HB2990 Summary

• Appropriates funds to the Department of Human Services for income assistance, mental health services, developmental disabilities programs, addiction treatment, and family/community services totaling hundreds of millions of dollars from various state funds.

• Allocates $24.25 million to the Department of Public Health for AIDS/HIV programs, women's health initiatives, health protection grants, and health promotion activities.

• Provides $558.7 million to the Department on Aging for operations, grants-in-aid, and community care programs including home-delivered meals and supportive housing.

• Appropriates over $1.5 billion to Illinois higher education institutions (universities and community colleges) from the Education Assistance Fund for ordinary and contingent expenses for fiscal year 2016.

• Includes funding for environmental protection ($62.47 million), transportation ($43.4 million), housing assistance ($116.6 million), and various other state agencies and programs.