Rep. David E. Miller

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction.

Amends the High Risk Home Loan Act. Provides that the term "points and fees" does not include fees paid to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs required by law, fees paid to the Federal Housing Administration required by law, or fees paid to the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Development Loan Program required by law.

Amends the General Assembly Organization Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the deposit of books, bills, documents, and papers with the Secretary of State.

Creates the Emerging Technology Industries Act. Requires the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to establish and maintain a program to award grants to emerging-technology enterprises in the State. Sets forth eligibility requirements and funding priorities for awarding the grants, and sets forth procedures for awarding the grants. Requires written contracts in which the emerging-technology enterprise guarantees that it will perform the actions expected to be performed. Sets dollar limits on matching funds for federal Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grants and total grant matching funds per year. Limits total credits to $15,000,000 in any one State fiscal year. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Emerging Technology Grant Fund. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates an income tax credit for qualified investors who make an investment in an emerging technology enterprise in the State. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity must certify the amount of the credit and sets forth the procedures for the application and certification of the credit. Sets forth provisions for the revocation and recapture of the tax credit. Contains other provisions. Effective immediately.

Amends the Consumer Installment Loan Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a license required to engage in the business of making loans of money in a principal amount not exceeding $25,000.

Amends the State Employee Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides the alternative (State police) retirement formula for certain sign hangers and sign hanger foremen employed by the Department of Transportation. Provides that the changes apply to persons in service on or after June 28, 2001. Includes language concerning new benefit increases. Effective immediately.

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction.

Appropriates $300,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for the assessment of physical fitness levels of students. Effective July 1, 2009.

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, in cooperation with the Department of Human Services, to establish the Dental Improvement Pilot Program to fund the provision of dental services in areas designated as medically underserved. Provides that within these medically underserved areas, there shall be a pilot program in the northern, central, and southern region of the state. Provides that the Departments shall fund the provision of all dental services provided under the program using a rate structure that is cost-based and encounter-based, and that in order for a dentist to qualify for a reimbursement of delivered services, the dentist must provide services in an area that has been designated as medically underserved and the recipient of such services must qualify for medical assistance under the Medicaid program. Further provides that implementation of the program is contingent upon federal approval and that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall take appropriate action to seek approval by January 15, 2011. Requires the Department to report back the 1st year's findings of an evaluation of both quality and quantitative factors associated with improving access and reimbursement for these demonstration programs no more than 60 days after the 1st year of implementation. Effective immediately.

Makes appropriations from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of State Police for a grant to the Cook County Sheriff's Office for specific patrol operations. Effective July 1, 2009.