Synopsis As Introduced Amends the Department of Human Services Act and the State Finance Act. Creates the Diabetes Research Checkoff Fund and provides that, from appropriations from the Fund, the Department of Human Services must make grants to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation and to the American Diabetes Association for the purpose of funding research concerning the disease of diabetes. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to create a tax checkoff for the Fund. Effective immediately.
House Floor Amendment No. 1 In the Department of Human Services Act, provides that, from the Diabetes Research Checkoff Fund, the Department of Human Services must make grants to public or private entities in Illinois for the purpose of funding research concerning the disease of diabetes (instead of making grants to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation and the American Diabetes Foundation). Requires that at least 50% of the grants made from the Fund must be made to entities that conduct research for juvenile diabetes.
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