Prepared by: Ashley Snavely

Report created on April 18, 2024

HB109	$DNR-TECH (REP. GREG HARRIS; SEN. WILLIAM BRADY) Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Natural Resources for its FY18 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2017. House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends or repeals various appropriations made by Public Act 99-524. Adds various appropriations to Public Act 99-524. Makes a change in the Articles of Public Act 99-524 that are for costs incurred through December 31, 2016. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Natural Resources for its ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2018. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Makes Fiscal Year 2019 appropriations. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends or repeals various appropriations made by Public Act 99-524. Adds various appropriations to Public Act 99-524. Makes a change in the Articles of Public Act 99-524 that are for costs incurred through December 31, 2016. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	6/4/2018 - *Some provisions effective July 1, 2018
HB175	PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. JAY HOFFMAN; SEN. OMAR AQUINO) 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. House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires long-term care providers to submit all changes in resident status, including, but not limited to, death, discharge, changes in patient credit, third party liability, and Medicare coverage to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services through the Medical Electronic Data Interchange System, the Recipient Eligibility Verification System, or the Electronic Data Interchange System under a specified schedule. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to serve as the lead agency assuming primary responsibility for the full implementation of provisions concerning expedited long-term care eligibility determinations, renewals, enrollments, and payments, including the establishment and operation of the expedited long-term care system. Provides that beginning on June 29, 2018, provisional eligibility must be issued to any applicant who has not received a final eligibility determination on his or her application for Medicaid or Medicaid long-term care benefits or a notice of an opportunity for a hearing within the federally prescribed deadlines for the processing of such applications. Requires the Department to maintain the applicant's provisional Medicaid enrollment status until a final eligibility determination is approved or the applicant's appeal has been adjudicated and eligibility is denied. Provides that the Department or the managed care organization, if applicable, must reimburse providers for all services rendered during an applicant's provisional eligibility period. Requires the Department to adopt, by rule, policies and procedures to ensure prospective compliance with the federal deadlines for Medicaid and Medicaid long-term care benefits eligibility determinations. Sets forth certain standards and principles the policies must address, including: (i) a streamlined application and enrollment process; (ii) protocols to expedite the eligibility processing system for applicants meeting certain guidelines, regardless of the age of the application; (iii) the review of applications for long-term care benefits when there exists credible evidence that an applicant has transferred assets with the intent of defrauding the State; and other matters. Contains provisions concerning: (1) the adoption of policies and procedures to improve communication between long-term care benefits central office personnel, applicants, and facilities in which the applicants reside; the establishment of policies and procedures to improve accountability and provide for the expedited payment of services rendered; (3) the Department's investigation of public-private partnerships in use in Ohio, Michigan, and Minnesota that are aimed at redeploying caseworkers to targeted high-Medicaid facilities for the purpose of expediting initial Medicaid and Medicaid long-term care benefits applications, renewals, and all other things related to enrollment, reimbursement, and application processing; (4) provider association meetings; (5) presumptive eligibility of benefits; (6) the prioritization of processing applications on a last-in, first-out basis; and other matters. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill, but with the following changes: Provides that an applicant with provisional enrollment status must have his or her benefits paid for under the State's fee-for-service system until such time as the State makes a final determination on the applicant's Medicaid or Medicaid long-term care application (rather than an applicant with provisional enrollment status, who is not enrolled in a managed care organization at the time the applicant's provisional status is issued, must continue to have his or her benefits paid for under the State's fee-for-service system until such time as the State makes a final determination on the applicant's Medicaid or Medicaid long-term care application). Provides that if an individual is enrolled with a managed care organization for community benefits at the time the individual's provisional status is issued, the managed care organization is only responsible for paying benefits covered under the capitation payment received by the managed care organization for the individual. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to clearly identify as provisional eligibility vouchers those vouchers submitted to the Office of the Comptroller on behalf of applicants with provisional enrollment status. Adds a definition for the term "renewal". Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB1281	REGULATION-TECH (REP. KELLY BURKE) Amends the Banking Emergencies Act. Makes a technical change in a Section relating to notice to the Commissioner of Banks and Real Estate.
	Current Status:	12/8/2017 - Effective Date December 8, 2017
HB1424	PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. GREG HARRIS) 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:	2/15/2018 - Total Veto Stands - No Positive Action Taken
HB3342	DFPR-CRIMINAL HISTORY (REP. GREG HARRIS; SEN. LAURA MURPHY) mends the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to consider certain mitigating factors and evidence of rehabilitation for certain applicants of licenses, certificates, and registrations. Requires the Department, upon denial of a license, certificate, or registration, to provide the applicant certain information concerning the denial. Provides that no application for licensure or registration shall be denied by reason of a finding of lack of good moral character when the finding is based solely upon the fact that the applicant has one or more previous convictions. Provides that the Department shall not require applicants to report certain criminal history information and the Department shall not consider the information. Provides that on May 1 of each year, the Department shall prepare, publicly announce, and publish certain statistical information. Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Includes applications for license, certification, and registration that must contain specific language which states that the applicant is not obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest and entities authorized to grant professional licenses, certifications, and registrations that may not ask if an applicant has had records expunged or sealed. Provides that certain sealed or impounded felony records shall not be disseminated in connection with an application for a professional or business license, except specified health care worker licenses. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 3 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause with provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: In provisions amending the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, includes licensing Acts administered by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation in which convictions of certain enumerated offenses are a bar to licensure as an exception to the requirement that the Department consider mitigating factors and rehabilitation. Requires the Department, when examining certain factors, to determine whether a prior conviction will impair the ability of the applicant to engage in the practice for which a license, certificate, or registration is sought (rather than examining certain factors in determining whether to grant a license, certificate, or registration). Removes an affirmative obligation of the Department to demonstrate that a prior conviction would impair the ability of an applicant. Requires the Department to notify an applicant of a denial of a license or certificate or refuse to grant registration based upon a conviction or convictions, in whole or in part. Makes changes to the items that must be included in the notice. Makes changes to the information that the Department shall not require applicants to report. Changes various references of "new and renewal license, certificate, or registration" to "new license, certificate, or registration". Makes changes to information the Department must report. Restores a fee to be charged by the Department, but reduces the fee from $200 to $175. Makes changes to when the Department may consider an application to make disciplinary records confidential. In provisions amending the Criminal Identification Act, removes amendatory changes concerning entry of orders and the effect of expungement or sealing records. Provides that the entity authorized to grant a license, certification, or registration shall include in its application specific language stating that the applicants is not obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of a conviction or arrest. Provides that if the inclusion of the specific language in an application is not practical, the entity shall publish the language on its website. Removes changes to provisions concerning retention and release of sealed records. Removes the immediate effective date. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the FY2019 Budget Implementation Act. Provides that the purpose of the Act is to make the changes in State programs that are necessary to implement FY2019 budget recommendations. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	6/4/2018 - Effective Date June 4, 2018
HB3392	REGULATION-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Adds provisions concerning involuntary terminations of residency, hearings when a resident is involuntarily terminated, and readmission of residents. Provides that an establishment shall notify a resident and the resident's representative when there is a significant change in the resident's condition that may affect the establishment's ability to meet the resident's needs. Provides that if an establishment initiates a termination of residency, then the resident, the resident's representative, and the Office of State Long Term Care Ombudsman shall be provided with specified written notice. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall (rather than may) offer assistance to an establishment and resident in preparation for a residency termination. Provides that, in addition to any other penalty, an establishment that improperly terminates a resident shall be assessed no less than a Type 1 violation. Makes additions to provisions concerning resident rights. Makes other changes. Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Makes changes to provisions concerning the involuntary transfer or discharge of a resident, hearings when a resident is involuntarily transferred or discharged, and the readmission of residents. Provides that a resident has a right not to be unlawfully transferred or discharged from a facility. Provides that an unlawful transfer or discharge is, at minimum, a Type A violation. Provides that prior to issuing a notice of transfer or discharge of a resident under specified provisions, an attending physician shall conduct an in-person assessment, with the findings documented in the resident's clinical record. Changes certain notice periods relating to an involuntary transfer or discharge of a resident from 21 days to 30 days. Changes provisions concerning minimum staffing ratios for skilled care and intermediate care. Provides that by January 1, 2018, the Department shall adopt specified rules concerning staffing standards and financial penalties for facilities out of compliance with minimum staffing standards. Provides that a violation of the minimum staffing requirements is, at minimum, a Type B violation. Makes other changes. Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act and Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that in certain circumstances the Department shall order the immediate readmission of a resident by an establishment or facility and the establishment or facility shall immediately comply with the order. Provides that failure of an establishment or facility to readmit a resident after receiving an order to do so from the Department shall result in a specified daily fine. Provides that the Department shall adopt rules that provide for a prohibition on conflicts of interest for persons who conduct involuntary termination of residency hearings and involuntary transfer or discharge hearings.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
	Bill Position:	Oppose
HB4096	MEDICAID-MCO-PREFERRED RX LIST (REP. GREG HARRIS; SEN. PATRICIA VAN PELT) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall require each Medicaid Managed Care Organization to list as preferred on the Medicaid Managed Care Organization's preferred drug list every pharmaceutical that is listed as preferred on the Department's preferred drug list. Provides that the Department shall not prohibit, or adopt any rules or policies that prohibit, a Medicaid Managed Care Organization from: (i) covering additional pharmaceuticals that are not listed on the Department's preferred drug list; or (ii) removing from the Medicaid Managed Care Organization's preferred drug list any prior approval requirements applicable under the Department's preferred drug list. Provides that the Department shall not require a Medicaid Managed Care Organization to utilize a single, statewide preferred drug list and shall not prohibit a plan from negotiating drug pricing concessions or rebates on any drug with pharmaceutical companies, unless otherwise required by federal law. Provides that no later than July 1, 2018, the Department shall develop a standardized format for all Medicaid Managed Care Organization preferred drug lists in cooperation with Medicaid Managed Care Organizations and stakeholders, including, but not limited to, community-based organizations, providers, and individuals or entities with expertise in drug formulary development. Requires each Medicaid Managed Care Organization to post its preferred drug list on its website without restricting access to enrolled members and to update the preferred drug list posted on its website within 2 business days of making any changes to the preferred drug list, including, but not limited to, any and all changes to requirements for prior approval. 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 Medicaid managed care organizations (rather than managed care entities) that provide services under the Code to use a pharmacy formulary that is no more restrictive by drug class than the Department of Healthcare and Family Services' preferred drug list (rather than the Department's pharmaceutical program). Provides that beginning January 1, 2019 and continuing through January 1, 2022, the Department shall require each Medicaid managed care organization to list as preferred on the Medicaid managed care organization's preferred drug list at least the same number, and no fewer, of drugs per drug class as are listed on the Department's preferred drug list. Prohibits the Department from adopting any rules or policies that prohibit a Medicaid managed care organization from: (1) covering additional drugs that are not listed on the Department's preferred drug list; (2) submitting all covered drugs listed on the Department's preferred drug list and additional drugs covered by the Medicaid managed care organization as qualified encounters to be used for appropriate purposes; or (3) removing from the Medicaid managed care organization's preferred drug list any prior approval requirements, step therapy, or other utilization controls applicable under the Department's preferred list. Requires the Department to develop a standardized format for all Medicaid managed care organization preferred drug lists by January 1, 2019 and to allow Medicaid managed care organizations 6 months from the completion date of the standardized format to comply with the new Preferred Drug List format. Requires each Medicaid managed care organization to post its preferred drug list on its website without restricting access and to update the preferred drug list posted on its website no less than 30 days prior to the date upon which any update or change takes effect. Requires the Department to establish, no later than January 1, 2019, the Illinois Pharmacy and Therapeutics Advisory Board to have the authority and responsibility to provide recommendations to the Department regarding which drug products to list on the Department's preferred drug list. Contains provisions concerning Board meetings and correspondence; the Board's composition; voting and non-voting members; and other matters. Requires the Department to adopt rules, to be in place no later than January 1, 2019, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining the Board. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	11/28/2018 - Total Veto Stands - No Positive Action Taken
HB4099	MEDICAID-ASSESSMENTS/PAYMENTS (REP. ROBERT RITA) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that, subject to federal approval, for any redesign of certain hospital assessments and payments authorized under the Code, the volume data used to redesign the distribution of hospital payments shall include managed care organization denial payments or settlements between hospitals and managed care organizations. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB4100	NURSES-VIOLENCE PREVENTION (REP. STEPHANIE KIFOWIT; SEN. NEIL ANDERSON) Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Defines "retail health care facility". Creates provisions concerning workplace violence against nurses in specified medical facilities concerning notice, contacting law enforcement, and mental health services. Requires specified medical facilities to create a workplace violence prevention program with specified requirements. Provides whistleblower protections for any nurse of a specified medical facility if management retaliates against the nurse for certain actions. Provides appropriate cross references in the Department of Veterans Affairs Act, the University of Illinois Hospital Act, the MC/DD Act, the ID/DD Community Care Act, and the Hospital Licensing Act. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that Department of Corrections and Department of Juvenile Justice institutions or facilities shall provide notice and specified protections when a committed person is transferred out of the institution or facility to receive medical care and treatment. House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Creates the Health Care Violence Prevention Act. Moves provisions concerning workplace violence against nurses in the introduced bill to the Health Care Violence Prevention Act and provides appropriate cross references in various Acts. Defines "health care worker". Applies certain provisions concerning workplace safety to health care workers. Provides for application of the Act. Provides that a workplace violence prevention program shall reference Occupational Safety and Health Administration guidelines for preventing workplace violence for health care and social service workers. Provides that the Department of Public Health and Department of Veterans' Affairs may by rule adopt additional criteria for workplace violence prevention programs. In provisions amending the Unified Code of Corrections, makes changes concerning requirements that an institution or facility of the Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, a county, or a municipality shall meet when a person receives medical care and treatment at a place other than the institution or facility. Provides that hospitals or medical facilities shall establish protocols for the receipt of incarcerated persons. Makes other changes. House Floor Amendment No. 5 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts provisions of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 4 with the following changes: In the Health Care Violence Prevention Act, removes facilities subject to the MC/DD Act and the ID/DD Community Care Act from the definition of "health care provider". Provides that if a committed person receives medical care and treatment at a place other than an institution or facility of the Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice, a county, or a municipality, then the institution or facility shall ensure that the transferred committed person is accompanied by the most comprehensive medical records possible (rather than accompanied by all available medical records). Makes changes concerning the circumstances under which a committed person shall be restrained and the types of restraints. Amends the County Jail Act. Provides that restraint of a pregnant female prisoner in the custody of the Cook County shall comply with specified provisions of the Counties Code. Makes other changes.
	Current Status:	8/24/2018 - Effective Date January 1, 2019
	Bill Position:	Oppose
HB4102	NURSING HOME ADM-SUNSET (REP. BRAD HALBROOK) Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal date of the Nursing Home Administrators Licensing and Disciplinary Act from January 1, 2018 to January 1, 2028. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB4111	USE/OCC TX-SENIOR CITIZENS (REP. LA SHAWN FORD) Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that the following items are exempt from the taxes under those Acts when purchased for use by a person who (i) is 65 years of age or older and (ii) receives medical assistance under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code or assistance under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: (1) food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the premises where it is sold; (2) prescription and nonprescription medicines, drugs, and medical appliances; (3) medical devices by the United States Food and Drug Administration that are used for cancer treatment pursuant to a prescription, as well as any accessories and components related to those devices; and (4) insulin, urine testing materials, syringes, and needles used by diabetics, for human use. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB4154	MHDDA-SUPPORT PLAN SERVICES (REP. CHARLES MEIER) Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides after an individualized behavioral support plan is implemented, the individual participating in the Home and Community Based Services Program for Persons with Developmental Disabilities is entitled to obtain services that are a part of the plan. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB4163	EQUAL PAY ACT-WAGE HISTORY (REP. ANNA MOELLER; SEN. ANTONIO MUÑOZ) Synopsis As Introduced - Amends the Equal Pay Act of 2003. Prohibits an employer from: (i) screening job applicants based on their wage or salary history, (ii) requiring that an applicant's prior wages satisfy minimum or maximum criteria, and (iii) requesting or requiring as a condition of being interviewed or as a condition of continuing to be considered for an offer of employment that an applicant disclose prior wages or salary. Prohibits an employer from seeking the salary, including benefits or other compensation or salary history, of a job applicant from any current or former employer, with some exceptions. Limits defenses. Provides for penalties and injunctive relief. House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Deletes language providing that an employer's wage differential defense does not apply if an employee demonstrates that an alternative employment practice exists that would serve the same business purpose without producing the differential and the employer has refused to adopt the alternative practice.
	Current Status:	11/28/2018 - BILL DEAD - No Positive Action Taken - Amendatory Veto
HB4164	MANAGED CARE PROCUREMENT (REP. GREG HARRIS) Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that an exemption from the Code for purchases of care shall continue except as otherwise provided. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that, beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act, any contract the Department of Healthcare and Family Services enters into with a managed care organization shall be procured in accordance with the Illinois Procurement Code. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB4165	CMS-DHFS-ACA PROTECTIONS (REP. GREG HARRIS) Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Prohibits the Director of the Illinois Department of Central Management Services and the State from applying for any federal waiver that would reduce or eliminate any protection or coverage required under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) that was in effect on January 1, 2017, including, but not limited to, any protection for persons with pre-existing conditions and coverage for services identified as essential health benefits under the ACA. Provides that the Director may apply for such a waiver only if granted authorization by the General Assembly through a joint resolution. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Prohibits the State from applying for any federal waiver that would permit an individual or group health insurance plan to reduce or eliminate any protection or coverage required under the ACA that was in effect on January 1, 2017, including, but not limited to, any protection for persons with pre-existing conditions and coverage for services identified as essential health benefits under the ACA. Provides that the State may apply for such a waiver only if granted authorization by the General Assembly through a joint resolution. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Prohibits the State from applying for any waiver of federal Medicaid requirements that would reduce or eliminate any protection or coverage required under the ACA that was in effect on January 1, 2017. Provides that the State may apply for such a waiver only if granted authorization by the General Assembly through a joint resolution. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	11/28/2018 - Total Veto Stands - No Positive Action Taken
HB4166	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:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB4178	COMMUNITY-INTEGRATED LIVING (REP. CHARLES MEIER) Amends the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act. Requires facilities licensed under the Act to notify the Department of Human Services when emergency calls are made from the facility. Grants the Department rulemaking power to implement the notification procedures.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB4192	COMMUNITY-INTEGRATED LIVING (REP. THOMAS BENNETT) Amends the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services may conduct unannounced or announced site visits. Requires the Department to establish, by rule, procedures and criteria for determining whether to conduct an unannounced site visit to an agency, program, or placement. Makes other technical changes.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB4223	SUPPORTIVE LIVING FACILITIES (REP. SARA FEIGENHOLTZ) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision concerning the Supportive Living Facilities Program, provides that a supportive living facility includes a distinct physical and operational entity within a mixed-use building that meets certain criteria. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to accept for certification under the program any application for a site or building where some of the apartments or distinct parts of the site or building are designated for purposes other than the provision of supportive living services, but only if those other apartments or distinct parts of the site or building are not designated for the purpose of providing assisted living services as required under the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that a supportive living facility is (i) a free-standing facility or (ii) a distinct physical and operational entity within a mixed-use building that meets certain criteria (rather than a supportive living facility is either a free-standing facility or a distinct physical and operational entity within a nursing facility). Provides that subject to federal approval by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall accept for consideration of certification under the supportive living facilities program any application for a site or building where distinct parts of the site or building are designated for purposes other than the provision of supportive living services, but only if those distinct parts of the site or building: (1) are not designated for the purpose of providing assisted living services; (2) are completely separate from the part of the building used for the provision of supportive living program services, including separate entrances; (3) do not share any common spaces with the part of the building used for the provision of supportive living program services; and (4) do not share staffing with the part of the building used for the provision of supportive living program services. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	4/6/2018 - Effective Date April 6, 2018
	Bill Position:	Support
HB4248	CONVENTION EXPENSE LIMITATIONS (REP. DAVID MCSWEENEY) Creates the Local Government Convention Expense Control Act. Provides that on or after the effective date of the Act, public funds shall not be expended by a unit of local government for expenses connected with attendance by an employee or contractor of the unit of local government at a convention or gathering of personnel. Excludes public funds expended (1) at any convention or gathering of public safety personnel or (2) pursuant to a contract entered into before the effective date of the Act. Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that, for contracts entered into on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act by units of local government, school districts, community college districts, or local taxing bodies, State appropriations shall not be expended to rent or pay for access to physical space for booths, hospitality suites, or other physical space at a convention or gathering of personnel. Excludes appropriations for physical space expenditures at any convention or gathering of public safety personnel. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
	Bill Position:	Oppose
HB4263	NURSE LICENSURE COMPACT (REP. DAVID REIS) Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Ratifies and approves the Nurse Licensure Compact, which allows for the issuance of multistate licenses that allow nurses to practice in their home state and other compact states. Provides that the Compact does not supersede existing State labor laws.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
	Bill Position:	Support
HB4277	MEDICAID LONG-TERM SERVICES (REP. NORINE HAMMOND) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In order to protect the right of Medicaid beneficiaries to receive Medicaid long-term care services and supports (LTSS) promptly without any delay caused by administrative procedures, requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and other specified Departments to take the following actions: (i) for a Medicaid beneficiary aged 65 years or older who has received a Determination of Need indicating the need for LTSS services, the Departments must begin paying for such services no later than the 46th day after the date upon which the beneficiary applied for the services; (ii) for a Medicaid beneficiary aged 64 years or younger whose Medicaid eligibility is based upon a disability and who has received a Determination of Need indicating the need for LTSS services, the Departments must begin paying for such services no later than the 91st day after the date upon which the beneficiary applied for the services; (iii) for a Medicaid applicant who has received a Determination of Need indicating the need for LTSS services, the Departments must begin paying for such services immediately once the applicant is determined eligible for Medicaid; (iv) by July 1, 2018, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, in conjunction with the State Comptroller, must develop a process to expedite payment claims for Medicaid services provided during the time any application for Medicaid eligibility or LTSS services is pending beyond federally required timeliness standards; and (v) by July 1, 2018, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the Department of Human Services must waive all deadline requirements for applications for Medicaid eligibility or LTSS services if pending beyond federally required timeliness standards. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
	Bill Position:	Support
HB4278	VETERANS HOME-NOTICE-DISEASE (REP. STEPHANIE KIFOWIT; SEN. ANTONIO MUÑOZ) Amends the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act. Requires that, if an Illinois Veterans Home administrator or a member of the administrative staff is notified that, within one month or less, 2 or more persons residing within the Veterans Home are diagnosed with an infectious disease by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches; a hospital licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act or organized under the University of Illinois Hospital Act; a long-term care facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act; a freestanding emergency center licensed under the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act; a local health department; or any other State agency or government entity, then, within 24 hours after the facility is notified of the second diagnosis, the Illinois Veterans Home must: (1) provide a written notification of the incidence of the infectious disease to each resident of the facility and the resident's emergency contact or next of kin; (2) post a notification of the incidence of the infectious disease in a conspicuous place near the main entrance to the Illinois Veterans Home; and (3) provide a written notification to the Department of Veterans' Affairs and the Department of Public Health of the incidence of the infectious disease and of compliance with the notification requirements concerning residents and the resident's emergency contact or next of kin. Requires that, in addition to the initial written notifications, the Veterans Home must provide written notifications of any updates on the incidence of the infectious disease and any options that are available to the residents. Provides that the Department of Veterans' Affairs and the Department of Public Health must post the notification of the incidence of the infectious disease, any updates, and any options that are available to the residents on their websites. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 1 - In provisions concerning notice of an infectious disease at an Illinois Veterans Home, defines "infectious disease".
	Current Status:	7/27/2018 - Effective Date July 27, 2018
HB4290	$PRIOR YEAR-PERSONAL SERVICES (REP. JERRY COSTELLO; SEN. DANIEL SWANSON) Makes appropriations to various agencies for prior year costs for personal services and State contributions to Social Security. Effective immediately .
	Current Status:	11/28/2018 - Total Veto Stands - No Positive Action Taken
HB4301	GUARDIANSHIP-NOTICE OF ACTION (REP. JOE SOSNOWSKI) Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that if a respondent in an adult guardianship action is residing in a nursing home, assisted living facility, veterans hospital, or any other residence where he or she is receiving care, and the respondent possesses real property located in another county that served as the residence of the respondent, the petitioner shall cause notice to be given in the county in which the real property of the respondent is located by publishing notice of the hearing for no less than 14 days in a newspaper of general circulation in that county.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB4309	FRAIL INDIVIDUALS-VISITATION (REP. SARA JIMENEZ WOJCICKI) Creates the Frail Individual Family Visitation Protection Act. Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Kasem/Baksys Visitation Law. Defines "frail individual" and other terms. Provides that if a caregiver unreasonably prevents a family member of a frail individual from visiting the frail individual, the court, upon a verified petition by the family member, may order the caregiver to permit visitation between the frail individual and the family member if the court finds that the visitation is in the frail individual's best interests. Provides that in making its determination, the court shall consider the standards provided in the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that the caregiver shall provide a person awarded reasonable visitation with notice of the frail individual's hospitalization or transfer to a healthcare facility, relocation to another residence, and death.
	Current Status:	8/14/2018 - Effective Date January 1, 2019
HB4347	MEDICAID-ADULT DENTAL SERVICES (REP. ROBYN GABEL) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall provide dental services to an adult who is otherwise eligible for assistance under the medical assistance program. Provides that targeted dental services, as set forth in a specified exhibit in a federal consent decree, that are provided to adults under the medical assistance program shall be reimbursed at the rates set forth in a specified column in the exhibit for targeted dental services that are provided to persons under the age of 18 under the medical assistance program. Requires the Department to actively monitor the contractual relationship between Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) and a dental administrator contracted by an MCO to provide dental services. Contains provisions concerning the Department's adoption of appropriate data and measures; the inclusion of certain dental performance measures in the Department's Health Plan Comparison Tool and Illinois Medicaid Plan Report Card; and the collection of information about the types of contracted, broad-based care coordination occurring between a MCO and any dental administrator. Prohibits a health plan from attempting to limit the right of medical assistance recipients to obtain dental services from a qualified Medicaid provider. Prohibits the Department from adopting a rule or entering into a contract that prohibits a licensed dentist or dental hygienist from receiving reimbursement under the medical assistance program for a dental encounter. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB4350	PTELL-NURSING HOME (REP. STEVEN REICK) Amends the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that a taxing district may, by ordinance, specify a period of time during which it will suspend its extension for nursing home purposes. Provides that, for the first levy year in which that taxing district resumes its full extension for nursing home purposes, the district's aggregate extension base shall be calculated as if the district had used its maximum extension for nursing home purposes for the levy years during which the extension was suspended. Provides that a taxing district may recapture the amount that the district could have levied for nursing home purposes during the suspension period by passing an ordinance increasing its aggregate extension base for that purpose. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB4359	HOME HEALTH AGENCY-PHYSICIANS (REP. JAIME ANDRADE, JR.) Amends the Home Health, Home Services, and Home Nursing Agency Licensing Act. Provides that "home health agency" includes a public agency or private organization that provides the services of a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branch and at least one other home health service.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB4383	MCO-DISENROLLMENT REQUIREMENTS (REP. SARA FEIGENHOLTZ; SEN. DANIEL BISS) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that disenrollment of a Medicaid enrollee from a managed care organization under contract with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall be in accordance with specified federal requirements whenever a contract is terminated between a Medicaid managed care health plan and a primary care provider that results in a disruption to the Medicaid enrollee's provider-beneficiary relationship. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	8/19/2018 - Effective Date August 19, 2018
HB4387	AUTHORIZED ELECTRONIC MONITOR (REP. THOMAS BENNETT) Creates the Authorized Electronic Monitoring in Community-Integrated Living Arrangements and Developmental Disability Facilities Act. Provides that under certain conditions, a resident of a living arrangement certified under the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act and a resident of a developmental disability facility shall be permitted to use an audio and video surveillance system in his or her room at his or her own expense. Requires the electronic monitoring device to be placed in a conspicuously visible location in the room. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish a program to distribute specified funds each year for the purchase and installation of electronic monitoring devices. Establishes criminal penalties for a person or entity that knowingly hampers, obstructs, tampers with, or destroys an electronic monitoring device. Contains provisions concerning: resident and roommate consent to monitoring; notice of electronic monitoring to the staff and visitors; limitations on the staff's access to recordings; the admissibility of recordings in civil, criminal, and administrative actions; staff reporting; liability; and rulemaking. Makes other changes. Amends the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act and Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code to make conforming changes. Provides that it is a business offense for a person to discriminate or retaliate against a resident for consenting to the electronic monitoring, or to prevent the installation or use of an electronic monitoring device by a resident who has provided specified notice and consent. Makes other changes. Effective January 1, 2019.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
	Bill Position:	Oppose
HB4440	NURSING HOMES-VACCINE INFO (REP. ROBYN GABEL) Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall provide facilities with educational information on all vaccines recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, including, but not limited to, the risks associated with shingles and how to protect oneself against the varicella-zoster virus. Requires a facility to distribute the information to each resident who requests the information and each newly admitted resident. Allows the facility to distribute the information to residents electronically. Effective January 1, 2019.
	Current Status:	8/23/2018 - Effective Date January 1, 2019
HB4441	MHDDC-COUNSELING SERVICES (REP. KATHLEEN WILLIS) Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that counseling services or psychotherapy on an outpatient basis provided to a civilly committed minor 12 years of age or older shall be provided in compliance with the Professional Counselor and Clinical Professional Counselor Licensing and Practice Act, the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act, or the Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act (currently, the counseling services or psychotherapy must be provided in compliance with the Professional Counselor and Clinical Professional Counselor Licensing and Practice Act or the Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act). Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB4443	INS CD-MANAGED CARE PLAN CLAIM (REP. ROBYN GABEL) Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that all managed care plans shall ensure that all claims and indemnities concerning health care services shall be paid within 30 days after receipt of a claim that has provided specified information on a CMS-1500 Health Insurance Claim Form or a UB-04 (CMS-1450) form. Provides that certain health care providers shall be notified of any known failure of the claim and provide detailed information on how the claim may be satisfied to receive payment within 30 days after receipt. Provides that any undisputed portions of a claim must be reimbursed by the managed care plan within 30 days after receipt. Grants the Department of Insurance specific authority to issue a cease and desist order, fine, or otherwise penalize managed care plans that violate provisions concerning timely payment for health care services. Provides that a policy issued or delivered to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services that provides coverage to certain persons is subject to the provisions concerning timely payment for health care services. Makes conforming changes in the Illinois Public Aid Code.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB4504	SWIMMING POOLS-THERAPY POOLS (REP. ALLEN SKILLICORN) Amends the Swimming Facility Act and Swimming Pool Safety Act. Provides that "swimming pool" does not include therapeutic pools used in physical therapy programs operated by medical facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health or operated by physical therapists licensed under the Illinois Physical Therapy Act.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB4534	COURT OF CLAIMS AWARD LIMITS (REP. AL RILEY) Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the Commitment to Justice Act and includes legislative findings. Amends the Court of Claims Act. Removes the $100,000 limit on awards in tort cases. Provides that the changes apply to cases filed on or after July 1, 2015. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB4558	ENVIRONMENTAL BARRIERS-STAIRS (REP. MARGO MCDERMED) Amends the Environmental Barriers Act. Provides that a public facility or multi-story housing shall have a detectable warning at the bottom step and top step of each stair run. Exempts stairs in dwelling units, stairs in enclosed stair towers, and stairs set to the side of the path of travel. Defines "detectable warning".
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB4559	MUNI CD-ACCESSIBLE COMMUNITIES (REP. LINDA CHAPA LAVIA) Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that the corporate authorities of a municipality may apply to the Department of Human Services for an Accessible Community designation for the municipality if the municipality shows it (1) has an accessibility committee or accessibility taskforce organized and operating; (2) has a website that meets specified accessibility standards for electronic and information technology; (3) provides training to its first responders regarding how to interact with a person with a disability; (4) provides public buildings that are accessible to persons with disabilities; (5) provides accessible public transportation; (6) provides affordable housing accessible to persons with disabilities or establishes regulations for the design, installation, and construction of single family and attached single family homes accessible to persons with disabilities; and (7) has at least one person with a disability on staff. Lists procedures for review of applications and awarding the Accessible Community designation by the Department. Provides that the Accessible Community designation expires 5 years after the date the Department awards the designation. Provides for procedures for reapplying for the Accessible Community designation after denial of an application or expiration of the designation. Amends the Department of Human Services Act making conforming changes. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB4620	PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. SAM YINGLING) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning construction of the Code.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB4645	HEALTH FACILITIES-REPEAL DATE (REP. WILLIAM DAVIS) Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Extends the repeal date of the Act from December 31, 2019 to December 31, 2029. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	11/30/2018 - Effective Date November 28, 2018
HB4650	CONTROL SUB-PRESCRIP MONITOR (REP. MICHAEL ZALEWSKI; SEN. LAURA MURPHY) Amends the Illinois Controlled Substance Act. In a provision allowing pharmacists to authorize a designee to consult the Prescription Monitoring Program on their behalf, defines "pharmacist" to include, but be not limited to, a pharmacist associated with a health maintenance organization or a Medicaid managed care entity providing services under the Illinois Public Aid Code. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Further amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that any pharmacist feedback, including grades, ratings, or written or verbal statements, in opposition to a clinical decision that the prescription of a controlled substance is not medically necessary shall not be the basis of any adverse action, evaluation, or any other type of negative credentialing, contracting, licensure, or employment action taken against a prescriber or dispenser. In a provision allowing pharmacists to authorize a designee to consult the Prescription Monitoring Program on their behalf, defines "pharmacist" to include a clinical pharmacist employed by and designated by a Medicaid Managed Care Organization providing services under the Illinois Public Aid Code under a contract with the Department of Health and Family Services for the sole purpose of clinical review of services provided to persons covered by the entity under the contract to determine compliance with the Act (in the introduced bill, defines "pharmacist" to include, but be not limited to, a pharmacist associated with a health maintenance organization or a Medicaid managed care entity providing services under the Illinois Public Aid Code). Provides that a managed care entity pharmacist shall notify prescribers of review activities. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Deletes language providing pharmacist feedback, including grades, ratings, or written or verbal statements, in opposition to a clinical decision that the prescription of a controlled substance is not medically necessary shall not be the basis of any adverse action, evaluation, or any other type of negative credentialing, contracting, licensure, or employment action taken against a prescriber or dispenser.
	Current Status:	8/21/2018 - Effective Date August 21, 2018
HB4664	LIFE CARE FACILITIES-CONTRACTS (REP. KATHLEEN WILLIS) Amends the Life Care Facilities Act. Adds provisions concerning required disclosures and life care contract requirements for providers under the Act. Provides that at the time of or before the execution of a life care contract, or at the time of or before to the transfer of any money or other property to a provider by or on behalf of a prospective resident, whichever shall first occur, a provider shall deliver a disclosure statement to the person with whom the life care contract is to be entered into that contains specified information. Provides that residents may receive, upon request, specified information from providers and may submit comments. Provides that providers shall, to the maximum extent practicable, offer specified explanations, inform residents of certain matters, and make use of specified standards and practices. Provides that a violation of these provisions by a provider of a facility is an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall take specified enforcement actions if he or she receives notice from an escrow agent that specified provisions of the Act have not been complied with. Provides that the Secretary of Professional and Financial Regulation may conduct audits of providers. Provides that a provider shall provide all residents of a facility and the Department of Public Health with a printed report that contains certain information. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall provide the public with online access to the annual reports, inspection reports, and other specified information. Provides that an increase in a regular periodic charge not outlined in a life care contract must be approved by the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation. Makes other changes.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
	Bill Position:	Oppose
HB4665	DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL (REP. ROBYN GABEL) Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that the Division of Developmental Disabilities of the Department of Human Services shall implement a direct support professional credential pilot program to assist and attract persons into the field of direct support, advance direct support as a career, and professionalize the developmental disabilities field to promote workforce recruitment and retention efforts, advance skills and competencies, and further ensure the health, safety, and well-being of persons being served. Amends the Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Defines "nursing or nursing-related services for pay". Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Provides that a certified nursing assistant shall lose his or her certification status if he or she goes 24 consecutive months without performing nursing or nursing-related services for pay. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the Department of Human Services shall jointly submit the necessary application to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for a waiver or State Plan Amendment to allow remote monitoring and supports services for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities and seniors requiring in-home care, as a waiver reimbursable service. Provides that the application shall be submitted no later than September 30, 2018. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	8/10/2018 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0754
HB4686	ADULT GUARDIAN-AGENCY EMPLOYEE (REP. THOMAS BENNETT) Amends the Guardians For Adults With Disabilities Article of the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that the court shall not appoint as guardian an employee of an agency that is directly providing residential services to the ward.
	Current Status:	8/10/2018 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0756
HB4687	ADULT GUARDIANSHIP-VISITATION (REP. THOMAS BENNETT) Amends the Guardians for Adults With Disabilities Article of the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that an adult child, spouse, adult grandchild, parent, adult sibling, or other interested person (instead of an adult child) may petition for visitation privileges with the ward. Provides that "other interested person" means any person who has a significant, ongoing relationship based on or productive of strong affection. House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the introduced bill, and removes the added references to and definition of interested persons. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the engrossed bill, and makes the following changes: (1) deletes language requiring the court to find that the visitation is in the ward's best interests; and (2) provides that the court shall not allow visitation if the court finds that the ward has capacity to evaluate and communicate decisions regarding visitation and expresses a desire not to have visitation with the petitioner.
	Current Status:	8/24/2018 - Effective Date January 1, 2019
HB4688	SUNSET ACT-NURSING HOME (REP. KELLY BURKE) Amends the Nursing Home Administrators Licensing and Disciplinary Act. Provides that all applicants and licensees shall provide a valid address and email address, which shall serve as the address and email address of record, and shall inform the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation of any change of address or email address through specified means. Adds provisions concerning confidentiality of information collected by the Department. Makes changes in provisions concerning definitions, the Nursing Home Administrators Licensing and Disciplinary Board, powers and duties of the Department, application procedures, rosters, grounds for disciplinary action, reports of violations of the Act, summary suspensions, hearings and motions for rehearing, administrative review, and certification of record. Repeals provisions concerning Board hearings and recommendations, surrender of licenses, rehearings, and fraud and deception by applicants. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	8/3/2018 - Effective Date August 3, 2018
	Bill Position:	Oppose
HB4743	EQUAL PAY AFRICAN AMERICANS (REP. LA SHAWN FORD; SEN. ELGIE SIMS) Amends the Equal Pay Act of 2003. Provides that no employer may discriminate between employees by paying wages to an African-American employee at a rate less than the rate at which the employer pays wages to another employee who is not African-American for the same or substantially similar work on a job that requires equal skill, effort, and responsibility and is performed under similar working conditions. Sets forth exceptions,
	Current Status:	11/30/2018 - Effective Date January 1, 2019
HB4771	MEDICAID-LONG-TERM CARE-DOCS (REP. NORINE HAMMOND; SEN. TOI HUTCHINSON) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Human Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services' Office of the Inspector General to perform the following actions to ensure that applicants submit completed applications for long-term care benefits: (i) provide each applicant with a checklist of information and documents the applicant must submit to complete an application for long-term care benefits; (ii) notify each applicant of the date upon which such information or documents were received by the Department; (iii) update and maintain the Department's computer hardware and software to ensure each applicant receives a timely response to any email sent by the applicant to the Department; and (iv) notify each applicant of the 30-day time period to submit all requested information or documents to the Department. House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires long-term care providers to submit all changes in resident status, including, but not limited to, death, discharge, changes in patient credit, third party liability, and Medicare coverage to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services through the Medical Electronic Data Interchange System, the Recipient Eligibility Verification System, or the Electronic Data Interchange System under a specified schedule. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to serve as the lead agency assuming primary responsibility for the full implementation of provisions concerning expedited long-term care eligibility determinations, renewals, enrollments, and payments, including the establishment and operation of the expedited long-term care system. Provides that beginning on June 29, 2018, provisional eligibility must be issued to any individual who has not received a final eligibility determination on the individual's application for Medicaid or Medicaid long-term care benefits or a notice of an opportunity for a hearing within the federally prescribed deadlines for the processing of such applications. Requires the Department to maintain the individual's provisional Medicaid enrollment status until a final eligibility determination is approved or the individual's appeal has been adjudicated and eligibility is denied. Provides that the Department or the managed care organization, if applicable, must reimburse providers for all services rendered during an individual's provisional eligibility period. Requires the Department to adopt, by rules, policies and procedures to ensure prospective compliance with the federal deadlines for Medicaid and Medicaid long-term care benefits eligibility determinations. Sets forth certain standards and principles the policies must address, including: (i) a streamlined application and enrollment process; (ii) protocols to expedite the eligibility processing system for applicants meeting certain guidelines, regardless of the age of the application; (iii) the review of applications for long-term care benefits when there exists credible evidence that an applicant has transferred assets with the intent of defrauding the State; and other matters. Contains provisions concerning: (1) the adoption of policies and procedures to improve communication between long-term care benefits central office personnel, applicants, and facilities in which the applicants reside; the establishment of policies and procedures to improve accountability and provide for the expedited payment of services rendered; (3) the Department's investigation of public-private partnerships in use in Ohio, Michigan, and Minnesota that are aimed at redeploying caseworkers to targeted high-Medicaid facilities for the purpose of expediting initial Medicaid and Medicaid long-term care benefits applications, renewals, and all other things related to enrollment, reimbursement, and application processing; (4) provider association meetings; (5) presumptive eligibility of benefits; (6) the prioritization of processing applications on a last-in, first-out basis; and other matters. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill, but with the following changes: Provides that an applicant with provisional enrollment status must have his or her benefits paid for under the State's fee-for-service system until such time as the State makes a final determination on the applicant's Medicaid or Medicaid long-term care application (rather than an applicant with provisional enrollment status, who is not enrolled in a managed care organization at the time the applicant's provisional status is issued, must continue to have his or her benefits paid for under the State's fee-for-service system until such time as the State makes a final determination on the applicant's Medicaid or Medicaid long-term care application). Provides that if an individual is enrolled with a managed care organization for community benefits at the time the individual's provisional status is issued, the managed care organization is only responsible for paying benefits covered under the capitation payment received by the managed care organization for the individual. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to clearly identify as provisional eligibility vouchers those vouchers submitted to the Office of the Comptroller on behalf of applicants with provisional enrollment status. Adds a definition for the term "renewal". Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	11/30/2018 - Effective Date November 28, 2018
	Bill Position:	Support
HB4815	PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT-VARIOUS (REP. SARA FEIGENHOLTZ) Amends the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987. Removes language providing that a collaborating physician may collaborate with a maximum of 5 full-time equivalent physician assistants. Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987, removes language providing that a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches may enter into collaborative agreements with no more than 5 full-time equivalent physician assistants except in a hospital, hospital affiliate, or ambulatory surgical treatment center.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB4847	AGING-ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICE (REP. TOM DEMMER; SEN. LAURA MURPHY) Amends the Adult Protective Services Act. Expands the definition of "eligible adult" to include an adult who resides in any of the facilities that are excluded from the definition of "domestic living situation" if either: (i) the alleged abuse or neglect occurs outside of the facility and not under facility supervision and the alleged abuser is a family member, caregiver, or another person with a continuing relationship with the adult; or (ii) the alleged financial exploitation is perpetrated by a family member, caregiver, or another person with a continuing relationship with the adult, but who is not an employee of the facility where the adult resides.
	Current Status:	7/27/2018 - Effective Date January 1, 2019
HB4848	VETERANS-MEDICAL RECORD COPIES (REP. DANIEL SWANSON) Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of the law in recognition of service provided, a health care facility or health care practitioner shall provide without charge one complete copy of a patient's records if: (1) the patient is an indigent homeless veteran; and (2) the records are being requested by the patient or a person, entity, or organization presenting a valid authorization for the release of records signed by the patient or the patient's legally authorized representative, for the purpose of supporting a claim for federal veterans' disability benefits.
	Current Status:	8/13/2018 - Effective Date January 1, 2019
HB4852	DHFS-PERSONAL NEEDS ALLOWANCE (REP. JERRY LONG) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning no later than October 1, 2018, 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 benefits or Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, or both, 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, 2018 and for each State fiscal year thereafter. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB4871	AGING-ADULT DAY SERVICES RATES (REP. LOU LANG) Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. In provisions concerning the Community Care Program, provides that within 30 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, rates for adult days services shall be increased to $15.02 per hour and rates for each way transportation services for adult day services shall be increased to $10.30 per hour. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB4872	WORK COMP BILL EMPLOYER (REP. LOU LANG) Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides that when a patient notifies a provider that the patient is seeking treatment for a work-related injury, the provider shall bill the employer or its designee directly (currently only bill employer directly). Provides for the payment of interest to providers. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB4879	POWER OF ATTORNEY OMSBUDSMAN (REP. RYAN SPAIN) Amends the Illinois Power of Attorney Act. Provides that if the agent fails to provide his or her record of all receipts, disbursements, and significant actions taken under the authority of the agency within 21 days after a request by specified persons, a representative of the Office of the State Long Term Care Ombudsman (rather than the State Long Term Care Ombudsman) may petition the court for an order requiring the agent to produce his or her record of receipts, disbursements, and significant actions. Provides that if the court finds that the agent's failure to provide his or her record in a timely manner to a representative of the Office of the State Long Term Care Ombudsman was without good cause, the court may assess reasonable costs and attorney's fees against the agent, and order such other relief as is appropriate. House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the introduced bill with the following changes: Removes amendatory language allowing a person licensed to make wine under the laws of another state who has a winery shipper's license and annually produces less than 25,000 gallons of wine to make application to the Illinois Liquor Control Commission for a self-distribution exemption to allow the sale of wine to brewers, class 1 brewers, and class 2 brewers that, pursuant to a specified provision of the Liquor Control Act of 1934, sell beer, cider, or both beer and cider to non-licensees at their breweries. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 - Provides that if the State Commission provides prior approval, a class 1 brewer may annually transfer up to 930,000 gallons of beer manufactured by that class 1 brewer to the premises of a licensed class 1 brewer wholly owned and operated by the same licensee. Provides that a class 2 brewer may transfer beer to a brew pub wholly owned and operated by the class 2 brewer subject to the following limitations and restrictions: (i) the transfer shall not annually exceed more than 31,000 gallons; (ii) the annual amount transferred shall reduce the brew pub's annual permitted production limit; (iii) all beer transferred shall be subject to specified provisions concerning taxation; (iv) a written record shall be maintained by the brewer and brew pub specifying the amount, date of delivery, and receipt of the product by the brew pub; and (v) the brew pub shall be located no farther than 80 miles from the class 2 brewer's licensed location. Provides that a class 2 brewer shall, prior to transferring beer to a brew pub wholly owned by the class 2 brewer, furnish a written notice to the State Commission of intent to transfer beer setting forth the name and address of the brew pub and shall annually submit to the State Commission a verified report identifying the total gallons of beer transferred to the brew pub wholly owned by the class 2 brewer.
	Current Status:	8/19/2018 - Effective Date January 1, 2019
HB4886	ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH INFO (REP. LAURA FINE) Creates the Access to Basic Mental Health Information Act. Provides definitions for "mental health facility", "physician", and "recipient". Provides that specified individuals are entitled, upon request, to obtain certain information regarding a recipient in a mental health facility if the individual declares that he or she is involved in the recipient's care or paying for the recipient's care and the individual meets specified requirements. Provides that an individual requesting information must submit to the mental health facility specified information. Provides that a mental health facility is required to receive information relevant to the recipient's mental health treatment. Provides that if the recipient requests the mental health record from the mental health facility, any information that was tendered to the mental health facility under a promise of confidentiality may be withheld from the recipient if disclosure of the information would be reasonably likely to reveal the source of the mental health information. Provides that whenever access or modification is requested, the request, the grounds for its acceptance or denial, and any action taken thereon shall be noted in the recipient's record. Provides that a mental health facility and its employees or agents are not liable for any action under the Act unless the release was made deliberately or the release constituted gross negligence. Provides that nothing in the Act constitutes an infringement on an individual's right to obtain mental health records of the recipient if the individual has another right to the mental health records by law, regulation, or consent of the recipient. Provides that the Act shall be liberally construed to allow receipt of mental health information to individuals entitled to a recipient's information. Provides that the Act supersedes the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code and any other law that would be viewed to limit the access of an individual to a recipient's mental health records to the extent necessary to give the Act full implementation.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB4891	HEALTH FACILITIES-REVIEW BOARD (REP. WILLIAM DAVIS) Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Provides that a majority of the filled appointments, but no less than 4 appointed members, to the Health Facilities and Services Review Board (currently, 5 members) shall constitute a quorum. Provides that the affirmative vote of the majority of the filled appointments, but no less than 4 appointed members, (currently, 5 members) shall be necessary for any action requiring a vote to be taken by the State Board. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB4892	HEALTH FACILITIES PLANNING ACT (REP. WILLIAM DAVIS) Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Provides that the Health Facilities and Services Review Board may approve the transfer of an existing permit without regard to whether the permit to be transferred has yet been financially committed, except for permits to establish a new facility or category of service. Provides requirements for the reporting of financial commitments by permit holders. Removes existing provisions regarding annual reporting by permit holders. Removes provisions concerning major construction projects. Modifies provisions regarding the application for permits or exemptions, and exemption regulations. Modifies provisions regarding the approval of a permit application. Modifies the powers and duties of the Board and Board staff. Makes changes regarding the revision of criteria, standards, and rules; the giving of written notice of the reduction in hospital service; and issues concerning bed inventory. Makes specified provisions concerning fines for permit holders also apply to exemption holders under the Act. Makes conforming and other changes. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	8/3/2018 - Effective Date August 3, 2018
HB4895	MHDDAA-REPORTS-STATE-MENT&DEV (REP. MICHAEL HALPIN) Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that beginning July 1, 2018, and quarterly thereafter, the Department of Human Services shall submit to the General Assembly a written report providing, at minimum, for each State-operated mental health center and State-operated developmental center: (1) the number of employees; (2) the number of patient or resident initiated workplace violence incidents which occurred, including the number which were a direct assault on staff and the number which were a violent incident to which staff responded; (3) the number of employees impacted in each incident; and (4) the rate of workplace violence that quarter expressed as total number of employees impacted to total number of employees. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB4918	MHDDSA-FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS (REP. CAMILLE LILLY) Amends the Developmental Disability and Mental Disability Services Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall establish family resource centers throughout this State to provide counseling and mental health services to families who are indigent based on any behavior or mental health condition as determined by Department rule. Provides that the Department shall employ or contract with psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, clinical social workers, and licensed marriage and family therapists to provide those services.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB4933	HEALTH CARE COST ESTIMATE ACT (REP. DAVID WELTER) Creates the Health Care Cost Estimate Act and amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that prior to an admission, procedure, or service and upon request by a patient or prospective patient, a health care provider shall, within 2 working days, disclose the allowed amount or charge of the admission, procedure, or service. Provides that if the health care provider is unable to quote a specific amount in advance, the health care provider shall disclose the estimated maximum allowed amount or charge for the proposed admission, procedure, or service. Requires every company that issues, delivers, amends, or renews any individual or group policy of accident and health insurance to establish a toll-free telephone number and Internet website that enables consumers to request and obtain from the company, in real time, the estimated or maximum allowed amount or charge for a proposed admission, procedure, or service and the estimated amount the insured will be responsible to pay for a proposed admission, procedure, or service that is a covered benefit, based on the information available to the company at the time the request is made. Provides that if a patient or prospective patient is covered by a health insurance policy, a health care provider who participates as a network provider under the patient's or prospective patient's health insurance policy shall, upon request of the patient or prospective patient, provide, based on the information available to the health care provider at the time of the request, sufficient information regarding the proposed admission, procedure or service for the patient or prospective patient to use the applicable toll-free telephone number and Internet website of the provider of the health insurance policy.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB4936	MHDDAA-DHS-MENTAL HLTH PROFESS (REP. TOM DEMMER) Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that notwithstanding any State licensing law to the contrary, the Department of Human Services shall adopt rules, which shall be implemented within 6 months after the effective date of the bill, that would allow a person who has completed a psychiatric training program certification from any branch of the United States Armed Forces with at least one year of experience in a mental health setting to be recognized as a mental health professional for purposes of programs authorized or funded by the Department under the standards of practice and under the direction of a licensed mental health professional as authorized by the Department. Defines "licensed mental health professional". House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Deletes definition of "licensed mental health professional". Senate Floor 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 seek federal approval of an amendment to the Illinois Title XIX State Plan for the purpose of allowing a person who has completed a psychiatric training certification program from any branch of the United States Armed Forces and who has at least one year of experience in a mental health setting to be recognized as a mental health professional. Provides that upon receipt of federal approval, the Department shall adopt any necessary rules that would allow a person who has completed a psychiatric training certification program from any branch of the United States Armed Forces and who has at least one year of experience in a mental health setting to be recognized as a mental health professional for purposes of programs authorized or funded by the Department.
	Current Status:	8/17/2018 - Effective Date January 1, 2019
HB4953	DFPR-SEXUAL HARASSMNT TRAINING (REP. MICHAEL MCAULIFFE; SEN. STEVEN LANDEK) Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall require each new applicant complete a sexual harassment training program provided by the Department and each licensee complete a sexual harassment training program provided by the Department before renewal of his or her license. Contains minimum requirements for the content of the training. Provides that the Department shall compile a report annually that summarizes the sexual harassment training program that was completed during the previous year and prescribes the plan for the training program in the coming year and includes a list of individuals who failed to complete the required training program. Requires the Department to make the report available on its website. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that for professions that have continuing education requirements, the required continuing education hours shall include at least one hour of sexual harassment prevention training for license renewals occurring on or after January 1, 2020. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation may adopt rules to implement the provisions.
	Current Status:	8/10/2018 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0762
HB4993	APPROP COMMITTEE-AUDIT REPORTS (REP. FRED CRESPO) Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that all agencies shall submit their most recent biennial audit conducted by the Auditor General and any other management, performance, or other audits conducted by the Auditor General within the preceding 2 years to the appropriations committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Provides that appropriations committees shall take audit reports released by the Auditor General into consideration during the budgeting process.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
	Bill Position:	Support
HB5000	DHS-INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS (REP. RANDY FRESE) Amends the Department of Human Services Act. In a provision concerning investigative reports issued by the Office of the Inspector General upon completion of an abuse or neglect investigation, provides that the victim and the victim's guardian shall be provided with a redacted copy of the investigative report if the allegations of abuse or neglect are substantiated. Provides that unredacted investigative reports, as well as raw data, may be shared with a local law enforcement entity, a State's Attorney's office, or a county coroner's office upon written request. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	8/20/2018 - Effective Date August 20, 2018
HB5018	MHDDAA-FRONT-LINE PERSONNEL (REP. JUSTIN SLAUGHTER) Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that as the Department of Human Services establishes reimbursement rates that build toward livable wages for front-line personnel in programs serving persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities, the Department shall include rates for therapeutic schools and other programs serving children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Defines "front-line personnel". Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB5024	REVENUE-TECH (REP. LITESA WALLACE) Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB5025	PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. LITESA WALLACE) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning construction of the Code.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB5026	PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. LITESA WALLACE) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning construction of the Code.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB5035	SNAP-MEDICAID-WORK REQUIRMENTS (REP. BILL MITCHELL) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that subject to federal approval, applicants for or recipients of benefits under the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or the State's medical assistance program shall prepare and submit a personal plan for achieving employment and self-sufficiency at the time of application or redetermination of eligibility for such benefits. Provides that in order to receive SNAP benefits or benefits under the State's medical assistance program, a single parent who heads an assistance unit and who is able to work shall be required to work or participate in a work activity for at least 30 hours per week; 2 parents who head an assistance unit shall be required to work a combined 35 hours per week. Requires the Department of Human Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to seek any necessary waiver from the federal government in order to implement these provisions.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB5072	CONSUMER CHOICE-REPORTS (REP. PATRICIA BELLOCK) Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Requires the Office of State Long Term Care Ombudsman, in collaboration with the Attorney General, to create a Consumer Choice Information Report form for assisted living establishments and shared housing establishments under the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act and supportive living facilities established under the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Office to create a Consumer Choice Information Report and report database for these entities. Provides that the Office and Attorney General have the authority to verify the information provided by these entities. Provides that the Office may request a new report from these entities whenever it deems necessary. Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act, Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, and Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires an assisted living establishment, shared housing establishment, specialized mental health rehabilitation facility, or supportive living facility to complete and file a Consumer Choice Information Report on an annual basis and as requested by the Office. Requires the Department of Public Health to verify submission of a report by an assisted living establishment, shared housing establishment, or specialized mental health rehabilitation facility during an inspection. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to verify submission of a report by a supportive living facility during an inspection. Provides that a violation of the Consumer Choice Information Report provisions is an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act to make corresponding changes.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB5081	ACT ON THE AGING-VARIOUS (REP. PATRICIA BELLOCK) Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Deletes a provision requiring the Department on Aging to make a grant to an institution of higher learning to study the feasibility of establishing and implementing an affirmative action employment plan for the recruitment, hiring, training, and retraining of persons 60 or more years old. In provisions authorizing the Department to make eligibility determinations for benefits administered by other governmental bodies based on the income eligibility limitation in the Senior Citizens and Persons with Disabilities Property Tax Relief Act, specifies a particular location in that Act. Provides that the Director of Aging shall receive an annual salary as set by the Compensation Review Board. Repeals a provision requiring the Director to give a bond of not less than $10,000 conditioned for the faithful performance of his or her duties. Amends the Property Tax Code. Deletes a provision requiring counties to include in property tax bills information that taxpayers may be eligible for benefits under the Senior Citizens and Persons with Disabilities Property Tax Relief Act and that applications are available from the Department on Aging. Effective January 1, 2019.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB5100	MEDICAID-DENTAL ENCOUNTER (REP. ELIZABETH HERNANDEZ) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall not adopt any rule or enter into any contract that prohibits reimbursement under the medical assistance program to an eligible clinic for a dental encounter for services performed by an individual licensed to practice dentistry or dental hygiene under the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB5127	AGING-TECH (REP. TERRI BRYANT) Amends the Adult Protective Services Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB5156	PODIATRIC PHYSICIAN-AGREEMENT (REP. SARA FEIGENHOLTZ) Amends the Nurse Practice Act. In provisions concerning written collaborative agreements, restores the ability of podiatric physicians to collaborate with advanced practice registered nurses. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB5163	COMMUNITY CARE-DISABILITIES (REP. ANNA MOELLER) Amends the County Care for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act. Changes the short title of the Act to the Community Care for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act. Makes the Act applicable to counties, municipalities, and townships (rather than just counties). Adds definitions, including "developmental disability". Allows the board of directors to add to the definition of "developmental disability" in its jurisdiction by a majority vote. Provides that the changes do not affect any established county community developmental disability boards. Provides that the Act will be reassigned to 50 ILCS 835. Amends the Property Tax Code and the Counties Code making conforming changes.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB5164	AGING-MEDICAID INITIATIVE (REP. ANNA MOELLER) Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Requires the Department on Aging to establish and implement a Community Care Program Medicaid Initiative to: provide targeted funding to care coordination units to help seniors complete applications for medical assistance benefits under the State's Medical Assistance program; provide a funding pool to help care coordination units make improvements to the application process; establish requirements for State agencies to make enrollment in the Medical Assistance program easier for seniors; and other matters. Creates the Community Care Program Medicaid Enrollment Oversight Task Force to make recommendations on how best to increase the number of Illinois residents who are enrolled in the Community Care Program and receive services not paid for under the Medical Assistance program although they may be eligible for benefits. Provides for the membership of the Task Force. Requires the Task Force to provide oversight to the Initiative and to meet quarterly to provide the Department with data on the number of persons who receive Community Care Program services and are eligible for medical assistance but are not enrolled in the Medical Assistance program. Requires the Department to publish such data on its website and to collaborate with other agencies to determine how best to achieve the responsibilities of the Initiative. Establishes payment incentives to care coordination units that assist seniors in completing medical assistance applications. Provides that the Initiative shall cease operation 5 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act, after which the Task Force shall dissolve. House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Makes changes to the composition of the Community Care Program Medicaid Enrollment Oversight Task Force. Requires the Department of Human Services and any other State agency involved with processing the medical assistance application of any person enrolled in the Community Care Program to include the appropriate care coordination unit in all communications related to the determination or status of the application. Provides that care coordination units shall receive payment for each completed application for those months in which the total statewide number of medical assistance applications all care coordination units helped seniors complete is at or above the total statewide number of medical assistance applications completed during the same month during calendar year 2017 (rather than a care coordination unit shall receive a payment for each completed application for those months in which the number of medical assistance applications the care coordination unit helps seniors complete is at or above the monthly average number of medical assistance applications the care coordination unit helped seniors complete in the same service area during calendar year 2017). Makes technical changes. House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of House Amendment No. 1, but with the following changes: Further amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Removes references to the creation of the Community Care Program Medicaid Enrollment Oversight Task Force and instead creates that the Community Care Program Medicaid Enrollment Oversight Subcommittee as a subcommittee of the Older Adult Services Advisory Committee to make recommendations on how best to increase the number of medical assistance recipients who are enrolled in the Community Care Program. Provides that the Subcommittee shall consist of certain appointed persons including one individual appointed by a labor organization representing front line employees at the Department of Human Services. Provides that the Subcommittee shall collaborate with the Department of Human Services on the adoption of a uniform application submission process (rather than the Department of Human Services shall adopt a uniform application submission process no later than 60 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act). In a provision authorizing payments to care coordination units for each completed Medicaid application, changes the payment rate to no less than $240 per completed application (rather than no less than $300 per completed application). Amends the Older Adult Services Act. Provides that the Older Adult Services Advisory Committee's Community Care Program Medicaid Enrollment Oversight Subcommittee shall have the membership and powers and duties set forth the Illinois Act on the Aging.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB5240	WORKERS COMP-PAIN MANAGEMENT (REP. DAVID REIS) Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Requires a recipient of certain pain management medication to sign a written agreement with the prescribing physician agreeing to comply with the conditions of the prescription. Prohibits additional prescriptions while the recipient is noncompliant. Limits the applicability of the lack of pain management as a consideration in awarding benefits. Provides for the disclosure of violations of the agreement upon request by the employer. Requires a prescribing physician to file quarterly reports to obtain payment.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB5259	PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. PATRICIA BELLOCK) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Medical Assistance Article.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB5260	PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. PATRICIA BELLOCK) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Medical Assistance Article.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB5285	MEDICAID-PSYCHIATRIC PAYMENTS (REP. SARA FEIGENHOLTZ) 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, must be paid or the payment issued to the payee in a timely manner. Provides that if payment is not issued to the payee in a timely manner, 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 Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that on and after January 1, 2019, psychiatrists approved by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall be reimbursed for psychiatric services at a rate that is no lower than 95% of the Medicare program's rates for specified codes.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB5338	PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. CAROL AMMONS) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning construction of the Code.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB5426	$FY19 HFS 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, 2018, as follows: General Funds $ 7,874,949,200 Other State Funds $14,934,411,500 Federal Funds $ 300,000,000 Total $23,109,360,700
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB5427	$FY19 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, 2018, as follows: General Funds $112,401,900 Other State Funds $183,695,800 Federal Funds $324,118,700 Total $620,216,40 0
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB5433	MEDICAID-MCO-PAYOUT RATIOS (REP. FRED CRESPO) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to calculate the payout ratios reported by managed care organizations no less frequently than annually and to post these calculations on its website. Provides that the minimum payout ratio shall be 85% and that a managed care organization not meeting the 85% threshold must refund to the State, for each coverage year, an amount equal to the difference between the calculated payout ratio and 85% multiplied by coverage year revenue for that managed care organization. Defines "payment ratio". Requires the Department to exclusively use paid claims data submitted by managed care organizations in establishing managed care capitation rates. Provides that managed care organizations shall not be reimbursed by the State for any costs associated with health insurance fees.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
	Bill Position:	Support
HB5456	PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. NORINE HAMMOND) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Medical Assistance Article.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB5476	PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. PATRICIA BELLOCK) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning payments to nursing facilities.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB5479	NOT FOR PROFIT CORP-GRADES (REP. DANIEL BURKE) Amends the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986. Provides that the Secretary of State shall establish a system for grading corporations organized under the Act on the basis of the corporation's cost of fundraising, administrative expenses, and expenses for services for the corporation's designated clientele. Requires corporations to report to the Secretary information necessary for grading the corporations. Establishes minimum criteria for grading, including the corporation's cost of fundraising disregarding corporation revenue derived from investment income, sales proceeds, program service revenue, and other revenue derived as a result of activity other than fundraising. Provides that corporations failing to meet a minimum score shall be deemed ineligible for grants made available through the expenditure of State funds. Requires the Secretary to post the grading results on the Secretary's website.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB5500	MEDICAID-RATES-MENTAL HEALTH (REP. SARA FEIGENHOLTZ) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that reimbursement rates, including enhanced payment rates and rate add-ons, for psychiatric and behavioral health services provided in or by community mental health centers licensed or certified by the Department of Human Services shall not be lower than the rates for such services in effect on November 1, 2017. Provides that implementation of the reimbursement rates shall be contingent on federal approval.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB5506	NURS HOME-DISTRESSED FACILITY (REP. ANNA MOELLER) Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that by January 1, 2019 (rather than May 1, 2011), and quarterly thereafter, the Department of Public Health shall generate and publish quarterly a list of distressed facilities. Provides that criteria for inclusion of certified facilities on the list shall be those used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for its Special Focus Facility List (rather than U.S. General Accounting Office in report 9-689, until such time as the Department by rule modifies the criteria). Provides that there shall be no more than 10 distressed facilities at any one time using the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Special Focus Facilities criteria. Provides that the Department shall, by rule, adopt criteria to identify non-Medicaid-certified facilities that are distressed and shall publish this list quarterly beginning October 1, 2019 (rather than October 1, 2011). Provides that the Department may (rather than if the distressed facility does not seek the assistance of an independent consultant, the Department shall) place a monitor in (rather than place a monitor or a temporary manager in) the facility, depending on the Department's assessment of the condition of the facility. Provides that a distressed facility shall develop (rather than may contract with an independent consultant to develop and assist in the implementation of) a plan of improvement to bring and keep the facility in compliance with the Act and, if applicable, with federal certification requirements. Provides that by February 1, 2020 (rather than February 1, 2011), the Department of Public Health shall make a specified report to the General Assembly. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
	Bill Position:	Support
HB5511	MHDDC-DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT (REP. DEB CONROY) Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that upon a petition filed by a family or household member, peace officer, or the court on its own motion and after a hearing, the court may order a person, who is a person subject to involuntary admission on an outpatient basis and for whom involuntary admission is based on the person exhibiting signs of addiction, to an outpatient treatment program that is a designated program licensed under the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act in the county of the person's residence or in the nearest county of his or her residence, if a designated program is not available in his or her county of residence. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Code to the contrary, if taking medication is included in the person's plan of outpatient treatment, and the person's compliance with taking the medication is of concern to the physician prescribing the medication, the physician may order that the medication be administered by a periodic depot dosage in accordance with rules adopted by the Department of Human Services. In the event of noncompliance of the person with taking the depot dosage of the medication, the physician shall inform: (1) the court, which may impose any sanctions which may have been waived as a result of the person's participation in outpatient treatment; and (2) the designated program for an assessment to determine what mental health services are appropriate to treat the person's addiction and where those services may be provided. Provides that the person shall be afforded the protections and procedures provided for in the Code. Provides that the period of involuntary admission based on addiction shall not exceed 90 days unless the person is subject to involuntary admission based on other factors described in the Code.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB5522	NURSE PRACTICE ACT-TECH (REP. KEITH WHEELER) Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Makes a technical change concerning the short title of the Act.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB5537	COMMUNITY-INTEGRATED LIVING (REP. SHERI JESIEL) Amends the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act. Removes language requiring the Department of Human Services to adopt a State plan for the distribution of community-integrated living arrangements throughout the State and makes related changes. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	7/13/2018 - Effective Date July 13, 2018
HB5538	DHS-HOUSING&SUPPORT SERVICES (REP. ROBYN GABEL) Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to create a program to select people listed on the Department's Prioritization of the Urgency of Need of Services (PUNS) database to receive housing and community-based support services. Provides that by June 30, 2022, no less than 50% of the persons selected from the PUNS database shall qualify for or receive community-based support services under the State's Home and Community-Based Services Waiver for Persons with Developmental Disabilities (State's Waiver Program); and no less than 50% of the persons selected from the PUNS database shall qualify for or receive both housing and community-based support services funded by the Department. Provides that by June 30, 2022, the Department shall fully eliminate the 8-person community-integrated living arrangements model as a housing option for persons eligible for services under the State's Waiver program and shall instead implement a flexible housing model, as defined by the Department by rule, that utilizes a needs-based sliding scale to determine a person's eligibility and placement for housing. Contains provisions concerning reporting requirements. Provides that implementation of the provisions shall be contingent on the receipt of all necessary federal approvals.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB5539	DHS-HOUSING/SUPPORT SERVICES (REP. ROBYN GABEL) Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Requires the Department of Human Services, by June 30, 2022, to select from the Prioritization of the Urgency of Need of Services (PUNS) database no fewer than 3,600 persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities to receive relevant State services and supports. Provides that no fewer than 600 persons shall be selected to receive services by June 30, 2019 and the numbers of persons selected shall increase each year thereafter until the list of persons in the PUNS is exhausted. Requires the Department to pursue all federal funding options for intellectual and developmental services and supports including applying for a demonstration waiver and a State Plan amendment to expand and increase the availability of services to persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Requires federal funding obtained under a demonstration waiver to be directed towards increasing the availability of permanent supportive housing and other community-integrated living arrangements. Requires federal funding obtained as a result of federal approval of a Medicaid State Plan amendment to fund a Illinois Children and Adult Home and Community-Based Services Pilot Program to expand and increase community-based services and housing options for adults and children eligible for services under the Department's Home and Community-Based Services Waiver programs. Provides that subject to federal approval, the availability of housing options and support services provided under a demonstration waiver or Medicaid State Plan amendment shall be fully implemented by June 30, 2022. Contains provisions on reporting requirements and other matters.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB5551	COMMUNITY-INTEGRATED LIVING (REP. ROBERT PRITCHARD) Amends the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act. Provides that for community-integrated living arrangements licensed under the Act, the Office of the State Fire Marshal shall provide the necessary fire inspection to comply with licensing requirements. Provides that the Office of the State Fire Marshal may enter into an agreement with another State agency to conduct this inspection if qualified personnel are employed by that agency. Removes language providing that code enforcement inspection of the facility by the local authority may occur if the local authority having jurisdiction enforces code requirements that are equal to those enforced by the State Fire Marshal. Provides that nothing in provisions concerning fire inspections shall limit a local authority with jurisdiction from conducting local code inspection and enforcement or (rather than shall prohibit a local fire authority) from conducting fire incident planning activities. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	6/22/2018 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0593
HB5557	MHDD CD-EMERGENCY TREATMENT (REP. ANN WILLIAMS) Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that electroconvulsive therapy may not be administered under the emergency treatment provisions of the Code but may be administered under the administration of psychotropic medication and electroconvulsive therapy provisions of the Code upon application to a court. Provides that the same written advisements about the treatment as required under other provisions of the Code of the side effects, risks, and benefits of the treatment, as well as alternatives to the proposed treatment, to the extent the advice is consistent with the recipient's ability to understand the information communicated and shall be given to the recipient as soon as the condition of the recipient permits and promptly to any substitute decision maker, unless already given under those provisions.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB5558	MHDD CD-GUARD&ADV COMM-CONTACT (REP. JONATHAN CARROLL) Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that every facility shall also post conspicuously in public areas contact information for the Guardianship and Advocacy Commission and the agency designated by the Governor under the Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act to administer a State plan to protect and advocate the rights of persons with developmental disabilities in accordance with the requirements of the federal Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act.
	Current Status:	8/17/2018 - Effective Date January 1, 2019
HB5575	PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. PATRICIA BELLOCK) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning construction of the Code.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB5576	PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. PATRICIA BELLOCK) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning construction of the Code.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB5602	PHARMACEUTICAL DISPOSAL-LIQUID (REP. JONATHAN CARROLL) Amends the Safe Pharmaceutical Disposal Act. Provides that "unused medication" means any unopened, expired, or excess medication that has been dispensed for patient or resident care and that is in a liquid or solid form (rather than in a solid form). Makes related changes.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB5609	COMMUNITY CARE-HOMEMAKER WAGES (REP. JAIME ANDRADE, JR.) Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. In a provision concerning the Community Care Program, establishes the following rate increases in the wages paid by vendors to their employees who provide homemaker services: on July 1, 2018, rates shall be increased to $19.89 for the purpose of increasing wages by at least $1 per hour; on July 1, 2019, rates shall be increased to $21.49 for the purpose of increasing wages by at least $1 per hour; on July 1, 2020, rates shall be increased to $23.09 for the purpose of increasing wages by at least $1 per hour; and on July 1, 2021, rates shall be increased to $24.69 for the purpose of increasing wages by at least $1 per hour. Provides that fringe benefits, including, but not limited to, any paid time off or payments for training, health insurance, travel, or transportation shall not be reduced in relation to the rate increases established in this provision. Effective July 1, 2018.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB5638	SERVICE TAX-ASSISTED LIVING (REP. SARA FEIGENHOLTZ) Amends the Service Use Tax Act and the Service Occupation Tax Act. Provides that exemptions concerning food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the premises where it is sold apply when the food is purchased for use by a person living in an establishment as defined in the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act or in a supportive living facility under the supportive living facilities program of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the 1% tax rate for food prepared for immediate consumption and transferred incident to sale applies to entities licensed under the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act, or the supportive living facilities program of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Amends the Service Occupation Tax Act. Provides that exemptions concerning food for human consumption that is to be consumed off the premises where it is sold apply when the food is purchased for use by a person living in an establishment as defined in the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act or in a supportive living facility under the supportive living facilities program of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB5658	MEDICAID SMART CARD (REP. DAVID REIS) 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:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB5659	DHS-MEDICAID FRAUD TASK FORCE (REP. PETER BREEN) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Creates the Interagency Task Force on Medicaid Fraud to: (i) determine best practices for addressing Medicaid fraud under the State's Medical Assistance Program; (ii) improve communication between the Department of Human Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, and the Illinois State Police concerning matters involving Medicaid fraud; and (iii) recommend legislation aimed at making investigations of Medicaid fraud by the Department of Human Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services more efficient and effective. Contains provisions concerning Task Force meetings; appointed members; reporting requirements; and other matters. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB5660	MEDICAID FRAUD-PENALTIES (REP. JIM DURKIN) 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:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB5669	DHFS-MCO/MCE-CLAIMS RPTS (REP. ROBERT MARTWICK) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to report each managed care organization's operational performance concerning actual administrative costs incurred; the medical loss ratios for the previous 4 calendar years; all Medicaid provider payment data for all services; and the amount of denied claims. Requires each managed care entity to self-report the same information and publish it on a monthly basis on the managed care entity's website as soon as practical but no later than July 1, 2018. Requires the Department to: (i) regularly monitor the actual administrative costs incurred by Medicaid Managed Care Entities to ensure that the administrative costs do not exceed what is allowed by contract; (ii) annually calculate the medical loss ratios for the previous 4 calendar years, and beginning no later than July 1, 2018, annually determine whether the State should be reimbursed by the Medicaid Manage Care Entities due to overpayment; (iii) require all Medicaid Managed Care Entities to regularly submit all Medicaid provider payment data for all services; and other duties. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB5697	HEALTH CARE-TECH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Creates the Universal Long-Term Services and Supports Trust Act. Contains only a short title provision.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
HB5804	MEDICAID-PROVIDER PAYMENTS (REP. JERRY COSTELLO) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions exempting certain providers from the 180-day time period to submit a claim or bill for payment, provides that in the case of services for which the Department of Healthcare and Family Services requires paper submittal or hand-pricing, a new 180-day period shall be initiated once the Department notifies the provider of a denial or rejection. Provides that the exception applies to claims initially submitted on or after July 1, 2015 and prior to December 31, 2018. Requires the Department to notify providers of the new 180-day period and requirements. Provides that the Department may authorize resubmittal or payment for unpaid claims past the 180-day period in the case of a provider whose average payment cycle from the start of the 180-day period to payment by the State Comptroller is greater than 30 days and the provider made a good faith effort to make timely payment and did not receive notice of a billing error, denial, or rejection by the Department.
	Current Status:	1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
	Bill Position:	Support
HB5814	PROMPT PAYMNT-INTEREST PENALTY (REP. DAVID MCSWEENEY; SEN. JENNIFER BERTINO-TARRANT) Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Provides that interest penalties that may be payable under the Act, as provided under specified Sections of the Illinois Insurance Code, shall be paid from a separate appropriation from each fund for such purpose and for each appropriated agency. Amends the State Budget Law. Provides that for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the budget shall include a separate line item request appropriating moneys to each State agency for estimated costs for each fund under the State Prompt Payment Act and specified Sections of the Illinois Insurance Code. Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that the sum of transfers among line item appropriations for an agency in a fiscal year shall not exceed 2% of the aggregate amount appropriated to it within the same treasury fund for, among other objects, late interest penalties under the State Prompt Payment Act and specified Sections of the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that if lump sum appropriations are enacted with a separate line item for late interest penalties under the State Prompt Payment Act and the Illinois Insurance Code, the 2% transfer authority shall apply to the aggregate amount of these appropriations. Amends the State Prompt Payment Act to provide that interest penalties that may be payable under the Act and under specified Sections of the Illinois Insurance Code shall be paid from a separate appropriation from each fund for such purpose and for each appropriated agency. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	8/24/2018 - Effective Date August 24, 2018
HR850	MEDICAID OVERSIGHT TASK FORCE (REP. MARY FLOWERS) Creates the Medicaid Managed Care Oversight Task Force to monitor how Illinois approaches and manages a new form of health care delivery system based on a managed care model, particularly for people with disabilities and the elderly. House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Removes the word "pilot" in numerous locations.
	Current Status:	5/10/2018 - RESOLUTION ADOPTED as Amended 098-002-000
SB33	GOVERNMENT-TECH (SEN. MICHAEL HASTINGS) Amends the Open Meetings Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
	Current Status:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
SB44	FINANCE-TECH (SEN. LAURA MURPHY) Amends the Grant Information Collection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
	Current Status:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
SB272	STATE FACILITY WATER MANAGE (SEN. THOMAS CULLERTON) Amends the Illinois Employment First Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the State Facility Water Management Plan Act. Requires a Veterans Home under the Department of Veterans' Affairs Act, a correctional institution or facility under the Unified Code of Corrections and specified facilities under the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code to develop a specified water management plan for potable water systems at each facility by January 1, 2019. Requires each facility to review its water management plan annually for effectiveness. Provides that a facility shall also review its water management plan at any point when specified conditions occur. Provides that each facility shall conduct a Legionella culture sampling and develop a specified management plan concerning Legionella for the facility's potable water systems by January 1, 2019. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
SB339	REGULATION-TECH (SEN. TOI HUTCHINSON) Amends the Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the powers of the circuit court.
	Current Status:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
SB354	PUBLIC AID-TECH (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the amount and nature of medical assistance.
	Current Status:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
SB1286	INS CD-CAPTIVE INSURERS (SEN. JOHN MULROE; REP. LATOYA GREENWOOD) Amends the Domestic Captive Insurance Companies Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes changes to provisions concerning definitions. Prohibits captive insurance companies from issuing certain types of insurance. Provides that the Department of Insurance may not issue a certificate of authority to a captive insurance company unless the company possesses and maintains unencumbered capital and surplus in an amounted determined by the Director of Insurance after considering specified factors. Provides that the amount of capital and surplus may not be less than specified for classes of captive insurance companies. Makes changes to the reports a captive insurance company must submit to the Director. Allows, upon written application to the Director, the annual report to be filed at a fiscal year's end, rather than on or prior to March 1. Allows a captive insurance company to make loans to its affiliates with the prior approval of the Director. Adds additional requirements for a captive insurance company to provide reinsurance. Provides that annually, 10% of the premium tax revenues collected under certain provisions of the Code to be transferred to the Department for the regulation of captive insurance companies. Reduces fees for the filing of certain documents from $7,000 to $2,000. Removes certain requirements to issue letters of credit. Allows the Director to approve captive reinsurance pools under certain circumstances. Makes provisions concerning standards for risk management of controlled unaffiliated businesses, captive managers, dividends, and confidentiality. Allows the Director to adopt rules to enforce the provisions. Repeals a provision concerning minimum surplus. Makes other changes. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the introduced bill with the following changes: Further amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that contracts of insurance with an industrial insured that qualifies as a Safety-Net Hospital are exempt from certain requirements concerning transactions in the State involving contracts of insurance independently procured directly from an unauthorized insurer by industrial insureds. Defines "Safety-Net Hospital". In provisions concerning surplus lines, provides that the tax rate for a surplus line insurance policy or contract is 2.5% (rather than 3.5%). Provides that 15% (rather than 10%) of the premium tax revenues collected shall be transferred to the Department of Insurance for the regulation of captive insurance companies. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the bill as amended by Senate Amendment No. 1 with the following changes: Provides that for contracts of insurance effective January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2017, the insured shall pay to the Director of Insurance a sum equal to the gross premium of the contract multiplied by certain surplus line tax rates. Provides that for contracts of insurance on or after January 1, 2018, the insured shall pay to the Director a sum equal to 0.5% of the gross premium of the contract. Removes provisions requiring 15% of the premium tax revenues collected from captive insurance companies to be transferred to the Department of Insurance for the regulation of captive insurance companies. Removes provisions concerning surplus lines.
	Current Status:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
SB1573	DHFS-CONTRACTS-MANAGED CARE (SEN. HEATHER STEANS; REP. RYAN SPAIN) Synopsis As Introduced Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision limiting medical assistance recipients to one pair of adult eyeglasses every 2 years, provides that the limitation does not apply to an individual who needs different eyeglasses following a surgical procedure such as cataract surgery. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning construction of the Code. House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that certain purchase of care contracts between the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and managed care organizations shall be subject to the provisions of the Code. Amends the Risk-Based Capital Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that health maintenance organizations operating as Medicaid managed care plans under contract with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall not be required to include in its risk-based capital calculations any capitation revenue identified by Medicaid managed care plans as authorized under specified provisions of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions concerning hospital reimbursements for inpatient services, adds provisions regarding classification of certain hospitals as children's hospitals. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall post an analysis of MCO claims processing and payment performance on its website every 6 months, including a review and evaluation of a representative sample of hospital claims that are rejected and denied for clean and unclean claims and the top 5 reasons for such actions and timeliness of claims adjudication, which identifies the percentage of claims adjudicated within 30, 60, 90, and over 90 days, and the dollar amounts associated with those claims; and that the Department shall post the contracted claims report required by HealthChoice Illinois on its website every 3 months. Provides that the Department shall publish on its website comprehensive written guidance on the submission of encounter data by managed care organizations; that the information shall be updated and published as needed, but at least quarterly; managed care contracts that are subject to the Illinois Procurement Code, with the exception of Medicare-Medicaid Alignment Initiative contracts and those contracts procured under the State of Illinois Medicaid Managed Care Organization Request for Proposals on January 24, 2018; that the Department shall publish on its website provider fee schedules on both a portable document format (PDF) and EXCEL format; and that the portable document format shall serve as the ultimate source if there is a discrepancy. Contains provisions concerning the recoupment of payments made to MCOs that are subject to a disallowance, deferral, or adjustment of federal matching funds. Effective immediately, but the Act does not take effect at all unless Senate Bill 1773 of the 100th General Assembly, as amended, becomes law.
	Current Status:	5/17/2018 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
SB1625	REGULATION-TECH (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
	Current Status:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
SB1626	REGULATION-TECH (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
	Current Status:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
SB1631	PUBLIC AID-TECH (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the "Medicaid" Article.
	Current Status:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
SB1632	PUBLIC AID-TECH (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the "Medicaid" Article.
	Current Status:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
SB1651	PUBLIC AID-TECH (SEN. ANDY MANAR) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning construction of the Code.
	Current Status:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
SB1727	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:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
SB2232	IEMA-LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES (SEN. DAVID KOEHLER) Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Provides that harm or potential harm to the residents of a long term care facility constitutes a disaster under the Act. Provides that the Governor's comprehensive plan and program for emergency management of the State and emergency operations plans shall include provisions concerning identifying necessary resources to allow a resident of a long term care facility to remain in his or her long term care facility, prioritizing restoration of power or securing alternative power sources, and identifying alternative facilities and emergency transportation for the evacuation of a long term care facility. Provides that the Illinois Emergency Management Agency shall establish a protocol for canvassing long term care facilities in a disaster area to determine what resources are needed to permit the residents to remain in place, the need for evacuation assistance, or the status of power at long term care facilities. Makes additional changes to provisions concerning the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, emergency powers of the Governor, mobile support teams, and private liability. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission, in collaboration with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, shall establish by rule a priority order for the restoration of power or securing alternative power sources and shall place long term care facilities licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act in the top tier of priority with other residential health care facilities. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. In a provision concerning the emergency powers of the Governor, provides that the Governor has the power to suspend the provisions of managed care contracts and to order the mandatory emergency evacuation of a long term care facility and facilities selected for the supportive living facilities program under the Illinois Public Aid Code when it is determined, in consultation with the Director of Public Health, that evacuation is the best solution to eliminating the potential for harm. Provides that a long term care facility notified of a mandatory emergency evacuation order shall provide a list of resources needed to the Governor or his or her designee to safely implement the order. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill, as amended by Senate Amendment No. 1, with the following change: In a provision concerning the emergency powers of the Governor, provides that the Governor has the power to suspend the provisions of managed care contracts if strict compliance with the provisions of any managed care contract (currently, any contract) would in any way prevent, hinder or delay necessary action, including emergency purchases, by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, in coping with the disaster. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
SB2262	MCO-DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT (SEN. DAVID KOEHLER) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that with respect to Managed Care Organization (MCO) contracts entered into between MCOs and providers of durable medical equipment and supplies, MCO in-network contracted fees paid to those providers shall at least be equal to the fee-for-service durable medical equipment fee schedule published on the Department of Healthcare and Family Services' website. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
	Bill Position:	Support
SB2275	PUBLIC QUESTION-MARIJUANA (SEN. BILL CUNNINGHAM) Creates the Marijuana Legalization Referendum Act. Requires the State Board of Elections to cause a statewide advisory public question to be submitted to the voters at the November 6, 2018 general election asking whether individuals support the legalization of possession and use of marijuana by persons who are at least 21 years of age, subject to regulation and taxation that is similar to the regulation and taxation of tobacco and alcohol. Provides that if a provision of the Act conflicts with any other law, the Act controls. Repeals the Act on January 1, 2019. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
SB2334	HOSPITALS-METAL DETECTORS (SEN. LAURA MURPHY) Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act and Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that a hospital shall maintain a metal detector at each point of entry into the hospital. Provides that a hospital shall ensure that all members of the public, other than the employees of the hospital who display proper credentials, who enter the hospital at a point of entry are subjected to screening by a metal detector. Provides that individuals subject to screening shall include, but not be limited to, individuals in wheelchairs. Defines "point of entry". Effective July 1, 2018.
	Current Status:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
	Bill Position:	Oppose
SB2385	FINANCIAL RECORDS-DHS/DHFS (SEN. JOHN MULROE; REP. WILLIAM DAVIS) Amends the Abused and Neglected Long Term Care Facility Residents Reporting Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Banking Act, the Illinois Credit Union Act, and the Savings Bank Act. Provides that the provisions concerning bank, credit union, savings bank records and member or customer financial records do not prohibit a bank, credit union, or savings bank from furnishing financial records of a member or customer to the Department of Human Services or the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to aid the Department's initial determination or subsequent re-determination of the member's or customer's eligibility for Medicaid and Medicaid long-term care benefits for long-term care services if the bank, credit union, or savings bank receives the written consent and authorization of the member or customer. Provides specified requirements and form for the written consent and authorization. Provides that the bank, credit union, savings bank shall not distribute the member's or customer's financial records to the long-term care facility from which the member or customer seeks initial or continuing residency or long-term care services. Provides that a bank, credit union, or savings bank providing financial records of a member or customer in good faith relying on a consent and authorization executed and tendered under the provisions shall not be liable to the member or customer or any other person for disclosing the member's or customer's financial record. Provides that a bank, credit union, or savings bank shall be reimbursed by the member or customer for all costs reasonably necessary and directly incurred in searching for, reproducing, and disclosing a member's or customer's financial records pursuant to any consent and authorization executed under the provisions. Specifies that the provisions shall not impair, abridge, or abrogate a member's or customer's right to: (1) directly disclose the member's or customer's financial records to the Department or any other person; or (2) authorize the member's or customer's attorney or duly appointed agent to request and obtain the member's or customer's financial records and disclose them to the Department. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 In the Credit Union Act and the Savings Bank Act, provides that "Department" means the Department of Human Services and (rather than or) the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Makes grammatical changes.
	Current Status:	8/2/2018 - Effective Date January 1, 2019
SB2429	MEDICAID-ADULT DENTAL SERVICES (SEN. OMAR AQUINO) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall provide dental services to an adult who is otherwise eligible for assistance under the medical assistance program. Provides that targeted dental services, as set forth in a specified exhibit in a federal consent decree, that are provided to adults under the medical assistance program shall be reimbursed at the rates set forth in a specified column in the exhibit for targeted dental services that are provided to persons under the age of 18 under the medical assistance program. Requires the Department to actively monitor the contractual relationship between Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) and a dental administrator contracted by an MCO to provide dental services. Contains provisions concerning the Department's adoption of appropriate data and measures; the inclusion of certain dental performance measures in the Department's Health Plan Comparison Tool and Illinois Medicaid Plan Report Card; and the collection of information about the types of contracted, broad-based care coordination occurring between a MCO and any dental administrator. Prohibits a health plan from attempting to limit the right of medical assistance recipients to obtain dental services from a qualified Medicaid provider. Prohibits the Department from adopting a rule or entering into a contract that prohibits a licensed dentist or dental hygienist from receiving reimbursement under the medical assistance program for a dental encounter. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes and additions: Provides that targeted dental services, as set forth in a specified exhibit in a federal consent decree, that are provided to adults under the medical assistance program shall be reimbursed at no less than the rates set forth (rather than at the rates set forth) in a specified column in the exhibit for targeted dental services that are provided to persons under the age of 18 under the medical assistance program. In provisions concerning provider network adequacy and transparency requirements for managed care organizations, provides that each managed care organization shall confirm its receipt of information submitted specific to dentist additions or deletions from the managed care organization's provider network within 3 days of receiving all required information from contracted dentists; and electronic dental directories must be updated consistent with federal rules. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of Senate Amendment No. 2, but with the following changes: Provides that targeted dental services, as set forth in a specified exhibit in a federal consent decree, that are provided to adults under the medical assistance program shall be established at (rather than reimbursed at) no less than the rates set forth in a specified column in the exhibit for targeted dental services that are provided to persons under the age of 18 under the medical assistance program. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to adopt appropriate dental Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) measures and to include the Annual Dental Visit (ADV) HEDIS measure in its Health Plan Comparison Tool and Illinois Medicaid Plan Report Card that is available on the Department's website for enrolled individuals (rather than adopt appropriate dental Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set measures or other dental quality performance measures as part of its monitoring and include additional specific dental performance measurers in its Health Plan Comparison Tool and Illinois Medicaid Plan Report Card that is available on the Department's website for enrolled individuals). Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
	Bill Position:	Support
SB2446	MEDICAID-TELEPSYCHIATRY (SEN. JULIE MORRISON) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to reimburse psychiatrists and federally qualified health centers for mental health services provided by advanced practice registered nurses certified in psychiatric and mental health nursing to medical assistance recipients via telepsychiatry. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	8/10/2018 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0790
SB2447	HFS-REPORT FROM MCO-ELECTRONIC (SEN. LAURA MURPHY) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that no later than January 1, 2019, the Auditor General shall initiate a performance audit of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to determine the Department's compliance with certain requirements concerning Medicaid Managed Care Entities. Provides that the determinations shall include, but not be limited to: (i) whether the Department has developed and applied standardized quality performance measures to Medicaid Managed Care Entities; (ii) whether it has developed and implemented algorithms for automatic assignment of Medicaid enrollees into managed care entities; and (iii) whether the standardized quality performance measures and algorithms developed by the Department use measurable quality metrics, are developed and applied according to the statutory criteria, and are adequately documented. Effective immediately. Senate Floor 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 collect all regular reports required by contract or statute from managed care organizations through an electronic file transfer. Provides that ad hoc reports can be collected in alternative manners. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	8/27/2018 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1105
	Bill Position:	Support
SB2481	COURT OF CLAIMS AWARD LIMITS (SEN. MICHAEL HASTINGS; REP. MICHAEL HALPIN) Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the Commitment to Justice Act and includes legislative findings. Amends the Court of Claims Act. Removes the $100,000 limit on awards in tort cases. Provides that the changes apply to cases filed on or after July 1, 2015. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Court of Claims Act. Increases the maximum award for certain claims sounding in tort filed on or after July 1, 2015 from $100,000 to $2,000,000. Provides that the court shall annually adjust the maximum awards to reflect the increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index For All Urban Consumers for the previous calendar year, as determined by the United States Department of Labor. Provides that Comptroller shall make the new amount resulting from each annual adjustment available to the public via the Comptroller's official website by January 31 of every year. Provides that the signature of one judge is binding if a decision is entered in a lapsed appropriation claim in which a motion or stipulation has been filed or a decision is entered on a Crime Victims Compensation Act claim. Deletes language providing that in matters involving the award of emergency funds under the Crime Victims Compensation Act, the decision of one judge is necessary to award emergency funds. Provides that from funds appropriated by the General Assembly, the court may direct immediate payment of claims against the State for unjust imprisonment. Adds applicability and severability language and makes other changes. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Deletes changes providing: that the signature of one judge is binding if a decision is entered in a lapsed appropriation claim in which a motion or stipulation has been filed or a decision is entered on a Crime Victims Compensation Act claim; and that the court may impose a fee of $15 for the filing of a petition in which the award sought is less than $1,000 (instead of more than $50 and less than $1,000).
	Current Status:	11/29/2018 - Effective Date November 27, 2018
SB2491	MEDICAID-DENTAL HYGIENIST (SEN. DAVE SYVERSON) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that a licensed dental hygienist working under the supervision of a dentist and employed by a federally qualified health center shall be reimbursed for dental services provided to medical assistance recipients at the federally qualified health center's encounter rate. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	8/19/2018 - Effective Date August 19, 2018
SB2524	DISPOSAL-UNUSED ANTIBIOTICS (SEN. CHAPIN ROSE) Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Public Health and Illinois Emergency Management Agency to collaborate to review and recommend new State laws for the disposal of unused antibiotics. Provides that the Department and Agency shall submit the recommendations to the General Assembly by January 1, 2020.
	Current Status:	8/17/2018 - Effective Date January 1, 2019
SB2535	PUBLIC AID-TECH (SEN. MARTIN SANDOVAL) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Medical Assistance Article.
	Current Status:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
SB2808	ALZHEIMERS SERVICES CURRICULUM (SEN. KAREN MCCONNAUGHAY) Amends the Illinois Athletic Trainers Practice Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Services Act. Provides that an Alzheimer's disease and related dementias services curriculum compiled (rather than certified) by the Department of Public Health and published on the Department's website must include at a minimum specified topics. Provides that upon the adoption of rules implementing the Act, in addition to specified training, a manager, supervisor, or person with the chief responsibility of oversight of (rather than the director of an) Alzheimer's disease and related dementias services within an entity (rather than program) shall complete an Alzheimer's disease and related dementias services curriculum from a list compiled by the Department or have 5 years of experience as a director of an Alzheimer's disease and related dementias services program. In other provisions concerning staff training, provides that a curriculum compiled (rather than certified) by the Department shall be used for initial training and makes related changes. Removes health care facilities licensed under the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013 and End Stage Renal Disease Facility Act from provisions concerning the applicability of the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Services Act. Changes a Section heading. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Deletes language requiring staff with direct access to clients with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia hired prior to the adoption of rules implementing the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Services Act to receive specified training. Deletes language providing that certain individuals may receive a waiver of specified initial training requirements. Removes health care facilities licensed under the Life Care Facilities Act from provisions concerning the applicability of the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Services Act.
	Current Status:	8/24/2018 - Effective Date January 1, 2019
SB2827	MEDICAID-EXCEPTION TO RX LIMIT (SEN. LAURA MURPHY) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that drugs prescribed to residents of the following facilities are not subject to prior approval as a result of the 4-prescription limit: long-term care facilities as defined in the Nursing Home Care Act; community-integrated living arrangements as defined in the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act; and supportive living facilities as defined in the Code.
	Current Status:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
	Bill Position:	Support
SB2839	MEDICAID-DENTAL ENCOUNTER (SEN. DAVE SYVERSON) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall not adopt any rule or enter into any contract that prohibits reimbursement under the medical assistance program to an eligible clinic for a dental encounter for services performed by an individual licensed to practice dentistry or dental hygiene under the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
SB2849	IDPH-PRESCRIPT DRUG REPOSITORY (SEN. PATRICIA VAN PELT) Creates the Prescription Drug Repository Program Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to, by rule, establish a prescription drug repository program, under which any person may donate a prescription drug or supplies needed to administer a prescription drug for use by an individual who meets eligibility criteria specified by the Department. Sets forth requirements that prescription drugs or supplies must meet in order to be accepted and dispensed under the program. Provides that no drugs or supplies donated under the prescription drug repository program may be resold. Provides that nothing in the Act requires that a pharmacy or pharmacist participate in the prescription drug repository program. Provides for civil and criminal immunity for drug and supply manufacturers and individuals in relation to the donation, acceptance, or dispensing of prescription drugs or supplies under the prescription drug repository program. Imposes conditions on any rulemaking authority. Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act, the Wholesale Drug Distribution Licensing Act, the Senior Pharmaceutical Assistance Act, the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, and the Cannabis and Controlled Substances Tort Claims Act to provide that persons engaged in donating or accepting, or packaging, repackaging, or labeling, prescription drugs to the extent permitted or required under the Prescription Drug Repository Program Act are exempt from provisions of those other Acts that might prohibit or otherwise regulate such activity.
	Current Status:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
SB2865	DEV DISABILITIES WORKERS-WAGES (SEN. HEATHER STEANS) Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall progressively increase rates and reimbursements so that by July 1, 2018 direct support persons earn a base wage of not less than $5.25 per hour above the highest of the federal, State, county, or municipal minimum wages, and so that other front-line personnel earn a commensurate wage, and by July 1, 2020 direct support persons earn a base wage of not less than $6.75 per hour above the highest of the federal, State, county, or municipal minimum wages. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
SB2879	DHS-INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS (SEN. JOHN CURRAN) Amends the Department of Human Services Act. In a provision concerning investigative reports issued by the Office of the Inspector General upon completion of an abuse or neglect investigation, provides that the victim and the victim's guardian shall be provided with a redacted copy of the investigative report if the allegations of abuse or neglect are substantiated. Provides that unredacted investigative reports, as well as raw data, may be shared with a local law enforcement entity, a State's Attorney's office, or a county coroner's office upon written request. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
SB2898	MEDICAID-MC/DD FACILITIES (SEN. HEATHER STEANS; REP. ROBYN GABEL) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that licensed medically complex for the developmentally disabled facilities (MC/DD) (rather than licensed long-term care facilities for persons under 22 years of age) that serve severely and chronically ill patients (rather than pediatric patients) shall have a specific reimbursement system designed to recognize the characteristics and needs of the patients they serve. Sets forth certain reimbursement rates for MC/DD facilities for date of services starting July 1, 2018. Requires MC/DD facilities to document within each resident's medical record the conditions or services using the minimum data set documentation standards and requirements to qualify for exceptional care reimbursement. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall be responsible for reimbursement calculations and direct payment for services. Imposes an assessment and licensing fee on MC/DD facilities. Creates the Medically Complex for the Developmentally Disabled Provider Fund for the purpose of receiving and disbursing assessment moneys, including making payments to intermediate care facilities for persons with a developmental disability that are also licensed as MC/DD facilities and making payments of any amounts which are reimbursable to the federal government. Makes other changes. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Medically Complex for the Developmentally Disabled Provider Fund. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that licensed medically complex for the developmentally disabled facilities (MC/DD) (rather than licensed long-term care facilities for persons under 22 years of age) that serve severely and chronically ill patients (rather than pediatric patients) shall have a specific reimbursement system designed to recognize the characteristics and needs of the patients they serve. Sets forth certain reimbursement rates for MC/DD facilities for dates of services starting April 1, 2019. Requires MC/DD facilities to document within each resident's medical record the conditions or services using the minimum data set documentation standards and requirements to qualify for exceptional care reimbursement. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall be responsible for reimbursement calculations and direct payment for services; and that appropriations for medically complex for the developmentally disabled facilities must be shifted from the Department of Human Services to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to pay the rates in effect on March 31, 2019 until the changes made by the amendatory Act have been approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Grants the Department of Healthcare and Family Services rulemaking authority. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
SB2904	PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT-VARIOUS (SEN. HEATHER STEANS; REP. RANDY FRESE) Amends the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987. Removes language providing that a collaborating physician may collaborate with a maximum of 5 full-time equivalent physician assistants. Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987, removes language providing that a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches may enter into collaborative agreements with no more than 5 full-time equivalent physician assistants except in a hospital, hospital affiliate, or ambulatory surgical treatment center.
	Current Status:	7/13/2018 - Effective Date January 1, 2019
SB2913	DHFS-EXPEDITED LONG-TERM CARE (SEN. JOHN MULROE; REP. MICHELLE MUSSMAN) House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires long-term care providers to submit all changes in resident status, including, but not limited to, death, discharge, changes in patient credit, third party liability, and Medicare coverage to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services through the Medical Electronic Data Interchange System, the Recipient Eligibility Verification System, or the Electronic Data Interchange System under a specified schedule. Requires the Department to serve as the lead agency assuming primary responsibility for the full implementation of provisions concerning expedited long-term care eligibility determinations and enrollments, including the establishment and operation of the expedited long-term care system. Requires the Department to adopt, by rule, policies and procedures to ensure prospective compliance with the federal deadlines for Medicaid and Medicaid long-term care benefits eligibility determinations. Provides that on or before January 1, 2019, a streamlined application and enrollment process shall be put in place which must include, but need not be limited to, provide training and step-by-step written instructions for caseworkers, applicants, and providers. Requires the Department to expedite the eligibility processing system for applicants meeting specified guidelines, regardless of the age of the application. Provides that, subject to federal approval, the Department must implement an ex parte renewal process for Medicaid-eligible individuals residing in long-term care facilities. Provides that the ex parte renewal process shall be fully operational by January 1, 2019. Requires the Department to use certain standards and distribution requirements for notification of missing supporting documents and information during all phases of the application process. Requires the Department to adopt policies and procedures to improve communication between long-term care benefits central office personnel, applicants and their representatives, and facilities in which the applicants reside. Provides that if an applicant is determined ineligible for any public assistance, the notice shall include a list of all missing supporting documents and information and the date the documents were requested. Grants the Department rulemaking authority. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	8/2/2018 - Effective Date August 2, 2018
SB2917	EPINEPHRINE AUTO-INJECTOR (SEN. WILLIAM BRADY) Amends the Epinephrine Auto-Injector Act. Provides that when an employee or agent of an authorized entity or other individual who has completed specified anaphylaxis training administers an epinephrine auto-injector in good faith, the authorized agency, and its employees and agents, including a physician, physician's assistant with prescriptive authority, or advanced practice registered nurse with prescriptive authority who provides a standing order or prescription for an epinephrine auto-injector, incur no civil or professional liability, except for willful and wanton conduct, as a result of any injury or death arising from the use of an epinephrine auto-injector. Provides that a health care professional shall not be subject to civil or professional liability for not providing an epinephrine auto-injector standing order or prescription.
	Current Status:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
SB2956	NURSE PRACTICE ACT-TECH (SEN. WILLIAM BRADY) Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Makes a technical change concerning the short title of the Act.
	Current Status:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
SB2980	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:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
SB2981	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:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
SB2982	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:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
SB2985	REGULATION-TECH (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
	Current Status:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
SB2986	REGULATION-TECH (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
	Current Status:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
SB2987	REGULATION-TECH (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
	Current Status:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
SB2996	ELEVATED BLOOD LEAD LEVEL (SEN. JACQUELINE COLLINS; REP. LOU LANG) Amends the Lead Poisoning Prevention Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Lead Poisoning Prevention Act. Provides that "elevated blood lead level" means a blood lead level in excess of the limits (currently, those considered within the permissible limits) established under State rules (currently, State and federal rules). Provides that "lead poisoning" means having an elevated blood lead level (rather than the condition of having blood lead levels in excess of those considered safe under State and federal rules). Provides that no later than 180 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Department of Public Health shall submit proposed amended rules to the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules to update: the definition of elevated blood lead level to be in accordance with the most recent childhood blood lead level reference value from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; the current requirements for the inspection of regulated facilities occupied by children based on the updated definition of elevated blood lead level or the history of lead hazards; and any other existing rules that will assist the Department in its efforts to prevent, reduce, or mitigate the negative impact of instances of lead poisoning among children. Provides that results identifying an elevated blood lead level (rather than in excess of the permissible limits set forth in rules adopted by the Department) shall be reported to the Department within 48 hours of receipt of verification. Provides that directors of clinical laboratories must report to the Department, within 48 hours of receipt of verification, all blood lead analyses equal to or above an elevated blood lead level (rather than above permissible limits set forth in rule) performed in their facility. Provides that all blood lead levels less than an elevated blood lead level (rather than the permissible limits set forth in rule) must be reported to the Department in accordance with rules adopted by the Department.
	Current Status:	8/3/2018 - Effective Date January 1, 2019
SB3048	DHFS-DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT (SEN. ANDY MANAR) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that whenever the Department of Healthcare and Family Services or a managed care organization under contract with the Department authorizes the purchase of durable medical equipment, the Department or managed care organization may require a medical assistance recipient to purchase used or refurbished durable medical equipment, if used or refurbished medical equipment: (i) is available; (ii) is less expensive, including shipping costs, than new durable medical equipment of the same type; (iii) is able to withstand at least 3 years of use; and (iv) equally meets the needs of the recipient. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that in order to promote environmental responsibility, meet the needs of recipients, and achieve significant cost savings, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services or a managed care organization under contract with the Department may purchase used or refurbished durable medical equipment, except for prosthetic and orthotic devices as defined in the Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics Practice Act, if the used or refurbished durable medical equipment: (i) is available; (ii) is less expensive, including shipping costs, than new durable medical equipment of the same type; (iii) is able to withstand at least 3 years of use; (iv) is cleaned, disinfected, sterilized, and safe in accordance with federal Food and Drug Administration regulations and guidance governing the reprocessing of medical devices in health care settings; and (v) equally meets the needs of the recipient. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 - Excludes complex rehabilitation technology products and services from the provisions authorizing the purchase of used or refurbished durable medical equipment. House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that in order to promote environmental responsibility, meet the needs of recipients and enrollees, and achieve significant cost savings, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, or a managed care organization under contract with the Department, may provide recipients or managed care enrollees who have a prescription or Certificate of Medical Necessity access to refurbished durable medical equipment (excluding prosthetic and orthotic devices as defined in the Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics Practice Act and complex rehabilitation technology products and associated services) through the State's assistive technology program's reutilization program, using staff with the Assistive Technology Professional (ATP) Certification if the refurbished durable medical equipment: (i) is available; (ii) is less expensive, including shipping costs, than new durable medical equipment of the same type; (iii) is able to withstand at least 3 years of use; (iv) is cleaned, disinfected, sterilized, and safe in accordance with federal Food and Drug Administration regulations and guidance governing the reprocessing of medical devices in health care settings; and (v) equally meets the needs of the recipient or enrollee. Provides that the reutilization program shall confirm that the recipient or enrollee is not already in receipt of same or similar equipment from another service provider, and that the refurbished durable medical equipment equally meets the needs of the recipient or enrollee. Provides that the provisions shall be construed to limit recipient or enrollee choice to obtain new durable medical equipment or place any additional prior authorization conditions on enrollees of managed care organizations.
	Current Status:	8/21/2018 - Effective Date January 1, 2019
SB3076	MHDDAA-FRONT-LINE PERSONNEL (SEN. SAM MCCANN) Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that as the Department of Human Services establishes reimbursement rates that build toward livable wages for front-line personnel in programs serving persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities, the Department shall include rates for therapeutic schools and other programs serving children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Defines "front-line personnel". Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
SB3077	MEDICAID-FUNERAL POLICY-EXEMPT (SEN. SAM MCCANN) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that in determining the assets of an individual applying for medical assistance, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall disregard the cash value of a life insurance policy or prepaid funeral and burial contract or the equity value of any other assets which are intended to be used to pay the funeral and burial expenses of the individual. Provides that if the asset disregard requires federal approval, the Department shall submit the necessary application to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for a waiver or State Plan amendment to implement the asset disregard. Provides that implementation of the asset disregard shall be contingent on federal approval of the waiver or State Plan amendment.
	Current Status:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
SB3091	WORKER COMP-AWARD-PRE-EXISTING (SEN. JIM OBERWEIS) Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides that, except for awards for certain medical costs, an arbitrator shall reduce awards based upon the degree to which the work-related injury resulted from the actions of or a pre-existing condition of the claimant.
	Current Status:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
SB3120	PROBATE CLAIMS MEDICAL CARE (SEN. CHRIS NYBO) Amends the Probate Act of 1975 in connection with the classification of claims against the estate of the decedent. Provides that a claim for reasonable and necessary medical, hospital, and nursing home expenses for the care of the decedent during the year immediately preceding death is classified equally with claims for money due employees of the decedent for services rendered of not more than $800 for each claimant for services rendered within 4 months prior to the decedent's death. Removes expenses of attending the decedent's last illness from the class. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	8/24/2018 - Effective Date August 24, 2018
	Bill Position:	Support
SB3232	PUB AID-WORKFORCE TRAINING (SEN. CHAPIN ROSE; REP. RITA MAYFIELD) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Creates a 5-year demonstration project within the Department of Human Services to provide an intensive workforce training program for entry level workers and a multi-generational healthy family initiative. Provides that the demonstration project shall be privately funded and shall be operated and maintained by a non-profit, community-based entity that shall provide wages earned by participants enrolled in the workforce training program as well as support services to families enrolled in the multi-generational healthy family initiative. Limits the number of participants in the demonstration to 500 and provides that participants shall qualify to have whatever financial assistance they receive from their participation in the demonstration excluded from consideration for purposes of determining eligibility for or the amount of assistance under the Code. Requires the selected community-based entity to comply with all applicable State and federal requirements and to develop and implement a research component to determine the effectiveness of the demonstration project in promoting and instilling self-sufficiency through its intensive workforce training program and multi-generational healthy family initiative. Contains provisions on reporting requirements and other matters. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Provides that the demonstration project authorized under the amendatory Act is subject to the availability of funds provided by the federal government, local philanthropic or charitable sources, or other private sources. Provides that no general revenue funds may be used to fund the demonstration project created under the amendatory Act. In provisions requiring annual reports to the General Assembly and specified State agencies on the progress and effectiveness of the demonstration program, requires the reports to the General Assembly be filed with the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate in electronic form only, in the manner that the Clerk and the Secretary shall direct.
	Current Status:	8/10/2018 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0806
SB3250	PUBLIC AID-TECH (SEN. HEATHER STEANS) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning payments to nursing facilities.
	Current Status:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
SB3262	DEV DISABILITIES WORKERS-WAGES (SEN. ELGIE SIMS) Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall progressively increase rates and reimbursements so that by July 1, 2018 direct support persons earn a base wage of not less than $5.25 per hour above the highest of the federal, State, county, or municipal minimum wages, and so that other front-line personnel earn a commensurate wage, and by July 1, 2020 direct support persons earn a base wage of not less than $6.75 per hour above the highest of the federal, State, county, or municipal minimum wages. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
SB3287	MEDICAID-MC/DD FACILITIES (SEN. ELGIE SIMS) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that licensed medically complex for the developmentally disabled facilities (MC/DD) (rather than licensed long-term care facilities for persons under 22 years of age) that serve severely and chronically ill patients (rather than pediatric patients) shall have a specific reimbursement system designed to recognize the characteristics and needs of the patients they serve. Sets forth certain reimbursement rates for MC/DD facilities for date of services starting July 1, 2018. Requires MC/DD facilities to document within each resident's medical record the conditions or services using the minimum data set documentation standards and requirements to qualify for exceptional care reimbursement. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall be responsible for reimbursement calculations and direct payment for services. Imposes an assessment and licensing fee on MC/DD facilities. Creates the Medically Complex for the Developmentally Disabled Provider Fund for the purpose of receiving and disbursing assessment moneys, including making payments to intermediate care facilities for persons with a developmental disability that are also licensed as MC/DD facilities and making payments of any amounts which are reimbursable to the federal government. Makes other changes. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Medically Complex for the Developmentally Disabled Provider Fund. Effective immediately.
	Current Status:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
SB3290	MEDICAID-NURSING HOME RESIDENT (SEN. DAVID KOEHLER; REP. SILVANA TABARES) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Changes the heading of Article V-F to the Nursing Home Residents' Managed Care Rights Law (rather than the Medicare-Medicaid Alignment Initiative (MMAI) Nursing Home Residents' Managed Care Rights Law). Expands the scope of the Article to apply to policies and contracts for the nursing home component of any Medicaid managed care program established by statute, rule, or contract, including, but not limited to, the Medicare-Medicaid Alignment Initiative Program, the Integrated Care Program, the HealthChoices Program, the Managed Long-Term Services and Support Program, and any and all successor programs. Grants the Department of Healthcare and Family Services rulemaking authority to implement this provision. Makes changes to the definitions for "enrollee", "managed care organization", and "transition period". Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that, to reduce the number of claim denials resulting from coverage plan errors, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall provide each nursing home enrolled in one or more Medicaid managed care networks with corresponding patient credit files at the same time the Department provides the files to the managed care organization.
	Current Status:	8/24/2018 - Effective Date January 1, 2019
SB3306	MEDICAID-WORK REQUIREMENTS (SEN. CHAPIN ROSE) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to submit to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services a demonstration waiver application pursuant to the Social Security Act to establish community engagement and work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependent children who apply for or receive medical assistance. Provides that the waiver application shall propose to align the number of required community engagement and work hours to the work requirements under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by requiring all non-exempt individuals to complete 20 hours per week (80 hours per month) of qualifying activities to remain eligible for medical assistance benefits. Provides that under the waiver, certain persons shall be exempt from the community engagement and work requirements, including children under the age of 19, pregnant women, and full-time students. Provides that implementation of the community engagement and work requirements shall be contingent on the receipt of all necessary federal waivers or approvals.
	Current Status:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
SB3511	COMMUNITY CARE-HOMEMAKER WAGES (SEN. MATTIE HUNTER; REP. THERESA MAH) Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. In a provision concerning the Community Care Program, establishes the following rate increases in the wages paid by vendors to their employees who provide homemaker services: on July 1, 2018, rates shall be increased to $19.89 for the purpose of increasing wages by at least $1 per hour; on July 1, 2019, rates shall be increased to $21.49 for the purpose of increasing wages by at least $1 per hour; on July 1, 2020, rates shall be increased to $23.09 for the purpose of increasing wages by at least $1 per hour; and on July 1, 2021, rates shall be increased to $24.69 for the purpose of increasing wages by at least $1 per hour. Provides that fringe benefits, including, but not limited to, any paid time off or payments for training, health insurance, travel, or transportation shall not be reduced in relation to the rate increases established in this provision. Effective July 1, 2018.
	Current Status:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
SB3515	PRE-NEED TRUST ABANDONMENT (SEN. ANTONIO MUÑOZ) Amends the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act to exclude, from the scope of the term "property", funds on deposit or held in trust under the Illinois Pre-Need Cemetery Sales Act. Amends the Illinois Pre-Need Cemetery Sales Act to provide that amounts attributable to undelivered merchandise or unprovided services that are held in trust may be presumptively abandoned. Sets forth the terms for presumptive abandonment. Requires the remittance of presumptively abandoned funds to the Comptroller for deposit into the Cemetery Consumer Protection Fund. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
	Current Status:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
SB3546	PUBLIC AID-TECH (SEN. DAVE SYVERSON) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning construction of the Code.
	Current Status:	1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
SB3560	COMPTROLLER-VENDOR PAYMENT (SEN. OMAR AQUINO) Amends the State Prompt Payment Act. Codifies the Vendor Payment Program established under the Illinois Administrative Code. Provides that any contract executed under that Program prior to June 30, 2018 shall remain in effect until those contracts have expired, and that existing contracts shall comply with the additional reporting requirements of this amendatory Act. Provides for the authority, applicability, and requirements for participants and entities involved in the Program established under this amendatory Act. Provides disclosure requirements for vendors under the Program. Requires the Auditor General to perform an annual audit of the Program. Requires the Department of Central Management Services to disclose specified information on its Internet website. Defines terms. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with changes. Modifies a Section concerning Vendor Payment Program financial backer disclosure to provide for the collection and certification of specified information by the Department of Central Management Services (rather than the Secretary of State). Requires the Department of Central Management Services to file the collected information with the Office of the Comptroller. Requires the Office of the Comptroller to make the collected information publicly available. Requires the Office of the Comptroller to adopt rules and policies to govern specified reporting requirements. Requires the Office of the Auditor General to perform a performance audit (rather than a compliance and performance audit) of the Vendor Payment Program for fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (rather than annually). Provides further requirements for the scope of the audit and the audit report. Removes a Section concerning Vendor Payment Program promotion. Makes conforming and other changes. House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with changes and additions. Adds a provision providing that the Department of Central Management Services shall review and approve or disapprove each applicant seeking a qualified purchaser designation. Modifies a factor to be considered by the Department in determining whether an applicant shall be designated as a qualified purchaser to include the submission of a monthly report in an acceptable electronic form (rather than in both hard copy and excel formats) to the Comptroller and the Department, and provides that the report shall contain, among other requirements, the aggregate number and dollar value of invoices purchased by the qualified purchaser for which no voucher has been submitted. Provides for the suspension, in addition to the termination, of the Vendor Payment Program. Modifies the information required to be provided in a Vendor Payment Program financial backer disclosure, and removes a provision regarding the filing of information collected from the financial backer disclosure with the Office of the Comptroller. Provides that the Department of Central Management Services and the State Comptroller (rather than only the Department of Central Management Services) shall publish on their respective Internet websites information submitted under specified provisions. Makes conforming changes.
	Current Status:	8/24/2018 - Effective Date August 24, 2018

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