| HB3 | STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH (REP. LOU LANG) Amends the Department of Public Health Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the powers of the Department. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB4 | HEALTH-TECH (REP. LOU LANG) Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB5 | HEALTH-TECH (REP. LOU LANG) Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB6 | HEALTH-TECH (REP. LOU LANG) Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB7 | AGING-TECH (REP. LOU LANG) Amends the Adult Protective Services Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB9 | REGULATION-TECH (REP. LOU LANG) Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB10 | REGULATION-TECH (REP. LOU LANG) Amends the Nursing Home Administrators Licensing and Disciplinary Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB64 | HEALTH-TECH (REP. LOU LANG) Amends the Illinois Rural/Downstate Health Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB73 | REGULATION-TECH (REP. LOU LANG) Amends the Alternative Health Care Delivery Act. Makes a technical change in the Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB98 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. GREG HARRIS) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the appointment of an Inspector General. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB99 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. GREG HARRIS) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning construction of the Code. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB100 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. GREG HARRIS) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the "Medicaid" Article. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB101 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. GREG HARRIS) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning payment under the Medicaid program for obligations incurred but not paid for at the time of a recipient's death. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB102 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. GREG HARRIS) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the amount and nature of medical assistance. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB103 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. GREG HARRIS) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the collection fee a court may impose on an individual who owes child or spouse support. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB108 | IL UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE ACT (REP. MARY FLOWERS) Creates the Illinois Universal Health Care Act. Provides that all individuals residing in the State are covered under the Illinois Health Services Program for health insurance. Sets forth the health coverage benefits that participants are entitled to under the Program. Sets forth the qualification requirements for participating health providers. Sets forth standards for provider reimbursement. Provides that it is unlawful for private health insurers to sell health insurance coverage that duplicates the coverage of the Program. Provides that investor-ownership of health delivery facilities is unlawful. Provides that the State shall establish the Illinois Health Services Trust to provide financing for the Program. Sets forth the requirements for claims billing under the Program. Provides that the Program shall include funding for long-term care services and mental health services. Provides that the Program shall establish a single prescription drug formulary and list of approved durable medical goods and supplies. Creates the Pharmaceutical and Durable Medical Goods Committee to negotiate the prices of pharmaceuticals and durable medical goods with suppliers or manufacturers on an open bid competitive basis. Sets forth provisions concerning patients' rights. Provides that the employees of the Program shall be compensated in accordance with the current pay scale for State employees and as deemed professionally appropriate by the General Assembly. |
| | Current Status: | 4/22/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| | Bill Position: | Monitor |
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| HB111 | NURSING HOME-DHFS-MANAGED CARE (REP. MARY FLOWERS) Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that a resident of a long-term care facility who is assigned by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to a managed care organization participating in a Medicare-Medicaid Alignment Initiative Program shall have the right to remain in the facility in which the resident resides after enrollment occurs. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB124 | MIN WAGE-$15 PER HOUR (REP. MARY FLOWERS) Amends the Minimum Wage Law. Increases the minimum wage to $15 per hour on October 1, 2015. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 2/23/2015 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Pamela Reaves-Harris
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| HB125 | MEDICAID-PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (REP. MARY FLOWERS) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Removes a provision requiring the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to impose limitations on prescriptions drugs such that the Department shall not provide reimbursement for more than 4 prescriptions, including 3 brand name prescriptions, for distinct drugs in a 30-day period, unless prior approval is received for all prescriptions in excess of the 4-prescription limit; and removes certain exemptions to the 4-prescription limit. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| | Bill Position: | Support |
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| HB156 | PROP TAX-SR FREEZE-MEDICARE (REP. JACK FRANKS) Amends the Property Tax Code. With respect to the Senior Citizens Assessment Freeze Homestead Exemption, provides that, beginning in assessment year 2013, the taxpayer's household income shall be reduced by any amounts paid as Medicare premiums. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| | Bill Position: | Monitor |
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| HB166 | FAMILY LEAVE INSURANCE PROGRAM (REP. MARY FLOWERS) Creates the Family Leave Insurance Program Act. Requires the Department of Labor to establish and administer a Family Leave Insurance Program that provides family leave insurance benefits to eligible employees who take unpaid family leave to care for a newborn child, a newly adopted or newly placed foster child, or a family member with a serious health condition. Sets forth eligibility requirements for benefits under the Act including that the employee must (i) establish that he or she has been employed for at least 680 hours in employment during the employee's qualifying year and (ii) document that he or she has provided the employer with written notice of the employee's intention to take family leave. Defines "employer" to mean (a) any person, partnership, corporation, association, or other business entity that employs 50 or more employees for each working day during each of 20 or more calendar workweeks in the year in which the leave is to be taken or in the year immediately preceding the year in which the leave is to be taken; and (b) the State of Illinois and any other unit of local government. Contains provisions concerning disqualification from benefits; premium payments; the amount and duration of benefits; the recovery of erroneous payments; hearings; defaulted premium payments; elective coverage; employment protection; coordination of family leave; defined terms; and other matters. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Family Leave Insurance Account Fund. - House Committee Amendment No. 3 - Excludes the State from the scope to the term "employer". Provides for the Act to be administered by only the Department of Employment Security. |
| | Current Status: | 5/25/2016 - House Labor & Commerce |
| | Bill Position: | Monitor |
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| HB176 | INC TX-RATES (REP. DAVID MCSWEENEY) Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2015, reduces the rate of tax to 3% for individuals, trusts, and estates and 4.8% for corporations. Makes corresponding changes concerning the distribution of tax proceeds. Provides that, if the State exceeds certain specified spending limitations, the Auditor General shall post a copy of the supplemental spending report on his or her website. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| | Bill Position: | Monitor |
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| HB197 | FINANCE-APPROPRIATIONS (REP. SCOTT DRURY) Amends the State Finance Act. Reinserts the provisions of the bill as introduced with changes. Provides that to the extent permitted by federal law, for fiscal year 2017 and each fiscal year thereafter, outstanding liabilities as of June 30, payable from appropriations which have otherwise expired, may be paid out of the expiring appropriations only during the 2-month period ending at the close of business on August 31, except that claims that have been incurred for which a proper bill or invoice as defined by the State Prompt Payment Act has not been received by August 31 may be paid out of the expiring appropriations only during the period ending at the close of business on October 15. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB205 | MEDICAID-MENTAL HLTH SERVICES (REP. SARA FEIGENHOLTZ) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision concerning access to psychiatric mental health services, provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall reimburse "qualified mental health professionals as defined by the Department" (rather than psychiatrists) and federally qualified health centers as defined in the federal Social Security Act for mental health services provided by "qualified mental health professionals" (rather than psychiatrists), as authorized by Illinois law, to recipients "under the age of 21" via telepsychiatry (rather than to recipients via telepsychiatry). - House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall reimburse "licensed mental health professionals" (rather than qualified mental health professionals) as defined by the Department and federally qualified health centers as defined in the federal Social Security Act for mental health services provided by "licensed mental health professionals" (rather than qualified mental health professionals) as authorized by Illinois law, to recipients via telepsychiatry (rather than to recipients under the age of 21 via telepsychiatry). - House Committee Amendment No. 2 - Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall not require community mental health centers participating in the Medicaid community mental health services program to require recipients of medical assistance to provide documentation of income. Amends the Community Services Act. Defines "mental health professional" or "MHP" as used in 59 Ill. Adm. Code 132 as an individual possessing one or more of a series of qualifications. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB206 | MEDICAID-MENTAL HLTH SERVICES (REP. SARA FEIGENHOLTZ) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision concerning access to psychiatric mental health services, provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall reimburse qualified mental health professionals as defined by the Department and federally qualified health centers as defined in the federal Social Security Act for mental health services provided by qualified mental health professionals, as authorized by Illinois law, to recipients under the age of 21 via telepsychiatry. |
| | Current Status: | 2/20/2015 - Tabled
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| | Bill Position: | Monitor |
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| HB215 | UNEMPLOYMENT-EMPLOYER REPORTS (REP. JAY HOFFMAN) Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Deletes provisions requiring employers to file, on a monthly basis, reports regarding employee wages. |
| | Current Status: | 1/15/2015 - Referred to House Rules
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| | Bill Position: | Monitor |
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| HB268 | TAXPAYER OVERSIGHT COMMISSION (REP. NATALIE MANLEY) Creates the Commission on Taxpayer Oversight and Reduction of State Spending Act. Provides that the Commission shall conduct investigations, review the budget submitted by the Governor in order to make recommendations for reducing expenditures set forth in the budget, review activities of agencies and grant recipients, and consider State and local budgetary reductions by reduction or elimination of mandated expenditures or the consolidation of agencies and instrumentalities to eliminate waste and inefficiency. Sets forth the membership of the Commission. Provides that the Commission shall conduct at least one public hearing and may issue reports. Provides that the Governor shall respond, in writing, within 30 calendar days after the submission of the reports. Provides that the Governor's Office of Management and Budget shall provide administrative and other support to the Commission. Contains other provisions. Effective immediately |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| | Bill Position: | Monitor |
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| HB294 | HEALTH FAC-EXPENDITURE REPORT (REP. WILLIAM DAVIS) Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Provides that the annual report of capital expenditures submitted to the Health Facilities and Services Review Board by certain health care facilities shall include (i) whether the health care facility administered an affirmative action program for minority-owned, women-owned, veteran-owned, and small business enterprises and (ii) the percentage of the annual capital expenditure that was actually spent on minority-owned, women-owned, veteran-owned, and small business enterprises, respectively. Provides that the Board shall not consider that information when reviewing an application for a permit or exemption under the Act. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| | Bill Position: | Monitor |
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| HB316 | MEDICAID-DEMONSTRATION PROJECT (REP. GREG HARRIS) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Prohibits the State from accepting any special terms and conditions for federal approval of any Medicaid research and demonstration project waiver proposal submitted to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on June 4, 2014. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| | Bill Position: | Monitor |
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| HB321 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. MICHAEL MADIGAN) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the "Medicaid" Article. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB322 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. MICHAEL MADIGAN) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the classes of persons eligible for Medicaid. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB326 | AGENCIES-TEST CASES (REP. CAROL SENTE) Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that, no later than August 1, 2015, the Governor shall select 5 specific programs, each administered by a different State agency, to serve as test cases for the introduction of a continual performance measurement system. Provides that the Governor and the Director of the applicable State agency shall jointly identify specific and measurable goals for the test program to meet and shall monitor and evaluate the Agency's effectiveness in meeting those goals. Provides that certain information shall be included on the Agency's website and the budgeting for results website. Provides that the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability shall review the process and the results for the test cases and shall report its findings to the General Assembly annually. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| | Bill Position: | Monitor |
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| HB327 | ELEC CD-HOSPITAL & MENTAL INS (REP. BARBARA CURRIE) Amends the Election Code. Provides that a patient of any hospital or mental institution in this State who has resided at such hospital or mental institution for at least 180 days shall be deemed a resident and legal voter in the town, city, village, or election district or precinct in which such hospital or mental institution is situated. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 4/22/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| | Bill Position: | Monitor |
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| HB336 | MEDICAID-RX LIMITS-EXEMPTIONS (REP. LINDA CHAPA LAVIA) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that drugs in the following therapeutic classes shall not be subject to prior approval as a result of the 4-prescription limit: immunosuppressant drugs, oncolytic drugs, anti-retroviral drugs, "antipsychotic drugs, and, on or after July 1, 2015, anti-depressant and anti-anxiety drugs" (rather than immunosuppressant drugs, oncolytic drugs, anti-retroviral drugs, and, on or after July 1, 2014, antipsychotic drugs). Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| | Bill Position: | Support |
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| HB342 | 72-HOUR BUDGET REVIEW ACT (REP. DAVID REIS) Creates the 72-Hour Budget Review Act. Sets forth time requirements for which certain appropriation or revenue legislation must be made publicly available before passage. Provides that the time requirements may be waived by an affirmative two-thirds vote of the full committee or chamber considering the legislation. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 9/2/2016 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David A. Welter
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| | Bill Position: | Monitor |
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| HB408 | RESPIRATORY CARE-DURABLE EQUIP (REP. MICHAEL ZALEWSKI) Amends the Respiratory Care Practice Act. Makes changes in the definitions of "basic respiratory care activities", "licensed health care professional", and "respiratory care". Allows individuals without a license to practice respiratory care to perform basic screening spirometry if certified by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the American Association for Respiratory Care, or other similarly accepted certification programs. Allows respiratory care practitioners licensed in other jurisdictions to provide respiratory care in this State (i) in a declared emergency in this State, (ii) as a member of an organ procurement team, or (iii) as part of a medical transport team that is transporting a patient into or out of this State. Provides that unlicensed and non-credentialed individuals who deliver respiratory care equipment may deliver, set up, calibrate, and demonstrate the mechanical operation of the device to patients, family, and caregivers if the individuals received training and demonstrated competency using the specific devices under the supervision of a respiratory care practitioner licensed by this State or some other licensed practitioner operating within his or her scope of practice. Provides that patients, family, and caregivers must be taught to use the equipment for the intended clinical application by a licensed respiratory care practitioner or other licensed health care professional operating within his or her scope of practice. Provides that instructions to the patient regarding the clinical use of equipment, patient monitoring, patient assessment, or any other procedure used with the intent of evaluating the effectiveness of the treatment must be performed by a respiratory care practitioner licensed by this State or any other licensed practitioner operating within his or her scope of practice. Makes other changes. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB421 | NURSE-COLLABORATION-PRESCRIBE (REP. SARA FEIGENHOLTZ) House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Nurse Practice Act. In provisions regarding written collaborative agreements, adds immunizations to the list of primary health treatment within the scope of an advanced practice nurse's training and experience. Makes a technical change. Amends various other Acts to specify that physician assistants and advance practice nurses must be licensed and to remove references to written supervision agreements and written collaborative agreements. Effective immediately. - House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Provides that a written collaborative agreement shall be for services in the same area of practice or specialty as the collaborating physician in his or her clinical medical practice (rather than services the collaborating physician generally provides or may provide in his or her clinical medical practice). Makes changes concerning the criteria for a written collaborative agreement. Further amends the Nurse Practice Act. Provides that all advanced practice nurses may only practice in accordance with national certification and the Act. Makes changes in provisions concerning the requirements for written collaborative agreements. Exempts advanced practice nurses practicing in a hospital affiliate from having written collaborative agreements. Allows, but does not require, a hospital affiliate to grant advanced practice nurses certified as nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, or clinical nurse specialists practicing in a hospital affiliate prescriptive authority for Schedule II through V controlled substances under specified conditions. Allows consultation through electronic communications. Provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to authorize an advanced practice nurse to provide health care services required by law or rule to be performed by a physician. Amends the Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987 to make changes concerning the collaboration between a podiatric physician and an advanced practice nurse. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Adds advanced practice nurses to the list of providers through whom the Department of Healthcare and Family Services may provide services in supplying medical assistance. Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act to provide prescriptive authority for Schedule II through V controlled substances for advanced practice nurses certified as nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, or clinical nurse specialists practicing in a hospital affiliate. Makes other changes. |
| | Current Status: | 7/29/2015 - Effective Date July 29, 2015
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| HB432 | OVERTIME EXEMPTION THRESHHOLD (REP. WILLIAM DAVIS) Amends the Minimum Wage Law. Provides that employees earning less than $69,000 per year and the weekly or monthly equivalent shall be entitled to overtime pay. Provides that the amount shall increase annually by the percentage increase in the consumer price index. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| | Bill Position: | Oppose |
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| HB464 | REGULATION-TECH (REP. JACK FRANKS) Amends the Alternative Health Care Delivery Act. Makes a technical change in the Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB485 | INC TX-CREDITS (REP. KELLY CASSIDY) Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that no corporate entity may claim an income tax credit, deduction, or exemption that is created by an Act of the General Assembly that first takes effect on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly. Provides that no credit, deduction, or exemption that is available to corporate entities on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly may be expanded by an Act of the General Assembly or by a rule adopted by a State agency. These changes are repealed on January 11, 2017. Creates a Corporate Tax Incentive Accountability Commission. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB491 | GA SALARY CUT-BILL BACKLOG (REP. CHRISTOPHER DAVIDSMEYER) Amends the The General Assembly Compensation Act. Provides that beginning in Fiscal Year 2016, if the State has not cut the backlog of unpaid bills by 10% by the end of the fiscal year, salaries of the members of the General Assembly shall be cut by 10% for the following fiscal year. Further provides that the percentage by which the backlog of unpaid bills has decreased or increased at the end of the fiscal year shall be certified by the State Comptroller. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/30/2015 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB504 | $DHFS-TECH (REP. MICHAEL MADIGAN) Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services for its FY16 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2015. |
| | Current Status: | 4/28/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB506 | $DHS-TECH (REP. MICHAEL MADIGAN) Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for its FY16 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2015. |
| | Current Status: | 4/28/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB767 | LOCAL GOVERNMENT-TECH (REP. MICHAEL MADIGAN) Amends the Township Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning appropriations for public graveyards. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB1012 | HEALTH-TECH (REP. MICHAEL MADIGAN) Amends the Illinois Rural/Downstate Health Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB1323 | OPEN MEETINGS WEBSITE NOTICE (REP. SAM YINGLING) Amends the Open Meetings Act. Removes requirements that a public body's website must be maintained by the public body's full-time staff in order to post public notice of meetings and minutes under the Act. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB1344 | MEDICAID-DEMONSTRATION PROJECT (REP. GREG HARRIS) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Prohibits the State from accepting any special terms and conditions for federal approval of any Medicaid research and demonstration project waiver proposal submitted to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on June 4, 2014. Requires the State to immediately withdraw all pending Section 1115 research and demonstration project waiver proposals submitted on or after June 4, 2014. Provides that the State shall not submit to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services any Section 1115 demonstration project waiver proposal without first receiving specific statutory authority detailing the parameters of the proposal prior to its submission for federal approval. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| | Bill Position: | Support |
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| HB1348 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. MARCUS EVANS) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning construction of the Code. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB1351 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. MARCUS EVANS) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning conditions for basic maintenance grants of aid to the aged, blind, or disabled. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB1356 | STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH (REP. MARCUS EVANS) Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB1368 | EMPLOYEE PAID HEALTH CARE TIME (REP. KELLY CASSIDY) Creates the Employee Paid Health Care Time Act. Provides that employees shall accrue paid health care time at a rate of not less than one hour for every 22 hours worked for an employer with 50 or more employees and at a rate of one hour for every 40 hours worked for an employer with fewer than 50 employees. Sets forth purposes for which paid health care time may be used. Applies to employers employing one or more individuals. Defines terms. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| | Bill Position: | Oppose |
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| HB1383 | TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT PROGRAM (REP. SARA FEIGENHOLTZ) Creates the Transportation Benefits Program Act. Requires all covered employers to offer at least one transportation benefit program. Provides that the employer may choose between providing a program consistent with federal law that allows employees to elect to exclude from taxable wages and compensation the employee's commuting costs incurred for the purchase of a transit pass to use public transit or for the purchase of qualified parking, or a program under which the employer supplies a transit pass for the particular qualifying public transit requested by the covered employee or reimburses the covered employee for payments made for the use of qualified parking. Defines terms. Effective January 1, 2016. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB1391 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. EDWARD ACEVEDO) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the amount and nature of medical assistance. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB1475 | HEALTH-TECH (REP. THADDEUS JONES) Amends the Public Health Standing Orders Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB1476 | HEALTH-TECH (REP. THADDEUS JONES) Amends the Public Health Standing Orders Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB1512 | HEALTH FACILITIES-NURSING HOME (REP. REGINALD PHILLIPS) Amends the Health Facilities Planning Act. Removes nursing homes from the requirements of the Act and the authority of the Health Facilities and Services Review Board. Makes conforming changes in the Nursing Home Care Act. |
| | Current Status: | 3/5/2015 - Tabled
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| | Bill Position: | Oppose |
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| HB1588 | CRIMINAL LAW-TECH (REP. JIM DURKIN) Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Changes the civil liability provision of financial exploitation of an elderly person or a person with a disability. Deletes provision that civil liability only attaches if the person is charged by information or indictment with the offense and fails or refuses to return the victim's property within 60 days following a written demand from the victim or the victim's legal representative. Provides that the civil liability provision shall not limit or affect the right of any person to bring any cause of action or seek any remedy available under the common law, or other applicable law, arising out of the financial exploitation of an elderly person or a person with a disability. Provides that the civil provision applies whether or not the defendant has been charged or convicted of the criminal offense. Provides that in a civil action for financial exploitation of an elderly person or a person with a disability, the burden of proof that the defendant committed financial exploitation of an elderly person or a person with a disability (rather than unlawfully obtained the victim's property) shall be by a preponderance of the evidence. |
| | Current Status: | 3/8/2016 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
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| HB1821 | EDUCATION-TECH (REP. JIM DURKIN) Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning charter schools. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB1886 | REGULATION-TECH (REP. JIM DURKIN) Amends the Alternative Health Care Delivery Act. Makes a technical change in the Section concerning definitions. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2015 - House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB1918 | BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION-TECH (REP. JIM DURKIN) Creates the FY2016 Budget Implementation Act. Provides that the purpose of the Act is to make the changes in State programs that are necessary to implement the Governor's FY2016 budget recommendations. Effective July 1, 2015. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB1919 | BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION-TECH (REP. JIM DURKIN) Creates the FY2016 Budget Implementation Act. Provides that the purpose of the Act is to make the changes in State programs that are necessary to implement the Governor's FY2016 budget recommendations. Effective July 1, 2015. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB1920 | $DEPT AGING-TECH (REP. JIM DURKIN) Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department on Aging for its FY16 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2015. |
| | Current Status: | 4/28/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB2010 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. JIM DURKIN) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding the treatment of trusts as they affect eligibility for medical assistance. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB2011 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. JIM DURKIN) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the "Medicaid" Article. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB2206 | AGING-TECH (REP. JIM DURKIN) Amends the Senior Pharmaceutical Assistance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB2207 | AGING-TECH (REP. JIM DURKIN) Amends the Adult Protective Services Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB2208 | AGING-TECH (REP. JIM DURKIN) Amends the Respite Program Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the establishment of respite projects. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB2211 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. JIM DURKIN) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the "Medicaid" Article. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB2212 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. JIM DURKIN) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the "Medicaid" Article. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB2213 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. JIM DURKIN) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the "Medicaid" Article. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB2214 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. JIM DURKIN) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the "Medicaid" Article. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB2215 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. JIM DURKIN) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the "Medicaid" Article. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB2217 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. JIM DURKIN) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the "Medicaid" Article. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB2218 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. JIM DURKIN) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the "Medicaid" Article. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB2347 | $DHS-TECH (REP. JIM DURKIN) Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for its FY16 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2015. |
| | Current Status: | 4/28/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB2349 | $DHFS-TECH (REP. JIM DURKIN) Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services for its FY16 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2015. |
| | Current Status: | 4/28/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB2350 | $IDPH-TECH (REP. JIM DURKIN) Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Public Health for its FY16 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2015. |
| | Current Status: | 4/28/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB2360 | $DEPT AGING-TECH (REP. JIM DURKIN) Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department on Aging for its FY16 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2015. |
| | Current Status: | 4/28/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB2424 | DAY LABORERS-DISCRIMINATION (REP. KENNETH DUNKIN) Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is a human rights violation for a third party client, as that term is defined by the Day and Temporary Labor Services Act, to fail to investigate a staffing agency's hiring practices if the third party client has reason to believe that the staffing agency is engaging in any discrimination in the hiring and assigning of day laborers. Amends the Day and Temporary Labor Services Act. Provides that a day and temporary labor service agency shall collect, from each person seeking work as a day or temporary laborer, demographic information on a contact form which allows the person to self-identify his or her race and gender. Provides that the collected information shall be maintained separately from any personnel files used to make job assignments. Provides that the day and temporary labor service agency shall submit the information to the Department of Labor on an annual basis. Provides that the Department shall use the data to submit a yearly report to the General Assembly. Provides that the report shall detail the hiring practices of each branch office of the day and temporary labor service agency. Provides that an agent of a day and temporary labor service agency who submits to the Department false or altered data is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB2462 | FACILITY-ELECTRONIC MONITORING (REP. GREG HARRIS) House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with changes that include the following: (1) makes changes to the definition of "electronic monitoring device", including providing that a video camera be a fixed position video camera; (2) makes changes to the definition of "facility"; (3) makes changes to provisions concerning consent to electronic monitoring on behalf of a resident; (4) adds provisions concerning roommates who withdraw consent to electronic monitoring; (5) requires the facility to make a reasonable attempt to accommodate a resident who wants to conduct authorized electronic monitoring and adds provisions concerning how a facility fulfills that requirement; (6) in provisions that require a resident to provide the facility with notice of his or her intent to install an electronic monitoring device, provides specified requirements for that notice; (7) authorizes the Department of Public Health to accept and investigate complaints regarding compliance with the Act; (8) adds an affirmative defense to a violation of provisions concerning the obstruction of electronic monitoring devices; (9) removes references to photographs created through authorized electronic monitoring; (10) provides that it is a Class B misdemeanor for a facility to access video or audio recordings created through authorized electronic monitoring without the consent of the resident or for any recording to be disseminated to any person other than specified persons or entities; and (11) makes other changes.
- House Committee Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1 with changes that include the following: Provides that a resident's representative may consent to authorized electronic monitoring on behalf of a resident who does not affirmatively object to authorized electronic monitoring and lacks the ability to understand and appreciate the nature and consequences of electronic monitoring. Defines "resident's representative". Makes changes in provisions that require a resident conducting authorized electronic monitoring to obtain the consent of his or her roommate. Requires the Department of Public Health to prescribe a consent form within 60 days after the effective date of the Act. Provides that if the Department has not prescribed the consent form by that date, a resident may create his or her own consent form to meet the requirements of the Act until the Department has prescribed the form. Provides that a facility shall not be civilly or criminally liable for a resident's, or the person who consented on behalf of the resident's, inadvertent or intentional disclosure of a recording made pursuant to the Act. In a provision that prohibits the obstruction of electronic monitoring devices, provides that a person or entity is prohibited from knowingly hampering, obstructing, tampering with, or destroying an electronic monitoring device installed in a resident's room without the permission of the resident or the individual who consented on behalf of the resident and provides that a person or entity is prohibited from knowingly hampering, obstructing, tampering with, or destroying a video or audio recording obtained in accordance with the Act without the permission of the resident or the individual who consented on behalf of the resident. Adds an effective date of January 1, 2016. Makes other changes.
- Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with changes that include the following: (1) makes changes to provisions concerning consent and notification; (2) provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to allow the use of an electronic monitoring device to take still photographs or for the nonconsensual interception of private communications; (3) provides a non-exhaustive list of conditions that a resident may impose on the use of an electronic monitoring device; (4) removes a list of persons and entities to which a resident may disseminate recordings and removes a corresponding penalty provision; (5) in a provision concerning the establishment of a program to assist certain residents in accessing authorized electronic monitoring, provides that the program is subject to appropriation; (6) provides that a recording made pursuant to the Act may only be disseminated for the purpose of addressing concerns relating to the health, safety, or welfare of a resident or residents; (7) provides that the resident or the person who consented on behalf of the resident shall provide a copy of any video or audio recording to parties involved in a civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding, upon a party's request, if the recording was made during the time period that the conduct at issue in the proceeding allegedly occurred; (8) provides that a facility is not civilly or criminally liable for a violation of a resident's right to privacy arising out of any electronic monitoring conducted pursuant to the Act; (9) removes a provision that authorizes the Department of Public Health to accept and investigate complaints regarding compliance with the Act; (10) amends the Nursing Home Care Act and the ID/DD Community Care Act to prohibit a facility from intentionally retaliating or discriminating against a resident for consenting to authorized electronic monitoring and preventing the installation or use of an electronic monitoring device by a resident who has met certain requirements and removes a similar provision in the Authorized Electronic Monitoring in Long-Term Care Facilities Act; and (11) makes other changes. Effective January 1, 2016.
- Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Provides that a roommate may consent to authorized electronic monitoring with any condition of his or her choosing. Provides that a roommate may request that the electronic monitoring device be turned off or the visual recording component of the electronic monitoring device be blocked at any time. Provides that if the Department of Public Health has not prescribed a notification and consent form within 60 days of the effective date, the Office of the Attorney General shall post a notification and consent form on its website for resident use (instead of authorizing a resident to create his or her own notification and consent form to meet the requirements of the Act). Provides that it is not a violation of the prohibition on a person or entity from obstructing an electronic monitoring device if a person or facility turns off the electronic monitoring device or blocks the visual recording component of the electronic monitoring device at the direction of the resident or the person who consented to the electronic monitoring on behalf of the resident. Removes a provision establishing an affirmative defense to that prohibition |
| | Current Status: | 8/21/2015 - Effective Date January 1, 2016
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| HB2482 | AMENDS THE ILLINOIS ACT ON THE AGING (REP. CYNTHIA SOTO) Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging, the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act, and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Regarding services provided under the Community Care Program, the Home Services Program, the supportive living facilities program, and the nursing home prescreening project, provides that individuals with a score of 29 or higher based on the determination of need assessment tool are eligible to receive institutional and home and community-based long term care services until the State receives federal approval and implements an updated assessment tool. Requires the Department on Aging, the Department of Human Services, and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to promulgate rules regarding the updated assessment tool, but prohibits those Departments from promulgating emergency rules regarding the updated assessment tool. Provides that the State shall not implement an updated assessment tool that causes more than 1% of then-current recipients to lose eligibility; and that anyone determined to be ineligible for services due to the updated assessment tool shall continue to be eligible for services for at least one year following that determination and must be reassessed no earlier than 11 months after that determination. Further amends the Illinois Public Aid Code by deleting a provision requiring the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to, subject to federal approval, on and after July 1, 2012, effectuate an increase in the determination of need scores from 29 to 37 for applicants for institutional and home and community-based long term care. Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that no individual receiving care in an institutional setting shall be involuntarily discharged as the result of the updated assessment tool until a transition plan has been developed by the Department on Aging or its designee and all care identified in the transition plan is available to the resident immediately upon discharge. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 11/24/2015 - BILL DEAD - No Positive Action Taken - Amendatory Veto
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| HB2483 | PUB AID-APPLICATION FRAUD (REP. LINDA CHAPA LAVIA) Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes it a Class C misdemeanor for specified persons to "impose, accept, or receive payment or compensation in any form from public aid applicants or recipients for assistance with" completing or submitting an application "or renewal application" for benefits under the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the State's Aid to the Aged, Blind, or Disabled (AABD) program, or the State's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program (rather than a Class C misdemeanor for specified persons to assist or represent another person in completing or submitting an application for benefits under the SNAP, AABD, or TANF program, in exchange for a portion of the applicant's SNAP, AABD, or TANF benefits or cash or any other form of payment from any other source). Provides that an applicant or recipient (rather than an applicant) who receives such assistance (rather than assistance or representation) is not in violation of the provision. Provides that nothing in the provision shall be construed as prohibiting a person or other entity from receiving payment or funding from a State or federal agency or other grant funding to provide assistance to applicants for or recipients of SNAP, AABD, or TANF. Provides that nothing in the provision shall be construed as prohibiting an applicant "or recipient" from receiving representation when appealing "a SNAP, AABD, or TANF matter before the Department of Human Services" (rather than nothing in the provision shall be construed as prohibiting an applicant from receiving such assistance or representation when appealing a denial of an application for SNAP, AABD, or TANF benefits). |
| | Current Status: | 10/10/2015 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| HB2484 | REGULATION-TECH (REP. PAMELA REAVES-HARRIS) Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB2485 | REGULATION-TECH (REP. SARA FEIGENHOLTZ) Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning conversion of facilities. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB2497 | DHFS-DHS-SOS-MEDICAID CARDS (REP. LA SHAWN FORD) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, in cooperation with the Secretary of State and the Department of Human Services, shall undertake a study to determine the feasibility of permitting recipients of medical assistance provided under Article V of the Code to obtain authorized benefits by presenting a valid State identification card issued by the Secretary of State in place of a separate Medical Card. Provides that the study shall include an analysis of any costs or cost savings associated with: (i) discontinuing the distribution and use of a separate Medical Card for recipients of medical assistance; (ii) permitting recipients of medical assistance to qualify for a waiver of any fee prescribed under the Illinois Identification Card Act and collected by the Secretary of State for the issuance of a State identification card; and (iii) establishing a verification process that would enable healthcare providers participating in the medical assistance program to use a person's Social Security number as it appears on a valid State identification card issued by the Secretary of State to verify that person's eligibility for medical assistance benefits. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB2504 | PROBATE-TEMP ADULT GUARDIANS (REP. DAVID HARRIS) Amends the Probate Act of 1975. In a subsection concerning the length of a temporary guardianship, provides that an extension of the guardianship may be granted, if specified conditions are met, for no longer than 90 (instead of 120) days. Provides that only one extension shall be allowed from the date the temporary guardian was originally appointed. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB2505 | PROBATE-TEMP ADULT GUARDIANS (REP. DAVID HARRIS) Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that a temporary guardian shall have the limited powers and duties (instead of "all of the powers and duties") of a guardian of the person or of the estate which are specifically enumerated by court order. |
| | Current Status: | 7/20/2015 - Effective Date January 1, 2016
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| HB2506 | GUARDIANSHIP-PERSONAL RIGHTS (REP. DAVID HARRIS) Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that unless a guardian of the person of a disabled adult is specifically authorized by court order, the guardian shall not restrict the personal rights of the ward, including, but not limited to, the right to receive visitors, telephone calls, and personal mail. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB2509 | NURS HM-LIABILITY INSURANCE (REP. KELLY CASSIDY) Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Prohibits a person from establishing, operating, maintaining, offering, or advertising a facility within this State without providing to the Department of Public Health proof of liability insurance coverage in an amount not less than $1,000,000 per occurrence. Defines "liability insurance". Authorizes the Department to suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew a license if the facility fails to have or maintain liability insurance coverage. Provides that the failure to maintain liability insurance coverage during the term of a facility's license shall be a separate "Type B" violation for each resident of the facility for each month, or part of a month, in which the facility did not have the minimum required liability insurance. Provides that a licensee shall pay 3 times the actual damages (instead of paying the actual damages), and costs and attorney's fees, to a facility resident whose rights, as specified in certain provisions of the Act, are violated. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB2525 | MEDICAID-OTC MEDICATIONS (REP. MICHAEL TRYON) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that over-the-counter medications that are prescribed to a recipient of medical assistance by a physician, a physician's assistant, a nurse practitioner, or any other medical care provider qualified to prescribe medications shall be covered under the State's medical assistance program. Provides that pharmacies providing prescribed over-the-counter medications shall be reimbursed at the same rate determined by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services for prescription medications covered under the State's medical assistance program. Requires the Department to establish guidelines and standards by administrative rule on the documentation, if any, a medical care provider must submit when prescribing an over-the-counter medication to a recipient of medical assistance. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 8/15/2016 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David S. Olsen
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| HB2553 | MHDDC-VENUE-COURT HEARING (REP. LAURA FINE) Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code concerning court hearings under the Admission, Transfer and Discharge Procedures for the Mentally Ill Chapter of the Code. Deletes provision that any party may request a change of venue or transfer to any other county because of the convenience of parties or witnesses or the condition of the respondent. Provides that the court shall grant the request of the respondent to have the proceedings transferred to the county of his or her residence if and only if the court determines that the transfer is necessary to ensure the attendance of any material witness. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB2562 | INS CD-CLINICAL TRIALS (REP. ROBYN GABEL) Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Amends provisions that prohibit individual or group policies of accident and health insurance from canceling or non-renewing policies for any individual based on that individual's participation in a qualified cancer trial to include other qualified clinical trials. Provides that the cancer or other qualified clinical trial may be at Phase I of investigation. Requires research trials to be authorized by an institutional review board of an institution approved by the Office of Human Research Protections of the federal Department of Health and Human Services. Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that no person shall be denied medical assistance based upon that individual's participation in a cancer or other qualified clinical trial if such trial meets the conditions for clinical trials established in the Illinois Insurance Code. Effective January 1, 2016. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB2596 | DHFS-MANAGED CARE ENTITIES (REP. GREG HARRIS) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, in conjunction with the Department of Insurance, to by rule adopt standards for assessing the solvency and financial soundness of each managed care community network. Provides that any solvency and financial standards adopted for managed care community networks shall be identical to (rather than no more restrictive than) the solvency and financial standards required under Article II of the Health Maintenance Organization Act (rather than the solvency and financial standards adopted under the Social Security Act for provider-sponsored organizations). In provisions concerning entities contracted with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to coordinate healthcare for medical assistance recipients, provides that the Department shall treat all contracted entities identically in relation to care coordination ratios. Provides that Managed Care Entities are authorized to hire community healthcare workers to meet the mandated care coordination ratios; and that the Department shall define by policy the term "community healthcare workers" no later than January 1, 2016. Requires the Department to treat all contracted entities receiving risk-based capitation payments identically with regards to network adequacy and medical loss ratios. Provides that in conjunction with the Department of Insurance, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall ensure that all contracted entities receiving risk-based capitation payments are treated identically with regards to protections against financial insolvency. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB2650 | DHFS-MEDICAID-READMISSIONS (REP. CYNTHIA SOTO) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Removes a provision requiring the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to (i) establish benchmarks for hospitals to measure and align payments to reduce potentially preventable hospital readmissions, inpatient complications, and unnecessary emergency room visits; (ii) consider items, including, but not limited to, historic and current acuity of care and historic and current trends in readmission; (iii) publish provider-specific historical readmission data and anticipated potentially preventable targets 60 days prior to the start of the program; and (iv) in the instance of readmissions, adopt policies and rates of reimbursement for services and other payments provided under the Code to ensure that, by June 30, 2013, expenditures to hospitals are reduced by, at a minimum, $40,000,000. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 4/8/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB2673 | MHDDC-CIRCUIT CT JURISDICTION (REP. MICHAEL TRYON) Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that the circuit court has jurisdiction over all persons alleged to be in need of psychotropic medication or electroconvulsive therapy, whether or not they are charged with a felony. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 7/29/2015 - Effective Date July 29, 2015
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| HB2684 | MEDICAID REFORM RESEARCH ACT (REP. GREG HARRIS) Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Medicaid Reform Research Act. Provides that, given that Illinois' Medical Assistance Program is undergoing a transition to managed care for Medicaid populations subject to the Medicaid Reform Act of 2011, the Save Medicaid Access Together (SMART) Act of 2012, and other Acts affecting Medicaid populations and delivery systems, a lawful and well-regulated dissemination of Medicaid data to qualified researchers is the best way to create accurate and creative unbiased analysis and information about Illinois' Medical Assistance Program that will lead to better health outcomes at a lower cost. Amends the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability Act. Provides that the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability may, subject to appropriations, coordinate and enter into agreements with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and certain institutions and entities for research on medical assistance managed care or other State medical assistance programs pursuant to the analysis purposes of the State-Funded Health Care Quality Assurance and Research Fund. Contains provisions concerning individual patient medical claims information provided by the Department to those institutions and entities and other matters. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the State-Funded Health Care Quality Assurance and Research Fund to provide the General Assembly with an independent analysis on certain matters, including the efficacy of State managed care programs to improve continuity of care, ensure adequate provider participation, and maintain appropriate utilization of health services. Provides that the Fund shall consist of certain moneys, including transfers from the Healthcare Provider Relief Fund and other matters. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB2731 | DHFS-MEDICAID-DATA REPORTS (REP. ELIZABETH HERNANDEZ) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning July 1, 2015, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall publish monthly reports on its website on the enrollment of persons in the State's medical assistance program, and the enrollment of recipients of medical assistance into a Medicaid Managed Care Entity contracted by the Department. Provides that the monthly reports shall include certain information for the medical assistance program generally and, separately, for each Medicaid Managed Care Entity contracted by the Department, including: (i) total enrollment and (ii) the number of persons enrolled in the medical assistance program pursuant to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Requires the Department to annually publish on its website every Medicaid Managed Care Entity's quality metrics outcomes and to make public an independent annual quality review report on the State's Medicaid managed care delivery system. Requires the Department to compile on a monthly basis data on eligibility redeterminations of beneficiaries of medical assistance. Requires the data to be posted on the Department's website and to include certain information, including: (a) the total number of redetermination decisions made in a month and, of that total number, the number of decisions to continue benefits, the number of decisions to change benefits, and the number of decisions to cancel benefits; and (b) if a vendor is procured to assist the Department in the redetermination process, the total number of redetermination decisions made in a month with the involvement of the vendor and without the involvement of the vendor. Effective immediately. - House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Changes the date upon which the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall publish the monthly reports required under the introduced bill from "beginning July 1, 2015" to "as soon as practical if the data is reasonably available, but no later than January 1, 2017". In the list of information the monthly reports are required to contain, provides that the reports shall include the number of persons enrolled in the medical assistance program under specified provisions of the Illinois Public Aid Code (rather than the number of persons enrolled in the medical assistance program pursuant to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148)). In a provision concerning the percentage of persons enrolled in each Medicaid Managed Care Entity using an auto-assignment algorithm, provides that such percentages shall also report the type of enrollee assigned using an auto-assignment algorithm, including, but not limited to, persons enrolled in the medical assistance program in each of the groups listed in a specified provision of the introduced bill (rather than persons enrolled in the medical assistance program pursuant to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148)). Provides that as soon as practical if the data is reasonably available, but no later than January 1, 2017, monthly enrollment reports for each Medicaid Managed Care Entity shall include a breakdown of language preference for enrollees by English, Spanish, and the next 4 most commonly used languages (rather than monthly enrollment reports for each Medicaid Managed Care Entity shall include a breakdown of language preference for enrollees). In a provision concerning compiled and reported data on eligibility redeterminations, provides that such data shall include, "if a vendor is utilized to provide services in support of the Department's redetermination decision process," the total number of redetermination decisions made in a month and, of that total number, the number of decisions to continue "or change" benefits, and the number of decisions to cancel benefits (i) with the involvement of the vendor and (ii) without the involvement of the vendor (rather than if a vendor is procured to assist the Department in the redetermination process, the total number of redetermination decisions made in a month and, of that total number, the number of decisions to continue benefits, the number of decisions to change benefits, and the number of decisions to cancel benefits (i) with the involvement of the vendor and (ii) without the involvement of the vendor). Makes other changes. |
| | Current Status: | 7/21/2015 - Effective Date July 21, 2015
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| HB2748 | WORKERS COMP-INJURY (REP. STEVEN ANDERSSON) Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Defines the terms "accident" and "injury". Provides that "injury" includes the aggravation of a pre-existing condition by an accident arising out of and in the course of the employment, but only for so long as the aggravation of the pre-existing condition continues to be the major contributing cause of the disability. Provides that an injury resulting directly or indirectly from idiopathic causes is not compensable. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB2755 | MEDICALLY COMPLEX DD FACILITY (REP. ESTHER GOLAR) Creates the MC/DD Act. Provides that long-term care for under age 22 facilities shall be licensed as medically complex for the developmentally disabled facilities under the MC/DD Act instead of the ID/DD Community Care Act. Makes the provisions in the MC/DD Act substantially the same as those in the ID/DD Community Care Act, including provisions for the rights of residents and responsibilities of facilities, licensing, violations and penalties, and transfer or discharge of residents. Amends various Acts to make conforming changes. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Contains a nonacceleration provision. Effective July 1, 2015.
- Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - In the MC/DD Act, removes provisions establishing the MC/DD Facility Advisory Board and replaces references to the MC/DD Facility Advisory Board with references to the DD Facility Advisory Board established under the ID/DD Community Care Act. In the Illinois Public Aid Code, incorporates MC/DD facilities into a provision that requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to establish procedures, within 365 days after August 15, 2014, to permit ID/DD facilities to submit monthly billing claims for reimbursement purposes and deletes a provision that requires the Department to establish those procedures for MC/DD facilities within 365 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. In a provision of the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act that defines the term "health care facilities", incorporates MC/DD facilities into an existing list item concerning ID/DD facilities (instead of as a standalone list item). |
| | Current Status: | 7/29/2015 - Effective Date July 29, 2015
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| | Bill Position: | Support |
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| HB2788 | MANAGED CARE-ACCREDITATION (REP. LAURA FINE) Amends the Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall accept evidence of accreditation with regard to the health care network quality management and performance improvement standards of the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care. Provides that the Department of Insurance shall recognize the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care among the list of accreditors from which utilization organizations may receive accreditation and qualify for reduced registration and renewal fees. |
| | Current Status: | 7/23/2015 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0111
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| HB2792 | NURS HOME-ELECTRONIC MONITORNG (REP. CAMILLE LILLY) Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Requires a nursing home to place electronic monitoring devices throughout the facility in areas including specified common areas and residents' rooms. Allows residents to opt out of electronic monitoring in their rooms. Sets forth requirements concerning recordings. Provides that intentionally hampering, obstructing, tampering with, or destroying an electronic monitoring device installed in a facility is a Class A misdemeanor for which a $5,000 fine may be imposed. Provides for access to real-time and recorded files. Allows for the admission of recordings into evidence. Contains provisions concerning civil liability; reimbursement of facilities for expenses incurred in installing electronic monitoring systems; the authority of the Department of Public Health to deny, suspend, or refuse to renew a facility's license; the adoption of rules by the Department; and other matters. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| | Bill Position: | Oppose |
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| HB2795 | E-VERIFY REQUIRE EMPLOYER (REP. ADAM BROWN) Amends the Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act. Requires every employer, after hiring an employee, to verify the employment eligibility of the employee through the E-Verify program. Provides that, in addition to any other requirement for an employer to receive a grant, loan, or performance-based incentive from any government entity, the employer shall register with and participate in the E-Verify program. Provides that before receiving the economic development incentive, the employer shall provide proof to the government entity that the employer is registered with and is participating in the E-Verify program. Provides that the State, its political subdivisions, and units of local government, including home rule units, shall require each employer to use an Employment Eligibility Verification System as a condition of receiving a government contract or a business license. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB2796 | MH/DD RECORD DISCLOSURE-SCOPE (REP. WILL GUZZARDI) Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act. Provides that unless otherwise expressly provided for in the Act, records and communications made or created in the course of providing mental health or developmental disabilities services are protected from disclosure regardless of whether the records and communications are made or created in the course of a therapeutic relationship. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB2799 | WORKERS COMP-INJURY (REP. KEITH WHEELER) Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Defines the terms "accident" and "injury". Provides that "injury" includes the aggravation of a pre-existing condition by an accident arising out of and in the course of the employment, but only for so long as the aggravation of the pre-existing condition continues to be the major contributing cause of the disability. Provides that an injury resulting directly or indirectly from idiopathic causes is not compensable. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB2812 | MEDICAID-SENSITIVE SERVICES (REP. CHRISTIAN MITCHELL) House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that unless otherwise required by federal law, Medicaid Managed Care Entities shall not divulge, directly or indirectly, including by sending a bill or explanation of benefits, information concerning the sensitive health services received by enrollees of the Medicaid Managed Care Entity to any person other than providers and care coordinators caring for the enrollee and employees of the entity in the course of the entity's internal operations. Provides that the Medicaid Managed Care Entity may divulge information concerning the sensitive health services if the enrollee who received the sensitive health services requests the information from the Medicaid Managed Care Entity and authorized the sending of a bill or explanation of benefits. Provides that communications including, but not limited to, statements of care received or appointment reminders either directly or indirectly to the enrollee from the health care provider, health care professional, and care coordinators, remain permissible. Provides that the term "Medicaid Managed Care Entity" includes Care Coordination Entities, Accountable Care Entities, Managed Care Organizations, and Managed Care Community Networks. Provides that "sensitive health services" means mental health services, substance abuse treatment services, reproductive health services, family planning services, services for sexually transmitted infections and sexually transmitted diseases, and services for sexual assault or domestic abuse. Services include prevention, screening, consultation, examination, treatment, or follow-up. Provides that nothing shall be construed to relieve a Medicaid Managed Care Entity or the Department of any duty to report incidents of sexually transmitted infections to the Department of Public Health or to the local board of health in accordance with regulations adopted under a statute or ordinance or to report incidents of sexually transmitted infections as necessary to comply with the requirements under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act or as otherwise required by State or federal law. Provides that the Department shall create policy in order to implement these requirements. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 7/29/2015 - Effective Date July 29, 2015
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| HB2884 | $FY16 AGING OCE (REP. JIM DURKIN) Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department on Aging for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, as follows: General Funds $937,725,800; Other State Funds $4,545,000; Federal Funds $100,893,000; Total $1,043,163,800. |
| | Current Status: | 2/20/2015 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB2887 | $FY16 DHS OCE (REP. JIM DURKIN) Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of Human Services for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, as follows: General Funds $3,163,740,400; Other State Funds $1,157,921,100; Federal Funds $1,689,285,500; Total $6,010,947,000. |
| | Current Status: | 2/20/2015 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB2888 | $DHFS FY16 OCE (REP. JIM DURKIN) Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, as follows: General Funds $6,320,133,800; Other State Funds $12,476,438,600; Federal Funds $400,000,000; Total $19,196,572,400. |
| | Current Status: | 2/20/2015 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB2889 | $FY16 DPH OCE (REP. JIM DURKIN) Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of Public Health for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, as follows: General Funds $111,316,700; Other State Funds $155,648,300; Federal Funds $317,495,900; Total $584,460,900. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2016 - House Revenue & Finance |
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| HB2915 | HOSPITAL DISCHARGE-CAREGIVERS (REP. JERRY COSTELLO) Creates the Caregiver Advise, Record, and Enable Act. Provides that after a patient is admitted as an inpatient into a hospital and before the patient is discharged or transferred, the hospital shall provide the patient or the patient's legal representative with an opportunity to designate a caregiver. Provides that the hospital shall document the patient's designation of a caregiver. Requires the hospital to notify the patient's designated caregiver prior to the patient's discharge or transfer, unless the patient indicates that he or she does not want the designated caregiver to be notified. Requires the hospital to consult with the designated caregiver and issue a discharge plan that contains certain information. Provides that the hospital issuing the discharge plan shall make an effort to provide or arrange for the designated caregiver to receive instructions in the after-care assistance tasks described in the discharge plan. Provides that the Act shall not be construed to interfere with the rights of an agent operating under a valid health care directive and shall not be construed to create a private right of action against certain individuals and entities. Contains other provisions. Effective 180 days after becoming law. - House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provision of the introduced bill with the following changes: (1) provides that the definition of "hospital" means a hospital that provides general acute care that is either licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act or operated under the University of Illinois Hospital Act (instead of a general acute care hospital licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act or the University of Illinois Hospital Act); (2) changes the defined term "after-care" to "after care" and makes conforming changes; (3) provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to interfere with the rights of an agent operating under a valid power of attorney; and (4) in a provision concerning private rights of action, provides (i) that the Act shall not be construed to create a private right of action against certain entities solely for providing instruction to a designated caregiver and (ii) that certain entities shall not be held liable, except for willful or wanton misconduct, for services rendered or not rendered by the caregiver to the patient. Effective 180 days after becoming law. |
| | Current Status: | 8/21/2015 - Total Veto Stands - No Positive Action Taken
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| HB2926 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. ESTHER GOLAR) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the "Medicaid" Article. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB3026 | $DHFS-TECH (REP. MICHAEL MADIGAN) Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services for its FY16 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2015. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB3029 | $DEPT AGING-TECH (REP. MICHAEL MADIGAN) Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department on Aging for its FY16 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2015. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB3031 | $IDPH-TECH (REP. MICHAEL MADIGAN) Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Public Health for its FY16 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2015. |
| | Current Status: | 2/25/2015 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB3133 | HEALTH FACILITIES-FINES&FORMS (REP. WILLIAM DAVIS) Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Removes a provision requiring the State Board to prescribe and provide the forms upon which the State Board Staff Report shall be made. Provides that the State Board shall provide its rationale when voting on an item before it at a meeting in order to comply with the Code of Civil Procedure. Requires the transcript of the meeting to be incorporated into the Board's final decision. Provides that the State Board may require in-kind services instead of or in combination with the imposition of a fine. Limits this authorization to cases where the non-compliant individual or entity has waived the right to an administrative hearing or opportunity to appear before the Board. Provides that fines shall continue to accrue until the date that the matter is referred by the State Board to the Board's legal counsel. Effective immediately. - House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the introduced bill with the following changes: provides that the Health Facilities and Services Review Board may accept (instead of may require) in-kind services instead of or in combination with the imposition of a fine. Provides that all requests for an appearance before the State Board must be made within 30 days after receiving notice that a fine will be imposed. Provides that a person who discontinues a health care facility or a category of service without first obtaining a permit or exemption (currently, a permit) shall be fined an amount not to exceed $10,000 plus an additional $10,000 for each 30-day period. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 7/23/2015 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0114
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| HB3139 | REPEALS HEALTH FAC PLANNING BD (REP. DAVID HARRIS) Repeals the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act and abolishes the Health Facilities and Services Review Board. Repeals the Health Care Worker Self-Referral Act. Amends various other Acts to eliminate references to the Board or the Act. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| | Bill Position: | Oppose |
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| HB3147 | LONG TERM CARE-RATE INCREASE (REP. MICHAEL TRYON) Amends the Illinois Long-Term Care Partnership Program Act. Provides that for every qualified long-term care partnership policy, the General Assembly shall approve any increase in premiums greater than 10% before that premium increase takes effect. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB3212 | HEALTH CARE-BACKGROUND CHECK (REP. CAMILLE LILLY) Amends the Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Replaces language prohibiting a health care employer to hire, employ, or retain any individual in a position with duties involving direct care for clients if the individual is convicted of committing specified offenses with language that allows health care employers to hire, employ, or retain any individual in a position involving direct care for clients, patients, or residents, or access to the living quarters or the financial, medical, or personal records of residents, who has been convicted of committing or attempting to commit specified offenses after specified time periods or within the time periods with a waiver under the Act. Adds 5 members to the Health Care Worker Task Force. Requires the Task Force to issue recommendations to the Department of Public Health, including (i) examining whether the relevant rules must be amended to reflect changes in Illinois law, (ii) determining whether the waiver procedures are effective, and (iii) connecting people with criminal records to employment with work in the health care industry. Requires the Department of Public Health to issue a report regarding waivers. Makes other changes. Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that evidence that an employee (1) has been granted a waiver or similar relief pursuant to the Health Care Worker Background Check Act or (2) has been convicted of a disqualifying offense is not admissible for the purpose of proving that an employer was negligent or otherwise liable for hiring the employee if the employee has received a waiver or has otherwise been determined eligible for hire pursuant to the Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 5/13/2015 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
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| | Bill Position: | Oppose |
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| HB3214 | STATE FUNDS CONSOLIDATION ACT (REP. RANDY FRESE) Creates the State Funds Consolidation Act. Creates the State Funds Consolidation Board that shall: (i) review and analyze the current structure of the State's funds held in the State Treasury; (ii) review the Auditor General's finding regarding the excessive number of State funds that are held by the State; (iii) review specific funds to determine if it would be beneficial to the State to consolidate certain funds into existing or new funds; and (iv) report any recommendations to the General Assembly, the State Comptroller, the Governor, and the State Treasurer on an annual basis. Provides for the membership of the Board. Repeals the Act on June 30, 2019. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 5/28/2015 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
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| HB3285 | MEDICAID-MCO-ENROLLEE RIGHTS (REP. SARA FEIGENHOLTZ) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision concerning certain requirements care coordination services must conform to when such services are provided to enrollees participating in the Medicare-Medicaid Alignment Initiative Demonstration Project, adds the requirement that all rights guaranteed an enrollee under federal and State law be protected, including the right of an enrollee to select his or her own physician. In a provision concerning continuity of care for nursing home residents transitioning to a managed care organization, provides that the managed care organization shall, within 24 hours of receiving a request, change an enrollee's primary care provider and notify the enrollee in writing. Provides that if the enrollee states that a medical emergency exists, the managed care organization shall make the necessary changes immediately and notify by phone all involved parties followed by a written confirmation. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| | Bill Position: | Support |
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| HB3294 | PUB AID-SUCCESS RATES (REP. CHRISTIAN MITCHELL) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Governor's Office and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the Department of Human Services to submit a joint report to the General Assembly on the success rates of public assistance programs administered by the State and to issue a plan to reduce poverty in the State by 50% by the year 2020. |
| | Current Status: | 4/14/2015 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
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| HB3297 | EMPLOYEE PAID HLTH CARE LEAVE (REP. CHRISTIAN MITCHELL) Creates the Employee Paid Health Care Time Act. Provides that employees shall accrue paid health care time at a rate of not less than one hour for every 22 hours worked for an employer with 50 or more employees and at a rate of one hour for every 40 hours worked for an employer with fewer than 50 employees. Sets forth purposes for which paid health care time may be used. Applies to employers employing one or more individuals. Prohibits retaliation by employers. Defines terms. Provides that a violation by an employer is a petty offense with a fine of $500. Effective July 1, 2015. |
| | Current Status: | 4/28/2016 - Fiscal Note Filed
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| HB3299 | MEDICAL CANNABIS-EXT REPEAL (REP. LOU LANG) Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act. Provides that patient registry identification cards issued prior to the date the first dispensary organization registration is issued by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall be extended for a period of one year from the date such registration is issued without further fee to the cardholder. Requires the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to file with the Index Department of the Office of the Secretary of State a declaration to that effect, and to notify the Clerk of the House of Representatives, the Secretary of the Senate, and the Legislative Reference Bureau of the filing of the declaration. Extends the date of repeal of the Act from January 1, 2018 to 4 years after the filing of the declaration. - House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Adds an immediate effective date. |
| | Current Status: | 9/9/2015 - BILL DEAD - No Positive Action Taken - Amendatory Veto
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| HB3300 | NURS HM-DAMAGES & ATTY'S FEES (REP. ELAINE NEKRITZ) Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that a licensee shall pay the actual damages (instead of the actual damages and costs and attorney's fees) to a facility resident whose rights, as specified in certain provisions of the Act, are violated. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| | Bill Position: | Support |
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| HB3306 | DHFS-CARE COORDINATION-REPORTS (REP. JIM DURKIN) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision requiring the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to report to the General Assembly on the progress and implementation of the care coordination program initiatives established under the Code, provides that the Department shall submit such information beginning April, 2012 (rather than beginning April, 2012 until April, 2016). Provides that the progress reports shall include, but need not be limited to, certain data and information, including: (i) the total number of individuals covered under the medical assistance program; (ii) the total number of individuals enrolled in coordinated care; (iii) a breakdown of the individuals enrolled in coordinated care by medical assistance enrollment category; and (iv) a breakdown of the number of individuals enrolled in coordinated care by the type of coordinated care model. - House Floor Amendment No. 1 - In a provision listing the data and information to be included in the Department of Healthcare and Family Services' annual report to the General Assembly on the progress and implementation of the care coordination program, removes the following information and data: (1) the number of individuals enrolled in coordinated care who are enrolled under an entity that is paid through a fully capitated payment arrangement; and (2) information showing migratory behavior between different coordinated care delivery systems and also between the fee-for-service system and the coordinated care delivery systems, including the extent to which individuals auto-enrolled into a coordinated care delivery system opt out of coverage through the assigned entity. |
| | Current Status: | 10/10/2015 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| HB3311 | DHS-DPH-PUB AID-DEATH RECORDS (REP. DWIGHT KAY) House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that at least once each calendar month, the Department of Human Services shall cross-reference its roster of public aid recipients with the death records information from the Department of Public Health residing on the Electronic Data Warehouse at the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Provides that a public aid recipient who is found to have a death record shall be subject to an immediate cancelation of his or her public aid benefits, including the deactivation of his or her LINK card, in instances where there are no other individuals receiving benefits in that assistance unit and upon certification that the identity of the public aid recipient matches the identity of the person named in the death certificate. Defines "LINK card". Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 7/21/2015 - Effective Date July 21, 2015
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| HB3345 | MINIMUM WAGE-INC TX (REP. ARTHUR TURNER) Amends the Minimum Wage Law. Increases the minimum wage from $8.25 to $9.00 beginning July 1, 2015 and increases it to $10.00 per hour on and after July 1, 2016. Provides that the establishment of a minimum wage that employers must pay their employees is an exclusive power and function of the State and is a denial and limitation of the home rule powers and functions, except that the limitation on home rule powers does not apply to a municipality with more than 1,000,000 inhabitants. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a credit against the withholding tax liability of employers with fewer than 50 employees in an amount equal to the increased wages paid as a result of the increase in the minimum wage. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB3346 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. WILLIAM DAVIS) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning Safety-Net Hospitals. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB3398 | NURS HM-RN TIME WAIVER (REP. BRANDON PHELPS) House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that upon application by a facility, the Director of Public Health may grant or renew a waiver of certain staffing requirements for registered nurses, considering specified criteria, if the facility demonstrates to the Director's satisfaction that the facility is unable, despite diligent efforts, including offering wages at a competitive rate for registered nurses in the community, to employ the required number of registered nurses. Provides that these waivers shall be reviewed quarterly by the Department of Public Health, including requiring a demonstration by the facility that it has continued to make diligent efforts to employ the required number of registered nurses, and may be revoked for noncompliance with certain requirements. |
| | Current Status: | 9/9/2015 - BILL DEAD - No Positive Action Taken - Amendatory Veto
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| HB3451 | CMTY INTEGRATED LIVING ARRANG (REP. CHARLES MEIER) Amends the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health (instead of the Department of Human Services) shall be responsible for licensure, investigations, and oversight of Community Integrated Living Arrangements. Authorizes rulemaking for the Department of Public Health (instead of the Department of Human Services). Provides that a license to operate a Community Integrated Living Arrangement shall expire one year (instead of 3 years) after issuance. Requires the Department of Public Health to conduct unannounced site visits to agencies licensed under the Act and to inspect the records of those agencies. Provides that if the Department of Public Health receives a complaint, then the Department shall conduct an unannounced site visit and an investigation (instead of may conduct an investigation). Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB3452 | STATE FACILITY CLOSURE-OPINION (REP. CHARLES MEIER) Amends the State Facilities Closure Act. Provides that, after the General Assembly receives an advisory opinion filed by the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability concerning the recommendation of a State executive branch officer for the closure of a State facility, the General Assembly shall vote by joint resolution to uphold or overturn the opinion. Provides that no action may be taken to implement the recommendation for closure of a State facility until the General Assembly has taken final action of the advisory opinion filed by the Commission by adopting a joint resolution affirming the recommendation for closure (rather than, until 50 days after the filing of any required recommendation). Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB3467 | WRK COMP CONSIDER APPROPRIATED (REP. ELIZABETH HERNANDEZ) Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides that, in the event of insufficient funds in the Injured Workers' Benefit Fund to pay all claims, an amount of money sufficient to make up the deficiency shall be considered to be always appropriated from the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Operations Fund, the Rate Adjustment Fund, the Settlement Fund, and the Second Injury Fund. Provides that the minimum payout from the Injured Workers' Benefit Fund for death or permanent total disability is 364 weeks of benefits payable in a lump sum. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB3470 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. ELIZABETH HERNANDEZ) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning construction of the Code. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB3490 | CONCEALED CARRY-SIGNS-LIABLE (REP. DWIGHT KAY) Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that if a sign is posted stating that the carrying of firearms is prohibited on private real property, the owner of the private real property is civilly liable for damages for any death or injury that occurs on his or her property as a result of prohibiting firearms on the property. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB3503 | DHS-DHFS-LONG-TERM CARE-REPORT (REP. ROBYN GABEL) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions concerning data jointly compiled by the Department of Human Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services on pending applications for long-term care eligibility, adds data on pending denials, appeals, and redeterminations to the list of data the Departments must compile into a monthly report which shall be posted on each Department's website. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 7/28/2015 - Effective Date July 28, 2015
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| HB3504 | HEALTH FAC-CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP (REP. ROBYN GABEL) Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Makes changes concerning: (i) the permit and exemption process for changes of ownership among related persons; (ii) an application to close a health care facility; and (iii) an application to discontinue a category of service. Effective immediately. - House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Provides that the State Board shall publish a legal notice concerning a change of ownership only once (currently, on 3 consecutive days). Requires the applicant to pay the cost incurred by the Board of publishing the change of ownership notice. Makes changes concerning the key terms to be included in an application for a change of ownership in lieu of containing signed transaction documents. Requires the Board Chair to take action on an application for an exemption for a change of ownership among related persons within 45 days after the application has been deemed complete. Provides that if the Board Chair has a conflict of interest or for other good cause, the Chair may request review by the Board. - Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Provides that projects eligible for an exemption, rather than a permit, include, in addition to discontinuation of a category of service, the discontinuation of a health care facility, other than a health care facility maintained by the State or any agency or department thereof or a nursing home maintained by a county. |
| | Current Status: | 7/28/2015 - Effective Date July 28, 2015
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| HB3510 | HEALTH CARE FAC-SUBCOMMITTEE (REP. BRANDON PHELPS) Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Requires the Health Facilities and Services Review Board to establish a separate set of rules and guidelines for long-term care for submission to the Index Division of the Office of Secretary of State no later than April 1, 2016. Requires the Health Services Review Board Long-term Care Facility Advisory Subcommittee to, in conjunction with the Board, study new approaches to the current bed need formula and Health Service Area boundaries and submit its recommendations to the Chairman of the Board no later than October 1, 2015. Requires the Chairman of the Board to ensure that the Health Services Review Board Long-term Care Facility Advisory Subcommittee includes 2 members recommended from each of the 3 statewide long-term care provider associations. Revokes all appointments to the Subcommittee on January 1, 2016 if by that time the Subcommittee has failed to recommend a separate set of rules and guidelines governing long-term care. Sets forth membership for the new Subcommittee to be appointed by the Board. Effective immediately. - House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the substantive provisions of the introduced bill with technical and formatting changes. Requires the Chairman of the Board to ensure that the Health Services Review Board Long-term Care Facility Advisory Subcommittee includes 2 members recommended from each of the 3 statewide long-term care provider associations by January 1, 2016. Provides that voting members of the Subcommittee shall be appointed for 3-year terms, with one-third of the terms expiring each January, to be determined by lot. Effective immediately. - House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1. Makes the following changes: deletes a provision requiring the Subcommittee to submit draft rules regarding the Subcommittee's responsibility for the review of long-term care projects to the Board. Requires the Subcommittee to submit recommendations to the Chairman of the Board concerning bed need by January 1, 2017 (instead of January 1, 2016). Makes changes to the composition of the Subcommittee, including both voting members and ex-officio non-voting members. Provides that the Subcommittee Chair shall serve for a period of 3 years instead of one year. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 8/5/2015 - Effective Date August 5, 2015
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| HB3529 | CRIMCD-ELDER & PERSON W/ DISAB (REP. TOM DEMMER) Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 concerning financial exploitation of an elderly person or a person with a disability. Provides that the offense includes obtaining control over the property of an elderly person or a person with a disability or illegally using the assets or resources of an elderly person or a person with a disability, including income required to be applied to the cost of care of an elderly person or person with a disability residing in a facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act in order to establish and maintain Medicaid eligibility for long term care supports and services as provided in the Illinois Public Aid Code. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that in addition to the sentence provided for the offense, the State's Attorney of the county that prosecuted the defendant shall request that the court order a person convicted of financial exploitation of an elderly person or a person with a disability, who failed to pay the long term care facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act for care provided to the elderly person or person with a disability, to pay restitution to the facility where the elderly person or a person with a disability resided at the time of the financial exploitation of all amounts that are owed to the facility to pay for the care of the elderly person or a person with a disability. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 10/10/2015 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| HB3530 | MEDICAID-HEP C PHARMACEUTICALS (REP. SARA FEIGENHOLTZ) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to develop and pay a monthly supplemental capitation payment for all high cost specialty pharmaceuticals and medical treatments, including, but not limited to, curative Hepatitis C pharmaceuticals. Provides that the supplemental capitation payments shall be made to all impacted capitated managed care organizations that follow the Department's clinical coverage guidelines for pharmaceuticals and treatments covered by a supplemental capitation payment; and that the supplemental capitation payment must be made by the Department within 60 days of receipt of data from the impacted managed care organization. Provides that for all new high cost specialty pharmaceuticals and medical treatments not previously contemplated and included within existing capitation rates, the Department shall be responsible for the full cost until clinical coverage guidelines and supplemental capitation payments are in place. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB3549 | MANAGED CARE ACT-STEP THERAPY (REP. LAURA FINE) Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: | 8/12/2016 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0761
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| HB3567 | INC TX-LONG TERM CARE (REP. JEHAN GORDON-BOOTH) Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a credit in an amount equal to 10% of any long-term care insurance premiums paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year. Provides that the credit may be carried forward. Provides that the credit is exempt from the Act's automatic sunset provisions. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 4/14/2015 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
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| HB3616 | HOSPITALS-OBSERVATION STATUS (REP. LOU LANG) Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that within 24 hours after a patient's placement into observation status by a hospital, the hospital shall provide that patient with an oral and written notice that the patient is not admitted to the hospital and is under observation status. Provides that the written notice shall be signed by the patient or the patient's legal representative to acknowledge receipt of the notice. Requires the notice to contain certain information. Effective immediately. - House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following change: amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act by adding provisions that are identical to the provisions added to the Hospital Licensing Act in the introduced bill. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 8/17/2015 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0383
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| HB3618 | HOSPITAL-OUTPATIENT NOTICE (REP. CYNTHIA SOTO) Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act and the Hospital Licensing Act. Requires a hospital to provide notice of a patient's outpatient status to the patient or the patient's designee if: (1) the patient receives onsite services from the hospital for more than 23 consecutive hours; (2) the onsite services received by the patient include a hospital bed and meals that have been provided in an area of the hospital other than the hospital emergency room; and (3) the patient has not been formally admitted as an inpatient at the hospital. Requires the notice to include certain information concerning insurance coverage. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 4/22/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB3716 | HEALTHCARE OVERVIEW COMMITTEE (REP. PATRICIA BELLOCK) Creates the State-Funded Healthcare Programs Overview Committee Act. Creates the State-Funded Healthcare Programs Overview Committee to periodically inquire into and review the actions of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to evaluate the success with which the Department is accomplishing its statutory duties and functions. Provides that the Committee shall be composed of members from both houses of the General Assembly, including: (i) the chairperson and minority spokesperson of the House Appropriations Human Services Committee; (ii) the chairperson and minority spokesperson of the Senate Appropriations 1 Committee; (iii) the chairperson and minority spokesperson of the House Human Services Committee; and (iv) the chairperson and minority spokesperson of the Senate Human Services Committee. Provides that on or after January 1, 2016, the President of the Senate shall appoint the Committee Chairperson from among the members of the Committee, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint the Committee Vice-Chairperson from among the members of the Committee. Provides that the Committee Chairperson, the Committee Vice-Chairperson, and the Committee members shall serve two-year terms and shall serve until their respective terms expire or until termination of their legislative service, whichever first occurs. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to cooperate with the Committee and its authorized personnel to ensure that the duties of the Committee are timely and efficiently discharged. Contains provisions concerning membership vacancies and reporting requirements. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB3734 | MEDICAID FRAUD-PENALTIES (REP. MICHAEL UNES) Amends the Public Assistance Fraud Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Increases the criminal and civil penalties for medical assistance fraud committed by individuals and corporations. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| | Bill Position: | Support |
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| HB3735 | MEDICAID SMART CARD (REP. PATRICIA BELLOCK) Creates the Medicaid Smart Card Pilot Program Act. Requires the Director of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to establish a Medicaid Smart Card Pilot Program to reduce the total amount of expenditures under the State's Medical Assistance Program. Provides that the pilot program shall be designed to reduce the average monthly cost under the State's Medical Assistance Program for recipients within the pilot program area by an amount that is at least sufficient to recover the cost of implementing the pilot program. Provides that the Director shall determine the geographic area to be included in the pilot program and may contract with an independent entity for the purpose of developing and implementing the pilot program. Contains provisions on required activities under the pilot program, including the distribution of Medicaid Smart Cards to designated recipients; measures the Department might take to implement the pilot program; annual evaluations; reporting requirements; extension or expansion of the pilot program; the confidentiality of health information; reports to the Inspector General; and rulemaking authority. |
| | Current Status: | 11/2/2015 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Bill Mitchell
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| HB3753 | AGING-INTEGRATED MENTAL HEALTH (REP. DAVID LEITCH) Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Provides that subject to appropriations, the Department on Aging may provide grants to public and private nonprofit entities for projects that demonstrate ways to integrate mental health services for older adults into primary health care settings, such as federally qualified health centers as defined in the Social Security Act, primary care clinics, and private practice sites. Grants the Department rulemaking authority. |
| | Current Status: | 7/29/2015 - Effective Date January 1, 2016
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| HB3794 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. ROBERT RITA) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the "Medicaid" Article. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB3795 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. ROBERT RITA) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning construction of the Code. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB3825 | DHS-HLTH CARE WORKER REGISTRY (REP. ESTHER GOLAR) Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Provides that nothing in a specified provision of the Act shall prohibit an employee from formally contesting any adverse employment action taken against the employee as a result of a substantiated finding by the Office of the Inspector General; however, such contest shall not prohibit the Inspector General from reporting the employee's name to the health care worker registry. Provides that the fact that an employee may be formally contesting an employer's adverse employment action in another forum shall not prohibit the employee from requesting an administrative hearing to contest the reporting of his or her name to the health care worker registry; that the outcome of an action filed with the Civil Service Commission or pursuant to any collective bargaining agreement shall have no bearing on the Inspector General's obligation to report a substantiated finding of physical abuse, sexual abuse, egregious neglect, or financial exploitation to the health care worker registry, or the outcome of the hearing, if any (rather than no reporting to the registry shall occur and no hearing shall be set or proceed if an employee notifies the Inspector General in writing, including any supporting documentation, that he or she is formally contesting an adverse employment action resulting from a substantiated finding by complaint filed with the Illinois Civil Service Commission, or which otherwise seeks to enforce the employee's rights pursuant to any applicable collective bargaining agreement; that if an action taken by an employer against an employee as a result of a finding of physical abuse, sexual abuse, or egregious neglect is overturned through an action filed with the Illinois Civil Service Commission or under any applicable collective bargaining agreement and if that employee's name has already been sent to the registry, the employee's name shall be removed from the registry). |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB3841 | NURS HM-RESID BACKGROUND CHECK (REP. ELGIE SIMS) House Floor Amendment No. 3 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. In a provision that requires a facility to conduct a criminal history background check for all persons age 18 or older seeking admission to the facility, provides that a facility is not required to conduct the criminal history background check if a criminal history background check was completed by the facility the resident resided at prior to seeking admission to the facility and the resident was transferred to the facility with no time passing during which the resident was not institutionalized and (1) the transferring resident is immobile; (2) the transferring resident is moving into hospice; (3) the transferring resident is wheelchair bound and is 75 years of age or older; or (4) the transferring resident is 65 years of age or older and has undergone a fingerprint screening that showed no violent criminal history or criminal history for at least 15 years and, based on risk analysis, does not show indications of substance abuse or serious mental health issues. Provides that a facility that is transferring a resident to another facility shall provide a copy of its background check of that resident and all supporting documentation, including, when applicable, the criminal history report and the security assessment, to the facility to which the resident is being transferred. Effective immediately. - Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes: (1) removes exceptions to the background check requirement for circumstances where (A) the transferring resident is wheelchair bound and is 75 years of age or older or (B) the transferring resident is 65 years of age or older and has undergone a fingerprint screening that showed no violent criminal history or criminal history for at least 15 years and, based on risk analysis, does not show indications of substance abuse or serious mental health issues; and (2) makes conforming changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 8/24/2015 - Effective Date August 24, 2015
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| | Bill Position: | Support |
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| HB3842 | DHFS-PERSONAL NEEDS ALLOWANCE (REP. ELGIE SIMS) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that subject to appropriation, for a person who is a resident in a facility licensed under the ID/DD Community Care Act or the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act for whom payments are made throughout a month and who is determined to be eligible for medical assistance, the State shall pay an amount in addition to the minimum monthly personal needs allowance authorized under the Social Security Act so that the person's total monthly personal needs allowance from both State and federal sources equals $60. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB3845 | CIV PRO-MEDICAL RECORDS: FEES (REP. ELGIE SIMS) Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of the Part of the Code concerning copying fees for medical records, a health care facility or health care practitioner shall not charge more than $20 for the expense of reproducing a patient's records if those records are requested in connection with a claim or appeal under any provision of the federal Social Security Act. Provides that 5 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act: (i) the new provisions limiting certain fees to $20 become inoperative; and (ii) a health care facility or health care practitioner shall not charge any fee to reproduce a patient's records if those records are requested in support of an application for benefits under the Titles of the federal Social Security Act concerning federal old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income for the aged, blind, and disabled. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB3852 | CIV PRO-INSTRUCTION-LIABILITY (REP. RON SANDACK) Amends and re-enacts provisions of the Civil Practice Article of the Code of Civil Procedure concerning actions on account of bodily injury or death or physical damage to property based on negligence or product liability based on strict tort liability. Provides that the court shall not instruct the jury of the consequence of any findings of fault of any plaintiff or defendant under specified provisions of the Code. Deletes language providing that the court shall instruct the jury in writing that the defendant shall be found not liable if the jury finds that the contributory fault of the plaintiff is more than 50% of the proximate cause of the injury or damage for which recovery is sought. Deletes language providing that: any defendant whose fault is less than 25% of the total fault attributable to the plaintiff, the defendants sued by the plaintiff, and any third party defendant except the plaintiff's employer, is severally liable for non-medical damages; and any defendant whose fault is 25% or greater of the total fault attributable to the plaintiff, the defendants sued by the plaintiff, and any third party defendants except the plaintiff's employer, is jointly and severally liable for non-medical damages. Adds language providing that: any defendant whose fault is less than 25% of the proximate cause of the injury or damage for which recovery is sought by the plaintiff is severally liable for non-medical damages; and any defendant whose fault is 25% or greater of the proximate cause of the injury or damage for which recovery is sought by the plaintiff is jointly and severally liable for non-medical damages. Contains applicability provisions. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB3890 | HOSPITAL-HEROIN OD-HEPATITIS C (REP. MICHAEL MCAULIFFE) Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Requires a hospital that is treating a patient for a heroin overdose to test that patient for hepatitis C. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB3896 | SEXUALLY VIOLENT PERSON-NOTICE (REP. NORINE HAMMOND) Amends the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall send the notice, postmarked within one business day of the court order approving the conditional release, discharge, or any court-ordered change in the custody status of the detainee or sexually violent person, unless unusual circumstances do not permit advance written notification, or immediately if a detainee or civilly committed sexually violent person escapes or dies (rather than at least 60 days before the date the person committed under this Act is placed on conditional release, discharged, or if a detainee or civilly committed sexually violent person escapes, dies, or is subject to any court-ordered change in the custody status of the detainee or sexually violent person, unless unusual circumstances do not permit advance written notification) to the Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice and the last-known address of the victim, an adult member of the victim's family, if the victim died as a result of the act of sexual violence, or the victim's parent or legal guardian, if the victim is younger than 18 years old. Effective immediately. - House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Provides that the Department of Human Services shall send notice of conditional release of a sexually violent person to the Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice and the last known address of the victim of the act of sexual violence or an adult member of the victim's family, if the victim died as a result of the sexual violence, or the parent or legal guardian of the victim if the victim is under 18 years old, within one business day of the court order requiring the preparation of a conditional release plan and another notice postmarked within one business day of the court order approving the conditional release. |
| | Current Status: | 8/6/2015 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0299
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| HB3913 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. BILL MITCHELL) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the "Medicaid" Article. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB3980 | MEDICAID-ADVANCE PAYMENTS (REP. KELLY BURKE) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions concerning advance payments to nursing facilities with significant outstanding Medicaid liability associated with services provided to residents with Medicaid applications pending and residents facing the greatest delays, provides that each facility with an advance payment shall enter into a contract with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services that specifies the terms and conditions of repayment of the advance (rather than that each facility with an advance payment shall state in writing whether its own recoupment schedule will be in 3 or 6 equal monthly installments, as long as all advances are recouped by June 30, 2015). Provides that repayment shall be in the form of no more than 6 equal payments and shall not commence until the processing time for long-term care eligibility determinations equals 90 or fewer days. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB3981 | HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (REP. ROBYN GABEL) Creates the 21st Century Human Services Reorganization Commission Act. Creates the 21st Century Human Services Reorganization Commission to review all human services and economic support programs provided by the State and to make recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on how to reorganize and simplify human services in order to (i) integrate those services in a cost-effective manner, (ii) streamline government, (iii) reduce redundant applications, and (iv) cross program silos and deliver these services when needed to achieve measurable income, security, economic stability, and asset building outcomes. Provides that the Commission shall hold at least 5 public hearings, and that the Commission shall have members from both public and private organizations, and members who reflect the regional, racial, and cultural diversity of the State to ensure that the needs of all Illinois residents are represented. Contains provisions concerning member appointments; non-voting members; meetings; and reporting requirements. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB4042 | INS CD-WORKERS' COMP-RATES (REP. BRANDON PHELPS) Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that with respect to employers correctly classified within the construction industry, the amount charged to the insured for workers' compensation and employers' liability insurance shall be based upon hours worked by employees in specific job categories or classifications, not the wages or salaries paid to the employees. Makes technical and grammatical changes. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB4094 | ID/DD COMMUNITY CARE-CAMERA (REP. NORINE HAMMOND) Amends the ID/DD Community Care Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall require that each long-term care for under age 22 facility: (1) place video cameras in the common areas of the facility; (2) place audio recording equipment in each private bedroom of the facility with the consent of all residents of the bedroom capable of knowingly consenting to the placement of that equipment, or if incapable of knowingly consenting, the parent or guardian of the resident; and (3) obtain an insurance policy to cover the costs of the equipment and its installation. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB4095 | MEDICAID-MCCN-PHARMACY RATES (REP. SARA FEIGENHOLTZ) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision listing certain requirements imposed on a managed care community network that contracts with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to furnish health care services to or arrange those services for enrollees participating in programs administered by the Department, adds that the managed care community network shall establish, maintain, and provide a fair and reasonable reimbursement rate to pharmacy providers for pharmaceutical services, prescription drugs and drug products, and pharmacy or pharmacist-provided services. Provides that this reimbursement rate shall include a fair and reasonable professional dispensing fee for pharmaceutical services, prescription drugs, and drug products and a fair and reasonable professional fee for pharmacy or pharmacist-provided services; and that this reimbursement rate shall not be less than the reimbursement rate utilized by the Department for reimbursement for prescription and pharmacy or pharmacist-provided services under a provision of the Code concerning pharmacy payments under the medical assistance program. Effective January 1, 2016. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB4109 | FIN REG-ELDER EXPLOITATION (REP. MICHAEL UNES) Amends the Illinois Banking Act, the Savings Bank Act, and the Illinois Credit Union Act. Provides that persons or entities under those Acts furnishing information concerning financial abuse of the elderly shall be entitled to the rights and protections of a person furnishing information under the Department of Human Services Act. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| | Bill Position: | Support |
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| HB4141 | $GOMB-TECH (REP. MICHAEL MADIGAN) House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Makes FY16 appropriations to the Department on Aging for specified purposes. Effective July 1, 2015.
- House Floor Amendment No. 3 - Makes FY16 appropriations to the Department of Children and Family Services for specified purposes.
- House Floor Amendment No. 4 - Makes a FY16 appropriation to the Department of Human Services for grants associated with child care services, including operating and administrative costs.
- House Floor Amendment No. 5 - Makes a FY16 appropriation to the Department of Human Services for Early Intervention.
- House Floor Amendment No. 6 - Makes a FY16 appropriation to the Department of Human Services for a grant to the Autism Program for an Autism Diagnosis Education Program for Young Children.
- House Floor Amendment No. 7 - Makes FY16 appropriations to the Department of Human Services for specified purposes.
- House Floor Amendment No. 8 - Makes a FY16 appropriation to the Department of Human Services for certain funeral and burial expenses.
- House Floor Amendment No. 9 - Makes FY16 appropriations to the Department of Human Services for family and community services and related distributive purposes.
- House Floor Amendment No. 10 - Makes FY16 appropriations to the Department of Human Services for specified purposes.
- House Floor Amendment No. 11 - Makes FY16 appropriations to the Department of Human Services for specified purposes.
- House Floor Amendment No. 13 - Makes a FY16 appropriation to the Department of Public Health for breast and cervical cancer screenings, minority outreach, and other related activities.
- House Floor Amendment No. 15 - Makes FY16 appropriations to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for energy assistance.
- House Floor Amendment No. 16 - Makes a FY16 appropriation to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority for grants and administrative expenses for the Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center for Methamphetamine Pilot Program. |
| | Current Status: | 4/28/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB4249 | NURSING HOME-RESID ID WRISTLET (REP. LA SHAWN FORD) Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Removes provision that prohibit the use of resident identification wristlets without a physician's order. Requires identification wristlets to be employed for every resident. |
| | Current Status: | 4/22/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB4276 | CANNABIS REGULATION&TAXATION (REP. KENNETH DUNKIN) Creates the Cannabis Regulation and Taxation Act. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as otherwise provided in the Act, the following acts are lawful and shall not be a criminal or civil offense under State law or the law of any political subdivision of this State or be a basis for seizure or forfeiture of assets under State law for persons 21 years of age or older: (1) possessing, consuming, using, displaying, purchasing, or transporting cannabis accessories; (2) possessing, growing, processing, or transporting no more than 8 cannabis plants and possession of the cannabis produced by the plants on the premises where the plants were grown; (3) transferring 30 grams or less of cannabis or up to 6 immature cannabis plants to a person who is 21 years of age or older without remuneration; and (4) assisting another person who is 21 years of age or older in any of these acts. Provides that an excise tax is imposed at the rate of 10% of the sale price of the sale or transfer of cannabis from a cannabis cultivation facility to a retail cannabis store or cannabis product manufacturing facility. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Creates a new regulatory offense classification of offense, which is not to be considered a criminal offense and is fine only for the amount specified in the offense or for which community service may be imposed. Changes various penalties for the possession of more than 30 grams of cannabis and for producing or possessing more than 8 cannabis sativa plants. Amends various other Acts to make conforming changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 12/3/2015 - Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
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| HB4351 | AGING-DHS-DHFS-DON ASSESSMENT (REP. GREG HARRIS) Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging, the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act, and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Regarding services provided under the Community Care Program, the Home Services Program, the supportive living facilities program, and the nursing home prescreening project, provides that individuals with a score of 29 or higher based on the determination of need assessment tool are eligible to receive institutional and home and community-based long term care services until the State receives federal approval and implements an updated assessment tool. Requires the Department on Aging, the Department of Human Services, and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to promulgate rules regarding the updated assessment tool, but prohibits those Departments from promulgating emergency rules regarding the updated assessment tool. Provides that the State shall not implement an updated assessment tool that causes more than 1% of then-current recipients to lose eligibility; and that anyone determined to be ineligible for services due to the updated assessment tool shall continue to be eligible for services for at least one year following that determination and must be reassessed no earlier than 11 months after that determination. Further amends the Illinois Public Aid Code by deleting a provision requiring the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to, subject to federal approval, on and after July 1, 2012, effectuate an increase in the determination of need scores from 29 to 37 for applicants for institutional and home and community-based long term care. Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that no individual receiving care in an institutional setting shall be involuntarily discharged as the result of the updated assessment tool until a transition plan has been developed by the Department on Aging or its designee and all care identified in the transition plan is available to the resident immediately upon discharge. Effective immediately. - House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Further amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Removes a provision requiring the Department on Aging to establish eligibility standards for services provided under the Community Care Program and instead sets forth the criteria individuals must meet to have equal access to services under the Community Care Program. Makes changes to provisions added to the Act concerning the eligibility of individuals with a determination of need score of 29 or higher for institutional and home and community-based long term care services until the State receives federal approval and implements an updated assessment tool; and adds a provision requiring service cost maximums to be set at levels no lower than the service cost maximums that were in effect as of January 1, 2016 and to be increased accordingly to reflect any rate increases. Makes changes to provisions added to the Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities Act and the Illinois Public Aid Code concerning the eligibility of individuals with a determination of need score of 29 or higher for institutional and home and community-based long term care services until the State receives federal approval and implements an updated assessment tool. Further amends the Illinois Public Aid Code by providing that no individual receiving care in an institutional setting shall be involuntarily discharged as the result of the updated assessment tool until a transition plan has been developed by the Department on Aging or its designee and all care identified in the transition plan is available to the resident immediately upon discharge. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 11/17/2016 - Total Veto Stands - No Positive Action Taken
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| HB4399 | STATE GOV-BALANCED BUDGET (REP. BILL MITCHELL) Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that, within 30 days after the enactment of the State budget for a fiscal year, the Auditor General must certify whether the enacted budget will be balanced with expenses not exceeding funds estimated by the General Assembly to be available during that year. Provides that the Comptroller may find at any time during the fiscal year that the State budget has become unbalanced and so report to the Auditor General, which shall have 10 days to respond to this report. Provides that, if the Auditor General certifies that the budget is not balanced or agrees with the Comptroller's finding that the State budget has become unbalanced, then (i) the Comptroller shall withhold all payments for the salaries of General Assembly members and the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, and Treasurer and (ii) a special session of the General Assembly shall be convened within 10 days to enact a new State budget. Provides that, upon certification that the new budget will be balanced, the Comptroller will be allowed to resume payments. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 9/2/2016 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David A. Welter
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| HB4401 | HEALTH-TECH (REP. GREG HARRIS) Amends the Uniform Act for the Extradition of Persons of Unsound Mind. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: | 1/15/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB4402 | HEALTH-TECH (REP. GREG HARRIS) Amends the Community Services Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: | 1/15/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB4403 | HEALTH-TECH (REP. GREG HARRIS) Amends the Community Support Systems Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: | 1/15/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB4404 | HEALTH-TECH (REP. GREG HARRIS) Amends the Community Expanded Mental Health Services Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: | 1/15/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB4405 | HEALTH-TECH (REP. GREG HARRIS) Amends the Community Mental Health Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: | 1/15/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB4406 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. GREG HARRIS) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning construction of the Code. |
| | Current Status: | 1/15/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB4407 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. GREG HARRIS) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning sanctions against TANF recipients. |
| | Current Status: | 1/15/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB4408 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. GREG HARRIS) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding Medicaid co-payments. |
| | Current Status: | 1/15/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB4409 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. GREG HARRIS) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning payment under the Medicaid program for obligations incurred but not paid for at the time of a recipient's death. |
| | Current Status: | 1/15/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB4410 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. GREG HARRIS) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning case management services. |
| | Current Status: | 1/15/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB4411 | AGING-TECH (REP. GREG HARRIS) Amends the Respite Program Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a program of assistance to persons in need and to deter the institutionalization of frail adults or adults with disabilities. |
| | Current Status: | 1/15/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB4412 | AGING-TECH (REP. GREG HARRIS) Amends the Senior Citizens and Persons with Disabilities Property Tax Relief Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: | 1/15/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB4413 | AGING-TECH (REP. GREG HARRIS) Amends the Senior Citizens and Persons with Disabilities Property Tax Relief Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning pharmaceutical assistance procedures. |
| | Current Status: | 1/15/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB4414 | AGING-TECH (REP. GREG HARRIS) Amends the Senior Pharmaceutical Assistance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: | 1/15/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB4415 | AGING-TECH (REP. GREG HARRIS) Amends the Family Caregiver Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title of the Act. |
| | Current Status: | 1/15/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB4429 | PROMPT PAYMENT-LATE PAYMENT (REP. ELAINE NEKRITZ) Amends the State Prompt Payment Act. Provides that after the effective date of the amendatory Act, any bill approved for payment under the Act and pursuant to a health benefit plan under the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 or submitted under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code, except a bill for pharmacy or nursing facility services or goods, if payment is not issued to the payee in a timely manner under the Section, the following interest penalty shall apply to any amount approved and unpaid until final payment is made: the sum of the prime commercial rate plus 4.0% per year, applied pro rata for the amount of time the bill remains unpaid. Defines "prime commercial rate". Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions concerning timely payment for health care services, provides that the interest to be charged on late payments of periodic payments, payments by independent practice associations and physician-hospital organizations, and payments by health insurers, health maintenance organizations, managed care plans, health care plans, preferred provider organizations, and third party administrators shall be the sum of the prime commercial rate plus 4.0% per year. Defines "prime commercial rate". Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Provides that the program of health benefits offered under the Act is subject to certain provisions of the Illinois Insurance Code concerning late payments and assignability except as otherwise provided. |
| | Current Status: | 4/8/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB4448 | NURSING HOMES-CNA RATIOS (REP. ARTHUR TURNER) Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Requires a facility to comply with specified minimum staffing ratios of certified nursing assistants to residents. |
| | Current Status: | 2/18/2016 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
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| | Bill Position: | Oppose |
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| HB4450 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. SARA FEIGENHOLTZ) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the "Medicaid" Article. |
| | Current Status: | 1/15/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB4503 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. SARA FEIGENHOLTZ) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning elimination and limitations of medical assistance services. |
| | Current Status: | 1/26/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB4506 | HEALTH-TECH (REP. GREG HARRIS) Amends the Public Health Standing Orders Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: | 1/26/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB4507 | HEALTH-TECH (REP. GREG HARRIS) Amends the Public Health Standing Orders Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: | 1/26/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB4508 | AGING-OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM-CILAS (REP. GREG HARRIS) Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Expands the Department on Aging's Long Term Care Ombudsman Program to include advocacy services for residents of community-integrated living arrangements. Makes changes to provisions concerning access and visitation rights. Defines "community-integrated living arrangements". Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/28/2016 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
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| HB4513 | HEALTH-TECH (REP. LOU LANG) Amends the Medical Patient Rights Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act. |
| | Current Status: | 1/26/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB4514 | HEALTH-TECH (REP. LOU LANG) Creates the Palliative Care Information Act. Contains only a short title provision. |
| | Current Status: | 1/26/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB4515 | HEALTH CARE WORKER REGISTRY (REP. CAMILLE LILLY) Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to make the Health Care Worker Registry that includes background check and training information accessible by health care employers. Allows the Department to maintain a publicly accessible registry. Makes changes regarding information that must be contained in the registry accessible to health care employers. Requires the Department to limit specific offense information on an applicant or employee. Requires that after June 30, 2016, the public registry report that an individual is ineligible for employment if he or she has a disqualifying offense under the Health Care Worker Background Check Act and has not received a waiver under that Act. Requires that the public registry report than an individual is eligible for employment if he or she has received a waiver but not the waiver information. Amends the Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Allows a health care employer to hire an individual with a disqualifying offense if the individual has received a waiver under the Act (rather than in the discretion of the Department of Public Health, no health care employer shall knowingly hire, employ, or retain any individual in a position with duties involving direct care for clients, patients, or residents, and no long-term care facility shall knowingly hire, employ, or retain any individual in a position with duties that involve or may involve contact with residents or access to the living quarters or the financial, medical, or personal records of residents, who has been convicted of committing or attempting to commit certain offenses). Creates a Health Care Worker Registry working group in the Office of the Governor. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. - House Committee Amendment No. 1
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the introduced bill with the following changes: In provisions amending the Nursing Home Care Act, removes provisions prohibiting the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation from posting specific information regarding disqualifying offenses, including the charge or date of an offense, on the Health Care Worker Registry. In provisions amending the Health Care Worker Background Check Act, provides that the Department of Public Health may, at the discretion of the Director of Public Health, grant a waiver to an applicant, student, or employee listed on the registry. In provisions concerning an applicant receiving a written notification by the Department of its decision on whether to grant a waiver, removes the exception in cases where a rehabilitation waiver is granted. In provisions concerning the Health Care Worker Registry working group, provides that the Department of Public Health and the Governor's Office shall provide the working group with any relevant aggregate data currently available that is related to the waiver process and its effectiveness. Provides that the working group shall identify any gaps in information currently collected that would inform the working group's efforts and make recommendations to the Governor's Office and the General Assembly about what additional data should be collected to evaluate and monitor the success of the waiver process by July 1, 2017. Removes provisions requiring the Department of Public Health to identify ways to analyze information regarding the employment of people with waivers and report the information to the working group. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. - House Floor Amendment No. 3 - In provisions amending the Health Care Worker Background Check Act, provides that when the Department of Public Health sends an applicant, student, or employee written notification of its decision whether to grant a waiver, the written notification shall include a list of the specific disqualifying offense for which the waiver is being granted not denied. Provides that the Department shall issue additional copies of the written notification upon the applicant's, student's, or employee's request. - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - In provisions amending the Nursing Home Care Act, provides that after January 1, 2017 (rather than June 30, 2016) the publicly accessible Health Care Worker Registry shall report if an individual is ineligible because of a disqualifying offense and has not received a waiver. Changes the effective date to January 1, 2017 (rather than upon becoming law). |
| | Current Status: | 8/22/2016 - Effective Date January 1, 2017
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| HB4517 | HEALTH PLANNING CENTER REPEAL (REP. WILLIAM DAVIS) Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois (Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law). Repeals a Section concerning the Center for Comprehensive Health Planning. Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois (General Provisions and Departments of State Government) and the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act to make conforming changes. - Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the bill as engrossed, and further amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act by making the following changes: provides that the Department of Public Health shall provide operational support to the Health Facilities and Services Review Board, as necessary, and that the Board may contract for functions or operational support as needed; provides that no later than 90 days after a discontinuation of a health facility or a discontinuation of a category of service, the applicant for a certificate of exemption must submit a statement to the State Board certifying that the discontinuation is complete; provides that if a public hearing concerning change of ownership or discontinuation of a health facility or a category of service is held, all interested persons attending the hearing shall be given a reasonable opportunity to present their positions in writing or orally; removes language concerning certificates of recognition; and modifies language referencing facilities licensed under the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013 for purposes of denial of a permit on the basis of prior operator history. |
| | Current Status: | 7/8/2016 - Effective Date January 1, 2017
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| | Bill Position: | Monitor |
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| HB4518 | HEALTH FACILITIES PLANNING (REP. WILLIAM DAVIS) Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Clarifies that health care facilities include hospitals, nursing homes, ambulatory surgical treatment centers, or kidney disease treatment centers maintained by the State or any department or agency thereof, whether or not they are licensed by the Department of Public Health. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall provide operational support to the Health Facilities and Services Review Board as agreed to in the Intergovernmental Agreement between the Department and the State Board. Provides that no later than 90 days after a discontinuation of a health facility or a discontinuation of a category of service, the applicant for a certificate of exemption must submit a statement to the State Board certifying that the discontinuation is complete. Provides that if a public hearing concerning change of ownership or discontinuation of a health facility or a category of service is held, all interested persons attending the hearing shall be given a reasonable opportunity to present their positions in writing or orally. Removes language concerning certificates of recognition. Removes language concerning the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act. Makes conforming changes. - House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: removes language modifying the definition of "health care facilities"; removes requirement that operational support provided to the Health Facilities and Services Review Board by the Department of Public Health be as agreed to in the Intergovernmental Agreement between the Department and the State Board; allows the Board to contract for functions or operational support; and provides for the Section in the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013 for which certain actions would result in a denial of a permit on the basis of prior operator history. |
| | Current Status: | 7/31/2016 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| | Bill Position: | Monitor |
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| HB4519 | HEALTH FAC PLAN REPEAL DATE (REP. WILLIAM DAVIS) Provides that the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act shall be repealed on December 31, 2029 (rather than December 31, 2019). |
| | Current Status: | 1/27/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| | Bill Position: | Monitor |
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| HB4521 | UNBALANCED BUDGET RESPONSE ACT (REP. JIM DURKIN) Creates the Unbalanced Budget Response Act. Provides authority and procedures for the Governor to establish contingency reserves of previously appropriated funds, and to transfer balances between special funds in the State treasury and the General Revenue Fund. Describes the agencies and programs subject to this authority. Provides that designated agencies may adopt emergency rules to carry out the purposes of the Act. Defines terms. Provides that the Act is repealed on July 1, 2017. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to make conforming changes. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Adds actions taken under the Unbalanced Budget Response Act to a Section relating to applicability. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2016 - House Revenue & Finance |
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| HB4524 | REGULATION-TECH (REP. DEB CONROY) Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: | 4/22/2016 - House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB4526 | DHFS-MEDICAID-SOCIAL WORKER (REP. ELAINE NEKRITZ) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to adopt rules, no later than 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, for the legally recognized services of persons licensed under other laws of this State as a clinical social worker. |
| | Current Status: | 4/20/2016 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy
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| HB4684 | MEDICAID-VENDOR FRAUD (REP. PATRICIA BELLOCK) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of the Code to the contrary, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services' Inspector General shall report all suspected cases of provider fraud involving a vendor, a medical provider, or any other provider authorized to participate in the medical assistance program to the State's Attorney of the county where the alleged fraud occurred or, when appropriate, to the Office of the Attorney General or to the Offices of the several United States Attorneys in Illinois. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 2/5/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB4982 | REPEALS HEALTH FAC PLANNING BD (REP. DAVID HARRIS) Repeals the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act and abolishes the Health Facilities and Services Review Board. Amends various other Acts to eliminate references to the Board, the Act, and certificates of need. Amends the Health Care Worker Self-Referral Act to transfer the Board's functions under that Act to the Department of Public Health. Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department (instead of the Board) may require facility questionnaires to be completed annually for health care facilities licensed under the Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Act, the Hospital Licensing Act, the Nursing Home Care Act, the ID/DD Community Care Act, the MC/DD Act, the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, or the End Stage Renal Disease Facility Act. Contains provisions concerning the content of the facility questionnaires. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 2/8/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| | Bill Position: | Oppose |
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| HB4986 | HEALTH CARE CREDENTIALS (REP. RON SANDACK) Amends the Health Care Professional Credentials Data Collection Act. Provides that any health care professionals' credentials data collected or obtained by a health care entity, health care plan, or hospital shall be privileged information. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 4/8/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB4999 | WORK PRIVACY SOCIAL MEDIA (REP. WILL GUZZARDI) Amends the Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act. Makes it unlawful for an employer or prospective employer to request or require an employee or applicant to authenticate or access a personal online account in the presence of the employer, to request or require that an employee or applicant invite the employer to join a group affiliated with any personal online account of the employee or applicant, or join an online account established by the employer. Prohibits retaliation against an employee or applicant. Defines terms. - House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause with provisions substantially similar to the introduced bill. Amends the Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act. Makes it unlawful for an employer or prospective employer to request or require an employee or applicant to authenticate or access a personal online account in the presence of the employer, to request or require that an employee or applicant invite the employer to join a group affiliated with any personal online account of the employee or applicant, or join an online account established by the employer. Prohibits retaliation against an employee or applicant. Provides that when an employer pays for or provides additional features to an employee's personal online account and the employee uses only those features for business purposes, the rest of the account shall be considered a personal online account. Removes the employee's profile on a social networking website from the scope of the Act. Amends the Freedom from Location Surveillance Act to make a complementary cross reference change. - House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Changes the definition of "personal online account" by deleting an exception for an account for which an employer pays for additional features or enhancements to an employee's personal online account and the employee uses those features or enhancements for a business purpose. In language providing that certain provisions of the bill do not prohibit or restrict an employer from complying with a duty to screen employees or applicants before hiring or monitoring or retaining employee communications under specified laws if the password, account information, or access sought by the employer relates only to an online account that is supplied or paid for by an employer, deletes language relating to an exception for an account for which an employer pays for additional features or enhancements to an employee's personal online account. |
| | Current Status: | 7/22/2016 - Effective Date January 1, 2017
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| HB5038 | $DHS-COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH (REP. GREG HARRIS) Appropriates to the Department of Human Services for Grants-In-Aid and Purchased Care in its various regions under the Community Services Act and Community Mental Health Act: (1) $27,000,000 for psychiatric leadership capacity grants; (2) $3,600,000 for eligibility and disposition assessment services; and (3) $5,500,000 for community hospital inpatient services. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 8/1/2016 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB5044 | $DEPT AGING-TECH (REP. MICHAEL MADIGAN) Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department on Aging for its FY17 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2016. |
| | Current Status: | 8/1/2016 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB5052 | $DHFS-TECH (REP. MICHAEL MADIGAN) Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services for its FY17 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2016. |
| | Current Status: | 8/1/2016 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB5067 | $IDPH-TECH (REP. MICHAEL MADIGAN) Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Public Health for its FY17 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2016. |
| | Current Status: | 8/1/2016 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB5073 | BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION-TECH (REP. MICHAEL MADIGAN) Creates the FY2017 Budget Implementation Act. Provides that the purpose of the Act is to make the changes in State programs that are necessary to implement the Governor's FY2017 budget recommendations. Effective July 1, 2016. |
| | Current Status: | 4/8/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB5074 | BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION-TECH (REP. MICHAEL MADIGAN) Creates the FY2017 Budget Implementation Act. Provides that the purpose of the Act is to make the changes in State programs that are necessary to implement the Governor's FY2017 budget recommendations. Effective July 1, 2016. |
| | Current Status: | 4/8/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB5075 | BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION-TECH (REP. MICHAEL MADIGAN) Creates the FY2017 Budget Implementation Act. Provides that the purpose of the Act is to make the changes in State programs that are necessary to implement the Governor's FY2017 budget recommendations. Effective July 1, 2016. |
| | Current Status: | 4/8/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB5076 | BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION-TECH (REP. MICHAEL MADIGAN) Creates the FY2017 Budget Implementation Act. Provides that the purpose of the Act is to make the changes in State programs that are necessary to implement the Governor's FY2017 budget recommendations. Effective July 1, 2016. |
| | Current Status: | 4/8/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB5077 | BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION-TECH (REP. MICHAEL MADIGAN) Creates the FY2017 Budget Implementation Act. Provides that the purpose of the Act is to make the changes in State programs that are necessary to implement the Governor's FY2017 budget recommendations. Effective July 1, 2016. |
| | Current Status: | 4/8/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB5078 | BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION-TECH (REP. MICHAEL MADIGAN) Creates the FY2017 Budget Implementation Act. Provides that the purpose of the Act is to make the changes in State programs that are necessary to implement the Governor's FY2017 budget recommendations. Effective July 1, 2016. |
| | Current Status: | 4/8/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB5079 | BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION-TECH (REP. MICHAEL MADIGAN) Creates the FY2017 Budget Implementation Act. Provides that the purpose of the Act is to make the changes in State programs that are necessary to implement the Governor's FY2017 budget recommendations. Effective July 1, 2016. |
| | Current Status: | 4/8/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB5081 | BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION-TECH (REP. MICHAEL MADIGAN) Creates the FY2017 Budget Implementation Act. Provides that the purpose of the Act is to make the changes in State programs that are necessary to implement the Governor's FY2017 budget recommendations. Effective July 1, 2016. |
| | Current Status: | 4/8/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB5082 | BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION-TECH (REP. MICHAEL MADIGAN) Creates the FY2017 Budget Implementation Act. Provides that the purpose of the Act is to make the changes in State programs that are necessary to implement the Governor's FY2017 budget recommendations. Effective July 1, 2016. |
| | Current Status: | 4/8/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB5289 | REGULATION-TECH (REP. MICHAEL MADIGAN) Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: | 4/8/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB5345 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. MICHAEL MADIGAN) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning construction of the Code. |
| | Current Status: | 4/8/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB5346 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. MICHAEL MADIGAN) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning conditions for basic maintenance grants of aid to the aged, blind, or disabled. |
| | Current Status: | 4/8/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB5347 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. MICHAEL MADIGAN) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning disability determinations. |
| | Current Status: | 4/8/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB5348 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. MICHAEL MADIGAN) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section describing the termination of the AFDC program and the beginning of the TANF program. |
| | Current Status: | 4/8/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB5349 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. MICHAEL MADIGAN) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning references to "AFDC" and "TANF". |
| | Current Status: | 4/8/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB5359 | HEALTH-TECH (REP. MICHAEL MADIGAN) Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: | 4/22/2016 - House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB5524 | PUB AID-HIV VIRAL LOAD REPORTS (REP. GREG HARRIS) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2018, Accountable Care Entities, Managed Care Community Networks, and Managed Care Organizations shall report annually on HIV viral load suppression as a quality measure related to HIV/AIDS disease management. Requires implementation of reporting on the HIV quality measure to be done in consultation with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the Department of Public Health, health care providers and community-based organizations with expertise in HIV/AIDS care, impacted MCOs, and other interested parties and to be based on nationally-recognized quality measurement standards. |
| | Current Status: | 2/10/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB5532 | COMMUNITY CARE PROGRAM-RPTS (REP. TOM DEMMER) Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. In provisions concerning the Community Care Program, removes the following requirements: (i) that the Department on Aging require Community Care Program applicants to enroll in the medical assistance program if the Auditor General has reported that the Department has failed to comply with certain reporting requirements or has not undertaken certain actions listed in the Auditor General's report; (ii) that the Department delay Community Care Program services until an applicant is determined eligible for medical assistance if the Auditor General has reported that the Department has failed to comply with certain reporting requirements or has not undertaken certain actions listed in the Auditor General's report; (iii) that the Department implement co-payments for the Community Care Program at the federally allowable maximum level if the Auditor General has reported that the Department has failed to comply with certain reporting requirements or has not undertaken certain actions listed in the Auditor General's report; (iv) that the Department provide a bimonthly report on the progress of the Community Care Program; and (v) that the Department submit its quarterly review report on the performance of the Care Coordination Unit to certain designated persons. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 2/10/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB5534 | MEDICAL CANNABIS-CAREGIVERS (REP. SARA FEIGENHOLTZ) Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act. Makes changes to the definition of "designated caregiver". Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 2/10/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB5539 | POWER AGENCY-ANNUAL REPORTS (REP. ELAINE NEKRITZ) Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision concerning payments to vendors, provides that, notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall not seek recovery of overpayments, adjustments, or other amounts due that are over 6 years old unless such overpayments, adjustments, or other amounts due were made pursuant to a vendor's criminal activity. Effective immediately. -
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In a provision concerning payments to vendors, provides that, notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall not seek recovery of overpayments, adjustments, or other amounts due that are more than 6 years old, except in the following circumstances: (i) there is an active investigation initiated by the Department of State Police or any other State or federal law enforcement agency during the 6-year period, in which case the 6-year limitation for the recovery of overpayments, adjustments, or other amounts due is tolled for the period of time the matter is under investigation or prosecution; or (ii) the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services attempts to recover federal financial participation moneys from the Department resulting from an overpayment more than 6 years old and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services determines that the overpayment is not discharged or uncollectible pursuant to Section 1903(d)(2)(D) of the Social Security Act (rather than providing that notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall not seek recovery of overpayments, adjustments, or other amounts due that are over 6 years old unless such overpayments, adjustments, or other amounts due were made pursuant to a vendor's criminal activity). |
| | Current Status: | 11/17/2016 - Total Veto Stands - No Positive Action Taken
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| HB5540 | FIRST 2016 GENERAL REVISORY (REP. BARBARA CURRIE) Creates the First 2016 General Revisory Act. Combines multiple versions of Sections amended by more than one Public Act. Renumbers Sections of various Acts to eliminate duplication. Corrects obsolete cross-references and technical errors. Makes stylistic changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 7/28/2016 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0642
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| HB5544 | ASSIST LIVING-SHARED HOUSING (REP. CAROL AMMONS) Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Requires assisted living and shared housing establishment's service delivery contracts to include a copy of the establishment's emergency involuntary termination of residency plan and the establishment's discharge protocol. Requires establishments covered by the Act to develop a discharge protocol and an emergency involuntary termination plan. Defines "emergency involuntary termination of residency plan" and "discharge protocol". Requires establishments that accept Alzheimer's and dementia patients within 30 days of admission or 30 days after an establishment's existing resident is diagnosed with Alzheimer's or dementia to develop a pre-emptive plan of discharge for the resident. Contains requirements for emergency involuntary termination of residency plans and discharge protocols. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 4/27/2016 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson, Sr.
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| HB5546 | PENCD-STATE SYS-TIER 3 PLAN (REP. JEANNE IVES) Amends the Illinois Pension Code. With respect to the 5 State-funded Retirement Systems: requires each System to prepare and implement a Tier 3 plan by July 1, 2017 that aggregates State and employee contributions in individual participant accounts which are used for payouts after retirement. Provides that a Tier 1 or Tier 2 participant may irrevocably elect to participate in the Tier 3 plan instead of the defined benefit plan and may also elect to terminate all participation in the defined benefit plan and to have a specified amount credited to his or her account under the Tier 3 plan. Makes related changes in the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. In the Downstate Teachers, State Employees, and State Universities Articles, authorizes a person to elect not to participate or to terminate participation in those Systems. In the General Assembly and Judges Articles, authorizes a participant to terminate his or her participation in the System. In the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF), State Employees, State Universities, and Downstate Teachers Articles, for participants who first become participants on or after the effective date, prohibits (i) payments for unused sick or vacation time from being used to calculate pensionable salary and (ii) unused sick or vacation time from being used to establish service credit. Imposes limitations on participation by certain persons. In the Downstate Teachers Article, prohibits an employer from making employee contributions on behalf of an employee, except for the sole purpose of allowing an employee to make pre-tax contributions. Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act to prohibit collective bargaining over that prohibition. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 2/10/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB5559 | MEDICAID ACCESS MONITORING (REP. LITESA WALLACE) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision concerning managed care organizations (MCOs) contracted with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to provide health services, requires the Department to develop a procedure no later than January 1, 2017 to directly test the provider network directories submitted to the State by each MCO. Provides that the procedure must directly test the accuracy of the information contained in the provider directories, the ability of prospective patients to obtain an appointment, and the timeliness of appointments offered to prospective patients. Requires the Department to develop the procedure in consultation with MCOs, providers, consumer advocacy organizations, and other relevant stakeholders and to contract with a third party with experience developing or evaluating procedures to directly test Medicaid provider availability and access in Illinois and other states. Sets forth certain provider types the Department is required to test for each MCO and mandatory managed care region, including: (i) primary care; (ii) mental health treatment; (iii) adult specialty; (iv) child specialty; and (v) any additional provider types the Department has reason to believe may not exist in sufficient numbers in one or more mandatory managed care regions. Requires the Department to annually publish the data collected in its External Quality Review Technical Report. Permits the Department to adopt any rules necessary to implement these responsibilities. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 4/8/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB5580 | CHILD CARE-INCOME THRESHOLD (REP. LITESA WALLACE) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall (rather than to the extent resources permit, the Department shall) provide child care services to specified persons. Expands the list of categories of families and children (rather than families) the Department shall cover to include: (i) families that are not recipients of TANF benefits and that need child care assistance to participate in education and training activities; (ii) children engaged in the State's child welfare system; and (iii) homeless children. Provides that beginning in State fiscal year 2017, the specified threshold must be no less than 300% of the then current federal poverty level for each family size (rather than through and including fiscal year 2007, the specified threshold must be no less than 50% of the then current State median income for each family size; and beginning in fiscal year 2008, the specified threshold must be no less than 185% of the then current federal poverty level for each family size). Requires the Department to provide child care services to all children who are eligible for assistance and are under age 13 or who are under age 19 and under court supervision or have physical or mental incapacities as documented by a statement from a local health provider or other health professional. Effective July 1, 2016. |
| | Current Status: | 6/30/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB5591 | INS CD-PHARM BENEFITS MANAGER (REP. LOU LANG) Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides a process to register with the Department of Insurance as a pharmacy benefits manager and what information must be included. Provides that the Director of Insurance may revoke, suspend, deny, or restrict a certificate of registration for violation of the Code or on other grounds as determined necessary or appropriate by the Director. Provides that the Department shall regulate the drug pricing process used by pharmacy benefits managers, and specifies the appeals process for such pricing. Provides that pharmacy benefits managers shall not mandate that a covered individual use a specific pharmacy or provide incentives to encourage the use of a specific pharmacy under specified circumstances. Provides criteria for entities to use in performing on-site audits of pharmacy records. Provides that health plans must permit their enrollees to receive benefits, which may include a 90-day supply of covered prescription drugs, at any of its network community pharmacies. Contains provisions concerning medication synchronization. Provides that dispensing fees shall be determined exclusively on the total number of prescriptions dispensed. Regulates how pharmacy benefits managers may utilize personally identifiable data. Provides that the Department can regulate other specified activities of pharmacy benefits managers. Makes other changes. Effective January 1, 2017. |
| | Current Status: | 4/8/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB5601 | RESIDENTIAL FACILITY COMPLAINT (REP. MICHAEL UNES) Amends the Nursing Home Care Act, the MC/DD Act, and the ID/DD Community Care Act. Changes provisions concerning complaints. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall require, instead of request, specified identifying information from complainants. Provides that such identifying information will be kept confidential and complainants shall be made aware that the information is confidential. Provides that the complainant shall be informed of possible sanctions for knowingly or willfully transmitting a false report to the Department. Requires the Department to impose a civil penalty of $250 on complainants if it has a good faith belief that a complaint is frivolous, intended to harass, or intended to defraud the Department. Requires the Department to maintain an internal list of such complainants. Provides that complaints may be classified as "false reports". Provides that false reports shall also be considered disorderly conduct under the Criminal Code of 2012. Effective immediately. - House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Amends the Nursing Home Care Act, the MC/DD Act, and the ID/DD Community Care Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall keep an internal list of specified violators for the purpose of allowing the Department to take action against persons who knowingly transmit a false report pursuant to specified provisions (rather than requiring the Department to impose a specified monetary penalty and keep an internal list). Makes other changes. |
| | Current Status: | 4/22/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| | Bill Position: | Support |
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| HB5602 | NURS HM-INFORMAL DISPUTE RES (REP. MICHAEL UNES) Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that if the Department of Public Health fails to provide a written explanation of the reason or reasons why evidence or arguments submitted for an informal dispute resolution were insufficient to refute the informal dispute resolution findings within 30 days of receiving the informal dispute resolution, then the alleged licensure violation shall be withdrawn from the official record and no penalty shall be imposed. Effective immediately. - House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the language of the introduced bill with the following changes: Provides that when a facility submits comments refuting licensure findings (rather than comments to licensure findings), it shall be considered an informal dispute resolution if the findings were not submitted for an informal dispute resolution pursuant to specified federal protocols. Provides that if the Department of Public Health fails to provide a written explanation of the reason or reasons why evidence or arguments submitted for an informal dispute resolution were insufficient to refute the informal dispute resolution findings within 60 (rather than 30) days of receiving the informal dispute resolution, then the alleged licensure violation shall be cited, but no penalty shall be imposed (rather than shall be withdrawn from the official record). |
| | Current Status: | 7/15/2016 - Effective Date January 1, 2017
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| HB5631 | NO FUNDS W/OUT REVENUE EST (REP. KEITH WHEELER) Creates the Revenue Estimate Act. Provides that the General Assembly shall not enact any bill to appropriate funds within any fiscal year prior to its adoption of a joint resolution reflecting the estimate of funds available for that fiscal year as required under the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability Act. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 8/15/2016 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. David S. Olsen
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| HB5632 | GA-REVENUE ESTIMATE (REP. KEITH WHEELER) Amends the General Assembly Operations Act. On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, the General Assembly shall, by joint resolution, establish a revenue estimate for the following State fiscal year by April 30th of each year. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 4/8/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB5635 | MHDDC-VIDEO CONFERENCING-HEARG (REP. MIKE FORTNER) Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that the Illinois Supreme Court or any circuit court of this State may adopt rules permitting the use of video conferencing equipment in any hearing concerning the administration of psychotropic medication or electroconvulsive therapy subject to the following conditions: (1) if the parties, including the respondent, and their attorneys, including the State's Attorney, are at a mental health facility, or some other location to which the respondent may be safely and conveniently transported, and the judge and any court personnel are in another location; or (2) if the respondent and his or her attorney are at a mental health facility or some other location to which the respondent may be safely and conveniently transported, and all of the other participants including the judge are in another location, if, and only if, agreed to by the respondent and the respondent's attorney. Provides that in a hearing concerning the administration of psychotropic medication or electroconvulsive therapy, any court may permit any witness, including a psychiatrist, to testify by video conferencing equipment from any location in the absence of a court rule specifically prohibiting that testimony. |
| | Current Status: | 4/18/2016 - Referred to Senate Assignments
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| HB5637 | NURSING HOMES-NURSE OVERTIME (REP. CHAD HAYS) Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that no nurse may be required to work mandated overtime, except in the case of an unforeseen emergent circumstance when such overtime is only required as a last resort. Defines "mandated overtime", "nurse", and "unforeseen emergent circumstance". Provides that if a nurse is mandated to work up to 12 consecutive hours, the nurse must be allowed at least 8 consecutive hours of off-duty time immediately following the completion of a shift. Prohibits a facility from disciplining, discharging, or taking any other adverse employment action against a nurse solely because the nurse refused to work mandated overtime. Establishes procedures for filing a complaint with the Department of Public Health alleging a violation of the prohibition on mandated overtime and the burden of proof for determining whether a violation occurred. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 4/8/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| | Bill Position: | Oppose |
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| HB5641 | MEDICAID-VENDOR ACCREDITATION (REP. PATRICIA BELLOCK) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision concerning orthotic and prosthetic devices and durable medical equipment, provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall adjust the useful life expectancy of eligible orthotic and prosthetic devices and durable medical equipment to 5 years. Requires the Department to require by rule all vendors of durable medical equipment to be accredited by an accreditation organization approved by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and recognized by the Department. Provides that no later than 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Department shall file proposed rules in accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to implement this requirement. Provides that no later than 15 months after the effective date of the rule, all vendors must meet the accreditation requirement. Provides that the Department may contract with a third-party vendor to audit eligible durable medical equipment suppliers. |
| | Current Status: | 4/8/2016 - House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| | Bill Position: | Monitor |
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| HB5646 | DHFS-RESIDENT ASSESSMENT INFO (REP. PATRICIA BELLOCK) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision concerning payments to nursing facilities, provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services may contract with a third-party vendor to perform onsite and desk reviews to determine the accuracy of resident assessment information transmitted in the Minimum Data Set that is relevant to the determination of reimbursement rates. |
| | Current Status: | 4/8/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| | Bill Position: | Support |
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| HB5673 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. ELAINE NEKRITZ) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning construction of the Code. |
| | Current Status: | 2/10/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB5674 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. ELAINE NEKRITZ) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning construction of the Code. |
| | Current Status: | 2/10/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB5697 | NURS HM-LIABILITY INSURANCE (REP. KELLY CASSIDY) Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Prohibits a person from establishing, operating, maintaining, offering, or advertising a facility within this State without providing to the Department of Public Health proof of liability insurance coverage in an amount not less than $1,000,000 per occurrence. Defines "liability insurance". Authorizes the Department to suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew a license if the facility fails to have or maintain liability insurance coverage. Provides that the failure to maintain liability insurance coverage during the term of a facility's license shall be a separate "Type B" violation for each resident of the facility for each month, or part of a month, in which the facility did not have the minimum required liability insurance. Provides that a licensee shall pay 3 times the actual damages (instead of paying the actual damages), and costs and attorney's fees, to a facility resident whose rights, as specified in certain provisions of the Act, are violated. |
| | Current Status: | 2/10/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| | Bill Position: | Oppose |
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| HB5744 | BUDGET-CONTINUING SESSION (REP. SHERI JESIEL) Amends the Special Session Act. On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act, if the General Assembly fails to pass a balanced budget by May 31st of each year, a continuing special session of the General Assembly shall be convened by joint proclamation for the purpose of passing a balanced budget. Provides that the joint proclamation shall specify that the General Assembly will convene every day until a balanced budget is passed. Amends the General Assembly Compensation Act to disallow per diem allowance for food and lodging during a continuing special session. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 2/10/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB5750 | HEALTH INSURANCE ASSESSMENT (REP. GREG HARRIS) Creates the Health Insurance Claims Assessment Act. Imposes an assessment of 1% on claims paid by a health insurance carrier or third-party administrator. Provides that the moneys received and collected under the Act shall be deposited into the Healthcare Provider Relief Fund and used solely for the purpose of funding Medicaid services provided under the medical assistance programs administered by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. |
| | Current Status: | 5/12/2016 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
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| HB5761 | NURSING HOME ACCOUNTABILITY (REP. KELLY CASSIDY) Creates the Nursing Home Accountability Act. Defines terms. Requires certain nursing facilities to report specified information concerning wages of their employees as part of an annual cost report. Requires the Department of Public Health to compare the information to the living wage certification standards. Contains provisions concerning the reporting, determinations, posting, and effect of such certification. Contains penalty, inspection of records, and rulemaking provisions. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, based on required reports by facilities, to determine if an employee of a facility is a recipient of public assistance for the purpose of imposing an employer responsibility penalty. Contains provisions concerning medical assistance information, prohibited practices, employee remedies, administrative appeals, and confidentiality. Establishes the Employer Responsibility for Public Assistance Fund as a special fund in the State treasury (and makes a conforming change in the State Finance Act). Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services may use money in the Employer Responsibility for Public Assistance Fund for specified purposes. Provides for a direct service minimum that sets a 50% direct service worker expenditure threshold that covered facilities shall meet using their medical assistance program funds. Contains provisions concerning reporting requirements, the calculation and determination of the direct service minimum, and repayment of medical assistance program payments in the event a facility does not meet the direct service minimum. Provides that the provisions of the Act are severable. Effective 90 days after becoming law. |
| | Current Status: | 2/11/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| | Bill Position: | Oppose |
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| HB5762 | DHS-HOME SRVCS PGRAM-TRAINING (REP. SONYA HARPER) Amends the Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities Act. In a provision concerning the Department of Human Services' Home Services Program, provides that personal assistants and individual maintenance home health workers (rather than personal assistants) shall be paid at a rate negotiated between the State and the (rather than an) exclusive representative of personal assistants and individual maintenance home health workers (rather than personal assistants) under a collective bargaining agreement. Provides that beginning on July 1, 2016, the hourly rate paid to personal assistants and individual maintenance home health workers shall be no less than $15 per hour. Requires personal assistants and individual maintenance home health workers to participate in a comprehensive in-person orientation, including standardized instruction or education as determined by the Department, concerning their obligations as an Individual Provider of Medicaid services, fraud training, and training on independent living philosophies. Requires personal assistants and individual maintenance home health workers to attend annual in-person training, including training in preventing fraud and abuse. Provides that personal assistants and individual maintenance home health workers shall be paid their regular hourly wage for all orientation and training hours. Requires the State to contribute into a Taft-Hartley health fund for the purpose of providing health insurance to qualified personal assistants and individual maintenance home health workers. Provides that for State fiscal year 2017, the rate shall be $1.11 per hour paid to personal assistants and individual maintenance home health workers and that for future fiscal years, the rate shall be adjusted as determined by actuarial analysis. Effective July 1, 2016. |
| | Current Status: | 6/30/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB5781 | DISPOSAL OF MEDS OF DECEASED (REP. PATRICIA BELLOCK) House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Safe Pharmaceutical Disposal Act. Provides that that police officers, coroners, and medical examiners may dispose of unused medications found at the scene of a death after consulting with any law enforcement agency investigating the death. Provides that nurses and physicians may dispose of unused medications found at the scene of a death if police officers, coroners, or medical examiners are not present at the scene of death. Limits types of medications of which may be disposed. Limits liability for the disposal, or failure to dispose of, unused medications. Amends the State Police Act, the Illinois Police Training Act, the Counties Code, Medical Practice Act of 1987, and the Nurse Practice Act making conforming changes. - House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of House Amendment 1 with the following changes: removes provisions allowing physicians and nurses to dispose of unused medications; and removes the limitation of liability for individuals authorized to dispose of unused medication. - Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Provides that prior to disposal of unused medication collected as evidence in a criminal investigation, a State Police officer, police officer, coroner, or medical examiner shall photograph the unused medication and its container or packaging, if available; document the number or amount of medication to be disposed; and include the photographs and documentation in the police report, coroner report, or medical examiner report. Further provides if an autopsy is performed as part of a death investigation, no medication seized shall be disposed of until after a toxicology report is received by the entity requesting the report. |
| | Current Status: | 7/28/2016 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0648
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| HB5782 | DHFS-DIRECTORY OF NEW HIRES (REP. PATRICIA BELLOCK) Amends the New Hire Reporting Act, the Illinois Public Aid Code, and the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that the operation of the Illinois Directory of New Hires is transferred from the Department of Employment Security to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Provides that those departments shall share data access pursuant to a data access agreement. Provides that the Legislative Reference Bureau shall reassign the New Hire Reporting Act in the Illinois Compiled Statutes to reflect the transfer to the Department of Public Health. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 4/8/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB5818 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. SARA FEIGENHOLTZ) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning care coordination. |
| | Current Status: | 2/11/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB5819 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. SARA FEIGENHOLTZ) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning care coordination. |
| | Current Status: | 2/11/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB5820 | LIQUOR-LICENSING (REP. SARA FEIGENHOLTZ) Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Increases the fees for certain licenses and establishes different fees for licenses that are renewed online. Provides that on and after June 30, 2016, one-half of the funds received for a retailer's license shall be paid into the Dram Shop Fund and one-half of the funds received for a retailer's license shall be paid into the General Revenue Fund. Provides that any person who, without a license issued by the Illinois Liquor Control Commission, manufactures, bottles, blends, sells, barters, transports, transfers into this State from a point outside this State, delivers, furnishes, or possesses any alcoholic liquor for beverage purposes commits a Class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 4 felony for each subsequent offense. Provides that this prohibition does not prohibit the possession of alcoholic liquor for personal use or the making of beer or wine for personal use or for family or guests. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 2/11/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB5919 | DHFS-AMBULANCES-RATE PROGRAM (REP. DAVID LEITCH) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to implement an average commercial rate supplemental payment program for ground ambulance service providers for dates of service beginning no later that July 1, 2016. Provides that no later than September 30, 2016, the Department must submit to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) a State plan amendment to implement an average commercial rate supplemental payment program. Provides that the Department must require managed care organizations, including managed care community networks, to pay the CMS approved average commercial rates in coordination with the Department. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 4/8/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB5928 | MANAGED CARE ACT-STEP THERAPY (REP. LAURA FINE) Amends the Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act. Applies the medical exemptions process to all entities licensed in the State to sell a policy of group or individual accident and health insurance or health benefits plan. Provides certain exceptions upon which a step therapy override will always be provided. Sets clinical review criteria that must be used to establish step therapy protocols. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 4/8/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB5929 | INS-COVERAGE EXTENSION-ABSENCE (REP. LAURA FINE) Amends the Legal Reserve Life Insurance Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. Removes a provision concerning continuation of coverage during the insured's total disability. Adds provisions requiring extension of coverage for an individual under a group policy during an authorized absence. Defines "authorized absence" to mean an absence that is administratively approved and does not result in a charge to leave of any kind or in loss of basic salary. Sets forth provisions concerning the conditions of the extension of coverage. Provides that the prior insurer shall be liable only to the extent of its extensions of coverage. Includes provisions related to the liability of the succeeding insurer, including regular coverage, temporary coverage, deductible and waiting periods, and determinations of the prior insurer's coverage. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 2/11/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB5930 | EMPLOYMENT-NURSE AGENCY (REP. PETER BREEN) Amends the Department of Employment Security Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois and the Department of Labor Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Employment Security rather than the Department of Labor shall monitor the employment progress of women and minorities in the workforce and report to the General Assembly. Amends the Nurse Agency Licensing Act. Requires the nurse agency to check the Health Care Worker Registry (rather than contact the Department of Public Health) before employing, assigning, or referring a certified nurse aide to verify that the certified nurse aide is eligible to be hired by health care employers or long-term care facilities pursuant to the Health Care Worker Background Check Act. - Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Provides that the Department of Employment Security shall monitor the employment progress of women and minorities and report to the General Assembly in the form of a biennial report by April 1 of each even-numbered year, rather than in the form of an annual report. |
| | Current Status: | 7/28/2016 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0652
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| HB5937 | MHDDAA-STAFF ADM MEDS (REP. RANDY FRESE) Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that the provision requiring the Department of Human Services to develop a training program for authorized direct care staff to administer medications under the supervision and monitoring of a registered professional nurse applies to (i) all residential (rather than all programs) for persons with a developmental disability in settings of 16 persons or fewer that are funded or licensed by the Department of Human Services and that distribute or administer medications, and (ii) all day programs certified to serve persons with developmental disabilities by the Department of Human Services. Effective January 1, 2017. |
| | Current Status: | 4/22/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB5949 | PHARMACY-PILOT PROGRAM (REP. MICHAEL ZALEWSKI) Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Extends the repeal of the medicine locking closure package pilot program from January 1, 2017 to January 1, 2018. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 7/28/2016 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0654
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| HB6025 | BIOMETRIC DATA-COMMERCIAL USE (REP. SAM YINGLING) Amends the Biometric Information Privacy Act. Provides that except to the extent necessary for an employer to conduct background checks or implement employee security protocols, a private entity may not require a person or customer to provide his or her biometric identifier or biometric information as a condition for the provision of goods or services. Provides that the new provisions do not apply to: (i) companies that provide medical services; (ii) law enforcement agencies; or (iii) governmental entities. |
| | Current Status: | 4/8/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB6051 | PROBATE-DEATH NOTICE TO DHFS (REP. ADAM BROWN) Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that if a deceased person has received or may have received Medicaid assistance or assistance for the aged, blind, or persons with disabilities under the Public Aid Code, or was the surviving spouse of a person who received that assistance, the representative of the decedent's estate, or if there is no representative of the estate, the beneficiary, the personal representative, or the person in possession of property of the decedent shall give the Director of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services notice of the decedent's death not later than 90 days after the date of death. Provides that the notice shall include a copy of the decedent's death certificate and be addressed to the Director at the Chicago office of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. |
| | Current Status: | 4/8/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB6055 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. ROBERT RITA) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning construction of the Code. |
| | Current Status: | 2/11/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB6060 | MEDICAID-FACILITY GROUPINGS (REP. ROBERT RITA) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Adds the percentage of Medicaid funded residents as one of the factors the Department of Healthcare and Family Services must considered in grouping nursing facilities for purposes of payment. Provides that a resident of a nursing facility whose application for long term care benefits is awaiting final action shall be included in the calculation as a Medicaid funded resident. |
| | Current Status: | 7/29/2016 - Effective Date January 1, 2017
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| | Bill Position: | Monitor |
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| HB6079 | CRIMCD-ELDER & PERSON W/ DISAB (REP. TOM DEMMER) Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that any person who assumes the responsibility of managing the financial affairs of an elderly person who is a resident of a facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act or person with a disability who is a resident of a facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act commits financial exploitation of an elderly person or person with a disability if that person assumes the responsibility of managing the financial affairs of the elderly person or person with a disability and fails to pay for the facility care of the elderly person or person with a disability from the assets or income of the elderly person or person with a disability. Provides that evidence of misappropriating funds and failure to pay for the care of an elderly or disabled person may include proof that the facility has sent to the person who has assumed responsibility of managing the financial affairs of an elderly person or person with a disability, by certified mail with confirmation receipt requested, notification of failure to pay facility care expenses incurred by the elderly person or person with a disability. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 4/22/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB6082 | ABOLISH STATE BOARD OF HEALTH (REP. TOM DEMMER) Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Abolishes the State Board of Health. Transfers responsibility for developing a State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP) from the Board to the Department of Public Health. Removes provisions establishing a planning team for the SHIP and provides that the SHIP Implementation Coordination Council shall serve as the planning team. Provides that the SHIP Implementation Coordination Council shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor (instead of the Governor appointing a new SHIP Implementation Coordination Council for each SHIP). Amends the Alternative Health Care Delivery Act. Transfers certain functions under the Act from the Board to the Department of Public Health. Amends the Counties Code. Requires plans for certain facilities to be submitted to and approved by the Director of Public Health (instead of the Secretary of the State Board of Health). Repeals an obsolete provision of the Obesity Prevention Initiative Act. Amends the Hospital Report Card Act. In a provision concerning the retirement of reporting measures by the Department, requires the Department to obtain approval from the Hospital Report Card and Consumer Guide to Health Care Advisory Committee (instead of the Board). Amends the Communicable Disease Prevention Act. In a provision concerning the adoption of rules requiring immunization of children, requires the Department (instead of the Board) to conduct 3 public hearings before the rule is adopted. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 2/11/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB6108 | MEDICAID FRAUD-PENALTIES (REP. BILL MITCHELL) Amends the Public Assistance Fraud Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Increases the criminal and civil penalties for medical assistance fraud committed by individuals and corporations. |
| | Current Status: | 2/11/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB6120 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. LOU LANG) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning expedited long-term care eligibility determination and enrollment. |
| | Current Status: | 2/11/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB6123 | MILITARY CODE-URANIUM TESTING (REP. MIKE SMIDDY) Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to establish, no later than January 1, 2018, a web-based portal to accept inquiries and requests for assistance from managed care organizations under contract with the State and providers under contract with managed care organizations to provide direct care. Expands the scope of Article V-F of the Code to include the Managed Long-Term Services and Support Program. In a provision concerning non-emergency prior approvals and appeals under the Medicare-Medicaid Alignment Initiative Demonstration Project, requires Managed Care Organizations to have a method of receiving prior approval requests 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year from (rather than for) nursing home residents, physicians, or providers (rather than nursing home residents). Provides that in a non-emergency situation, in the event a resident's physician orders a service, treatment, or test that is not approved by the managed care organization, the enrollee, physician, or provider may utilize an expedited appeal to the managed care organization (rather than the physician and the provider may utilize an expedited appeal to the managed care organization). Requires the managed care organization to notify all individuals who file an expedited appeal of the managed care organization's decision within 24 hours after receipt of all required information. Adds provisions concerning the payment of claims submitted by providers to managed care organizations. Requires the Department to work with stakeholders, including, but not limited to, managed care organizations and nursing home providers, to train them on the application of standardized codes for long-term care services. Requires managed care organizations to provide a manual clearly explaining billing and claims payment procedures, including points of contact for provider services centers, within 15 days of a provider entering into a contract with a managed care organization. |
| | Current Status: | 8/5/2016 - Effective Date January 1, 2017
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| HB6158 | MEDICAID-RX LIMITS EXEMPTIONS (REP. KATHLEEN WILLIS) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that on or after July 1, 2016, drugs which are prescribed to residents of a nursing home shall not be subject to prior approval as a result of the 4-prescription limit. Effective July 1, 2016. |
| | Current Status: | 4/8/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB6175 | CRIM CD-FINANCAL EXPLOIT ELDER (REP. RON SANDACK) Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person who commits the offense of financial exploitation of an elderly person or a person with a disability may be tried in any one of the following counties in which: (1) any part of the offense occurred; or (2) the victim or one of the victims reside. Provides that a prosecution for the offense of financial exploitation of an elderly person or a person with a disability may be commenced within 7 years of the last act committed in furtherance of the crime (rather than 3 years after commission of the offense). Provides that theft by deception in which the offender obtained money or property valued at $5,000 or more from a person with a disability is a Class 2 felony. |
| | Current Status: | 2/11/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB6176 | AGING-FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION (REP. RON SANDACK) Amends the Adult Protective Services Act. Provides that pending an investigation by the financial institution, the Department on Aging, or law enforcement, if a financial institution reasonably believes that financial exploitation of an eligible adult may have occurred, may have been attempted, or is being attempted, the financial institution may, but is not required to, refuse a transaction requiring the disbursement of funds contained in the account: (i) of the eligible adult; (ii) on which the eligible adult is a beneficiary, including a trust or guardianship account; or (iii) of a person suspected of perpetrating financial exploitation of an eligible adult. Requires a financial institution that refuses to disburse funds to report the incident to the Adult Protective Services Program, local law enforcement, and other specified persons. Provides that a financial institution's refusal to disburse funds shall expire within certain timeframes under certain conditions; and that a court of competent jurisdiction may enter an order extending the refusal by the financial institution to disburse funds. Exempts a financial institution and its employees from criminal, civil, and administrative liability for refusing to disburse funds or disbursing funds if the determination of whether or not to disburse funds was made in good faith. |
| | Current Status: | 2/11/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB6180 | PHARMACY-QUALITY ASSURANCE (REP. MICHAEL MCAULIFFE) Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Requires pharmacies to establish and maintain a quality assurance program designed to prevent dispensing errors as well as a process designed to detect and identify dispensing errors. Requires pharmacies to commence an investigation into any detected dispensing errors within 2 days after the date the dispensing error is discovered. Requires that if an investigation into a dispensing error indicates that the dispensing error is attributable, in whole or in part, to the pharmacy or its personnel, that a quality assurance review be performed. Provides requirements for the quality assurance review and its records. Provides that the records of the quality assurance review shall not be subject to discovery in any arbitration, civil, or other proceeding, except in certain circumstances. Effective 12 months after becoming law. |
| | Current Status: | 4/8/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB6199 | MED CANNABIS-DEBIL COND&FOID (REP. CAROL AMMONS) Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act. Includes in the definition of "debilitating medical condition", post-traumatic stress disorder. Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Provides that whether a person is addicted to narcotics for purposes of the Act shall not be based on the status of the person as a registered qualifying patient or registered caregiver under the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act. Provides that the Department of State Police's authority to deny an application for or to revoke and seize a Firearm Owner's Identification Card based on any Illinois State statute or federal law does not include State statutes or federal laws that may prohibit the acquisition or possession of firearms or firearm ammunition based on a person's status as a registered qualifying patient under the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act. |
| | Current Status: | 3/23/2016 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
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| HB6209 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. CAROL AMMONS) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the "Medicaid" Article. |
| | Current Status: | 2/11/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB6213 | MEDICAID-PROVIDER DIRECTORY (REP. CAROL AMMONS) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires each Medicaid Managed Care Entity (MMCE) contracted by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to: (i) make available on the entity's website a provider directory in a machine readable file and format; (ii) make provider directories publicly accessible without the necessity of providing a password, a username, or personally identifiable information; (iii) make available through an electronic provider directory, for each Medicaid Managed Care Entity Plan offered by the entity, certain information in an easily understandable and searchable format, including the contact information and website URLs, if applicable, of all health care professionals, hospitals, pharmacies, and facilities that provide services to Medicaid recipients under the Medicaid Managed Care Entity Plan. Requires each MMCE to ensure that all information included in a print version of the provider directory is updated at least monthly and that the electronic provider directory is updated no later than 3 business days after the MMCE receives updated provider information. Provides that non-compliance with these and other specified requirements may subject the MMCE to certain sanctions. Requires the Department's client enrollment services broker to post certain information on the broker's website, including, information explaining the circumstances under which a Medicaid enrollee can file a grievance or request a hearing to appeal an adverse action by the Department or the MMCE; information on the Medicaid eligibility redetermination process; and information on Medicaid care coordination. Requires the Department to create a consumer quality comparison tool to assist enrollees with Medicaid Managed Care Entity Plan selection. Effective immediately. - House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires each Medicaid Managed Care Entity contracted by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to: (i) make available on the entity's website a provider directory in a machine readable file and format; (ii) make provider directories publicly accessible without the necessity of providing a password, a username, or personally identifiable information; (iii) comply with all federal and State statutes and regulations pertaining to provider directories within Medicaid Managed Care; and (iv) request, at least annually, provider office hours for certain provider types, including hospitals and facilities, pharmacies, and durable medical equipment suppliers that are not hospitals. Contains provisions requiring the print and online version of the consumer quality comparison tool to use a quality rating system developed by the Department to reflect Medicaid Managed Care Entities' individual Plan performance. Requires the Department to make the consumer quality comparison tool available for consumer use no later than January 1, 2018. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 8/5/2016 - Effective Date August 5, 2016
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| HB6215 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. ROBERT RITA) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning construction of the Code. |
| | Current Status: | 2/11/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB6378 | $DEPT ON AGING FY17 OCE (REP. JIM DURKIN) Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department on Aging for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, as follows:General Funds$ 451,179,000Other State Funds$ 450,545,000Federal Funds$ 85,782,000Total$ 987,506,000 |
| | Current Status: | 2/19/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB6382 | $DHFS FY17 OCE (REP. JIM DURKIN) Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, as follows:General Funds$ 8,173,270,000Other State Funds$13,654,459,000Federal Funds$ 300,000,000Total$22,127,729,000 |
| | Current Status: | 2/19/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HB6383 | $DPH FY17 OCE (REP. JIM DURKIN) Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of Public Health for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, as follows:General Funds$109,050,800Other State Funds$157,248,300Federal Funds$317,495,900Total$583,795,000 |
| | Current Status: | 2/19/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| HC3 | CONAMEND-COMPTROLLER OF TREAS (REP. JIM DURKIN) Proposes to amend the Executive Article of the Illinois Constitution. Eliminates the Offices of the Comptroller and Treasurer. Provides instead for a single Comptroller of the Treasury. Provides that the Comptroller of the Treasury shall (i) maintain the State's central fiscal accounts and order payments into and out of the funds held by him or her, (ii) be responsible for the safekeeping and investment of monies and securities deposited with him or her, and for their disbursement upon his or her order, and (iii) have the duties and powers that may be prescribed by law. Provides that no Comptroller or Treasurer shall be elected in 2018 and thereafter. Effective otherwise upon conclusion of the terms of the Comptroller and the Treasurer elected in 2014. |
| | Current Status: | 5/6/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HC8 | CONAMEND-INCOME TAX RATES (REP. CHRISTIAN MITCHELL) Proposes to amend the Revenue Article of the Illinois Constitution. Removes a provision that provides that a tax on income shall be measured at a non-graduated rate. Provides that there may be one tax on the income of individuals and corporations, that this may be a fair tax where lower rates apply to lower income levels and higher rates apply to higher income levels, and that no government other than the State may impose a tax on or measured by income. Effective upon being declared adopted. |
| | Current Status: | 5/6/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HC19 | CONAMEND-GRADUATED INC TAX (REP. LA SHAWN FORD) Proposes to amend the Revenue Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that individual income taxes may be at a graduated or a non-graduated rate. Provides that any such tax imposed on corporations shall be at a non-graduated rate, not to exceed the average of the lowest and highest individual rates by more than a ratio of 8 to 5. Effective upon being declared adopted. |
| | Current Status: | 5/6/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HR179 | MEDICAID - NO CUTS (REP. MARY FLOWERS) Urges the Illinois General Assembly to preserve the State Medicaid program, to which cuts will result in limited access to health care and a cost-shift to the State and the counties of this State. |
| | Current Status: | 1/3/2016 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HR922 | GA - PASS FY16 BUDGET (REP. CHRISTIAN MITCHELL) Urges the members of the General Assembly to work together to modernize and reform the tax code and to immediately pass a Fiscal Year 2016 budget that will stabilize the lives of Illinois' children, families, communities, and businesses. |
| | Current Status: | 8/1/2016 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| SB2 | FINANCE ACT TRANSFER AUTHORITY (SEN. DAN KOTOWSKI) Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that no transfers may be made from the General Revenue Fund to certain special funds without additional express authority granted on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act. Provides that the purpose of this Act is to evaluate spending from the General Revenue Fund for Fiscal Year 2016, in order to determine the impact that transfers to certain Funds supported by set statutory formulas have on the cash flow of the State throughout the course of the State's fiscal year. Provides that beginning on July 1, 2019, all outstanding liabilities, not payable during the 4-month lapse period are limited to only those claims that have been incurred but for which a proper bill or invoice as defined by the State Prompt Payment Act has been received by September 30th following the end of the fiscal year in which the service was rendered. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 10/10/2015 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| | Bill Position: | Monitor |
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| SB3 | STATE BUDGET-VARIOUS (SEN. DAN KOTOWSKI) Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Governor's Office of Management and Budget to post on its official website the Governor's submitted budget within one week of its submission. Provides that all outcomes for Statewide prioritized budget goals shall be further defined into sub-outcomes. Provides that the report submitted by the commission established by the Governor outlining how to achieve those goals and outcomes shall include all sub-outcomes and must be posted on the Governor's Office of Management and Budget's official website by the January 1 following the report's November 1 submission date. Provides that the working group created to make the State budgeting process the most transparent shall report its findings to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the commission by January 1, 2016 (currently, January 1, 2015). Extends the date of repeal of the working group from January 1, 2016 to January 1, 2017. |
| | Current Status: | 10/10/2015 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| SB6 | FUND TRNSFR REVENUE SHORTFALLS (SEN. HEATHER STEANS) Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that transfers from the Tobacco Settlement Recovery Fund to the Budget Stabilization Fund shall cease upon the first transfer of moneys into the Budget Stabilization Fund under the provisions of the amendatory Act. Amends the Budget Stabilization Act. Provides that the Department on Aging and the Departments of Central Management Services, Healthcare and Family Services, Human Services, and Revenue shall annually certify to the State Comptroller the amounts of insufficient appropriations and individual and corporate income tax overpayments that will not be refunded in the current fiscal year. Provides that the State Comptroller shall annually report to the Governor and the General Assembly the amounts certified by the Department on Aging and the Departments of Central Management Services, Healthcare and Family Services, Human Services, and Revenue. Provides for minimum funding levels to be maintained in the Budget Stabilization Fund, and for the transfer of specified amounts to the Budget Stabilization Fund, if minimum funding levels are not maintained. Provides that no further transfers to the Fund shall be made, if the balance of the Budget Stabilization fund equals 5% of the total general funds, and if the Comptroller ceases the order of further funds upon written notice to the specified parties. Provides that the General Assembly may authorize the transfer of additional amounts to the Budget Stabilization Fund after the Governor certifies a shortfall in the moneys otherwise available in the Fund. Provides that required transfers into the Pension Stabilization Fund, shall continue (currently, the transfers end in FY14) and increases the amount of those transfers by 1%. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 10/10/2015 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| SB11 | MIN WAGE-INCOME TAX CREDIT (SEN. KIMBERLY LIGHTFORD) Amends the Minimum Wage Law. Increases the minimum wage from $8.25 to $9.00 beginning July 1, 2015 and increases it by $0.50 each July 1 until July 1, 2019, at which point the minimum wage will be $11.00. Provides that the establishment of a minimum wage that employers must pay their employees is an exclusive power and function of the State and is a denial and limitation of the home rule powers and functions, except that the limitation on home rule powers does not apply to a specified ordinance adopted by the City Council of City of Chicago. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a credit against the withholding tax liability of employers with fewer than 50 employees, calculated based on the increase in the minimum wage. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 4/27/2015 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
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| | Bill Position: | Monitor |
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| SB12 | AGING-DHS-MINIMUM WAGE RATE (SEN. MATTIE HUNTER) Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging, the Children and Family Services Act, the Department of Human Services Act, the Illinois Public Aid Code, and the Community Services Act. Requires the Department on Aging, the Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of Human Services, and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to annually recalculate rates and reimbursements paid to providers or vendors that do business with or are under contract with the Departments. Provides that when recalculating rate and reimbursement methodologies, the Departments shall account for (i) mandated increases in the State minimum wage rate; and (ii) any increased payroll taxes required of providers or vendors contracting with the Departments. Provides that the Departments must fully fund recalculated rate and reimbursement methodologies. |
| | Current Status: | 10/10/2015 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| | Bill Position: | Support |
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| SB29 | RIGHT TO TRY ACT (SEN. MICHAEL CONNELLY) House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: | 4/28/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| SB38 | MIN WAGE-OVERTIME-ALTERN SHIFT (SEN. PAMELA ALTHOFF) Amends the Minimum Wage Law. Provides that overtime compensation provisions of the Law do not apply to any employee who is a member of a bargaining unit recognized by the Illinois Labor Relations Board and whose union has contractually agreed to an alternate shift schedule as allowed by specified provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. |
| | Current Status: | 7/10/2015 - Effective Date January 1, 2016
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| SB42 | HEALTH CARE LICENSING (SEN. IRIS MARTINEZ) Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Adds involuntary sexual servitude of a minor to the offenses for which a health care worker license can be revoked. Provides that if a licensed health care worker has been convicted of a forcible felony, other than a forcible felony requiring registration under the Sex Offender Registration Act or involuntary sexual servitude of a minor that is a forcible felony, and the health care worker has had his or her license revoked, the health care worker may petition the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to restore his or her license. Establishes factors that the Department shall consider in determining whether a license shall be restored. Further provides that this process for petition and review by the Department shall apply to a person whose licensed is denied under these provisions. - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Requires that the conviction for the forcible felony occur more than 5 years before the date the petition is filed. - House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the engrossed bill with the following changes: Amends the Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Provides that no health care employer shall knowingly hire, employ, or retain any individual in a position with certain health care related duties who have been convicted of committing or attempting to commit offenses concerning the manufacture, delivery, or possession with intent to deliver or manufacture cannabis in excess of 10 grams (rather than any amount of cannabis). In provisions of the Act concerning fingerprint-based criminal history records check, provides that if an applicant or employee has a waiver for one or more disqualifying offenses pursuant to the Act and he or she is otherwise eligible to work, the Department of Public Health shall report that the applicant or employee is eligible to work, and shall not report information regarding the waiver or list the specific disqualifying offenses, if any. Makes similar changes to provisions concerning waiver. Provides that upon inquiry of a health care employer, the Department shall inform the inquiring party if a waiver is pending. Provides that the Department shall (rather than must) act upon a waiver request within 30 days. Makes other changes. - House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the bill as engrossed with the following changes: In provisions concerning health care worker licensure actions and sex crimes, provides that a health care worker that has been convicted of a forcible felony, other than a forcible felony requiring registration under the Sex Offender Registration Act or involuntary sexual servitude of a minor that is a forcible felony, and the health care worker has had his or her license revoked, the health care worker may petition the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to restore his or her license if more than 5 years have passed since the conviction or more than 3 years have passed since the health care worker's release from confinement for that conviction, whichever is later. Provides that the Department may also consider other evidence of rehabilitation, along with any voluntary remedial actions taken by the health care worker, when determining whether a license shall be restored. Makes other changes. |
| | Current Status: | 8/25/2016 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0886
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| SB102 | BILLS-MAJORITY MEMBERS SPONSOR (SEN. MATT MURPHY) Amends the General Assembly Operations Act. Provides that if a bill or other legislative measure is sponsored or co-sponsored by a majority of the members elected to the chamber in which the bill or other legislative measure then resides, then that bill or other legislative measure must be referred by the appropriate committee of that chamber to a standing committee and a vote on that bill or other legislative measure must be taken by that standing committee within 6 session days or before any committee action or floor action deadline that has been imposed in that chamber, whichever is sooner. |
| | Current Status: | 10/10/2015 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| | Bill Position: | Monitor |
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| SB274 | FINANCE-TECH (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Makes changes in State programs that are necessary to implement the Governor's FY2016 budget recommendations. Effective July 1, 2015. |
| | Current Status: | 9/4/2015 - Total Veto Stands
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| SB343 | MED ASSIST-COMPLEX MED NEEDS (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to offer children with complex medical needs the choice of enrollment in a coordinated care entity (CCE) to provide services to the children, where available. Provides that this choice shall be in addition to otherwise available health maintenance organizations (HMOs), managed care community networks, and accountable care entities. Provides that children with complex medical needs under 18 years of age are eligible to enroll in the CCE as long as such children continue to maintain eligibility for medical assistance programs or other health benefit programs administered by the Department; and that the Department may choose to extend enrollment to individuals under 21 years of age for initial enrollment. Provides that individuals may also be excluded under specified circumstances. Requires the Department to ensure that: the parents of eligible enrollees who are children with complex medical needs receive notification of their eligibility and an explanation of how to elect the CCE option; and any third party enrollment broker is briefed on the CCE option. Defines "Care Coordination Entity" and "children with complex medical needs". Makes other changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 10/10/2015 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| SB344 | LACTATION ACCOMMODATION AIRPRT (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Lactation Accommodation in Airports Act. On or before January 1, 2017, requires the airport manager of an airport operated by a city, county, city and county, or airport district that conducts commercial operations and that has more than 1,000,000 enplanements a year shall provide a room or other location at each airport terminal behind the airport security screening area for members of the public to express breast milk in private that: (1) includes, at a minimum, a chair and an electrical outlet; and (2) is located outside of the confines of a public restroom. Provides that an airport that conducts commercial operations with fewer than 1,000,000 enplanements a year shall comply with the provisions of the Act upon new terminal construction or the replacement, expansion, or renovation of an existing terminal. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. |
| | Current Status: | 8/3/2015 - Effective Date January 1, 2016
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| SB345 | AUTISM AWARENESS ACT (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Autism and Co-Occurring Medical Conditions Awareness Act. Contains legislative findings. Defines terms. Provides that specified research shall be encouraged and disseminated to entities that may contribute to the scientific understanding of conditions that co-occur with autism spectrum disorders. Encourages specified entities to develop continuing education courses for providers who treat persons with autism spectrum disorders. Encourages providers to evaluate a person diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder for co-occurring conditions in specified circumstances. Provides that providers may consider whether specified substances may exacerbate an autism spectrum disorder or co-occurring condition and adopt appropriate measures to reduce such risks. Provides that any person with an autism spectrum disorder or their parent or guardian that believes they have received inadequate care because of a co-occurring condition may report such treatment to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Contains provisions concerning a person with an autism spectrum disorder or their parent or guardian's right to seek additional care. Provides for the Act's repeal 5 years after the effective date. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that an insurer may not deny or refuse to provide covered services, or refuse to renew, refuse to reissue, or otherwise terminate or restrict coverage under an individual contract, for a person diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder on the basis that the individual declined an alternative medication or covered service when the individual's health care provider determined that such medication or covered service may exacerbate clinical symptomatology and is medically contraindicated for the individual and the individual has requested and received a medical exception as provided under a provision of the Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan amended, delivered, issued, or renewed after the effective date of the amendatory Act may not allow for the delay, discontinuation, or interruption of immune gamma globulin therapy for persons who are diagnosed with a primary immunodeficiency when prescribed immune gamma globulin therapy by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches if provided as a covered benefit under the plan. Sets forth a provision concerning authorization and reauthorization. Provides that the provisions concerning coverage for immune gamma globulin treatment are inoperative with respect to all outlined coverage other than that authorized under Section 1902 of the Social Security Act and the State shall not assume any obligation for the cost of the coverage set forth if, at any time, the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, or its successor agency, promulgates rules or regulations to be published in the Federal Register or publishes a comment in the Federal Register or issues an opinion, guidance, or other action that would require the State, pursuant to any provision of the Patient Protec |
| | Current Status: | 8/12/2016 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0788
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| SB346 | MEDICAL CANNABIS PILOT PROGRAM (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 -
Bill Status of SB0346 99th General Assembly
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Short Description: MEDICAL CANNABIS PILOT PROGRAM
Senate Sponsors
Sen. William R. Haine - Donne E. Trotter - Iris Y. Martinez
House Sponsors
(Rep. Lou Lang )
Last Action
Date Chamber Action
5/30/2016 House Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
405 ILCS 5/2-107 from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 2-107
Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning refusal of services and informing of risks.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2
Deletes reference to:
405 ILCS 5/2-107
Adds reference to:
410 ILCS 130/10
410 ILCS 130/35
410 ILCS 130/60
410 ILCS 130/74 new
410 ILCS 130/75
410 ILCS 130/220
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act. Removes a provision from the definition for "written certification" requiring a physician to state that a patient is likely to receive a therapeutic or palliative benefit from the medical use of cannabis. Makes corresponding changes in a provision concerning notification to the Department of Public Health. Provides that upon issuance of a registry card, the Department of Public Health shall forward the registered qualifying patients identification card information to the Prescription Monitoring Program for purposes of making a specified notation on a person's prescription record. Provides that in the event a person no longer holds a valid registry card, the Department of Public Health shall notify the Prescription Monitoring Program and Department of Human Services to remove the notation. Requires the Department of Human Services and Prescription Monitoring Program to create a system by which such information may be shared electronically. Adds provisions concerning the online posting of patient information on the use of medical cannabis. Provides that the Act is repealed on July 1, 2020 (rather than 4 years after the effective date of the Act). Makes other changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/3/2017 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| SB347 | HEALTH-TECH (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning legal disability. |
| | Current Status: | 7/31/2016 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| SB348 | HEALTH-TECH (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "care and custody". |
| | Current Status: | 4/21/2015 - Re-referred to Senate Assignments
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| SB357 | HEALTH-TECH (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: | 4/21/2015 - Re-referred to Senate Assignments
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| SB416 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the classes of persons eligible for Medicaid. |
| | Current Status: | 10/10/2015 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| SB417 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision concerning the Long-Term Services and Supports Disparities Task Force, requires the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly no later than 2 years (rather than one year) after August 1, 2014 (the effective date of Public Act 98-825). |
| | Current Status: | 4/28/2016 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| SB418 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Energy Assistance Act. In a provision capping the yearly expenditures from the Supplemental Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund for weatherization at 10% of the amount collected during the year, provides that amounts in excess of 10% collected in a given year may be expended from the Fund if they represent funds from previous years or if they represent amounts deposited into the Fund from the Energy Efficiency Portfolio Program. Provides that the yearly administrative expenses of the Supplemental Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund may not exceed 10% of the amount collected during that year, "except when unspent funds from the Supplemental Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund are reallocated from a previous year; up to 10% of those reallocated funds may be spent in the year they are reallocated" (rather than the yearly administrative expenses of the Supplemental Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund may not exceed 10% of the amount collected during that year). - House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill, but with the following changes: Deletes a change made to the Energy Assistance Act permitting amounts in excess of 10% collected in a given year to be expended from the Supplemental Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund if they represent funds from previous years or if they represent amounts deposited into the Fund from the Energy Efficiency Portfolio Program. In a provision amending the Act regarding the reallocation of unspent funds from the Supplemental Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund, provides that any unspent balance of the 10% administrative allowance may be utilized for administrative expenses in the year they are reallocated (rather than up to 10% of those reallocated funds may be spent in the year they are reallocated). |
| | Current Status: | 8/24/2015 - Effective Date January 1, 2016
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| SB419 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a Section concerning child care for TANF recipients, makes a technical change in provisions for payment for child care by the Department of Human Services. |
| | Current Status: | 7/31/2016 - Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| SB420 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) House Committee Amendment No. 3 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services may, by rule, exempt certain replacement wheelchair parts from prior approval and, for wheelchairs, wheelchair parts, wheelchair accessories, and related seating and positioning items, determine the wholesale price by methods other than actual acquisition costs. Provides that the Department shall require, by rule, all providers of durable medical equipment to be accredited by an accreditation organization approved by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and recognized by the Department in order to bill the Department for providing durable medical equipment to recipients. Requires all providers to meet the accreditation requirement no later than 15 months after the effective date of the rule adopted. |
| | Current Status: | 8/26/2016 - Effective Date January 1, 2017
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| SB421 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the establishment of the State Disbursement Unit. |
| | Current Status: | 4/21/2015 - Re-referred to Senate Assignments
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| SB422 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning discrimination in the granting of financial aid or social services. |
| | Current Status: | 4/21/2015 - Re-referred to Senate Assignments
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| SB423 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the powers and duties of the Departments of Human Services and Healthcare and Family Services. |
| | Current Status: | 4/21/2015 - Re-referred to Senate Assignments
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| SB424 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning federal disallowances in connection with the County Provider Trust Fund. |
| | Current Status: | 4/21/2015 - Re-referred to Senate Assignments
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| SB428 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding the extent of a responsible relative's liability for support. |
| | Current Status: | 4/21/2015 - Re-referred to Senate Assignments
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| SB429 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding the treatment of trusts as they affect eligibility for medical assistance. |
| | Current Status: | 4/21/2015 - Re-referred to Senate Assignments
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| SB430 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning construction of the Code. |
| | Current Status: | 4/21/2015 - Re-referred to Senate Assignments
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| SB464 | REGULATION-TECH (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning water and sewer utilities. |
| | Current Status: | 7/31/2016 - Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| SB484 | REGULATION-TECH (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) Amends the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Special Care Disclosure Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: | 4/21/2015 - Re-referred to Senate Assignments
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| SB486 | REGULATION-TECH (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning legislative purpose. |
| | Current Status: | 4/21/2015 - Re-referred to Senate Assignments
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| SB487 | REGULATION-TECH (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a license requirement. |
| | Current Status: | 4/21/2015 - Re-referred to Senate Assignments
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| SB488 | REGULATION-TECH (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning conversion of facilities. |
| | Current Status: | 4/21/2015 - Re-referred to Senate Assignments
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| SB691 | HEALTH FAC-EXPENDITURE REPORT (SEN. MARTIN SANDOVAL) Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that a health care facility shall develop a policy to encourage the participation of minority-owned, women-owned, veteran-owned, and small business enterprises in capital projects undertaken by the health care facility. Permits health care systems to develop a system-wide policy in order to comply with the policy requirement. Requires health care facilities and health care systems to develop the policy no later than 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Exempts health care facilities with 100 or fewer beds, health care facilities located in a county with a total census population of less than 3,000,000, and health care facilities owned or operated by a unit of local government or the State or federal government. |
| | Current Status: | 8/7/2015 - Effective Date January 1, 2016
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| SB767 | UNEMPLOY INS-MINIMUM (SEN. KYLE MCCARTER) Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that, with respect to any benefit year beginning on or after January 1, 2015, to be monetarily eligible for any benefits, a worker must have been paid wages of $4,290 or more in his or her base period by employers subject to the Unemployment Insurance Act and at least $2,145 of these wages must have been paid to him or her outside the calendar quarter in which he or she was paid the highest amount of wages. |
| | Current Status: | 10/10/2015 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| SB768 | UNEMPLOY INS-REQUALIFY (SEN. KYLE MCCARTER) Amends the Unemployment Insurance Act. Provides that an individual shall be ineligible for benefits for any week in a benefit year which begins on or after January 1, 2016, unless, subsequent to the beginning of his or her immediately preceding benefit year with respect to which benefits were paid to him or her, he or she was reemployed and had earnings equal to or in excess of his or her current weekly benefit amount in each of 4 calendar weeks that are either for services in employment, or have been or will be reported pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Insurance Contributions Act by each employing unit for which such services are performed and that submits a statement certifying to that fact. |
| | Current Status: | 10/10/2015 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| SB769 | WORKERS COMP-WEEKLY WAGE (SEN. KYLE MCCARTER) Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides for the computation of compensation when there are multiple employers and when there is less than full-time work. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 10/10/2015 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| SB770 | WORKERS COMP-TRAVEL-CAUSATION (SEN. KYLE MCCARTER) Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides that an employee who is required to travel in connection with his or her employment and who suffers an injury while in travel status is eligible for benefits only if the injury arises out of and in the course of employment while he or she is actively engaged in the duties of employment. Defines "accident" and "injury". Provides that "injury" includes the aggravation of a pre-existing condition by an accident arising out of and in the course of the employment, but only for so long as the aggravation of the pre-existing condition continues to be the major contributing cause of the disability. Provides that an injury resulting directly or indirectly from idiopathic causes is not compensable. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 10/10/2015 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| SB771 | WORKERS COMP-MISCONDUCT (SEN. KYLE MCCARTER) Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides that no employer shall be required to pay temporary partial disability benefits to an employee who has been discharged for cause. Provides that, following a hearing, the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission may reinstate the temporary partial benefits and retroactively restore any benefits the employer should have paid if it finds the employer's discharge of the employee was not for cause. Makes technical changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 10/10/2015 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| SB772 | WORK COMP-CAUSATION (SEN. KYLE MCCARTER) Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Adds definitions of "accident" and "injury". Provides that an injury is a condition that arises out of and in the course of employment, and adds provisions concerning establishment of an injury. Establishes the manner of computing compensation for partial disability, with a maximum cumulative compensation of 500 weeks. Provides that injuries to the shoulder and hip are deemed to be injuries to the arm and leg respectively. Provides for the computation of compensation when there are multiple employers and when there is less than full-time work. |
| | Current Status: | 10/10/2015 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| SB788 | MEDICAID-MANAGED CARE (SEN. HEATHER STEANS) Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall, within a reasonable period of time after relevant data from managed care entities has been collected and analyzed, but no earlier than January 1, 2017, develop and implement within each enrollment region an algorithm that takes into account quality scores and other operational proficiency criteria developed, defined, and adopted by the Department, to automatically assign Medicaid enrollees served under the Family Health Plan and the Integrated Care Program and those Medicaid enrollees eligible for medical assistance pursuant to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148) into managed care entities, including Accountable Care Entities, Managed Care Community Networks, and Managed Care Organizations. Provides that the quality metrics used shall be measurable for all entities; that the algorithm shall not use the quality and proficiency metrics to reassign enrollees out of any plan that they are enrolled with at the time and shall only be used if the client has not voluntarily selected a primary care physician and a managed care entity; that clients will have one opportunity within 90 calendar days after auto assignment by algorithm to select a different managed care entity; and that the algorithm developed and implemented shall favor assignment into managed care entities with the highest quality scores and levels of compliance with the operational proficiency criteria established. - House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill, but with the following changes: Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Adds provisions concerning transfer agreements; observation beds; and other matters. Further amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Adds services delivered by facilities licensed under the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013 to the list of services covered under the Medical Assistance Program. In a provision concerning payments to nursing facilities, permits the Department to contract with a third-party auditor to perform auditing to determine the accuracy of resident assessment information transmitted in the MDS that is relevant to the determination of reimbursement rates. In a provision concerning care coordination, provides that for Accountable Care Entities (ACEs) with a contract with the Department as of January 1, 2015, their 18 month period of operation shall begin on January 1, 2015 and the Department shall pay a care coordination fee on a per member per month basis at a rate no less than the amount paid as of January 1, 2015. Requires the Department to evaluate the ACE readiness to accept capitation. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of the Code to the contrary, and subject to rescission if not federally approved, providers of certain services shall have their reimbursement rates or dispensing fees reduced for State fiscal year 2016 by an amount no greater than the equivalent to a 2.25% reduction in State fiscal year 2015 appropriations from the General Revenue Fund, with certain exceptions. Requires the Department to seek a waiver from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to allow wards of the Department of Children and Family Services access to mandatory Medicaid managed care. Provides that services delivered by facilities licensed under the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013 shall be a covered Medicaid service for eligible Medicaid enrollees; and that the Department shall ensure that all residents of facilities licensed under the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013 who are eligible for Medicaid are enrolled in Medicaid managed care. Makes other changes to provisions concerning hospital access payments; the aggregate amount of all increased capitation payments to managed care organizations (MCOs); adjustments to the capitation payments made to MCOs for adults eligible for medical assistance pursuant to the Affordable Care Act; and emergency rules. In a provision concerning an annual assessment imposed on supportive living facilities, provides that the Department must contest the interpretation of federal regulations on permissible provider taxes made by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as stated in correspondence dated January 20, 2015 and that the Department shall submit a report to the General Assembly no later than January 1, 2016 detailing all actions taken. In a provision concerning the Inspector General, provides that the Office of Inspector General must realign its resources toward activities with the greatest potential to reduce or avoid unnecessary, wasteful, or fraudulent expenditures. - House Floor Amendment No. 4 - In a provision listing certain pharmacy dispensing fees, provides that all 340B dispensing fees shall be reduced by 2.25% from the rates in effect as of April 30, 2015. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Grants the Department of Health Care Family Services emergency rulemaking authority. |
| | Current Status: | 5/30/2015 - Motion Filed to Reconsider Vote Sen. John J. Cullerton
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| SB815 | MEDICAID-INCOME VERIFICATION (SEN. DALE RIGHTER) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision concerning the Department of Healthcare and Family Services' proposed Medicaid integrated eligibility system, provides that until the system is operational the Department shall (rather than may) enter into a contract with the vendor selected as necessary to obtain certain electronic data matching. Provides that no later than 70 days (rather than 60 days) after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Chief Procurement Officer for General Services, in consultation with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, shall conduct and complete any procurement necessary to procure a vendor to verify eligibility for assistance under the Code. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 9/15/2015 - Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Connelly
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| SB818 | MH/DD RECORD DISCLOSURE-SCOPE (SEN. CHRIS NYBO) Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act. Provides that unless otherwise expressly provided for in the Act, records and communications made or created in the course of providing mental health or developmental disabilities services shall be protected from disclosure regardless of whether the records and communications are made or created in the course of a therapeutic relationship. - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Provides that "record" does not include a reference to the receipt of mental health or developmental disabilities services noted during a patient history and physical or other summary of care. Provides that "therapeutic relationship": (i) means the receipt by a recipient of mental health or developmental disabilities services from a therapist; and (ii) does not include independent evaluations for a purpose other than the provision of mental health or developmental disabilities services. |
| | Current Status: | 7/10/2015 - Effective Date January 1, 2016
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| SB832 | MEDICAID-RX LIMITS-EXEMPTIONS (SEN. MICHAEL HASTINGS) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that drugs in the following therapeutic classes shall not be subject to prior approval as a result of the 4-prescription limit: immunosuppressant drugs, oncolytic drugs, anti-retroviral drugs, "antipsychotic drugs, and, on or after July 1, 2015, anti-depressant and anti-anxiety drugs" (rather than immunosuppressant drugs, oncolytic drugs, anti-retroviral drugs, and, on or after July 1, 2014, antipsychotic drugs). Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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| SB834 | MHDDC-VENUE-COURT HEARING (SEN. WILLIAM HAINE) Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code concerning court hearings under the Admission, Transfer and Discharge Procedures for the Mentally Ill Chapter of the Code. Deletes provision that any party may request a change of venue or transfer to any other county because of the convenience of parties or witnesses or the condition of the respondent. Provides that the court shall grant the request of the respondent to have the proceedings transferred to the county of his or her residence if and only if the court determines that the transfer is necessary to ensure the attendance of any material witness. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 7/31/2015 - Effective Date July 31, 2015
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| SB836 | SAFETY-TECH (SEN. JOHN SULLIVAN) Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that if a person 14 years old or older is determined to be developmentally disabled by a physician, clinical psychologist, or qualified examiner, the physician, clinical psychologist, or qualified examiner shall notify the Department of Human Services within 7 days (rather than 24 hours ) of making the determination that the person has a developmental disability. Defines "developmental disability" and "determined by a physician, clinical psychologist, or qualified examiner". Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Changes definition of "developmental disability". Provides that an applicant for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card, who is denied, revoked, or has his or her Firearm Owner's Identification Card seized based upon a determination of a developmental disability or an intellectual disability may apply to the Director of State Police requesting relief. Provides that the Director shall act on the request for relief within 60 business days of receipt of written certification, in the form prescribed by the Director, from a physician or clinical psychologist, or qualified examiner, that the aggrieved party's developmental disability or intellectual disability condition is determined by a physician, clinical psychologist, or qualified to be mild. Provides that the Director may not grant relief if the condition is determined by a physician, clinical psychologist, or qualified examiner to be moderate, severe, or profound. Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Confidentiality Act to make a conforming change. Provides that the amendatory Act applies to requests for relief pending on or before the effective date of the amendatory Act, except that the 60-day period for the Director to act on requests pending before the effective date shall begin on the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately. - House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Further amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Allows a person to acquire or possess a firearm or firearm ammunition with only a valid concealed carry license in his or her possession (rather than must have a valid FOID card in his or her possession). Provides the changes made in the appeal to the Director of State Police regarding disqualification for a developmental disability or intellectual disability by this amendatory Act apply to requests for relief pending on or before the effective date of this amendatory Act, except that the 60-day period for the Director to act on requests pending before the effective date shall begin on the effective date of this amendatory Act. Provides that nothing in the definition of "gun show" shall be construed to exclude a gun show held in conjunction with competitive shooting events at the World Shooting Complex sanctioned by a national governing body in which the sale or transfer of firearms is authorized under the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a competitor or attendee of a competitive shooting event who does not wish to purchase a firearm at the event is not required to register or have his or her name appear on a list of registered competitors and attendees provided to the Department of State Police by the sanctioning body. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that waiting period for the delivery of a firearm after application for its purchase has been made does not apply to the transfer or sale of any rifle, shotgun, or other long gun to a resident registered competitor or attendee or non-resident registered competitor or attendee by any dealer licensed as a federal firearms dealer under the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 at competitive shooting events held at the World Shooting Complex sanctioned by a national governing body. Provides that the Department of Natural Resources shall give notice to the Department of State Police at least 30 calendar days prior to any competitive shooting events at the World Shooting Complex sanctioned by a national governing body. Provides that the sanctioning body shall provide a list of all registered competitors and attendees at least 24 hours before the events to the Department of State Police. Provides that any changes to the list of registered competitors and attendees shall be forwarded to the Department of State Police as soon as practicable. Amends the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. Provides that the disclosure requirement during an investigative stop is satisfied if the licensee presents his or her license to the officer or the non-resident presents to the officer evidence that he or she is qualified to carry under the Act. Provides that upon the request of the officer, the licensee or non-resident shall also identify the location of the concealed firearm and permit the officer to safely secure the firearm for the duration of the investigative stop. - House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Further amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that the offense of unlawful use of weapons concerning the carrying or possession of firearms in any vehicle or concealed on or about one's person or on or about one's person, upon any public street, alley, or other public lands within the corporate limits of a city, village, or incorporated town does not apply to or affect transportation of weapons that are carried or possessed in accordance with the Firearm Concealed Carry Act by a person who has been issued a currently valid license under the Firearm Concealed Carry Act. |
| | Current Status: | 7/10/2015 - Effective Date July 10, 2015
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| SB837 | NURSE & PA-HOSPITAL AFFILIATE (SEN. IRIS MARTINEZ) House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal date of the Illinois Physical Therapy Act from January 1, 2016 to January 1, 2026. Amends the Illinois Physical Therapy Act. Provides that anyone engaged in the unlicensed practice of physical therapy shall, in addition to any other penalty provided by law, be subject to a civil penalty not exceeding $10,000 per offense. Extends the 60-day post-notification exam deadline for applicants when no exam will be held within that time frame. Requires that all penalties (in addition to fees and fines) collected for violations of the Act be appropriated to the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation. Requires that all information collected by the Department during the investigation of a licensee or applicant remain confidential and only be disclosed to law enforcement officials, other regulatory agencies with an appropriate regulatory interest in the information, or a party presenting a lawful subpoena for the information. Requires that anyone licensed under the Act who has been certified by court order as not having paid restitution to another under the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Criminal Code of 2012, or the Criminal Code of 1961 shall have his or her license suspended. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 8/3/2015 - Effective Date August 3, 2015
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| SB840 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (SEN. ANTONIO MUÑOZ) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the "Medicaid" Article. |
| | Current Status: | 2/11/2015 - Referred to Senate Assignments
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| SB841 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (SEN. ANTONIO MUÑOZ) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the "Medicaid" Article. |
| | Current Status: | 2/11/2015 - Referred to Senate Assignments
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| SB1204 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (SEN. DANIEL BISS) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the "Medicaid" Article. |
| | Current Status: | 10/10/2015 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| SB1238 | FAMILY CARE PROVIDER ACT (SEN. NAPOLEON HARRIS, III) Creates the Illinois Family Care Provider Act. Provides that an employer must provide up to 12 weeks of unpaid family medical leave to an employee during any 12-month period for one or more of these purposes: the birth or adoption of a grandchild in order for the employee to care for such grandchild; because of the placement of a grandchild with the employee for adoption or foster care; or in order for the employee to care for a grandchild if such grandchild has a serious health condition or the employee to care for a grandparent if such grandparent has a serious health condition. Contains provisions concerning notification and certification. Authorizes an employee to file a civil action for enforcement. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 10/10/2015 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| SB1249 | MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM PLANNING (SEN. HEATHER STEANS) Amends the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013. In a provision concerning mental health system planning, provides that the Office of the Governor (instead of the Governor's Office of Health Innovation and Transformation) shall oversee a process for identifying needed services and identifying the financing strategies for developing those needed services. Makes a change in a provision concerning the purpose of the process. Adds language requiring the process to address the need and financing strategies for trauma-informed care. Requires the Office of the Governor (instead of the Governor's Office of Health Innovation and Transformation) to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by January 15, 2016 (instead of July 1, 2015). Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
- House Floor Amendment No. 1 - In provisions concerning the process for identifying certain needed services and identifying the financing strategies for developing those services, provides that the purpose of the process is to offer choice to all individuals with serious mental illness or co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders or conditions (instead of only individuals with serious mental illness and substance use disorders or conditions) who choose to live in the community, and for whom the community is the appropriate setting, including those at risk of institutional care. |
| | Current Status: | 9/24/2015 - BILL DEAD - Amendatory Veto
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| SB1253 | MEDICAID-MANAGED CARE ENTITIES (SEN. IRIS MARTINEZ) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions concerning care coordination, provides that Managed Care Entities (MCEs), including MCOs and all other care coordination organizations, shall develop and maintain a written language access policy that sets forth the standards, guidelines, and operational plan to ensure language appropriate services and that is consistent with the standard of meaningful access for populations with limited English proficiency. Provides that the language access policy shall describe how the MCEs will provide all of the following required services: (1) translation (the written replacement of text from one language into another) of all vital documents and forms as identified by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services; (2) qualified interpreter services (the oral communication of a message from one language into another by a qualified interpreter); (3) staff training on the language access policy, including how to identify language needs, access and provide language assistance services, work with interpreters, request translations, and track the use of language assistance services; (4) data tracking that identifies the language need; and (5) notification to participants on the availability of language access services and on how to access such services. |
| | Current Status: | 7/22/2015 - Effective Date January 1, 2016
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| SB1254 | DHFS-GROUND AMBULANCE PAYMENTS (SEN. ANTONIO MUÑOZ) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides for payment for ground ambulance services under the medical assistance program. Provides that for ground ambulance services provided to a medical assistance recipient on or after January 1, 2016, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall provide payment to ground ambulance services providers for base charges and mileage charges based upon the lesser of the provider's charge, as reflected on the provider's claim form, or the Illinois Medicaid Ambulance Fee Schedule payment rates. Provides that effective January 1, 2016, the Illinois Medicaid Ambulance Fee Schedule shall be established and shall include only the ground ambulance services payment rates outlined in the Medicare Ambulance Fee Schedule as promulgated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in effect as of July 1, 2013 and adjusted for the 4 Medicare Localities in Illinois, with an adjustment of 80% of the Medicare Ambulance Fee Schedule payment rates, by Medicare Locality, for both base rates and mileage for all counties. Provides that for ground ambulance services provided where the point of pickup is in a rural county, the Department shall pay an amount equal to one and one-half times the ground mileage rate for the first 17 miles of such a transport and the ground mileage rate for the remaining miles of the transport. Makes other changes in connection with medical assistance payments for ground ambulance services. Effective July 1, 2015. - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill, but with the following changes: In a provision under the Nursing Home Care Act concerning ambulance transportation orders for nursing home residents, and in a provision under the Hospital Licensing Act concerning ambulance transportation arrangements for hospital patients: (i) provides that, beginning for dates of service no later than 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the nursing facility or hospital shall utilize the uniform certification of medical necessity for non-emergency ambulance transportation pursuant to the Illinois Public Aid Code for all non-emergency ambulance transportation, regardless of whether the payer for the transport is a governmental payer or a non-governmental payer and regardless of the type of health care program or insurance the individual participates in; (ii) provides that the State action exemption shall be available to the Department in relation to federal and State antitrust statutes; (iii) provides that it is the policy of the State that certain powers may be exercised by the Department of Public Health, its vendors, agents, designees, and facilities, and all employees, officers, subsidiaries, and designees thereof, notwithstanding the effects on competition and notwithstanding any displacement of competition; (iv) requires the Department to supervise the authorized activities of certain non-Department individuals or entities; and (v) removes all references to "Physician Certification Statement or equivalent form" under the Hospital Licensing Act and instead uses the term "uniform certification of medical necessity for non-emergency ambulance transportation". Further amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes changes to the definitions of "ground ambulance services", "ground ambulance services provider", and "payment principles of Medicare". Deletes "rural county" and its definition. Defines "medi-car services provider", "medi-car services", "service care services", and "emergency and urgently needed services". Provides that for ground ambulance services and medi-car services provided to recipients covered by a medical assistance program administered by the Department, payment shall be based upon the zip code of the point of pick-up of the recipient by the ground ambulance services provider or medi-car services provider (rather than for ground ambulance services provided to a recipient of aid under the Medical Assistance Article on or after January 1, 2016, the Department shall provide payment to ground ambulance services providers for base charges and mileage charges based upon the lesser of the provider's charge, as reflected on the provider's claim form, or the Illinois Medicaid Ambulance Fee Schedule payment rates calculated in accordance with a specified provision of the Code; and that the Department shall establish the transition from the current payment system to the Illinois Medicaid Ambulance Fee Schedule by implementing certain payment rates adjusted for the 4 Medicare Localities in Illinois). Provides that due to the unique mobile nature of ambulance and medi-car services, ground ambulance services providers and medi-car services providers are required to only submit enrollment applications for the primary office location where the provider's business is headquartered. Adds language concerning payments for emergency and urgently needed services. Deletes a provision concerning payments for ground ambulance services provided to a recipient enrolled in a Medicaid managed care plan by a ground ambulance services provider that is not a contracted provider to the Medicaid managed care plan in question. Makes changes concerning Department rules by which ground ambulance services providers (rather than ground ambulance service providers) and medi-car services providers of non-emergency medical transportation may appeal any decision by the Department or its agent for which certain denials were not received prior to the time of transport. Adds provisions concerning (1) uniform certification of medical necessity for non-emergency ambulance transportation of patients covered by a medical assistance program administered by the Department or by the federal Medicare program; (2) certain powers that may be exercised by the Department; (3) the Department's supervision of certain activities of non-Departmental individuals; (4) the Department's exemption from State and federal antitrust statutes; and (5) the Department's establishment of a technical advisory group to collaborate with and assist in the development of the regulations, policies, or procedures necessary to implement this amendatory Act. Changes the effective date to immediate (rather than effective July 1, 2015). |
| | Current Status: | 10/10/2015 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| SB1273 | DHFS-MANAGED CARE-AMBULANCE (SEN. ANTONIO MUÑOZ) Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that managed care organizations (MCOs), including managed care community networks, shall be subject to a specified provision of the Code concerning ambulance services payments with regard to the following matters: mileage criteria and methodology, emergency and urgently needed methodology and criteria, appeals processes including post authorization for non-prescheduled, non-emergency transportation, and uniform certification of medical necessity for non-emergency ambulance transportation. Provides that appeal decisions issued by MCOs shall be appealable to the Director of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, and the Director's decision on these appeals shall be a final administrative decision subject to review under the Administrative Review Law. Provides that the uniform certification of medical necessity for non-emergency transportation requirements shall be effective for dates of service beginning no later than 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act; and that the mileage criteria and methodology, emergency and urgently needed methodology, and criteria and appeals processes, including post authorization for non-prescheduled, non-emergency transportation, shall be effective for dates of service beginning no later than July 1, 2015 and for any and all outstanding claims that exist at the time of implementation of the methodologies, appeals, and post authorization processes. Provides that upon the effective date of this amendatory Act, MCOs shall not unreasonably refuse to contract with ground ambulance services providers and medi-car services providers, shall not unreasonably restrict access to and the availability of ground ambulance services and medi-car services, and shall ensure that recipients of the Department's programs shall not be liable for ground ambulance services and medi-car services expenses consistent with federal law, the Illinois Insurance Code, and any amendments, regulations, policies, and guidelines thereto, including, but not limited to, a specified provision under the Illinois Administrative Code. Provides that it is the intention of the General Assembly that the State action exemption to the application of federal and State antitrust statutes be fully available to the Department and MCOs and their agents and designees, and all employees, officers, subsidiaries, and designees thereof, to the extent the activities are authorized under the Code. Provides that it is the policy of the State that certain powers may be exercised by the Department and MCOs and their agents and designees and all employees, officers, subsidiaries, and designees thereof, notwithstanding the effects on competition and notwithstanding any displacement of competition. Provides that the Department shall actively supervise the activities of MCOs, including, but not limited to, their decisions, in order to ensure that MCOs and their agents and designees and all employees, officers, subsidiaries, and designees thereof, promote State policy and not individual interest. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 10/10/2015 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| SB1281 | REVERSE MORTGAGE LOANS (SEN. JACQUELINE COLLINS) House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to adopt rules governing corrosion prevention projects affecting a public water supply. Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Authorizes the Department of Transportation to adopt rules governing corrosion prevention projects affecting eligible bridges. Exempts persons licensed under the Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989 or the Structural Engineering Act of 1989. Provides for consideration of industry standards and the handling of hazardous materials. Defines terms. Effective July 1, 2016. |
| | Current Status: | 11/30/2016 - BILL DEAD - Amendatory Veto
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| SB1298 | HOSPITAL DISCHARGE-CAREGIVERS (SEN. CHAPIN ROSE) Creates the Caregiver Advise, Record, and Enable Act. Provides that after a patient is admitted as an inpatient into a hospital and before the patient is discharged or transferred, the hospital shall provide the patient or the patient's legal representative with an opportunity to designate a caregiver. Provides that the hospital shall document the patient's designation of a caregiver. Requires the hospital to notify the patient's designated caregiver prior to the patient's discharge or transfer, unless the patient indicates that he or she does not want the designated caregiver to be notified. Requires the hospital to consult with the designated caregiver and issue a discharge plan that contains certain information. Provides that the hospital issuing the discharge plan shall make an effort to provide or arrange for the designated caregiver to receive instructions in the after-care assistance tasks described in the discharge plan. Provides that the Act shall not be construed to interfere with the rights of an agent operating under a valid health care directive and shall not be construed to create a private right of action against certain individuals and entities. Contains other provisions. Effective 180 days after becoming law. - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provision of the introduced bill with the following changes: (1) provides that the definition of "hospital" means a hospital that provides general acute care that is either licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act or operated under the University of Illinois Hospital Act (instead of a general acute care hospital licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act or the University of Illinois Hospital Act); (2) changes the defined term "after-care" to "after care" and makes conforming changes; (3) provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to interfere with the rights of an agent operating under a valid power of attorney; and (4) in a provision concerning private rights of action, provides (i) that the Act shall not be construed to create a private right of action against certain entities solely for providing instruction to a designated caregiver and (ii) that certain entities shall not be held liable, except for willful or wanton misconduct, for services rendered or not rendered by the caregiver to the patient. Effective 180 days after becoming law. |
| | Current Status: | 7/31/2015 - Effective Date January 27, 2016
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| SB1305 | HOSPITAL DISCHARGE-CAREGIVERS (SEN. IRA SILVERSTEIN) Creates the Caregiver Advise, Record, and Enable Act. Provides that before a patient is discharged from a hospital and no later than 24 hours after a patient enters a hospital, the hospital shall provide the patient or the patient's legal guardian with the opportunity to designate a caregiver. Provides that the hospital shall document the patient's designation of a caregiver and shall provide instruction regarding after-care tasks to the caregiver. Requires the hospital to notify the patient's caregiver at least 4 hours before the patient is discharged. Authorizes the Department of Public Health to adopt rules relating to the implementation of the Act. Contains other provisions. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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| SB1306 | NURS HOME-ELECTRONIC MONITORNG (SEN. IRA SILVERSTEIN) Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Requires a nursing home to place electronic monitoring devices throughout the facility in areas including specified common areas and residents' rooms. Allows residents to opt out of electronic monitoring in their rooms. Sets forth requirements concerning recordings. Provides that intentionally hampering, obstructing, tampering with, or destroying an electronic monitoring device installed in a facility is a Class A misdemeanor for which a $5,000 fine may be imposed. Provides for access to real-time and recorded files. Allows for the admission of recordings into evidence. Contains provisions concerning civil liability; reimbursement of facilities for expenses incurred in installing electronic monitoring systems; the authority of the Department of Public Health to deny, suspend, or refuse to renew a facility's license; the adoption of rules by the Department; and other matters. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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| SB1309 | ABUSED ADULT-ACCESS TO RECORDS (SEN. IRA SILVERSTEIN) Amends the Adult Protective Services Act. In provisions concerning reports of abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, or self-neglect of an eligible adult as defined under the Act, adds a representative of the public guardian acting in the course of investigating the appropriateness of guardianship for the eligible adult or while pursuing a petition for guardianship of the eligible adult to the list of persons granted access, upon request, to all records concerning reports of abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, or self-neglect and all records generated as a result of such reports. - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Expands the list of persons granted access to all records concerning reports of abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, or self-neglect and all records generated as a result of such reports to include (i) the Department of Healthcare and Family Services' provider agency staff when that Department is funding services to the eligible adult, including access to the identity of the eligible adult and (ii) the Department of Human Services' provider agency staff when that Department is funding services to the eligible adult or is providing reimbursement for services provided by the abuser or alleged abuser, including access to the identity of the eligible adult. |
| | Current Status: | 8/5/2015 - Effective Date January 1, 2016
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| SB1367 | DHFS-MEDICAID-WAIVER PROPOSAL (SEN. HEATHER STEANS) House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the State Finance Act and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish a Healthy Local Food Incentives Program to double the purchasing power of Illinois residents with limited access to fresh fruits and vegetables. Creates the Healthy Local Food Incentives Fund as a special fund in the State treasury for the purpose of implementing the Program. Provides that subject to appropriation, the Department shall make an annual grant of $500,000 from the Fund to a qualified Illinois non-profit organization or agency, which shall be distributed to participating Illinois farmers markets for the purpose of providing matching dollar incentives (up to a specified amount) for the dollar value of SNAP benefits spent on FINI eligible fruits and vegetables at participating Illinois farmers markets and producer-to-consumer venues. Provides that the qualified non-profit organization shall have a demonstrated track record of: (i) building a statewide network; (ii) designing and implementing successful healthy food incentive programs that connect SNAP recipients with local producers; and (iii) other requirements. Provides that 100% of the moneys deposited into the Fund shall be distributed to participating Illinois farmers markets for healthy local food incentives. Requires the non-profit organization or agency to submit a progress report to the Department with certain information. Provides that no later than December 31, 2017, the Department shall adopt rules to implement the new provisions. Provides for the repeal of the bill's provisions on June 30, 2019. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 12/29/2016 - Sent to the Governor
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| SB1370 | DHFS-ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS (SEN. NAPOLEON HARRIS, III) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision concerning adjustment payments for inpatient services, adds Illinois acute care hospitals that have a Medicaid Inpatient Utilization rate that is at least 33% and that has total Medicaid inpatient days in excess of 30,000 as calculated by the Department in its annual determination for the Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH), Medicaid High Volume Adjustment (MHVA), and Medicaid Percentage Adjustment (MPA) programs to the list of hospitals that shall receive such adjustment payments from the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. |
| | Current Status: | 5/15/2015 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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| SB1376 | FIDUCIARY ACCESS-DIGITAL ASSET (SEN. MICHAEL HASTINGS) Creates the Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act. Defines terms. Provides procedures and requirements for the access and control by guardians, executors, agents, and other fiduciaries to the digital assets of persons who are deceased, under a legal disability, or subject to the terms of a trust. Adds provisions concerning: fiduciary authority; compliance by the account custodian; immunity; applicability; construction; and the Act's relation to federal laws governing electronic signatures. Makes corresponding changes in the Criminal Code of 2012. - Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Excludes from immunity provisions acts or omissions constituting willful or wanton misconduct. Provides that in the event of a conflict with federal law, federal law shall prevail. - House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Limits the term "personal representative" to an executor, administrator, or special administrator. Limits a custodian's ability to charge for compliance with a fiduciary's request for access to digital assets. Removes provision requiring certain hearings to be held under the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that a fiduciary is not liable for certain certifications made without knowledge that the representations contained in the certifications are incorrect. |
| | Current Status: | 12/1/2016 - Consideration of House Amendments
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| SB1383 | ABLE ACCOUNT PROGRAM (SEN. SCOTT BENNETT) Amends the State Treasurer Act. Creates the "Achieving a Better Life Experience" or "ABLE" account program to encourage and assist individuals and families in saving private funds for the purpose of supporting persons with disabilities in endeavors to maintain health, independence, and quality of life, and to provide secure funding for disability-related expenses on behalf of designated beneficiaries with disabilities that will supplement, but not supplant, benefits provided through private insurance, federal and State medical and disability insurance, the beneficiary's employment, and other sources. Provides that the State Treasurer shall be primarily responsible for the plan but shall work with the Illinois State Board of Investment. Sets forth the requirements of the plan. Requires the State Treasurer to adopt rules to implement the program. Defines required terms. - Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the introduced bill. Makes the following changes: makes changes to defined terms. Adds additional defined terms. Allows the State Treasurer to enter into agreements with other states to either allow Illinois residents to participate in an ABLE account plan operated by another state or to allow residents of other states to participate in the Illinois ABLE plan. Requires the designated beneficiary of an ABLE account to be a resident of Illinois or a resident of a contracting state. Provides that plan assets are not subject to claims by creditors of the State and may not be used as security for a loan. Requires the State Treasurer to promote awareness of the availability and advantages of the ABLE account plan as a way to assist individuals and families in saving private funds for the purpose of supporting individuals with disabilities but prohibits the State Treasurer from promoting or accepting contributions for ABLE accounts until the Internal Revenue Service has issued its final regulations concerning ABLE accounts. Requires the account administrator to annually prepare and adopt a written statement of investment policy that includes a risk management and oversight program. Makes other changes concerning the administration of the ABLE account plan. Creates the Illinois ABLE Accounts Administrative Fund. Amends the State Finance Act. Adds the Illinois ABLE Accounts Administrative Fund. - House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Corrects a citation. |
| | Current Status: | 7/27/2015 - Effective Date January 1, 2016
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| SB1387 | REPEALS HEALTH FAC PLANNING BD (SEN. WILLIAM BRADY) Repeals the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act and abolishes the Health Facilities and Services Review Board. Amends the Health Care Worker Self-Referral Act to transfer the Board's functions under that Act to the Department of Public Health. Amends various other Acts to eliminate references to the Board or the Act. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 4/24/2015 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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| SB1412 | DHFS-PERSONAL NEEDS ALLOWANCE (SEN. WILLIAM DELGADO) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that subject to appropriation, for a person who is a resident in a facility licensed under the ID/DD Community Care Act or the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act for whom payments are made throughout a month and who is determined to be eligible for medical assistance, the State shall pay an amount in addition to the minimum monthly personal needs allowance authorized under the Social Security Act so that the person's total monthly personal needs allowance from both State and federal sources equals $60. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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| SB1416 | REGULATION-TECH (SEN. MATTIE HUNTER) Amends the ID/DD Community Care Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: | 2/20/2015 - Referred to Senate Assignments
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| SB1465 | MEDICAID-HEPATITIS C-TREATMENT (SEN. DONNE TROTTER) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that prior approval by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to administer to a recipient of medical assistance any interferon-free therapy for the treatment of the hepatitis C virus shall be limited to certain criteria, including that: (i) the recipient must be 18 years of age; (ii) the recipient must have a diagnosis of chronic hepatitis C infection, genotype 1, 2, 3, or 4, confirmed by stage 2 fibrosis; (iii) the recipient must not have end stage renal disease requiring dialysis; and (iv) the recipient may not have abused a controlled substance within the past 6 months. Provides that the Department may not use certain criteria as a basis for requiring prior approval to administer to a recipient of medical assistance any interferon-free therapy for the treatment of the hepatitis C virus, including: (a) any evidence or known diagnosis of malignancy of any body organ; (b) the recipient's mental capacity or any determination related to the recipient's ability to make appropriate decisions about the interferon-free therapy treatment or to comply with related instructions; and (c) the fact that the recipient was previously administered an interferon-free therapy for the treatment of the hepatitis C virus. Contains provisions concerning persons authorized to prescribe an interferon-free therapy for the treatment of the hepatitis C virus to a recipient of medical assistance; the submission of lab results; an appeals process; and payments to managed care entities for any interferon-free therapy for the treatment of the hepatitis C virus that is prescribed to a recipient of medical assistance. Effective immediately. - Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - In the list of persons authorized to prescribe any interferon-free therapy for the treatment of the hepatitis C virus to a recipient of medical assistance, changes the list of authorized persons to include "any physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches with a current license who has received a written consultation report" from a board-certified gastroenterologist or specialist in a relevant sub-specialty or from an infectious disease specialist (rather than any physician holding a current unrestricted license to practice medicine who, within 6 months prior to submitting a prior approval request as prescribed by the Department, has (i) completed a course in Illinois with a 3-year certification period that is provided by a program which aims to build the healthcare system's capacity to diagnose and cure persons with the hepatitis C virus or (ii) received a written consultation report from a board-certified gastroenterologist or specialist in a relevant sub-specialty or from an infectious disease specialist). Provides that a formal request for prior approval to administer to a medical assistance recipient any interferon-free therapy for the treatment of the hepatitis "C virus shall not be submitted to the Department without a written" consultation report (rather than a formal request for prior approval to administer to a medical assistance recipient any interferon-free therapy for the treatment of the hepatitis C virus shall not be submitted before the Department receives either documentation that the physician has satisfied the 3-year certification period of an eligible program or a written consultation report). |
| | Current Status: | 1/3/2017 - House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| SB1474 | HEALTH INS GRACE PERIOD (SEN. WILLIAM HAINE) Creates the Health Care Professional and Provider Notification of Patients in Health Insurance Exchange Grace Period Act. Provides that when a health care professional or provider or a representative of the health care professional or provider requests information from a QHP issuer regarding (i) an enrollee's eligibility, (ii) an enrollee's coverage or health plan benefits, or (iii) the status of a claim or claims for services provided to an enrollee, or reports a claim in a remittance advice, and the request or service is for a date within the second or third month of a grace period, the QHP issuer shall clearly identify that the applicable enrollee is in the grace period and provide additional information. Provides that if the QHP issuer informs the health care professional or provider or a representative of the health care professional or provider that the enrollee is eligible for services, and does not inform the health care professional or provider that the enrollee is in the grace period, that determination shall be binding on the QHP issuer, and the claim or claims for services rendered shall be paid by the QHP issuer. Requires QHP issuers to maintain a hotline for questions from a health care professional or provider. Requires that QHP issuers seeking to recoup claims made during the last 60 days of the grace period must commence such recovery or recoupment efforts no later than 60 days after the expiration of the grace period. Provides that the Director of Insurance shall investigate all complaints of violations of the Act. Provides that the Director shall issue cease and desist orders to any QHP issuers found to be in violation of the Act. Provides that failure to comply with a cease and desist order shall result in fines of $1,000 for each violation, and each day the QHP issuer is in violation of the Act is a separate offense. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 3/27/2015 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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| SB1564 | HLTH CARE RIGHT OF CONSCIENCE (SEN. DANIEL BISS) Amends the Health Care Right of Conscience Act. Makes changes in the Section concerning findings and policy. Defines "access to care and information protocols" and "material information". Provides that notwithstanding any other law, a health care facility, or any physician or health care personnel working in the facility, may refuse to permit, perform, assist in, counsel about, suggest, recommend, refer for, or participate in health care services because of a conscience-based objection only if the refusal occurs in accordance with written access to care and information protocols designed to ensure that (1) the patient receives material information in a timely fashion; and (2) the refusal will not impair the patient's health by causing delay of or inability to access the refused health care service. Provides that nothing in the Act shall be construed to prevent a health care facility from requiring that physicians or health care personnel working in the facility comply with access to care and information protocols. Makes other changes in Sections concerning: (i) discrimination by employers or institutions; and (ii) liability. - Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the bill as introduced, but with the following changes: In a provision defining terms: (i) removes the terms "access to care and information protocols" and "material information" and their corresponding definitions; and (ii) defines "undue delay" as unreasonable delay that causes impairment of the patient's health. Makes changes to a provision concerning the duty of physicians and other health care personnel. Removes a provision concerning the duty to enact and comply with access to care and information protocols and instead provides that all health care facilities shall adopt written access to care and information protocols that are designed to ensure that conscience-based objections do not cause impairment of patients' health and that explain how conscience-based objections will be addressed in a timely manner to facilitate patient health care services. Provides that certain protections under the Act only apply if conscience-based refusals occur in accordance with these protocols. Provides that the protocols must, at a minimum, address certain matters. Removes changes made to a provision concerning discrimination by employers or institutions. Adds a January 1, 2016 effective date. |
| | Current Status: | 7/29/2016 - Effective Date January 1, 2017
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| SB1602 | FACILITY-ELECTRONIC MONITORING (SEN. JAMES CLAYBORNE) Creates the Electronic Monitoring Act. Requires all residential facilities that are licensed, certified, or regulated by the State to have a written policy regarding the use of electronic monitoring devices. Provides that electronic monitoring of a resident's room is permitted if certain conditions are met, including: the resident having reason to believe that his or health, safety, or personal property is at risk; the resident having notified the facility and obtained the consent of certain parties; the resident, the facility, and the roommate agreeing to the terms and conditions of the electronic monitoring; and completing a written evaluation of the use of the electronic monitoring device monthly. Prohibits electronic monitoring under certain circumstances. Requires the Department of Public Health to design a standard form for providing notice to the facility. Provides that certain costs related to the electronic monitoring shall be the responsibility of the resident or the resident's family and prohibits the use of certain types of income to pay for those costs. Contains provisions concerning: notice of the electronic monitoring to the facility, the employees, other residents, and the general public; consent to the electronic monitoring; and limitations on the use of video tapes in criminal, civil, or administrative actions. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 10/10/2015 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| SB1665 | NURS HM-MEDICAL FOSTER HOMES (SEN. CHRISTINE RADOGNO) Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that the definition of "facility" does not include a medical foster home, as defined by federal regulation, that is under the oversight of the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs. Effective immediately. - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the introduced bill, but with the following change: provides that the definition of "facility" does not include a medical foster home, as defined by federal regulation, that is under the oversight of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (instead of the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs). Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 8/17/2015 - Effective Date January 1, 2016
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| SB1729 | DHFS-MEDICAID-DATA REPORTS (SEN. HEATHER STEANS) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning July 1, 2015, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall publish monthly reports on its website on the enrollment of persons in the State's medical assistance program, and the enrollment of recipients of medical assistance into a Medicaid Managed Care Entity contracted by the Department. Provides that the monthly reports shall include certain information for the medical assistance program generally and, separately, for each Medicaid Managed Care Entity contracted by the Department, including: (i) total enrollment and (ii) the number of persons enrolled in the medical assistance program pursuant to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Requires the Department to annually publish on its website every Medicaid Managed Care Entity's quality metrics outcomes and to make public an independent annual quality review report on the State's Medicaid managed care delivery system. Requires the Department to compile on a monthly basis data on eligibility redeterminations of beneficiaries of medical assistance. Requires the data to be posted on the Department's website and to include certain information, including: (a) the total number of redetermination decisions made in a month and, of that total number, the number of decisions to continue benefits, the number of decisions to change benefits, and the number of decisions to cancel benefits; and (b) if a vendor is procured to assist the Department in the redetermination process, the total number of redetermination decisions made in a month with the involvement of the vendor and without the involvement of the vendor. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 10/10/2015 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| SB1754 | MEDICAID-SENSITIVE SERVICES (SEN. DANIEL BISS) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that for all recipients of medical assistance who are enrolled in a Medicaid Managed Care Entity, information concerning sensitive health services, including information concerning consultations, examinations, and treatments, shall not be divulged directly or indirectly to any person, including by sending a bill for such services or by sending an explanation of benefits provided by the Medicaid Managed Care Entity, unless the recipient who received the sensitive health services requests the information from the Medicaid Managed Care Entity. Provides that the term "Medicaid Managed Care Entity" includes, but is not limited to, Care Coordination Entities, Accountable Care Entities, Managed Care Community Networks, and Managed Care Organizations. Defines "sensitive health services". Provides that nothing in this provision shall be construed to relieve a Medicaid Managed Care Entity or the Department of Healthcare and Family Services of its duty to report incidents of sexually transmitted infections to the Department of Public Health or to the local board of health in accordance with regulations adopted under a statute or ordinance, or to report incidents of sexually transmitted infections as necessary to comply with certain requirements under the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act or as otherwise required by State or federal law. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 10/10/2015 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| SB1779 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (SEN. KYLE MCCARTER) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the "Medicaid" Article. |
| | Current Status: | 2/20/2015 - Referred to Senate Assignments
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| SB1789 | NURSE LICENSURE COMPACT (SEN. PAMELA ALTHOFF) Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Ratifies and adopts the Nurse Licensure Compact, but only if the Compact requires fingerprinting as part of the criminal history records checks required for the privilege to practice nursing in this State. Allows for reciprocity of licensure of licensed practical nurses and registered nurses among the states. Provides for administration of the Compact by the Nursing Act Coordinator. Provides that the licensing board shall participate in a Compact Evaluation Initiative designed to evaluate the effectiveness and operability of the Compact. Provides that the Compact does not relieve employers from complying with statutorily imposed obligations. Provides that the Compact does not supersede existing State labor laws. Provides that any practical nurse or registered nurse employed in an Illinois facility providing direct patient care exercising the practice privilege afforded under the Nurse Licensure Compact shall be registered with the eNotify Nurses Database system, which can be accessed at no cost by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Further provides that a party state's licensing board shall notify the Department in the event that the party state issues a license to a practical nurse or registered nurse with a past felony conviction. Provides that the Department may revoke or limit the multistate licensure privilege of any practical nurse or registered nurse to practice in Illinois necessary to protect the health and safety of the public. |
| | Current Status: | 10/10/2015 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| SB1811 | PHARMACY-UNUSED PRESCRIPTIONS (SEN. IRIS MARTINEZ) Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Provides that any pharmacy with more than one retail location operating in this State shall collect and discard unused prescription medications, including, but not limited to, controlled substances, from residential sources in accordance with State and federal laws, including the federal Controlled Substances Act and any regulations issued pursuant thereto. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 10/10/2015 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| SB1821 | MEDICAID-TEMP MEDICAL CARD (SEN. DON HARMON) House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Hospital Provider Funding Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision concerning assessments for hospital providers that did not conduct, operate, or maintain a hospital during certain years, prohibits the Department of Healthcare and Family Services from increasing any assessment based upon hypothetical occupied bed days or hypothetical gross outpatient revenue once the initial assessment has been calculated by the Department and the hospital has been notified of the amount of the assessment based upon hypothetical occupied bed days or hypothetical gross outpatient revenue. Amends the Hospital Services Trust Fund Article of the Code. Provides that for any general acute care hospital licensed after January 1, 2008, the Department must calculate and pay enhanced payments for Medicaid services similar to enhanced Medicaid payments received by other general acute care hospitals. Permits the Department to create new payments or increase other existing Medicaid reimbursement programs in order to meet the enhanced payments requirements. Requires the Department to insert any new Medicaid inpatient methodology and any new Medicaid outpatient methodology in specified provisions of the Illinois Medicaid State Plan. Requires the Department to establish and maintain certain funding pools for enhanced payments to general acute care hospitals licensed: (i) after January 1, 2008 and before January 1, 2016 or (ii) after January 1, 2016 and before July 1, 2016. Permits the Department to establish, by rule, a funding pool for enhanced payments to general acute care hospitals licensed on and after July 1, 2016. Provides that the required enhanced payments shall continue so long as other specified payments required under the Code are in effect. - House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Further amends the Hospital Services Trust Fund Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that if the payments developed for certain general acute care hospitals are not approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for Medicaid matching, then such payments shall be reduced by 50%. |
| | Current Status: | 1/10/2017 - House Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Postponed State Government and Veterans Affairs
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| SB1822 | DIRECT SERVICE PERSONNEL WAGE (SEN. HEATHER STEANS) Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall increase rates and reimbursements so that on or before July 1, 2017 direct service personnel in residential and day programs serving individuals with developmental disabilities earn a starting wage of not less than $13 per hour. On or before July l, 2015 rates shall increase to fund a $1 per hour increase. Provides that on or before January 1, 2016 rates shall increase to fund an additional $1 per hour increase. On or before July 1, 2016 rates shall increase to fund an additional $1 per hour increase. Provides that on or before January 1, 2017 rates shall increase to fund an additional $0.65 per hour increase. Defines "direct service personnel". Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the amount of the payment rate for all nursing facilities certified by the Department of Public Health under the ID/DD Community Care Act as intermediate care facilities for the developmentally disabled or long term care for under age 22 facilities shall increase to fund: (1) a $1 per hour increase on or before July 1, 2015; (2) an additional $1 per hour increase on or before January 1, 2016; (3) an additional $1 per hour increase on or before July l, 2016; and (4) an increase to fund an additional $0.65 per hour increase on or before January l, 2017. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 10/10/2015 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| SB1836 | HEALTHY WORKPLACE ACT (SEN. TOI HUTCHINSON) Creates the Healthy Workplace Act and amends the State Finance Act. Requires employers to provide specified paid sick days to employees. Sets forth the purposes for and manner in which the sick days may be used. Contains provisions regarding employer responsibilities, unlawful employer practices, and other matters. Provides that the Department of Labor shall administer the Act. Authorizes the imposition of civil penalties. Authorizes individuals to file civil actions with respect to violations. Creates the Healthy Workplace Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 10/10/2015 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| SB1846 | STATE POLICE-SILVER ALERT (SEN. DANIEL BISS) Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of State Police, in cooperation with the Silver Search Task Force, shall develop as part of the Endangered Missing Person Advisory a coordinated statewide awareness program and toolkit to be used when a person 21 years of age or older who is believed to have Alzheimer's disease, other related dementia, or other dementia-like cognitive impairment is reported missing, which shall be referred to as Silver Search. Provides that the Department of State Police shall establish a Silver Search Task Force within 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act to assist the Department in development and deployment of the Silver Search Awareness Program and toolkit. Provides that the Task Force shall establish the criteria and create a toolkit, which may include usage of Department of Transportation signs. Provides that the Task Force shall monitor and review the implementation and operation of that program, including procedures, budgetary requirements, standards, and minimum requirements for the training of law enforcement personnel on how to interact appropriately and effectively with individuals that suffer from Alzheimer's disease, other dementia, or other dementia-like cognitive impairment. Provides that the Task Force shall also develop additional network and financial resources for use in the system. Provides that the Task Force shall meet at least twice a year and shall provide a report on the operations of the Silver Search Program to the General Assembly and the Governor each year by June 30. Provides that the Department of State Police, in coordination with the Department on Aging and the Silver Search Task Force, shall develop and implement a community outreach program to promote awareness of the Silver Search Program as part of the Endangered Missing Person Advisory among law enforcement agencies, the State's healthcare facilities, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, other senior centers, and the general population on or before January 1, 2017. Provides that the Department of State Police shall designate an individual to serve as the Silver Search Program Coordinator within 30 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Transportation shall coordinate with the Department of State Police in the use of electronic message signs on roads and highways to immediately provide critical information to the public concerning missing persons with Alzheimer's disease, other related dementia, or other dementia-like cognitive impairment, as allowed by federal guidelines. Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall conduct a training program for law enforcement personnel of local governmental agencies in the statewide Alzheimer's disease, other related dementia, or other dementia-like cognitive impairment coordinated Silver Search Awareness Program and toolkit. Provides that the Board shall adopt written protocols and guidelines for the handling of missing persons cases involving Alzheimer's disease, other related dementia, or other dementia-like cognitive impairment based upon protocols developed by the Silver Search Task Force in conjunction with the Department of State Police on or before July 1, 2016. - House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Changes membership on the Silver Search Task Force. Deletes references to representatives of specific private organizations and replaces with generic references to groups that support their causes. Provides that the Department of State Police shall provide administrative and other support to the Task Force. |
| | Current Status: | 8/7/2015 - Effective Date January 1, 2016
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| SB1973 | $FY16 DHS OCE (SEN. CHRISTINE RADOGNO) Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of Human Services for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, as follows: General Funds $3,163,740,400; Other State Funds $1,157,921,100; Federal Funds $1,689,285,500; Total $6,010,947,000. |
| | Current Status: | 2/20/2015 - Referred to Senate Assignments
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| SB1976 | $DHFS FY16 OCE (SEN. CHRISTINE RADOGNO) Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, as follows: General Funds $6,320,133,800; Other State Funds $12,476,438,600; Federal Funds $400,000,000; Total $19,196,572,400. |
| | Current Status: | 2/20/2015 - Referred to Senate Assignments
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| SB1983 | $FY16 AGING OCE (SEN. CHRISTINE RADOGNO) Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department on Aging for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, as follows: General Funds $937,725,800; Other State Funds $4,545,000; Federal Funds $100,893,000; Total $1,043,163,800. |
| | Current Status: | 2/20/2015 - Referred to Senate Assignments
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| SB1984 | $FY16 DPH OCE (SEN. CHRISTINE RADOGNO) Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of Public Health for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, as follows: General Funds $111,316,700; Other State Funds $155,648,300; Federal Funds $317,495,900; Total $584,460,900. |
| | Current Status: | 2/20/2015 - Referred to Senate Assignments
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| SB2047 | $VARIOUS (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) House Floor Amendment No. 5 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Makes appropriations for Fiscal Year 2016 and 2017. Effective immediately with certain provisions subject to specified conditions. |
| | Current Status: | 6/30/2016 - House Floor Amendment No. 5 (M1) Motion to Suspend Rule 15(d) - Prevailed
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| SB2048 | $ICCB-IMSA-UNIV-ISAC-MAP (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Makes appropriations and reappropriations to various State officers and agencies for specified purposes. Provides that all appropriation authority granted in the Act shall be used only for costs for services for which spending authority has not been authorized for fiscal year 2016 or fiscal year 2017 by any order of any court. Effective July 1, 2016. |
| | Current Status: | 7/31/2016 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| SB2059 | $UNIVERSITIES/IMSA/MAP (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) House Floor Amendment No. 3 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Makes appropriations to: universities for specified purposes; the Illinois Community College Board for grants to community colleges; the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy for ordinary and contingent expenses; and the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for grant awards to students eligible for the Monetary Award Program and agency administrative and operational costs. Provides that the appropriation authority is valid only for costs incurred before September 1, 2016. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 4/25/2016 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0502
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| SB2214 | NURSE LICENSURE COMPACT (SEN. PAMELA ALTHOFF) Amends the Nurse Practice Act, which allows for the issuance of multistate licenses that allow nurses to practice in their home state and other compact states. Ratifies and approves the Nurse Licensure Compact. Provides that the Compact does not supersede existing State labor laws. |
| | Current Status: | 5/5/2016 - Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
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| SB2228 | CANNABIS-PENALTIES (SEN. HEATHER STEANS) Amends the Cannabis Control Act. Provides that the possession of 10 grams or less of cannabis is a civil law violation punishable by a minimum fine of $100 and a maximum fine of $200. Creates the offense of unlawful use of cannabis-based product manufacturing equipment. Provides that a violation is a Class 2 felony. Provides that the provisions of any ordinance enacted by any municipality or unit of local government which imposes a fine upon cannabis other than as defined in the Cannabis Control Act are not invalidated or affected by this Act. Amends the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act. Provides that if a person is convicted of 10 grams or less of cannabis, the penalty for possession of any drug paraphernalia seized during the arrest for that offense shall be a civil law violation punishable by a minimum fine of $100 and a maximum fine of $200. Provides for distribution of these fines. Amends Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a person shall not drive or be in actual physical control of any vehicle, snowmobile, or watercraft within this State when the person has, within 2 hours thereof, a tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) concentration in the person's whole blood or other bodily substance of 5 nanograms or more of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol per milliliter of whole blood or 10 nanograms or more of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol per milliliter of other bodily substance from the unlawful consumption of cannabis (rather than a cannabis THC concentration in any amount). Amends various other Acts to make conforming changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 7/29/2016 - Effective Date July 29, 2016
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| SB2250 | ID/DD & MC/DD FACILITY-PENALTY (SEN. ANDY MANAR) Amends the MC/DD Act and the ID/DD Community Care Act. Provides that a notice of penalty sent to a facility must contain a detailed computation showing how the amount of the penalty was derived, including the number of days and the number of residents on which the penalty was based. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 5/13/2016 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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| SB2251 | DHFS-PERSONAL NEEDS ALLOWANCE (SEN. ANDY MANAR) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that for a person who is a resident in a facility licensed under the ID/DD Community Care Act, the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act, or the MC/DD Act for whom payments are made throughout a month and who is determined to be eligible for medical assistance, the State shall pay an amount in addition to the minimum monthly personal needs allowance authorized under the Social Security Act so that the person's total monthly personal needs allowance from both State and federal sources equals $60. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 5/13/2016 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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| SB2253 | PREV WAGE FALSE CLAIM DAMAGES (SEN. PAMELA ALTHOFF) Amends the Prevailing Wage Act. Defines "compensatory damages" and "actual damages" as the sum of economic and non-economic damages. Provides that any individual, contractor, or subcontractor who has been aggrieved by a filed false complaint may institute a civil action for damages, including, but not limited to, compensatory damages, legal fees, administrative fees, penalties assessed by the Department of Labor pursuant to the complaint, injunctive relief, and other appropriate equitable relief. Provides that no public body, including a home rule unit, is authorized to use as a basis for denying a contract to a contractor or subcontractor any complaint filed with the Department or any determination by the Department that the contractor or subcontractor has committed a violation under this Act, unless the contractor or subcontractor is debarred at the time of the bid. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 4/8/2016 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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| SB2262 | DHFS-PERSONAL NEEDS ALLOWANCE (SEN. JULIE MORRISON) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning no later than October 1, 2016, and for each State fiscal year thereafter, the monthly personal needs allowance required under Title XIX of the Social Security Act for any person residing in a facility licensed under the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act who is determined to be eligible for medical assistance under the Code and who is enrolled in the State's Home and Community-Based Services Waiver Program for adults with developmental disabilities shall be no less than 15% of the individual's monthly Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for the previous calendar year. Establishes a similar personal needs allowance amount for any person residing in a facility licensed under the ID/DD Community Care Act who is determined to be eligible for medical assistance under the Code beginning no later than October 1, 2016 and for each State fiscal year thereafter. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 4/8/2016 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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| SB2276 | HEALTH-TECH (SEN. HEATHER STEANS) Amends the Public Health Standing Orders Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: | 1/27/2016 - Referred to Senate Assignments
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| SB2277 | HEALTH-TECH (SEN. HEATHER STEANS) Amends the Public Health Standing Orders Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: | 1/27/2016 - Referred to Senate Assignments
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| SB2281 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (SEN. IRIS MARTINEZ) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning construction of the Code. |
| | Current Status: | 1/27/2016 - Referred to Senate Assignments
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| SB2284 | HEALTH-TECH (SEN. DONNE TROTTER) Amends the Community Expanded Mental Health Services Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: | 1/27/2016 - Referred to Senate Assignments
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| SB2290 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (SEN. NAPOLEON HARRIS, III) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning construction of the Code. |
| | Current Status: | 1/27/2016 - Referred to Senate Assignments
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| SB2291 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (SEN. NAPOLEON HARRIS, III) Amends the Nutrition Outreach and Public Education Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the establishment of the nutrition outreach and public education program. |
| | Current Status: | 1/27/2016 - Referred to Senate Assignments
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| SB2302 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (SEN. HEATHER STEANS) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning elimination and limitations of medical assistance services. |
| | Current Status: | 1/27/2016 - Referred to Senate Assignments
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| SB2306 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (SEN. HEATHER STEANS) Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to, no earlier than January 1, 2017, develop and implement within each enrollment region an algorithm to automatically assign Medicaid enrollees served under the Family Health Plan and the Integrated Care Program and those Medicaid enrollees eligible for medical assistance pursuant to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into managed care entities, including Accountable Care Entities, Managed Care Community Networks, and Managed Care Organizations. Provides that the algorithm shall not use the quality and proficiency metrics to reassign enrollees out of any plan in which they are enrolled at the time and shall only be used if the client has not voluntarily selected a primary care physician and a managed care entity or care coordination entity. Permits clients to select a different managed care entity within 90 calendar days after auto-assignment by algorithm and requires the algorithm to favor assignment into managed care entities with the highest quality scores and levels of compliance with the operational proficiency criteria established. - House Floor Amendment No. 2 - In a provision requiring the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to develop and implement an algorithm to automatically assign certain Medicaid enrollees into managed care entities, adds language requiring the Department to seek input from managed care entities and other stakeholders. |
| | Current Status: | 8/26/2016 - Effective Date January 1, 2017
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| SB2331 | MEDICAID MANAGED CARE ENTITIES (SEN. DANIEL BISS) Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes changes to provisions concerning sensitive health services information held by Medicaid Managed Care Entities. Provides that Medicaid Managed Care Entities and their respective business associates shall not disclose, directly or indirectly, including by sending a bill or explanation of benefits, information concerning the sensitive health services received by enrollees of the Medicaid Managed Care Entity to any person other than covered entities and business associates, which may receive, use, and further disclose such information solely for the purposes permitted under applicable federal and State laws and regulations if such use and further disclosure satisfies all applicable requirements of such laws and regulations (rather than providing that Medicaid Managed Care Entities shall not divulge, directly or indirectly, including by sending a bill or explanation of benefits, information concerning the sensitive health services received by enrollees of the Medicaid Managed Care Entity to any person other than providers and care coordinators caring for the enrollee and employees of the entity in the course of the entity's internal operations). Provides that Medicaid Managed Care Entities or their respective business associates may communicate directly with their enrollees regarding care coordination activities for those enrollees. Defines "business associate", "covered entity", "disclosure", and "use". |
| | Current Status: | 7/15/2016 - Effective Date January 1, 2017
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| SB2332 | DHFS-MEDICAID-SOCIAL WORKER (SEN. DANIEL BISS) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to adopt rules, no later than 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, for the legally recognized services of persons licensed under other laws of this State as a clinical social worker. |
| | Current Status: | 7/22/2016 - Effective Date January 1, 2017
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| SB2366 | NURSE HOTLINE TASK FORCE (SEN. STEVE STADELMAN) Creates the 24-hour Nurse Hotline Task Force Act. Provides for the creation of a task force to make recommendations on the formation and operation of a 24-hour nurse hotline. Requires that within 90 days after the effective date, the Governor shall appoint members of the task force. Provides that the members of the task force shall come from specified organizations. Requires that within 60 days after the effective date, nominations to the task force shall be submitted to the Governor. Requires that within 30 days after the close of nominations, the Governor shall make appointments to the task force. Provides that the appointments from the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and Department of Public Health shall co-chair the task force. Contains provisions on when and where the task force shall meet and the compensation for and tenure of the members of the task force. Provides that by July 1, 2017, the task force shall submit a report of recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the Department of Public Health shall provide administrative support to the Task Force. Provides for the repeal of the Act on September 1, 2017. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 2/17/2016 - Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
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| SB2387 | REGULATION-TECH (SEN. MATTIE HUNTER) Amends the ID/DD Community Care Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: | 2/3/2016 - Referred to Senate Assignments
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| SB2416 | ABOLISH STATE BOARD OF HEALTH (SEN. WILLIAM HAINE) Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the State Board of Health shall review proposed administrative rules within 30 (rather than 90) days of submission by the Department of Public Health. Deletes provisions concerning compensation for Board members. Makes other changes. |
| | Current Status: | 4/20/2016 - Referred to House Rules
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| SB2419 | STATE GOV-BALANCED BUDGET (SEN. SCOTT BENNETT) Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that, within 30 days after the enactment of the State budget for a fiscal year, the Auditor General must certify whether the enacted budget will be balanced with expenses not exceeding funds estimated by the General Assembly to be available during that year. Provides that the Comptroller may find at any time during the fiscal year that the State budget has become unbalanced and so report to the Auditor General, which shall have 10 days to respond to this report. Provides that, if the Auditor General certifies that the budget is not balanced or agrees with the Comptroller's finding that the State budget has become unbalanced, then (i) the Comptroller shall withhold all payments for the salaries of General Assembly members and the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, and Treasurer and (ii) a special session of the General Assembly shall be convened within 10 days to enact a new State budget. Provides that, upon certification that the new budget will be balanced, the Comptroller will be allowed to resume payments. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 5/13/2016 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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| SB2436 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (SEN. HEATHER STEANS) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning payment rates for nursing facilities. |
| | Current Status: | 2/9/2016 - Referred to Senate Assignments
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| SB2446 | MHDDAA-STAFF ADM MEDS (SEN. CHAPIN ROSE) Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that the provision requiring the Department of Human Services to develop a training program for authorized direct care staff to administer medications under the supervision and monitoring of a registered professional nurse applies to (i) all residential (rather than all programs) for persons with a developmental disability in settings of 16 persons or fewer that are funded or licensed by the Department of Human Services and that distribute or administer medications, and (ii) all day programs certified to serve persons with developmental disabilities by the Department of Human Services. Effective January 1, 2017. |
| | Current Status: | 5/13/2016 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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| SB2459 | MHDDC-VIDEO CONFERENCING-HEARG (SEN. DAVE SYVERSON) Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that the Illinois Supreme Court or any circuit court of this State may adopt rules permitting the use of video conferencing equipment in any hearing concerning the administration of psychotropic medication or electroconvulsive therapy subject to the following conditions: (1) if the parties, including the respondent, and their attorneys, including the State's Attorney, are at a mental health facility, or some other location to which the respondent may be safely and conveniently transported, and the judge and any court personnel are in another location; or (2) if the respondent and his or her attorney are at a mental health facility or some other location to which the respondent may be safely and conveniently transported, and all of the other participants including the judge are in another location, if, and only if, agreed to by the respondent and the respondent's attorney. Provides that in a hearing concerning the administration of psychotropic medication or electroconvulsive therapy, any court may permit any witness, including a psychiatrist, to testify by video conferencing equipment from any location in the absence of a court rule specifically prohibiting that testimony. |
| | Current Status: | 7/8/2016 - Effective Date January 1, 2017
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| SB2519 | FACILITY-ELECTRONIC MONITORING (SEN. TERRY LINK) Amends the Authorized Electronic Monitoring in Long-Term Care Facilities Act. Adds references to facilities licensed under the MC/DD Act to the definitions of "facility" and "resident's representative". In a provision that requires a resident conducting authorized electronic monitoring to obtain the consent of any new roommate, provides that if a new roommate does not consent to authorized electronic monitoring and the resident conducting the authorized electronic monitoring does not remove or disable the electronic monitoring device, the facility shall (instead of may) turn off the device. Provides that all electronic monitoring device installations and supporting services shall comply with the requirements of the 2012 edition (instead of the 2000 edition) of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 101 Life Safety Code. Provides that the Department of Public Health's distribution of up to $50,000 in funds to certain residents for the purchase and installation of authorized electronic monitoring devices is subject to appropriation. Amends the MC/DD Act. Provides that a resident shall be permitted to conduct authorized electronic monitoring of the resident's room. Provides that it is a business offense for a person to intentionally retaliate or discriminate against any resident for consenting to authorized electronic monitoring under the Authorized Electronic Monitoring in Long-Term Care Facilities Act. Provides that it is a business offense for a facility to prevent the installation or use of an electronic monitoring device by a resident who has provided the facility with the required notice and consent. - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Provides that all electronic monitoring device installations and supporting services shall comply with the edition of the National Fire Protection Association 101 Life Safety Code in force at the time the device is installed and shall remain in compliance with that or any subsequent edition of the Code pursuant to specified federal regulations (rather than comply with the 2012 edition of the Life Safety Code). |
| | Current Status: | 7/31/2016 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| SB2547 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (SEN. HEATHER STEANS) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a Section concerning child care for TANF recipients, makes a technical change in provisions for payment for child care by the Department of Human Services. |
| | Current Status: | 2/16/2016 - Referred to Senate Assignments
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| SB2548 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (SEN. HEATHER STEANS) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a Section concerning child care for TANF recipients, makes a technical change in provisions for payment for child care by the Department of Human Services. |
| | Current Status: | 2/16/2016 - Referred to Senate Assignments
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| SB2580 | ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE REGISTRY (SEN. TOI HUTCHINSON) Creates the Illinois Alzheimer's Disease Registry Act. Provides for the creation of the Illinois Alzheimer's Disease Registry under the authority of the Illinois Department of Public Health. Provides that the Registry shall provide a database of individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Provides the Department of Public Health with rulemaking powers to establish and operate the Registry in accord with specified responsibilities. Requires the Department of Public Health to provide staff and resources for the Registry. Contains provisions concerning data privacy. Defines terms. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 5/31/2016 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
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| SB2610 | CONTINUUM OF CARE-DD-LICENSE (SEN. JOHN MULROE) Creates the Continuum of Care Services for the Developmentally Disabled Act. Creates a license for continuum of care facilities that serve individuals with developmental disabilities. Defines terms. Requires the Director of Human Services, in consultation and coordination with the Director of Public Health and Director of Healthcare and Family Services as necessary, to develop a licensure system for continuum of care facilities in accordance with specified purposes. Requires the Director of Human Services to adopt rules to establish the licensure system. Requires applicants for continuum of care licenses to submit continuum of care plans that meet specified criteria to the Director of Human Services. Requires the Director of Human Services, acting as appropriate through or in coordination with the Director of Public Health, to ensure licensees meet specified requirements. Contains provisions concerning the effects of situations that may impact or change a facility's license. Requires the Director of Human Services and Director of Healthcare and Family Services to ensure reimbursements from State and federal sources going to eligible continuum of care facilities meet specified requirements. Amends the Department of Healthcare and Family Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Director of Healthcare and Family Services, in collaboration and coordination with the Director of Human Services, shall develop and submit a request for a waiver pursuant to the federal Social Security Act for the continuum of care license program. - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - In the definition for "continuum of care facility" changes a reference from "sheltered employment" to "compensated work opportunities". Corrects the numbering of a series. Makes other changes. - House Floor Amendment No. 1 -
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the language of the engrossed bill with the following changes: Provides that within 12 months after the effective date: the system of licensure for continuum of care facilities shall be established and the Secretary of Human Services shall file (rather than adopt) rule establishing standards for licensing continuum of care facilities. Provides that a continuum of care license may be issued to continuum of care facilities upon the adoption of specified rules. Provides that the rules shall ensure that an applicant for licensure uses a specified evidence-based assessment tool. Adds provisions concerning a specified consent decree. Adds provisions concerning an alternative payment methodology for reimbursements. Makes corrections. Makes other changes. |
| | Current Status: | 8/25/2016 - Effective Date January 1, 2017
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| SB2736 | NURSING HOME ACCOUNTABILITY (SEN. JACQUELINE COLLINS) Creates the Nursing Home Accountability Act. Defines terms. Requires certain nursing facilities to report specified information concerning wages of their employees as part of an annual cost report. Requires the Department of Public Health to compare the information to the living wage certification standards. Contains provisions concerning the reporting, determinations, posting, and effect of such certification. Contains penalty, inspection of records, and rulemaking provisions. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, based on required reports by facilities, to determine if an employee of a facility is a recipient of public assistance for the purpose of imposing an employer responsibility penalty. Contains provisions concerning medical assistance information, prohibited practices, employee remedies, administrative appeals, and confidentiality. Establishes the Employer Responsibility for Public Assistance Fund as a special fund in the State treasury (and makes a conforming change in the State Finance Act). Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services may use money in the Employer Responsibility for Public Assistance Fund for specified purposes. Provides for a direct service minimum that sets a 50% direct service worker expenditure threshold that covered facilities shall meet using their medical assistance program funds. Contains provisions concerning reporting requirements, the calculation and determination of the direct service minimum, and repayment of medical assistance program payments in the event a facility does not meet the direct service minimum. Provides that the provisions of the Act are severable. Effective 90 days after becoming law. |
| | Current Status: | 4/22/2016 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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| SB2781 | HOMEMAKER SRVCS-WAGE INCREASES (SEN. KWAME RAOUL) Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. In a provision concerning the Community Care Program, establishes the following rate increases for the purpose of increasing the wages paid by vendors to their employees who provide homemaker services: on July 1, 2016, rates shall be increased to $19.23 per hour, for the purpose of increasing wages by at least $1.25 per hour; on July 1, 2017, rates shall be increased to $21.32 per hour, for the purpose of increasing wages by at least $1.25 per hour; on July 1, 2018, rates shall be increased to $23.41 per hour, for the purpose of increasing wages by at least $1.25 per hour; and on July 1, 2019, rates shall be increased to $25.08 per hour, for the purpose of increasing wages by at least $1 per hour. Requires the Department to pay an enhanced rate under the Community Care Program to those in-home service provider agencies that offer health insurance coverage as a benefit to their direct service worker employees consistent with the mandates of Public Act 95-713; and that for State fiscal year 2017, the enhanced rate shall be $1.77 per hour and shall be adjusted using actuarial analysis based on the cost of care, but shall not be set below $1.77 per hour. Effective July 1, 2016. |
| | Current Status: | 7/31/2016 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| SB2789 | UNBALANCED BUDGET RESPONSE ACT (SEN. CHRISTINE RADOGNO) Creates the Unbalanced Budget Response Act. Provides authority and procedures for the Governor to establish contingency reserves of previously appropriated funds, and to transfer balances between special funds in the State treasury and the General Revenue Fund. Describes the agencies and programs subject to this authority. Provides that designated agencies may adopt emergency rules to carry out the purposes of the Act. Defines terms. Provides that the Act is repealed on July 1, 2017. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to make conforming changes. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Adds actions taken under the Unbalanced Budget Response Act to a Section relating to applicability. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 7/31/2016 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| SB2795 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (SEN. HEATHER STEANS) Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that on or after July 1, 2016, drugs which are prescribed to residents of a nursing home shall not be subject to prior approval as a result of the 4-prescription limit. Effective July 1, 2016. |
| | Current Status: | 7/31/2016 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| SB2879 | AGING-FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION (SEN. MICHAEL CONNELLY) Amends the Adult Protective Services Act. Provides that pending an investigation by the financial institution, the Department on Aging, or law enforcement, if a financial institution reasonably believes that financial exploitation of an eligible adult may have occurred, may have been attempted, or is being attempted, the financial institution may, but is not required to, refuse a transaction requiring the disbursement of funds contained in the account: (i) of the eligible adult; (ii) on which the eligible adult is a beneficiary, including a trust or guardianship account; or (iii) of a person suspected of perpetrating financial exploitation of an eligible adult. Requires a financial institution that refuses to disburse funds to report the incident to the Adult Protective Services Program, local law enforcement, and other specified persons. Provides that a financial institution's refusal to disburse funds shall expire within certain timeframes under certain conditions; and that a court of competent jurisdiction may enter an order extending the refusal by the financial institution to disburse funds. Exempts a financial institution and its employees from criminal, civil, and administrative liability for refusing to disburse funds or disbursing funds if the determination of whether or not to disburse funds was made in good faith.Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Defines "financial institution". Requires a financial institution that refuses to disburse funds to report the incident to the Adult Protective Services Program or local law enforcement (instead of to the Adult Protective Services Program and local law enforcement). |
| | Current Status: | 7/31/2016 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| SB2929 | MEDICAID-LONG TERM CARE SRVCES (SEN. JOHN MULROE) House Committee Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. In provisions concerning the pending discharge of an aged patient or patient with a disability from a hospital to a skilled nursing facility, requires the case coordination unit to provide a copy of the required assessment documentation directly to the nursing home to which the patient is being discharged prior to discharge (rather than requiring the case coordination unit to provide the discharge planner with prescreening information and accompanying materials, which the discharge planner shall transmit when the patient is discharged to a skilled nursing facility). Requires the Department on Aging to provide notice of this requirement to case coordination units. Provides that when a case coordination unit is unable to complete an assessment in a hospital prior to the discharge of a patient, 60 years of age or older, to a nursing home, the case coordination unit shall notify the Department on Aging which shall notify the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Requires both Departments to adopt rules to address these instances to ensure that the patient is able to access nursing home care, the nursing home is not penalized for accepting the admission, and the patient's timely discharge from the hospital is not delayed, to the extent permitted under federal law or regulation. Provides that nothing shall preclude federal requirements for a pre-admission screening/mental health (PAS/MH) as required under the Nursing Home Care Act or State or federal law or regulation. |
| | Current Status: | 8/19/2016 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0857
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| | Bill Position: | Neutral |
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| SB2949 | MMAI-PAYMENT CLAIMS-MEDIATION (SEN. DAVID KOEHLER) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision concerning non-emergency prior approvals and appeals under the Medicare-Medicaid Alignment Initiative Demonstration Project, requires Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) to have a method of receiving prior approval requests 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year from (rather than for) nursing home residents, physicians, or providers (rather than nursing home residents). Provides that in a non-emergency situation, in the event a resident's physician orders a service, treatment, or test that is not approved by the MCO, the enrollee, physician, or provider may utilize an expedited appeal to the MCO (rather than the physician and the provider may utilize an expedited appeal to the MCO). Requires the MCO to notify all individuals who file an expedited appeal of the MCO's decision within 24 hours after receipt of all required information. Adds provisions concerning payment of claims submitted by a provider to a MCO, including: (i) the time period within which a claim must be reviewed and paid; (ii) MCO notification regarding the corrective action needed to permit payment of a rejected or denied claim; (iii) MCO notification on coding and documentation requirements; and (iv) the establishment of a claims mediation process to mediate rejected or denied claims. |
| | Current Status: | 7/31/2016 - Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| SB3027 | HEALTH CARE WORKER REGISTRY (SEN. DON HARMON) Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to make the Health Care Worker Registry that includes background check and training information accessible by health care employers. Allows the Department to maintain a publicly accessible registry. Makes changes regarding information that must be contained in the registry accessible to health care employers. Requires the Department to limit specific offense information on an applicant or employee. Requires that after June 30, 2016, the public registry report that an individual is ineligible for employment if he or she has a disqualifying offense under the Health Care Worker Background Check Act and has not received a waiver under that Act. Requires that the public registry report than an individual is eligible for employment if he or she has received a waiver but not the waiver information. Amends the Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Allows a health care employer to hire an individual with a disqualifying offense if the individual has received a waiver under the Act (rather than in the discretion of the Department of Public Health, no health care employer shall knowingly hire, employ, or retain any individual in a position with duties involving direct care for clients, patients, or residents, and no long-term care facility shall knowingly hire, employ, or retain any individual in a position with duties that involve or may involve contact with residents or access to the living quarters or the financial, medical, or personal records of residents, who has been convicted of committing or attempting to commit certain offenses). Creates a Health Care Worker Registry working group in the Office of the Governor. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 4/22/2016 - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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| SB3044 | FINANCE (SEN. MATT MURPHY) Amends the State Finance Act. Eliminates the requirement that funds transferred, as authorized for cash flow borrowing during fiscal year 2015, must be repaid within 18 months. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 7/31/2016 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| SB3069 | MENTAL DIS-COMMUNITY-BASED (SEN. THOMAS CULLERTON) Amends the Developmental Disability and Mental Disability Services Act. Provides for the transition to community-based services of persons over 18 years of age with developmental disabilities in the State who qualify for Medicaid Waiver services, who reside in intermediate care facilities for persons with developmental disabilities with 9 or more residents, and who affirmatively request to receive community-based services or placement in a community-based setting and persons with developmental disabilities in the State who qualify for Medicaid Waiver services, who reside in a family home, who are in need of community-based services or placement in a community-based setting, and who affirmatively request community-based services or placement in a community-based setting. Establishes a schedule for the transition to community-based services. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall oversee the transition of persons to receive community-based services or placement in a community-based setting. Provides that nothing in these provisions forces persons who do not want community-based services or placement to move. Nor does it force providers to close beds or enter into downsizing agreements with the State against their will. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 5/27/2016 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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| SB3080 | DHFS-MCO PERFORMANCE METRICS (SEN. DONNE TROTTER) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision concerning network adequacy for managed care organizations (MCO) contracted with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, provides that each MCO shall (i) on a monthly basis, jointly validate with contracted providers any changes in provider information, including, but not limited to, changes concerning new providers, terminated providers, updated address information, hours of operation, or other information that is material to a Medicaid beneficiary in the enrollment and provider selection process; and (ii) be required to produce system reports that validate that all MCO systems reflect updated provider information. Provides that in situations in which an enrolled Medicaid provider renders services based on information obtained after verifying a patient's eligibility and coverage plan through either the Department's current enrollment system or the coverage plan identified by the patient presenting for services, such services shall be considered rendered in good faith. Requires the Department to create and maintain a MCO Performance Metrics Comparison Tool that provides periodic reporting, on at least a quarterly basis, of each MCO's performance in various administrative measures. Requires the tool to be accessible in both a print and online format, with the online format allowing for Medicaid beneficiaries and providers to access additional detailed MCO performance information. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 8/5/2016 - Effective Date August 5, 2016
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| SB3081 | CRIM CD-THEFT-LIMITATION (SEN. JENNIFER BERTINO-TARRANT) Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a prosecution for financial exploitation of an elderly person or a person with a disability may be commenced within 7 years of the last act committed in furtherance of the offense. |
| | Current Status: | 4/8/2016 - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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| SB3097 | EMPLOYEE SICK LEAVE ACT (SEN. JACQUELINE COLLINS) Creates the Employee Sick Leave Act. Provides that employees may use personal sick leave benefits provided by the employer for absences due to an illness, injury, or medical appointment of the employee's child, spouse, sibling, parent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandchild, grandparent, or stepparent, for reasonable periods of time as the employee's attendance may be necessary, on the same terms upon which the employee is able to use sick leave benefits for the employee's own illness or injury. Provides that the Department of Labor shall issue rules to implement the Act. Effective January 1, 2017. |
| | Current Status: | 5/13/2016 - Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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| SB3131 | NURSING HOME-STAFFING-NURSES (SEN. SAM MCCANN) House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: | 1/3/2017 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| SB3151 | NURS HM CARE-SEXUAL ASSAULT (SEN. SAM MCCANN) Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health, in consultation with the Department of State Police, shall include in its protocol best practices for the preservation of crime scenes, subject to the needs of a resident who has been sexually assaulted in a long term care facility or elsewhere. |
| | Current Status: | 4/22/2016 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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| SB3155 | AGING-RESPITE CARE SERVICES (SEN. SAM MCCANN) Amends the Respite Program Act. In a provision requiring the Director of the Department on Aging to submit an annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly detailing the progress of the respite care services provided under the Act, provides that the report shall also include an estimate of the demand for respite care services over the next 10 years. |
| | Current Status: | 4/8/2016 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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| SB3158 | HM HEALTH HOSPICE-DRUGS (SEN. SAM MCCANN) Amends the Home Health and Hospice Drug Dispensation and Administration Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health may by rule provide for the possession and transportation of greater quantities of specified drugs by a home health agency, hospice, or authorized nursing employee. |
| | Current Status: | 4/22/2016 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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| SB3180 | CRIM CD-FINANCAL EXPLOIT ELDER (SEN. CHRIS NYBO) Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person who commits the offense of financial exploitation of an elderly person or a person with a disability may be tried in any one of the following counties in which: (1) any part of the offense occurred; or (2) the victim or one of the victims reside. Provides that a prosecution for the offense of financial exploitation of an elderly person or a person with a disability may be commenced within 7 years of the last act committed in furtherance of the crime (rather than 3 years after commission of the offense). Provides that theft by deception in which the offender obtained money or property valued at $5,000 or more from a person with a disability is a Class 2 felony. |
| | Current Status: | 5/31/2016 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
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| SB3185 | $DEPT ON AGING FY17 OCE (SEN. CHRISTINE RADOGNO) Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department on Aging for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, as follows: General Funds $451,179,000; Other State Funds $450,545,000; Federal Funds $85,782,000; Total $987,506,000. |
| | Current Status: | 2/19/2016 - Referred to Senate Assignments
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| SB3202 | $DHFS FY17 OCE (SEN. CHRISTINE RADOGNO) Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, as follows: General Funds $8,173,270,000; Other State Funds $13,654,459,000; Federal Funds $300,000,000; Total $22,127,729,000. |
| | Current Status: | 2/19/2016 - Referred to Senate Assignments
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| SB3203 | $DPH FY17 OCE (SEN. CHRISTINE RADOGNO) Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of Public Health for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, as follows: General Funds $109,050,800; Other State Funds $157,248,300; Federal Funds $317,495,900; Total $583,795,000. |
| | Current Status: | 2/19/2016 - Referred to Senate Assignments
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| SB3299 | DHS-INSPECTOR GENERAL (SEN. CHAPIN ROSE) Amends the Department of Human Services Act. In a provision requiring the Department of Humans Services' Inspector General to adopt rules establishing minimum requirements for reporting abuse or neglect allegations involving individuals receiving services due to mental illness, developmental disability, or both, provides that, in addition to other specified requirements, such rules shall (i) establish a process that ensures agencies are regularly informed on the status of ongoing investigations; and (ii) ensure agencies are informed of the ability to have trained staff follow procedures to perform investigations. In a provision concerning training programs, requires the Inspector General to establish a comprehensive program to ensure that every person authorized to conduct investigations receives ongoing and consistent (rather than ongoing) training relative to investigation techniques, communication skills, community models of providing long-term services and supports to persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities or mental illnesses, and the appropriate means of interacting with persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities or mental illnesses who are receiving services in a community setting (rather than the appropriate means of interacting with persons receiving treatment for mental illness, developmental disability, or both mental illness and developmental disability). Requires the Office of the Inspector General to (i) indicate the date upon which an investigation has begun on all reports, including final investigative reports; (ii) take steps to ensure investigative reports are completed in a timely manner; and (iii) outline procedures aimed at streamlining the investigatory process. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 5/13/2016 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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| SB3330 | DHFS-MEDICAID-IMPROPER PAYMENT (SEN. SAM MCCANN) Amends the Public Assistance Fraud Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision concerning the recovery of the monetary value of medical benefits improperly and erroneously received, provides that the records of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services regarding the improper payment of benefits are self-authenticating and presumed to be true and correct absent evidence to the contrary. |
| | Current Status: | 4/8/2016 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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| SC11 | INCOME TAX RATES (SEN. KWAME RAOUL) Proposes to amend the Revenue Article of the Illinois Constitution. Removes a provision that provides that a tax on income shall be measured at a non-graduated rate. Provides that, for any income tax imposed upon corporations, the rate shall not exceed the weighted average rate imposed on individuals by more than a ratio of 8 to 5. Effective upon being declared adopted. |
| | Current Status: | 4/19/2016 - Postponed - Executive
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| SJ44 | NURSE HOTLINE TASK FORCE (SEN. STEVE STADELMAN) Creates the 24-Hour Nurse Hotline Task Force to make recommendations on the formation and operation of a 24-hour nurse hotline. |
| | Current Status: | 8/1/2016 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| SR146 | MEMORIAL - DEAN SWEITZER (SEN. KWAME RAOUL) Mourns the death of Dean Sweitzer. |
| | Current Status: | 3/11/2015 - RESOLUTION ADOPTED
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| SR148 | CCBHC PRE-PLANNING GRANT (SEN. DAN KOTOWSKI) Encourages Governor Rauner's Administration, including the Department of Human Services Divisions of Mental Health and Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, and the Governor's Office to prioritize a plan aimed at securing and submitting an application for a planning grant for the State of Illinois. Urges the aforementioned groups to collaborate in this effort with key stakeholders, including organizations representing individuals with serious mental illnesses, community-based mental health providers, substance use treatment facilities, federally-qualified health centers, hospitals, supportive housing providers, and rural health clinics. |
| | Current Status: | 5/30/2015 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
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