23        Nothing in this Act shall be construed to  mean  that  an
24    eligible  adult  is  a victim of abuse because of health care
25    services provided or not provided  by  licensed  health  care
26    professionals.
27        (a-5)  "Abuser"  means  a person who abuses, neglects, or
28    financially exploits an eligible adult.
29        (a-7)  "Caregiver" means a person who either as a  result
30    of  a  family  relationship,  voluntarily, or in exchange for
31    compensation has assumed responsibility for all or a  portion
32    of  the  care  of an eligible adult who needs assistance with
 
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 1    activities of daily living.
 2        (b)  "Department" means the Department on  Aging  of  the
 3    State of Illinois.
 4        (c)  "Director" means the Director of the Department.
 5        (d)  "Domestic  living situation" means a residence where
 6    the eligible adult lives alone or with his or her family or a
 7    caregiver, or others, or a  board  and  care  home  or  other
 8    community-based unlicensed facility, but is not:
 9             (1)  A licensed facility as defined in Section 1-113
10        of the Nursing Home Care Act;
11             (2)  A  "life  care facility" as defined in the Life
12        Care Facilities Act;
13             (3)  A home, institution, or other place operated by
14        the federal government or agency thereof or by the  State
15        of Illinois;
16             (4)  A  hospital,  sanitarium, or other institution,
17        the principal  activity  or  business  of  which  is  the
18        diagnosis,  care,  and treatment of human illness through
19        the maintenance and  operation  of  organized  facilities
20        therefor,  which  is  required  to  be licensed under the
21        Hospital Licensing Act;
22             (5)  A "community living facility" as defined in the
23        Community Living Facilities Licensing Act;
24             (6)  A  "community   residential   alternative"   as
25        defined   in   the   Community  Residential  Alternatives
26        Licensing Act; and
27             (7)  A "community-integrated living arrangement"  as
28        defined  in  the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements
29        Licensure and Certification Act.
30          (e)  "Eligible adult" means a person 60 years of age or
31    older who resides in a domestic living situation and  is,  or
32    is alleged to be, abused, neglected, or financially exploited
33    by another individual.
34        (f)  "Emergency"  means  a situation in which an eligible
 
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 1    adult is living in conditions presenting a risk of  death  or
 2    physical, mental or sexual injury and the provider agency has
 3    reason  to believe the eligible adult is unable to consent to
 4    services which would alleviate that risk.
 5        (f-5)  "Mandated reporter" means  any  of  the  following
 6    persons  while  engaged  in  carrying  out their professional
 7    duties:
 8             (1)  a professional or professional's delegate while
 9        engaged in: (i) social services,  (ii)  law  enforcement,
10        (iii)  education,  (iv)  the care of an eligible adult or
11        eligible adults, or (v) any of the  occupations  required
12        to  be licensed under the Clinical Psychologist Licensing
13        Act, the Clinical Social Work and  Social  Work  Practice
14        Act,  the  Illinois Dental Practice Act, the Dietetic and
15        Nutrition Services Practice Act, the Marriage and  Family
16        Therapy  Licensing Act, the Medical Practice Act of 1987,
17        the Naprapathic Practice Act, the  Nursing  and  Advanced
18        Practice  Nursing  Act,  the  Nursing Home Administrators
19        Licensing   and      Disciplinary   Act,   the   Illinois
20        Occupational   Therapy   Practice   Act,   the   Illinois
21        Optometric Practice Act of 1987,  the  Pharmacy  Practice
22        Act  of  1987,  the  Illinois  Physical  Therapy Act, the
23        Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987,  the  Podiatric
24        Medical  Practice  Act  of  1987,  the  Respiratory  Care
25        Practice  Act,  the  Professional  Counselor and Clinical
26        Professional  Counselor  Licensing  Act,   the   Illinois
27        Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act, the
28        Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act of 1994, and
29        the Illinois Public Accounting Act;
30             (2)  an  employee  of  a  vocational  rehabilitation
31        facility  prescribed  or  supervised by the Department of
32        Human Services;
33             (3)  an administrator, employee, or person providing
34        services in or  through  an  unlicensed  community  based
 
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 1        facility;
 2             (4)  a Christian Science Practitioner;
 3             (5)  field  personnel  of  the  Department of Public
 4        Aid, Department of Public Health, and Department of Human
 5        Services, and any county or municipal health department;
 6             (6)  personnel of the Department of Human  Services,
 7        the  Guardianship and Advocacy Commission, the State Fire
 8        Marshal, local fire departments, the Department on  Aging
 9        and  its  subsidiary  Area Agencies on Aging and provider
10        agencies,  and  the  Office  of  State  Long  Term   Care
11        Ombudsman;
12             (7)  any  employee  of  the  State  of  Illinois not
13        otherwise specified herein who is involved  in  providing
14        services  to  eligible  adults,  including  professionals
15        providing  medical  or  rehabilitation  services  and all
16        other persons having direct contact with eligible adults;
17        or
18             (8)  a person who performs the duties of  a  coroner
19        or medical examiner.
20          (g)  "Neglect"  means  another  individual's failure to
21    provide an eligible adult with or willful withholding from an
22    eligible adult the necessities of  life  including,  but  not
23    limited  to,  food,  clothing,  shelter or medical care. This
24    subsection does  not  create  any  new  affirmative  duty  to
25    provide  support  to  eligible  adults.   Nothing in this Act
26    shall be construed to mean that an eligible adult is a victim
27    of neglect because of health care services  provided  or  not
28    provided by licensed health care professionals.
29        (h)  "Provider  agency"  means  any  public  or nonprofit
30    agency in a  planning  and  service  area  appointed  by  the
31    regional  administrative  agency  with  prior approval by the
32    Department on Aging to receive and assess reports of  alleged
33    or suspected abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation.
34        (i)  "Regional administrative agency" means any public or
 
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 1    nonprofit agency in a planning and service area so designated
 2    by  the  Department, provided that the designated Area Agency
 3    on Aging shall  be  designated  the  regional  administrative
 4    agency  if  it  so  requests. The Department shall assume the
 5    functions of  the  regional  administrative  agency  for  any
 6    planning  and  service  area  where  another agency is not so
 7    designated.
 8        (j)  "Substantiated  case"  means  a  reported  case   of
 9    alleged   or   suspected   abuse,   neglect,   or   financial
10    exploitation  in  which  a provider agency, after assessment,
11    determines that there is reason to believe abuse, neglect, or
12    financial exploitation has occurred.
13    (Source: P.A.  90-628,  eff.  1-1-99;  91-259,  eff.  1-1-00;
14    91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 91-533, eff. 8-13-99; revised 8-30-99.)

15        (320 ILCS 20/3.5)
16        Sec.  3.5.  Other Responsibilities.  The Department shall
17    also be responsible for the following activities,  contingent
18    upon adequate funding:
19        (a)  promotion  of  a  wide  range  of  endeavors for the
20    purpose of preventing elder  abuse,  neglect,  and  financial
21    exploitation  in  both  domestic  and institutional settings,
22    including, but  not  limited  to,  promotion  of  public  and
23    professional  education to increase awareness of elder abuse,
24    neglect, and financial exploitation, to increase reports, and
25    to improve response by various legal, financial, social,  and
26    health systems;
27        (b)  coordination   of   efforts   with  other  agencies,
28    councils, and like entities, to include but  not  be  limited
29    to, the Office of the Attorney General, the State Police, the
30    Illinois  Law  Enforcement  Training and Standards Board, the
31    State Triad, the Criminal Justice Information Authority,  the
32    Departments of Public Health, Public Aid, and Human Services,
33    the   Family  Violence  Coordinating  Council,  the  Violence
 
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 1    Prevention Authority, and other  entities  which  may  impact
 2    awareness  of,  and  response  to,  elder abuse, neglect, and
 3    financial exploitation;
 4        (c)  collection and analysis of data;
 5        (d)  monitoring   of   the   performance   of    regional
 6    administrative  agencies  and  elder abuse provider agencies;
 7    and
 8        (e)  promotion of prevention activities.
 9    (Source: P.A. 90-628, eff. 1-1-99; revised 2-23-00.)

10        Section 347.  The Senior Citizens  and  Disabled  Persons
11    Property  Tax  Relief  and  Pharmaceutical  Assistance Act is
12    amended by changing Section 4 as follows:

13        (320 ILCS 25/4) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 404)
14        Sec. 4.  Amount of Grant.
15        (a)  In general. Any individual 65 years or older or  any
16    individual  who  will become 65 years old during the calendar
17    year in which a claim is filed, and any surviving  spouse  of
18    such  a  claimant,  who  at the time of death received or was
19    entitled to receive a grant pursuant to this  Section,  which
20    surviving  spouse  will  become 65 years of age within the 24
21    months immediately following the death of such  claimant  and
22    which  surviving  spouse  but for his or her age is otherwise
23    qualified to receive a grant pursuant to  this  Section,  and
24    any  disabled  person  whose  annual household income is less
25    than $14,000 for grant years before the 1998 grant year, less
26    than $16,000 for the 1998 and 1999 grant years, and less than
27    (i) $21,218 for  a  household  containing  one  person,  (ii)
28    $28,480  for  a  household  containing  2  persons,  or (iii)
29    $35,740 for a household containing 3 or more persons for  the
30    2000  grant year and thereafter and whose household is liable
31    for payment of  property  taxes  accrued  or  has  paid  rent
32    constituting  property taxes accrued and is domiciled in this
 
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 1    State at the time he files his claim is entitled to  claim  a
 2    grant  under  this  Act.  With  respect  to  claims  filed by
 3    individuals who will become 65 years old during the  calendar
 4    year  in  which  a claim is filed, the amount of any grant to
 5    which that household is entitled shall be an amount equal  to
 6    1/12  of  the amount to which the claimant would otherwise be
 7    entitled as provided  in  this  Section,  multiplied  by  the
 8    number of months in which the claimant was 65 in the calendar
 9    year in which the claim is filed.
10        (b)  Limitation.    Except   as   otherwise  provided  in
11    subsections (a) and (f) of this Section, the  maximum  amount
12    of  grant which a claimant is entitled to claim is the amount
13    by which the  property  taxes  accrued  which  were  paid  or
14    payable   during   the   last  preceding  tax  year  or  rent
15    constituting  property  taxes  accrued  upon  the  claimant's
16    residence for the last preceding taxable year exceeds 3  1/2%
17    of  the  claimant's  household income for that year but in no
18    event is the grant to exceed (i) $700 less 4.5% of  household
19    income  for  that  year  for those with a household income of
20    $14,000 or less or (ii) $70 if household income for that year
21    is more than $14,000.
22        (c)  Public aid recipients.  If household income  in  one
23    or  more  months  during  a  year includes cash assistance in
24    excess of $55 per month from the Department of Public Aid  or
25    the  Department of Human Services (acting as successor to the
26    Department of  Public  Aid  under  the  Department  of  Human
27    Services Act)  which was determined under regulations of that
28    Department  on  a  measure of need that included an allowance
29    for actual rent or property taxes paid by  the  recipient  of
30    that  assistance, the amount of grant to which that household
31    is entitled, except as otherwise provided in subsection  (a),
32    shall  be  the  product of (1) the maximum amount computed as
33    specified in subsection (b) of this Section and (2) the ratio
34    of the number of months in which  household  income  did  not
 
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 1    include  such  cash assistance over $55 to the number twelve.
 2    If household income did not include such cash assistance over
 3    $55 for any months during the year, the amount of  the  grant
 4    to  which  the  household  is  entitled  shall be the maximum
 5    amount computed  as  specified  in  subsection  (b)  of  this
 6    Section.    For   purposes   of  this  paragraph  (c),  "cash
 7    assistance" does not include any amount  received  under  the
 8    federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program.
 9        (d)  Joint  ownership.  If title to the residence is held
10    jointly by the claimant with a person who is not a member  of
11    his  household,  the amount of property taxes accrued used in
12    computing the amount of grant to which he is  entitled  shall
13    be  the  same  percentage of property taxes accrued as is the
14    percentage  of  ownership  held  by  the  claimant   in   the
15    residence.
16        (e)  More than one residence.  If a claimant has occupied
17    more  than  one  residence  in the taxable year, he may claim
18    only one residence for any part of a month.  In the  case  of
19    property  taxes  accrued, he shall pro rate 1/12 of the total
20    property taxes accrued on his residence to each month that he
21    owned and occupied that residence; and, in the case  of  rent
22    constituting  property  taxes  accrued,  shall  pro rate each
23    month's rent payments  to  the  residence  actually  occupied
24    during that month.
25        (f)  There   is   hereby   established   a   program   of
26    pharmaceutical  assistance  to  the  aged  and disabled which
27    shall be administered by the Department  in  accordance  with
28    this Act, to consist of payments to authorized pharmacies, on
29    behalf  of  beneficiaries  of the program, for the reasonable
30    costs of covered prescription drugs.   Each  beneficiary  who
31    pays  $5  for  an identification card shall pay no additional
32    prescription costs.  Each beneficiary who  pays  $25  for  an
33    identification  card  shall  pay  $3  per  prescription.   In
34    addition,  after  a  beneficiary  receives $2,000 in benefits
 
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 1    during a State fiscal year, that beneficiary  shall  also  be
 2    charged  20%  of  the  cost  of  each  prescription for which
 3    payments are made by the program during the remainder of  the
 4    fiscal  year.   To  become a beneficiary under this program a
 5    person must be: (1) (i)  65  years  or  older,  or  (ii)  the
 6    surviving spouse of such a claimant, who at the time of death
 7    received or was entitled to receive benefits pursuant to this
 8    subsection,  which  surviving  spouse will become 65 years of
 9    age within the 24 months immediately following the  death  of
10    such  claimant  and which surviving spouse but for his or her
11    age is otherwise qualified to receive  benefits  pursuant  to
12    this  subsection,  or (iii) disabled, and (2) is domiciled in
13    this State at the time he files his or her claim, and (3) has
14    a maximum household income of less  than  $14,000  for  grant
15    years  before  the 1998 grant year, less than $16,000 for the
16    1998 and 1999 grant years, and less than (i)  $21,218  for  a
17    household containing one person, (ii) $28,480 for a household
18    containing  2  persons,  or  (iii)  $35,740  for  a household
19    containing 3  more  persons  for  the  2000  grant  year  and
20    thereafter. In addition, each eligible person must (1) obtain
21    an  identification  card from the Department, (2) at the time
22    the card is obtained, sign a statement assigning to the State
23    of Illinois benefits which may be otherwise claimed under any
24    private insurance plans, (3) present the identification  card
25    to the dispensing pharmacist.
26        Whenever  a generic equivalent for a covered prescription
27    drug is available, the Department shall  reimburse  only  for
28    the  reasonable  costs  of  the  generic equivalent, less the
29    co-pay established in this Section, unless  (i)  the  covered
30    prescription drug contains one or more ingredients defined as
31    a  narrow  therapeutic  index drug at 21 CFR 320.33, (ii) the
32    prescriber indicates on the face of the  prescription  "brand
33    medically necessary", and (iii) the prescriber specifies that
34    a  substitution  is  not  permitted.   When  issuing  an oral
 
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 1    prescription for covered prescription medication described in
 2    item (i) of this paragraph, the  prescriber  shall  stipulate
 3    "brand  medically  necessary"  and that a substitution is not
 4    permitted.   If  the  covered  prescription  drug   and   its
 5    authorizing  prescription  do  not  meet  the criteria listed
 6    above,  the  beneficiary   may   purchase   the   non-generic
 7    equivalent  of  the  covered  prescription drug by paying the
 8    difference between the generic cost and the non-generic  cost
 9    plus the beneficiary co-pay.
10        Any   person   otherwise   eligible   for  pharmaceutical
11    assistance under this Act whose covered drugs are covered  by
12    any  public  program for assistance in purchasing any covered
13    prescription drugs shall be ineligible for  assistance  under
14    this  Act  to the extent such costs are covered by such other
15    plan.
16        The  fee  to  be  charged  by  the  Department  for   the
17    identification  card  shall  be equal to $5 for persons below
18    the official poverty line as defined  by  the  United  States
19    Department of Health and Human Services and $25 for all other
20    persons.
21        In  the event that 2 or more persons are eligible for any
22    benefit  under  this  Act,  and  are  members  of  the   same
23    household,   (1)  each  such  person  shall  be  entitled  to
24    participate  in  the   pharmaceutical   assistance   program,
25    provided  that he or she meets all other requirements imposed
26    by this  subsection  and  (2)  each  participating  household
27    member  contributes  the  fee required for that person by the
28    preceding  paragraph  for  the  purpose   of   obtaining   an
29    identification card.
30    (Source: P.A.  90-650,  eff.  7-27-98;  91-357, eff. 7-29-99;
31    91-699, eff. 1-1-01.)

32        Section 350.  The Partnership for Long-Term Care  Act  is
33    amended  by  changing  Sections  15,  20,  25,  50, and 60 as
 
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 1    follows:

 2        (320 ILCS 35/15) (from Ch. 23, par. 6801-15)
 3        Sec. 15.  Program.
 4        (a)  The Department on Aging,  in  cooperation  with  the
 5    Department of Insurance, and the Department of Human Services
 6    Public Aid, shall administer the program.
 7        (b)  The  Departments  shall seek any federal waivers and
 8    approvals necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Act.
 9    (Source: P.A. 88-328; 89-525, eff. 7-19-96.)

10        (320 ILCS 35/20) (from Ch. 23, par. 6801-20)
11        Sec. 20.  Program participant eligibility for Medicaid.
12        (a)  Individuals who participate in the program and  have
13    resources above the eligibility levels for receipt of medical
14    assistance  under  Title  XIX  of  the  Social  Security  Act
15    (Subchapter  XIX  (commencing with Section 1396) of Chapter 7
16    of Title 42 of the United States Code) shall be  eligible  to
17    receive  in-home  supportive  service  benefits  and Medicaid
18    benefits through the Department of Human Services Public  Aid
19    if,   before   becoming  eligible  for  benefits,  they  have
20    purchased  a  long-term  care   insurance   policy   covering
21    long-term  care  that has been certified by the Department of
22    Insurance under Section 30 of this Act.
23        (b)  Individuals may purchase  certified  long-term  care
24    insurance  policies  which  cover  long-term care services in
25    amounts equal to the resources they wish to protect.
26        (b-5)  An individual may purchase a  certified  long-term
27    care  insurance  policy  which protects an individual's total
28    assets.  To be eligible for total asset protection, an amount
29    equal to the average  cost  of  4  years  of  long-term  care
30    services in a nursing facility must be purchased.
31        (b-7)  Although  a  resource  has  been  protected by the
32    Partnership Policy, income is to be applied to  the  cost  of
 
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 1    care when the insured becomes Medicaid eligible.
 2        (c)  The  resource  protection provided by this Act shall
 3    be effective only for long-term  care  policies  which  cover
 4    long-term  care  services,  that  are  delivered,  issued for
 5    delivery, or renewed on or after July 1, 1992.
 6        (d)  When an individual purchases a  certified  long-term
 7    care  insurance  policy, the issuer must notify the purchaser
 8    of the benefits of purchasing inflation  protection  for  the
 9    long-term care insurance policy.
10        (e)  An  insurance company may offer for sale a policy as
11    described in paragraph (b) of this Section or paragraph (b-5)
12    of this Section or both types of policies.
13    (Source: P.A. 89-507,  eff.  7-1-97;  89-525,  eff.  7-19-96;
14    90-14, eff. 7-1-97.)

15        (320 ILCS 35/25) (from Ch. 23, par. 6801-25)
16        Sec. 25.  Protection of resources.
17        (a)  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law, the
18    resources, to the extent described in subsection (b),  of  an
19    individual  who  (i)  purchases  a  certified  long-term care
20    insurance policy which covers  long-term  care  services  and
21    (ii)  has  received all the benefit payments that are payable
22    under  that  policy  or  contract  for  items  described   in
23    subsection (b) shall not be considered in determining:
24             (1)  Medicaid eligibility.
25             (2)  The amount of any Medicaid payment.
26             (3)  The  amount  of  any subsequent recovery by the
27        State of payments made for medical services to the extent
28        federal law permits.
29             (4)  Eligibility for in-home supportive services.
30             (5)  The  amount  of   any   payment   for   in-home
31        supportive services.
32        (b) Benefit  payments described in subsection (a) must be
33    for one or more of the following:
 
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 1             (1)  In-home   supportive   service   benefits   and
 2        Medicaid long-term care services specified in regulations
 3        by the Department of Human Services Public Aid.
 4             (2)  Long-term care services  delivered  to  insured
 5        individuals   in  a  community  setting  as  part  of  an
 6        individual  assessment  and   case   management   program
 7        provided  by coordinating entities designated or approved
 8        by the Department on Aging.
 9             (3)  Services the insured individual received  while
10        meeting  the  disability  criteria  for  eligibility  for
11        long-term care benefits established by the Departments.
12    (Source: P.A. 89-525, eff. 7-19-96.)

13        (320 ILCS 35/50) (from Ch. 23, par. 6801-50)
14        Sec. 50.  Task force.
15        (a)  An  executive  and  legislative  advisory task force
16    shall  be  created  to  provide  advice  and  assistance   in
17    designing and implementing the Partnership for Long-term Care
18    Program. The task force shall be composed of representatives,
19    designated  by the director of each of the following agencies
20    or departments:
21             (1)  The Department on Aging.
22             (2)  The Department of Human Services Public Aid.
23             (3)  (Blank).
24             (4)  The Department of Insurance.
25             (5)  The  Department  of  Commerce   and   Community
26        Affairs.
27             (6)  The Legislative Research Unit.
28        (b)  The   task   force   shall   consult   with  persons
29    knowledgeable  of  and   concerned   with   long-term   care,
30    including, but not limited to the following:
31             (1)  Consumers.
32             (2)  Health care providers.
33             (3)  Representatives  of  long-term  care  insurance
 
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 1        companies and administrators of health care service plans
 2        that cover long-term care services.
 3             (4)  Providers of long-term care.
 4             (5)  Private employers.
 5             (6)  Academic  specialists  in  long-term  care  and
 6        aging.
 7             (7)  Representatives  of  the  public employees' and
 8        teachers' retirement systems.
 9        (c)  The task force shall be established, and its members
10    designated, not later than March 1,  1993.   The  task  force
11    shall   make  recommendations  to  the  Department  on  Aging
12    concerning the policy components of the program on or  before
13    September 1, 1993.
14    (Source:  P.A.  89-507,  eff.  7-1-97;  89-525, eff. 7-19-96;
15    90-14, eff. 7-1-97.)

16        (320 ILCS 35/60) (from Ch. 23, par. 6801-60)
17        Sec. 60.  Administrative costs.
18        (a)  The Department on Aging,  in  conjunction  with  the
19    Department  of  Human  Services Public Aid, the Department of
20    Insurance, and  the  Department  of  Commerce  and  Community
21    Affairs,  shall  submit  applications  for  State  or federal
22    grants  or  federal  waivers,  or  funding  from   nationally
23    distributed   private   foundation   grants,   or   insurance
24    reimbursements  to be used to pay the administrative expenses
25    of implementation of the program.  The Department  on  Aging,
26    in  conjunction with those other departments, also shall seek
27    moneys  from  these  same  sources   for   the   purpose   of
28    implementing  the  program, including moneys appropriated for
29    that purpose.
30        (b)  In implementing this Act, the  Department  on  Aging
31    may  negotiate  contracts,  on a nonbid basis, with long-term
32    care insurers, health  care  insurers,  health  care  service
33    plans,  or  both, for the provision of coverage for long-term
 
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 1    care services that will meet the  certification  requirements
 2    set  forth  in  Section 30 and the other requirements of this
 3    Act.
 4    (Source: P.A. 89-507,  eff.  7-1-97;  89-525,  eff.  7-19-96;
 5    90-14, eff. 7-1-97.)

 6        Section  355.  The All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly Act
 7    is amended by changing Sections 10, 15, and 30 as follows:

 8        (320 ILCS 40/10) (from Ch. 23, par. 6910)
 9        Sec. 10.  Services  for  eligible  persons.   Within  the
10    context  of  the PACE program established under this Act, the
11    Illinois Department of Human Services Public Aid may  include
12    any  or  all  of  the  services  in Article 5 of the Illinois
13    Public Aid Code.
14        An eligible person may elect to receive services from the
15    PACE program. If such  an  election  is  made,  the  eligible
16    person  shall  not  remain  eligible  for payment through the
17    regular Medicare  or  Medicaid  program.   All  services  and
18    programs  provided through the PACE program shall be provided
19    in accordance with this Act. An eligible person may elect  to
20    disenroll from the PACE program at any time.
21        For purposes of this Act, "eligible person" means a frail
22    elderly  individual  who  voluntarily  enrolls  in  the  PACE
23    program,  whose  income  and  resources  do not exceed limits
24    established by the  Illinois  Department  of  Human  Services
25    Public  Aid  and for whom a licensed physician certifies that
26    such  a  program  provides  an  appropriate  alternative   to
27    institutionalized  care.  The  term  "frail elderly" means an
28    individual who meets functional eligibility requirements,  as
29    established  by  the  Illinois  Department  of Human Services
30    Public Aid and the Department on Aging for nursing home care,
31    and who is 65 years of age or older.
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 1        (320 ILCS 40/15) (from Ch. 23, par. 6915)
 2        Sec. 15.  Program implementation.
 3        (a)  Upon  receipt  of  federal  waivers,  the   Illinois
 4    Department  of  Human Services Public Aid shall implement the
 5    PACE program  as  a  demonstration  program  to  provide  the
 6    services  set  forth  in  Section  10 to eligible persons, as
 7    defined in Section 10, for a period of 3 years.  After the  3
 8    year  demonstration, the General Assembly shall reexamine the
 9    PACE  program  and  determine  if  the  program   should   be
10    implemented on a permanent basis.
11        (b)  Using  a  risk-based  financing model, the nonprofit
12    organization  providing  the  PACE   program   shall   assume
13    responsibility  for  all  costs generated by the PACE program
14    participants, and it shall create and maintain a risk reserve
15    fund that will cover any cost overages for  any  participant.
16    The  PACE  program  is  responsible  for  the entire range of
17    services  in  the  consolidated  service   model,   including
18    hospital and nursing home care, according to participant need
19    as  determined  by  a  multidisciplinary team.  The nonprofit
20    organization providing the PACE program  is  responsible  for
21    the   full   financial   risk   at   the  conclusion  of  the
22    demonstration period  and when  permanent  waivers  from  the
23    federal  Health  Care  Financing  Administration are granted.
24    Specific arrangements of the risk-based financing model shall
25    be  adopted  and  negotiated  by  the  federal  Health   Care
26    Financing    Administration,   the   nonprofit   organization
27    providing the PACE program, and the Illinois Department.
28    (Source: P.A. 87-411.)

29        (320 ILCS 40/30) (from Ch. 23, par. 6930)
30        Sec. 30.  Rate of payment.  The  General  Assembly  shall
31    make  appropriations  to  the  Illinois  Department  of Human
32    Services Public Aid to fund services under this Act  provided
33    at  a  monthly capitated rate.  The Illinois Department shall
 
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 1    annually  renegotiate  a  monthly  capitated  rate  for   the
 2    contracted   services  based  on  the  95%  of  the  Medicaid
 3    fee-for-service costs of an actuarially similar population.
 4    (Source: P.A. 87-411.)

 5        Section 360.  The Abused and  Neglected  Child  Reporting
 6    Act is amended by changing Sections 4 and 7.20 as follows:

 7        (325 ILCS 5/4) (from Ch. 23, par. 2054)
 8        Sec.   4.    Persons   required   to  report;  privileged
 9    communications; transmitting false  report.   Any  physician,
10    resident,   intern,   hospital,  hospital  administrator  and
11    personnel engaged  in  examination,  care  and  treatment  of
12    persons,  surgeon,  dentist,  dentist  hygienist,  osteopath,
13    chiropractor,   podiatrist,  physician  assistant,  substance
14    abuse treatment personnel,  Christian  Science  practitioner,
15    funeral home director or employee, coroner, medical examiner,
16    emergency  medical  technician, acupuncturist, crisis line or
17    hotline personnel,  school  personnel,  educational  advocate
18    assigned  to  a  child  pursuant  to  the School Code, truant
19    officers,  social  worker,  social  services   administrator,
20    domestic   violence   program  personnel,  registered  nurse,
21    licensed  practical  nurse,  respiratory  care  practitioner,
22    advanced practice nurse, home health aide, director or  staff
23    assistant  of  a  nursery  school or a child day care center,
24    recreational program or facility personnel,  law  enforcement
25    officer,   registered  psychologist  and  assistants  working
26    under the direct supervision of a psychologist, psychiatrist,
27    or  field personnel of the Illinois Department of Public Aid,
28    Public Health, Human Services (acting  as  successor  to  the
29    Department  of  Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities,
30    Rehabilitation Services, or Public Aid),  Corrections,  Human
31    Rights,  or  Children  and  Family  Services,  supervisor and
32    administrator of general assistance under the Illinois Public
 
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 1    Aid Code, probation officer,  or  any  other  foster  parent,
 2    homemaker  or  child  care  worker having reasonable cause to
 3    believe a child  known  to  them  in  their  professional  or
 4    official capacity may be an abused child or a neglected child
 5    shall  immediately report or cause a report to be made to the
 6    Department.  Whenever such person is required to report under
 7    this Act in his capacity as  a  member  of  the  staff  of  a
 8    medical  or  other  public  or  private  institution, school,
 9    facility or agency, he shall make report immediately  to  the
10    Department  in accordance with the provisions of this Act and
11    may also notify the person in  charge  of  such  institution,
12    school,  facility or agency or his designated agent that such
13    report has been  made.   Under  no  circumstances  shall  any
14    person  in  charge  of  such institution, school, facility or
15    agency, or his designated agent to whom such notification has
16    been made, exercise any control, restraint,  modification  or
17    other  change  in the report or the forwarding of such report
18    to the Department.  The privileged quality  of  communication
19    between  any  professional  person required to report and his
20    patient or client shall not  apply  to  situations  involving
21    abused or neglected children and shall not constitute grounds
22    for  failure  to report as required by this Act.  In addition
23    to the above persons required to report  suspected  cases  of
24    abused  or  neglected  children,  any other person may make a
25    report if such person has reasonable cause to believe a child
26    may be an abused child or a neglected child.  Any person  who
27    enters  into  employment  on  and  after  July 1, 1986 and is
28    mandated by virtue of that employment to  report  under  this
29    Act,  shall  sign  a  statement  on  a form prescribed by the
30    Department, to the effect that the employee has knowledge and
31    understanding of the reporting requirements of this Act.  The
32    statement shall  be  signed  prior  to  commencement  of  the
33    employment.   The  signed  statement shall be retained by the
34    employer.  The cost of printing, distribution, and filing  of
 
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 1    the  statement shall be borne by the employer. The Department
 2    shall provide copies  of  this  Act,  upon  request,  to  all
 3    employers  employing  persons who shall be required under the
 4    provisions of this Section to report under this Act.
 5        Any person who knowingly transmits a false report to  the
 6    Department  commits  the  offense of disorderly conduct under
 7    subsection (a)(7) of Section 26-1 of the  "Criminal  Code  of
 8    1961".  Any  person  who  violates this provision a second or
 9    subsequent time shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
10        Any person  who  knowingly  and  willfully  violates  any
11    provision  of  this Section other than a second or subsequent
12    violation of transmitting a false report as described in  the
13    preceding   paragraph,   shall   be   guilty  of  a  Class  A
14    misdemeanor.
15        A child whose parent, guardian or custodian in good faith
16    selects and  depends  upon  spiritual  means  through  prayer
17    alone  for  the treatment or cure of disease or remedial care
18    may be considered neglected or abused, but not for  the  sole
19    reason  that  his  parent,  guardian or custodian accepts and
20    practices such beliefs.
21        A child shall  not  be  considered  neglected  or  abused
22    solely   because   the  child  is  not  attending  school  in
23    accordance with the requirements of Article 26 of the  School
24    Code, as amended.
25    (Source:  P.A.  90-116,  eff.  7-14-97;  91-259, eff. 1-1-00;
26    91-516, eff. 8-13-99; revised 10-14-99.)

27        (325 ILCS 5/7.20)
28        Sec. 7.20. Inter-agency agreements for information.   The
29    Department  shall  enter  into an inter-agency agreement with
30    the Secretary of State to  establish  a  procedure  by  which
31    employees  of  the  Department  may  have immediate access to
32    driver's license records maintained by the Secretary of State
33    if the Department determines the information is necessary  to
 
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 1    perform  its  duties  under  the  Abused  and Neglected Child
 2    Reporting Act, the Child Care Act of 1969, and  the  Children
 3    and  Family  Services Act. The Department shall enter into an
 4    inter-agency agreement with the Illinois Department of Public
 5    Aid and the Department of Human Services (acting as successor
 6    to the Department of Public Aid under the Department of Human
 7    Services Act) to establish a procedure by which employees  of
 8    the  Department  may have immediate access to records, files,
 9    papers, and communications (except medical, alcohol  or  drug
10    assessment  or treatment, mental health, or any other medical
11    records) of the Illinois Department  of  Public  Aid,  county
12    departments  of public aid, the Department of Human Services,
13    and local governmental units receiving State or federal funds
14    or aid to provide public aid, if  the  Department  determines
15    the  information is necessary to perform its duties under the
16    Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act, the Child Care  Act
17    of 1969, and the Children and Family Services Act.
18    (Source: P.A. 88-614, eff. 9-7-94; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

19        Section  365.  The Early Intervention Services System Act
20    is amended by changing Sections 4 and 9 as follows:

21        (325 ILCS 20/4) (from Ch. 23, par. 4154)
22        Sec.   4.   Illinois   Interagency   Council   on   Early
23    Intervention.
24        (a)  There  is  established  the   Illinois   Interagency
25    Council  on Early Intervention. The Council shall be composed
26    of at least 15 but not more than 25 members.  The members  of
27    the  Council  and  the  designated chairperson of the Council
28    shall be  appointed  by  the  Governor.  The  Council  member
29    representing  the lead agency may not serve as chairperson of
30    the Council.  The Council shall be composed of the  following
31    members:
32             (1)  The  Secretary of Human Services (or his or her
 
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 1        designee)  and  2  additional  representatives   of   the
 2        Department of Human Services designated by the Secretary,
 3        plus  the Directors (or their designees) of the following
 4        State agencies involved in the provision  of  or  payment
 5        for  early  intervention services to eligible infants and
 6        toddlers and their families:
 7                  (A)  Illinois State Board of Education;
 8                  (B)  (Blank);
 9                  (C)  (Blank);
10                  (D)  Illinois Department of Children and Family
11             Services;
12                  (E)  University   of   Illinois   Division   of
13             Specialized Care for Children;
14                  (F)  (Blank) Illinois Department of Public Aid;
15                  (G)  Illinois Department of Public Health;
16                  (H)  (Blank);
17                  (I)  Illinois Planning Council on Developmental
18             Disabilities; and
19                  (J)  Illinois Department of Insurance.
20             (2)  Other members as follows:
21                  (A)  At least 20% of the members of the Council
22             shall be parents,  including  minority  parents,  of
23             infants  or  toddlers  with disabilities or children
24             with disabilities aged 12 or younger, with knowledge
25             of, or experience with,  programs  for  infants  and
26             toddlers  with  disabilities.   At  least  one  such
27             member  shall  be  a  parent of an infant or toddler
28             with a disability or a child with a disability  aged
29             6 or younger;
30                  (B)  At least 20% of the members of the Council
31             shall  be  public  or  private  providers  of  early
32             intervention services;
33                  (C)  One  member  shall  be a representative of
34             the General Assembly; and
 
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 1                  (D)  One  member  shall  be  involved  in   the
 2             preparation   of  professional  personnel  to  serve
 3             infants and toddlers similar to those  eligible  for
 4             services under this Act.
 5        The  Council  shall  meet  at least quarterly and in such
 6    places as it deems necessary.  Terms of the  initial  members
 7    appointed  under  paragraph (2) shall be determined by lot at
 8    the  first  Council  meeting  as  follows:  of  the   persons
 9    appointed  under  subparagraphs  (A) and (B), one-third shall
10    serve one year terms, one-third shall serve 2 year terms, and
11    one-third shall serve  3  year  terms;  and  of  the  persons
12    appointed  under subparagraphs (C) and (D), one shall serve a
13    2 year term and one shall serve a 3 year  term.   Thereafter,
14    successors  appointed  under paragraph (2) shall serve 3 year
15    terms.  Once appointed, members shall continue to serve until
16    their successors are appointed.  No member shall be appointed
17    to serve more than 2 consecutive terms.
18        Council members  shall  serve  without  compensation  but
19    shall  be  reimbursed  for  reasonable  costs incurred in the
20    performance of their duties, including costs related to child
21    care, and parents may be paid a stipend  in  accordance  with
22    applicable requirements.
23        The  Council  shall  prepare  and  approve a budget using
24    funds appropriated for the purpose to hire staff, and  obtain
25    the  services  of  such professional, technical, and clerical
26    personnel as may be necessary  to  carry  out  its  functions
27    under  this  Act.   This  funding  support and staff shall be
28    directed by the lead agency.
29        (b)  The Council shall:
30             (1)  advise  and  assist  the  lead  agency  in  the
31        performance of its  responsibilities  including  but  not
32        limited  to  the  identification of sources of fiscal and
33        other support services for early  intervention  programs,
34        and  the promotion of interagency agreements which assign
 
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 1        financial responsibility to the appropriate agencies;
 2             (2)  advise  and  assist  the  lead  agency  in  the
 3        preparation   of   applications   and    amendments    to
 4        applications;
 5             (3)  review  and  advise on relevant regulations and
 6        standards proposed by the related State agencies;
 7             (4)  advise  and  assist  the  lead  agency  in  the
 8        development,  implementation  and   evaluation   of   the
 9        comprehensive early intervention services system; and
10             (5)  prepare  and  submit  an  annual  report to the
11        Governor and to the General Assembly  on  the  status  of
12        early  intervention  programs  for  eligible  infants and
13        toddlers and  their  families  in  Illinois.  The  annual
14        report shall include (i) the estimated number of eligible
15        infants  and  toddlers  in this State, (ii) the number of
16        eligible infants and toddlers who have received  services
17        under  this Act and the cost of providing those services,
18        and (iii) the estimated cost of providing services  under
19        this  Act  to  all  eligible infants and toddlers in this
20        State.
21        No member  of  the  Council  shall  cast  a  vote  on  or
22    participate substantially in any matter which would provide a
23    direct financial benefit to that member or otherwise give the
24    appearance  of  a  conflict of interest under State law.  All
25    provisions  and  reporting  requirements  of   the   Illinois
26    Governmental Ethics Act shall apply to Council members.
27    (Source: P.A. 91-357; eff. 7-29-99.)

28        (325 ILCS 20/9) (from Ch. 23, par. 4159)
29        Sec.  9.   Role of Other State Entities.  The Departments
30    of Public Health, Human Services,  and  Children  and  Family
31    Services  and Public Aid; the University of Illinois Division
32    of  Specialized  Care  for  Children;  the  State  Board   of
33    Education;  and  any  other  State  agency  which directly or
 
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 1    indirectly  provides  or   administers   early   intervention
 2    services  shall  adopt  compatible rules for the provision of
 3    services to eligible infants and toddlers and their  families
 4    within one year of the effective date of this Act.
 5        These  agencies  shall  enter  into  and  maintain formal
 6    interagency agreements to enable the State and local agencies
 7    serving eligible children and  their  families  to  establish
 8    working  relationships  that will increase the efficiency and
 9    effectiveness of  their  early  intervention  services.   The
10    agreement  shall  outline  the  administrative,  program  and
11    financial responsibilities of the relevant State agencies and
12    shall implement a coordinated service delivery system through
13    local interagency agreements.
14        There  shall  be created in the Office of the Governor an
15    Early Childhood Intervention Ombudsman to assist families and
16    local parties in ensuring that  all  State  agencies  serving
17    eligible  families do so in a comprehensive and collaborative
18    manner.
19    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)

20        Section 368.  The Interagency Board for Children who  are
21    Deaf  or  Hard-of-Hearing and have an Emotional or Behavioral
22    Disorder Act is amended by changing Section 4 as follows:

23        (325 ILCS 35/4) (from Ch. 23, par. 6704)
24        Sec. 4.  Appointment.  The Board shall consist of  11  12
25    members, one of whom shall be appointed by the Governor.  The
26    State  Superintendent  of  Education shall appoint 2 members,
27    one of whom shall be a parent of  a  child  who  is  deaf  or
28    hard-of-hearing  and has an emotional or behavioral disorder,
29    and one of whom shall be an  employee  of  the  agency.   The
30    Director  of  Children  and  Family  Services shall appoint 2
31    members, one of whom shall be a  parent,  foster  parent,  or
32    legal  guardian of a child who is deaf or hard-of-hearing and
 
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 1    has an emotional or behavioral  disorder,  and  one  of  whom
 2    shall  be  an employee of the agency.  The Secretary of Human
 3    Services shall appoint 4 members, 2 of whom shall be  parents
 4    of  children  who  are  deaf  or  hard of hearing and have an
 5    emotional or behavioral disorder, and  2  of  whom  shall  be
 6    employees of the agency.
 7        The  Director  of Public Aid shall appoint one member who
 8    shall be an  employee  of  the  agency.   The  Community  and
 9    Residential  Services  Authority  for  Behavior Disturbed and
10    Severe  Emotionally  Disturbed  Students  shall  appoint  one
11    member who shall be an employee of  the  Authority,  and  the
12    Director  of  the  Division  of Specialized Care for Children
13    shall appoint one member who shall be  an  employee  of  that
14    agency.
15        Each  appointing  authority  shall give preference to any
16    qualified deaf  employee  when  making  appointments  to  the
17    Board.
18    (Source: P.A.  89-507,  eff.  7-1-97;  89-680,  eff.  1-1-97;
19    90-14, eff. 7-1-97.)

20        Section   370.    The  Mental  Health  and  Developmental
21    Disabilities Code is amended by changing Sections  5-107  and
22    5-107.1 as follows:

23        (405 ILCS 5/5-107) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 5-107)
24        Sec. 5-107.  Remittances from intermediary agencies under
25    Title  XVIII  of the Federal Social Security Act for services
26    to persons in State facilities shall be  deposited  with  the
27    State  Treasurer  and  placed  in  the  Mental  Health  Fund.
28    Payments  received  from  the  Department  of  Human Services
29    Public Aid under Title XIX of the Federal Social Security Act
30    for  services  to  persons  in  State  facilities  shall   be
31    deposited with the State Treasurer and shall be placed in the
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 1        The  Auditor  General  shall audit or cause to be audited
 2    all amounts collected by the Department.
 3    (Source: P.A. 80-1414.)

 4        (405 ILCS 5/5-107.1) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 5-107.1)
 5        Sec. 5-107.1.  Remittances from or on behalf of  licensed
 6    long-term   care   facilities  through  Department  of  Human
 7    Services Public Aid reimbursement and monies from other funds
 8    for Day Training Programs for clients  with  a  developmental
 9    disability  shall  be  deposited with the State Treasurer and
10    placed in the Mental Health Fund.
11        The Auditor General shall audit or cause  to  be  audited
12    all amounts collected by the Department.
13    (Source: P.A. 88-380.)

14        Section  371.   The  Community Services Act is amended by
15    changing Section 4.2 as follows:

16        (405 ILCS 30/4.2) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 904.2)
17        Sec. 4.2.  Case coordination pilot projects.  In order to
18    further  the  provisions  of  this  Act   and   enhance   the
19    development  of  an integrated community-based service system
20    for persons with developmental disabilities,  the  Department
21    shall  establish  a  free-standing  case  coordination  pilot
22    project  in  each  of its administrative regions in the State
23    based on  the  organizational  design  elements  and  service
24    linkage   provisions   contained  in  this  Section.  A  case
25    coordination pilot project,  as  described  in  this  Section
26    shall be an entity which provides no other direct services.
27        (a)  Definition.   For  purposes  of  this Section, "case
28    coordination" means a  life-long  goal-oriented  program  for
29    assuring  and  coordinating a full range of services required
30    by   persons   with   a   developmental   disability.    Case
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 1    accessibility,  continuity  of care and accountability and to
 2    maximize  the  potential  of  persons  with  a  developmental
 3    disability  for  independence,  productivity  and   community
 4    integration.   Case  coordination  services include necessary
 5    advocacy services  to  assure  that  each  recipient  with  a
 6    developmental  disability who has identified service needs is
 7    linked  to  available  resources.   The  term  also  includes
 8    coordination of the service efforts of multiple providers  of
 9    services  for  recipients  with a developmental disability to
10    afford  those  recipients  an  opportunity  to  remain  in  a
11    community setting.
12        Case  coordination  services  shall  not  displace  other
13    service providers' responsibility for working  directly  with
14    the   recipient   with   a   developmental   disability,  the
15    recipient's family and the community support  system  in  the
16    direct  provision  of  counseling  and training service needs
17    identified in the individualized habilitation  services  plan
18    for the recipient.
19        (b)  Model.   Each  case coordination pilot project shall
20    be operated by a private not-for-profit corporation  (project
21    operator).   Each  project  operator  shall  have  a board of
22    directors with representation from sufficient community areas
23    to provide representation of the various  racial  and  ethnic
24    groups  which  comprise  the  population of the pilot project
25    area.  At least one-third of the members of this board  shall
26    not be relatives of any person to be served by the agency. No
27    member  of  the  board may be an employee of any entity which
28    receives funds from the Department of Human  Services.    The
29    Department  shall  by  rule prescribe procedures for assuring
30    that no such conflicts of interest exist. Geographic, social,
31    cultural and economic interests in  the  community  shall  be
32    represented.   If  more than one community area within a city
33    of more than 1,000,000 residents or more than one  county  of
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 1    operator,  each  such  community  area  or  county  shall  be
 2    represented.
 3        Each project shall serve  a  clearly  defined  geographic
 4    area  with  a  population base of not less than 100,000.  The
 5    Department shall designate the geographic  area,  define  the
 6    population  base  and  select  the  project operator for each
 7    project.   The  Department  shall  by  rule   establish   all
 8    procedures  under  which each case coordination project shall
 9    operate and be funded.
10        In designating the geographic area of each  project,  the
11    Department shall target areas which currently lack sufficient
12    case  coordination  as  determined  by  the Department.  Both
13    rural  and  urban  areas  shall  be  represented  among   the
14    projects,  and at least one area with a high concentration of
15    minority persons shall be represented.
16        All funds awarded to any agency or organization for  case
17    coordination  services  in  a  geographic area selected for a
18    case coordination pilot project and not expended  as  of  the
19    effective  date  of  this  amendatory  Act  of  1987 shall be
20    transferred to and considered a part of the case coordination
21    pilot project funds. Agencies and organizations which, on the
22    effective date of this amendatory Act of 1987, are  providing
23    services to persons with a developmental disability and which
24    transfer  case coordination services to a pilot project shall
25    not be disproportionately  affected  with  respect  to  their
26    administration and support service costs.
27        The  Department  shall  explore  all  State  and  federal
28    sources of funding for case coordination services.
29        (c)  Service  categories.   Each  case coordination pilot
30    project shall include the following case activities:
31             (1)  Crisis management.  The case coordination pilot
32        project shall demonstrate a capability to provide service
33        needs assessment, linkage to  habilitative  services  and
34        client  advocacy  at any hour of the day or night, on any
 
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 1        day of the week.  "Linkage" means an arrangement for  the
 2        exchange   of  information  among  various  providers  of
 3        services.
 4             (2)  Assessment   of   service   need.    The   case
 5        coordinator shall participate with direct  service  staff
 6        in  assessing an individual's needs and readiness to move
 7        into alternate services or  settings  utilizing  clinical
 8        evaluation  of  intellectual,  emotional  and functioning
 9        levels.   Comprehensive  diagnostic   assessments   shall
10        include the following areas:
11                  (A)  medical, physical and psychomotor status;
12                  (B)  psychological       status       including
13             intellectual   and   adaptive  behavior  functioning
14             levels, emotional stability and maladaptive behavior
15             profile;
16                  (C)  independent living skills; and
17                  (D)  social history.
18             (3)  Development   of    recipient    individualized
19        habilitation  services  plan.   An interdisciplinary team
20        shall develop  an  individualized  habilitation  services
21        plan  which  is  based  on  the recipient's service needs
22        assessment and  which  reflects  active  treatment.   The
23        interdisciplinary  team shall include the recipient if he
24        or she is  functionally  capable  of  participation;  the
25        parent or guardian of the recipient; and professional and
26        paraprofessional  staff  representing  all  services  the
27        recipient  currently  needs  or receives, including, at a
28        minimum,  the  providers  of  day  training,  vocational,
29        residential and case coordination services.
30             (4)  Coordination   and   advocacy   with    service
31        providers.   The  case  coordinator  is  responsible  for
32        providing   continuity,   accessibility   and   the  most
33        effective delivery  of  services  as  prescribed  in  the
34        individualized  habilitation services plan, including the
 
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 1        facilitation of coordination  activities  among  multiple
 2        providers.
 3             (5)  Follow-up.   The case coordinator shall conduct
 4        scheduled  activities  to  monitor   and   evaluate   the
 5        recipient's  progress  toward  established service goals,
 6        and the need for continuing services.
 7        (d)  Interagency coordination.  Providers of services  to
 8    persons  with a developmental disability shall participate in
 9    the activities of  case  coordination  pilot  projects  as  a
10    condition  of  funding  from  the  State.  The Departments of
11    Children and Family  Services,  Human  Services,  and  Public
12    Health and Public Aid and the University of Illinois Division
13    of  Specialized  Care for Children shall enter into a written
14    linkage agreement with each pilot project.
15        (e)  Target population.   Persons  with  a  developmental
16    disability  in  or  from  the designated geographic area of a
17    case coordination pilot project shall be  eligible  for  case
18    coordination   services   regardless  of  age  or  nature  of
19    disability. Priority in providing services  shall  be  given,
20    however, to the following:
21             (1)  Persons  with severe disabilities or behavioral
22        impediments who are experiencing difficulty in  accessing
23        services  or  who  are  at  risk  of  movement  to a more
24        restrictive level of care.
25             (2)  Persons  in  public  school  special  education
26        programs  who  are  identified  as   needing   transition
27        planning  to  prepare  for  entry  into the adult service
28        system.
29             (3)  Persons  who  have  been  discharged   from   a
30        State-operated  developmental  program and are subject to
31        mandated follow-up.
32             (4)  Persons who  are  receiving  purchase  of  care
33        funding  from the Department and who are participating in
34        the Department's Home and Community-Based Care program.
 
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 1             (5)  Persons  in  skilled  nursing  facilities   and
 2        intermediate   care   facilities   who   are  subject  to
 3        relocation due to federal and State mandates.
 4        (f)  Program standards and certification.  The Department
 5    shall promulgate rules and  regulations  governing  the  case
 6    coordination  pilot  projects.   Such  rules  and regulations
 7    shall  provide  for   program   standards   including   staff
 8    qualifications  and  training;  recipient  need-staff ratios;
 9    program   accessibility;   governance;   and   certification.
10    Projects serving geographic areas with a  high  concentration
11    of  persons  of  Hispanic  origin shall be required to employ
12    staff who are bilingual and bicultural.
13        The  Department  shall   annually   certify   that   case
14    coordination    pilot   projects   meet   minimum   standards
15    established by the Department.  The Department shall at least
16    annually, or more often as  necessary,  review  the  services
17    being  provided to assure compliance with the standards.  The
18    Department may suspend, refuse to renew or deny certification
19    to any project operator which fails to meet any standards, as
20    provided by rule.  If certification of any  project  operator
21    is suspended or not renewed, the Department shall designate a
22    new project operator in that geographic area.
23        (g)  Evaluation.   The Department shall evaluate the case
24    coordination pilot projects and shall report to  the  General
25    Assembly  on  the  status of the pilot projects on January 1,
26    1989, and annually thereafter or until the pilot  project  is
27    terminated.
28        The Department's evaluation shall consider service system
29    and  agency  performance.   The  Department  shall develop an
30    evaluation methodology which addresses the cost effectiveness
31    and efficient use of services.
32        The Department in conjunction with each case coordination
33    pilot project shall define a uniform  data  reporting  system
34    which  will provide need assessment data for the service area
 
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 1    as well as demographic data regarding the population served.
 2        (h)  Term of pilot projects.  All planning for the  pilot
 3    projects  authorized  by  this  Section shall be completed by
 4    January 1, 1988.  The pilot projects shall begin operation on
 5    January 1, 1988, and terminate on December 31, 1990.
 6        (i)  Funding.  Funding for the pilot projects  authorized
 7    by  this  Section  shall  be  subject  to the availability of
 8    monies appropriated to the Department.
 9    (Source: P.A. 88-380; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

10        Section 375.  The  Developmental  Disability  and  Mental
11    Disability Services Act is amended by changing Section 1-3 as
12    follows:

13        (405 ILCS 80/1-3) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1801-3)
14        Sec. 1-3.  Definitions.
15        (1)  "Developmental  disability"  means  a severe chronic
16    disability of a person which:
17             (A)  is  attributable  to  a  mental   or   physical
18        impairment   or   combination   of  mental  and  physical
19        impairments;
20             (B)  is manifested before the person attains age 22;
21             (C)  is likely to continue indefinitely;
22             (D)  results in a substantial functional  limitation
23        in  3  or  more  of  the  following  areas  of major life
24        activity:  (i) self-care, (ii) receptive  and  expressive
25        language,    (iii)    learning,    (iv)   mobility,   (v)
26        self-direction, (vi) capacity for independent living  and
27        (vii) economic sufficiency; and
28             (E)  Reflects  the  person's  need for a combination
29        and sequence of  special,  interdisciplinary  or  general
30        care,  treatment  or other services which are of lifelong
31        or extended duration and  are  individually  planned  and
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 1        (2)  "Council"  means  the Governor's Planning Council on
 2    Developmental Disabilities.
 3        (3)  "Department" means  the  Department  on  Aging,  the
 4    Department  of  Human  Services,  the  Department  of  Public
 5    Health,  the  Department  of  Public  Aid,  the University of
 6    Illinois Division  of  Specialized  Care  for  Children,  the
 7    Department  of  Children and Family Services and the Illinois
 8    State Board of Education, where appropriate, as designated in
 9    the implementation plan developed under Section 1-5  of  this
10    Article.
11        (4)  "Case   coordination   services"  means  a  lifelong
12    goal-oriented process for the coordination of  the  range  of
13    services  needed  by  persons with developmental disabilities
14    and their families.  Case coordination services are  designed
15    to    ensure    accessibility,   continuity   of   care   and
16    accountability and to maximize the potential of persons  with
17    developmental disabilities for independence, productivity and
18    integration  into  the community.  Case coordination services
19    include, at a minimum:  (A)  outreach  to  identify  eligible
20    individuals;  (B)  assessment  and  periodic  reassessment to
21    determine each individual's strengths, functional limitations
22    and  need  for  specific  services;  (C)  development  of   a
23    comprehensive  individual  program  plan; (D) referral to and
24    coordination of needed social, medical,  educational  support
25    and  other services; (E) monitoring to ensure the delivery of
26    appropriate services and to determine individual progress  in
27    meeting  goals and objectives; and (F) advocacy to assist the
28    person in obtaining all  services  to  which  he  or  she  is
29    entitled.
30        (5)  "Chronological   age-appropriate   services"   means
31    services,   activities   and   strategies  for  persons  with
32    developmental disabilities that  are  representative  of  the
33    lifestyle  activities  of nondisabled peers of similar age in
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 1        (6)  "Comprehensive  evaluation"  means  procedures   and
 2    assessments   used  to  determine  whether  a  person  has  a
 3    developmental disability and the nature  and  extent  of  the
 4    services  that  the  person  with  a developmental disability
 5    needs.  The term means procedures used  selectively  with  an
 6    individual.   All  components  of  a comprehensive evaluation
 7    must be administered by a qualified examiner.
 8        (7)  "Family" means a natural, adoptive or foster  parent
 9    or  parents  or  other  person or persons responsible for the
10    care of an individual with a developmental  disability  in  a
11    family setting.
12        (8)  "Family or individual support" means those resources
13    and  services which are necessary to maintain a family member
14    with a  developmental  disability  within  the  family  home.
15    These  services  may  include,  but  are not limited to, cash
16    subsidy, respite care and counseling services.
17        (9)  "Individual   program   plan"   means   a   recorded
18    assessment of the needs of  a  person  with  a  developmental
19    disability,  a  description  of the services recommended, the
20    goals of each type of  element  of  service,  an  anticipated
21    timetable   for  the  accomplishment  of  the  goals,  and  a
22    designation of the qualified professional responsible for the
23    implementation of the plan.
24        (10)  "Least   restrictive    environment"    means    an
25    environment  that  represents  the  least  departure from the
26    normal patterns of living and  which  effectively  meets  the
27    needs of the person receiving the service.
28    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

29        Section  380.   The  Sexual  Assault  Survivors Emergency
30    Treatment Act is amended by changing  Sections  6  and  7  as
31    follows:

32        (410 ILCS 70/6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 87-6)
 
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 1        Sec.  6.   Powers  and  duties  of  Departments of Public
 2    Health and Human Services Public Aid.
 3        (a)  The Department  of  Public  Health  shall  have  the
 4    duties and responsibilities required by Sections 2, 6.1, 6.2,
 5    and 6.4.
 6        (b)  The  Department  of  Human Services Public Aid shall
 7    have the duties and responsibilities required by Sections 6.3
 8    and 7.
 9    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97; 90-587, eff. 7-1-98.)

10        (410 ILCS 70/7) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 87-7)
11        Sec. 7.  Hospital charges and  reimbursement.   When  any
12    hospital  or  ambulance provider furnishes emergency services
13    to any alleged sexual assault survivor,  as  defined  by  the
14    Department  of  Human Services Public Aid pursuant to Section
15    6.3 of this Act, who is  neither  eligible  to  receive  such
16    services under the Illinois Public Aid Code nor covered as to
17    such  services  by  a  policy  of insurance, the hospital and
18    ambulance provider shall furnish such services to that person
19    without charge and shall be entitled to be reimbursed for its
20    billed charges in providing such services by  the  Department
21    of Human Services Public Aid.
22    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97; 90-587, eff. 7-1-98.)

23        Section  382.   The  Infant  Mortality  Reduction  Act is
24    amended by changing Section 7 as follows:

25        (410 ILCS 220/7) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7007)
26        Sec. 7.  (a) There is created within  the  Department  an
27    Infant  Mortality  Reduction  Advisory  Board  to  advise the
28    Department on  the  implementation  of  this  Act  and  other
29    activities  related  to  the reduction of infant mortality in
30    the State of  Illinois.   The  Board  shall  consist  of  the
31    Secretary  of  Human  Services  (or his or her designee), who
 
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 1    shall serve as chairman, and one additional representative of
 2    the Department of Human Services designated by the Secretary;
 3    one representative each from the Departments of Children  and
 4    Family  Services,  and  Public  Health,  and  Public  Aid;  a
 5    representative  from  the University of Illinois' Division of
 6    Specialized Care for  Children;  a  representative  from  the
 7    State  Board  of  Education  and  4  members  of the Illinois
 8    General Assembly, one each appointed  by  the  President  and
 9    Minority  Leader  of  the Senate and the Speaker and Minority
10    Leader of the House of  Representatives.   In  addition,  the
11    Governor  shall  appoint  4  physicians  licensed to practice
12    medicine in all of its branches, one  of  whom  shall  be  an
13    individual with a specialty in obstetrics and gynecology, one
14    of  whom shall be an individual with a specialty in perinatal
15    medicine, one of whom shall be an individual with a specialty
16    in neonatal medicine and one of whom shall be  an  individual
17    with  a  specialty in pediatrics; the director of a perinatal
18    center; a hospital administrator;  a  representative  from  a
19    local  health  department; a social worker; a nutritionist; a
20    registered professional  nurse;  4  individuals  involved  in
21    programs to reduce infant mortality and 2 public members, one
22    of whom shall be a senior citizen 60 years of age or older.
23        Each  legislative  member  shall serve during his term of
24    office  in  the  Illinois  General  Assembly.   Each   member
25    appointed  by  the  Governor shall serve a term of 3 years or
26    until his successor is appointed.  Any  member  appointed  to
27    fill  a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term
28    for which his predecessor was appointed  shall  be  appointed
29    for  the  remainder of such term.  Members of the Board shall
30    serve without  compensation   but  shall  be  reimbursed  for
31    necessary  expenses  incurred  in  the  performance  of their
32    duties.
33        (b)  The Board shall advise the Secretary on  efforts  to
34    reduce  infant  mortality  in  the  State  of  Illinois.   In
 
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 1    addition,  the  Board  shall  review  the  formula  developed
 2    pursuant  to  Section  4  and make such recommendations as it
 3    deems appropriate.  In performing its duties  the  Board  may
 4    hold  hearings  throughout  the  State and advise and receive
 5    advice from any local advisory bodies created to address  the
 6    infant mortality problem.
 7        (c)  The Board shall report to the General Assembly on or
 8    before April 15th of each year, a listing of activities taken
 9    to  address  infant  mortality  and  a annual summary of data
10    collected under Section 4 of this Act.
11    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

12        Section 385.  The Alzheimer's Disease Assistance  Act  is
13    amended by changing Section 6 as follows:

14        (410 ILCS 405/6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6956)
15        Sec.  6.   ADA  Advisory Committee.  There is created the
16    Alzheimer's  Disease  Advisory  Committee  consisting  of  21
17    voting members appointed by the Director of  the  Department,
18    as  well  as  5  nonvoting members as hereinafter provided in
19    this Section.  The Director or his designee  shall  serve  as
20    one  of  the  21  voting  members  and as the Chairman of the
21    Committee.  Those appointed as voting members  shall  include
22    persons  who  are experienced in research and the delivery of
23    services to victims and their families.  Such  members  shall
24    include  4 physicians licensed to practice medicine in all of
25    its  branches,  one   representative   of   a   postsecondary
26    educational  institution  which  administers or is affiliated
27    with a medical center in the State, one representative  of  a
28    licensed  hospital,  one registered nurse, one representative
29    of a long term care facility under the Nursing Home Care Act,
30    one representative of an area agency on aging as  defined  by
31    Section  3.07  of  the  Illinois Act on the Aging, one social
32    worker, one representative  of  an  organization  established
 
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 1    under   the  Illinois  Insurance  Code  for  the  purpose  of
 2    providing   health   insurance,   5   family    members    or
 3    representatives of victims of Alzheimer's disease and related
 4    disorders,  and  4  members of the general public.  Among the
 5    physician appointments shall be persons with  specialties  in
 6    the  fields  of  neurology,  family  medicine, psychiatry and
 7    pharmacology.  Among the general public members, at  least  2
 8    appointments shall include persons 65 years of age or older.
 9        In  addition  to  the 21 voting members, the Secretary of
10    Human Services (or his or her designee)  and  one  additional
11    representative of the Department of Human Services designated
12    by  the  Secretary  plus the Directors of the following State
13    agencies or their designees shall serve as nonvoting members:
14    Department  on  Aging,  Department   of   Public   Aid,   and
15    Guardianship and Advocacy Commission.
16        Each  voting  member  appointed by the Director of Public
17    Health shall serve for a term  of  2  years,  and  until  his
18    successor   is  appointed  and  qualified.   Members  of  the
19    Committee shall not be compensated but  shall  be  reimbursed
20    for  expenses  actually  incurred in the performance of their
21    duties.  No more than 11 voting members may be  of  the  same
22    political  party.   Vacancies  shall  be  filled  in the same
23    manner as original appointments.
24    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

25        Section 390.  The  Hemophilia  Care  Act  is  amended  by
26    changing the title and Sections 1, 3, and 4 as follows:

27        (410 ILCS 420/Act title)
28        An  Act  establishing in the Illinois Department of Human
29    Services Public  Aid  a  program  for  the  care  of  persons
30    suffering from hemophilia, establishing a Hemophilia Advisory
31    Committee  and  designating  powers  and  duties  in relation
32    thereto.
 
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 1        (410 ILCS 420/1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 2901)
 2        Sec. 1.  Definitions.  As used in this  Act,  unless  the
 3    context clearly requires otherwise:
 4        (1)  "Department"  means the Illinois Department of Human
 5    Services Public Aid.
 6        (1.5)  "Secretary Director" means the Secretary of  Human
 7    Services Director of Public Aid.
 8        (2)  (Blank).
 9        (3)  "Hemophilia"  means  a  bleeding  tendency resulting
10    from a genetically determined deficiency in the blood.
11        (4)  "Committee" means the Hemophilia Advisory  Committee
12    created under this Act.
13        (5)  "Eligible  person"  means  any resident of the State
14    suffering from hemophilia.
15        (6)  "Family" means:
16             (a)  In the case of a patient who is a dependent  of
17        another  person  or  couple  as  defined  by the Illinois
18        Income Tax Act, all those persons for whom  exemption  is
19        claimed  in  the State income tax return of the person or
20        couple whose dependent the eligible person is, and
21             (b)  In all other cases, all those persons for  whom
22        exemption  is  claimed  in the State income tax return of
23        the eligible person, or of the eligible  person  and  his
24        spouse.
25        (7)  "Eligible  cost  of  hemophilia  services" means the
26    cost  of  blood  transfusions,  blood  derivatives,  and  for
27    outpatient services, of physician charges, medical  supplies,
28    and appliances, used in the treatment of eligible persons for
29    hemophilia,  plus  one half of the cost of hospital inpatient
30    care, minus any amount of such cost  which  is  eligible  for
31    payment or reimbursement by any hospital or medical insurance
32    program,   by  any  other  government  medical  or  financial
33    assistance program, or by any charitable assistance program.
34        (8)  "Gross income"  means  the  base  income  for  State
 
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 1    income tax purposes of all members of the family.
 2        (9)  "Available family income" means the lesser of:
 3             (a)  Gross  income  minus the sum of (1) $5,500, and
 4        (2) $3,500 times the number of persons in the family, or
 5             (b)  One half of gross income.
 6    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97; 90-587, eff. 7-1-98.)

 7        (410 ILCS 420/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 2903)
 8        Sec. 3.  The powers and duties of  the  Department  shall
 9    include the following:
10        (1)  With  the  advice  and  counsel  of  the  Committee,
11    develop  standards  for  determining eligibility for care and
12    treatment  under  this  program.    Among   other   standards
13    developed   under   this   Section,  persons  suffering  from
14    hemophilia must be evaluated in a center properly staffed and
15    equipped  for  such  evaluation,  but  not  operated  by  the
16    Department.
17        (2)  (Blank).
18        (3)  Extend financial assistance to eligible  persons  in
19    order  that  they  may obtain blood and blood derivatives for
20    use in hospitals, in medical and  dental  facilities,  or  at
21    home.   The  Department  shall extend financial assistance in
22    each fiscal year  to  each  family  containing  one  or  more
23    eligible  persons  in the amount of (a) the family's eligible
24    cost of hemophilia services for that fiscal year,  minus  (b)
25    one  fifth  of  its  available  family  income  for  its next
26    preceding taxable year.  The Secretary  Director  may  extend
27    financial  assistance  in  the  case  of  unusual  hardships,
28    according  to  specific procedures and conditions adopted for
29    this purpose in the rules and regulations promulgated by  the
30    Department to implement and administer this Act.
31        (4)  (Blank).
32        (5)  Promulgate rules and regulations with the advice and
33    counsel   of   the   Committee  for  the  implementation  and
 
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 1    administration of this Act.
 2    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97; 90-587, eff. 7-1-98.)

 3        (410 ILCS 420/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 2904)
 4        Sec.  4.   The  Secretary  Director   shall   appoint   a
 5    Hemophilia  Advisory Committee to advise and consult with the
 6    Department in the administration of this Act.  The  Committee
 7    shall  meet  on  call  of  the  Chairman  not less than twice
 8    annually.  A report shall be given to the Committee from  the
 9    Director  semiannually, detailing plans and activities of the
10    Department under this Act.  The Committee  shall  consist  of
11    the  Secretary Director as Chairman ex-officio and 8 members,
12    selected as follows:
13        (1)  Two eligible persons, as defined  in  Section  1  of
14    this Act, or members of an organization representing eligible
15    persons;
16        (2)  Two  medical specialists in hemophilia patient care;
17    and
18        (3)  Four  members  of  the  general  public  other  than
19    persons identified in (1) and (2).
20        The terms of members of the Committee shall  be  4  years
21    except  that,  of  those  members  initially appointed to the
22    Committee, one of  those  appointed  from  each  constituency
23    group  shall serve for a term of 4 years, and one shall serve
24    for a term of 2  years.   The  length  of  terms  of  initial
25    appointees  shall  be determined by lot from among members of
26    each constituency group at the Committee's first meeting.  In
27    the event  that  a  vacancy  occurs  on  the  Committee,  the
28    Secretary  Director shall within 60 days appoint a new member
29    to complete the unexpired portion of the term.  No member may
30    be succeeded other than by another representative of the same
31    constituency group.
32        The initial members shall be  appointed  by  October  15,
33    1977, and shall take office on November 1, 1977.  Thereafter,
 
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 1    on  or  before  October  15  of  each  odd numbered year, the
 2    Secretary Director shall appoint 4 members  as  necessary  to
 3    maintain an 8 member Committee, whose terms shall commence on
 4    November 1 of the year in which they are appointed.
 5        Members  of  the Committee shall receive no compensation,
 6    but shall be  reimbursed  for  actual  expenses  incurred  in
 7    carrying out their duties.
 8    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97; 90-587, eff. 7-1-98.)

 9        Section  395.  The Renal Disease Treatment Act is amended
10    by changing the title and Sections  1,  2,  3,  and  3.01  as
11    follows:

12        (410 ILCS 430/Act title)
13        An  Act  to establish in the Department of Human Services
14    Public Aid a program for the care of persons  suffering  from
15    chronic  renal  diseases,  designating  powers  and duties in
16    relation thereto, and making an appropriation therefor.

17        (410 ILCS 430/1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 22.31)
18        Sec. 1. The Department of Human Services Public Aid shall
19    establish a program for the care  and  treatment  of  persons
20    suffering  from  chronic  renal  diseases. This program shall
21    assist persons suffering  from  chronic  renal  diseases  who
22    require lifesaving care and treatment for such renal disease,
23    but  who  are unable to pay for such services on a continuing
24    basis.
25    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97; 90-587, eff. 7-1-98.)

26        (410 ILCS 430/2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 22.32)
27        Sec. 2. The  Secretary  of  Human  Services  Director  of
28    Public  Aid  shall appoint a Renal Disease Advisory Committee
29    to consult with the Department in the administration of  this
30    Act.   The   Committee   shall  be  composed  of  15  persons
 
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 1    representing hospitals and medical  schools  which  establish
 2    dialysis  centers  or  kidney  transplant programs, voluntary
 3    agencies interested in kidney diseases,  physicians  licensed
 4    to  practice medicine in all of its branches, and the general
 5    public. Each member shall hold office for a term of  4  years
 6    and  until  his  successor is appointed and qualified, except
 7    that the terms of the members appointed  pursuant  to  Public
 8    Act  78-538  shall  expire  as  designated  at  the  time  of
 9    appointment,  1 at the end of the first year, 1 at the end of
10    the second year, 1 at the end of the third year, and 1 at the
11    end of the fourth year, after the date  of  appointment.  Any
12    person  appointed  to  fill  a vacancy occurring prior to the
13    expiration  of  the  term  for  which  his  predecessor   was
14    appointed  shall be appointed for the remainder of such term.
15    The Committee shall meet as frequently as  the  Secretary  of
16    Human  Services  Director  of Public Aid deems necessary, but
17    not less than once each year.  The  Committee  members  shall
18    receive  no  compensation  but shall be reimbursed for actual
19    expenses incurred in carrying out their duties as members  of
20    this Committee.
21    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97; 90-587, eff. 7-1-98.)

22        (410 ILCS 430/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 22.33)
23        Sec.  3.  Duties  of Departments of Human Services Public
24    Aid and Public Health.
25        (A)  The Department of Human Services Public Aid shall:
26             (a)  With the advice of the Renal  Disease  Advisory
27        Committee,  develop standards for determining eligibility
28        for care and treatment under this  program.  Among  other
29        standards  so developed under this paragraph, candidates,
30        to be eligible for care and treatment, must be  evaluated
31        in  a  center  properly  staffed  and  equipped  for such
32        evaluation.
33             (b)  (Blank).
 
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 1             (c)  (Blank).
 2             (d)  Extend   financial   assistance   to    persons
 3        suffering  from  chronic  renal diseases in obtaining the
 4        medical, surgical, nursing, pharmaceutical, and technical
 5        services necessary in caring for such diseases, including
 6        the renting of home dialysis equipment. The Renal Disease
 7        Advisory Committee shall recommend to the Department  the
 8        extent  of financial assistance, including the reasonable
 9        charges and fees, for:
10                  (1)  Treatment in a dialysis facility;
11                  (2)  Hospital  treatment   for   dialysis   and
12             transplant surgery;
13                  (3)  Treatment in a limited care facility;
14                  (4)  Home dialysis training; and
15                  (5)  Home dialysis.
16             (e)  Assist in equipping dialysis centers.
17        (B) The Department of Public Health shall:
18             (a)  Assist  in  the  development  and  expansion of
19        programs for  the care and treatment of persons suffering
20        from chronic renal    diseases,  including  dialysis  and
21        other medical or surgical procedures  and techniques that
22        will  have a lifesaving effect in the care and  treatment
23        of persons suffering from these diseases.
24             (b) Assist in the development of  programs  for  the
25        prevention of  chronic renal diseases.
26             (c)  Institute  and  carry on an educational program
27        among physicians, hospitals, public  health  departments,
28        and   the   public  concerning  chronic  renal  diseases,
29        including  the  dissemination  of  information  and   the
30        conducting   of   educational   programs  concerning  the
31        prevention of chronic renal diseases and the methods  for
32        the  care  and  treatment of persons suffering from these
33        diseases.
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 1        (410 ILCS 430/3.01) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 22.33.01)
 2        Sec. 3.01. The provisions of the Illinois  Administrative
 3    Procedure Act are hereby expressly adopted and shall apply to
 4    all  administrative rules and procedures of the Department of
 5    Human Services Public Aid under this Act, except that Section
 6    5-35 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act relating to
 7    procedures for rule-making does not apply to the adoption  of
 8    any rule required by federal law in connection with which the
 9    Department   is   precluded   by   law  from  exercising  any
10    discretion.
11    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97; 90-587, eff. 7-1-98.)

12        Section 397.  The  Genetic  Information  Privacy  Act  is
13    amended by changing Section 22 as follows:

14        (410 ILCS 513/22)
15        Sec. 22.  Tests to determine inherited characteristics in
16    paternity   proceedings.    Nothing  in  this  Act  shall  be
17    construed to affect or restrict in any way the ordering of or
18    use of results from deoxyribonucleic acid  (DNA)  testing  or
19    other  tests  to  determine  inherited characteristics by the
20    court in a judicial proceeding under the  Illinois  Parentage
21    Act  of  1984 or by the Illinois Department of Human Services
22    Public Aid in an administrative  paternity  proceeding  under
23    Article   X  of  the  Illinois  Public  Aid  Code  and  rules
24    promulgated under that Article.
25    (Source: P.A. 90-25, eff. 1-1-98.)

26        Section 400.  The Head and  Spinal  Cord  Injury  Act  is
27    amended by changing Section 6 as follows:

28        (410 ILCS 515/6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7856)
29        Sec. 6.  (a) There is hereby created the Advisory Council
30    on  Spinal  Cord  and  Head Injuries within the Department of
 
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 1    Human Services.  The Council shall consist of 28 29  members,
 2    appointed  by the Governor with the advice and consent of the
 3    Senate.  Members shall serve 3-year  terms  and  until  their
 4    successors  are appointed by the Governor with the advice and
 5    consent of the Senate. The members appointed by the  Governor
 6    shall  include  2  neurosurgeons,  2  orthopedic  surgeons, 2
 7    rehabilitation specialists, one of whom shall be a registered
 8    nurse, 4 persons with head  injuries  or  family  members  of
 9    persons  with  head  injuries,  4  persons  with  spinal cord
10    injuries or  family  members  of  persons  with  spinal  cord
11    injuries,   a   representative  of  an  Illinois  college  or
12    university, and a representative from health institutions  or
13    private  industry.  These members shall not serve more than 2
14    consecutive 3-year terms.  The  Governor  shall  appoint  one
15    individual from each of the following entities to the Council
16    as  ex-officio  members:  the unit of the Department of Human
17    Services that is responsible for the  administration  of  the
18    vocational  rehabilitation  program,  another unit within the
19    Department of  Human  Services  that  provides  services  for
20    individuals  with disabilities, the State Board of Education,
21    the Department of Public Health, the Department of Insurance,
22    the Department of Public Aid,  the  Division  of  Specialized
23    Care   for  Children  of  the  University  of  Illinois,  the
24    Statewide  Independent  Living   Council,   and   the   State
25    Rehabilitation  Advisory Council.  Ex-officio members are not
26    subject  to  limit  of  2  consecutive  3-year  terms.    The
27    appointment  of individuals representing State agencies shall
28    be conditioned  on  their  continued  employment  with  their
29    respective agencies.
30        (b)  From   funds  appropriated  for  such  purpose,  the
31    Department of Human Services shall provide to the Council the
32    necessary staff and expenses to  carry  out  the  duties  and
33    responsibilities  assigned  by the Council.  Such staff shall
34    consist of a director and other support staff.
 
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 1        (c)  Meetings shall be held at least every 90 days or  at
 2    the call of the Council chairman, who shall be elected by the
 3    Council.
 4        (d)  Each  member  shall be reimbursed for reasonable and
 5    necessary expenses actually incurred in  the  performance  of
 6    his official duties.
 7        (e)  The Council shall adopt written procedures to govern
 8    its activities. Consultants shall be provided for the Council
 9    from appropriations made for such purpose.
10        (f)  The   Council  shall  make  recommendations  to  the
11    Governor for developing and administering  a  State  plan  to
12    provide services for spinal cord and head injured persons.
13        (g)  No  member of the Council may participate in or seek
14    to influence a decision or vote of the Council if the  member
15    would  be  directly  involved  with the matter or if he would
16    derive income from it.  A violation of this prohibition shall
17    be grounds for a person to be removed  as  a  member  of  the
18    Council by the Governor.
19        (h)  The Council shall:
20             (1)  promote   meetings   and   programs   for   the
21        discussion of reducing the debilitating effects of spinal
22        cord  and  head  injuries  and disseminate information in
23        cooperation with any other department, agency  or  entity
24        on   the  prevention,  evaluation,  care,  treatment  and
25        rehabilitation of persons affected  by  spinal  cord  and
26        head injuries;
27             (2)  study    and    review    current   prevention,
28        evaluation,   care,    treatment    and    rehabilitation
29        technologies   and   recommend  appropriate  preparation,
30        training, retraining and  distribution  of  manpower  and
31        resources in the provision of services to spinal cord and
32        head   injured   persons   through   private  and  public
33        residential   facilities,   day   programs   and    other
34        specialized services;
 
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 1             (3)  recommend    specific    methods,   means   and
 2        procedures which should be adopted to improve and upgrade
 3        the State's service delivery system for spinal  cord  and
 4        head injured citizens of this State;
 5             (4)  participate  in  developing  and  disseminating
 6        criteria  and  standards which may be required for future
 7        funding or licensing  of  facilities,  day  programs  and
 8        other  specialized  services  for  spinal  cord  and head
 9        injured persons in this State;
10             (5)  report annually to the Governor and the General
11        Assembly on its activities, and on  the  results  of  its
12        studies and the recommendations of the Council; and
13             (6)  be  the  advisory board for purposes of federal
14        programs regarding traumatic brain injury.
15        (i)  The Department  of  Human  Services  may  accept  on
16    behalf of the Council federal funds, gifts and donations from
17    individuals,  private  organizations and foundations, and any
18    other funds that may become available.
19    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97; 90-453, eff. 8-16-97.)

20        Section  405.   The  Vital  Records  Act  is  amended  by
21    changing Sections 12, 17, 22, 24, and 25.1 as follows:

22        (410 ILCS 535/12) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-12)
23        Sec. 12.  Live births; place of registration.
24        (1)  Each live birth which occurs in this State shall  be
25    registered  with the local or subregistrar of the district in
26    which the birth occurred as provided in this Section,  within
27    7  days  after  the  birth.  When  a birth occurs on a moving
28    conveyance, the city, village, township, or road district  in
29    which the child is first removed from the conveyance shall be
30    considered  the  place of birth and a birth certificate shall
31    be filed in the registration district in which the  place  is
32    located.
 
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 1        (2)  When a birth occurs in an institution, the person in
 2    charge  of  the  institution or his designated representative
 3    shall obtain and record  all  the  personal  and  statistical
 4    particulars  relative  to  the  parents of the child that are
 5    required to properly complete  the  live  birth  certificate;
 6    shall secure the required personal signatures on the hospital
 7    worksheet; shall prepare the certificate from this worksheet;
 8    and  shall file the certificate with the local registrar. The
 9    institution shall retain the hospital  worksheet  permanently
10    or   as  otherwise  specified  by  rule.   The  physician  in
11    attendance shall verify or provide  the  date  of  birth  and
12    medical  information  required  by the certificate, within 24
13    hours after the birth occurs.
14        (3)  When a birth  occurs  outside  an  institution,  the
15    certificate  shall  be  prepared  and  filed  by  one  of the
16    following in the indicated order of priority:
17             (a)  The physician in attendance at  or  immediately
18        after the birth, or in the absence of such a person,
19             (b)  Any   other   person   in   attendance   at  or
20        immediately after the birth, or in the absence of such  a
21        person,
22             (c)  The  father,  the  mother, or in the absence of
23        the father and the inability of the mother, the person in
24        charge of the premises where the birth occurred.
25        (4)  Unless otherwise provided in this Act, if the mother
26    was not married to the father of the child at either the time
27    of conception or the time of birth, the name  of  the  father
28    shall be entered on the child's birth certificate only if the
29    mother  and  the person to be named as the father have signed
30    an acknowledgment of parentage in accordance with  subsection
31    (5).
32        Unless  otherwise provided in this Act, if the mother was
33    married at the time of conception or birth and  the  presumed
34    father  (that is, the mother's husband) is not the biological
 
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 1    father of the child, the name of the biological father  shall
 2    be  entered  on  the  child's  birth  certificate only if, in
 3    accordance with subsection (5), (i) the mother and the person
 4    to be named as the father have signed  an  acknowledgment  of
 5    parentage and (ii) the mother and presumed father have signed
 6    a denial of paternity.
 7        (5)  Upon  the birth of a child to an unmarried woman, or
 8    upon the birth of a child to a woman who was married  at  the
 9    time  of  conception  or  birth  and whose husband is not the
10    biological father of the child, the institution at  the  time
11    of  birth  and  the local registrar or county clerk after the
12    birth shall do the following:
13             (a)  Provide (i)  an  opportunity  for  the  child's
14        mother  and father to sign an acknowledgment of parentage
15        and (ii) if the presumed father  is  not  the  biological
16        father, an opportunity for the mother and presumed father
17        to   sign   a  denial  of  paternity.   The  signing  and
18        witnessing of the acknowledgment of parentage or, if  the
19        presumed  father  of  the  child  is  not  the biological
20        father, the acknowledgment of  parentage  and  denial  of
21        paternity  conclusively  establishes  a  parent and child
22        relationship in accordance with Sections 5 and 6  of  the
23        Illinois Parentage Act of 1984.
24             The Illinois Department of Human Services Public Aid
25        shall  furnish the acknowledgment of parentage and denial
26        of paternity form to  institutions,  county  clerks,  and
27        State  and  local  registrars'  offices.   The form shall
28        include instructions to  send  the  original  signed  and
29        witnessed  acknowledgment  of  parentage  and  denial  of
30        paternity  to  the  Illinois Department of Human Services
31        Public Aid.
32             (b)  Provide the following documents,  furnished  by
33        the  Illinois Department of Human Services Public Aid, to
34        the child's mother, biological father, and (if the person
 
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 1        presumed to be the child's father is not  the  biological
 2        father)  presumed father for their review at the time the
 3        opportunity is provided to establish a parent  and  child
 4        relationship:
 5                  (i)  An  explanation  of  the  implications of,
 6             alternatives to,  legal  consequences  of,  and  the
 7             rights  and responsibilities that arise from signing
 8             an acknowledgment of parentage and, if necessary,  a
 9             denial of paternity, including an explanation of the
10             parental   rights   and  responsibilities  of  child
11             support, visitation, custody,  retroactive  support,
12             health  insurance  coverage,  and  payment  of birth
13             expenses.
14                  (ii)  An explanation of the benefits of  having
15             a child's parentage established and the availability
16             of  parentage  establishment and support enforcement
17             services.
18                  (iii)  A request for an application  for  child
19             support  services  from  the  Illinois Department of
20             Human Services Public Aid.
21                  (iv)  Instructions concerning  the  opportunity
22             to  speak,  either  by  telephone or in person, with
23             staff of the Illinois Department of  Human  Services
24             Public  Aid  who  are trained to clarify information
25             and answer questions about paternity establishment.
26                  (v)  Instructions for  completing  and  signing
27             the   acknowledgment  of  parentage  and  denial  of
28             paternity.
29             (c)  Provide an oral explanation  of  the  documents
30        and   instructions   set  forth  in  subdivision  (5)(b),
31        including  an  explanation  of   the   implications   of,
32        alternatives  to,  legal  consequences of, and the rights
33        and  responsibilities  that   arise   from   signing   an
34        acknowledgment  of  parentage and, if necessary, a denial
 
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 1        of paternity.  The  oral  explanation  may  be  given  in
 2        person or through the use of video or audio equipment.
 3        (6)  The institution, State or local registrar, or county
 4    clerk  shall provide an opportunity for the child's father or
 5    mother to sign a rescission of  parentage.  The  signing  and
 6    witnessing   of   the   rescission  of  parentage  voids  the
 7    acknowledgment of parentage and nullifies the presumption  of
 8    paternity  if executed and filed with the Illinois Department
 9    of Human Services Public Aid within the time frame  contained
10    in  Section  5  of  the  Illinois  Parentage Act of 1984. The
11    Illinois  Department  of  Human  Services  Public  Aid  shall
12    furnish the rescission of  parentage  form  to  institutions,
13    county  clerks,  and State and local registrars' offices. The
14    form shall include instructions to send the  original  signed
15    and   witnessed  rescission  of  parentage  to  the  Illinois
16    Department of Human Services Public Aid.
17        (7)  An acknowledgment of paternity  signed  pursuant  to
18    Section  6  of  the  Illinois  Parentage  Act  of 1984 may be
19    challenged in court only on the basis of  fraud,  duress,  or
20    material  mistake  of fact, with the burden of proof upon the
21    challenging party.  Pending outcome of  a  challenge  to  the
22    acknowledgment  of  paternity,  the legal responsibilities of
23    the signatories shall remain in full force and effect, except
24    upon order of the court upon a showing of good cause.
25        (8)  When the process for acknowledgment of parentage  as
26    provided  for  under subsection (5) establishes the paternity
27    of a child whose certificate of birth is on file  in  another
28    state,  the  Illinois Department of Human Services Public Aid
29    shall forward a copy of the acknowledgment of parentage,  the
30    denial  of  paternity,  if  applicable, and the rescission of
31    parentage, if applicable, to the birth record agency  of  the
32    state where the child's certificate of birth is on file.
33        (9)  In  the event the parent-child relationship has been
34    established in accordance with subdivision (a)(1) of  Section
 
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 1    6  of  the Parentage Act of 1984, the names of the biological
 2    mother and biological father so established shall be  entered
 3    on  the  child's  birth  certificate,  and  the  names of the
 4    surrogate mother and  surrogate  mother's  husband,  if  any,
 5    shall not be on the birth certificate.
 6    (Source: P.A.  90-18,  eff.  7-1-97;  90-790,  eff.  8-14-98;
 7    91-308, eff. 7-29-99.)

 8        (410 ILCS 535/17) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-17)
 9        Sec.  17.  (1) For a person born in this State, the State
10    Registrar of Vital Records shall establish a new  certificate
11    of birth when he receives any of the following:
12             (a)  A   certificate  of  adoption  as  provided  in
13        Section 16 or a certified copy of the order  of  adoption
14        together  with  the information necessary to identify the
15        original certificate of birth and to  establish  the  new
16        certificate  of  birth;  except that a new certificate of
17        birth shall not be established if  so  requested  by  the
18        court ordering the adoption, the adoptive parents, or the
19        adopted person.
20             (b)  A  certificate  of adoption or a certified copy
21        of the order of adoption entered in a court of  competent
22        jurisdiction  of  any  other  state  or country declaring
23        adopted a child born in the State of  Illinois,  together
24        with  the  information necessary to identify the original
25        certificate of birth and to establish the new certificate
26        of birth; except that a new certificate  of  birth  shall
27        not  be established if so requested by the court ordering
28        the  adoption,  the  adoptive  parents,  or  the  adopted
29        person.
30             (c)  A request that a new certificate be established
31        and such evidence as required by regulation proving  that
32        such  person  has been legitimatized, or that the circuit
33        court, the Illinois Department of Human  Services  Public
 
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 1        Aid,  or  a  court  or administrative agency of any other
 2        state has established the paternity of such a  person  by
 3        judicial  or  administrative  processes  or  by voluntary
 4        acknowledgment,  which  is  accompanied  by  the   social
 5        security  numbers  of all persons determined and presumed
 6        to be the parents.
 7             (d)  An  affidavit  by  a  physician  that  he   has
 8        performed an operation on a person, and that by reason of
 9        the  operation the sex designation on such person's birth
10        record should be changed.  The State Registrar  of  Vital
11        Records may make any investigation or require any further
12        information he deems necessary.
13        Each  request  for  a  new  certificate of birth shall be
14    accompanied by a fee of $15 and entitles the applicant to one
15    certification or certified copy of the new  certificate.   If
16    the request is for additional copies, it shall be accompanied
17    by a fee of $2 for each additional certification or certified
18    copy.
19        (2)  When  a new certificate of birth is established, the
20    actual place and date of birth shall be shown;  provided,  in
21    the  case  of  adoption  of  a  person  born in this State by
22    parents who were residents of this State at the time  of  the
23    birth  of the adopted person, the place of birth may be shown
24    as the place of residence of the adoptive parents at the time
25    of such person's birth, if specifically  requested  by  them,
26    and  any  new  certificate  of birth established prior to the
27    effective date  of  this  amendatory  Act  may  be  corrected
28    accordingly  if  so  requested by the adoptive parents or the
29    adopted person when of legal age. The social security numbers
30    of the parents shall not be recorded on  the  certificate  of
31    birth.  The  social  security  numbers  may  only be used for
32    purposes allowed under federal law. The new certificate shall
33    be substituted for the original certificate of birth:
34             (a)  Thereafter, the original  certificate  and  the
 
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 1        evidence  of  adoption,  paternity,  legitimation, or sex
 2        change  shall   not   be   subject   to   inspection   or
 3        certification  except  upon order of the circuit court or
 4        as provided by regulation.
 5             (b)  Upon  receipt  of  notice   of   annulment   of
 6        adoption,  the  original  certificate  of  birth shall be
 7        restored  to  its  place  in  the  files,  and  the   new
 8        certificate   and   evidence  shall  not  be  subject  to
 9        inspection or certification  except  upon  order  of  the
10        circuit court.
11        (3)  If no certificate of birth is on file for the person
12    for  whom  a  new certificate is to be established under this
13    Section, a delayed record of birth shall be  filed  with  the
14    State Registrar of Vital Records as provided in Section 14 or
15    Section  15  of this Act before a new certificate of birth is
16    established, except that when the date and place of birth and
17    parentage have been established in the adoption  proceedings,
18    a delayed record shall not be required.
19        (4)  When  a  new  certificate of birth is established by
20    the State Registrar of  Vital  Records,  all  copies  of  the
21    original certificate of birth in the custody of any custodian
22    of permanent local records in this State shall be transmitted
23    to  the  State  Registrar  of  Vital Records as directed, and
24    shall be sealed from inspection.
25        (5)  Nothing  in  this  Section  shall  be  construed  to
26    prohibit the amendment of a birth certificate  in  accordance
27    with subsection (6) of Section 22.
28    (Source: P.A. 89-6, eff. 3-6-95; 89-257, eff. 1-1-96; 89-626,
29    eff. 8-9-96; 90-18, eff. 7-1-97.)

30        (410 ILCS 535/22) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-22)
31        Sec.  22.   (1)  A certificate or record filed under this
32    Act may be amended only in accordance with this Act and  such
33    regulations  as  the  Department  may  adopt  to  protect the
 
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 1    integrity of vital records. An application for  an  amendment
 2    shall  be  accompanied  by  a  fee  of $15 which includes the
 3    provision of one  certification  or  certified  copy  of  the
 4    amended  birth  record.  If  the  request  is  for additional
 5    copies, it shall be accompanied by  a  fee  of  $2  for  each
 6    additional  certification or certified copy.  Such amendments
 7    may only be made in connection with the original certificates
 8    and may not be made on copies of  such  certificates  without
 9    the  approval  of  the State Registrar of Vital Records.  The
10    provisions of this Section shall  also  be  applicable  to  a
11    certificate  or record filed under any former Act relating to
12    the registration of births,  stillbirths,  and  deaths.   Any
13    original  certificate  or  record filed with the county clerk
14    prior to January 1, 1916, may be amended by the county  clerk
15    under  the  same  provisions  of this Section, or regulations
16    adopted pursuant thereto, as apply to the State Registrar  of
17    Vital Records governing amendments to certificates or records
18    filed with the Department subsequent to December 31, 1915.
19        (2)  A  certificate  that  is  amended under this Section
20    after its filing shall have the  correction  entered  on  its
21    face; shall clearly indicate that an amendment has been made;
22    and  shall  show  the  date  of  the  amendment.   A  summary
23    description  of  the  evidence  submitted  in  support  of an
24    amendment shall be permanently  retained  by  the  Department
25    either  as  an  original record or in microphotographic form.
26    Documents from which such summary descriptions are  made  may
27    be  returned  by  the  Department  to  the  person or persons
28    submitting  them.   The   Department   shall   prescribe   by
29    regulation  the conditions under which, within one year after
30    the date of occurrence, additions or minor corrections may be
31    made without the certificate being considered amended.
32        (3)  An  amendment  to  a  delayed   birth   registration
33    established  under  the  provisions of Section 15 of this Act
34    may be made by the State Registrar of Vital Records only upon
 
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 1    the basis  of  an  order  from  the  court  which  originally
 2    established the facts of birth.
 3        (4)  Upon  receipt  of  a certified copy of a court order
 4    changing the name or names of a person born  in  this  State,
 5    the  official  custodian shall amend the original certificate
 6    of birth to reflect the changes.
 7        (5)  (Blank).
 8        (6)  When the paternity of a child with a certificate  of
 9    birth  on file in this State is established through voluntary
10    acknowledgment or by a court or administrative  agency  under
11    the  laws  of this or any other state, the State Registrar of
12    Vital Records shall amend the  original  record  accordingly,
13    upon  notification  from a circuit court of this State or the
14    Illinois Department of Human Services  Public  Aid,  or  upon
15    receipt of a certified copy of another state's acknowledgment
16    or judicial or administrative determination of paternity.
17        (7)   Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, if
18    an adopted person applies in accordance with this Section for
19    the  amendment  of  the name on his or her birth certificate,
20    the State Registrar shall amend the birth certificate if  the
21    person  provides  documentation  or other evidence supporting
22    the application  that  would  be  deemed  sufficient  if  the
23    documentation or evidence had been submitted in support of an
24    application by a person who has not been adopted.
25        (8)  When  paternity has been established after the birth
26    in accordance with Section 12, the State Registrar  of  Vital
27    Records shall amend the original record accordingly.
28        (9)  Upon  application  by the parents not later than one
29    year after an acknowledgment of parentage under this  Act  or
30    the  Illinois Public Aid Code or a judicial or administrative
31    determination or establishment of paternity or parentage, the
32    State Registrar of Vital Records shall amend the child's name
33    on the child's certificate of birth in  accordance  with  the
34    application.   No  more  than  one  application  to  change a
 
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 1    child's name may be made under this subsection (9).
 2        (10)  When  a  certificate  is  amended  by   the   State
 3    Registrar  of  Vital  Records  under  this Section, the State
 4    Registrar of Vital  Records  shall  furnish  a  copy  of  the
 5    summary  description  to the custodian of any permanent local
 6    records and such records shall be amended accordingly.
 7    (Source: P.A. 89-6, eff. 3-6-95; 89-257, eff. 1-1-96; 89-626,
 8    eff. 8-9-96; 89-641, eff. 8-9-96; 90-18, eff. 7-1-97.)

 9        (410 ILCS 535/24) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-24)
10        Sec. 24.  (1)  To protect the integrity of vital records,
11    to insure their proper use, and to insure the  efficient  and
12    proper  administration of the vital records system, access to
13    vital records, and indexes thereof, including  vital  records
14    in   the  custody  of  local  registrars  and  county  clerks
15    originating prior to January  1,  1916,  is  limited  to  the
16    custodian and his employees, and then only for administrative
17    purposes,  except  that  the  indexes of those records in the
18    custody of local registrars and  county  clerks,  originating
19    prior  to January 1, 1916, shall be made available to persons
20    for  the  purpose  of   genealogical   research.    Original,
21    photographic  or  microphotographic reproductions of original
22    records of births 100 years old and older and deaths 50 years
23    old and older, and marriage records 75 years old and older on
24    file in the State Office of Vital Records and in the  custody
25    of  the county clerks may be made available for inspection in
26    the Illinois State Archives reference area, Illinois Regional
27    Archives Depositories, and other libraries  approved  by  the
28    Illinois  State  Registrar  and  the Director of the Illinois
29    State   Archives,   provided   that   the   photographic   or
30    microphotographic copies are made at no cost to the county or
31    to the State of Illinois.  It is unlawful for  any  custodian
32    to permit inspection of, or to disclose information contained
33    in,  vital records, or to copy or permit to be copied, all or
 
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 1    part of any such record except as authorized by this  Act  or
 2    regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
 3        (2)  The  State Registrar of Vital Records, or his agent,
 4    and  any  municipal,  county,  multi-county,  public   health
 5    district,  or  regional  health  officer  recognized  by  the
 6    Department  may examine vital records for the purpose only of
 7    carrying out the public health programs and  responsibilities
 8    under his jurisdiction.
 9        (3)  The  State Registrar of Vital Records, may disclose,
10    or authorize the disclosure of, data contained in  the  vital
11    records when deemed essential for bona fide research purposes
12    which are not for private gain.
13        This  amendatory  Act  of 1973 does not apply to any home
14    rule unit.
15        (4)  The State Registrar shall exchange with the Illinois
16    Department of Human Services Public Aid information that  may
17    be  necessary  for  the  establishment  of  paternity and the
18    establishment, modification, and enforcement of child support
19    orders entered pursuant to the Illinois Public Aid Code,  the
20    Illinois  Marriage  and  Dissolution  of  Marriage  Act,  the
21    Non-Support  of  Spouse  and  Children  Act,  the Non-Support
22    Punishment Act, the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of
23    Support Act, the Uniform Interstate Family  Support  Act,  or
24    the  Illinois  Parentage  Act  of  1984.  Notwithstanding any
25    provisions in this Act to the contrary, the  State  Registrar
26    shall  not  be  liable  to  any  person for any disclosure of
27    information to the  Illinois  Department  of  Human  Services
28    Public  Aid  under  this  subsection  or for any other action
29    taken in good faith to comply with the requirements  of  this
30    subsection.
31    (Source: P.A. 90-18, eff. 7-1-97; 91-613, eff. 10-1-99.)

32        (410 ILCS 535/25.1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-25.1)
33        Sec. 25.1.  (a) When the State Registrar of Vital Records
 
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 1    receives  or prepares a death certificate the Registrar shall
 2    make an appropriate notation in the birth certificate  record
 3    of  that  person  that the person is deceased.  The Registrar
 4    shall  also  notify  the  appropriate  municipal  or   county
 5    custodian  of  such birth record that the person is deceased,
 6    and  such  custodian  shall  likewise  make  an   appropriate
 7    notation in its records.
 8        (b)  In  response  to  any  inquiry,  the  Registrar or a
 9    custodian shall not provide a copy of a birth certificate  or
10    information  concerning  the  birth  record  of  any deceased
11    person except as  provided  in  this  subsection  (b)  or  as
12    otherwise  provided  in  this  Act  or  as  approved  by  the
13    Department.  When  a  copy  of  the  birth  certificate  of a
14    deceased person is  requested,  the  Registrar  or  custodian
15    shall  require  the  person making the request to complete an
16    information form, which shall be developed and  furnished  by
17    the  Department  and  shall  include, at a minimum, the name,
18    address,  telephone  number,  social  security   number   and
19    driver's  license  number  of  the person making the request.
20    Before furnishing the copy, the custodian  shall  prominently
21    stamp  on  the copy the word "DECEASED" and write or stamp on
22    the copy the date  of  death  of  the  deceased  person.  The
23    custodian  shall retain the information form completed by the
24    person making the request, and note on the birth  certificate
25    record  that  such  a  request was made.  The custodian shall
26    make the information form  available  to  the  Department  of
27    State  Police  or  any  local  law  enforcement  agency  upon
28    request.   A  city  or county custodian shall promptly submit
29    copies of all completed forms to the Registrar.
30        (c)  The Registrar shall furnish, no later than  60  days
31    after  receipt  of a form used to request a birth certificate
32    record of a deceased person, a copy of the form and a copy of
33    the corresponding birth certificate record  to  the  Illinois
34    Department   of  Public  Aid  and  the  Department  of  Human
 
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 1    Services.  The Illinois Department  of  Public  Aid  and  the
 2    Department  of  Human  Services  shall,  upon receipt of such
 3    information, check its their records to ensure that no  claim
 4    for  public  assistance under the Illinois Public Aid Code is
 5    being made either by a person purporting to be  the  deceased
 6    person or by any person on behalf of the deceased person.
 7    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

 8        Section  410.   The  Illinois  Vehicle Code is amended by
 9    changing Sections  2-109.1,  2-123,  3-412,  and  16-104b  as
10    follows:

11        (625 ILCS 5/2-109.1)
12        Sec. 2-109.1.  Exchange of information.
13        (a)  The  Secretary  of  State shall exchange information
14    with the Illinois Department of  Human  Services  Public  Aid
15    which may be necessary for the establishment of paternity and
16    the  establishment,  modification,  and  enforcement of child
17    support orders pursuant to the Illinois Public Aid Code,  the
18    Illinois  Marriage  and  Dissolution  of  Marriage  Act,  the
19    Non-Support  of  Spouse  and  Children  Act,  the Non-Support
20    Punishment Act, the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of
21    Support Act, the Uniform Interstate Family  Support  Act,  or
22    the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984.
23        (b)  Notwithstanding  any  provisions in this Code to the
24    contrary, the Secretary of State shall not be liable  to  any
25    person  for  any  disclosure  of  information to the Illinois
26    Department of Human Services Public Aid under subsection  (a)
27    or  for  any  other action taken in good faith to comply with
28    the requirements of subsection (a).
29    (Source: P.A. 90-18, eff. 7-1-97; 91-613, eff. 7-1-00.)

30        (625 ILCS 5/2-123) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-123)
31        Sec. 2-123.  Sale and Distribution of Information.
 
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 1        (a)  Except as otherwise provided in  this  Section,  the
 2    Secretary  may  make  the driver's license, vehicle and title
 3    registration lists, in part or in whole, and any  statistical
 4    information  derived  from  these  lists  available  to local
 5    governments,  elected  state  officials,  state   educational
 6    institutions,  public  libraries  and  all other governmental
 7    units of the State and Federal Government requesting them for
 8    governmental purposes. The Secretary shall require  any  such
 9    applicant  for  services  to  pay for the costs of furnishing
10    such services and the use of the equipment involved,  and  in
11    addition is empowered to establish prices and charges for the
12    services  so  furnished  and  for  the  use of the electronic
13    equipment utilized.
14        (b)  The Secretary is further empowered to and he may, in
15    his discretion, furnish to any applicant, other  than  listed
16    in  subsection (a) of this Section, vehicle or driver data on
17    a computer tape, disk, or printout at a fixed fee of $250  in
18    advance  and require in addition a further sufficient deposit
19    based upon the Secretary of State's  estimate  of  the  total
20    cost  of  the  information  requested and a charge of $25 per
21    1,000 units or part thereof identified or  the  actual  cost,
22    whichever  is  greater. The Secretary is authorized to refund
23    any difference between the additional deposit and the  actual
24    cost of the request.  This service shall not be in lieu of an
25    abstract  of a driver's record nor of a title or registration
26    search.  The information sold  pursuant  to  this  subsection
27    shall  be  the  entire  vehicle  or driver data list, or part
28    thereof.
29        (c)  Secretary of State  may  issue  registration  lists.
30    The  Secretary  of  State shall compile and publish, at least
31    annually, a list of all registered vehicles.   Each  list  of
32    registered  vehicles  shall be arranged serially according to
33    the registration numbers assigned to registered vehicles  and
34    shall   contain  in  addition  the  names  and  addresses  of
 
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 1    registered owners and a brief  description  of  each  vehicle
 2    including  the  serial  or  other identifying number thereof.
 3    Such compilation may be in such form as in the discretion  of
 4    the  Secretary  of  State  may  seem  best  for  the purposes
 5    intended.
 6        (d)  The Secretary of State shall furnish no more than  2
 7    current available lists of such registrations to the sheriffs
 8    of all counties and to the chiefs of police of all cities and
 9    villages and towns of 2,000 population and over in this State
10    at no cost.  Additional copies may be purchased at the fee of
11    $500  each or at the cost of producing the list as determined
12    by the Secretary of State.
13        (e)  The Secretary of State shall  upon  written  request
14    and  the  payment  of  the  fee  of  $500 furnish the current
15    available list of such motor  vehicle  registrations  to  any
16    person  so long as the supply of available registration lists
17    shall last.
18        (e-1)  Commercial purchasers of driver and vehicle record
19    databases shall enter  into  a  written  agreement  with  the
20    Secretary of State that includes disclosure of the commercial
21    use  of  the  intended  purchase.   Affected drivers, vehicle
22    owners, or registrants  may  request  that  their  personally
23    identifiable   information   not   be   used  for  commercial
24    solicitation purposes.
25        (f)  The  Secretary  of  State  shall  make  a  title  or
26    registration search of  the  records  of  his  office  and  a
27    written  report  on  the  same  for  any person, upon written
28    application of such person, accompanied by a fee  of  $5  for
29    each  registration  or title search.  No fee shall be charged
30    for a title or registration search, or for the  certification
31    thereof requested by a government agency.
32        The   Secretary   of  State  shall  certify  a  title  or
33    registration  record  upon  written  request.  The  fee   for
34    certification shall be $5 in addition to the fee required for
 
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 1    a  title  or registration search. Certification shall be made
 2    under the signature of the Secretary of State  and  shall  be
 3    authenticated by Seal of the Secretary of State.
 4        The  Secretary  of  State may notify the vehicle owner or
 5    registrant of the  request  for  purchase  of  his  title  or
 6    registration information as the Secretary deems appropriate.
 7        The  vehicle  owner  or  registrant residence address and
 8    other personally identifiable information on the record shall
 9    not be disclosed.  This  nondisclosure  shall  not  apply  to
10    requests   made  by  law  enforcement  officials,  government
11    agencies,  financial   institutions,   attorneys,   insurers,
12    employers,  automobile  associated businesses, other business
13    entities for purposes consistent with  the  Illinois  Vehicle
14    Code,  the  vehicle owner or registrant, or other entities as
15    the Secretary  may  exempt  by  rule  and  regulation.   This
16    information  may  be withheld from the entities listed above,
17    except  law  enforcement   and   government   agencies   upon
18    presentation  of  a  valid  court order of protection for the
19    duration of the order.
20        No information shall be released to the  requestor  until
21    expiration  of a 10 day period.  This 10 day period shall not
22    apply to requests for information  made  by  law  enforcement
23    officials,   government   agencies,  financial  institutions,
24    attorneys,   insurers,   employers,   automobile   associated
25    businesses, persons licensed as a private detective or  firms
26    licensed  as  a  private  detective  agency under the Private
27    Detective, Private Alarm, and Private Security Act  of  1983,
28    who   are  employed  by  or  are  acting  on  behalf  of  law
29    enforcement   officials,   government   agencies,   financial
30    institutions,  attorneys,  insurers,  employers,   automobile
31    associated   businesses,  and  other  business  entities  for
32    purposes consistent  with  the  Illinois  Vehicle  Code,  the
33    vehicle   owner  or  registrant  or  other  entities  as  the
34    Secretary may exempt by rule and regulation.
 
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 1        Any misrepresentation made by a  requestor  of  title  or
 2    vehicle  information  shall be punishable as a petty offense,
 3    except in the case of persons licensed as a private detective
 4    or firms licensed as a private detective agency  which  shall
 5    be  subject  to disciplinary sanctions under Section 22 or 25
 6    of the Private Detective, Private Alarm, and Private Security
 7    Act of 1983.
 8        (g) 1.  The Secretary of State may,  upon  receipt  of  a
 9        written request and a fee of $6, furnish to the person or
10        agency  so  requesting  a driver's record.  Such document
11        may  include  a  record  of:  current  driver's   license
12        issuance  information,  except  that  the  information on
13        judicial driving  permits  shall  be  available  only  as
14        otherwise  provided  by  this  Code;  convictions; orders
15        entered revoking, suspending  or  cancelling  a  driver's
16        license   or   privilege;   and   notations  of  accident
17        involvement.  All  other  information,  unless  otherwise
18        permitted by this Code, shall remain confidential.
19             2.  The  Secretary  of State may certify an abstract
20        of a  driver's  record  upon  written  request  therefor.
21        Such  certification  shall be made under the signature of
22        the Secretary of State and shall be authenticated by  the
23        Seal of his office.
24             3.  All  requests  for  driving  record  information
25        shall be made in a manner prescribed by the Secretary.
26             The  Secretary  of  State  may  notify  the affected
27        driver of the request for purchase of his driver's record
28        as the Secretary deems appropriate.
29             The affected  driver  residence  address  and  other
30        personally  identifiable  information on the record shall
31        not be disclosed.  This nondisclosure shall not apply  to
32        requests  made  by  law enforcement officials, government
33        agencies, financial  institutions,  attorneys,  insurers,
34        employers,   automobile   associated   businesses,  other
 
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 1        business  entities  for  purposes  consistent  with   the
 2        Illinois  Vehicle  Code,  the  affected  driver, or other
 3        entities  as  the  Secretary  may  exempt  by  rule   and
 4        regulation.   This  information  may be withheld from the
 5        entities  listed  above,  except  law   enforcement   and
 6        government  agencies,  upon presentation of a valid court
 7        order of protection for the duration of the order.
 8             No information shall be released  to  the  requester
 9        until  expiration of a 10 day period.  This 10 day period
10        shall not apply to requests for information made  by  law
11        enforcement  officials,  government  agencies,  financial
12        institutions,  attorneys, insurers, employers, automobile
13        associated businesses,  persons  licensed  as  a  private
14        detective or firms licensed as a private detective agency
15        under  the  Private Detective, Private Alarm, and Private
16        Security Act of 1983, who are employed by or  are  acting
17        on   behalf  of  law  enforcement  officials,  government
18        agencies, financial  institutions,  attorneys,  insurers,
19        employers,  automobile  associated  businesses, and other
20        business  entities  for  purposes  consistent  with   the
21        Illinois  Vehicle  Code,  the  affected  driver  or other
22        entities  as  the  Secretary  may  exempt  by  rule   and
23        regulation.
24             Any  misrepresentation made by a requestor of driver
25        information shall  be  punishable  as  a  petty  offense,
26        except  in  the  case  of  persons  licensed as a private
27        detective or firms licensed as a private detective agency
28        which shall be subject to  disciplinary  sanctions  under
29        Section 22 or 25 of the Private Detective, Private Alarm,
30        and Private Security Act of 1983.
31             4.  The  Secretary of State may furnish without fee,
32        upon the written request of a law enforcement agency, any
33        information from a  driver's  record  on  file  with  the
34        Secretary  of  State when such information is required in
 
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 1        the enforcement of this Code or any other law relating to
 2        the operation of motor  vehicles,  including  records  of
 3        dispositions; documented information involving the use of
 4        a   motor   vehicle;  whether  such  individual  has,  or
 5        previously had, a driver's license; and the  address  and
 6        personal   description  as  reflected  on  said  driver's
 7        record.
 8             5.  Except as otherwise provided  in  this  Section,
 9        the   Secretary   of  State  may  furnish,  without  fee,
10        information from an individual driver's record  on  file,
11        if  a written request therefor is submitted by any public
12        transit  system  or  authority,  public   defender,   law
13        enforcement  agency,  a  state  or  federal agency, or an
14        Illinois  local  intergovernmental  association,  if  the
15        request is for the  purpose  of  a  background  check  of
16        applicants  for employment with the requesting agency, or
17        for the purpose of an official investigation conducted by
18        the agency, or to determine a  current  address  for  the
19        driver  so  public  funds can be recovered or paid to the
20        driver, or for any other lawful purpose.
21             The Secretary may also furnish the courts a copy  of
22        an abstract of a driver's record, without fee, subsequent
23        to  an  arrest  for  a  violation  of Section 11-501 or a
24        similar provision of a local  ordinance.   Such  abstract
25        may   include   records   of   dispositions;   documented
26        information  involving  the  use  of  a  motor vehicle as
27        contained in the current file;  whether  such  individual
28        has,  or  previously  had,  a  driver's  license; and the
29        address and personal description  as  reflected  on  said
30        driver's record.
31             6.  Any  certified  abstract issued by the Secretary
32        of State or transmitted electronically by  the  Secretary
33        of  State  pursuant  to  this  Section,  to a court or on
34        request of a law enforcement agency, for the record of  a
 
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 1        named  person  as  to the status of the person's driver's
 2        license shall  be  prima  facie  evidence  of  the  facts
 3        therein stated and if the name appearing in such abstract
 4        is  the  same as that of a person named in an information
 5        or warrant, such abstract shall be prima  facie  evidence
 6        that  the  person named in such information or warrant is
 7        the same person as the person named in such abstract  and
 8        shall  be  admissible for any prosecution under this Code
 9        and be admitted as proof of any prior conviction or proof
10        of records, notices, or  orders  recorded  on  individual
11        driving records maintained by the Secretary of State.
12             7.  Subject  to  any  restrictions  contained in the
13        Juvenile Court Act of 1987, and upon receipt of a  proper
14        request  and  a  fee  of $6, the Secretary of State shall
15        provide a driver's record to the affected driver, or  the
16        affected  driver's  attorney,  upon  verification.   Such
17        record  shall  contain all the information referred to in
18        paragraph 1 of this subsection  (g)  plus:  any  recorded
19        accident  involvement  as  a driver; information recorded
20        pursuant to subsection (e) of Section 6-117 and paragraph
21        (4) of subsection (a) of Section 6-204 of this Code.  All
22        other information, unless  otherwise  permitted  by  this
23        Code, shall remain confidential.
24        (h)  The  Secretary  shall  not  disclose social security
25    numbers except pursuant to a written request by, or with  the
26    prior  written  consent  of,  the  individual  except: (1) to
27    officers and employees of the Secretary who have  a  need  to
28    know  the  social  security  numbers  in performance of their
29    official duties, (2)  to  law  enforcement  officials  for  a
30    lawful,  civil or criminal law enforcement investigation, and
31    if the head of the law enforcement agency has made a  written
32    request  to  the  Secretary  specifying  the  law enforcement
33    investigation for which the social security numbers are being
34    sought,   (3)   to   the   United   States   Department    of
 
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 1    Transportation,   or   any   other  State,  pursuant  to  the
 2    administration  and  enforcement  of  the  Commercial   Motor
 3    Vehicle  Safety  Act of 1986, (4)  pursuant to the order of a
 4    court of competent jurisdiction, or (5) to the Department  of
 5    Human  Services  Public  Aid  for  utilization  in  the child
 6    support enforcement duties assigned to that Department  under
 7    provisions  of  the  Public Aid Code after the individual has
 8    received   advanced   meaningful   notification    of    what
 9    redisclosure  is  sought  by the Secretary in accordance with
10    the federal Privacy Act; provided, the redisclosure shall not
11    be authorized by the Secretary prior to September 30, 1992.
12        (i)  The Secretary of State is  empowered  to  promulgate
13    rules and regulations to effectuate this Section.
14        (j)  Medical  statements  or  medical reports received in
15    the Secretary of State's Office shall  be  confidential.   No
16    confidential  information may be open to public inspection or
17    the  contents  disclosed  to  anyone,  except  officers   and
18    employees  of  the  Secretary  who  have  a  need to know the
19    information contained in the medical reports and  the  Driver
20    License  Medical  Advisory  Board,  unless  so directed by an
21    order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
22        (k)  All fees collected under this Section shall be  paid
23    into  the  Road Fund of the State Treasury, except that $3 of
24    the $6 fee for a driver's  record  shall  be  paid  into  the
25    Secretary of State Special Services Fund.
26        (l)  The    Secretary   of   State   shall   report   his
27    recommendations to the General Assembly by January  1,  1993,
28    regarding  the  sale  and  dissemination  of  the information
29    maintained by the Secretary, including the sale of  lists  of
30    driver and vehicle records.
31        (m)  Notations   of  accident  involvement  that  may  be
32    disclosed under this  Section  shall  not  include  notations
33    relating  to  damage  to  a  vehicle  or other property being
34    transported by a tow truck.  This  information  shall  remain
 
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 1    confidential,  provided  that  nothing in this subsection (m)
 2    shall  limit  disclosure  of  any  notification  of  accident
 3    involvement to any law enforcement agency or official.
 4        (n)  Requests  made  by  the  news  media  for   driver's
 5    license,  vehicle,  or  title registration information may be
 6    furnished  without  charge  or  at  a  reduced   charge,   as
 7    determined  by  the  Secretary, when the specific purpose for
 8    requesting the documents  is  deemed  to  be  in  the  public
 9    interest.   Waiver  or  reduction of the fee is in the public
10    interest if the principal purpose of the request is to access
11    and disseminate information regarding the health, safety, and
12    welfare or the legal rights of the general public and is  not
13    for the principal purpose of gaining a personal or commercial
14    benefit.
15    (Source: P.A.  90-144,  eff.  7-23-97;  90-330,  eff. 8-8-97;
16    90-400, eff.  8-15-97;  90-655,  eff.  7-30-98;  91-37,  eff.
17    7-1-99; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 91-716, eff. 10-1-00.)

18        (625 ILCS 5/3-412) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-412)
19        Sec.   3-412.  Registration   plates   and   registration
20    stickers to be furnished by the Secretary of State.
21        (a)  The  Secretary  of  State upon registering a vehicle
22    subject to annual registration  for  the  first  time   shall
23    issue   or  shall  cause  to  be  issued  to  the  owner  one
24    registration plate for a  motorcycle,  trailer,  semitrailer,
25    motorized  pedalcycle or truck-tractor, 2 registration plates
26    for other  motor  vehicles  and,  where  applicable,  current
27    registration   stickers  for  motor  vehicles  of  the  first
28    division.   The  provisions  of  this  Section  may  be  made
29    applicable to such vehicles of the second  division,  as  the
30    Secretary  of State may, from time to time, in his discretion
31    designate. On subsequent annual registrations during the term
32    of the registration plate as provided in Section 3-414.1, the
33    Secretary shall issue or  cause  to  be  issued  registration
 
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 1    stickers  as  evidence  of current registration. However, the
 2    issuance  of  annual  registration   stickers   to   vehicles
 3    registered  under  the  provisions of Section 3-402.1 of this
 4    Code may not be required if the Secretary deems the  issuance
 5    unnecessary.
 6        (b)  Every  registration  plate shall have displayed upon
 7    it the registration number assigned to the vehicle for  which
 8    it   is  issued,  the  name  of  this  State,  which  may  be
 9    abbreviated, the year number for which it was  issued,  which
10    may  be  abbreviated, the phrase "Land of Lincoln", except as
11    provided in  Sections  3-626,  3-629,  3-633,  3-634,  3-637,
12    3-638,  and  3-642,  and such other letters or numbers as the
13    Secretary may prescribe.  However, for  apportionment  plates
14    issued  to  vehicles  registered  under  Section 3-402.1, the
15    phrase "Land of Lincoln" may be omitted to allow for the word
16    "apportioned" to be displayed.   The  Secretary  may  in  his
17    discretion prescribe that letters be used as prefixes only on
18    registration  plates issued to vehicles of the first division
19    which are registered under this Code and only as suffixes  on
20    registration   plates   issued   to  other  vehicles.   Every
21    registration  sticker   issued   as   evidence   of   current
22    registration  shall designate the year number for which it is
23    issued and such other letters or numbers as the Secretary may
24    prescribe and shall  be  of  a  contrasting  color  with  the
25    registration plates and registration stickers of the previous
26    year.
27        (c)  Each registration plate and the required letters and
28    numerals  thereon,  except  the year number for which issued,
29    shall be of sufficient size to be  plainly  readable  from  a
30    distance  of  100  feet  during daylight, and shall be coated
31    with reflectorizing material.  The dimensions  of  the  plate
32    issued  to  vehicles  of  the first division shall be 6 by 12
33    inches.
34        (d)  The  Secretary  of  State  shall  issue  for   every
 
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 1    passenger motor vehicle rented without a driver the same type
 2    of  registration  plates  as  the type of plates issued for a
 3    private passenger vehicle.
 4        (e)  The  Secretary  of  State  shall  issue  for   every
 5    passenger  car  used  as  a  taxicab  or  livery, distinctive
 6    registration plates.
 7        (f)  The  Secretary  of  State  shall  issue  for   every
 8    motorcycle  distinctive  registration  plates  distinguishing
 9    between  motorcycles  having  150  or  more cubic centimeters
10    piston displacement, or having less than 150 cubic centimeter
11    piston displacement.
12        (g)  Registration plates issued to vehicles for-hire  may
13    display  a  designation  as  determined by the Secretary that
14    such vehicles are for-hire.
15        (h)  The Secretary of State shall issue for each electric
16    vehicle   distinctive   registration   plates   which   shall
17    distinguish  between  electric  vehicles  having  a   maximum
18    operating speed of 45 miles per hour or more and those having
19    a maximum operating speed of less than 45 miles per hour.
20        (i)  The  Secretary of State shall issue for every public
21    and private ambulance  registration  plates  identifying  the
22    vehicle  as an ambulance.  The Secretary shall forward to the
23    Department  of  Human  Services   Public   Aid   registration
24    information  for  the purpose of verification of claims filed
25    with the Department  by  ambulance  owners  for  payment  for
26    services to public assistance recipients.
27        (j)  The  Secretary of State shall issue for every public
28    and  private  medical  carrier  or  rescue   vehicle   livery
29    registration  plates  displaying  numbers  within  ranges  of
30    numbers reserved respectively for medical carriers and rescue
31    vehicles.   The  Secretary shall forward to the Department of
32    Human Services Public Aid registration  information  for  the
33    purpose  of  verification of claims filed with the Department
34    by owners of medical carriers or rescue vehicles for  payment
 
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 1    for services to public assistance recipients.
 2    (Source: P.A.  89-424,  eff.  6-1-96;  89-564,  eff.  7-1-97;
 3    89-612,  eff.  8-9-96;  89-621,  eff.  1-1-97;  89-639,  eff.
 4    1-1-97;  90-14,  eff.  7-1-97; 90-533, eff. 11-14-97; 90-655,
 5    eff. 7-30-98.)

 6        (625 ILCS 5/16-104b)
 7        Sec.  16-104b.  Amounts  for  Trauma  Center   Fund.   In
 8    counties that have elected not to distribute moneys under the
 9    disbursement formulas in Sections 27.5 and 27.6 of the Clerks
10    of  Courts  Act,  the  Circuit  Clerk  of  the  County,  when
11    collecting  fees,  fines,  costs,  additional penalties, bail
12    balances assessed or forfeited, and any other amount  imposed
13    upon  a  conviction  of  or  an  order  of  supervision for a
14    violation of laws or ordinances regulating  the  movement  of
15    traffic  that  amounts  to $55 or more, shall remit $5 of the
16    total amount collected, less 2 1/2% of the $5 to help  defray
17    the  administrative  costs incurred by the Clerk, except that
18    upon a conviction or order of supervision for  driving  under
19    the  influence  of alcohol or drugs the Clerk shall remit $30
20    of the total amount collected ($5  for  a  traffic  violation
21    that  amounts  to $55 or more and an additional fee of $25 to
22    be collected by the Circuit Clerk for a conviction  or  order
23    of  supervision for driving under the influence of alcohol or
24    drugs), less  the  2  1/2%,  within  60  days  to  the  State
25    Treasurer to be deposited into the Trauma Center Fund. Of the
26    amounts  deposited  into  the  Trauma  Center Fund under this
27    Section, 50% shall be disbursed to the Department  of  Public
28    Health  and 50% shall be disbursed to the Department of Human
29    Services Public Aid. Not later than March 1 of each year  the
30    Circuit  Clerk  shall  submit a report of the amount of funds
31    remitted to the State Treasurer under this Section during the
32    preceding calendar year.
33    (Source: P.A. 88-667, eff. 9-16-94; 89-105, eff. 1-1-96.)
 
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 1        Section 415.  The Clerks of  Courts  Act  is  amended  by
 2    changing Section 27.6 as follows:

 3        (705 ILCS 105/27.6)
 4        Sec.   27.6.  (a)  All  fees,  fines,  costs,  additional
 5    penalties, bail balances assessed or forfeited, and any other
 6    amount paid by a person to the  circuit  clerk  equalling  an
 7    amount  of $55 or more, except the additional fee required by
 8    subsections (b) and (c), restitution under Section  5-5-6  of
 9    the  Unified Code of Corrections, reimbursement for the costs
10    of an emergency response as provided under Section  5-5-3  of
11    the  Unified  Code  of  Corrections,  any  fees collected for
12    attending a traffic safety program  under  paragraph  (c)  of
13    Supreme  Court  Rule  529,  any  fee collected on behalf of a
14    State's Attorney under Section 4-2002 of the Counties Code or
15    a sheriff under Section 4-5001 of the Counties Code,  or  any
16    cost  imposed  under  Section  124A-5 of the Code of Criminal
17    Procedure of 1963, for convictions, orders of supervision, or
18    any other disposition for a violation of Chapters  3,  4,  6,
19    11,  and  12  of  the  Illinois  Vehicle  Code,  or a similar
20    provision of a local ordinance,  and  any  violation  of  the
21    Child  Passenger  Protection Act, or a similar provision of a
22    local ordinance, shall be  disbursed  within  60  days  after
23    receipt  by  the  circuit  clerk  as follows:  44.5% shall be
24    disbursed to the entity authorized by law to receive the fine
25    imposed in the case; 16.825% shall be disbursed to the  State
26    Treasurer;  and  38.675%  shall  be disbursed to the county's
27    general corporate fund. Of the 16.825% disbursed to the State
28    Treasurer, 2/17 shall be deposited  by  the  State  Treasurer
29    into  the  Violent  Crime  Victims  Assistance Fund, 5.052/17
30    shall be deposited into the Traffic and  Criminal  Conviction
31    Surcharge  Fund,  3/17  shall  be  deposited into the Drivers
32    Education Fund, and 6.948/17  shall  be  deposited  into  the
33    Trauma Center Fund. Of the 6.948/17 deposited into the Trauma
 
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 1    Center   Fund   from  the  16.825%  disbursed  to  the  State
 2    Treasurer, 50% shall be disbursed to the Department of Public
 3    Health and 50% shall be disbursed to the Department of  Human
 4    Services  Public Aid. For fiscal year 1993, amounts deposited
 5    into the Violent Crime Victims Assistance Fund,  the  Traffic
 6    and  Criminal  Conviction  Surcharge  Fund,  or  the  Drivers
 7    Education Fund shall not exceed 110% of the amounts deposited
 8    into  those  funds  in  fiscal  year  1991.   Any amount that
 9    exceeds the 110% limit shall be distributed as follows:   50%
10    shall be disbursed to the county's general corporate fund and
11    50%  shall  be  disbursed  to the entity authorized by law to
12    receive the fine imposed in the case. Not later than March  1
13    of  each  year the circuit clerk shall submit a report of the
14    amount of funds remitted to the State  Treasurer  under  this
15    Section  during  the  preceding  year  based upon independent
16    verification of  fines  and  fees.   All  counties  shall  be
17    subject   to  this  Section,  except  that  counties  with  a
18    population under 2,000,000 may, by ordinance, elect not to be
19    subject to  this  Section.   For  offenses  subject  to  this
20    Section,  judges  shall impose one total sum of money payable
21    for violations.  The circuit clerk may add on  no  additional
22    amounts  except  for  amounts  that  are required by Sections
23    27.3a and  27.3c  of  this  Act,  unless  those  amounts  are
24    specifically  waived  by  the  judge.   With respect to money
25    collected by the circuit clerk as a result of  forfeiture  of
26    bail,  ex  parte  judgment or guilty plea pursuant to Supreme
27    Court Rule 529, the circuit clerk shall first deduct and  pay
28    amounts  required  by  Sections  27.3a and 27.3c of this Act.
29    This Section is a denial and limitation of home  rule  powers
30    and  functions  under  subsection (h) of Section 6 of Article
31    VII of the Illinois Constitution.
32        (b)  In addition to  any  other  fines  and  court  costs
33    assessed  by the courts, any person convicted or receiving an
34    order of supervision  for  driving  under  the  influence  of
 
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 1    alcohol  or  drugs  shall pay an additional fee of $25 to the
 2    clerk of the circuit court.  This amount, less  2  1/2%  that
 3    shall  be used to defray administrative costs incurred by the
 4    clerk, shall be remitted by the clerk to the Treasurer within
 5    60 days after receipt for  deposit  into  the  Trauma  Center
 6    Fund.   This  additional fee of $25 shall not be considered a
 7    part of the fine for purposes of any reduction  in  the  fine
 8    for time served either before or after sentencing.  Not later
 9    than  March  1  of each year the Circuit Clerk shall submit a
10    report of the amount of funds remitted to the State Treasurer
11    under this subsection during the preceding calendar year.
12        (c)  In addition to  any  other  fines  and  court  costs
13    assessed  by the courts, any person convicted for a violation
14    of Sections 24-1.1, 24-1.2, or 24-1.5 of the Criminal Code of
15    1961 or a person sentenced for a violation  of  the  Cannabis
16    Control  Act  or  the  Controlled  Substance Act shall pay an
17    additional fee of $100 to the clerk  of  the  circuit  court.
18    This  amount,  less  2  1/2%  that  shall  be  used to defray
19    administrative costs incurred by the clerk, shall be remitted
20    by the clerk to the Treasurer within 60  days  after  receipt
21    for deposit into the Trauma Center Fund.  This additional fee
22    of  $100  shall  not  be  considered  a  part of the fine for
23    purposes of any reduction in the fine for time served  either
24    before  or  after sentencing.  Not later than March 1 of each
25    year the Circuit Clerk shall submit a report of the amount of
26    funds remitted to the State Treasurer under  this  subsection
27    during the preceding calendar year.
28    (Source:  P.A.  89-105,  eff.  1-1-96;  89-234,  eff. 1-1-96;
29    89-516, eff. 7-18-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)

30        Section 420.  The Attorney Act  is  amended  by  changing
31    Section 1 as follows:

32        (705 ILCS 205/1) (from Ch. 13, par. 1)
 
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 1        Sec.  1.   No person shall be permitted to practice as an
 2    attorney or counselor at law within this State without having
 3    previously obtained a  license  for  that  purpose  from  the
 4    Supreme Court of this State.
 5        No  person  shall  receive  any  compensation directly or
 6    indirectly for any legal  services  other  than  a  regularly
 7    licensed attorney.
 8        A license, as provided for herein, constitutes the person
 9    receiving   the  same  an  attorney  and  counselor  at  law,
10    according to the law and customs thereof, for and during  his
11    good  behavior  in  the practice and authorizes him to demand
12    and receive fees for any services which he may render  as  an
13    attorney and counselor at law in this State.  No person shall
14    be  granted  a  license or renewal authorized by this Act who
15    has defaulted  on  an  educational  loan  guaranteed  by  the
16    Illinois Student Assistance Commission; however, a license or
17    renewal  may be issued to the aforementioned persons who have
18    established a satisfactory repayment record as determined  by
19    the  Illinois Student Assistance Commission.  No person shall
20    be granted a license or renewal authorized by this Act who is
21    more than 30  days  delinquent  in  complying  with  a  child
22    support  order;  a license or renewal may be issued, however,
23    if the person has established a satisfactory repayment record
24    as  determined  (i)  by  the  Illinois  Department  of  Human
25    Services Public Aid for cases being enforced under Article  X
26    of the Illinois Public Aid Code or (ii) in all other cases by
27    order  of court or by written agreement between the custodial
28    parent and non-custodial parent. No person shall be refused a
29    license under this Act on account of sex.
30        Any person practicing, charging  or  receiving  fees  for
31    legal   services   within  this  State,  either  directly  or
32    indirectly, without being  licensed  to  practice  as  herein
33    required,  is  guilty  of  contempt  of  court  and  shall be
34    punished accordingly,  upon  complaint  being  filed  in  any
 
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 1    Circuit  Court  of  this  State.   Such  proceedings shall be
 2    conducted in the Courts of the respective counties where  the
 3    alleged  contempt has been committed in the same manner as in
 4    cases of indirect contempt and with the right  of  review  by
 5    the parties thereto.
 6        The  provisions of this Act shall be in addition to other
 7    remedies permitted by law  and  shall  not  be  construed  to
 8    deprive  courts  of  this  State  of  their inherent right to
 9    punish for contempt or to restrain the unauthorized  practice
10    of law.
11        Nothing  in  this  Act  shall  be  construed  to prohibit
12    representation of a party by a person who is not an  attorney
13    in  a  proceeding  before  either panel of the Illinois Labor
14    Relations Board under the  Illinois  Public  Labor  Relations
15    Act,  as  now  or hereafter amended, the Illinois Educational
16    Labor Relations Board under the  Illinois  Educational  Labor
17    Relations  Act,  as now or hereafter amended, the State Civil
18    Service Commission, the local Civil Service  Commissions,  or
19    the  University  Civil  Service  Merit  Board,  to the extent
20    allowed pursuant to  rules  and  regulations  promulgated  by
21    those Boards and Commissions.
22    (Source: P.A. 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)

23        Section  425.   The Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is amended
24    by changing Section 6-9 as follows:

25        (705 ILCS 405/6-9) (from Ch. 37, par. 806-9)
26        Sec.  6-9.   Enforcement  of  liability  of  parents  and
27    others.
28        (1)  If parentage is at issue  in  any  proceeding  under
29    this  Act, the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984 shall apply and
30    the court shall enter orders consistent with that Act.  If it
31    appears at any hearing that a  parent  or  any  other  person
32    named  in  the petition, liable under the law for the support
 
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 1    of the minor, is able to contribute to his  or  her  support,
 2    the court shall enter an order requiring that parent or other
 3    person  to  pay the clerk of the court, or to the guardian or
 4    custodian appointed under Sections 2-27, 3-28, 4-25 or 5-740,
 5    a reasonable sum from time to time for the care, support  and
 6    necessary  special  care  or  treatment, of the minor. If the
 7    court determines at any hearing that a parent  or  any  other
 8    person  named  in  the petition, liable under the law for the
 9    support of the minor, is able to contribute  to  help  defray
10    the  costs  associated with the minor's detention in a county
11    or regional detention center, the court shall enter an  order
12    requiring that parent or other person to pay the clerk of the
13    court a reasonable sum for the care and support of the minor.
14     The  court may require reasonable security for the payments.
15    Upon failure to pay, the court may enforce obedience  to  the
16    order by a proceeding as for contempt of court.
17        If  it  appears that the person liable for the support of
18    the  minor  is  able  to  contribute  to   legal   fees   for
19    representation  of  the minor, the court shall enter an order
20    requiring that  person  to  pay  a  reasonable  sum  for  the
21    representation,  to the attorney providing the representation
22    or to the clerk of the court for deposit in  the  appropriate
23    account  or  fund.  The sum may be paid as the court directs,
24    and the payment thereof secured and enforced as  provided  in
25    this Section for support.
26        If it appears at the detention or shelter care hearing of
27    a minor before the court under Section 5-501 that a parent or
28    any  other  person liable for support of the minor is able to
29    contribute to his or her support, that parent or other person
30    shall be required to pay a fee for room and board at  a  rate
31    not  to  exceed $10 per day established, with the concurrence
32    of the chief judge of the judicial  circuit,  by  the  county
33    board of the county in which the minor is detained unless the
34    court  determines that it is in the best interest and welfare
 
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 1    of the minor to waive the fee.  The concurrence of the  chief
 2    judge  shall be in the form of an administrative order.  Each
 3    week, on a day designated by the clerk of the circuit  court,
 4    that  parent  or  other  person  shall  pay the clerk for the
 5    minor's  room  and  board.   All  fees  for  room  and  board
 6    collected by the circuit court clerk shall be disbursed  into
 7    the separate county fund under Section 6-7.
 8        Upon  application,  the  court  shall waive liability for
 9    support or legal fees under this Section  if  the  parent  or
10    other  person  establishes  that  he  or  she is indigent and
11    unable to pay the  incurred  liability,  and  the  court  may
12    reduce  or  waive  liability  if  the  parent or other person
13    establishes  circumstances  showing  that  full  payment   of
14    support  or  legal fees would result in financial hardship to
15    the person or his or her family.
16        (2)  When a person so ordered to pay  for  the  care  and
17    support   of  a  minor  is  employed  for  wages,  salary  or
18    commission, the court may  order  him  to  make  the  support
19    payments  for  which  he  is liable under this Act out of his
20    wages, salary or commission and to assign so much thereof  as
21    will  pay  the  support. The court may also order him to make
22    discovery to the court as to his place of employment and  the
23    amounts earned by him. Upon his failure to obey the orders of
24    court he may be punished as for contempt of court.
25        (3)  If  the minor is a recipient of public aid under the
26    Illinois Public Aid Code, the court shall order that payments
27    made by a parent or through assignment of his  wages,  salary
28    or commission be made directly to (a) the Illinois Department
29    of  Human  Services Public Aid if the minor is a recipient of
30    aid under Article V of the Code, (b) the Department of  Human
31    Services  if the minor is a recipient of aid under Article IV
32    of the Code, or (c) the local governmental  unit  responsible
33    for  the  support  of  the  minor  if he is a recipient under
34    Articles VI or VII of the Code. The order  shall  permit  the
 
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 1    Illinois  Department  of  Public Aid, the Department of Human
 2    Services, or the local governmental unit, as the case may be,
 3    to direct that subsequent payments be made  directly  to  the
 4    guardian  or  custodian of the minor, or to some other person
 5    or agency in the minor's behalf, upon removal  of  the  minor
 6    from  the  public  aid  rolls;  and  upon  such direction and
 7    removal of the minor from the public aid rolls, the  Illinois
 8    Department  of  Public  Aid, Department of Human Services, or
 9    local governmental unit, as the  case  requires,  shall  give
10    written notice of such action to the court. Payments received
11    by the Illinois Department of Public Aid, Department of Human
12    Services,  or  local  governmental  unit  are  to be covered,
13    respectively, into the General  Revenue  Fund  of  the  State
14    Treasury or General Assistance Fund of the governmental unit,
15    as provided in Section 10-19 of the Illinois Public Aid Code.
16    (Source:  P.A.  90-157,  eff.  1-1-98;  90-483,  eff. 1-1-98;
17    90-590, eff.  1-1-99;  90-655,  eff.  7-30-98;  91-357,  eff.
18    7-29-99.)

19        Section  430.   The  Court  of  Claims  Act is amended by
20    changing Section 21 as follows:

21        (705 ILCS 505/21) (from Ch. 37, par. 439.21)
22        Sec. 21. The court is authorized to  impose,  by  uniform
23    rules,  a fee of $15 for the filing of a petition in any case
24    in which the award sought is more  than  $50  and  less  than
25    $1,000  and  $35  in  any  case  in which the award sought is
26    $1,000 or more; and to  charge  and  collect  for  copies  of
27    opinions or other documents filed in the Court of Claims such
28    fees as may be prescribed by the rules of the Court. All fees
29    and  charges  so  collected  shall be forthwith paid into the
30    State Treasury.
31        A petitioner who is a prisoner in an Illinois  Department
32    of  Corrections  facility  who  files  a pleading, motion, or
 
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 1    other filing that purports to be a legal document against the
 2    State, the Illinois Department of Corrections,  the  Prisoner
 3    Review  Board, or any of their officers or employees in which
 4    the court makes a specific finding that it is frivolous shall
 5    pay all filing fees and court costs in the manner provided in
 6    Article XXII of the Code of Civil Procedure.
 7        In  claims  based  upon  lapsed  appropriations  or  lost
 8    warrant  or  in  claims  filed  under  the  Law   Enforcement
 9    Officers,  Civil  Defense  Workers, Civil Air Patrol Members,
10    Paramedics,   Firemen,   Chaplains,   and   State   Employees
11    Compensation   Act,   the   Illinois   National   Guardsman's
12    Compensation Act, or the Crime Victims Compensation Act or in
13    claims filed by medical vendors for medical services rendered
14    by the claimant to persons eligible  for  Medical  Assistance
15    under  programs  administered  by  the Illinois Department of
16    Human Services Public Aid, no filing fee shall be required.
17    (Source: P.A. 90-492, eff.  8-17-97;  90-505,  eff.  8-19-97;
18    90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)

19        Section  435.   The  Criminal  Code of 1961 is amended by
20    changing Sections 12-2 and 12-4 as follows:

21        (720 ILCS 5/12-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-2)
22        Sec. 12-2.  Aggravated assault.
23        (a)  A person commits an  aggravated  assault,  when,  in
24    committing an assault, he:
25             (1)  Uses a deadly weapon or any device manufactured
26        and designed to be substantially similar in appearance to
27        a  firearm,  other  than  by discharging a firearm in the
28        direction of another person, a peace  officer,  a  person
29        summoned  or  directed by a peace officer, a correctional
30        officer or a fireman or in the  direction  of  a  vehicle
31        occupied  by  another  person,  a peace officer, a person
32        summoned or directed by a peace officer,  a  correctional
 
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 1        officer  or  a  fireman  while  the officer or fireman is
 2        engaged in the execution of any of his  official  duties,
 3        or  to prevent the officer or fireman from performing his
 4        official duties, or in retaliation  for  the  officer  or
 5        fireman performing his official duties;
 6             (2)  Is hooded, robed or masked in such manner as to
 7        conceal  his  identity  or  any  device  manufactured and
 8        designed to be substantially similar in appearance  to  a
 9        firearm;
10             (3)  Knows  the individual assaulted to be a teacher
11        or other person employed in any school and  such  teacher
12        or  other  employee  is  upon  the grounds of a school or
13        grounds adjacent thereto, or is in any part of a building
14        used for school purposes;
15             (4)  Knows  the  individual  assaulted   to   be   a
16        supervisor, director, instructor or other person employed
17        in  any  park  district  and  such  supervisor, director,
18        instructor or other employee is upon the grounds  of  the
19        park  or grounds adjacent thereto, or is in any part of a
20        building used for park purposes;
21             (5)  Knows  the  individual  assaulted   to   be   a
22        caseworker, investigator, or other person employed by the
23        State  Department  of  Public Aid, a County Department of
24        Public Aid, or the Department of Human  Services  (acting
25        as  successor  to  the  Illinois Department of Public Aid
26        under the Department of  Human  Services  Act)  and  such
27        caseworker,  investigator,  or  other  person is upon the
28        grounds of  a  public  aid  office  or  grounds  adjacent
29        thereto,  or is in any part of a building used for public
30        aid purposes, or upon the grounds of a home of  a  public
31        aid  applicant,  recipient  or  any  other  person  being
32        interviewed  or  investigated in the employees' discharge
33        of his duties, or on grounds adjacent thereto, or  is  in
34        any part of a building in which the applicant, recipient,
 
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 1        or other such person resides or is located;
 2             (6)  Knows  the  individual  assaulted to be a peace
 3        officer, or a community policing volunteer, or a  fireman
 4        while  the officer or fireman is engaged in the execution
 5        of any of his official duties, or to prevent the officer,
 6        community policing volunteer, or fireman from  performing
 7        his  official  duties, or in retaliation for the officer,
 8        community policing volunteer, or fireman  performing  his
 9        official  duties, and the assault is committed other than
10        by the discharge of a firearm in  the  direction  of  the
11        officer  or  fireman  or  in  the  direction of a vehicle
12        occupied by the officer or fireman;
13             (7)  Knows  the  individual  assaulted  to   be   an
14        emergency   medical  technician  -  ambulance,  emergency
15        medical  technician  -  intermediate,  emergency  medical
16        technician - paramedic, ambulance driver or other medical
17        assistance  or  first  aid  personnel   employed   by   a
18        municipality  or  other  governmental unit engaged in the
19        execution of any of his official duties,  or  to  prevent
20        the  emergency  medical technician - ambulance, emergency
21        medical  technician  -  intermediate,  emergency  medical
22        technician  -  paramedic,  ambulance  driver,  or   other
23        medical assistance or first aid personnel from performing
24        his  official duties, or in retaliation for the emergency
25        medical  technician  -   ambulance,   emergency   medical
26        technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician -
27        paramedic,  ambulance driver, or other medical assistance
28        or first aid personnel performing his official duties;
29             (8)  Knows  the  individual  assaulted  to  be   the
30        driver,   operator,   employee   or   passenger   of  any
31        transportation facility or system engaged in the business
32        of  transportation  of  the  public  for  hire  and   the
33        individual  assaulted is then performing in such capacity
34        or then using such public transportation as  a  passenger
 
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 1        or  using  any  area of any description designated by the
 2        transportation facility or system as a vehicle  boarding,
 3        departure, or transfer location;
 4             (9)  Or  the  individual  assaulted is on or about a
 5        public  way,  public  property,  or   public   place   of
 6        accommodation or amusement;
 7             (10)  Knows   the  individual  assaulted  to  be  an
 8        employee  of  the  State   of   Illinois,   a   municipal
 9        corporation  therein  or a political subdivision thereof,
10        engaged in the performance of his  authorized  duties  as
11        such employee;
12             (11)  Knowingly  and  without  legal  justification,
13        commits an assault on a physically handicapped person;
14             (12)  Knowingly  and  without  legal  justification,
15        commits an assault on a person 60 years of age or older;
16             (13)  Discharges a firearm;
17             (14)  Knows   the   individual  assaulted  to  be  a
18        correctional officer, while the officer is engaged in the
19        execution of any of his or her  official  duties,  or  to
20        prevent  the  officer from performing his or her official
21        duties, or in retaliation for the officer performing  his
22        or her official duties; or
23             (15)  Knows   the   individual  assaulted  to  be  a
24        correctional employee, while the employee is  engaged  in
25        the execution of any of his or her official duties, or to
26        prevent  the employee from performing his or her official
27        duties, or in retaliation for the employee performing his
28        or her official duties,  and  the  assault  is  committed
29        other than by the discharge of a firearm in the direction
30        of the employee or in the direction of a vehicle occupied
31        by the employee.
32        (a-5)  A  person commits an aggravated assault when he or
33    she knowingly and  without  lawful  justification  shines  or
34    flashes  a  laser  gunsight  or  other  laser  device that is
 
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 1    attached or affixed to a firearm, or used in concert  with  a
 2    firearm,  so  that  the  laser  beam  strikes  near or in the
 3    immediate vicinity of any person.
 4        (b)  Sentence.
 5        Aggravated assault as defined in paragraphs  (1)  through
 6    (5) and (7) through (12) of subsection (a) of this Section is
 7    a  Class  A  misdemeanor.   Aggravated  assault as defined in
 8    paragraphs (13), (14), and (15) of  subsection  (a)  of  this
 9    Section and as defined in subsection (a-5) of this Section is
10    a Class 4 felony.  Aggravated assault as defined in paragraph
11    (6)   of  subsection  (a)  of  this  Section  is  a  Class  A
12    misdemeanor if a firearm is not used in the commission of the
13    assault.  Aggravated assault as defined in paragraph  (6)  of
14    subsection  (a)  of  this  Section  is  a Class 4 felony if a
15    firearm is used in the commission of the assault.
16    (Source: P.A. 90-406,  eff.  8-15-97;  90-651,  eff.  1-1-99;
17    91-672, eff. 1-1-00.)

18        (720 ILCS 5/12-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 12-4)
19        Sec. 12-4. Aggravated Battery.
20        (a)  A person who, in committing a battery, intentionally
21    or   knowingly   causes   great  bodily  harm,  or  permanent
22    disability or disfigurement commits aggravated battery.
23        (b)  In committing a battery, a person commits aggravated
24    battery if he or she:
25             (1)  Uses  a  deadly  weapon  other  than   by   the
26        discharge of a firearm;
27             (2)  Is  hooded,  robed or masked, in such manner as
28        to conceal his identity;
29             (3)  Knows the individual harmed to be a teacher  or
30        other  person  employed in any school and such teacher or
31        other employee is upon the grounds of a school or grounds
32        adjacent thereto, or is in any part of  a  building  used
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 1             (4)  Knows the individual harmed to be a supervisor,
 2        director, instructor or other person employed in any park
 3        district  and  such  supervisor,  director, instructor or
 4        other employee is upon the grounds of the park or grounds
 5        adjacent thereto, or is in any part of  a  building  used
 6        for park purposes;
 7             (5)  Knows the individual harmed to be a caseworker,
 8        investigator,  or  other  person  employed  by  the State
 9        Department of Public Aid, a County Department  of  Public
10        Aid,  or  the  Department  of  Human  Services (acting as
11        successor to the Illinois Department of Public Aid  under
12        the   Department   of   Human   Services  Act)  and  such
13        caseworker, investigator, or other  person  is  upon  the
14        grounds  of  a  public  aid  office  or  grounds adjacent
15        thereto, or is in any part of a building used for  public
16        aid  purposes,  or upon the grounds of a home of a public
17        aid applicant,  recipient,  or  any  other  person  being
18        interviewed  or  investigated in the employee's discharge
19        of his duties, or on grounds adjacent thereto, or  is  in
20        any part of a building in which the applicant, recipient,
21        or other such person resides or is located;
22             (6)  Knows  the  individual  harmed  to  be  a peace
23        officer, a community policing volunteer,  a  correctional
24        institution  employee,  or  a fireman while such officer,
25        volunteer,  employee  or  fireman  is  engaged   in   the
26        execution  of  any  official  duties  including arrest or
27        attempted arrest, or to prevent the  officer,  volunteer,
28        employee  or  fireman from performing official duties, or
29        in retaliation for the officer,  volunteer,  employee  or
30        fireman  performing  official  duties, and the battery is
31        committed other than by the discharge of a firearm;
32             (7)  Knows the individual harmed to be an  emergency
33        medical   technician   -   ambulance,  emergency  medical
34        technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician -
 
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 1        paramedic, ambulance driver,  other  medical  assistance,
 2        first aid personnel, or hospital emergency room personnel
 3        engaged  in the performance of any of his or her official
 4        duties, or to prevent the emergency medical technician  -
 5        ambulance,  emergency  medical technician - intermediate,
 6        emergency  medical  technician  -  paramedic,   ambulance
 7        driver, other medical assistance, first aid personnel, or
 8        hospital   emergency   room   personnel  from  performing
 9        official  duties,  or  in  retaliation   for   performing
10        official duties;
11             (8)  Is,  or  the  person battered is, on or about a
12        public  way,  public  property   or   public   place   of
13        accommodation or amusement;
14             (9)  Knows  the  individual harmed to be the driver,
15        operator, employee or  passenger  of  any  transportation
16        facility   or   system   engaged   in   the  business  of
17        transportation of the public for hire and the  individual
18        assaulted  is  then  performing  in such capacity or then
19        using such public transportation as a passenger or  using
20        any   area   of   any   description   designated  by  the
21        transportation facility or system as a vehicle  boarding,
22        departure, or transfer location;
23             (10)  Knowingly  and without legal justification and
24        by any means causes bodily harm to an  individual  of  60
25        years of age or older;
26             (11)  Knows the individual harmed is pregnant;
27             (12)  Knows the individual harmed to be a judge whom
28        the  person  intended  to harm as a result of the judge's
29        performance of his or her official duties as a judge;
30             (13)  Knows the individual harmed to be an  employee
31        of   the  Illinois  Department  of  Children  and  Family
32        Services engaged in the  performance  of  his  authorized
33        duties as such employee;
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 1        is physically handicapped; or
 2             (15)  Knowingly  and without legal justification and
 3        by any means causes bodily harm to a merchant who detains
 4        the person for an  alleged  commission  of  retail  theft
 5        under  Section  16A-5  of  this  Code. In this item (15),
 6        "merchant" has the meaning  ascribed  to  it  in  Section
 7        16A-2.4 of this Code.
 8        For  the  purpose  of paragraph (14) of subsection (b) of
 9    this Section, a physically handicapped person is a person who
10    suffers   from   a   permanent   and    disabling    physical
11    characteristic,  resulting  from  disease, injury, functional
12    disorder or congenital condition.
13        (c)  A person who administers to an individual or  causes
14    him  to  take, without his consent or by threat or deception,
15    and  for  other  than  medical  purposes,  any  intoxicating,
16    poisonous, stupefying, narcotic,  anesthetic,  or  controlled
17    substance commits aggravated battery.
18        (d)  A  person  who knowingly gives to another person any
19    food that contains any substance or object that  is  intended
20    to   cause  physical  injury  if  eaten,  commits  aggravated
21    battery.
22        (d-3) (d-5)  A person commits aggravated battery when  he
23    or  she  knowingly and without lawful justification shines or
24    flashes a laser  gunsight  or  other  laser  device  that  is
25    attached  or  affixed to a firearm, or used in concert with a
26    firearm, so that the laser beam strikes upon or  against  the
27    person of another.
28        (d-5)  An  inmate  of  a  penal institution who causes or
29    attempts to  cause  a  correctional  employee  of  the  penal
30    institution  to  come into contact with blood, seminal fluid,
31    urine, or feces, by  throwing,  tossing,  or  expelling  that
32    fluid  or  material commits aggravated battery.  For purposes
33    of this subsection (d-5),  "correctional  employee"  means  a
34    person who is employed by a penal institution.
 
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 1        (e)  Sentence.
 2        Aggravated battery is a Class 3 felony.
 3    (Source: P.A.  90-115,  eff.  1-1-98;  90-651,  eff.  1-1-99;
 4    90-735,  eff.  8-11-98;  91-357,  eff.  7-29-99; 91-488, eff.
 5    1-1-00; 91-619, eff. 1-1-00;  91-672,  eff.  1-1-00;  revised
 6    1-7-00.)

 7        Section 440.  The Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act
 8    is amended by changing Section 90 as follows:

 9        (725 ILCS 207/90)
10        Sec. 90.  Committed persons ability to pay for services.
11    Each person committed or detained under this Act who receives
12    services  provided  directly  or funded by the Department and
13    the estate of that person is liable for the payment  of  sums
14    representing  charges for services to the person at a rate to
15    be determined by the Department.   Services  charges  against
16    that  person  take  effect  on  the  date of admission or the
17    effective date of this Section.  The Department in its  rules
18    may  establish  a  maximum rate for the cost of services.  In
19    the case of any person who has received residential  services
20    from  the Department, whether directly from the Department or
21    through a public or private agency or entity  funded  by  the
22    Department, the liability shall be the same regardless of the
23    source  of services.  When the person is placed in a facility
24    outside  the   Department,   the   facility   shall   collect
25    reimbursement from the person.  The Department may supplement
26    the  contribution  of  the person to private facilities after
27    all other sources of income have been utilized;  however  the
28    supplement  shall  not  exceed the allowable rate under Title
29    XVIII or Title XIX of the Federal  Social  Security  Act  for
30    those  persons  eligible  for those respective programs.  The
31    Department  may  pay  the  actual  costs   of   services   or
32    maintenance in the facility and may collect reimbursement for
 
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 1    the  entire  amount  paid from the person or an amount not to
 2    exceed  the  maximum.   Lesser  or  greater  amounts  may  be
 3    accepted by  the  Department  when  conditions  warrant  that
 4    action  or when offered by persons not liable under this Act.
 5    Nothing in this Section shall preclude  the  Department  from
 6    applying  federal benefits that are specifically provided for
 7    the care and treatment of a disabled person toward  the  cost
 8    of  care provided by a State facility or private agency.  The
 9    Department may investigate the financial  condition  of  each
10    person  committed  under this Act, may make determinations of
11    the ability of each such  person  to  pay  sums  representing
12    services  charges,  and for those purposes may set a standard
13    as a basis of judgment of ability  to  pay.   The  Department
14    shall  by  rule  make  provisions for unusual and exceptional
15    circumstances in  the  application  of  that  standard.   The
16    Department  may  issue  to any person liable under this Act a
17    statement of amount due as treatment charges requiring him or
18    her to  pay  monthly,  quarterly,  or  otherwise  as  may  be
19    arranged,  an  amount  not exceeding that required under this
20    Act, plus fees to which the Department may be entitled  under
21    this Act.
22        (a)  Whenever  an  individual  is  covered, in part or in
23    whole, under any type of insurance  arrangement,  private  or
24    public, for services provided by the Department, the proceeds
25    from  the  insurance  shall  be  considered  as  part  of the
26    individual's  ability  to  pay   notwithstanding   that   the
27    insurance  contract  was  entered into by a person other than
28    the individual or that the premiums for  the  insurance  were
29    paid  for by a person other than the individual.  Remittances
30    from intermediary agencies under Title XVIII of  the  Federal
31    Social  Security  Act for services to committed persons shall
32    be deposited with the  State  Treasurer  and  placed  in  the
33    Mental Health Fund.  Payments received from the Department of
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 1    Social Security Act for services to those  persons  shall  be
 2    deposited with the State Treasurer and shall be placed in the
 3    General Revenue Fund.
 4        (b)  Any   person   who  has  been  issued  a  Notice  of
 5    Determination of sums due as services  charges  may  petition
 6    the  Department  for  a  review  of  that determination.  The
 7    petition must be in writing and  filed  with  the  Department
 8    within  90 days from the date of the Notice of Determination.
 9    The Department shall provide for a hearing to be held on  the
10    charges   for  the  period  covered  by  the  petition.   The
11    Department may after the hearing, cancel, modify, or increase
12    the former determination to  an  amount  not  to  exceed  the
13    maximum  provided for the person by this Act.  The Department
14    at its expense shall take testimony and preserve a record  of
15    all  proceedings  at  the  hearing  upon  any  petition for a
16    release from  or  modification  of  the  determination.   The
17    petition  and  other documents in the nature of pleadings and
18    motions  filed  in  the  case,  a  transcript  of  testimony,
19    findings of the  Department,  and  orders  of  the  Secretary
20    constitute   the  record.   The  Secretary  shall  furnish  a
21    transcript of the record to any person upon  payment  of  75¢
22    per  page  for  each original transcript and 25¢ per page for
23    each copy of the transcript.  Any  person  aggrieved  by  the
24    decision of the Department upon a hearing may, within 30 days
25    thereafter, file a petition with the Department for review of
26    the   decision   by   the   Board  of  Reimbursement  Appeals
27    established  in   the   Mental   Health   and   Developmental
28    Disabilities  Code.   The  Board of Reimbursement Appeals may
29    approve action taken by the Department or may remand the case
30    to the Secretary with recommendation for  redetermination  of
31    charges.
32        (c)  Upon   receiving   a   petition   for  review  under
33    subsection  (b)  of  this  Section,  the   Department   shall
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 1    shall render its decision thereon within 30  days  after  the
 2    petition   is   filed   and  certify  such  decision  to  the
 3    Department.  Concurrence  of  a  majority  of  the  Board  is
 4    necessary   in  any  such  decision.   Upon  request  of  the
 5    Department, the State's Attorney of the  county  in  which  a
 6    client  who  is  liable  under  this  Act for payment of sums
 7    representing  services  charges  resides,   shall   institute
 8    appropriate  legal  action against any such client, or within
 9    the time provided by law  shall  file  a  claim  against  the
10    estate  of  the  client  who  fails  or  refuses to pay those
11    charges.  The court shall order the payment of sums  due  for
12    services  charges  for  such period or periods of time as the
13    circumstances require.  The order may be entered against  any
14    defendant  and may be based upon the proportionate ability of
15    each  defendant  to  contribute  to  the  payment   of   sums
16    representing  services  charges  including the actual charges
17    for services in facilities outside the Department  where  the
18    Department has paid those charges.  Orders for the payment of
19    money  may  be enforced by attachment as for contempt against
20    the persons of the defendants  and,  in  addition,  as  other
21    judgments for the payment of money, and costs may be adjudged
22    against the defendants and apportioned among them.
23        (d)  The  money  collected  shall  be  deposited into the
24    Mental Health Fund.
25    (Source: P.A. 90-793, eff. 8-14-98.)

26        Section 445.  The Unified Code of Corrections is  amended
27    by changing Sections 3-2-2 and 3-5-4 as follows:

28        (730 ILCS 5/3-2-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-2)
29        Sec. 3-2-2.  Powers and Duties of the Department.
30        (1)  In    addition    to    the   powers,   duties   and
31    responsibilities which are otherwise  provided  by  law,  the
32    Department shall have the following powers:
 
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 1             (a)  To accept persons committed to it by the courts
 2        of   this   State   for   care,  custody,  treatment  and
 3        rehabilitation.
 4             (b)  To   develop   and   maintain   reception   and
 5        evaluation units for purposes of  analyzing  the  custody
 6        and  rehabilitation  needs of persons committed to it and
 7        to assign such persons to institutions and programs under
 8        its  control  or  transfer  them  to  other   appropriate
 9        agencies.    In   consultation  with  the  Department  of
10        Alcoholism and Substance Abuse  (now  the  Department  of
11        Human  Services),  the  Department  of  Corrections shall
12        develop a master plan for the screening and evaluation of
13        persons committed to its custody who have alcohol or drug
14        abuse problems,  and  for  making  appropriate  treatment
15        available to such persons; the Department shall report to
16        the General Assembly on such plan not later than April 1,
17        1987.   The  maintenance  and implementation of such plan
18        shall be contingent upon the availability of funds.
19             (b-5)  To  develop,   in   consultation   with   the
20        Department  of  State  Police, a program for tracking and
21        evaluating each inmate from  commitment  through  release
22        for  recording  his or her gang affiliations, activities,
23        or ranks.
24             (c)  To   maintain   and   administer   all    State
25        correctional   institutions   and  facilities  under  its
26        control and to establish new ones as needed.  Pursuant to
27        its power to establish new institutions  and  facilities,
28        the  Department  may,  with  the  written approval of the
29        Governor, authorize the Department of Central  Management
30        Services to enter into an agreement of the type described
31        in subsection (d) of Section 405-300 of the Department of
32        Central  Management  Services  Law (20 ILCS 405/405-300).
33        The Department shall designate those  institutions  which
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 1             Pursuant  to its power to establish new institutions
 2        and  facilities,  the  Department   may   authorize   the
 3        Department  of Central Management Services to accept bids
 4        from counties and municipalities  for  the  construction,
 5        remodeling  or  conversion of a structure to be leased to
 6        the Department of Corrections for  the  purposes  of  its
 7        serving  as a correctional institution or facility.  Such
 8        construction, remodeling or conversion  may  be  financed
 9        with  revenue  bonds  issued  pursuant  to the Industrial
10        Building Revenue Bond Act by the municipality or  county.
11        The  lease  specified in a bid shall be for a term of not
12        less than the time needed to  retire  any  revenue  bonds
13        used  to finance the project, but not to exceed 40 years.
14        The lease may grant to the State the option  to  purchase
15        the structure outright.
16             Upon receipt of the bids, the Department may certify
17        one or more of the bids and shall submit any such bids to
18        the  General  Assembly  for approval.  Upon approval of a
19        bid by a constitutional majority of both  houses  of  the
20        General  Assembly,  pursuant  to  joint  resolution,  the
21        Department  of Central Management Services may enter into
22        an agreement with the county or municipality pursuant  to
23        such bid.
24             (c-5)  To   build  and  maintain  regional  juvenile
25        detention centers  and  to  charge  a  per  diem  to  the
26        counties  as  established by the Department to defray the
27        costs of  housing  each  minor  in  a  center.   In  this
28        subsection  (c-5),  "juvenile  detention  center" means a
29        facility to house minors during  pendency  of  trial  who
30        have been transferred from proceedings under the Juvenile
31        Court Act of 1987 to prosecutions under the criminal laws
32        of  this  State  in  accordance with Section 5-805 of the
33        Juvenile Court Act of 1987, whether the transfer  was  by
34        operation  of  law or permissive under that Section.  The
 
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 1        Department shall designate the counties to be  served  by
 2        each regional juvenile detention center.
 3             (d)  To  develop  and  maintain programs of control,
 4        rehabilitation and employment of committed persons within
 5        its institutions.
 6             (e)  To  establish  a  system  of  supervision   and
 7        guidance of committed persons in the community.
 8             (f)  To establish in cooperation with the Department
 9        of  Transportation  to  supply  a  sufficient  number  of
10        prisoners  for use by the Department of Transportation to
11        clean up the  trash  and  garbage  along  State,  county,
12        township,  or  municipal  highways  as  designated by the
13        Department  of   Transportation.    The   Department   of
14        Corrections,   at   the  request  of  the  Department  of
15        Transportation, shall furnish  such  prisoners  at  least
16        annually  for  a  period  to  be  agreed upon between the
17        Director   of   Corrections   and   the    Director    of
18        Transportation.  The prisoners used on this program shall
19        be  selected  by  the Director of Corrections on whatever
20        basis he deems proper in  consideration  of  their  term,
21        behavior  and  earned  eligibility to participate in such
22        program - where  they  will  be  outside  of  the  prison
23        facility  but  still  in the custody of the Department of
24        Corrections.  Prisoners convicted of first degree murder,
25        or a Class X felony, or  armed  violence,  or  aggravated
26        kidnapping,    or  criminal  sexual  assault,  aggravated
27        criminal sexual abuse  or  a  subsequent  conviction  for
28        criminal  sexual  abuse, or forcible detention, or arson,
29        or a prisoner adjudged a Habitual Criminal shall  not  be
30        eligible  for  selection  to participate in such program.
31        The prisoners shall remain as prisoners in the custody of
32        the Department of Corrections and such  Department  shall
33        furnish whatever security is necessary. The Department of
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 1        highway  cleanup  program  and personnel to supervise and
 2        direct the program. Neither the Department of Corrections
 3        nor the Department of Transportation  shall  replace  any
 4        regular employee with a prisoner.
 5             (g)  To  maintain records of persons committed to it
 6        and to establish programs  of  research,  statistics  and
 7        planning.
 8             (h)  To  investigate  the  grievances  of any person
 9        committed to the Department, to inquire into any  alleged
10        misconduct  by  employees  or  committed  persons, and to
11        investigate the assets of committed persons to  implement
12        Section 3-7-6 of this Code; and for these purposes it may
13        issue  subpoenas  and  compel the attendance of witnesses
14        and the  production  of  writings  and  papers,  and  may
15        examine  under  oath  any witnesses who may appear before
16        it; to also investigate alleged violations of a parolee's
17        or releasee's conditions of parole or  release;  and  for
18        this  purpose  it  may  issue  subpoenas  and  compel the
19        attendance of witnesses and the production  of  documents
20        only  if  there is reason to believe that such procedures
21        would  provide  evidence  that   such   violations   have
22        occurred.
23             If  any person fails to obey a subpoena issued under
24        this subsection, the Director may apply  to  any  circuit
25        court  to  secure  compliance  with  the  subpoena.   The
26        failure  to  comply with the order of the court issued in
27        response thereto  shall  be  punishable  as  contempt  of
28        court.
29             (i)  To  appoint and remove the chief administrative
30        officers,  and  administer  programs  of   training   and
31        development  of  personnel  of  the Department. Personnel
32        assigned by the Department  to  be  responsible  for  the
33        custody   and   control   of   committed  persons  or  to
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 1        or  employees  or  alleged  violations  of a parolee's or
 2        releasee's conditions of parole shall be conservators  of
 3        the  peace  for  those  purposes, and shall have the full
 4        power of peace officers outside of the facilities of  the
 5        Department   in  the  protection,  arrest,  retaking  and
 6        reconfining of committed persons or where the exercise of
 7        such power is necessary  to  the  investigation  of  such
 8        misconduct or violations.
 9             (j)  To   cooperate   with   other  departments  and
10        agencies and with local communities for  the  development
11        of   standards   and  programs  for  better  correctional
12        services in this State.
13             (k)  To administer all moneys and properties of  the
14        Department.
15             (l)  To  report  annually  to  the  Governor  on the
16        committed  persons,  institutions  and  programs  of  the
17        Department.
18             (l-5)  In  a  confidential  annual  report  to   the
19        Governor,  the Department shall identify all inmate gangs
20        by specifying each current gang's  name,  population  and
21        allied  gangs.   The Department shall further specify the
22        number of top leaders identified by  the  Department  for
23        each gang during the past year, and the measures taken by
24        the  Department  to segregate each leader from his or her
25        gang and allied  gangs.   The  Department  shall  further
26        report  the  current  status  of  leaders  identified and
27        segregated in previous years.  All leaders  described  in
28        the  report shall be identified by inmate number or other
29        designation   to   enable   tracking,    auditing,    and
30        verification  without revealing the names of the leaders.
31        Because this report contains law enforcement intelligence
32        information collected by the Department,  the  report  is
33        confidential and not subject to public disclosure.
34             (m)  To  make all rules and regulations and exercise
 
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 1        all powers and duties vested by law in the Department.
 2             (n)  To  establish   rules   and   regulations   for
 3        administering   a   system   of   good  conduct  credits,
 4        established in accordance with Section 3-6-3, subject  to
 5        review by the Prisoner Review Board.
 6             (o)  To  administer  the  distribution of funds from
 7        the State Treasury  to  reimburse  counties  where  State
 8        penal   institutions  are  located  for  the  payment  of
 9        assistant  state's  attorneys'  salaries  under   Section
10        4-2001 of the Counties Code.
11             (p)  To  exchange information with the Department of
12        Human Services and the Illinois Department of Public  Aid
13        for  the purpose of verifying living arrangements and for
14        other purposes directly connected with the administration
15        of this Code and the Illinois Public Aid Code.
16             (q)  To establish a diversion program.
17             The program shall provide a  structured  environment
18        for  selected  technical  parole  or mandatory supervised
19        release violators and committed persons who have violated
20        the rules governing their conduct while in work  release.
21        This  program  shall  not apply to those persons who have
22        committed a  new  offense  while  serving  on  parole  or
23        mandatory  supervised  release or while committed to work
24        release.
25             Elements of the program shall include, but shall not
26        be limited to, the following:
27                  (1)  The staff of a  diversion  facility  shall
28             provide  supervision  in  accordance  with  required
29             objectives set by the facility.
30                  (2)  Participants shall be required to maintain
31             employment.
32                  (3)  Each  participant  shall  pay for room and
33             board at  the  facility  on  a  sliding-scale  basis
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 1                  (4)  Each participant shall:
 2                       (A)  provide  restitution  to  victims  in
 3                  accordance with any court order;
 4                       (B)  provide   financial  support  to  his
 5                  dependents; and
 6                       (C)  make appropriate payments toward  any
 7                  other court-ordered obligations.
 8                  (5)  Each  participant shall complete community
 9             service in addition to employment.
10                  (6)  Participants  shall  take  part  in   such
11             counseling,  educational  and  other programs as the
12             Department may deem appropriate.
13                  (7)  Participants  shall  submit  to  drug  and
14             alcohol screening.
15                  (8)  The  Department  shall  promulgate   rules
16             governing the administration of the program.
17             (r)  To  enter  into  intergovernmental  cooperation
18        agreements  under  which  persons  in  the custody of the
19        Department   may   participate   in   a   county   impact
20        incarceration program established under Section 3-6038 or
21        3-15003.5 of the Counties Code.
22             (r-5)  To enter into  intergovernmental  cooperation
23        agreements  under which minors adjudicated delinquent and
24        committed to  the  Department  of  Corrections,  Juvenile
25        Division,  may  participate  in  a county juvenile impact
26        incarceration program established under Section 3-6039 of
27        the Counties Code.
28             (r-10)  To  systematically  and  routinely  identify
29        with  respect  to  each  streetgang  active  within   the
30        correctional  system:  (1)  each  active  gang; (2) every
31        existing inter-gang affiliation or alliance; and (3)  the
32        current  leaders  in  each  gang.   The  Department shall
33        promptly segregate leaders from  inmates  who  belong  to
34        their  gangs  and  allied  gangs.   "Segregate"  means no
 
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 1        physical contact and, to the extent  possible  under  the
 2        conditions   and  space  available  at  the  correctional
 3        facility, prohibition of visual and sound  communication.
 4        For  the  purposes  of  this  paragraph (r-10), "leaders"
 5        means persons who:
 6                  (i)  are members of a criminal streetgang;
 7                  (ii)  with respect to other individuals  within
 8             the  streetgang,  occupy  a  position  of organizer,
 9             supervisor,  or  other  position  of  management  or
10             leadership; and
11                  (iii)  are actively and personally  engaged  in
12             directing,   ordering,  authorizing,  or  requesting
13             commission of criminal acts  by  others,  which  are
14             punishable as a felony, in furtherance of streetgang
15             related  activity  both  within  and  outside of the
16             Department of Corrections.
17        "Streetgang", "gang", and "streetgang related"  have  the
18        meanings  ascribed  to them in Section 10 of the Illinois
19        Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.
20             (s)  To    operate    a    super-maximum    security
21        institution, in order to manage and supervise inmates who
22        are disruptive or dangerous and provide  for  the  safety
23        and security of the staff and the other inmates.
24             (t)  To monitor any unprivileged conversation or any
25        unprivileged  communication,  whether  in  person  or  by
26        mail, telephone, or other means, between an  inmate  who,
27        before  commitment  to the Department, was a member of an
28        organized gang and any other person without the  need  to
29        show cause or satisfy any other requirement of law before
30        beginning  the  monitoring,  except  as  constitutionally
31        required. The monitoring may be by video, voice, or other
32        method  of  recording  or by any other means.  As used in
33        this subdivision (1)(t), "organized gang" has the meaning
34        ascribed to it in Section 10 of the  Illinois  Streetgang
 
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 1        Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.
 2             As  used  in  this subdivision (1)(t), "unprivileged
 3        conversation" or  "unprivileged  communication"  means  a
 4        conversation  or  communication  that is not protected by
 5        any privilege recognized by law or by decision, rule,  or
 6        order of the Illinois Supreme Court.
 7             (u)  To   establish   a   Women's   and   Children's
 8        Pre-release Community Supervision Program for the purpose
 9        of  providing  housing  and  services  to eligible female
10        inmates, as  determined  by  the  Department,  and  their
11        newborn and young children.
12             (v)  To do all other acts necessary to carry out the
13        provisions of this Chapter.
14        (2)  The  Department  of  Corrections shall by January 1,
15    1998, consider building and operating a correctional facility
16    within 100 miles of a county of over  2,000,000  inhabitants,
17    especially a facility designed to house juvenile participants
18    in the impact incarceration program.
19    (Source:  P.A.  90-14,  eff.  7-1-97;  90-590,  eff.  1-1-99;
20    90-658,  eff.  1-1-99;  91-239,  eff.  1-1-00;  91-357,  eff.
21    7-29-99.)

22        (730 ILCS 5/3-5-4)
23        Sec.  3-5-4.  Exchange  of  information for child support
24    enforcement.
25        (a)  The Department  shall  exchange  with  the  Illinois
26    Department  of Human Services Public Aid information that may
27    be necessary for the  enforcement  of  child  support  orders
28    entered  pursuant  to  the  Illinois  Public  Aid  Code,  the
29    Illinois  Marriage  and  Dissolution  of  Marriage  Act,  the
30    Non-Support  of  Spouse  and  Children  Act,  the Non-Support
31    Punishment Act, the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of
32    Support Act, the Uniform Interstate Family  Support  Act,  or
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 1        (b)  Notwithstanding  any  provisions in this Code to the
 2    contrary, the Department shall not be liable  to  any  person
 3    for  any disclosure of information to the Illinois Department
 4    of Human Services Public Aid under subsection (a) or for  any
 5    other   action  taken  in  good  faith  to  comply  with  the
 6    requirements of subsection (a).
 7    (Source: P.A. 90-18, eff. 1-1-97; 91-613, eff. 10-1-99.)

 8        Section 450.  The County Jail Act is amended by  changing
 9    Section 17 as follows:

10        (730 ILCS 125/17) (from Ch. 75, par. 117)
11        Sec.  17.  Bedding,  clothing,  fuel,  and  medical  aid;
12    reimbursement  for  medical or hospital expenses.  The Warden
13    of the jail shall furnish necessary bedding,  clothing,  fuel
14    and  medical aid for all prisoners under his charge, and keep
15    an accurate account of the same.  When  medical  or  hospital
16    services  are  required  by  any  person held in custody, the
17    county, private hospital,  physician  or  any  public  agency
18    which  provides  such  services  shall  be entitled to obtain
19    reimbursement from the county or from the Arrestee's  Medical
20    Costs  Fund  to  the  extent  that  moneys  in  the  Fund are
21    available for the cost of such services.  The county board of
22    a county may adopt an ordinance or resolution  providing  for
23    reimbursement  for the cost of those services at the rates of
24    the Department of  Human  Services  Public  Aid's  rates  for
25    medical  assistance.    To  the  extent  that  such person is
26    reasonably able to pay for such care, including reimbursement
27    from any insurance program  or  from  other  medical  benefit
28    programs  available to such person, he or she shall reimburse
29    the county or  arresting  authority.    If  such  person  has
30    already been determined eligible for medical assistance under
31    The  Illinois  Public  Aid  Code  at  the  time the person is
32    initially detained pending trial, the cost of such  services,
 
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 1    to  the  extent such cost exceeds $2,500, shall be reimbursed
 2    by the Department of Human Services  Public  Aid  under  that
 3    Code.   A  reimbursement  under any public or private program
 4    authorized by this Section shall be paid  to  the  county  or
 5    arresting  authority  to  the  same extent as would have been
 6    obtained had the services been rendered  in  a  non-custodial
 7    environment.
 8        An  arresting  authority  shall  be  responsible  for any
 9    incurred medical expenses relating to the arrestee until such
10    time as the arrestee is placed in the custody of the sheriff.
11    However, the arresting authority shall not be so  responsible
12    if  the arrest was made pursuant to a request by the sheriff.
13    When medical or hospital services are required by any  person
14    held  in  custody, the county or arresting authority shall be
15    entitled to obtain reimbursement from the Arrestee's  Medical
16    Costs  Fund to the extent moneys are available from the Fund.
17    To the extent that the person is reasonably able to  pay  for
18    that care, including reimbursement from any insurance program
19    or  from  other  medical  benefit  programs  available to the
20    person, he or she shall reimburse the county.
21        The county shall be  entitled  to  a  $10  fee  for  each
22    conviction  or order of supervision for a criminal violation,
23    other than a petty offense  or  business  offense.   The  fee
24    shall  be  taxed as costs to be collected from the defendant,
25    if  possible,  upon  conviction  or  entry  of  an  order  of
26    supervision.  The fee shall not be considered a part  of  the
27    fine for purposes of any reduction in the fine.
28        All  such fees collected shall be deposited by the county
29    in a fund to be  established  and  known  as  the  Arrestee's
30    Medical  Costs Fund.  Moneys in the Fund shall be used solely
31    for reimbursement of costs for medical expenses  relating  to
32    the arrestee and administration of the Fund.
33        For  the  purposes of this Section, "arresting authority"
34    means a unit of local government, other than a county,  which
 
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 1    employs peace officers and whose peace officers have made the
 2    arrest  of  a  person.   For  the  purposes  of this Section,
 3    "medical expenses relating to the arrestee" means only  those
 4    expenses  incurred  for medical care or treatment provided to
 5    an arrestee on account of an injury suffered by the  arrestee
 6    during  the  course  of his arrest; the term does not include
 7    any expenses incurred for medical care or treatment  provided
 8    to  an  arrestee  on  account  of  a  health condition of the
 9    arrestee which existed prior to the time of his arrest.
10    (Source: P.A. 89-654, eff. 8-14-96; 89-676,  8-14-96;  90-14,
11    eff. 7-1-97.)

12        Section  455.   The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
13    changing Section 12-710 as follows:

14        (735 ILCS 5/12-710) (from Ch. 110, par. 12-710)
15        Sec. 12-710.  Adverse claims; Trial.
16        (a)  In the event any indebtedness or other property  due
17    from  or  in  the possession of a garnishee is claimed by any
18    other person, the court shall permit the claimant  to  appear
19    and  maintain  his  or her claim.  A claimant not voluntarily
20    appearing shall be served with  notice  as  the  court  shall
21    direct.    If  a  claimant fails to appear after being served
22    with notice in the  manner  directed,  he  or  she  shall  be
23    concluded   by   the  judgment  entered  in  the  garnishment
24    proceeding.
25        (b)  If the adverse claimant appears and, within the time
26    the court allows, files his or her claim and  serves  a  copy
27    thereof  upon the judgment creditor, the judgment debtor, and
28    the garnishee, he or she is then a party to  the  garnishment
29    proceeding;   and  his  or  her  claim  shall  be  tried  and
30    determined with the other issues in the  garnishment  action.
31    Upon  certification  by  the  Illinois  Department  of  Human
32    Services  Public  Aid  that a person who is receiving support
 
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 1    payments under this Section is a public  aid  recipient,  any
 2    support  payments  subsequently  received by the clerk of the
 3    court shall be transmitted  to  the  Illinois  Department  of
 4    Human  Services  Public Aid until the Department gives notice
 5    to  cease  such  transmittal.  If  the  adverse  claimant  is
 6    entitled  to  all  or  part  of  the  indebtedness  or  other
 7    property, the court shall enter judgment in  accordance  with
 8    the interests of the parties.
 9        (c)  Claims  for  the  support  of  a spouse or dependent
10    children  shall  be  superior  to  all   other   claims   for
11    garnishment of property.
12    (Source: P.A. 87-1252.)

13        Section   460.    The  Mental  Health  and  Developmental
14    Disabilities  Confidentiality  Act  is  amended  by  changing
15    Section 7.1 as follows:

16        (740 ILCS 110/7.1)
17        Sec. 7.1.  Interagency disclosures.
18        (a)  Nothing in this Act shall be  construed  to  prevent
19    the  interagency  disclosure  of  the  name,  social security
20    number,  and  information   concerning   services   rendered,
21    currently   being   rendered,  or  proposed  to  be  rendered
22    regarding a recipient of services.  This  disclosure  may  be
23    made  only  between  agencies  or  departments  of  the State
24    including, but not limited to: (i) the  Department  of  Human
25    Services,  (ii)  (blank), the Department of Public Aid, (iii)
26    the Department of Public Health,  (iv)  the  State  Board  of
27    Education,  and  (v)  the  Department  of Children and Family
28    Services for the purpose of a diligent search for  a  missing
29    parent  pursuant  to  Sections  2-15 and 2-16 of the Juvenile
30    Court Act of 1987 if the Department of  Children  and  Family
31    Services  has  reason  to believe the parent is residing in a
32    mental  health  facility,  when  one  or  more  agencies   or
 
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 1    departments   of   the   State  have  entered  into  a  prior
 2    interagency  agreement,  memorandum  of   understanding,   or
 3    similar  agreement  to  jointly  provide  or cooperate in the
 4    provision of or funding of  mental  health  or  developmental
 5    disabilities services.
 6        The  Department of Children and Family Services shall not
 7    redisclose the information received under this Section  other
 8    than  for  purposes  of service provision or as necessary for
 9    proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
10        (b)  This Section applies to,  but  is  not  limited  to,
11    interagency  disclosures under interagency agreements entered
12    into in  compliance  with  the  Early  Intervention  Services
13    System Act.
14        (c)  Information  disclosed  under  this Section shall be
15    for the limited purpose  of  coordinating  State  efforts  in
16    providing  efficient interagency service systems and avoiding
17    duplication of interagency services.
18        (d)  Information disclosed under this  Section  shall  be
19    limited  to  the  recipient's  name, address, social security
20    number or other individually assigned identifying number,  or
21    information  generally descriptive of services rendered or to
22    be  rendered.   The  disclosure  of  individual  clinical  or
23    treatment records or other confidential  information  is  not
24    authorized by this Section.
25    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97; 90-608, eff. 6-30-98.)

26        Section  465.   The  Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of
27    Marriage Act is amended  by  changing  Sections  505,  505.1,
28    505.2,  505.3,  506, 507, 507.1, 510, 516, 704, 705, 709, and
29    712 as follows:

30        (750 ILCS 5/505) (from Ch. 40, par. 505)
31        Sec. 505.  Child support; contempt; penalties.
32        (a)  In a proceeding for dissolution of  marriage,  legal
 
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 1    separation,   declaration   of   invalidity  of  marriage,  a
 2    proceeding for child support  following  dissolution  of  the
 3    marriage  by  a court which lacked personal jurisdiction over
 4    the  absent  spouse,  a  proceeding  for  modification  of  a
 5    previous order for child support under Section  510  of  this
 6    Act, or any proceeding authorized under Section 501 or 601 of
 7    this  Act, the court may order either or both parents owing a
 8    duty of support to a child of the marriage to pay  an  amount
 9    reasonable  and  necessary for his support, without regard to
10    marital misconduct. The duty of  support   owed  to  a  minor
11    child  includes  the obligation to provide for the reasonable
12    and necessary physical, mental and emotional health needs  of
13    the child.
14             (1)  The Court shall determine the minimum amount of
15        support by using the following guidelines:
16          Number of Children       Percent of Supporting Party's
17                                             Net Income
18                  1                             20%
19                  2                             25%
20                  3                             32%
21                  4                             40%
22                  5                             45%
23              6 or more                         50%
24             (2)  The  above  guidelines shall be applied in each
25        case unless the court makes a finding that application of
26        the guidelines would be inappropriate, after  considering
27        the  best  interests  of  the  child in light of evidence
28        including but not limited to one or more of the following
29        relevant factors:
30                  (a)  the financial resources and needs  of  the
31             child;
32                  (b)  the  financial  resources and needs of the
33             custodial parent;
34                  (c)  the standard of  living  the  child  would
 
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 1             have enjoyed had the marriage not been dissolved;
 2                  (d)  the  physical  and  emotional condition of
 3             the child, and his educational needs; and
 4                  (e)  the financial resources and needs  of  the
 5             non-custodial parent.
 6             If  the  court  deviates  from  the  guidelines, the
 7        court's finding shall state the amount  of  support  that
 8        would   have  been  required  under  the  guidelines,  if
 9        determinable.  The court  shall  include  the  reason  or
10        reasons for the variance from the guidelines.
11             (3)  "Net  income"  is  defined  as the total of all
12        income from all sources, minus the following deductions:
13                  (a)  Federal income  tax  (properly  calculated
14             withholding or estimated payments);
15                  (b)  State   income  tax  (properly  calculated
16             withholding or estimated payments);
17                  (c)  Social Security (FICA payments);
18                  (d)  Mandatory     retirement     contributions
19             required by law or as a condition of employment;
20                  (e)  Union dues;
21                  (f)  Dependent          and          individual
22             health/hospitalization insurance premiums;
23                  (g)  Prior   obligations    of    support    or
24             maintenance actually paid pursuant to a court order;
25                  (h)  Expenditures  for  repayment of debts that
26             represent reasonable and necessary expenses for  the
27             production of income, medical expenditures necessary
28             to  preserve life or health, reasonable expenditures
29             for the benefit of the child and the  other  parent,
30             exclusive  of  gifts.   The  court  shall reduce net
31             income in determining the minimum amount of  support
32             to be ordered only for the period that such payments
33             are   due   and  shall  enter  an  order  containing
34             provisions for its self-executing modification  upon
 
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 1             termination of such payment period.
 2             (4)  In  cases  where  the  court order provides for
 3        health/hospitalization  insurance  coverage  pursuant  to
 4        Section  505.2  of  this  Act,  the  premiums  for   that
 5        insurance,  or that portion of the premiums for which the
 6        supporting party is responsible in the case of  insurance
 7        provided  through  an  employer's  health  insurance plan
 8        where the employer pays a portion of the premiums,  shall
 9        be  subtracted from net income in determining the minimum
10        amount of support to be ordered.
11             (4.5)  In a proceeding for child  support  following
12        dissolution  of  the  marriage  by  a  court  that lacked
13        personal jurisdiction over  the  absent  spouse,  and  in
14        which  the  court is requiring payment of support for the
15        period before the date an order for  current  support  is
16        entered,  there  is  a  rebuttable  presumption  that the
17        supporting party's net income for the  prior  period  was
18        the  same  as his or her net income at the time the order
19        for current support is entered.
20             (5)  If the net income cannot be determined  because
21        of  default  or  any  other reason, the court shall order
22        support  in  an  amount  considered  reasonable  in   the
23        particular  case.   The  final  order  in all cases shall
24        state the support level in dollar  amounts.  However,  if
25        the  court  finds that the child support amount cannot be
26        expressed exclusively as a dollar amount because all or a
27        portion of the payor's net  income  is  uncertain  as  to
28        source, time of payment, or amount, the court may order a
29        percentage  amount  of  support in addition to a specific
30        dollar amount and enter  such  other  orders  as  may  be
31        necessary  to  determine  and enforce, on a timely basis,
32        the applicable support ordered.
33             (6)  If (i) the non-custodial  parent  was  properly
34        served   with   a  request  for  discovery  of  financial
 
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 1        information  relating  to  the   non-custodial   parent's
 2        ability  to provide child support, (ii) the non-custodial
 3        parent failed to comply with the request, despite  having
 4        been  ordered  to  do  so  by  the  court,  and (iii) the
 5        non-custodial parent is not present  at  the  hearing  to
 6        determine  support despite having received proper notice,
 7        then any relevant financial  information  concerning  the
 8        non-custodial  parent's  ability to provide child support
 9        that was obtained pursuant to subpoena and proper  notice
10        shall  be  admitted  into  evidence  without  the need to
11        establish any further foundation for its admission.
12        (a-5)  In an action to enforce an order for support based
13    on the respondent's  failure  to  make  support  payments  as
14    required  by  the  order,  notice  of proceedings to hold the
15    respondent in contempt for that failure may be served on  the
16    respondent  by  personal service or by regular mail addressed
17    to the respondent's last known  address.    The  respondent's
18    last  known  address  may  be  determined from records of the
19    clerk of the court, from the Federal Case Registry  of  Child
20    Support Orders, or by any other reasonable means.
21        (b)  Failure  of either parent to comply with an order to
22    pay  support  shall  be  punishable  as  in  other  cases  of
23    contempt.  In addition to other penalties provided by law the
24    Court may, after finding the parent guilty of contempt, order
25    that the parent be:
26             (1)  placed on probation  with  such  conditions  of
27        probation as the Court deems advisable;
28             (2)  sentenced to periodic imprisonment for a period
29        not to exceed 6 months; provided, however, that the Court
30        may  permit the parent to be released for periods of time
31        during the day or night to:
32                  (A)  work; or
33                  (B)  conduct a business or other  self-employed
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 1        The  Court  may  further  order  any  part  or all of the
 2    earnings  of  a  parent  during  a   sentence   of   periodic
 3    imprisonment paid to the Clerk of the Circuit Court or to the
 4    parent  having  custody  or to the guardian having custody of
 5    the minor children of the sentenced parent for the support of
 6    said minor children until further order of the Court.
 7        If there is a unity of interest and ownership  sufficient
 8    to  render  no  financial  separation between a non-custodial
 9    parent and another person or persons or business entity,  the
10    court  may  pierce the ownership veil of the person, persons,
11    or business entity to discover assets  of  the  non-custodial
12    parent  held  in  the  name of that person, those persons, or
13    that  business  entity.    The  following  circumstances  are
14    sufficient to authorize a court to  order  discovery  of  the
15    assets of a person, persons, or business entity and to compel
16    the  application  of  any discovered assets toward payment on
17    the judgment for support:
18             (1)  the  non-custodial  parent  and   the   person,
19        persons, or business entity maintain records together.
20             (2)  the   non-custodial   parent  and  the  person,
21        persons, or business entity  fail  to  maintain  an  arms
22        length relationship between themselves with regard to any
23        assets.
24             (3)  the  non-custodial  parent  transfers assets to
25        the person, persons, or business entity with  the  intent
26        to perpetrate a fraud on the custodial parent.
27        With  respect to assets which are real property, no order
28    entered under this paragraph shall affect the rights of  bona
29    fide  purchasers,  mortgagees,  judgment  creditors, or other
30    lien holders who  acquire their  interests  in  the  property
31    prior  to  the  time  a notice of lis pendens pursuant to the
32    Code of Civil Procedure or a copy of the order is  placed  of
33    record  in the office of the recorder of deeds for the county
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 1        The court may also order in cases where the parent is  90
 2    days  or  more  delinquent  in payment of support or has been
 3    adjudicated  in  arrears  in  an  amount  equal  to  90  days
 4    obligation  or  more,  that  the  parent's  Illinois  driving
 5    privileges be suspended until the court determines  that  the
 6    parent  is in compliance with the order of support. The court
 7    may also order that the parent be issued a  family  financial
 8    responsibility   driving  permit  that  would  allow  limited
 9    driving privileges for employment  and  medical  purposes  in
10    accordance with Section 7-702.1 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
11    The  clerk  of  the  circuit  court  shall  certify the order
12    suspending the driving privileges of the parent  or  granting
13    the  issuance  of  a  family financial responsibility driving
14    permit to the Secretary of State on forms prescribed  by  the
15    Secretary.  Upon  receipt of the authenticated documents, the
16    Secretary  of  State  shall  suspend  the  parent's   driving
17    privileges  until  further  order  of the court and shall, if
18    ordered by the court, subject to the  provisions  of  Section
19    7-702.1   of  the  Illinois  Vehicle  Code,  issue  a  family
20    financial responsibility driving permit to the parent.
21        In addition to the penalties or punishment  that  may  be
22    imposed   under   this  Section,  any  person  whose  conduct
23    constitutes a violation of  Section  15  of  the  Non-Support
24    Punishment Act may be prosecuted under that Act, and a person
25    convicted  under that Act may be sentenced in accordance with
26    that Act.  The sentence may include but need not  be  limited
27    to  a  requirement  that the person perform community service
28    under Section 50  of  that  Act  or  participate  in  a  work
29    alternative  program  under Section 50 of that Act.  A person
30    may not be required to  participate  in  a  work  alternative
31    program  under  Section  50  of  that  Act  if  the person is
32    currently participating in a work program pursuant to Section
33    505.1 of this Act.
34        A  support  obligation,  or  any  portion  of  a  support
 
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 1    obligation, which becomes due and remains unpaid for 30  days
 2    or more shall accrue interest at the rate of 9% per annum.
 3        (c)  A  one-time  charge  of  20%  is  imposable upon the
 4    amount of past-due child support owed on July 1,  1988  which
 5    has  accrued under a support order entered by the court.  The
 6    charge shall be imposed in accordance with the provisions  of
 7    Section  10-21  of  the Illinois Public Aid Code and shall be
 8    enforced by the court upon petition.
 9        (d)  Any new or existing support  order  entered  by  the
10    court  under  this  Section shall be deemed to be a series of
11    judgments  against  the  person  obligated  to  pay   support
12    thereunder,  each  such  judgment to be in the amount of each
13    payment or installment of support and each such  judgment  to
14    be deemed entered as of the date the corresponding payment or
15    installment becomes due under the terms of the support order.
16    Each  such  judgment  shall  have  the full force, effect and
17    attributes of any other judgment of this State, including the
18    ability to be enforced. A lien arises  by  operation  of  law
19    against  the  real  and personal property of the noncustodial
20    parent for each installment of overdue support  owed  by  the
21    noncustodial parent.
22        (e)  When  child  support is to be paid through the clerk
23    of the court in a county of 1,000,000  inhabitants  or  less,
24    the  order  shall  direct the obligor to pay to the clerk, in
25    addition to the child support payments, all fees  imposed  by
26    the  county  board  under  paragraph (3) of subsection (u) of
27    Section 27.1 of the Clerks of Courts  Act.   Unless  paid  in
28    cash  or pursuant to an order for withholding, the payment of
29    the fee shall be by a separate instrument  from  the  support
30    payment and shall be made to the order of the Clerk.
31        (f)  All  orders  for  support, when entered or modified,
32    shall include a provision requiring the obligor to notify the
33    court and, in cases in which a party is receiving  child  and
34    spouse  services  under  Article X of the Illinois Public Aid
 
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 1    Code, the Illinois Department of Human Services  Public  Aid,
 2    within  7  days,  (i)  of  the  name  and  address of any new
 3    employer of the obligor, (ii) whether the obligor has  access
 4    to  health  insurance  coverage through the employer or other
 5    group coverage and, if so, the policy name and number and the
 6    names of persons covered under the policy, and (iii)  of  any
 7    new residential or mailing address or telephone number of the
 8    non-custodial  parent.  In any subsequent action to enforce a
 9    support order, upon a  sufficient  showing  that  a  diligent
10    effort  has  been  made  to  ascertain  the  location  of the
11    non-custodial parent, service  of  process  or  provision  of
12    notice  necessary  in  the case may be made at the last known
13    address of the non-custodial parent in any  manner  expressly
14    provided  by  the  Code of Civil Procedure or this Act, which
15    service shall be sufficient for purposes of due process.
16        (g)  An order for support shall include a date  on  which
17    the  current  support obligation terminates.  The termination
18    date shall be no earlier than the date  on  which  the  child
19    covered  by  the  order will attain the age of majority or is
20    otherwise emancipated. The order for support shall state that
21    the termination date does not apply to any arrearage that may
22    remain unpaid on that date.  Nothing in this subsection shall
23    be construed to prevent the court from modifying the order.
24        (h)  An order entered under this Section shall include  a
25    provision  requiring the obligor to report to the obligee and
26    to the clerk of court within 10 days each  time  the  obligor
27    obtains   new   employment,   and  each  time  the  obligor's
28    employment is terminated for any reason.  The report shall be
29    in writing and shall, in the case of new employment,  include
30    the  name and address of the new employer.  Failure to report
31    new employment or the termination of current  employment,  if
32    coupled  with nonpayment of support for a period in excess of
33    60 days, is indirect  criminal  contempt.   For  any  obligor
34    arrested  for  failure to report new employment bond shall be
 
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 1    set in the amount of the child support that should have  been
 2    paid  during  the  period of unreported employment.  An order
 3    entered under this Section shall  also  include  a  provision
 4    requiring  the  obligor  and  obligee  parents to advise each
 5    other of a change in residence within 5 days  of  the  change
 6    except  when  the  court  finds that the physical, mental, or
 7    emotional health of a party or that  of  a  minor  child,  or
 8    both,  would  be  seriously  endangered  by disclosure of the
 9    party's address.
10    (Source:  P.A.  90-18,  eff.  7-1-97;  90-476,  eff.  1-1-98;
11    90-539, eff.  6-1-98;  90-655,  eff.  7-30-98;  90-733,  eff.
12    8-11-98;  91-113,  eff. 7-15-99; 91-397, eff. 1-1-00; 91-655,
13    eff. 6-1-00; 91-767, eff. 6-9-00; revised 6-28-00.)

14        (750 ILCS 5/505.1) (from Ch. 40, par. 505.1)
15        Sec.  505.1.   (a)  Whenever  it  is  determined   in   a
16    proceeding  to  establish  or  enforce  a  child  support  or
17    maintenance  obligation  that  the  person  owing  a  duty of
18    support is unemployed, the court may order the person to seek
19    employment and report periodically to the court with a diary,
20    listing  or  other  memorandum  of  his  or  her  efforts  in
21    accordance with such order. Additionally, the court may order
22    the  unemployed  person  to  report  to  the  Department   of
23    Employment  Security  for  job  search  services  or  to make
24    application with  the  local  Job  Training  Partnership  Act
25    provider  for  participation  in job search, training or work
26    programs and where the duty of support is  owed  to  a  child
27    receiving  support  services  under Article X of the Illinois
28    Public  Aid  Code,  as  amended,  the  court  may  order  the
29    unemployed person to report to  the  Illinois  Department  of
30    Human  Services  Public  Aid for participation in job search,
31    training or work programs established under Section  9-6  and
32    Article IXA of that Code.
33        (b)  Whenever   it  is  determined  that  a  person  owes
 
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 1    past-due support for a child or for a child  and  the  parent
 2    with  whom  the  child  is living, and the child is receiving
 3    assistance under the Illinois  Public  Aid  Code,  the  court
 4    shall  order  at  the  request  of the Illinois Department of
 5    Human Services Public Aid:
 6             (1)  that the person pay  the  past-due  support  in
 7        accordance with a plan approved by the court; or
 8             (2)  if   the   person  owing  past-due  support  is
 9        unemployed, is  subject  to  such  a  plan,  and  is  not
10        incapacitated,  that  the  person participate in such job
11        search, training,  or  work  programs  established  under
12        Section  9-6  and  Article IXA of the Illinois Public Aid
13        Code as the court deems appropriate.
14    (Source: P.A. 90-18, eff. 7-1-97; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

15        (750 ILCS 5/505.2) (from Ch. 40, par. 505.2)
16        Sec. 505.2. Health insurance.
17        (a)  Definitions.  As used in this Section:
18             (1)  "Obligee" means the individual to whom the duty
19        of  support   is   owed   or   the   individual's   legal
20        representative.
21             (2)  "Obligor"  means the individual who owes a duty
22        of support pursuant to an order for support.
23             (3)  "Public office" means any elected  official  or
24        any  State  or  local  agency  which  is  or  may  become
25        responsible by law for enforcement of, or which is or may
26        become  authorized  to  enforce,  an  order  for support,
27        including, but not limited to:  the Attorney General, the
28        Illinois  Department  of   Public   Aid,   the   Illinois
29        Department  of Human Services, the Illinois Department of
30        Children and Family Services,  and  the  various  State's
31        Attorneys, Clerks of the Circuit Court and supervisors of
32        general assistance.
33        (b)  Order.
 
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 1             (1)  Whenever  the  court  establishes,  modifies or
 2        enforces an order for child support or for child  support
 3        and  maintenance  the  court shall include in the order a
 4        provision for the health care coverage of the child which
 5        shall, upon request of  the  obligee  or  Public  Office,
 6        require that any child covered by the order be named as a
 7        beneficiary   of   any  health  insurance  plan  that  is
 8        available to the obligor through  an  employer  or  labor
 9        union  or  trade  union.   If the court finds that such a
10        plan is not available to the obligor, or that the plan is
11        not accessible  to  the  obligee,  the  court  may,  upon
12        request  of  the  obligee  or  Public  Office,  order the
13        obligor to name the child  covered  by  the  order  as  a
14        beneficiary   of   any  health  insurance  plan  that  is
15        available to the obligor  on  a  group  basis,  or  as  a
16        beneficiary of an independent health insurance plan to be
17        obtained  by the obligor, after considering the following
18        factors:
19                  (A)  the medical needs of the child;
20                  (B)  the availability of a plan to  meet  those
21             needs; and
22                  (C)  the cost of such a plan to the obligor.
23             (2)  If  the  employer or labor union or trade union
24        offers more than one plan, the order  shall  require  the
25        obligor to name the child as a beneficiary of the plan in
26        which the obligor is enrolled.
27             (3)  Nothing  in  this Section shall be construed to
28        limit the authority of the court to establish or modify a
29        support  order  to  provide  for  payment  of   expenses,
30        including  deductibles,  copayments  and any other health
31        expenses, which are in addition to expenses covered by an
32        insurance plan of which a child is ordered to be named  a
33        beneficiary pursuant to this Section.
34        (c)  Implementation and enforcement.
 
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 1             (1)  When  the  court  order  requires  that a minor
 2        child be named as a beneficiary  of  a  health  insurance
 3        plan,  other  than  a  health  insurance  plan  available
 4        through  an  employer  or labor union or trade union, the
 5        obligor shall provide written proof  to  the  obligee  or
 6        Public  Office  that  the  required  insurance  has  been
 7        obtained,  or  that application for insurability has been
 8        made, within 30 days of receiving  notice  of  the  court
 9        order.   Unless the obligor was present in court when the
10        order was issued, notice of  the  order  shall  be  given
11        pursuant  to Illinois Supreme Court Rules.  If an obligor
12        fails to provide the required proof, he may  be  held  in
13        contempt of court.
14             (2)  When  the  court requires that a minor child be
15        named  as  a  beneficiary  of  a  health  insurance  plan
16        available through an employer or  labor  union  or  trade
17        union,   the   court's  order  shall  be  implemented  in
18        accordance with the Income Withholding  for  Support  Act
19        Section 706.1, as now or hereafter amended.
20        (d)  Failure to maintain insurance.  The dollar amount of
21    the  premiums  for  court-ordered  health  insurance, or that
22    portion of the premiums for which the obligor is  responsible
23    in  the  case  of  insurance  provided  under  a group health
24    insurance plan through an employer or labor  union  or  trade
25    union where the employer or labor union or trade union pays a
26    portion  of  the  premiums, shall be considered an additional
27    child support obligation owed by the obligor.   Whenever  the
28    obligor   fails  to  provide  or  maintain  health  insurance
29    pursuant to an order for support, the obligor shall be liable
30    to the obligee for the dollar amount of  the  premiums  which
31    were  not  paid,  and  shall  also  be liable for all medical
32    expenses incurred by the minor child which  would  have  been
33    paid  or reimbursed by the health insurance which the obligor
34    was ordered to provide or maintain. In addition, the  obligee
 
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 1    may  petition  the  court to modify the order based solely on
 2    the obligor's failure to pay the premiums  for  court-ordered
 3    health insurance.
 4        (e)  Authorization  for  payment.  The  signature  of the
 5    obligee is a valid authorization to the insurer to process  a
 6    claim for payment under the insurance plan to the provider of
 7    the health care services or to the obligee.
 8        (f)  Disclosure  of  information.  The obligor's employer
 9    or labor union or trade union shall disclose to  the  obligee
10    or  Public  Office,  upon request, information concerning any
11    dependent coverage plans which would be made available  to  a
12    new  employee  or  labor  union member or trade union member.
13    The employer or labor union or  trade  union  shall  disclose
14    such  information  whether  or  not a court order for medical
15    support has been entered.
16        (g)  Employer obligations.  If a parent is required by an
17    order for support to provide coverage for  a  child's  health
18    care expenses and if that coverage is available to the parent
19    through  an  employer  who  does  business in this State, the
20    employer must do all of the following upon receipt of a  copy
21    of the order of support or order for withholding:
22             (1)  The  employer shall, upon the parent's request,
23        permit the parent to include in that coverage a child who
24        is otherwise eligible for that coverage,  without  regard
25        to   any   enrollment   season  restrictions  that  might
26        otherwise be applicable as  to  the  time  period  within
27        which the child may be added to that coverage.
28             (2)  If  the parent has health care coverage through
29        the employer but fails  to  apply  for  coverage  of  the
30        child,  the  employer  shall  include  the  child  in the
31        parent's coverage upon application by the  child's  other
32        parent  or  the  Illinois  Department  of  Human Services
33        Public Aid.
34             (3)  The employer may not eliminate any  child  from
 
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 1        the  parent's health care coverage unless the employee is
 2        no longer employed by the employer and no longer  covered
 3        under  the  employer's  group  health  plan or unless the
 4        employer is provided with satisfactory  written  evidence
 5        of either of the following:
 6                  (A)  The  order  for  support  is  no longer in
 7             effect.
 8                  (B)  The child is or  will  be  included  in  a
 9             comparable  health  care plan obtained by the parent
10             under such order that is currently in effect or will
11             take  effect  no  later  than  the  date  the  prior
12             coverage is terminated.
13             The employer may eliminate a child from  a  parent's
14        health  care plan obtained by the parent under such order
15        if the employer  has  eliminated  dependent  health  care
16        coverage for all of its employees.
17    (Source: P.A.  89-183,  eff.  1-1-96;  89-507,  eff.  7-1-97;
18    89-626, eff. 8-9-96; 90-18, eff. 7-1-97; revised 3-9-00.)

19        (750 ILCS 5/505.3)
20        Sec. 505.3.  Information to State Case Registry.
21        (a)  When  an  order  for  support is entered or modified
22    under this Act, the clerk of the circuit court shall,  within
23    5   business   days,  provide  to  the  State  Case  Registry
24    established under Section 10-27 of the  Illinois  Public  Aid
25    Code the court docket number and county in which the order is
26    entered  or modified and the following information, which the
27    parties shall disclose to the court:
28             (1)  The names of the  custodial  and  non-custodial
29        parents  and  of  the  child  or  children covered by the
30        order.
31             (2)  The  dates  of  birth  of  the  custodial   and
32        non-custodial  parents  and  of  the  child  or  children
33        covered by the order.
 
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 1             (3)  The  social  security  numbers of the custodial
 2        and non-custodial parents and of the  child  or  children
 3        covered by the order.
 4             (4)  The  residential  and mailing addresses for the
 5        custodial and non-custodial parents.
 6             (5)  The telephone numbers  for  the  custodial  and
 7        non-custodial parents.
 8             (6)  The  driver's license numbers for the custodial
 9        and non-custodial parents.
10             (7)  The name, address, and telephone number of each
11        parent's employer or employers.
12        (b)  When a child support order is  entered  or  modified
13    for  a  case  in  which a party is receiving child and spouse
14    support services under Article X of the Illinois  Public  Aid
15    Code,  the  clerk  shall provide the State Case Registry with
16    the following information:
17             (1)  The information specified in subsection (a)  of
18        this Section.
19             (2)  The amount of monthly or other periodic support
20        owed   under  the  order  and  other  amounts,  including
21        arrearages, interest, or late payment penalties and fees,
22        due or overdue under the order.
23             (3)  Any amounts described  in  subdivision  (2)  of
24        this subsection (b) that have been received by the clerk.
25             (4)  The distribution of the amounts received by the
26        clerk.
27        (c)  A  party  shall  report  to the clerk of the circuit
28    court changes in information required  to  be  the  disclosed
29    under this Section  within 5 business days of the change.
30        (d)  To  the  extent  that  updated information is in the
31    clerk's possession, the clerk shall provide  updates  of  the
32    information  specified  in  subsection  (b)  of  this Section
33    within 5 business days after  the  request  of  the  Illinois
34    Department  of  Human  Services Public Aid's request for that
 
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 1    updated information.
 2    (Source: P.A. 91-212, eff. 7-20-99; revised 1-16-01.)

 3        (750 ILCS 5/506) (from Ch. 40, par. 506)
 4        Sec. 506.  Representation of child.
 5        (a)  Duties.  In any proceedings involving  the  support,
 6    custody, visitation, education, parentage, property interest,
 7    or  general  welfare of a minor or dependent child, the court
 8    may, on its own motion or that of any party, and  subject  to
 9    the  terms or specifications the court determines, appoint an
10    attorney to serve in one of the following capacities:
11             (1)  as an attorney to represent the child;
12             (2)  as a guardian ad litem to  address  issues  the
13        court delineates;
14             (3)  as a child's representative whose duty shall be
15        to  advocate  what  the representative finds to be in the
16        best interests of the child after reviewing the facts and
17        circumstances of the case.   The  child's  representative
18        shall  have  the same power and authority to take part in
19        the conduct of the litigation as does an attorney  for  a
20        party  and  shall possess all the powers of investigation
21        and recommendation as does  a  guardian  ad  litem.   The
22        child's  representative  shall consider, but not be bound
23        by,  the  expressed  wishes  of  the  child.   A  child's
24        representative shall  have  received  training  in  child
25        advocacy  or  shall possess such experience as determined
26        to be equivalent to such training by the chief  judge  of
27        the  circuit  where  the  child's representative has been
28        appointed. The child's representative shall not  disclose
29        confidential  communications made by the child, except as
30        required by law or by the Rules of Professional  Conduct.
31        The  child's  representative  shall  not  be  called as a
32        witness  regarding  the  issues   set   forth   in   this
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 1        During   the   proceedings   the  court  may  appoint  an
 2    additional attorney to serve in  another  of  the  capacities
 3    described  in  subdivisions  (a)(1), (a)(2), or (a)(3) on its
 4    own motion or that of a party only for good cause  shown  and
 5    when the reasons for the additional appointment are set forth
 6    in specific findings.
 7        (b)  Fees  and  costs.  The court shall enter an order as
 8    appropriate for costs, fees, and disbursements,  including  a
 9    retainer,  when  the  attorney, guardian ad litem, or child's
10    representative is appointed,  and  thereafter  as  necessary.
11    Such  orders shall require payment by either or both parents,
12    by any other party or source, or from the marital  estate  or
13    the  child's separate estate. The court may not order payment
14    by the Illinois Department of Human Services  Public  Aid  in
15    cases  in  which the Department is providing child and spouse
16    support services under Article X of the Illinois  Public  Aid
17    Code.  Unless otherwise ordered by the court at the time fees
18    and  costs  are  approved,  all  fees and costs payable to an
19    attorney, guardian ad litem, or child's representative  under
20    this Section are by implication deemed to be in the nature of
21    support  of  the  child  and  are  within  the  exceptions to
22    discharge  in  bankruptcy  under  11   U.S.C.A.   523.    The
23    provisions of Sections 501 and 508 of this Act shall apply to
24    fees and costs for attorneys appointed under this Section.
25    (Source: P.A. 90-309, eff. 1-1-98; 91-410, eff. 1-1-00.)

26        (750 ILCS 5/507) (from Ch. 40, par. 507)
27        Sec. 507.  Payment of maintenance or support to court.
28        (a)  In  actions  instituted  under  this  Act, the court
29    shall order that maintenance and support payments be made  to
30    the  clerk  of  court as trustee for remittance to the person
31    entitled to receive the payments.  However, the court in  its
32    discretion   may  direct  otherwise  where  circumstances  so
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 1        Upon   notification   in   writing   or   by   electronic
 2    transmission from the Illinois Department of  Human  Services
 3    Public  Aid  to  the  clerk of the court that a person who is
 4    receiving support payments under this  Section  is  receiving
 5    services   under   the   Child  Support  Enforcement  Program
 6    established by Title IV-D of the  Social  Security  Act,  any
 7    support  payments  subsequently  received by the clerk of the
 8    court  shall  be   transmitted   in   accordance   with   the
 9    instructions  of  the  Illinois  Department of Human Services
10    Public Aid until the Department gives notice to the clerk  of
11    the  court  to  cease  the  transmittal.  After providing the
12    notification authorized under this  paragraph,  the  Illinois
13    Department  of Human Services Public Aid shall be entitled as
14    a party to notice of any further  proceedings  in  the  case.
15    The  clerk of the court shall file a copy of the notification
16    to the Illinois Department of  Human  Services  Public  Aid's
17    notification  in the court file.  The failure of the clerk to
18    file a copy of the notification in the court file shall  not,
19    however, affect the right of the Illinois Department of Human
20    Services  Public  Aid's  right  to  receive notice of further
21    proceedings.
22        (b)  The clerk of court shall  maintain  records  listing
23    the  amount of payments, the date payments are required to be
24    made and the names and addresses of the parties  affected  by
25    the order. For those cases in which support is payable to the
26    clerk  of  the  circuit court for transmittal to the Illinois
27    Department of Human Services Public Aid by order of the court
28    or upon notification of  the  Illinois  Department  of  Human
29    Services  Public  Aid,  and  the Illinois Department of Human
30    Services Public Aid collects support by  assignment,  offset,
31    withholding, deduction or other process permitted by law, the
32    Illinois  Department  shall  notify the clerk of the date and
33    amount of such collection. Upon notification, the clerk shall
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 1        (c)  The parties affected by the order shall  inform  the
 2    clerk of court of any change of address or of other condition
 3    that may affect the administration of the order.
 4        (d)  The  provisions  of  this Section shall not apply to
 5    cases that come under the provisions of Sections 709  through
 6    712.
 7        (e)  To  the  extent  the  provisions of this Section are
 8    inconsistent with the requirements pertaining  to  the  State
 9    Disbursement Unit under Section 507.1 of this Act and Section
10    10-26  of  the  Illinois  Public  Aid  Code, the requirements
11    pertaining to the State Disbursement Unit shall apply.
12    (Source:  P.A.  90-18,  eff.  7-1-97;  90-673,  eff.  1-1-99;
13    90-790, eff. 8-14-98;  91-212,  eff.  7-20-99;  91-357,  eff.
14    7-29-99.)

15        (750 ILCS 5/507.1)
16        Sec.  507.1.  Payment  of  Support  to State Disbursement
17    Unit.
18        (a)  As used in this Section:
19        "Order for support", "obligor",  "obligee",  and  "payor"
20    mean  those  terms  as  defined in the Income Withholding for
21    Support Act, except that "order for support" shall  not  mean
22    orders providing for spousal maintenance under which there is
23    no child support obligation.
24        (b)  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of this Act to
25    the contrary, each order for support entered or  modified  on
26    or  after October 1, 1999 shall require that support payments
27    be made to the  State  Disbursement  Unit  established  under
28    Section 10-26 of the Illinois Public Aid Code if:
29             (1)  a  party  to  the  order is receiving child and
30        spouse support services under Article X of  the  Illinois
31        Public Aid Code; or
32             (2)  no  party  to  the order is receiving child and
33        spouse support services, but  the  support  payments  are
 
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 1        made through income withholding.
 2        (c)  Support   payments   shall  be  made  to  the  State
 3    Disbursement Unit if:
 4             (1)  the  order  for  support  was  entered   before
 5        October  1,  1999,  and a party to the order is receiving
 6        child and spouse support services under Article X of  the
 7        Illinois Public Aid Code; or
 8             (2)  no  party  to  the order is receiving child and
 9        spouse support services, and  the  support  payments  are
10        being made through income withholding.
11        (c-5)  If  no  party  to the order is receiving child and
12    spouse support services  under  Article  X  of  the  Illinois
13    Public  Aid  Code,  and  the  support  payments  are not made
14    through income withholding, then support  payments  shall  be
15    made as directed by the order for support.
16        (c-10)  Within  15  days after the effective date of this
17    amendatory Act of the 91st  General  Assembly,  the  Illinois
18    Department  shall  provide written notice to the clerk of the
19    circuit  court,  the  obligor,  and,  where  applicable,  the
20    obligor's payor to make payments to  the  State  Disbursement
21    Unit if:
22             (1)  the   order  for  support  was  entered  before
23        October 1, 1999, and a party to the  order  is  receiving
24        child  and spouse support services under Article X of the
25        Illinois Public Aid Code; or
26             (2)  no party to the order is  receiving  child  and
27        spouse  support  services,  and  the support payments are
28        being made through income withholding.
29        (c-15)  Within 15 days after the effective date  of  this
30    amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly, the clerk of the
31    circuit  court shall provide written notice to the obligor to
32    make payments directly to the clerk of the circuit  court  if
33    no  party  to the order is receiving child and spouse support
34    services under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code, the
 
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 1    support payments are not made through income withholding, and
 2    the order for support requires support payments  to  be  made
 3    directly to the clerk of the circuit court.
 4        (c-20)  If the State Disbursement Unit receives a support
 5    payment  that  was  not  appropriately made to the Unit under
 6    this Section, the Unit shall immediately return  the  payment
 7    to the sender, including, if possible, instructions detailing
 8    where to send the support payment.
 9        (d)  The  notices  required  under subsections (c-10) and
10    (c-15) may be sent by ordinary mail, certified  mail,  return
11    receipt   requested,   facsimile   transmission,   or   other
12    electronic  process,  or  may  be  served upon the obligor or
13    payor using any method provided  by  law  for  service  of  a
14    summons.   The  Illinois  Department of Human Services Public
15    Aid shall provide a copy of the notice to the obligee and  to
16    the clerk of the court.
17    (Source: P.A. 91-212, eff. 7-20-99; 91-677, eff. 1-5-00.)

18        (750 ILCS 5/510) (from Ch. 40, par. 510)
19        Sec. 510.  Modification and termination of provisions for
20    maintenance,  support,  educational  expenses,  and  property
21    disposition.
22        (a)  Except  as  otherwise  provided  in paragraph (f) of
23    Section 502 and in subsection  (d),  clause  (3)  of  Section
24    505.2,  the provisions of any judgment respecting maintenance
25    or support may be modified only as to  installments  accruing
26    subsequent to due notice by the moving party of the filing of
27    the motion for modification and, with respect to maintenance,
28    only upon a showing of a substantial change in circumstances.
29    An order for child support may be modified as follows:
30             (1)  upon  a  showing  of  a  substantial  change in
31        circumstances; and
32             (2)  without the necessity of showing a  substantial
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 1                  (A)  upon  a  showing of an inconsistency of at
 2             least 20%, but no less than $10 per  month,  between
 3             the  amount  of the existing order and the amount of
 4             child support that results from application  of  the
 5             guidelines  specified  in  Section  505  of this Act
 6             unless the inconsistency is due to the fact that the
 7             amount  of  the  existing  order  resulted  from   a
 8             deviation  from  the  guideline amount and there has
 9             not been a change in the circumstances that resulted
10             in that deviation; or
11                  (B)  Upon a showing of a need  to  provide  for
12             the  health  care needs of the child under the order
13             through health insurance  or  other  means.   In  no
14             event  shall  the  eligibility  for  or  receipt  of
15             medical assistance be considered to meet the need to
16             provide for the child's health care needs.
17        The provisions of subparagraph (a)(2)(A) shall apply only
18    in  cases  in  which  a  party  is receiving child and spouse
19    support  services  from  the  Illinois  Department  of  Human
20    Services Public Aid under Article X of  the  Illinois  Public
21    Aid Code, and only when at least 36 months have elapsed since
22    the order for child support was entered or last modified.
23        (b)  The provisions as to property disposition may not be
24    revoked  or modified, unless the court finds the existence of
25    conditions that justify the reopening of a judgment under the
26    laws of this State.
27        (c)  Unless otherwise agreed by the parties in a  written
28    agreement  set forth in the judgment or otherwise approved by
29    the court,  the  obligation  to  pay  future  maintenance  is
30    terminated  upon the death of either party, or the remarriage
31    of the party receiving maintenance, or if the party receiving
32    maintenance cohabits  with  another  person  on  a  resident,
33    continuing conjugal basis.
34        (d)  Unless  otherwise  agreed  in  writing  or expressly
 
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 1    provided in a judgment, provisions for the support of a child
 2    are terminated  by  emancipation  of  the  child,  except  as
 3    otherwise  provided  herein, but not by the death of a parent
 4    obligated to  support  or  educate  the  child.  An  existing
 5    obligation  to  pay  for  support or educational expenses, or
 6    both, is not terminated by the death of  a  parent.   When  a
 7    parent  obligated  to pay support or educational expenses, or
 8    both, dies, the amount of support or educational expenses, or
 9    both, may be enforced, modified, revoked  or  commuted  to  a
10    lump   sum   payment,   as   equity  may  require,  and  that
11    determination  may  be  provided  for  at  the  time  of  the
12    dissolution of the marriage or thereafter.
13        (e)  The right to petition  for  support  or  educational
14    expenses,  or  both,  under  Sections  505  and  513  is  not
15    extinguished by the death of a parent.  Upon a petition filed
16    before or after a parent's death, the court may award sums of
17    money out of the decedent's estate for the child's support or
18    educational  expenses,  or  both, as equity may require.  The
19    time within which a claim may be filed against the estate  of
20    a  decedent under Sections 505 and 513 and subsection (d) and
21    this subsection shall be governed by the  provisions  of  the
22    Probate Act of 1975, as a barrable, noncontingent claim.
23    (Source: P.A. 87-714; 88-42; 88-307; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)

24        (750 ILCS 5/516) (from Ch. 40, par. 516)
25        Sec.  516.   Public  Aid  collection  fee.   In all cases
26    instituted by  the  Illinois  Department  of  Human  Services
27    Public  Aid  on  behalf  of a child or spouse, other than one
28    receiving a grant of financial aid under Article  IV  of  The
29    Illinois  Public Aid Code, on whose behalf an application has
30    been made and approved for support services  as  provided  by
31    Section   10-1  of  that  Code,  the  court  shall  impose  a
32    collection fee on the individual who owes a child  or  spouse
33    support obligation in an amount equal to 10% of the amount so
 
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 1    owed  as  long as such collection is required by federal law,
 2    which fee shall be in addition  to  the  support  obligation.
 3    The  imposition  of  such  fee  shall  be  in accordance with
 4    provisions of Title IV, Part D, of the  Social  Security  Act
 5    and  regulations  duly promulgated thereunder.  The fee shall
 6    be payable to the clerk of the circuit court for  transmittal
 7    to  the  Illinois Department of Human Services Public Aid and
 8    shall continue until support services are terminated by  that
 9    Department.
10    (Source: P.A. 82-979.)

11        (750 ILCS 5/704) (from Ch. 40, par. 704)
12        Sec.  704.  Public Aid Provisions.) Except as provided in
13    Sections 709 through 712, if maintenance,  child  support  or
14    both,  is  awarded to persons who are recipients of aid under
15    "The Illinois Public Aid Code", the court  shall  direct  the
16    husband  or wife, as the case may be, to make the payments to
17    (1) the Illinois Department of Human Services Public  Aid  if
18    the persons are recipients under Articles III, IV or V of the
19    Code,  or  (2)  the  local  governmental unit responsible for
20    their support if they are recipients under Article VI or  VII
21    of  the  Code. The order shall permit the Illinois Department
22    of Human Services Public Aid or the local governmental  unit,
23    as  the  case  may  be, to direct that subsequent payments be
24    made directly to the former spouse, the children, or both, or
25    to some person or agency in their behalf, upon removal of the
26    former spouse or children from the public aid rolls; and upon
27    such direction and removal of the recipients from the  public
28    aid  rolls,  the  Illinois  Department  or local governmental
29    unit, as the case requires, shall give written notice of such
30    action to the court.
31    (Source: P.A. 81-1474.)

32        (750 ILCS 5/705) (from Ch. 40, par. 705)
 
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 1        Sec. 705.  Support payments;   receiving  and  disbursing
 2    agents.
 3        (1)  The  provisions  of this Section shall apply, except
 4    as provided in Sections 709 through 712.
 5        (2)  In a dissolution  of  marriage  action  filed  in  a
 6    county of less than 3 million population in which an order or
 7    judgment  for  child support is entered, and in supplementary
 8    proceedings in any such county to enforce or vary  the  terms
 9    of  such  order  or  judgment  arising  out  of an action for
10    dissolution of marriage filed  in  such  county,  the  court,
11    except  as  it otherwise orders, under subsection (4) of this
12    Section, may direct that child support payments  be  made  to
13    the clerk of the court.
14        (3)  In  a  dissolution  of  marriage action filed in any
15    county of 3 million or more population in which an  order  or
16    judgment  for  child support is entered, and in supplementary
17    proceedings in any such county to enforce or vary  the  terms
18    of  such  order  or  judgment  arising  out  of an action for
19    dissolution of marriage filed  in  such  county,  the  court,
20    except  as  it  otherwise orders under subsection (4) of this
21    Section, may direct  that  child  support  payments  be  made
22    either  to  the  clerk  of  the court or to the Court Service
23    Division of the County Department of Public Aid.   After  the
24    effective date of this Act, the court, except as it otherwise
25    orders  under subsection (4) of this Section, may direct that
26    child support payments be made either to  the  clerk  of  the
27    court  or to the Illinois Department of Human Services Public
28    Aid.
29        (4)  In a dissolution of marriage action or supplementary
30    proceedings involving maintenance or child support  payments,
31    or  both,  to  persons  who  are  recipients of aid under the
32    Illinois Public Aid Code, the court shall  direct  that  such
33    payments  be  made  to  (a)  the Illinois Department of Human
34    Services Public Aid  if  the  persons  are  recipients  under
 
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 1    Articles  III,  IV,  or  V  of  the  Code,  or  (b) the local
 2    governmental unit responsible for their support if  they  are
 3    recipients   under  Articles  VI  or  VII  of  the  Code.  In
 4    accordance with federal law  and  regulations,  the  Illinois
 5    Department  of  Human  Services  Public  Aid  may continue to
 6    collect  current  maintenance  payments  or   child   support
 7    payments,  or  both,  after  those  persons  cease to receive
 8    public assistance and until  termination  of  services  under
 9    Article  X  of  the  Illinois  Public Aid Code.  The Illinois
10    Department of Human Services Public Aid  shall  pay  the  net
11    amount  collected  to those persons after deducting any costs
12    incurred in making the collection or any collection fee  from
13    the  amount of any recovery made.  The order shall permit the
14    Illinois Department of Human Services Public Aid or the local
15    governmental unit,  as  the  case  may  be,  to  direct  that
16    payments be made directly to the former spouse, the children,
17    or  both,  or  to some person or agency in their behalf, upon
18    removal of the former spouse or children from the public  aid
19    rolls  or upon termination of services under Article X of the
20    Illinois Public  Aid  Code;  and  upon  such  direction,  the
21    Illinois  Department  or local governmental unit, as the case
22    requires, shall give notice of such action to  the  court  in
23    writing or by electronic transmission.
24        (5)  All  clerks  of  the  court  and  the  Court Service
25    Division of a County Department of Public Aid and, after  the
26    effective  date  of this Act, all clerks of the court and the
27    Illinois Department of Human Services Public  Aid,  receiving
28    child  support payments under subsections (2) and (3) of this
29    Section shall disburse the payments to the person or  persons
30    entitled  thereto  under  the terms of the order or judgment.
31    They shall establish and  maintain  current  records  of  all
32    moneys   received   and   disbursed   and   of  defaults  and
33    delinquencies in required payments. The court,  by  order  or
34    rule,  shall  make  provision  for  the carrying out of these
 
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 1    duties.
 2        Upon   notification   in   writing   or   by   electronic
 3    transmission from the Illinois Department of  Human  Services
 4    Public  Aid  to  the  clerk of the court that a person who is
 5    receiving support payments under this  Section  is  receiving
 6    services   under   the   Child  Support  Enforcement  Program
 7    established by Title IV-D of the  Social  Security  Act,  any
 8    support  payments  subsequently  received by the clerk of the
 9    court  shall  be   transmitted   in   accordance   with   the
10    instructions  of  the  Illinois  Department of Human Services
11    Public Aid until the Department gives notice to the clerk  of
12    the  court  to  cease  the  transmittal.  After providing the
13    notification authorized under this  paragraph,  the  Illinois
14    Department  of Human Services Public Aid shall be entitled as
15    a party to notice of any further  proceedings  in  the  case.
16    The  clerk of the court shall file a copy of the notification
17    of the Illinois Department of  Human  Services  Public  Aid's
18    notification  in the court file.  The failure of the clerk to
19    file a copy of the notification in the court file shall  not,
20    however, affect the right of the Illinois Department of Human
21    Services  Public  Aid's  right  to  receive notice of further
22    proceedings.
23        Payments under this Section to the Illinois Department of
24    Human Services Public  Aid  pursuant  to  the  Child  Support
25    Enforcement  Program  established by Title IV-D of the Social
26    Security Act shall be paid into the Child Support Enforcement
27    Trust Fund. All payments under this Section to  the  Illinois
28    Department  of  Human  Services shall be deposited in the DHS
29    Recoveries Trust Fund. Disbursements from these  funds  shall
30    be  as  provided  in  the  Illinois Public Aid Code. Payments
31    received by a local governmental unit shall be  deposited  in
32    that  unit's  General  Assistance  Fund.  Any  order of court
33    directing payment of child support to a clerk of court or the
34    Court Service Division of a County Department of Public  Aid,
 
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 1    which order has been entered on or after August 14, 1961, and
 2    prior  to  the  effective date of this Act, may be amended by
 3    the court  in  line  with  this  Act;  and  orders  involving
 4    payments  of  maintenance  or  child support to recipients of
 5    public aid may in like manner be amended to conform  to  this
 6    Act.
 7        (6)  No  filing  fee  or  costs  will  be required in any
 8    action brought at the request of the Illinois  Department  of
 9    Human  Services  Public Aid in any proceeding under this Act.
10    However, any such fees or costs may be assessed by the  court
11    against the respondent in the court's order of support or any
12    modification thereof in a proceeding under this Act.
13        (7)  For those cases in which child support is payable to
14    the  clerk  of  the  circuit  court  for  transmittal  to the
15    Illinois Department of Human Services Public Aid by order  of
16    court  or  upon  notification  by  the Illinois Department of
17    Human Services Public Aid, the clerk shall transmit all  such
18    payments,  within  4  working days of receipt, to insure that
19    funds  are  available  for  immediate  distribution  by   the
20    Department  to  the  person  or  entity  entitled  thereto in
21    accordance with standards of the  Child  Support  Enforcement
22    Program  established  under Title IV-D of the Social Security
23    Act.  The clerk shall notify the Department of  the  date  of
24    receipt and amount thereof at the time of transmittal.  Where
25    the  clerk  has entered into an agreement of cooperation with
26    the Department to record the terms of  child  support  orders
27    and  payments  made thereunder directly into the Department's
28    automated data processing system,  the  clerk  shall  account
29    for, transmit and otherwise distribute child support payments
30    in accordance with such agreement in lieu of the requirements
31    contained herein.
32        In  any  action  filed  in  a county with a population of
33    1,000,000  or  less,  the  court  shall  assess  against  the
34    respondent in any order of maintenance or child  support  any
 
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 1    sum  up to $36 annually authorized by ordinance of the county
 2    board to be collected by the clerk of the court as costs  for
 3    administering  the collection and disbursement of maintenance
 4    and child support payments.  Such sum shall be in addition to
 5    and separate from amounts ordered to be paid  as  maintenance
 6    or child support.
 7        (8)  To  the  extent  the  provisions of this Section are
 8    inconsistent with the requirements pertaining  to  the  State
 9    Disbursement Unit under Section 507.1 of this Act and Section
10    10-26  of  the  Illinois  Public  Aid  Code, the requirements
11    pertaining to the State Disbursement Unit shall apply.
12    (Source:  P.A.  90-18,  eff.  7-1-97;  90-673,  eff.  1-1-99;
13    90-790,  eff.  8-14-98;  91-24,  eff.  7-1-99;  91-212,  eff.
14    7-20-99; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; revised 8-31-99.)

15        (750 ILCS 5/709) (from Ch. 40, par. 709)
16        Sec. 709.  Mandatory child support payments to clerk.
17        (a)  As of January 1, 1982, child support orders  entered
18    in  any  county  covered  by  this  subsection  shall be made
19    pursuant to the provisions of Sections  709  through  712  of
20    this  Act.   For  purposes of these Sections, the term "child
21    support payment"  or  "payment"  shall  include  any  payment
22    ordered to be made solely for the purpose of the support of a
23    child  or children or any payment ordered for general support
24    which includes  any  amount  for  support  of  any  child  or
25    children.
26        The  provisions  of  Sections  709  through  712 shall be
27    applicable to any county with a population of  2  million  or
28    more and to any other county which notifies the Supreme Court
29    of  its  desire  to  be included within the coverage of these
30    Sections and is certified pursuant to Supreme Court Rules.
31        The  effective  date  of  inclusion,  however,  shall  be
32    subject to approval of the application for  reimbursement  of
33    the  costs  of the support program by the Department of Human
 
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 1    Services Public Aid as provided in Section 712.
 2        (b)  In any proceeding for  a  dissolution  of  marriage,
 3    legal  separation,  or declaration of invalidity of marriage,
 4    or in any supplementary proceedings in which  a  judgment  or
 5    modification  thereof  for  the  payment  of child support is
 6    entered on or after January 1, 1982, in any county covered by
 7    Sections 709 through 712, and the person entitled to  payment
 8    is receiving a grant of financial aid under Article IV of the
 9    Illinois  Public  Aid  Code  or has applied and qualified for
10    support services under Section 10-1 of that Code,  the  court
11    shall direct:  (1) that such payments be made to the clerk of
12    the  court  and  (2)  that  the  parties  affected shall each
13    thereafter notify the clerk  of  any  change  of  address  or
14    change in other conditions that may affect the administration
15    of  the  order,  including  the  fact  that  a  party who was
16    previously not on public aid has become a recipient of public
17    aid, within 10 days of such change.  All notices sent to  the
18    obligor's  last known address on file with the clerk shall be
19    deemed sufficient to proceed with enforcement pursuant to the
20    provisions of Sections 709 through 712.
21        In all other cases, the court may direct that payments be
22    made to the clerk of the court.
23        (c)  Except  as  provided  in  subsection  (d)  of   this
24    Section,  the clerk shall disburse the payments to the person
25    or persons entitled thereto under the terms of the  order  or
26    judgment.
27        (d)  The court shall determine, prior to the entry of the
28    support  order, if the party who is to receive the support is
29    presently receiving public aid or has a  current  application
30    for  public  aid  pending  and shall enter the finding on the
31    record.
32        If the person entitled to payment is a recipient  of  aid
33    under  the  Illinois  Public  Aid Code, the clerk, upon being
34    informed  of  this  fact  by  finding  of   the   court,   by
 
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 1    notification  by  the  party  entitled  to  payment,  by  the
 2    Illinois  Department  of  Human Services Public Aid or by the
 3    local governmental unit, shall make all payments to:  (1) the
 4    Illinois Department of  Human  Services  Public  Aid  if  the
 5    person is a recipient under Article III, IV, or V of the Code
 6    or (2) the local governmental unit responsible for his or her
 7    support  if the person is a recipient under Article VI or VII
 8    of the Code. In accordance with federal law and  regulations,
 9    the  Illinois  Department  of  Human  Services Public Aid may
10    continue to collect current  maintenance  payments  or  child
11    support  payments,  or  both,  after  those  persons cease to
12    receive public assistance and until termination  of  services
13    under  Article  X  of  the  Illinois  Public  Aid  Code.  The
14    Illinois Department of Human Services Public  Aid  shall  pay
15    the net amount collected to those persons after deducting any
16    costs incurred in making the collection or any collection fee
17    from  the  amount  of  any recovery made. Upon termination of
18    public aid payments to such a  recipient  or  termination  of
19    services under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code, the
20    Illinois  Department  of  Human  Services  Public  Aid or the
21    appropriate local governmental unit shall notify the clerk in
22    writing or by electronic  transmission  that  all  subsequent
23    payments  are  to  be  sent  directly  to the person entitled
24    thereto.
25        Upon   notification   in   writing   or   by   electronic
26    transmission from the Illinois Department of  Human  Services
27    Public  Aid  to  the  clerk of the court that a person who is
28    receiving support payments under this  Section  is  receiving
29    services   under   the   Child  Support  Enforcement  Program
30    established by Title IV-D of the  Social  Security  Act,  any
31    support  payments  subsequently  received by the clerk of the
32    court  shall  be   transmitted   in   accordance   with   the
33    instructions  of  the  Illinois  Department of Human Services
34    Public Aid until the Department gives notice to the clerk  of
 
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 1    the  court  to  cease  the  transmittal.  After providing the
 2    notification authorized under this  paragraph,  the  Illinois
 3    Department  of Human Services Public Aid shall be entitled as
 4    a party to notice of any further  proceedings  in  the  case.
 5    The  clerk  of  the  court  shall file a copy of the Illinois
 6    notification to the Department of Human Services Public Aid's
 7    notification in the court file.  The failure of the clerk  to
 8    file  a copy of the notification in the court file shall not,
 9    however, affect the right of the Illinois Department of Human
10    Services Public Aid's right  to  receive  notice  of  further
11    proceedings.
12        Payments under this Section to the Illinois Department of
13    Human  Services  Public  Aid  pursuant  to  the Child Support
14    Enforcement Program established by Title IV-D of  the  Social
15    Security Act shall be paid into the Child Support Enforcement
16    Trust  Fund.  All payments under this Section to the Illinois
17    Department of Human Services shall be deposited  in  the  DHS
18    Recoveries  Trust Fund.  Disbursements from these funds shall
19    be as provided in the Illinois  Public  Aid  Code.   Payments
20    received  by  a local governmental unit shall be deposited in
21    that unit's General Assistance Fund.
22        (e)  Any order or judgment may be amended by  the  court,
23    upon  its  own  motion or upon the motion of either party, to
24    conform with the provisions  of  Sections  709  through  712,
25    either  as to the requirement of making payments to the clerk
26    or, where payments are already being made to the clerk, as to
27    the statutory fees provided for under Section 711.
28        (f)  The clerk may invest in any interest bearing account
29    or in any securities, monies collected for the benefit  of  a
30    payee,  where  such  payee  cannot  be  found;  however,  the
31    investment may be only for the period until the clerk is able
32    to  locate and present the payee with such monies.  The clerk
33    may invest  in  any  interest  bearing  account,  or  in  any
34    securities,  monies  collected  for  the benefit of any other
 
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 1    payee; however, this does not alter the clerk's obligation to
 2    make payments to the payee in a timely manner.  Any  interest
 3    or  capital  gains  accrued  shall  be for the benefit of the
 4    county and shall be paid into the special fund established in
 5    subsection (b) of Section 711.
 6        (g)  The clerk shall establish  and  maintain  a  payment
 7    record  of  all monies received and disbursed and such record
 8    shall constitute prima facie evidence  of  such  payment  and
 9    non-payment, as the case may be.
10        (h)  For those cases in which child support is payable to
11    the  clerk  of  the  circuit  court  for  transmittal  to the
12    Illinois Department of Human Services Public Aid by order  of
13    court  or  upon  notification  by  the Illinois Department of
14    Human Services Public Aid, the clerk shall transmit all  such
15    payments,  within  4  working days of receipt, to insure that
16    funds  are  available  for  immediate  distribution  by   the
17    Department  to  the  person  or  entity  entitled  thereto in
18    accordance with standards of the  Child  Support  Enforcement
19    Program  established  under Title IV-D of the Social Security
20    Act.  The clerk shall notify the Department of  the  date  of
21    receipt and amount thereof at the time of transmittal.  Where
22    the  clerk  has entered into an agreement of cooperation with
23    the Department to record the terms of  child  support  orders
24    and  payments  made thereunder directly into the Department's
25    automated data processing system,  the  clerk  shall  account
26    for, transmit and otherwise distribute child support payments
27    in accordance with such agreement in lieu of the requirements
28    contained herein.
29        (i)  To  the  extent  the  provisions of this Section are
30    inconsistent with the requirements pertaining  to  the  State
31    Disbursement Unit under Section 507.1 of this Act and Section
32    10-26  of  the  Illinois  Public  Aid  Code, the requirements
33    pertaining to the State Disbursement Unit shall apply.
34    (Source: P.A.  91-24,  eff.  7-1-99;  91-212,  eff.  7-20-99;
 
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 1    revised 9-28-99.)

 2        (750 ILCS 5/712) (from Ch. 40, par. 712)
 3        Sec.  712.   (a)  The  Supreme  Court  may   make   Rules
 4    concerning the certification of counties for inclusion in the
 5    child  support enforcement program and the application of the
 6    procedures created by Sections 709 through 712 in the various
 7    counties.
 8        The Supreme Court shall inform  each  circuit  court  and
 9    clerk  of  the  court  of  the availability of the program to
10    reimburse counties desiring to participate in the program  of
11    enforcement of child support payments.
12        The  Supreme  Court shall also distribute to each circuit
13    court and clerk of the court any materials  prepared  by  the
14    Child   and  Spouse  Support  Unit  comparing  child  support
15    enforcement in counties included and  not  included  in  this
16    program.
17        (b)  The  Illinois  Department  of  Human Services Public
18    Aid, through the Child and Spouse Support Unit  provided  for
19    by Section 10-3.1 of The Illinois Public Aid Code, shall have
20    general  supervision of the child support programs created by
21    Sections 709 through 712 and shall have the powers and duties
22    provided in this Section, including the following:
23        (1)  to make advance payments to any county  included  in
24    the  program  for  expenses  in preparing programs to enforce
25    payment of child support to  the  clerk  from  appropriations
26    made for such purposes by the General Assembly;
27        (2)  to  make  payments to each covered county to pay for
28    its reasonable expenses  actually  necessary  to  maintain  a
29    continuing  program not paid for by fees, penalties, or other
30    monies; provided that, with respect to that  portion  of  the
31    program  on  behalf of dependent children included in a grant
32    of financial aid under Article IV of The Illinois Public  Aid
33    Code  the Unit shall pay only such expenses as is its current
 
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 1    practice or as it may deem appropriate; provided further that
 2    the Unit shall  only  pay  expenses  of  the  entire  program
 3    subject  to  the  availability  of  federal monies to pay the
 4    majority of expenses of the entire child support  enforcement
 5    program; provided further that the Unit or Department may set
 6    standards relating to enforcement which have to be met by any
 7    county  seeking  to  enter a contract with the Department for
 8    reimbursement of expenses of the entire  enforcement  program
 9    prior  to an application for reimbursement being approved and
10    the  contract  granted;  and  provided  further   that   such
11    standards may relate to, but are not limited to the following
12    factors: maintenance of the payment record, the definition of
13    delinquency;  the  period of time in which a delinquency must
14    be determined, the payor notified, the  remittance  received,
15    the  referral  to  the state's attorney made, and the payment
16    remitted by the clerk to the payee or other party entitled to
17    the payment; the conditions under which referral will not  be
18    made  to  the  state's  attorney;  and  the  definitions  and
19    procedures  for  other  matters necessary for the conduct and
20    operation of the program;
21        (3)  to  monitor   the   various   local   programs   for
22    enforcement of child support payments to the clerk;
23        (4)  to  act  to  encourage  enforcement  whenever  local
24    enforcement procedures are inadequate;
25        (5)  to  receive monies from any source for assistance in
26    enforcement of child support; and
27        (6)  to assist  any  county  desirous  of  assistance  in
28    establishing  and  maintaining  a  child  support enforcement
29    program.
30        (c)  Any county may apply for financial assistance to the
31    Unit to initiate or  maintain  a  program  of  child  support
32    enforcement.   Every  county  which  desires  such assistance
33    shall apply according to procedures established by the  Unit.
34    In  its application, it shall state the following:  financial
 
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 1    needs, personnel  requirements,  anticipated  caseloads,  any
 2    amounts  collected  or  anticipated in fees or penalties, and
 3    any other information required by the Unit.
 4        (d)  In the case that any advance money is given  to  any
 5    county  under this Section to initiate an enforcement system,
 6    the county shall reimburse the state within 2 years from  the
 7    date  such monies are given to it.  The Unit may establish an
 8    appropriate schedule of reimbursement for any county.
 9        (e)  In the event of the unavailability of federal monies
10    to pay for the greater part of the costs to a county  of  the
11    child  support enforcement program under Sections 709 through
12    712 and the resulting cessation of state  participation,  the
13    operation  of  the  child  support  enforcement program under
14    Sections 709 through 712 shall terminate.  The date  and  the
15    method  of  termination  shall be determined by Supreme Court
16    Rule.
17    (Source: P.A. 84-1395.)

18        Section 470.  The Non-Support Punishment Act  is  amended
19    by changing Sections 7, 20, 25, 30, 35, and 60 as follows:

20        (750 ILCS 16/7)
21        Sec.  7.   Prosecutions by Attorney General.  In addition
22    to enforcement proceedings by the several State's  Attorneys,
23    a   proceeding  for  the  enforcement  of  this  Act  may  be
24    instituted and prosecuted by the Attorney General   in  cases
25    referred  by the Illinois Department of Human Services Public
26    Aid involving persons  receiving  child  and  spouse  support
27    services  under  Article  X  of the Illinois Public Aid Code.
28    Before  referring  a  case  to  the  Attorney   General   for
29    enforcement  under this Act, the Department of Human Services
30    Public Aid shall notify the person receiving child and spouse
31    support services under Article X of the Illinois  Public  Aid
32    Code  of  the  Department's  intent  to refer the case to the
 
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 1    Attorney General under this Section for prosecution.
 2    (Source: P.A. 91-613, eff. 10-1-99.)

 3        (750 ILCS 16/20)
 4        Sec. 20.  Entry of order for support; income withholding.
 5        (a) In a case in which no court or  administrative  order
 6    for support is in effect against the defendant:
 7             (1) at any time before the trial, upon motion of the
 8        State's  Attorney,  or  of  the  Attorney  General if the
 9        action has been instituted by his office, and upon notice
10        to the defendant, or at the time of arraignment or  as  a
11        condition  of  postponement of arraignment, the court may
12        enter such temporary order for support as may seem  just,
13        providing for the support or maintenance of the spouse or
14        child  or  children  of  the defendant, or both, pendente
15        lite; or
16             (2) before trial with the consent of the  defendant,
17        or  at  the  trial on entry of a plea of guilty, or after
18        conviction, instead of imposing the penalty  provided  in
19        this  Act, or in addition thereto, the court may enter an
20        order for support, subject to modification by  the  court
21        from time to time as circumstances may require, directing
22        the defendant to pay a certain sum for maintenance of the
23        spouse, or for support of the child or children, or both.
24        (b) The court shall determine the amount of child support
25    by using the guidelines and standards set forth in subsection
26    (a)  of  Section  505  and  in  Section 505.2 of the Illinois
27    Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
28        If (i) the non-custodial parent was properly served  with
29    a  request for discovery of financial information relating to
30    the non-custodial parent's ability to provide child  support,
31    (ii)  the  non-custodial  parent  failed  to  comply with the
32    request, despite having been ordered to do so by  the  court,
33    and  (iii)  the  non-custodial  parent  is not present at the
 
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 1    hearing to determine support despite having  received  proper
 2    notice,  then  any  relevant financial information concerning
 3    the non-custodial parent's ability to  provide  support  that
 4    was  obtained pursuant to subpoena and proper notice shall be
 5    admitted into evidence without  the  need  to  establish  any
 6    further foundation for its admission.
 7        (c)  The  court shall determine the amount of maintenance
 8    using the standards set forth in  Section 504 of the Illinois
 9    Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
10        (d) The court may, for violation of any order under  this
11    Section,  punish the offender as for a contempt of court, but
12    no pendente lite order shall remain in effect longer  than  4
13    months,  or  after  the  discharge  of  any  panel  of jurors
14    summoned for service thereafter in such court,  whichever  is
15    sooner.
16        (e) Any order for support entered by the court under this
17    Section  shall  be deemed to be a series of judgments against
18    the person obligated to pay support under the judgments, each
19    such judgment  to  be  in  the  amount  of  each  payment  or
20    installment of support and each judgment to be deemed entered
21    as  of  the  date  the  corresponding  payment or installment
22    becomes due under the  terms  of  the  support  order.   Each
23    judgment shall have the full force, effect, and attributes of
24    any other judgment of this State, including the ability to be
25    enforced.   Each  judgment  is  subject  to  modification  or
26    termination  only  in  accordance  with  Section  510  of the
27    Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage  Act.   A  lien
28    arises  by  operation  of  law  against the real and personal
29    property of the noncustodial parent for each  installment  of
30    overdue support owed by the noncustodial parent.
31        (f) An order for support entered under this Section shall
32    include  a  provision  requiring the obligor to report to the
33    obligee and to the clerk of the court  within  10  days  each
34    time  the  obligor  obtains new employment, and each time the
 
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 1    obligor's employment  is  terminated  for  any  reason.   The
 2    report  shall  be  in  writing  and shall, in the case of new
 3    employment, include the name and address of the new employer.
 4        Failure to report new employment or  the  termination  of
 5    current employment, if coupled with nonpayment of support for
 6    a period in excess of 60 days, is indirect criminal contempt.
 7    For   any   obligor   arrested  for  failure  to  report  new
 8    employment, bond shall be set in  the  amount  of  the  child
 9    support  that  should  have  been  paid  during the period of
10    unreported employment.
11        An order for support entered  under  this  Section  shall
12    also  include  a  provision requiring the obligor and obligee
13    parents to advise each other of a change in residence  within
14    5  days  of  the  change except when the court finds that the
15    physical, mental, or emotional health of  a  party  or  of  a
16    minor  child,  or  both,  would  be  seriously  endangered by
17    disclosure of the party's address.
18        (g) An order for support entered or modified in a case in
19    which a party is receiving child and spouse support  services
20    under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code shall include
21    a  provision  requiring the noncustodial parent to notify the
22    Illinois Department of Human Services Public  Aid,  within  7
23    days,  of  the  name  and  address of any new employer of the
24    noncustodial parent,  whether  the  noncustodial  parent  has
25    access  to  health insurance coverage through the employer or
26    other group coverage and, if so, the policy name  and  number
27    and the names of persons covered under the policy.
28        (h)  In  any  subsequent  action  to enforce an order for
29    support entered under this Act, upon sufficient showing  that
30    diligent  effort  has  been made to ascertain the location of
31    the noncustodial parent, service of process or  provision  of
32    notice necessary in that action may be made at the last known
33    address  of  the noncustodial parent, in any manner expressly
34    provided by the Code of Civil Procedure or in this Act, which
 
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 1    service shall be sufficient for purposes of due process.
 2        (i) An order for support shall include a  date  on  which
 3    the  current  support obligation terminates.  The termination
 4    date shall be no earlier than the date  on  which  the  child
 5    covered  by  the  order will attain the age of majority or is
 6    otherwise emancipated. The order for support shall state that
 7    the termination date does not apply to any arrearage that may
 8    remain unpaid on that date.  Nothing in this subsection shall
 9    be construed to prevent the court from modifying the order.
10    (Source: P.A. 91-613, eff. 10-1-99; 91-767, eff. 6-9-00.)

11        (750 ILCS 16/25)
12        Sec. 25.  Payment of support to State Disbursement  Unit;
13    clerk of the court.
14        (a)  As  used  in  this  Section,  "order  for  support",
15    "obligor", "obligee", and "payor" mean those terms as defined
16    in the Income Withholding for Support Act.
17        (b)  Each  order  for  support  entered or modified under
18    Section 20 of this Act shall require that support payments be
19    made to the State Disbursement  Unit  established  under  the
20    Illinois Public Aid Code, under the following circumstances:
21             (1) when a party to the order is receiving child and
22        spouse  support  services under Article X of the Illinois
23        Public Aid Code; or
24             (2) when no party to the order  is  receiving  child
25        and spouse support services, but the support payments are
26        made through income withholding.
27        (c)  When  no  party  to the order is receiving child and
28    spouse support services, and  payments  are  not  being  made
29    through income withholding, the court shall order the obligor
30    to make support payments to the clerk of the court.
31        (d)  In  the  case of an order for support entered by the
32    court under this Act before  a  party  commenced  receipt  of
33    child  and  spouse  support  services,  upon receipt of these
 
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 1    services by a party the Illinois Department of Human Services
 2    Public Aid shall provide notice to the obligor  to  send  any
 3    support  payments  he  or  she  makes personally to the State
 4    Disbursement Unit until further direction of the  Department.
 5    The  Department  shall  provide  a  copy of the notice to the
 6    obligee and to the clerk of the court.
 7        (e) If a State Disbursement Unit as specified by  federal
 8    law  has not been created in Illinois upon the effective date
 9    of this Act, then, until the creation of a State Disbursement
10    Unit as specified by federal law,  the  following  provisions
11    regarding  payment and disbursement of support payments shall
12    control and the provisions in subsections (a), (b), (c),  and
13    (d)  shall  be  inoperative.   Upon  the  creation of a State
14    Disbursement  Unit  as  specified  by   federal   law,   this
15    subsection  (e)  shall  be  inoperative  and  the payment and
16    disbursement provisions of subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d)
17    shall control.
18             (1) In cases  in  which  an  order  for  support  is
19        entered  under  Section  20  of this Act, the court shall
20        order that maintenance and support payments  be  made  to
21        the  clerk  of  the court for remittance to the person or
22        agency entitled to receive the  payments.   However,  the
23        court  in  its  discretion  may  direct  otherwise  where
24        exceptional circumstances so warrant.
25             (2)  The court shall direct that support payments be
26        sent by the clerk to (i) the Illinois Department of Human
27        Services  Public  Aid  if  the  person  in  whose  behalf
28        payments are made is receiving aid  under  Articles  III,
29        IV,  or  V  of the Illinois Public Aid Code, or child and
30        spouse support services under Article X of the  Code,  or
31        (ii)  to  the local governmental unit responsible for the
32        support of the person if he or she is a  recipient  under
33        Article  VI  of the Code.  In accordance with federal law
34        and  regulations,  the  Illinois  Department   of   Human
 
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 1        Services  Public  Aid  may  continue  to  collect current
 2        maintenance payments or child support payments, or  both,
 3        after  those  persons  cease to receive public assistance
 4        and until termination of services under Article X of  the
 5        Illinois  Public Aid Code.  The Illinois Department shall
 6        pay the net  amount  collected  to  those  persons  after
 7        deducting  any costs incurred in making the collection or
 8        any collection fee from the amount of any recovery  made.
 9        The  order  shall permit the Illinois Department of Human
10        Services Public Aid or the local  governmental  unit,  as
11        the  case may be, to direct that support payments be made
12        directly to the spouse, children, or  both,  or  to  some
13        person  or  agency  in  their behalf, upon removal of the
14        spouse or children from the  public  aid  rolls  or  upon
15        termination  of  services under Article X of the Illinois
16        Public Aid Code; and upon such  direction,  the  Illinois
17        Department  or  the  local governmental unit, as the case
18        requires, shall give notice of such action to  the  court
19        in writing or by electronic transmission.
20             (3)  The  clerk  of  the  court  shall establish and
21        maintain current  records  of  all  moneys  received  and
22        disbursed  and  of delinquencies and defaults in required
23        payments.  The  court,  by  order  or  rule,  shall  make
24        provision for the carrying out of these duties.
25             (4)  Upon  notification  in writing or by electronic
26        transmission  from  the  Illinois  Department  of   Human
27        Services  Public  Aid  to  the  clerk of the court that a
28        person who  is  receiving  support  payments  under  this
29        Section  is  receiving  services  under the Child Support
30        Enforcement Program established  by  Title  IV-D  of  the
31        Social  Security  Act,  any support payments subsequently
32        received by the clerk of the court shall  be  transmitted
33        in  accordance  with  the  instructions  of  the Illinois
34        Department  of  Human  Services  Public  Aid  until   the
 
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 1        Department  gives notice to cease the transmittal.  After
 2        providing  the   notification   authorized   under   this
 3        paragraph,  the  Illinois  Department  of  Human Services
 4        Public Aid shall be a party and entitled to notice of any
 5        further proceedings in the case.  The clerk of the  court
 6        shall  file  a  copy  of the notification to the Illinois
 7        Department of Human Services Public Aid's notification in
 8        the court file.  The failure of the clerk to file a  copy
 9        of the notification in the court file shall not, however,
10        affect  the  rights  of  the Illinois Department of Human
11        Services Public Aid's rights as a party or its  right  to
12        receive notice of further proceedings.
13             (5)  Payments  under  this  Section  to the Illinois
14        Department of Human Services Public Aid pursuant  to  the
15        Child  Support  Enforcement  Program established by Title
16        IV-D of the Social Security Act shall be  paid  into  the
17        Child Support Enforcement Trust Fund.  All other payments
18        under  this  Section  to the Illinois Department of Human
19        Services Public Aid shall  be  deposited  in  the  Public
20        Assistance  Recoveries  Trust  Fund.  Disbursements  from
21        these  funds  shall be as provided in the Illinois Public
22        Aid Code.  Payments received by a local governmental unit
23        shall be deposited  in  that  unit's  General  Assistance
24        Fund.
25             (6)  For  those  cases  in  which  child  support is
26        payable to the clerk of the circuit court for transmittal
27        to the Illinois Department of Human Services  Public  Aid
28        by  order  of  court or upon notification by the Illinois
29        Department of Human Services Public Aid, the clerk  shall
30        transmit  all  such  payments,  within  4 working days of
31        receipt, to insure that funds are available for immediate
32        distribution by the Department to the  person  or  entity
33        entitled  thereto  in  accordance  with  standards of the
34        Child Support Enforcement Program established under Title
 
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 1        IV-D of the Social Security Act.  The clerk shall  notify
 2        the  Department of the date of receipt and amount thereof
 3        at the time of transmittal.  Where the clerk has  entered
 4        into  an  agreement of cooperation with the Department to
 5        record the terms of child  support  orders  and  payments
 6        made  thereunder directly into the Department's automated
 7        data processing system,  the  clerk  shall  account  for,
 8        transmit  and otherwise distribute child support payments
 9        in  accordance  with  such  agreement  in  lieu  of   the
10        requirements contained herein.
11    (Source: P.A. 91-613, eff. 10-1-99.)

12        (750 ILCS 16/30)
13        Sec. 30.  Information to State Case Registry.
14        (a)  When  an  order  for  support is entered or modified
15    under Section 20 of this Act, the clerk of the  court  shall,
16    within  5  business  days, provide to the State Case Registry
17    established under Section 10-27 of the  Illinois  Public  Aid
18    Code the court docket number and county in which the order is
19    entered  or modified and the following information, which the
20    parents involved in the case shall disclose to the court:
21             (1) the names  of  the  custodial  and  noncustodial
22        parents  and  of  the  child  or  children covered by the
23        order;
24             (2)  the  dates  of  birth  of  the  custodial   and
25        noncustodial parents and of the child or children covered
26        by the order;
27             (3) the social security numbers of the custodial and
28        noncustodial  parents  and, if available, of the child or
29        children covered by the order;
30             (4) the residential  and  mailing  address  for  the
31        custodial and noncustodial parents;
32             (5)  the  telephone  numbers  for  the custodial and
33        noncustodial parents;
 
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 1             (6) the driver's license numbers for  the  custodial
 2        and noncustodial parents; and
 3             (7)  the name, address, and telephone number of each
 4        parent's employer or employers.
 5        (b) When an order for  support  is  entered  or  modified
 6    under  Section  20  in  a  case in which a party is receiving
 7    child and spouse support services  under  Article  X  of  the
 8    Illinois  Public  Aid Code, the clerk shall provide the State
 9    Case  Registry  with  the  following  information  within   5
10    business days:
11             (1) the information specified in subsection (a);
12             (2)  the amount of monthly or other periodic support
13        owed  under  the  order  and  other  amounts,   including
14        arrearages, interest, or late payment penalties and fees,
15        due or overdue under the order;
16             (3) any amounts described in subdivision (2) of this
17        subsection (b) that have been received by the clerk; and
18             (4)  the distribution of the amounts received by the
19        clerk.
20        (c)  A party shall report to the  clerk  of  the  circuit
21    court  changes  in information required to be disclosed under
22    this Section within 5 business days of the change.
23        (d) To the extent that  updated  information  is  in  the
24    clerk's  possession,  the  clerk shall provide updates of the
25    information specified in subsection  (b)  within  5  business
26    days  after  the  request by the Illinois Department of Human
27    Services Public Aid's request for that updated information.
28    (Source: P.A. 91-613, eff. 10-1-99.)

29        (750 ILCS 16/35)
30        Sec.  35.  Fine;  release  of  defendant  on   probation;
31    violation of order for support; forfeiture of recognizance.
32        (a)  Whenever a fine is imposed it may be directed by the
33    court to be paid,  in  whole  or  in  part,  to  the  spouse,
 
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 1    ex-spouse,  or  if  the  support  of  a  child or children is
 2    involved, to the custodial parent, to  the  clerk,  probation
 3    officer,  or  to  the  Illinois  Department of Human Services
 4    Public Aid  if  a  recipient  of  child  and  spouse  support
 5    services  under  Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code is
 6    involved as the  case  requires,  to  be  disbursed  by  such
 7    officers or agency under the terms of the order.
 8        (b) The court may also relieve the defendant from custody
 9    on  probation  for  the period fixed in the order or judgment
10    upon his or her entering into a recognizance, with or without
11    surety, in the sum as the court  orders  and  approves.   The
12    condition  of  the  recognizance  shall  be  such that if the
13    defendant makes his  or  her  personal  appearance  in  court
14    whenever ordered to do so by the court, during such period as
15    may  be  so fixed, and further complies with the terms of the
16    order for support, or  any  subsequent  modification  of  the
17    order, then the recognizance shall be void; otherwise it will
18    remain in full force and effect.
19        (c) If the court is satisfied by testimony in open court,
20    that  at any time during the period of one year the defendant
21    has violated the terms of  the  order  for  support,  it  may
22    proceed  with  the  trial of the defendant under the original
23    charge, or sentence him or her under the original conviction,
24    or enforce the suspended sentence, as the case  may  be.   In
25    case  of  forfeiture  of  recognizance,  and  enforcement  of
26    recognizance  by  execution, the sum so recovered may, in the
27    discretion of the court, be paid, in whole or in part, to the
28    spouse, ex-spouse, or if the support of a child  or  children
29    is involved, to the custodial parent, to the clerk, or to the
30    Illinois  Department  of  Human  Services  Public  Aid  if  a
31    recipient  of child and spouse support services under Article
32    X of the Illinois Public Aid Code is  involved  as  the  case
33    requires,  to  be  disbursed  by  the clerk or the Department
34    under the terms of the order.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A. 91-613, eff. 10-1-99.)

 2        (750 ILCS 16/60)
 3        Sec. 60.  Unemployed persons owing duty of support.
 4        (a)  Whenever  it  is  determined  in  a  proceeding   to
 5    establish   or   enforce   a  child  support  or  maintenance
 6    obligation that  the  person  owing  a  duty  of  support  is
 7    unemployed, the court may order the person to seek employment
 8    and report periodically to the court with a diary, listing or
 9    other  memorandum  of  his  or her efforts in accordance with
10    such order.  Additionally, the court may order the unemployed
11    person to report to the Department of Employment Security for
12    job search services or to make application with the local Job
13    Jobs Training Partnership Act provider for  participation  in
14    job  search, training, or work programs and where the duty of
15    support is owed to a child receiving support  services  under
16    Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code the court may order
17    the unemployed person to report to the Illinois Department of
18    Human  Services  Public  Aid for participation in job search,
19    training, or work programs established under Section 9-6  and
20    Article IXA of that Code.
21        (b)  Whenever  it  is  determined that a person owes past
22    due support for a child or for a child and  the  parent  with
23    whom  the  child  is  living,  and  the  child  is  receiving
24    assistance  under  the  Illinois  Public  Aid Code, the court
25    shall order at the request  of  the  Illinois  Department  of
26    Human Services Public Aid:
27             (1)  that  the  person  pay  the past-due support in
28        accordance with a plan approved by the court; or
29             (2)  if  the  person  owing  past-due   support   is
30        unemployed,  is  subject  to  such  a  plan,  and  is not
31        incapacitated, that the person participate  in  such  job
32        search,  training,  or  work  programs  established under
33        Section 9-6 and Article IXA of the  Illinois  Public  Aid
 
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 1        Code as the court deems appropriate.
 2    (Source: P.A. 91-613, eff. 10-1-99; revised 10-1-99.)

 3        Section 475. The Uniform Interstate Family Support Act is
 4    amended by changing Sections 102, 310, and 320 as follows:

 5        (750 ILCS 22/102)
 6        Sec.  102.  Tribunal  of  State.   The circuit court is a
 7    tribunal of this State.  The  Illinois  Department  of  Human
 8    Services  Public Aid is an initiating tribunal.  The Illinois
 9    Department of Human Services Public Aid is also a  responding
10    tribunal   of   this   State   to  the  extent  that  it  can
11    administratively establish paternity and  establish,  modify,
12    and  enforce  an  administrative  child-support  order  under
13    authority of Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code.
14    (Source: P.A. 90-240, eff. 7-28-97.)

15        (750 ILCS 22/310)
16        Sec.  310.   Duties  of  the Illinois Department of Human
17    Services Public Aid.
18        (a)  The Illinois Department of Human Services Public Aid
19    is the state information agency under this Act.
20        (b)  The state information agency shall:
21             (1)  compile and maintain a current list,  including
22        addresses,  of  the  tribunals  in  this State which have
23        jurisdiction under this Act and any  support  enforcement
24        agencies  in  this State and transmit a copy to the state
25        information agency of every other state;
26             (2)  maintain a register of  tribunals  and  support
27        enforcement agencies received from other states;
28             (3)  forward  to  the  appropriate  tribunal  in the
29        place in this State in which the  individual  obligee  or
30        the  obligor  resides, or in which the obligor's property
31        is believed to be located,  all  documents  concerning  a
 
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 1        proceeding  under  this  Act  received from an initiating
 2        tribunal  or  the  state  information   agency   of   the
 3        initiating state; and
 4             (4)  obtain  information  concerning the location of
 5        the obligor and the obligor's property within this  State
 6        not  exempt  from  execution,  by  such  means  as postal
 7        verification  and  federal  or  state  locator  services,
 8        examination of telephone directories,  requests  for  the
 9        obligor's  address  from  employers,  and  examination of
10        governmental  records,  including,  to  the  extent   not
11        prohibited by other law, those relating to real property,
12        vital   statistics,   law  enforcement,  taxation,  motor
13        vehicles, driver's licenses, and social security.
14    (Source: P.A. 88-550, eff. date changed from 1-1-95 to 1-1-96
15    by P.A. 88-691.)

16        (750 ILCS 22/320)
17        Sec. 320. Payment of Support to State Disbursement Unit.
18        (a)  As used in this Section:
19        "Order for support", "obligor",  "obligee",  and  "payor"
20    mean  those  terms  as  defined in the Income Withholding for
21    Support Act, except that "order for support" means  an  order
22    entered  by  any  tribunal  of  this State but shall not mean
23    orders providing for spousal maintenance under which there is
24    no child support obligation.
25        (b)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this  Act  to
26    the  contrary,  each order for support entered or modified on
27    or after October 1, 1999 shall require that support  payments
28    be  made  to  the  State  Disbursement Unit established under
29    Section 10-26 of the Illinois Public Aid Code if:
30             (1)  a party to the order  is  receiving  child  and
31        spouse  support  services under Article X of the Illinois
32        Public Aid Code; or
33             (2)  no party to the order is  receiving  child  and
 
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 1        spouse  support  services,  but  the support payments are
 2        made through income withholding.
 3        (c)  Support  payments  shall  be  made  to   the   State
 4    Disbursement Unit if:
 5             (1)  the   order  for  support  was  entered  before
 6        October 1, 1999, and a party to the  order  is  receiving
 7        child  and spouse support services under Article X of the
 8        Illinois Public Aid Code; or
 9             (2)  no party to the order is  receiving  child  and
10        spouse  support  services,  and  the support payments are
11        being made through income withholding.
12        (c-5)  If no party to the order is  receiving  child  and
13    spouse  support  services  under  Article  X  of the Illinois
14    Public Aid Code,  and  the  support  payments  are  not  made
15    through  income  withholding,  then support payments shall be
16    made as directed by the order for support.
17        (c-10)  Within 15 days after the effective date  of  this
18    amendatory  Act  of  the  91st General Assembly, the Illinois
19    Department shall provide written notice to the clerk  of  the
20    circuit  court,  the  obligor,  and,  where  applicable,  the
21    obligor's  payor  to  make payments to the State Disbursement
22    Unit if:
23             (1)  the  order  for  support  was  entered   before
24        October  1,  1999,  and a party to the order is receiving
25        child and spouse support services under Article X of  the
26        Illinois Public Aid Code; or
27             (2)  no  party  to  the order is receiving child and
28        spouse support services, and  the  support  payments  are
29        being made through income withholding.
30        (c-15)  Within  15  days after the effective date of this
31    amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly, the clerk of the
32    circuit court shall provide written notice to the obligor  to
33    make  payments  directly to the clerk of the circuit court if
34    no party to the order is receiving child and  spouse  support
 
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 1    services under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code, the
 2    support payments are not made through income withholding, and
 3    the  order  for  support requires support payments to be made
 4    directly to the clerk of the circuit court.
 5        (c-20)  If the State Disbursement Unit receives a support
 6    payment that was not appropriately made  to  the  Unit  under
 7    this  Section,  the Unit shall immediately return the payment
 8    to the sender, including, if possible, instructions detailing
 9    where to send the support payments.
10        (d)  The notices required under  subsections  (c-10)  and
11    (c-15)  may  be sent by ordinary mail, certified mail, return
12    receipt   requested,   facsimile   transmission,   or   other
13    electronic process, or may be  served  upon  the  obligor  or
14    payor  using  any  method  provided  by  law for service of a
15    summons.  The Illinois Department of  Human  Services  Public
16    Aid  shall provide a copy of the notice to the obligee and to
17    the clerk of the court.
18    (Source: P.A. 91-677, eff. 1-5-00.)

19        Section 480. The Expedited Child Support Act of  1990  is
20    amended by changing Sections 3 and 6 as follows:

21        (750 ILCS 25/3) (from Ch. 40, par. 2703)
22        Sec.  3.  Definitions.  For the purposes of this Act, the
23    following terms shall have the following meaning:
24        (a)  "Administrative  Hearing  Officer"  shall  mean  the
25    person employed by the Chief Judge of the  Circuit  Court  of
26    each  county  establishing  an Expedited Child Support System
27    for the  purpose  of  hearing  child  support  and  parentage
28    matters and making recommendations.
29        (b)  "Administrative  expenses"  shall  mean,  but not be
30    limited  to,  the  costs  of  personnel,  travel,  equipment,
31    telecommunications, postage, space, contractual services, and
32    other related costs necessary to implement the provisions  of
 
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 1    this Act.
 2        (c)  "Arrearage"  shall  mean  the total amount of unpaid
 3    child support obligations.
 4        (d)  "Department" shall mean the Illinois  Department  of
 5    Human Services Public Aid.
 6        (e)  "Expedited  child  support  hearing"  shall  mean  a
 7    hearing  before an Administrative Hearing Officer pursuant to
 8    this Act.
 9        (f)  "Federal time frames" shall  mean  the  time  frames
10    established  for  the IV-D program in regulations promulgated
11    by the United States Department of Health and Human Services,
12    Office of Child Support Enforcement, (codified at  45  C.F.R.
13    303),  for  the  disposition  of  parentage and child support
14    cases and shall, for purposes  of  this  Act,  apply  to  all
15    parentage   and   child  support  matters,  whether  IV-D  or
16    non-IV-D.
17        (g)  "System" shall mean  the  procedures  and  personnel
18    created   by   this  Act  for  the  expedited  establishment,
19    modification, and enforcement of child  support  orders,  and
20    for the expedited establishment of parentage.
21        (h)  "IV-D   program"   shall   mean  the  Child  Support
22    Enforcement Program established pursuant to Title IV, Part  D
23    of  the  Social  Security  Act,  (42  U.S.C.  651 et seq.) as
24    administered by the Illinois  Department  of  Human  Services
25    Public Aid.
26        (i)  "Medical   support"   shall  mean  support  provided
27    pursuant to  Section  505.2  of  the  Illinois  Marriage  and
28    Dissolution of Marriage Act.
29        (j)  "Obligee"  shall  mean the individual to whom a duty
30    of support is owed or that individual's legal representative.
31        (k)  "Obligor" shall mean the individual who owes a  duty
32    to make payments under an order of support.
33        (l)  "Plan"  shall  mean  the plan submitted by the Chief
34    Judge of a Judicial Circuit to  the  Supreme  Court  for  the
 
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 1    creation of an Expedited Child Support System in such circuit
 2    pursuant to this Act.
 3        (m)  "Pre-hearing  motions"  shall  mean all motions, the
 4    disposition of which requires a court order,  except  motions
 5    for the ultimate relief requested in the petition to commence
 6    the action.
 7        (n)  "Recommendations"   shall  mean  the  Administrative
 8    Hearing Officer's  proposed  findings  of  fact,  recommended
 9    orders   and   any   other   recommendations   made   by  the
10    Administrative Hearing Officer.
11    (Source: P.A. 86-1401.)

12        (750 ILCS 25/6) (from Ch. 40, par. 2706)
13        Sec. 6.  Authority of hearing officers.
14        (a)  With the exception of judicial functions exclusively
15    retained by the court  in  Section  8  of  this  Act  and  in
16    accordance  with  Supreme Court rules promulgated pursuant to
17    this Act, Administrative Hearing Officers shall be authorized
18    to:
19             (1)  Accept  voluntary  agreements  reached  by  the
20        parties setting the amount of child support  to  be  paid
21        and  medical support liability and recommend the entry of
22        orders incorporating such agreements.
23             (2)  Accept voluntary acknowledgments  of  parentage
24        and  recommend  entry  of an order establishing parentage
25        based on such acknowledgement.  Prior to  accepting  such
26        acknowledgment,  the Administrative Hearing Officer shall
27        advise the putative father of his rights and  obligations
28        in   accordance  with  Supreme  Court  rules  promulgated
29        pursuant to this Act.
30             (3)  Manage  all  stages  of  discovery,   including
31        setting  deadlines  by which discovery must be completed;
32        and directing the parties to submit to appropriate  tests
33        pursuant  to  Section 11 of the Illinois Parentage Act of
 
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 1        1984.
 2             (4)  Cause  notices  to  be  issued  requiring   the
 3        Obligor   to  appear  either  before  the  Administrative
 4        Hearing Officer or in court.
 5             (5)  Administer the oath  or  affirmation  and  take
 6        testimony under oath or affirmation.
 7             (6)  Analyze   the   evidence  and  prepare  written
 8        recommendations based on such evidence, including but not
 9        limited to: (i) proposed findings as to the amount of the
10        Obligor's income; (ii) proposed findings as to the amount
11        and nature of appropriate deductions from  the  Obligor's
12        income  to  determine  the  Obligor's  net  income; (iii)
13        proposed findings as to the existence of relevant factors
14        as set forth in subsection (a)(2) of Section 505  of  the
15        Illinois  Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, which
16        justify setting child support  payment  levels  above  or
17        below   the   guidelines;  (iv)  recommended  orders  for
18        temporary child support; (v) recommended  orders  setting
19        the  amount  of  current  child  support to be paid; (vi)
20        proposed findings as to the existence and amount  of  any
21        arrearages;   (vii)   recommended   orders  reducing  any
22        arrearages to judgement and for the  payment  of  amounts
23        towards  such  arrearages; (viii) proposed findings as to
24        whether  there  has  been   a   substantial   change   of
25        circumstances  since  the entry of the last child support
26        order, or other circumstances justifying  a  modification
27        of the child support order; and (ix) proposed findings as
28        to whether the Obligor is employed.
29             (7)  With  respect  to any unemployed Obligor who is
30        not making child support payments or is otherwise  unable
31        to provide support, recommend that the Obligor be ordered
32        to  seek employment and report periodically of his or her
33        efforts in accordance with such order. Additionally,  the
34        Administrative  Hearing  Officer  may  recommend that the
 
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 1        Obligor  be  ordered  to  report  to  the  Department  of
 2        Employment Security for job search services  or  to  make
 3        application  with the local Job Jobs Training Partnership
 4        Act provider for participation in job search, training or
 5        work programs and, where the duty of support is owed to a
 6        child receiving support services under Article X  of  the
 7        Illinois  Public  Aid  Code,  the  Administrative Hearing
 8        Officer may recommend that  the  Obligor  be  ordered  to
 9        report  to  the  Illinois  Department  of  Human Services
10        Public Aid for participation in the job search,  training
11        or  work  programs  established  under Section 9-6 of the
12        Public Aid Code.; and
13             (8)  Recommend  the  registration  of  any   foreign
14        support judgments or orders as the judgments or orders of
15        Illinois.
16        (b)  In   any   case   in   which   the  Obligee  is  not
17    participating in the IV-D  program  or  has  not  applied  to
18    participate  in  the IV-D program, the Administrative Hearing
19    Officer shall:
20             (1)  inform the Obligee of the existence of the IV-D
21        program and provide applications on request; and
22             (2)  inform the  Obligee  and  the  Obligor  of  the
23        option of requesting payment to be made through the Clerk
24        of the Circuit Court.
25        If  a  request for payment through the Clerk is made, the
26    Administrative Hearing Officer shall note this  fact  in  the
27    recommendations to the court.
28        (c)  The   Administrative   Hearing   Officer   may  make
29    recommendations in addition to the proposed findings of  fact
30    and recommended order to which the parties have agreed.
31    (Source: P.A. 86-1401; revised 2-23-00.)

32        Section  485.  The  Income Withholding for Support Act is
33    amended by changing Sections 15 and 45 as follows:
 
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 1        (750 ILCS 28/15)
 2        Sec. 15.  Definitions.
 3        (a)  "Order for support" means any  order  of  the  court
 4    which  provides for periodic payment of funds for the support
 5    of a child or maintenance of a spouse, whether  temporary  or
 6    final, and includes any such order which provides for:
 7             (1)  modification  or  resumption  of, or payment of
 8        arrearage accrued under, a previously existing order;
 9             (2)  reimbursement of support;
10             (3)  payment or reimbursement  of  the  expenses  of
11        pregnancy  and  delivery  (for orders for support entered
12        under  the  Illinois  Parentage  Act  of  1984   or   its
13        predecessor the Paternity Act); or
14             (4)  enrollment  in  a health insurance plan that is
15        available to the obligor through  an  employer  or  labor
16        union or trade union.
17        (b)  "Arrearage" means the total amount of unpaid support
18    obligations  as determined by the court and incorporated into
19    an order for support.
20        (b-5)  "Business day" means a day on which State  offices
21    are open for regular business.
22        (c)  "Delinquency"  means  any payment under an order for
23    support which becomes due and remains unpaid after  entry  of
24    the order for support.
25        (d)  "Income"  means  any  form of periodic payment to an
26    individual, regardless of source, including, but not  limited
27    to: wages, salary, commission, compensation as an independent
28    contractor,   workers'   compensation,  disability,  annuity,
29    pension,  and  retirement  benefits,  lottery  prize  awards,
30    insurance proceeds,  vacation  pay,  bonuses,  profit-sharing
31    payments,  interest,  and  any  other  payments,  made by any
32    person, private entity, federal or state government, any unit
33    of local government, school district or any entity created by
34    Public Act; however, "income" excludes:
 
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 1             (1)  any amounts required by  law  to  be  withheld,
 2        other  than  creditor  claims, including, but not limited
 3        to, federal, State and local taxes, Social  Security  and
 4        other retirement and disability contributions;
 5             (2)  union dues;
 6             (3)  any  amounts  exempted  by the federal Consumer
 7        Credit Protection Act;
 8             (4)  public assistance payments; and
 9             (5)  unemployment  insurance  benefits   except   as
10        provided by law.
11        Any  other  State  or  local  laws  which limit or exempt
12    income or the amount or percentage  of  income  that  can  be
13    withheld shall not apply.
14        (e)  "Obligor"  means  the  individual who owes a duty to
15    make payments under an order for support.
16        (f)  "Obligee" means the individual to  whom  a  duty  of
17    support is owed or the individual's legal representative.
18        (g)  "Payor" means any payor of income to an obligor.
19        (h)  "Public  office"  means  any elected official or any
20    State or local agency which is or may become  responsible  by
21    law  for enforcement of, or which is or may become authorized
22    to enforce, an order for support, including, but not  limited
23    to:  the  Attorney General, the Illinois Department of Public
24    Aid, the Illinois Department of Human Services, the  Illinois
25    Department  of  Children and Family Services, and the various
26    State's  Attorneys,  Clerks  of   the   Circuit   Court   and
27    supervisors of general assistance.
28        (i)  "Premium"  means  the  dollar  amount  for which the
29    obligor is liable to his employer or  labor  union  or  trade
30    union and which must be paid to enroll or maintain a child in
31    a  health  insurance  plan  that  is available to the obligor
32    through an employer or labor union or trade union.
33        (j)  "State Disbursement Unit" means the unit established
34    to collect and disburse support payments in  accordance  with
 
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 1    the  provisions  of  Section 10-26 of the Illinois Public Aid
 2    Code.
 3    (Source: P.A. 90-673, eff. 1-1-99; incorporates P.A.  90-790,
 4    eff. 8-14-98; 91-212, eff. 7-20-99; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

 5        (750 ILCS 28/45)
 6        Sec. 45.  Additional duties.
 7        (a)  An  obligee  who  is  receiving  income  withholding
 8    payments  under  this Act shall notify the State Disbursement
 9    Unit and the Clerk of the Circuit  Court  of  any  change  of
10    address within 7 days of such change.
11        (b)  An  obligee  who  is a recipient of public aid shall
12    send a copy of any income withholding notice  served  by  the
13    obligee  to  the Division of Child Support Enforcement of the
14    Illinois Department of Human Services Public Aid.
15        (c)  Each obligor shall notify the  obligee,  the  public
16    office,  and  the Clerk of the Circuit Court of any change of
17    address within 7 days.
18        (d)  An obligor whose income is being  withheld  pursuant
19    to  this Act shall notify the obligee, the public office, and
20    the Clerk of the Circuit Court of any  new  payor,  within  7
21    days.
22        (e)  (Blank.)
23        (f)  The obligee or public office shall provide notice to
24    the payor and Clerk of the Circuit Court of any other support
25    payment  made,  including but not limited to, a set-off under
26    federal and State law or partial payment of  the  delinquency
27    or arrearage, or both.
28        (g)  The State Disbursement Unit shall maintain complete,
29    accurate,   and  clear  records  of  all  income  withholding
30    payments  and  their  disbursements.   Certified  copies   of
31    payment  records maintained by the State Disbursement Unit, a
32    public office, or the  Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court  shall,
33    without further proof, be admitted into evidence in any legal
 
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 1    proceedings under this Act.
 2        (h)  The Illinois Department of Human Services Public Aid
 3    shall  design suggested legal forms for proceeding under this
 4    Act and shall make available to the  courts  such  forms  and
 5    informational  materials  which  describe  the procedures and
 6    remedies set forth herein for distribution to all parties  in
 7    support actions.
 8        (i)  At  the  time  of transmitting each support payment,
 9    the State Disbursement Unit  shall  provide  the  obligee  or
10    public office, as appropriate, with any information furnished
11    by  the  payor  as  to the date the amount would (but for the
12    duty to withhold income) have been paid or  credited  to  the
13    obligor.
14    (Source:  P.A. 90-673, eff. 1-1-99; incorporates P.A. 90-790,
15    eff. 8-14-98; 91-212, eff. 7-20-99; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

16        Section 490.  The  Illinois  Parentage  Act  of  1984  is
17    amended  by  changing  Sections 4.1, 5, 7, 8, 13.1, 14, 14.1,
18    15.1, 18, 21, 21.1, 22, and 23 as follows:

19        (750 ILCS 45/4.1)
20        Sec.  4.1.   Administrative   paternity   determinations.
21    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Illinois
22    Department   of   Human   Services   Public   Aid   may  make
23    administrative determinations of paternity  and  nonpaternity
24    in accordance with Section 10-17.7 of the Illinois Public Aid
25    Code.   These  determinations  of  paternity  or nonpaternity
26    shall have the full force and  effect  of  judgments  entered
27    under this Act.
28    (Source: P.A. 88-687, eff. 1-24-95.)

29        (750 ILCS 45/5) (from Ch. 40, par. 2505)
30        Sec. 5.  Presumption of Paternity.
31        (a)  A  man  is  presumed  to  be the natural father of a
 
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 1    child if:
 2             (1)  he and the child's natural mother are  or  have
 3        been  married  to each other, even though the marriage is
 4        or could be declared invalid, and the child  is  born  or
 5        conceived during such marriage;
 6             (2)  after  the  child's  birth,  he and the child's
 7        natural mother have married each other, even  though  the
 8        marriage  is  or  could  be  declared  invalid, and he is
 9        named, with his written consent, as the child's father on
10        the child's birth certificate;
11             (3)  he and the child's natural mother  have  signed
12        an  acknowledgment  of paternity in accordance with rules
13        adopted by the  Illinois  Department  of  Human  Services
14        Public  Aid  under Section 10-17.7 of the Illinois Public
15        Aid Code; or
16             (4)  he and the child's natural mother  have  signed
17        an  acknowledgment of parentage or, if the natural father
18        is someone other than one presumed to be the father under
19        this Section, an acknowledgment of parentage  and  denial
20        of  paternity  in accordance with Section 12 of the Vital
21        Records Act.
22        (b)  A presumption under subdivision (a)(1) or (a)(2)  of
23    this  Section  may  be  rebutted only by clear and convincing
24    evidence.  A presumption under subdivision (a)(3)  or  (a)(4)
25    is  conclusive,  unless  the  acknowledgment  of parentage is
26    rescinded under the process provided in  Section  12  of  the
27    Vital Records Act, upon the earlier of:
28             (1)  60  days  after  the date the acknowledgment of
29        parentage is signed, or
30             (2)  the  date  of  an  administrative  or  judicial
31        proceeding relating to the child (including a  proceeding
32        to establish a support order) in which the signatory is a
33        party;
34    except  that  if  a  minor  has  signed the acknowledgment of
 
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 1    paternity  or  acknowledgment  of  parentage  and  denial  of
 2    paternity, the presumption becomes conclusive 6 months  after
 3    the minor reaches majority or is otherwise emancipated.
 4    (Source: P.A. 89-641, eff. 8-9-96; 90-18, eff. 7-1-97.)

 5        (750 ILCS 45/7) (from Ch. 40, par. 2507)
 6        Sec.  7.  Determination of Father and Child Relationship;
 7    Who May Bring Action; Parties.
 8        (a)  An action to determine the existence of  the  father
 9    and child relationship, whether or not such a relationship is
10    already  presumed under Section 5 of this Act, may be brought
11    by the child; the mother; a pregnant  woman;  any  person  or
12    public  agency  who  has  custody  of, or is providing or has
13    provided  financial  support  to,  the  child;  the  Illinois
14    Department of Human Services Public Aid if it is providing or
15    has provided financial support to  the  child  or  if  it  is
16    assisting  with  child  support collection services; or a man
17    presumed or alleging himself to be the father of the child or
18    expected child.  The complaint shall be  verified  and  shall
19    name  the  person  or persons alleged to be the father of the
20    child.
21        (b)  An action to declare the non-existence of the parent
22    and child relationship may  be  brought  by  the  child,  the
23    natural  mother,  or  a  man  presumed to be the father under
24    subdivision (a)(1) or  (a)(2)  of  Section  5  of  this  Act.
25    Actions  brought  by  the  child,  the  natural  mother  or a
26    presumed father shall be brought by verified complaint.
27        After the presumption that  a  man  presumed  to  be  the
28    father  under  subdivision  (a)(1) or (a)(2) of Section 5 has
29    been rebutted, paternity of the child by another man  may  be
30    determined in the same action, if he has been made a party.
31        (b-5)  An  action  to  declare  the  non-existence of the
32    parent and child relationship may be brought subsequent to an
33    adjudication  of  paternity  in  any  judgment  by  the   man
 
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 1    adjudicated  to be the father pursuant to the presumptions in
 2    Section 5 of this Act if, as  a  result  of  deoxyribonucleic
 3    acid  (DNA)  tests, it is discovered that the man adjudicated
 4    to be the father is not the  natural  father  of  the  child.
 5    Actions brought by the adjudicated father shall be brought by
 6    verified  complaint.  If, as a result of the deoxyribonucleic
 7    acid (DNA) tests, the plaintiff is determined not to  be  the
 8    father  of  the  child, the adjudication of paternity and any
 9    orders regarding custody, visitation, and future payments  of
10    support may be vacated.
11        (c)  If   any  party  is  a  minor,  he  or  she  may  be
12    represented by his or her general guardian or a  guardian  ad
13    litem   appointed   by   the  court,  which  may  include  an
14    appropriate agency.  The court may align the parties.
15        (d)  Regardless of its terms, an agreement, other than  a
16    settlement  approved  by  the  court,  between  an alleged or
17    presumed father and the mother or  child,  does  not  bar  an
18    action under this Section.
19        (e)  If  an  action  under this Section is brought before
20    the birth of the child, all proceedings shall be stayed until
21    after the birth, except for service or process, the taking of
22    depositions to perpetuate  testimony,  and  the  ordering  of
23    blood tests under appropriate circumstances.
24    (Source: P.A.  89-674,  eff.  8-14-96;  90-18,  eff.  7-1-97;
25    90-715, eff. 8-7-98.)

26        (750 ILCS 45/8) (from Ch. 40, par. 2508)
27        Sec. 8.  Statute of limitations.
28        (a) (1)  An action brought by or on behalf of a child, an
29        action  brought by a party alleging that he or she is the
30        child's natural parent,  or  an  action  brought  by  the
31        Illinois  Department  of Human Services Public Aid, if it
32        is providing or has provided  financial  support  to  the
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 1        services,  shall  be barred if brought later than 2 years
 2        after the child reaches the age of majority; however,  if
 3        the  action on behalf of the child is brought by a public
 4        agency, other  than  the  Illinois  Department  of  Human
 5        Services  Public  Aid  if it is providing or has provided
 6        financial support to the child or if it is assisting with
 7        child support collection services, it shall be  barred  2
 8        years  after  the agency has ceased to provide assistance
 9        to the child.
10             (2)  Failure to bring an action within 2 years shall
11        not bar any party from asserting a defense in any  action
12        to  declare  the  non-existence  of  the parent and child
13        relationship.
14             (3)  An action to declare the non-existence  of  the
15        parent  and  child  relationship brought under subsection
16        (b) of Section 7 of this Act shall be barred  if  brought
17        later than 2 years after the petitioner obtains knowledge
18        of  relevant  facts.  The  2-year  period for bringing an
19        action to declare the  nonexistence  of  the  parent  and
20        child  relationship  shall  not extend beyond the date on
21        which the child reaches the age of 18 years.  Failure  to
22        bring  an  action  within 2 years shall not bar any party
23        from asserting a defense in any  action  to  declare  the
24        existence of the parent and child relationship.
25             (4)  An  action  to declare the non-existence of the
26        parent and child relationship  brought  under  subsection
27        (b-5) of Section 7 of this Act shall be barred if brought
28        more  than  6  months  after  the  effective date of this
29        amendatory Act of 1998 or more than  2  years  after  the
30        petitioner  obtains  actual  knowledge of relevant facts,
31        whichever is later.  The 2-year period shall not apply to
32        periods of time where the natural  mother  or  the  child
33        refuses  to  submit to deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) tests.
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 1        nonexistence  of  the parent and child relationship shall
 2        not extend beyond the date on which the child reaches the
 3        age of 18 years. Failure to  bring  an  action  within  2
 4        years shall not bar any party from asserting a defense in
 5        any  action  to  declare  the existence of the parent and
 6        child relationship.
 7        (b)  The time during which any party is  not  subject  to
 8    service  of  process  or  is  otherwise  not  subject  to the
 9    jurisdiction of the courts  of  this  State  shall  toll  the
10    aforementioned periods.
11        (c)  This  Act  does not affect the time within which any
12    rights under the Probate Act of 1975 may be  asserted  beyond
13    the time provided by law relating to distribution and closing
14    of decedent's estates or to the determination of heirship, or
15    otherwise.
16    (Source: P.A.  89-674,  eff.  8-14-96;  90-18,  eff.  7-1-97;
17    90-715, eff. 8-7-98.)

18        (750 ILCS 45/13.1)
19        Sec.   13.1.    Temporary   order   for   child  support.
20    Notwithstanding any other law to the  contrary,  pending  the
21    outcome  of  a judicial determination of parentage, the court
22    shall issue a temporary order for child support, upon  motion
23    by  a party and a showing of clear and convincing evidence of
24    paternity.  In determining the amount of the temporary  child
25    support  award,  the  court  shall  use  the  guidelines  and
26    standards  set  forth in subsection (a) of Section 505 and in
27    Section 505.2 of the Illinois  Marriage  and  Dissolution  of
28    Marriage Act.
29        Any  new  or  existing support order entered by the court
30    under this  Section  shall  be  deemed  to  be  a  series  of
31    judgments   against  the  person  obligated  to  pay  support
32    thereunder, each such judgment to be in the  amount  of  each
33    payment  or  installment  of  support and each judgment to be
 
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 1    deemed entered as of the date the  corresponding  payment  or
 2    installment becomes due under the terms of the support order.
 3    Each  such  judgment  shall  have the full force, effect, and
 4    attributes of any other judgment of this State, including the
 5    ability to be enforced.  Any  such  judgment  is  subject  to
 6    modification  or  termination only in accordance with Section
 7    510 of the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
 8    A lien arises by  operation  of  law  against  the  real  and
 9    personal   property  of  the  noncustodial  parent  for  each
10    installment of  overdue  support  owed  by  the  noncustodial
11    parent.
12        All  orders  for support, when entered or modified, shall
13    include a provision requiring  the  non-custodial  parent  to
14    notify  the court, and in cases in which a party is receiving
15    child and spouse support services  under  Article  X  of  the
16    Illinois  Public  Aid  Code, the Illinois Department of Human
17    Services Public Aid, within 7 days, (i) of the name, address,
18    and telephone number of any new employer of the non-custodial
19    parent, (ii) whether the non-custodial parent has  access  to
20    health insurance coverage through the employer or other group
21    coverage,  and,  if  so,  the  policy name and number and the
22    names of persons covered under the policy, and (iii)  of  any
23    new residential or mailing address or telephone number of the
24    non-custodial parent.
25        In any subsequent action to enforce a support order, upon
26    sufficient  showing  that  diligent  effort  has been made to
27    ascertain the location of the non-custodial  parent,  service
28    of  process  or  provision of notice necessary in that action
29    may be made at the last known address  of  the  non-custodial
30    parent, in any manner expressly provided by the Code of Civil
31    Procedure  or  in this Act, which service shall be sufficient
32    for purposes of due process.
33        An order for support shall include a date  on  which  the
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 1    shall be no earlier than the date on which the child  covered
 2    by  the order will attain the age of majority or is otherwise
 3    emancipated.  The order for  support  shall  state  that  the
 4    termination  date  does  not  apply to any arrearage that may
 5    remain unpaid on that date.  Nothing in this paragraph  shall
 6    be construed to prevent the court from modifying the order.
 7    (Source: P.A. 90-18, eff. 7-1-97.)

 8        (750 ILCS 45/14) (from Ch. 40, par. 2514)
 9        Sec. 14.  Judgment.
10        (a) (1)  The judgment shall contain or explicitly reserve
11    provisions  concerning  any  duty and amount of child support
12    and  may  contain  provisions  concerning  the  custody   and
13    guardianship  of  the  child,  visitation privileges with the
14    child, the furnishing of  bond  or  other  security  for  the
15    payment  of  the judgment, which the court shall determine in
16    accordance  with  the  relevant  factors  set  forth  in  the
17    Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of  Marriage  Act  and  any
18    other  applicable  law  of  Illinois, to guide the court in a
19    finding in the best interests of the  child.  In  determining
20    custody,  joint custody, or visitation, the court shall apply
21    the  relevant  standards  of  the   Illinois   Marriage   and
22    Dissolution of Marriage Act. Specifically, in determining the
23    amount  of  any  child support award, the court shall use the
24    guidelines and standards  set  forth  in  subsection  (a)  of
25    Section 505 and in Section 505.2 of the Illinois Marriage and
26    Dissolution  of Marriage Act.  For purposes of Section 505 of
27    the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage  Act,  "net
28    income"   of  the  non-custodial  parent  shall  include  any
29    benefits available to that person under the  Illinois  Public
30    Aid   Code   or   from   other   federal,   State   or  local
31    government-funded programs.  The court shall,  in  any  event
32    and  regardless  of  the amount of the non-custodial parent's
33    net income, in its judgment order the non-custodial parent to
 
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 1    pay child support to the custodial parent in a minimum amount
 2    of not less than $10 per month. In an action brought within 2
 3    years after a child's birth, the judgment or order may direct
 4    either parent to pay  the  reasonable  expenses  incurred  by
 5    either  parent  related  to  the  mother's  pregnancy and the
 6    delivery of the child. The judgment or  order  shall  contain
 7    the  father's  social security number, which the father shall
 8    disclose to  the  court;  however,  failure  to  include  the
 9    father's social security number on the judgment or order does
10    not invalidate the judgment or order.
11        (2)  If  a  judgment  of  parentage  contains no explicit
12    award of custody, the establishment of a  support  obligation
13    or  of  visitation rights in one parent shall be considered a
14    judgment granting custody  to  the  other  parent.    If  the
15    parentage judgment contains no such provisions, custody shall
16    be  presumed  to be with the mother; however, the presumption
17    shall not apply if the father has had physical custody for at
18    least 6 months prior to the date that  the  mother  seeks  to
19    enforce custodial rights.
20        (b)  The  court  shall  order all child support payments,
21    determined in accordance with such  guidelines,  to  commence
22    with  the  date  summons  is  served.   The  level of current
23    periodic support payments shall not  be  reduced  because  of
24    payments set for the period prior to the date of entry of the
25    support  order.   The  Court  may  order  any  child  support
26    payments to be made for a period prior to the commencement of
27    the  action.  In  determining whether and the extent to which
28    the payments shall be made for any prior  period,  the  court
29    shall  consider all relevant facts, including the factors for
30    determining the amount of support specified in  the  Illinois
31    Marriage  and Dissolution of Marriage Act and other equitable
32    factors including but not limited to:
33             (1)  The father's prior knowledge of  the  fact  and
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 1             (2)  The  father's  prior  willingness or refusal to
 2        help raise or support the child.
 3             (3)  The extent to which the mother  or  the  public
 4        agency bringing the action previously informed the father
 5        of  the child's needs or attempted to seek or require his
 6        help in raising or supporting the child.
 7             (4)  The reasons the mother or the public agency did
 8        not file the action earlier.
 9             (5)  The  extent  to  which  the  father  would   be
10        prejudiced by the delay in bringing the action.
11        For  purposes  of determining the amount of child support
12    to be paid for any period  before  the  date  the  order  for
13    current  child  support  is  entered,  there  is a rebuttable
14    presumption that the father's net income for the prior period
15    was the same as his net income at  the  time  the  order  for
16    current child support is entered.
17        If  (i) the non-custodial parent was properly served with
18    a request for discovery of financial information relating  to
19    the  non-custodial parent's ability to provide child support,
20    (ii) the non-custodial  parent  failed  to  comply  with  the
21    request,  despite  having been ordered to do so by the court,
22    and (iii) the non-custodial parent  is  not  present  at  the
23    hearing  to  determine support despite having received proper
24    notice, then any relevant  financial  information  concerning
25    the  non-custodial  parent's ability to provide child support
26    that was obtained pursuant  to  subpoena  and  proper  notice
27    shall be admitted into evidence without the need to establish
28    any further foundation for its admission.
29        (c)  Any  new  or  existing  support order entered by the
30    court under this Section shall be deemed to be  a  series  of
31    judgments   against  the  person  obligated  to  pay  support
32    thereunder, each judgment to be in the amount of each payment
33    or installment of support and each such judgment to be deemed
34    entered  as  of  the  date  the  corresponding   payment   or
 
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 1    installment becomes due under the terms of the support order.
 2    Each   judgment   shall  have  the  full  force,  effect  and
 3    attributes of any other judgment of this State, including the
 4    ability to be enforced. A lien arises  by  operation  of  law
 5    against  the  real  and personal property of the noncustodial
 6    parent for each installment of overdue support  owed  by  the
 7    noncustodial parent.
 8        (d)  If the judgment or order of the court is at variance
 9    with  the  child's  birth  certificate, the court shall order
10    that a new  birth  certificate  be  issued  under  the  Vital
11    Records Act.
12        (e)  On  request  of the mother and the father, the court
13    shall order a change  in  the  child's  name.  After  hearing
14    evidence  the  court  may  stay payment of support during the
15    period of the father's minority or period of disability.
16        (f)  If, upon a showing of  proper  service,  the  father
17    fails  to appear in court, or otherwise appear as provided by
18    law, the court may proceed to hear the cause  upon  testimony
19    of  the mother or other parties taken in open court and shall
20    enter a judgment by default.  The court may reserve any order
21    as to the amount  of  child  support  until  the  father  has
22    received notice, by regular mail, of a hearing on the matter.
23        (g)  A  one-time  charge  of  20%  is  imposable upon the
24    amount of past-due child support owed on July 1,  1988  which
25    has  accrued under a support order entered by the court.  The
26    charge shall be imposed in accordance with the provisions  of
27    Section  10-21  of  the Illinois Public Aid Code and shall be
28    enforced by the court upon petition.
29        (h)  All orders for support, when  entered  or  modified,
30    shall  include a provision requiring the non-custodial parent
31    to notify the court and, in cases in which party is receiving
32    child and spouse support services  under  Article  X  of  the
33    Illinois  Public  Aid  Code, the Illinois Department of Human
34    Services Public Aid, within 7  days,  (i)  of  the  name  and
 
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 1    address of any new employer of the non-custodial parent, (ii)
 2    whether   the  non-custodial  parent  has  access  to  health
 3    insurance  coverage  through  the  employer  or  other  group
 4    coverage and, if so, the policy name and number and the names
 5    of persons covered under the policy, and  (iii)  of  any  new
 6    residential  or  mailing  address  or telephone number of the
 7    non-custodial parent.  In any subsequent action to enforce  a
 8    support  order,  upon  a  sufficient  showing that a diligent
 9    effort has  been  made  to  ascertain  the  location  of  the
10    non-custodial  parent,  service  of  process  or provision of
11    notice necessary in the case may be made at  the  last  known
12    address  of  the non-custodial parent in any manner expressly
13    provided by the Code of Civil Procedure or  this  Act,  which
14    service shall be sufficient for purposes of due process.
15        (i)  An  order  for support shall include a date on which
16    the current support obligation terminates.   The  termination
17    date  shall  be  no  earlier than the date on which the child
18    covered by the order will attain the age of  majority  or  is
19    otherwise  emancipated.   The  order  for support shall state
20    that the termination date does not  apply  to  any  arrearage
21    that  may  remain  unpaid  on  that  date.   Nothing  in this
22    subsection shall be  construed  to  prevent  the  court  from
23    modifying the order.
24        (j)  An  order entered under this Section shall include a
25    provision requiring the obligor to report to the obligee  and
26    to  the  clerk  of court within 10 days each time the obligor
27    obtains  new  employment,  and  each   time   the   obligor's
28    employment is terminated for any reason.  The report shall be
29    in  writing and shall, in the case of new employment, include
30    the name and address of the new employer.  Failure to  report
31    new  employment  or the termination of current employment, if
32    coupled with nonpayment of support for a period in excess  of
33    60  days,  is  indirect  criminal  contempt.  For any obligor
34    arrested for failure to report new employment bond  shall  be
 
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 1    set  in the amount of the child support that should have been
 2    paid during the period of unreported  employment.   An  order
 3    entered  under  this  Section  shall also include a provision
 4    requiring the obligor and  obligee  parents  to  advise  each
 5    other  of  a  change in residence within 5 days of the change
 6    except when the court finds that  the  physical,  mental,  or
 7    emotional  health  of  a  party  or that of a minor child, or
 8    both, would be seriously  endangered  by  disclosure  of  the
 9    party's address.
10    (Source:  P.A.  90-18,  eff.  7-1-97;  90-539,  eff.  6-1-98;
11    90-655, eff. 7-30-98; 91-767, eff. 6-9-00.)

12        (750 ILCS 45/14.1)
13        Sec. 14.1.  Information to State Case Registry.
14        (a)  When  an  order  for  support is entered or modified
15    under this Act,  the clerk of the circuit court shall, within
16    5 business days,  provide  to   the    State   Case  Registry
17    established  under  Section 10-27  of the Illinois Public Aid
18    Code the court docket number and county  in which the   order
19    is   entered  or  modified  and  the  following  information,
20    which the parties shall disclose to the court:
21             (1)  The  names  of  the custodial and non-custodial
22        parents and of the child   or  children  covered  by  the
23        order.
24             (2)  The   dates  of  birth  of  the  custodial  and
25        non-custodial  parents  and  of  the  child  or  children
26        covered by the order.
27             (3)  The social security numbers  of  the  custodial
28        and  non-custodial  parents  and of the child or children
29        covered by the order.
30             (4)  The residential and mailing addresses  for  the
31        custodial and non-custodial parents.
32             (5)  The  telephone  numbers  for  the custodial and
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 1             (6)  The driver's license numbers for the  custodial
 2        and non-custodial parents.
 3             (7)  The name, address, and telephone number of each
 4        parent's employer or employers.
 5        (b)  When a child support order is  entered  or  modified
 6    for  a  case  in  which a party is receiving child and spouse
 7    support services under Article X of the Illinois  Public  Aid
 8    Code,  the  clerk  shall provide the State Case Registry with
 9    the following information:
10             (1)  The information specified in subsection (a)  of
11        this Section.
12             (2)  The amount of monthly or other periodic support
13        owed   under   the    order  and other amounts, including
14        arrearages, interest, or late payment penalties and fees,
15        due or overdue under the order.
16             (3)  Any amounts described  in  subdivision  (2)  of
17        this subsection (b) that have been received by the clerk.
18             (4)  The distribution of the amounts received by the
19        clerk.
20        (c)  The  parties  affected by the order shall inform the
21    clerk of court of any change of address or of other condition
22    that may affect the administration of the order.
23        (d)  To the extent that updated  information  is  in  the
24    clerk's  possession,  the  clerk shall provide updates of the
25    information specified  in  subsection  (b)  of  this  Section
26    within  5  business  days  after  the request of the Illinois
27    Department of Human Services Public Aid's  request  for  that
28    updated information.
29    (Source: P.A. 91-212, eff. 7-20-99.)

30        (750 ILCS 45/15.1) (from Ch. 40, par. 2515.1)
31        Sec.  15.1. (a) Whenever it is determined in a proceeding
32    to establish or enforce a child support obligation  that  the
33    person  owing  a duty of support is unemployed, the court may
 
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 1    order the person to seek employment and  report  periodically
 2    to the court with a diary, listing or other memorandum of his
 3    or  her efforts in accordance with such order.  Additionally,
 4    the court may order the unemployed person to  report  to  the
 5    Department  of Employment Security for job search services or
 6    to make application with the local Job  Training  Partnership
 7    Act  provider  for  participation  in job search, training or
 8    work programs and where the duty of  support  is  owed  to  a
 9    child  receiving  support  services  under  Article  X of the
10    Illinois Public Aid Code, as amended, the court may order the
11    unemployed person to report to  the  Illinois  Department  of
12    Human  Services  Public  Aid for participation in job search,
13    training or work programs established under Section  9-6  and
14    Article IXA of that Code.
15        (b)  Whenever   it  is  determined  that  a  person  owes
16    past-due support for a child,  and  the  child  is  receiving
17    assistance  under  the  Illinois  Public  Aid Code, the court
18    shall order the following at  the  request  of  the  Illinois
19    Department of Human Services Public Aid:
20             (1)  that  the  person  pay  the past-due support in
21        accordance with a plan approved by the court; or
22             (2)  if  the  person  owing  past-due   support   is
23        unemployed,  is  subject  to  such  a  plan,  and  is not
24        incapacitated, that the person participate  in  such  job
25        search,  training,  or  work  programs  established under
26        Section 9-6 and Article IXA of the  Illinois  Public  Aid
27        Code as the court deems appropriate.
28    (Source: P.A. 90-18, eff. 7-1-97; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

29        (750 ILCS 45/18) (from Ch. 40, par. 2518)
30        Sec. 18.  Right to Counsel; Free Transcript on Appeal.
31        (a)  Any  party  may  be  represented  by  counsel at all
32    proceedings under this Act.
33        (a-5)  In any proceedings involving the support, custody,
 
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 1    visitation,  education,  parentage,  property  interest,   or
 2    general welfare of a minor or dependent child, the court may,
 3    on  its  own  motion or that of any party, and subject to the
 4    terms or specifications  the  court  determines,  appoint  an
 5    attorney to serve in one of the following capacities:
 6             (1)  as an attorney to represent the child;
 7             (2)  as  a  guardian  ad litem to address issues the
 8        court delineates;
 9             (3)  as a child's representative whose duty shall be
10        to advocate what the representative finds to  be  in  the
11        best interests of the child after reviewing the facts and
12        circumstances  of  the  case.  The child's representative
13        shall have the same power and authority to take  part  in
14        the  conduct  of the litigation as does an attorney for a
15        party and shall possess all the powers  of  investigation
16        and  recommendation  as  does  a  guardian ad litem.  The
17        child's representative shall consider, but not  be  bound
18        by,  the  expressed  wishes  of  the  child.   A  child's
19        representative  shall  have  received  training  in child
20        advocacy or shall possess such experience  as  determined
21        to  be  equivalent to such training by the chief judge of
22        the circuit where the  child's  representative  has  been
23        appointed.  The child's representative shall not disclose
24        confidential communications made by the child, except  as
25        required  by law or by the Rules of Professional Conduct.
26        The child's representative  shall  not  be  called  as  a
27        witness   regarding   the   issues   set  forth  in  this
28        subsection.
29        During  the  proceedings  the  court   may   appoint   an
30    additional  attorney  to  serve  in another of the capacities
31    described in subdivisions (1), (2), or (3) of  the  preceding
32    paragraph  on its own motion or that of a party only for good
33    cause  shown  and  when  the  reasons  for   the   additional
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 1        The  court shall enter an order as appropriate for costs,
 2    fees, and  disbursements,  including  a  retainer,  when  the
 3    attorney,  guardian  ad  litem,  or child's representative is
 4    appointed, and thereafter as necessary.   Such  orders  shall
 5    require payment by either or both parents, by any other party
 6    or source, or from the marital estate or the child's separate
 7    estate.  The  court  may  not  order  payment by the Illinois
 8    Department of Human Services Public Aid in cases in which the
 9    Department is providing child  and  spouse  support  services
10    under  Article  X  of  the  Illinois Public Aid Code.  Unless
11    otherwise ordered by the court at the time fees and costs are
12    approved, all fees and costs payable to an attorney, guardian
13    ad litem, or child's representative under this Section are by
14    implication deemed to be in the  nature  of  support  of  the
15    child   and   are  within  the  exceptions  to  discharge  in
16    bankruptcy under 11 U.S.C.A. 523.  The provisions of Sections
17    501 and 508 of this Act shall apply to  fees  and  costs  for
18    attorneys appointed under this Section.
19        (b)  Upon  the  request  of  a mother or child seeking to
20    establish the existence of a father and  child  relationship,
21    the  State's  Attorney shall represent the mother or child in
22    the trial court.  If the child  is  an  applicant  for  or  a
23    recipient  of  assistance  as  defined in Section 2-6 of "The
24    Illinois Public  Aid  Code",  approved  April  11,  1967,  as
25    amended,  or  has applied to the Illinois Department of Human
26    Services Public Aid for services  under  Article  X  of  such
27    Code,  the  Department  may  file  a complaint in the child's
28    behalf under  this  Act.   The  Department  shall  refer  the
29    complaint  to  the  Public Aid Claims Enforcement Division of
30    the Office of the Attorney General  as  provided  in  Section
31    12-16  of  "The  Illinois Public Aid Code" for enforcement by
32    the Attorney General. Legal  representation  by  the  State's
33    Attorney  or  the  Attorney  General  shall be limited to the
34    establishment and enforcement of an order  for  support,  and
 
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 1    shall  not  extend  to visitation, custody, property or other
 2    matters.  If visitation, custody, property or  other  matters
 3    are  raised  by  a  party  and considered by the court in any
 4    proceeding  under  this  Act,  the  court  shall  provide   a
 5    continuance  sufficient  to  enable  the  mother  or child to
 6    obtain representation for such matters.
 7        (c)  The Court  may  appoint  counsel  to  represent  any
 8    indigent  defendant  in  the  trial  court,  except that this
 9    representation shall be limited to  the  establishment  of  a
10    parent  and  child relationship and an order for support, and
11    shall  not   extend   to   visitation,   custody,   property,
12    enforcement  of  an  order for support, or other matters.  If
13    visitation, custody, property or other matters are raised  by
14    a  party  and considered by the court in any proceeding under
15    this Act, the court shall provide a continuance sufficient to
16    enable  the  defendant  to  obtain  representation  for  such
17    matters.
18        (d)  The court shall furnish on request of  any  indigent
19    party a transcript for purposes of appeal.
20    (Source: P.A. 90-23, eff. 1-1-98; 91-410, eff. 1-1-00.)

21        (750 ILCS 45/21) (from Ch. 40, par. 2521)
22        Sec.  21.  Support  payments;  receiving  and  disbursing
23    agents.
24        (1)  In  an  action  filed  in  a  county  of less than 3
25    million population in which an order  for  child  support  is
26    entered, and in supplementary proceedings in such a county to
27    enforce  or  vary  the  terms of such order arising out of an
28    action filed in such a county, the court, except  in  actions
29    or  supplementary  proceedings  in  which  the  pregnancy and
30    delivery expenses of the mother or the child support payments
31    are for a recipient of aid  under  the  Illinois  Public  Aid
32    Code, shall direct that child support payments be made to the
33    clerk  of  the  court  unless  in the discretion of the court
 
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 1    exceptional circumstances warrant otherwise.  In cases  where
 2    payment  is to be made to persons other than the clerk of the
 3    court the judgment or order of support shall  set  forth  the
 4    facts of the exceptional circumstances.
 5        (2)  In  an action filed in a county of 3 million or more
 6    population in which an order for child  support  is  entered,
 7    and  in supplementary proceedings in such a county to enforce
 8    or vary the terms of such order  arising  out  of  an  action
 9    filed  in  such  a  county,  the  court, except in actions or
10    supplementary proceedings in which the pregnancy and delivery
11    expenses of the mother or the child support payments are  for
12    a  recipient of aid under the Illinois Public Aid Code, shall
13    direct that child support payments  be  made  either  to  the
14    clerk  of  the  court or to the Court Service Division of the
15    County Department of Public Aid, or to the clerk of the court
16    or to the Illinois Department of Human Services  Public  Aid,
17    unless   in   the   discretion   of   the  court  exceptional
18    circumstances warrant otherwise.  In cases where  payment  is
19    to  be made to persons other than the clerk of the court, the
20    Court Service Division of the  County  Department  of  Public
21    Aid, or the Illinois Department of Human Services Public Aid,
22    the judgment or order of support shall set forth the facts of
23    the exceptional circumstances.
24        (3)  Where  the  action or supplementary proceeding is in
25    behalf of a mother for pregnancy and delivery expenses or for
26    child support, or both, and the mother, child, or  both,  are
27    recipients  of  aid  under  the Illinois Public Aid Code, the
28    court shall order that the payments be made directly  to  (a)
29    the  Illinois  Department of Human Services Public Aid if the
30    mother or child, or both, are recipients under Articles IV or
31    V of the Code, or (b) the local governmental unit responsible
32    for the support of the mother or child, or both, if they  are
33    recipients   under  Articles  VI  or  VII  of  the  Code.  In
34    accordance with federal law  and  regulations,  the  Illinois
 
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 1    Department  of  Human  Services  Public  Aid  may continue to
 2    collect  current  maintenance  payments  or   child   support
 3    payments,  or  both,  after  those  persons  cease to receive
 4    public assistance and until  termination  of  services  under
 5    Article  X  of  the  Illinois  Public Aid Code.  The Illinois
 6    Department of Human Services Public Aid  shall  pay  the  net
 7    amount  collected  to those persons after deducting any costs
 8    incurred in making the collection or any collection fee  from
 9    the  amount  of any recovery made. The Illinois Department of
10    Human Services Public Aid or the local governmental unit,  as
11    the case may be, may direct that payments be made directly to
12    the mother of the child, or to some other person or agency in
13    the  child's behalf, upon the removal of the mother and child
14    from the public aid rolls or  upon  termination  of  services
15    under  Article  X  of  the Illinois Public Aid Code; and upon
16    such  direction,  the  Illinois  Department  or   the   local
17    governmental unit, as the case requires, shall give notice of
18    such  action  to  the  court  in  writing  or  by  electronic
19    transmission.
20        (4)  All  clerks  of  the  court  and  the  Court Service
21    Division of  a  County  Department  of  Public  Aid  and  the
22    Illinois  Department  of Human Services Public Aid, receiving
23    child support payments under  paragraphs  (1)  or  (2)  shall
24    disburse  the  same to the person or persons entitled thereto
25    under the terms of  the  order.   They  shall  establish  and
26    maintain clear and current records of all moneys received and
27    disbursed  and  of  defaults  and  delinquencies  in required
28    payments.  The court, by order or rule, shall make  provision
29    for the carrying out of these duties.
30        Upon   notification   in   writing   or   by   electronic
31    transmission  from  the Illinois Department of Human Services
32    Public Aid to the clerk of the court that  a  person  who  is
33    receiving  support  payments  under this Section is receiving
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 1    established  by  Title  IV-D  of the Social Security Act, any
 2    support payments subsequently received by the  clerk  of  the
 3    court   shall   be   transmitted   in   accordance  with  the
 4    instructions of the Illinois  Department  of  Human  Services
 5    Public  Aid  until  the  Department gives notice to cease the
 6    transmittal.  After  providing  the  notification  authorized
 7    under  this  paragraph,  the  Illinois  Department  of  Human
 8    Services Public Aid shall be entitled as a party to notice of
 9    any  further proceedings in the case.  The clerk of the court
10    shall file  a  copy  of  the  notification  to  the  Illinois
11    Department of Human Services Public Aid's notification in the
12    court  file.   The failure of the clerk to file a copy of the
13    notification in the court file shall not, however, affect the
14    right of the Illinois Department  of  Human  Services  Public
15    Aid's right to receive notice of further proceedings.
16        Payments under this Section to the Illinois Department of
17    Human  Services  Public  Aid  pursuant  to  the Child Support
18    Enforcement Program established by Title IV-D of  the  Social
19    Security Act shall be paid into the Child Support Enforcement
20    Trust  Fund.  All payments under this Section to the Illinois
21    Department of Human Services shall be deposited  in  the  DHS
22    Recoveries  Trust  Fund.  Disbursement from these funds shall
23    be as provided in the Illinois  Public  Aid  Code.   Payments
24    received  by  a local governmental unit shall be deposited in
25    that unit's General Assistance Fund.
26        (5)  The  moneys  received   by   persons   or   agencies
27    designated  by  the  court  shall  be  disbursed  by  them in
28    accordance with the order.  However, the court,  on  petition
29    of the state's attorney, may enter new orders designating the
30    clerk  of  the  court  or  the  Illinois  Department of Human
31    Services Public Aid, as the person or  agency  authorized  to
32    receive  and disburse child support payments and, in the case
33    of recipients of public aid, the court, on  petition  of  the
34    Attorney General or State's Attorney, shall direct subsequent
 
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 1    payments  to  be  paid  to  the  Illinois Department of Human
 2    Services Public Aid or to the appropriate local  governmental
 3    unit, as provided in paragraph (3). Payments of child support
 4    by  principals  or sureties on bonds, or proceeds of any sale
 5    for the enforcement of a judgment shall be made to the  clerk
 6    of  the  court,  the  Illinois  Department  of Human Services
 7    Public Aid or the appropriate local governmental unit, as the
 8    respective provisions of this Section require.
 9        (6)  For those cases in which child support is payable to
10    the clerk  of  the  circuit  court  for  transmittal  to  the
11    Illinois  Department of Human Services Public Aid by order of
12    court or upon notification  by  the  Illinois  Department  of
13    Human  Services Public Aid, the clerk shall transmit all such
14    payments, within 4 working days of receipt,  to  insure  that
15    funds   are  available  for  immediate  distribution  by  the
16    Department to  the  person  or  entity  entitled  thereto  in
17    accordance  with  standards  of the Child Support Enforcement
18    Program established under Title IV-D of the  Social  Security
19    Act.   The  clerk  shall notify the Department of the date of
20    receipt and amount thereof at the time of transmittal.  Where
21    the clerk has entered into an agreement of  cooperation  with
22    the  Department  to  record the terms of child support orders
23    and payments made thereunder directly into  the  Department's
24    automated  data  processing  system,  the clerk shall account
25    for, transmit and otherwise distribute child support payments
26    in accordance with such agreement in lieu of the requirements
27    contained herein.
28        (7)  To the extent the provisions  of  this  Section  are
29    inconsistent  with  the  requirements pertaining to the State
30    Disbursement Unit under Section 21.1 of this Act and  Section
31    10-26  of  the  Illinois  Public  Aid  Code, the requirements
32    pertaining to the State Disbursement Unit shall apply.
33    (Source:  P.A.  90-18,  eff.  7-1-97;  90-673,  eff.  1-1-99;
34    90-790,  eff.  8-14-98;  91-24,  eff.  7-1-99;  91-212,  eff.
 
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 1    7-20-99; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; revised 9-1-99.)

 2        (750 ILCS 45/21.1)
 3        Sec. 21.1. Payment of Support to State Disbursement Unit.
 4        (a)  As used in this Section:
 5        "Order for support", "obligor",  "obligee",  and  "payor"
 6    mean  those  terms  as  defined in the Income Withholding for
 7    Support Act, except that "order for support" shall  not  mean
 8    orders providing for spousal maintenance under which there is
 9    no child support obligation.
10        (b)  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of this Act to
11    the contrary, each order for support entered or  modified  on
12    or  after October 1, 1999 shall require that support payments
13    be made to the  State  Disbursement  Unit  established  under
14    Section 10-26 of the Illinois Public Aid Code if:
15             (1)  a  party  to  the  order is receiving child and
16        spouse support services under Article X of  the  Illinois
17        Public Aid Code; or
18             (2)  no  party  to  the order is receiving child and
19        spouse support services, but  the  support  payments  are
20        made through income withholding.
21        (c)  Support   payments   shall  be  made  to  the  State
22    Disbursement Unit if:
23             (1)  the  order  for  support  was  entered   before
24        October  1,  1999,  and a party to the order is receiving
25        child and spouse support services under Article X of  the
26        Illinois Public Aid Code; or
27             (2)  no  party  to  the order is receiving child and
28        spouse support services, and  the  support  payments  are
29        being made through income withholding.
30        (c-5)  If  no  party  to the order is receiving child and
31    spouse support services  under  Article  X  of  the  Illinois
32    Public  Aid  Code,  and  the  support  payments  are not made
33    through income withholding, then support  payments  shall  be
 
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 1    made as directed by the order for support.
 2        (c-10)  Within  15  days after the effective date of this
 3    amendatory Act of the 91st  General  Assembly,  the  Illinois
 4    Department  shall  provide written notice to the clerk of the
 5    circuit  court,  the  obligor,  and,  where  applicable,  the
 6    obligor's payor to make payments to  the  State  Disbursement
 7    Unit if:
 8             (1)  the   order  for  support  was  entered  before
 9        October 1, 1999, and a party to the  order  is  receiving
10        child  and spouse support services under Article X of the
11        Illinois Public Aid Code; or
12             (2)  no party to the order is  receiving  child  and
13        spouse  support  services,  and  the support payments are
14        being made through income withholding.
15        (c-15)  Within 15 days after the effective date  of  this
16    amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly, the clerk of the
17    circuit  court shall provide written notice to the obligor to
18    make payments directly to the clerk of the circuit  court  if
19    no  party  to the order is receiving child and spouse support
20    services under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code, the
21    support payments are not made through income withholding, and
22    the order for support requires support payments  to  be  made
23    directly to the clerk of the circuit court.
24        (c-20)  If the State Disbursement Unit receives a support
25    payment  that  was  not  appropriately made to the Unit under
26    this Section, the Unit shall immediately return  the  payment
27    to the sender, including, if possible, instructions detailing
28    where to send the support payments.
29        (d)  The  notices  required  under subsections (c-10) and
30    (c-15) may be sent by ordinary mail, certified  mail,  return
31    receipt   requested,   facsimile   transmission,   or   other
32    electronic  process,  or  may  be  served upon the obligor or
33    payor using any method provided  by  law  for  service  of  a
34    summons.   The  Illinois  Department of Human Services Public
 
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 1    Aid shall provide a copy of the notice to the obligee and  to
 2    the clerk of the court.
 3    (Source: P.A. 91-212, eff. 7-20-99; 91-677, eff. 1-5-00.)

 4        (750 ILCS 45/22) (from Ch. 40, par. 2522)
 5        Sec.  22.   In  all  cases  instituted  by  the  Illinois
 6    Department  of Human Services Public Aid on behalf of a child
 7    or spouse, other than one receiving a grant of financial  aid
 8    under  Article  IV  of The Illinois Public Aid Code, on whose
 9    behalf an application has been made and approved for  support
10    services  as provided by Section 10-1 of that Code, the court
11    shall impose a collection fee on the individual  who  owes  a
12    child  or spouse support obligation in an amount equal to 10%
13    of the amount so owed as long as such collection is  required
14    by federal law, which fee shall be in addition to the support
15    obligation.    The   imposition  of  such  fee  shall  be  in
16    accordance with provisions of Title IV, Part D, of the Social
17    Security Act and  regulations  duly  promulgated  thereunder.
18    The  fee  shall  be payable to the clerk of the circuit court
19    for transmittal to the Illinois Department of Human  Services
20    Public  Aid  and  shall  continue  until support services are
21    terminated by that Department.
22    (Source: P.A. 83-1372.)

23        (750 ILCS 45/23) (from Ch. 40, par. 2523)
24        Sec. 23.  Notice to Clerk of  Circuit  Court  of  Payment
25    Received  by Illinois Department of Human Services Public Aid
26    for Recording. For those cases in which support is payable to
27    the clerk  of  the  circuit  court  for  transmittal  to  the
28    Illinois  Department of Human Services Public Aid by order of
29    court, and the Illinois Department of Human  Services  Public
30    Aid   collects   support   by  assignment  offset,  withhold,
31    deduction or other process permitted  by  law,  the  Illinois
32    Department  of  Human  Services  Public  Aid shall notify the
 
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 1    clerk of  the  date  and  amount  of  such  collection.  Upon
 2    notification,  the  clerk  shall record the collection on the
 3    payment record for the case.
 4    (Source: P.A. 83-1372.)

 5        Section 495. The Business  Corporation  Act  of  1983  is
 6    amended by changing Section 1.25 as follows:

 7        (805 ILCS 5/1.25) (from Ch. 32, par. 1.25)
 8        Sec.   1.25.    List   of   corporations;   exchange   of
 9    information.
10        (a)  The  Secretary  of  State  shall publish each year a
11    list  of  corporations  filing  an  annual  report  for   the
12    preceding year in accordance with the provisions of this Act,
13    which  report shall state the name of the corporation and the
14    respective names and addresses of the  president,  secretary,
15    and   registered   agent  thereof  and  the  address  of  the
16    registered office in this State of each such corporation. The
17    Secretary of State shall furnish without  charge  a  copy  of
18    such  report  to  each  recorder  of  this State, and to each
19    member of the General Assembly and to each  State  agency  or
20    department requesting the same. The Secretary of State shall,
21    upon  receipt of a written request and a fee as determined by
22    the Secretary, furnish such report to anyone else.
23        (b) (1)  The Secretary of State  shall  publish  daily  a
24    list  of  all newly formed corporations, business and not for
25    profit, chartered by him on that day issued after receipt  of
26    the  application.   The  daily  list  shall  contain the same
27    information as to each corporation as  is  provided  for  the
28    corporation  list  published  under  subsection  (a)  of this
29    Section. The daily list may be obtained  at  the  Secretary's
30    office  by any person, newspaper, State department or agency,
31    or local government for a reasonable charge to be  determined
32    by  the  Secretary.  Inspection of the daily list may be made
 
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 1    at  the  Secretary's  office  during  normal  business  hours
 2    without charge by any person, newspaper, State department  or
 3    agency, or local government.
 4        (2)  The Secretary shall compile the daily list mentioned
 5    in  paragraph  (1) of subsection (b) of this Section monthly,
 6    or more often at the Secretary's discretion. The  compilation
 7    shall  be  immediately  mailed  free  of  charge to all local
 8    governments   requesting   in   writing   receipt   of   such
 9    publication,  or  shall  be  automatically  mailed   by   the
10    Secretary  without  charge to local governments as determined
11    by the Secretary.  The Secretary shall mail  a  copy  of  the
12    compilations  free  of  charge  to  all  State departments or
13    agencies  making  a  written  request.   A  request   for   a
14    compilation of the daily list once made by a local government
15    or  State  department or agency need not be renewed. However,
16    the Secretary may request from time to time whether the local
17    governments  or  State  departments  or  agencies  desire  to
18    continue receiving the compilation.
19        (3)  The compilations of  the  daily  list  mentioned  in
20    paragraph  (2)  of  subsection  (b)  of this Section shall be
21    mailed to newspapers, or any other person not included  as  a
22    recipient in paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of this Section,
23    upon receipt of a written application signed by the applicant
24    and  accompanied by the payment of a fee as determined by the
25    Secretary.
26        (c)  If a domestic or foreign corporation has filed  with
27    the  Secretary  of  State  an annual report for the preceding
28    year or has been newly formed or  is  otherwise  and  in  any
29    manner  registered with the Secretary of State, the Secretary
30    of State shall exchange with the Illinois Department of Human
31    Services  Public  Aid   any   information   concerning   that
32    corporation  that  may  be  necessary  for the enforcement of
33    child support orders entered pursuant to the Illinois  Public
34    Aid  Code,  the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage
 
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 1    Act,  the  Non-Support  of  Spouse  and  Children  Act,   the
 2    Non-Support  Punishment  Act,  the Revised Uniform Reciprocal
 3    Enforcement of Support Act,  the  Uniform  Interstate  Family
 4    Support Act, or the Illinois Parentage Act of 1984.
 5        Notwithstanding   any  provisions  in  this  Act  to  the
 6    contrary, the Secretary of State shall not be liable  to  any
 7    person  for  any  disclosure  of  information to the Illinois
 8    Department of Human Services Public Aid under this subsection
 9    or for any other action taken in good faith  to  comply  with
10    the requirements of this subsection.
11    (Source: P.A. 90-18, eff. 7-1-97; 91-613, eff. 10-1-99.)

12        Section  500.  The General Not For Profit Corporation Act
13    of 1986 is amended by changing Section 101.25 as follows:

14        (805 ILCS 105/101.25) (from Ch. 32, par. 101.25)
15        Sec.  101.25.   Lists  of   corporations;   exchange   of
16    information.
17        (a)  The  Secretary  of State shall include in his or her
18    daily publication lists of business  corporations  formed  on
19    that  day  as  provided in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of
20    Section 1.25 of the Business  Corporation  Act  of  1983  all
21    not-for-profit  corporations formed on the day of publication
22    of such lists.
23        (b)  The  Secretary  of   State   shall   include   among
24    information  to  be exchanged with the Illinois Department of
25    Human Services Public Aid, as provided in subsection  (c)  of
26    Section  1.25  of  the  Business  Corporation  Act  of  1983,
27    information  regarding all not-for-profit corporations formed
28    pursuant to this Act.
29    (Source: P.A. 90-18, eff. 7-1-97.)

30        Section 505. The Limited Liability Company Act is amended
31    by changing Section 50-5 as follows:
 
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 1        (805 ILCS 180/50-5)
 2        Sec. 50-5.  List of limited liability companies; exchange
 3    of information.
 4        (a)  The Secretary of State may publish a list  or  lists
 5    of  limited liability companies and foreign limited liability
 6    companies, as often, in the format, and for the fees  as  the
 7    Secretary  of  State  may in his or her discretion provide by
 8    rule. The Secretary  of  State  may  disseminate  information
 9    concerning  limited  liability  companies and foreign limited
10    liability companies by computer network in the format and for
11    the fees as may be determined by rule.
12        (b)  Upon  written  request,  any  list  published  under
13    subsection (a) shall be free to each member  of  the  General
14    Assembly,  to  each  State  agency or department, and to each
15    recorder in this State. An  appropriate  fee  established  by
16    rule to cover the cost of producing the list shall be charged
17    to all others.
18        (c)  If  a  domestic or foreign limited liability company
19    has filed with the Secretary of State an  annual  report  for
20    the  preceding  year or has been newly formed or is otherwise
21    and in any manner registered with the Secretary of State, the
22    Secretary  of  State  shall  exchange   with   the   Illinois
23    Department  of  Human  Services  Public  Aid  any information
24    concerning  that  limited  liability  company  that  may   be
25    necessary for the enforcement of child support orders entered
26    pursuant  to  the  Illinois  Public  Aid  Code,  the Illinois
27    Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act, the Non-Support  of
28    Spouse  and Children Act, the Non-Support Punishment Act, the
29    Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of  Support  Act,  the
30    Uniform  Interstate  Family  Support  Act,  or  the  Illinois
31    Parentage Act of 1984.
32        Notwithstanding   any  provisions  in  this  Act  to  the
33    contrary, the Secretary of State shall not be liable  to  any
34    person  for  any  disclosure  of  information to the Illinois
 
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 1    Department of Human Services Public Aid under this subsection
 2    or for any other action taken in good faith  to  comply  with
 3    the requirements of this subsection.
 4    (Source: P.A. 90-18, eff. 7-1-97; 91-613, eff. 10-1-99.)

 5        Section 510. The Unemployment Insurance Act is amended by
 6    changing Section 1300 as follows:

 7        (820 ILCS 405/1300) (from Ch. 48, par. 540)
 8        Sec.  1300.   Waiver  or  transfer  of  benefit  rights -
 9    Partial exemption.
10        (A)  Except as otherwise provided herein any agreement by
11    an individual to waive, release or commute his  rights  under
12    this Act shall be void.
13        (B)  Benefits  due  under this Act shall not be assigned,
14    pledged, encumbered, released or commuted and shall be exempt
15    from all claims of creditors and  from  levy,  execution  and
16    attachment  or  other  remedy for recovery or collection of a
17    debt.  However, nothing in  this  Section  shall  prohibit  a
18    specified  or  agreed  upon  deduction  from  benefits  by an
19    individual,  or  a  court   or   administrative   order   for
20    withholding  of income, for payment of past due child support
21    from being enforced and collected by the Department of  Human
22    Services Public Aid on behalf of persons receiving a grant of
23    financial  aid  under  Article  IV of the Illinois Public Aid
24    Code, persons for whom  an  application  has  been  made  and
25    approved  for  support  services  under  Section 10-1 of such
26    Code,  or  persons  similarly  situated  and  receiving  like
27    support services in other states.   It is provided that:
28             (1)  The aforementioned deduction  of  benefits  and
29        order for withholding of income apply only if appropriate
30        arrangements  have  been  made  for  reimbursement to the
31        Director by the Department of Human Services  Public  Aid
32        for  any  administrative  costs  incurred by the Director
 
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 1        under this Section.
 2             (2)  The Director shall  deduct  and  withhold  from
 3        benefits payable under this Act, or under any arrangement
 4        for  the payment of benefits entered into by the Director
 5        pursuant to the powers granted under Section 2700 of this
 6        Act, the amount specified or agreed upon.  In the case of
 7        a court   or  administrative  order  for  withholding  of
 8        income,  the  Director  shall  withhold the amount of the
 9        order.
10             (3)  Any  amount  deducted  and  withheld   by   the
11        Director  shall  be  paid  to  the  Department  of  Human
12        Services  Public  Aid  or  the  State  Disbursement  Unit
13        established  under  Section  10-26 of the Illinois Public
14        Aid Code, as directed by the Department of Human Services
15        Public Aid, on behalf of the individual.
16             (4)  Any  amount   deducted   and   withheld   under
17        subsection (3) shall for all purposes be treated as if it
18        were  paid to the individual as benefits and paid by such
19        individual to the Department of Human Services Public Aid
20        or the State Disbursement Unit  in  satisfaction  of  the
21        individual's child support obligations.
22             (5)  For  the purpose of this Section, child support
23        is defined as those obligations which are being  enforced
24        pursuant to a plan described in Title IV, Part D, Section
25        454  of  the  Social  Security  Act  and  approved by the
26        Secretary of Health and Human Services.
27             (6)  The  deduction  of  benefits  and   order   for
28        withholding of income for child support shall be governed
29        by  Titles  III and IV of the Social Security Act and all
30        regulations duly promulgated thereunder.
31        (C)  Nothing in this Section prohibits an individual from
32    voluntarily electing to have federal income tax deducted  and
33    withheld  from  his  or  her  unemployment  insurance benefit
34    payments.
 
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 1             (1)  The  Director  shall,  at  the  time  that   an
 2        individual  files  his  or  her  claim  for benefits that
 3        establishes  his  or  her  benefit   year,   inform   the
 4        individual that:
 5                  (a)  unemployment   insurance   is  subject  to
 6             federal, State, and local income taxes;
 7                  (b)  requirements exist pertaining to estimated
 8             tax payments;
 9                  (c)  the individual may elect to  have  federal
10             income  tax  deducted  and  withheld from his or her
11             payments of unemployment  insurance  in  the  amount
12             specified in the federal Internal Revenue Code; and
13                  (d)  the  individual  is  permitted to change a
14             previously elected withholding status.
15             (2)  Amounts deducted and withheld from unemployment
16        insurance shall remain in  the  unemployment  fund  until
17        transferred  to the federal taxing authority as a payment
18        of income tax.
19             (3)  The  Director  shall  follow   all   procedures
20        specified  by  the  United States Department of Labor and
21        the federal Internal Revenue Service  pertaining  to  the
22        deducting and withholding of income tax.
23             (4)  Amounts  shall  be  deducted  and  withheld  in
24        accordance  with  the  priorities  established  in  rules
25        promulgated by the Director.
26        (D)  Nothing in this Section prohibits an individual from
27    voluntarily  electing  to  have  State of Illinois income tax
28    deducted and withheld from his or her unemployment  insurance
29    benefit   payments  if  such  deduction  and  withholding  is
30    provided for pursuant to rules promulgated by the Director.
31             (1)  If  pursuant  to  rules  promulgated   by   the
32        Director,  an  individual  may  voluntarily elect to have
33        State of Illinois income tax deducted and  withheld  from
34        his  or  her unemployment insurance benefit payments, the
 
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 1        Director shall, at the time that an individual files  his
 2        or  her  claim  for  benefits that establishes his or her
 3        benefit  year,  in  addition  to  providing  the   notice
 4        required under subsection C, inform the individual that:
 5                  (a)  the  individual may elect to have State of
 6             Illinois income tax deducted and withheld  from  his
 7             or  her  payments  of  unemployment insurance in the
 8             amount specified pursuant to  rules  promulgated  by
 9             the Director; and
10                  (b)  the  individual  is  permitted to change a
11             previously elected withholding status.
12             (2)  Amounts deducted and withheld from unemployment
13        insurance shall remain in  the  unemployment  fund  until
14        transferred  to the Department of Revenue as a payment of
15        State of Illinois income tax.
16             (3)  Amounts  shall  be  deducted  and  withheld  in
17        accordance  with  the  priorities  established  in  rules
18        promulgated by the Director.
19        (E)  Nothing in this Section prohibits the deduction  and
20    withholding  of  an  uncollected  overissuance  of food stamp
21    coupons from unemployment insurance benefits pursuant to this
22    subsection (E).
23             (1)  At the time that an individual  files  a  claim
24        for  benefits  that  establishes his or her benefit year,
25        that individual must disclose whether or not  he  or  she
26        owes  an  uncollected overissuance (as defined in Section
27        13(c)(1) of the federal Food Stamp Act of 1977)  of  food
28        stamp  coupons.  The Director shall notify the State food
29        stamp agency enforcing such obligation of any  individual
30        who   discloses  that  he  or  she  owes  an  uncollected
31        overissuance of food stamp  coupons  and  who  meets  the
32        monetary  eligibility  requirements  of  subsection  E of
33        Section 500.
34             (2)  The Director shall deduct and withhold from any
 
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 1        unemployment insurance benefits payable to an  individual
 2        who  owes  an  uncollected  overissuance  of  food  stamp
 3        coupons:
 4                  (a)  the  amount specified by the individual to
 5             the Director to be deducted and withheld under  this
 6             subsection (E);
 7                  (b)  the amount (if any) determined pursuant to
 8             an  agreement  submitted  to  the  State  food stamp
 9             agency under Section 13(c)(3)(A) of the federal Food
10             Stamp Act of 1977; or
11                  (c)  any  amount  otherwise  required   to   be
12             deducted  and  withheld  from unemployment insurance
13             benefits pursuant  to  Section  13(c)(3)(B)  of  the
14             federal Food Stamp Act of 1977.
15             (3)  Any  amount  deducted  and withheld pursuant to
16        this subsection (E) shall be paid by the Director to  the
17        State food stamp agency.
18             (4)  Any  amount  deducted  and withheld pursuant to
19        this subsection (E) shall for all purposes be treated  as
20        if  it  were  paid  to  the  individual  as  unemployment
21        insurance  benefits  and  paid  by  the individual to the
22        State food stamp agency as repayment of the  individual's
23        uncollected overissuance of food stamp coupons.
24             (5)  For    purposes   of   this   subsection   (E),
25        "unemployment insurance benefits" means any  compensation
26        payable  under  this Act including amounts payable by the
27        Director pursuant to an agreement under any  federal  law
28        providing  for  compensation,  assistance,  or allowances
29        with respect to unemployment.
30             (6)  This   subsection   (E)   applies    only    if
31        arrangements  have  been  made  for  reimbursement by the
32        State food stamp  agency  for  the  administrative  costs
33        incurred  by the Director under this subsection (E) which
34        are  attributable  to  the   repayment   of   uncollected
 
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 1        overissuances  of  food  stamp  coupons to the State food
 2        stamp agency.
 3    (Source: P.A. 90-425, eff. 8-15-97;  90-554,  eff.  12-12-97;
 4    91-212, eff. 7-20-99; 91-712, eff. 7-1-00.)
 
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 1                                INDEX
 2               Statutes amended in order of appearance
 3    5 ILCS 100/10-65          from Ch. 127, par. 1010-65
 4    5 ILCS 140/7.1            from Ch. 116, par. 207.1
 5    5 ILCS 220/3              from Ch. 127, par. 743
 6    5 ILCS 390/4              from Ch. 127, par. 3904
 7    10 ILCS 5/1A-15           from Ch. 46, par. 1A-15
 8    10 ILCS 5/4-6.2           from Ch. 46, par. 4-6.2
 9    10 ILCS 5/5-16.2          from Ch. 46, par. 5-16.2
10    10 ILCS 5/6-50.2          from Ch. 46, par. 6-50.2
11    15 ILCS 405/10.05a        from Ch. 15, par. 210.05a
12    20 ILCS 5/5-15            was 20 ILCS 5/3
13    20 ILCS 5/5-20            was 20 ILCS 5/4
14    20 ILCS 5/5-165 rep.
15    20 ILCS 5/5-230 rep.
16    20 ILCS 5/5-395 rep.
17    20 ILCS 10/4              from Ch. 127, par. 954
18    20 ILCS 105/4             from Ch. 23, par. 6104
19    20 ILCS 105/4.02          from Ch. 23, par. 6104.02
20    20 ILCS 105/4.02b         from Ch. 23, par. 6104.02b
21    20 ILCS 105/4.06
22    20 ILCS 105/8.01          from Ch. 23, par. 6108.01
23    20 ILCS 301/5-10
24    20 ILCS 301/10-45
25    20 ILCS 301/35-5
26    20 ILCS 415/8a            from Ch. 127, par. 63b108a
27    20 ILCS 415/8b.1          from Ch. 127, par. 63b108b.1
28    20 ILCS 415/10            from Ch. 127, par. 63b110
29    20 ILCS 505/9.1           from Ch. 23, par. 5009.1
30    20 ILCS 1005/1005-130     was 20 ILCS 1005/43a.14
31    20 ILCS 1020/35
32    20 ILCS 1305/80-10
33    20 ILCS 1305/80-15
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 1    20 ILCS 1305/80-25
 2    20 ILCS 1305/80-30
 3    20 ILCS 1305/80-35
 4    20 ILCS 1305/80-5 rep.
 5    20 ILCS 1605/13           from Ch. 120, par. 1163
 6    20 ILCS 1705/15.2         from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-15.2
 7    20 ILCS 1705/15.3         from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-15.3
 8    20 ILCS 1705/18           from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-18
 9    20 ILCS 1705/18.2         from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-18.2
10    20 ILCS 1705/18.3
11    20 ILCS 1705/50a          from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 100-50a
12    20 ILCS 2105/2105-15      was 20 ILCS 2105/60
13    20 ILCS 2105/2105-155     was 20 ILCS 2105/60n
14    20 ILCS 2205/Art. 2205 heading
15    20 ILCS 2205/2205-1
16    20 ILCS 2205/2205-5       was 20 ILCS 2205/48a
17    20 ILCS 2205/2205-10      was 20 ILCS 2205/48b
18    20 ILCS 2215/2-4          from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6502-4
19    20 ILCS 2215/4-2          from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6504-2
20    20 ILCS 2215/5-1          from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6505-1
21    20 ILCS 2310/2310-135     was 20 ILCS 2310/55.37
22    20 ILCS 2310/2310-215     was 20 ILCS 2310/55.62
23    20 ILCS 2310/2310-275     was 20 ILCS 2310/55.61
24    20 ILCS 2310/2310-395     was 20 ILCS 2310/55.72
25    20 ILCS 2405/3            from Ch. 23, par. 3434
26    20 ILCS 2505/2505-65      was 20 ILCS 2505/39b12
27    20 ILCS 2505/2505-650     was 20 ILCS 2505/39b52
28    20 ILCS 2605/55a          from Ch. 127, par. 55a
29    20 ILCS 2605/2605-377     was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part
30    20 ILCS 3957/15
31    20 ILCS 3970/2            from Ch. 127, par. 3832
32    20 ILCS 3960/4            from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1154
33    20 ILCS 3970/2            from Ch. 127, par. 3832
34    20 ILCS 4010/2004.5
 
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 1    20 ILCS 4022/5
 2    20 ILCS 4022/15
 3    20 ILCS 4022/20
 4    20 ILCS 4022/30
 5    25 ILCS 130/11A-8         from Ch. 63, par. 1011A-8
 6    30 ILCS 5/3-1             from Ch. 15, par. 303-1
 7    30 ILCS 105/6b            from Ch. 127, par. 142b
 8    30 ILCS 105/6z-24         from Ch. 127, par. 142z-24
 9    30 ILCS 105/6z-30
10    30 ILCS 105/6z-40
11    30 ILCS 105/13.2          from Ch. 127, par. 149.2
12    30 ILCS 105/25            from Ch. 127, par. 161
13    30 ILCS 260/5             from Ch. 127, par. 181a
14    30 ILCS 435/10
15    30 ILCS 500/50-13
16    30 ILCS 775/65
17    30 ILCS 775/74
18    35 ILCS 5/901             from Ch. 120, par. 9-901
19    35 ILCS 5/917             from Ch. 120, par. 9-917
20    45 ILCS 17/5-35
21    45 ILCS 17/5-40
22    55 ILCS 5/3-5036.5
23    55 ILCS 5/4-2002          from Ch. 34, par. 4-2002
24    55 ILCS 5/4-2002.1        from Ch. 34, par. 4-2002.1
25    55 ILCS 5/5-1065          from Ch. 34, par. 5-1065
26    55 ILCS 5/5-21009         from Ch. 34, par. 5-21009
27    55 ILCS 5/5-37006         from Ch. 34, par. 5-37006
28    65 ILCS 5/11-31.1-12.1    from Ch. 24, par. 11-31.1-12.1
29    105 ILCS 5/2-3.79         from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.79
30    105 ILCS 5/14-7.04        from Ch. 122, par. 14-7.04
31    105 ILCS 5/14-15.01       from Ch. 122, par. 14-15.01
32    105 ILCS 5/30-14.1        from Ch. 122, par. 30-14.1
33    105 ILCS 410/1            from Ch. 122, par. 1851
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 1    205 ILCS 105/1-6d
 2    205 ILCS 205/7007
 3    205 ILCS 305/43.1
 4    205 ILCS 645/20
 5    210 ILCS 3/30
 6    210 ILCS 3/35
 7    210 ILCS 9/125
 8    210 ILCS 9/130
 9    210 ILCS 30/4             from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4164
10    210 ILCS 45/2-202         from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4152-202
11    210 ILCS 45/2-204         from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4152-204
12    210 ILCS 45/2-205         from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4152-205
13    210 ILCS 45/3-108         from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-108
14    210 ILCS 45/3-208         from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-208
15    210 ILCS 45/3-304         from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-304
16    210 ILCS 45/3-401.1       from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-401.1
17    210 ILCS 45/3-405         from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-405
18    210 ILCS 45/3-406         from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-406
19    210 ILCS 45/3-411         from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-411
20    210 ILCS 45/3-414         from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-414
21    210 ILCS 45/3-805         from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4153-805
22    210 ILCS 45/3A-101
23    210 ILCS 55/11            from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 2811
24    215 ILCS 5/238            from Ch. 73, par. 850
25    215 ILCS 5/238.1
26    215 ILCS 5/299.1a         from Ch. 73, par. 911.1a
27    215 ILCS 5/299.1b
28    215 ILCS 5/337.1
29    215 ILCS 5/352            from Ch. 73, par. 964
30    215 ILCS 5/356b           from Ch. 73, par. 968b
31    215 ILCS 5/356r
32    215 ILCS 5/367b           from Ch. 73, par. 979b
33    215 ILCS 5/512-3          from Ch. 73, par. 1065.59-3
34    215 ILCS 105/8            from Ch. 73, par. 1308
 
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 1    215 ILCS 106/10
 2    215 ILCS 106/15
 3    215 ILCS 125/2-1          from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1403
 4    215 ILCS 125/4-9.1        from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1409.2-1
 5    215 ILCS 125/4-17
 6    215 ILCS 125/6-8          from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1418.8
 7    215 ILCS 165/2            from Ch. 32, par. 596
 8    215 ILCS 165/15a          from Ch. 32, par. 609a
 9    215 ILCS 165/25           from Ch. 32, par. 619
10    225 ILCS 25/23            from Ch. 111, par. 2323
11    225 ILCS 25/23a           from Ch. 111, par. 2323a
12    225 ILCS 45/4             from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73.104
13    225 ILCS 60/22            from Ch. 111, par. 4400-22
14    225 ILCS 60/25            from Ch. 111, par. 4400-25
15    225 ILCS 63/110
16    225 ILCS 65/10-45
17    225 ILCS 65/20-55
18    225 ILCS 80/24            from Ch. 111, par. 3924
19    225 ILCS 85/30            from Ch. 111, par. 4150
20    225 ILCS 85/33            from Ch. 111, par. 4153
21    225 ILCS 100/24           from Ch. 111, par. 4824
22    225 ILCS 110/16           from Ch. 111, par. 7916
23    225 ILCS 407/20-20
24    225 ILCS 454/20-45
25    305 ILCS 5/2-12           from Ch. 23, par. 2-12
26    305 ILCS 5/2-12.5
27    305 ILCS 5/2-14           from Ch. 23, par. 2-14
28    305 ILCS 5/3-10.7         from Ch. 23, par. 3-10.7
29    305 ILCS 5/3-10.9         from Ch. 23, par. 3-10.9
30    305 ILCS 5/3-13           from Ch. 23, par. 3-13
31    305 ILCS 5/4-1.7          from Ch. 23, par. 4-1.7
32    305 ILCS 5/4-2            from Ch. 23, par. 4-2
33    305 ILCS 5/4-4.1
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 1    305 ILCS 5/5-4            from Ch. 23, par. 5-4
 2    305 ILCS 5/5-4.23         from Ch. 23, par. 5-4.23
 3    305 ILCS 5/5-4.33         from Ch. 23, par. 5-4.33
 4    305 ILCS 5/5-5            from Ch. 23, par. 5-5
 5    305 ILCS 5/5-5.01         from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.01
 6    305 ILCS 5/5-5.1          from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.1
 7    305 ILCS 5/5-5.3          from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.3
 8    305 ILCS 5/5-5.4          from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.4
 9    305 ILCS 5/5-5.4a
10    305 ILCS 5/5-5.5          from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.5
11    305 ILCS 5/5-5.5a         from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.5a
12    305 ILCS 5/5-5.7          from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.7
13    305 ILCS 5/5-5.8a         from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.8a
14    305 ILCS 5/5-5.8b         from Ch. 23, par. 5-5.8b
15    305 ILCS 5/5-9            from Ch. 23, par. 5-9
16    305 ILCS 5/5-11           from Ch. 23, par. 5-11
17    305 ILCS 5/5-11.1
18    305 ILCS 5/5-15.5
19    305 ILCS 5/5-16.1         from Ch. 23, par. 5-16.1
20    305 ILCS 5/5-16.4
21    305 ILCS 5/5-21
22    305 ILCS 5/5A-7           from Ch. 23, par. 5A-7
23    305 ILCS 5/5B-7           from Ch. 23, par. 5B-7
24    305 ILCS 5/5C-6           from Ch. 23, par. 5C-6
25    305 ILCS 5/6-11           from Ch. 23, par. 6-11
26    305 ILCS 5/8A-7.1         from Ch. 23, par. 8A-7.1
27    305 ILCS 5/8A-9           from Ch. 23, par. 8A-9
28    305 ILCS 5/9-1            from Ch. 23, par. 9-1
29    305 ILCS 5/10-1           from Ch. 23, par. 10-1
30    305 ILCS 5/10-13.4        from Ch. 23, par. 10-13.4
31    305 ILCS 5/10-15          from Ch. 23, par. 10-15
32    305 ILCS 5/10-17.9
33    305 ILCS 5/10-24.35
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 1    305 ILCS 5/10-24.50
 2    305 ILCS 5/11-8.3         from Ch. 23, par. 11-8.3
 3    305 ILCS 5/11-9           from Ch. 23, par. 11-9
 4    305 ILCS 5/11-27          from Ch. 23, par. 11-27
 5    305 ILCS 5/12-1           from Ch. 23, par. 12-1
 6    305 ILCS 5/12-4.7c
 7    305 ILCS 5/12-4.9         from Ch. 23, par. 12-4.9
 8    305 ILCS 5/12-4.17        from Ch. 23, par. 12-4.17
 9    305 ILCS 5/12-4.20c       from Ch. 23, par. 12-4.20c
10    305 ILCS 5/12-4.20d       from Ch. 23, par. 12-4.20d
11    305 ILCS 5/12-4.25        from Ch. 23, par. 12-4.25
12    305 ILCS 5/12-4.35
13    305 ILCS 5/12-4.201
14    305 ILCS 5/12-8.1
15    305 ILCS 5/12-9           from Ch. 23, par. 12-9
16    305 ILCS 5/12-10.1        from Ch. 23, par. 12-10.1
17    305 ILCS 5/12-10.4
18    305 ILCS 5/12-13.1
19    305 ILCS 5/12-16          from Ch. 23, par. 12-16
20    305 ILCS 5/12-20          from Ch. 23, par. 12-20
21    305 ILCS 5/14-7           from Ch. 23, par. 14-7
22    305 ILCS 35/1-2           from Ch. 23, par. 7051-2
23    305 ILCS 40/20            from Ch. 23, par. 7100-20
24    320 ILCS 20/2             from Ch. 23, par. 6602
25    320 ILCS 20/3.5
26    320 ILCS 25/4             from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 404
27    320 ILCS 35/15            from Ch. 23, par. 6801-15
28    320 ILCS 35/20            from Ch. 23, par. 6801-20
29    320 ILCS 35/25            from Ch. 23, par. 6801-25
30    320 ILCS 35/50            from Ch. 23, par. 6801-50
31    320 ILCS 35/60            from Ch. 23, par. 6801-60
32    320 ILCS 40/10            from Ch. 23, par. 6910
33    320 ILCS 40/15            from Ch. 23, par. 6915
34    320 ILCS 40/30            from Ch. 23, par. 6930
 
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 1    325 ILCS 5/4              from Ch. 23, par. 2054
 2    325 ILCS 5/7.20
 3    325 ILCS 20/4             from Ch. 23, par. 4154
 4    325 ILCS 20/9             from Ch. 23, par. 4159
 5    325 ILCS 35/4             from Ch. 23, par. 6704
 6    405 ILCS 5/5-107          from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 5-107
 7    405 ILCS 5/5-107.1        from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 5-107.1
 8    405 ILCS 30/4.2           from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 904.2
 9    405 ILCS 80/1-3           from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 1801-3
10    410 ILCS 70/6             from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 87-6
11    410 ILCS 70/7             from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 87-7
12    410 ILCS 220/7            from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7007
13    410 ILCS 405/6            from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 6956
14    410 ILCS 420/Act title
15    410 ILCS 420/1            from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 2901
16    410 ILCS 420/3            from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 2903
17    410 ILCS 420/4            from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 2904
18    410 ILCS 430/Act title
19    410 ILCS 430/1            from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 22.31
20    410 ILCS 430/2            from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 22.32
21    410 ILCS 430/3            from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 22.33
22    410 ILCS 430/3.01         from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 22.33.01
23    410 ILCS 513/22
24    410 ILCS 515/6            from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 7856
25    410 ILCS 535/12           from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-12
26    410 ILCS 535/17           from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-17
27    410 ILCS 535/22           from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-22
28    410 ILCS 535/24           from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-24
29    410 ILCS 535/25.1         from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-25.1
30    625 ILCS 5/2-109.1
31    625 ILCS 5/2-123          from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 2-123
32    625 ILCS 5/3-412          from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-412
33    625 ILCS 5/16-104b
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 1    705 ILCS 205/1            from Ch. 13, par. 1
 2    705 ILCS 405/6-9          from Ch. 37, par. 806-9
 3    705 ILCS 505/21           from Ch. 37, par. 439.21
 4    720 ILCS 5/12-2           from Ch. 38, par. 12-2
 5    720 ILCS 5/12-4           from Ch. 38, par. 12-4
 6    725 ILCS 207/90
 7    730 ILCS 5/3-2-2          from Ch. 38, par. 1003-2-2
 8    730 ILCS 5/3-5-4
 9    730 ILCS 125/17           from Ch. 75, par. 117
10    735 ILCS 5/12-710         from Ch. 110, par. 12-710
11    740 ILCS 110/7.1
12    750 ILCS 5/505            from Ch. 40, par. 505
13    750 ILCS 5/505.1          from Ch. 40, par. 505.1
14    750 ILCS 5/505.2          from Ch. 40, par. 505.2
15    750 ILCS 5/505.3
16    750 ILCS 5/506            from Ch. 40, par. 506
17    750 ILCS 5/507            from Ch. 40, par. 507
18    750 ILCS 5/507.1
19    750 ILCS 5/510            from Ch. 40, par. 510
20    750 ILCS 5/516            from Ch. 40, par. 516
21    750 ILCS 5/704            from Ch. 40, par. 704
22    750 ILCS 5/705            from Ch. 40, par. 705
23    750 ILCS 5/709            from Ch. 40, par. 709
24    750 ILCS 5/712            from Ch. 40, par. 712
25    750 ILCS 16/7
26    750 ILCS 16/20
27    750 ILCS 16/25
28    750 ILCS 16/30
29    750 ILCS 16/35
30    750 ILCS 16/60
31    750 ILCS 22/102
32    750 ILCS 22/310
33    750 ILCS 22/320
34    750 ILCS 25/3             from Ch. 40, par. 2703
 
                            -681-              LRB9206615WHmb
 1    750 ILCS 25/6             from Ch. 40, par. 2706
 2    750 ILCS 28/15
 3    750 ILCS 28/45
 4    750 ILCS 45/4.1
 5    750 ILCS 45/5             from Ch. 40, par. 2505
 6    750 ILCS 45/7             from Ch. 40, par. 2507
 7    750 ILCS 45/8             from Ch. 40, par. 2508
 8    750 ILCS 45/13.1
 9    750 ILCS 45/14            from Ch. 40, par. 2514
10    750 ILCS 45/14.1
11    750 ILCS 45/15.1          from Ch. 40, par. 2515.1
12    750 ILCS 45/18            from Ch. 40, par. 2518
13    750 ILCS 45/21            from Ch. 40, par. 2521
14    750 ILCS 45/21.1
15    750 ILCS 45/22            from Ch. 40, par. 2522
16    750 ILCS 45/23            from Ch. 40, par. 2523
17    805 ILCS 5/1.25           from Ch. 32, par. 1.25
18    805 ILCS 105/101.25       from Ch. 32, par. 101.25
19    805 ILCS 180/50-5
20    820 ILCS 405/1300         from Ch. 48, par. 540

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