| HB40 | ABORTION-VARIOUS (REP. SARA FEIGENHOLTZ; SEN. IRIS MARTINEZ) Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Removes a provision prohibiting the non-contributory portion of a program of health-benefits from including the expenses of obtaining an abortion. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Removes a provision excluding abortions or induced miscarriages or premature births from the list of services provided under the State's medical assistance program. Removes language providing for the adoption of rules to prohibit a physician from providing medical assistance to anyone eligible for medical assistance benefits if the physician has been found guilty of wilfully and wantonly performing an abortion procedure upon a woman who was not pregnant at the time of the procedure. Removes other provisions concerning abortion restrictions. Amends the Problem Pregnancy Health Services and Care Act. Removes language prohibiting the Department of Human Services from making grants to nonprofit agencies and organizations that use such grants to refer or counsel for, or perform, abortions. Amends the Illinois Abortion Law of 1975. Provides that it is the intention of the General Assembly to reasonably regulate abortion in conformance with the legal standards set forth in the decisions of the United States Supreme Court of January 22, 1973. Removes language concerning the General Assembly's declaration that the unborn child is a human being from the time of conception and is, therefore, a legal person for purposes of the unborn child's right to life. Makes other changes.
House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Further amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of the Code, reproductive health care that is otherwise legal in Illinois shall be covered under the medical assistance program for persons who are otherwise eligible for medical assistance. |
| | Current Status: | 8/27/2018 - Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
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| | Recent Status: | 12/11/2017 - Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul
9/28/2017 - Effective Date January 1, 2018
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 6/4/2018 - Effective Date June 4, 2018
6/4/2018 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0586
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| | State Bill Page: | HB109 |
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| HB173 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (REP. ELGIE SIMS) Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Long-Term Care Provider Funding Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Illinois Department may not deny a request for delay of payment of assessments imposed under the Article if the Medicaid managed care organization has not been paid by the State. |
| | Current Status: | 9/15/2017 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0501
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| | Recent Status: | 9/15/2017 - Effective Date June 1, 2018
9/15/2017 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| HB234 | REGULATION-TECH (REP. SARA FEIGENHOLTZ) Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a licensed practical nurse's scope of practice. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 4/25/2017 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
4/5/2017 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Juliana Stratton
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| | State Bill Page: | HB234 |
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| HB238 | LONG TERM CARE-ARBITRATION (REP. LATOYA GREENWOOD) Amends the Nursing Home Care Act, MC/DD Act, ID/DD Community Care Act, and Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013. Provides that a facility must not enter into a pre-dispute agreement for binding arbitration with any resident or consumer, or the resident's representative or consumer's guardian, nor require that a resident or consumer sign an arbitration agreement as a condition of admission to the facility. Provides that after a dispute arises, a facility may ask a resident or consumer, or his or her representative or guardian, to enter into an agreement for binding arbitration if the facility and agreement meets specified requirements.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Adds an immediate effective date.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging, the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act, and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Regarding services provided under the Community Care Program, the Home Services Program, the supportive living facilities program, and the nursing home prescreening project, provides that individuals with a score of 29 or higher based on the determination of need assessment tool shall be eligible to receive institutional and home and community-based long term care services until the State receives federal approval and implements an updated assessment tool, and those individuals are found to be ineligible under that updated assessment tool. Requires the Department on Aging, the Department of Human Services, and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to adopt rules through the regular rulemaking process regarding the updated assessment tool, but prohibits those Departments from adopting emergency or peremptory rules regarding the updated assessment tool. Contains provisions concerning continued eligibility for persons made ineligible for services under the updated assessment tool. Further amends the Illinois Act on the Aging by prohibiting the Department on Aging from: (i) adopting any rule that restricts eligibility under the Community Care Program to persons who qualify for medical assistance under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code; or (ii) establishing, by rule, a separate program of home and community-based long term care services for persons who are otherwise eligible for services under the Community Care Program but who do not qualify for medical assistance under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Prohibits the Department from increasing copayment levels under the Community Care Program to the levels that were in effect on January 1, 2016, except to make an adjustment for inflation. Removes language that makes Medicaid enrollment or eligibility a condition of eligibility under the Community Care Program if the Auditor General has reported that the Department has failed to comply with certain reporting requirements under the Illinois State Auditing Act. Further amends the Illinois Public Aid Code by deleting a provision requiring the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to, subject to federal approval, on and after July 1, 2012, effectuate an increase in the determination of need scores from 29 to 37 for applicants for institutional and home and community-based long term care. Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that no individual receiving care in an institutional setting shall be involuntarily discharged as the result of the updated assessment tool until a transition plan has been developed by the Department on Aging or its designee and all care identified in the transition plan is available to the resident immediately upon discharge. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 1/6/2019 - Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. John J. Cullerton
9/28/2017 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB239 | DRUG MANUFACTURER-DISCLOSURES (REP. MARY FLOWERS) Amends the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Requires manufacturers of brand name or generic prescription drugs to notify State purchasers, health insurers, health care service plan providers, pharmacy benefit managers, and the General Assembly of specified increases in drug prices at least 60 days before such increase and the cost of specified new prescription drugs within 3 days after approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Provides that within 30 days after such notifications, prescription drug manufacturers shall report specified information to State purchasers, health insurers, health care service plan providers, pharmacy benefit managers, and the General Assembly. Provides that failure to report such information shall result in a specified civil penalty. Requires the General Assembly to conduct an annual public hearing on aggregate trends in prescription drug pricing. Provides that if the manufacturer of a prescription drug or its agent meets or otherwise communicates with a prescriber for the purpose of marketing a drug, then the manufacturer or its agent shall disclose to the prescriber if any ingredient in the drug it is marketing is known to pose a risk of dependency in humans. Makes other changes. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 3/31/2017 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
3/14/2017 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
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| | State Bill Page: | HB239 |
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| HB239 | DRUG MANUFACTURER-DISCLOSURES (REP. MARY FLOWERS) Amends the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Requires manufacturers of brand name or generic prescription drugs to notify State purchasers, health insurers, health care service plan providers, pharmacy benefit managers, and the General Assembly of specified increases in drug prices at least 60 days before such increase and the cost of specified new prescription drugs within 3 days after approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Provides that within 30 days after such notifications, prescription drug manufacturers shall report specified information to State purchasers, health insurers, health care service plan providers, pharmacy benefit managers, and the General Assembly. Provides that failure to report such information shall result in a specified civil penalty. Requires the General Assembly to conduct an annual public hearing on aggregate trends in prescription drug pricing. Provides that if the manufacturer of a prescription drug or its agent meets or otherwise communicates with a prescriber for the purpose of marketing a drug, then the manufacturer or its agent shall disclose to the prescriber if any ingredient in the drug it is marketing is known to pose a risk of dependency in humans. Makes other changes. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 3/31/2017 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
3/14/2017 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
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| | State Bill Page: | HB239 |
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| HB240 | PRESCRIPTION DATA PRIVACY (REP. MARY FLOWERS) Amends the Third Party Prescription Programs Article of the Insurance Code, the Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987, and the Wholesale Drug Distribution Licensing Act. Prohibits the licensure, transference, use, or sale of any records relative to prescription information containing patient-identifiable or prescriber-identifiable data by any licensee or registrant of the Acts for commercial purposes. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 3/31/2017 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
1/25/2017 - Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee
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| | State Bill Page: | HB240 |
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| HB241 | DHS-FOSTER CARE-MENTAL HEALTH (REP. MARY FLOWERS) Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Requires each geographically organized service region operating under the Department of Human Services' Division of Mental Health to submit by July 1 of each year, beginning in 2018, an annual foster care mental health service plan to the Department that details the service array, from prevention to crisis services, available to Medicaid-eligible children and youth in foster care. Sets forth the data and information the service plans shall contain, including: (1) the number of Medicaid-eligible children and youth in foster care who are served in the region's service area each year; (2) details on the types of mental health services provided to children and youth in foster care and their families, which may include, but are not limited to, screenings, assessments, home-based mental health services, outpatient services, day treatment services, inpatient services, psychiatric hospitalizations, crisis interventions, case management, or psychotropic medication support services; and (3) medication monitoring consistent with any child welfare psychotropic medication measures developed by the Department of Children and Family Services and any Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) measures related to psychotropic medications. Requires the Department of Human Services to (i) post each foster care mental health service plan on its Internet website in a manner that is publicly accessible and (ii) share performance outcome system data with the regional administrator of each service region for the purpose of informing foster care mental health service plans. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 4/28/2017 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
4/28/2017 - House Bills on Second Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | HB241 |
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| HB241 | DHS-FOSTER CARE-MENTAL HEALTH (REP. MARY FLOWERS) Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Requires each geographically organized service region operating under the Department of Human Services' Division of Mental Health to submit by July 1 of each year, beginning in 2018, an annual foster care mental health service plan to the Department that details the service array, from prevention to crisis services, available to Medicaid-eligible children and youth in foster care. Sets forth the data and information the service plans shall contain, including: (1) the number of Medicaid-eligible children and youth in foster care who are served in the region's service area each year; (2) details on the types of mental health services provided to children and youth in foster care and their families, which may include, but are not limited to, screenings, assessments, home-based mental health services, outpatient services, day treatment services, inpatient services, psychiatric hospitalizations, crisis interventions, case management, or psychotropic medication support services; and (3) medication monitoring consistent with any child welfare psychotropic medication measures developed by the Department of Children and Family Services and any Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) measures related to psychotropic medications. Requires the Department of Human Services to (i) post each foster care mental health service plan on its Internet website in a manner that is publicly accessible and (ii) share performance outcome system data with the regional administrator of each service region for the purpose of informing foster care mental health service plans. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 4/28/2017 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
4/28/2017 - House Bills on Second Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | HB241 |
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| HB274 | PHARMACY-BIRTH CONTROL (REP. MICHELLE MUSSMAN) Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Provides that "practice of pharmacy" includes the prescribing and dispensing of hormonal contraceptive patches and self-administered oral hormonal contraceptives. Defines "hormonal contraceptive patch" as a transdermal patch applied to the skin of a patient, by the patient or by a practitioner, that releases a drug composed of a combination of hormones that is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration to prevent pregnancy and "self-administered oral hormonal contraceptive" as a drug composed of a combination of hormones that is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration to prevent pregnancy and that the patient to whom the drug is prescribed may take orally. Allows pharmacists to prescribe and dispense contraceptives to a person over 18 years of age and a person under 18 years of age only if the person has evidence of a previous prescription from a primary care or a women's health care practitioner. Requires the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to adopt rules to establish standard procedures for pharmacists to prescribe contraceptives. Provides requirements for the rules to be adopted by the Department. Provides that all State and federal laws governing insurance coverage of contraceptive drugs and products shall apply to the provisions.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Director of Public Health, if a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches in Illinois, shall establish a standing order complete with the issuance of a prescription for a hormonal contraceptive in accordance with the requirements of the provisions. Provides that if the Director is not a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches in Illinois, the Medical Director of the Department of Public Health shall establish the standing order. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Requires a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan to provide coverage for pharmacist-provided patient care services. Makes conforming changes in the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, and the School Code. Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Provides that the definition of "practice of pharmacy" includes the dispensing of hormonal contraceptives pursuant to a standing order under provisions of the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the medical assistance program to cover patient care services provided by a pharmacist. Effective January 1, 2019.
House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of House Amendment 1 with the following changes: In provisions amending the Illinois Insurance Code, provides that coverage is required for patient care services provided by a pharmacist for hormonal contraceptives assessment and consultation (rather than patient care services provided by a pharmacist, including medication therapy management services, medication optimization services, comprehensive medication reviews, pharmacist care services, patient counseling, patient consultations, disease state management, naloxone hydrochloride assessment or administration, hormonal contraceptives assessment and consultation, immunization assessment or administration, administration of medications, and other such services that are considered within the scope of practice of pharmacy). Makes conforming changes in the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the provisions in the Illinois Public Aid Code shall not be implemented until the receipt of all necessary federal waivers or approvals or until January 1, 2021, whichever comes first; and that if federal approval is not obtained by January 1, 2021, the provisions shall be implemented using State funds. In provisions amending the Pharmacy Practice Act concerning the definition of "practice of pharmacy", provides that it also includes the assessment and consultation of patients that the pharmacist is dispensing hormonal contraceptives to. Effective January 1, 2019. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 5/18/2018 - Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 25, 2018
4/27/2018 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| HB281 | FOSTER CHILD-PSYCH DRUGS (REP. MARY FLOWERS) Amends the Administration of Psychotropic Medications to Children Act. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services shall adopt rules requiring the Department to distribute treatment guidelines on an annual basis to all persons licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 to practice medicine in all of its branches. Provides that the Department shall prepare and submit an annual report to the General Assembly with specified information concerning the administration of psychotropic medication to persons for whom it is legally responsible. Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation may revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand, refuse to issue or renew, or take any other disciplinary or non-disciplinary action as the Department may deem proper with regard to the license or permit of any person issued under the Act upon repeated acts of clearly excessive prescribing, furnishing, or administering psychotropic medications to a minor without a good faith prior examination of the patient and medical reason.'
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the introduced bill with the following changes: In provisions amending the Administration of Psychotropic Medications to Children Act concerning requiring the Department of Children and Family Services to adopt rules on distributing certain treatment guidelines, provides that the guidelines should be distributed to all persons licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 to practice medicine in all of its branches who prescribe psychotropic medications to youth for whom the Department is legally responsible. Replaces language concerning required information to be included in an annual report to be submitted to the General Assembly concerning pharmacy claims data for youth for whom the Department is legally responsible. For each youth who falls into certain categories, the Department shall maintain a record of certain information (rather than submit the information to the General Assembly). The information includes diagnoses received on each youth (rather than on non-pharmacy claims). Removes from the required information the unit, quantity of, and the number of days' supply of the medication. Provides that the Department may (rather than shall) contract for consulting services from a psychiatrist who has expertise and specializes in pediatric care to review the data submitted in an annual report to the General Assembly. In language requiring the Department to analyze prescribing patterns for certain populations, removes persons who are in facilities operated by the Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice. Makes other changes. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 4/28/2017 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
4/28/2017 - House Bills on Second Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | HB281 |
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| HB292 | MEDICAID-OTC MEDICATIONS (REP. DAVID OLSEN) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that over-the-counter medications that are prescribed to a recipient of medical assistance by a physician, a physician assistant, a nurse practitioner, or any other medical care provider qualified to prescribe medications shall be covered under the State's medical assistance program. Provides that pharmacies providing prescribed over-the-counter medications shall be reimbursed at the same rate determined by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services for prescription medications covered under the State's medical assistance program. Requires the Department to establish guidelines and standards by administrative rule on the documentation, if any, a medical care provider must submit when prescribing an over-the-counter medication to a recipient of medical assistance. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 5/30/2017 - Tabled
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| | Recent Status: | 5/30/2017 - Motion Prevailed
5/30/2017 - Motions in Writing
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| | State Bill Page: | HB292 |
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| HB311 | NETWORK ADEQUACY TRANSPARENCY (REP. GREG HARRIS; SEN. TOI HUTCHINSON) Creates the Network Adequacy and Transparency Act. Provides that administrators and insurers, prior to going to market, must file with the Department of Insurance for review and approval a description of the services to be offered through a network plan, with certain criteria included in the description. Provides that the network plan shall demonstrate to the Department, prior to approval, a minimum ratio of full-time equivalent providers to plan beneficiaries and maximum travel and distance standards for plan beneficiaries, which shall be established annually by the Department based upon specified sources. Provides that the Department shall conduct quarterly audits of network plans to verify compliance with network adequacy standards. Establishes certain notice requirements. Provides that a network plan shall provide for continuity of care for its beneficiaries under certain circumstances and according to certain requirements. Provides that a network plan shall post electronically a current and accurate provider directory and make available in print, upon request, a provider directory subject to certain specifications. Provides that the Department is granted specific authority to issue a cease and desist order against, fine, or otherwise penalize any insurer or administrator for violations of any provision of the Act. Makes other changes. Effective January 1, 2018.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the introduced bill with the following changes: Removes the definition of "administrator". Includes in the definition of "insurer" workers compensation insurance and pharmacy benefit managers. Defines "telehealth" and "telemedicine". Removes references to "administrators" throughout the Act. Removes provisions requiring an insurer providing a network plan to file the following information with the Director of Insurance: the method of the marketing plan and certain written policies and procedures. Provides that insurers shall provide the Director a description of how the use of telemedicine, telehealth, or mobile care services may be used to partially meet the network adequacy standards (rather than a description of each network hospital of the percentage of physicians in certain specialties who practice in the hospital are in the insurer's network). Provides that the Department shall consider establishing ratios for certain physicians or other providers (rather than requiring ratios at a minimum to include certain physicians or other providers). Provides that maximum travel and distance standards for network plan beneficiaries established annually by the Department shall be done in consultation with the Department of Public Health. Removes the requirement that the network plan must demonstrate, prior to approval, that it has contracted with physicians who specialize in certain areas in sufficient numbers at any in-network facility or in-network hospital so patients have reasonable access to the in-network physicians. Provides that the network plan shall demonstrate sufficient inpatient services. Provides that the network plan may consider use of other health care service delivery options. Provides that the Director may (rather than shall) conduct periodic (rather than semi-annual) audits of the accuracy of provider directories. Removes language granting the Director specific authority to issue a cease and desist order against, fine, or otherwise penalize any insurer for violations of any provision of the Act. Makes other changes.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - In provisions concerning network adequacy, removes language providing that the network plan shall demonstrate sufficient inpatient services, including services by preferred providers who specialize in emergency medicine, anesthesiology, pathology, and radiology. Removes provisions concerning facility nonparticipating provider transparency. |
| | Current Status: | 9/15/2017 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0502
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| | Recent Status: | 9/15/2017 - Effective Date September 15, 2017
9/15/2017 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | HB311 |
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| HB312 | NURSES-APRN SCOPE OF PRACTICE (REP. SARA FEIGENHOLTZ) House Committee Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal date of the Nurse Practice Act from January 1, 2018 to January 1, 2028. Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Changes references to "advanced practice nurse" to references to "advanced practice registered nurse" throughout the Act and in other Acts, including changing the name of the Board of Nursing and the Advanced Practice Nursing Board to the Board of Nursing and Advanced Practice Registered Nursing Board. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 4/28/2017 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
4/28/2017 - House Bills on Second Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | HB312 |
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| HB313 | NURSE PRACTICE ACT-VARIOUS (REP. SARA FEIGENHOLTZ; SEN. PATRICIA VAN PELT) House Committee Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal date of the Nurse Practice Act from January 1, 2018 to January 1, 2028. Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Eliminates the position of Assistant Nursing Coordinator. Eliminates the Advanced Practice Nursing Board. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation may provide notice to a licensee or applicant by certified or registered mail to the address of record or by email to the email address of record. Provides provisions for change of address of record and email address of record, application for license, confidentiality of any information collected by the Department in the course of an examination or investigation of a license or applicant, and disposition by a consent order. Changes references to "advanced practice nurse" to references to "advanced practice registered nurse" throughout the Act and in other Acts. Changes references to "Illinois Center for Nursing" to references to "Illinois Nursing Workforce Center". Makes changes concerning definitions, application of the Act, unlicensed practice, prohibited acts, Department powers and duties, nursing delegation, qualifications for licensed practical nurse, registered nurse, and advanced practice registered nurse licensure, registered nurse education program requirements, registered nurse scope of practice, grounds for disciplinary action, intoxication and drug abuse, the Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund, investigations, notices, hearings, use of stenographers and transcripts, review under the Administrative Review Law, certification of records, the Center for Nursing Advisory Board, and medication aide licensure requirements. Repeals provisions concerning registered nurse externship permits, rosters, liability of the State, hearing officers, and orders for rehearings. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
House Floor Amendment No. 3 - In provisions amending the Nurse Practice Act concerning definitions, defines "comprehensive nursing assessment", makes changes to various definitions, and removes the definition of "monitoring". In provisions concerning prohibited acts, provides that no person shall discipline or take adverse action against a nurse who refused to delegate a nursing intervention based on patient safety. In provisions concerning nursing delegation by a registered professional nurse, removes references to "advanced practice registered nurses". Makes changes to actions a registered professional nurse is authorized to take. Makes changes to the scope of practice for a licensed practical nurse and registered professional nurse. Makes other changes.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. In provisions concerning physician delegation of authority, provides that the provisions apply to advanced practice registered nurses who have not been granted full practice authority. Provides that a licensee under the Act may not directly or indirectly divide, share, or split any professional fee or other form of compensation for professional services with anyone in exchange for a referral or otherwise. Further amends the Nurse Practice Act. Defines "full practice authority". Adds language concerning the scope of practice of advanced practices nurses with full practice authority, including provisions concerning prescriptive authority. Makes changes to continuing education requirements for advanced practice registered nurses. Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Expands the definition of "prescriber" to include full practice authority advanced practice registered nurses and makes a conforming change in the definition of "prescription". In provisions concerning mid-level practitioner licenses, provides that the mid-level practitioner license applies to advanced practice registered nurses who do not have full practice authority. Makes other changes. Effective January 1, 2018, except that some provisions take effect immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 9/20/2017 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0513
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| | Recent Status: | 9/20/2017 - Effective Date September 20, 2017
9/20/2017 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | HB313 |
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| HB384 | HEALTH FACILITIES REVIEW BD (REP. DAVID HARRIS) Repeals the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act and abolishes the Health Facilities and Services Review Board. Amends the Health Care Self-Referral Act to transfer the Board's functions under that Act to the Department of Public Health. Amends various other Acts to eliminate references to the Board or the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 3/31/2017 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2/8/2017 - To Analytics Subcommittee
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| | State Bill Page: | HB384 |
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| HB481 | NURSE AIDE REGISTRY-TRAINING (REP. AVERY BOURNE) House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall allow an individual to satisfy a specified supervised clinical experience requirement through supervised clinical experience at an assisted living establishment licensed under the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Provides that the Department shall adopt rules requiring that the Health Care Worker Registry include information identifying where an individual on the Registry received his or her clinical training. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 8/24/2017 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0297
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| | Recent Status: | 8/24/2017 - Effective Date August 24, 2017
8/24/2017 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | HB481 |
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| HB490 | PUB AID-TANF-DRUG SCREENING (REP. THOMAS BENNETT) Amends the Administration Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall require a drug test to screen each individual who applies for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and that subject to federal approval, the Department shall require a drug test to screen each individual who applies for benefits under the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Contains provisions concerning notice; persons required to comply with the drug testing requirements; persons exempt from the drug testing requirements; reimbursements for the cost of the drug testing; and other matters. Effective July 1, 2017. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 3/31/2017 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2/8/2017 - To Public Benefits Subcommittee
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| | State Bill Page: | HB490 |
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| HB524 | SAFE PHARMACEUTICAL DISPOSAL (REP. BARBARA WHEELER) House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Safe Pharmaceutical Disposal Act. Provides that notwithstanding any provision of law, any county or municipality (currently, city, village, or municipality) may authorize the use of its city hall, police department, or any other facility under the county's or municipality's control (currently, city hall or police department) to display a container suitable for use as a receptacle for used, expired, or unwanted pharmaceuticals. Provides that the county or municipality shall provide continuous or regular notice to the public regarding the availability of the receptacle. Provides that, to the extent allowed under federal law, pharmaceuticals collected under specified provisions may be disposed of in a drug destruction device, as defined in the Environmental Protection Act. Amends the Environmental Protection Act to make corresponding changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 8/22/2017 - Effective Date August 22, 2017
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| | Recent Status: | 8/22/2017 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0250
8/22/2017 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | HB524 |
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| HB677 | HOME BIRTH SAFETY ACT (REP. ROBYN GABEL) Creates the Home Birth Safety Act. Provides for the licensure of midwives by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and for certain limitations on the activities of licensed midwives. Creates the Illinois Midwifery Board. Sets forth provisions concerning application, qualifications, grounds for disciplinary action, and administrative procedures. Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act to set a repeal date for the new Act of January 1, 2028. Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987, the Nurse Practice Act, and the Illinois Public Aid Code to make related changes. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 3/31/2017 - House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
3/31/2017 - House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| | State Bill Page: | HB677 |
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| HB679 | IDPH-MENINGOCOCCAL BROCHURE (REP. ROBYN GABEL) Amends the Communicable Disease Prevention Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall develop an informational brochure relating to meningococcal disease that contains specified information. Provides that the Department shall make the brochure available on its website and shall notify every public institution of higher education in the State of the availability of the brochure. Provides that each public institution of higher education shall provide a copy of the brochure to all students and if the student is under 18 years of age, to the student's parent or guardian. |
| | Current Status: | 8/25/2017 - Effective Date January 1, 2018
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| | Recent Status: | 8/25/2017 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0342
8/25/2017 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | HB679 |
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| HB680 | NURSING HOME-STAFFING-NURSES (REP. CHRISTOPHER DAVIDSMEYER) Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that upon application by a facility, the Director of Public Health may grant or renew a waiver of certain staffing requirements for registered nurses, considering specified criteria, if the facility demonstrates to the Director's satisfaction that the facility is unable, despite diligent efforts, including offering wages at a competitive rate for registered nurses in the community, to employ the required number of registered nurses. Provides that the Director may not grant or renew such waivers for certain minimum nurse staffing requirements contained in federal regulations to facilities that are Medicare-certified or both Medicare-certified and Medicaid-certified. Provides that these waivers shall be reviewed quarterly by the Department of Public Health, including requiring a demonstration by the facility that it has continued to make diligent efforts to employ the required number of registered nurses, and shall be revoked for noncompliance with certain requirements. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 4/28/2017 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
4/28/2017 - House Bills on Third Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | HB680 |
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| HB704 | MEDICAID SMART CARD (REP. PATRICIA BELLOCK) Creates the Medicaid Smart Card Pilot Program Act. Requires the Director of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to establish a Medicaid Smart Card Pilot Program to reduce the total amount of expenditures under the State's Medical Assistance Program. Provides that the pilot program shall be designed to reduce the average monthly cost under the State's Medical Assistance Program for recipients within the pilot program area by an amount that is at least sufficient to recover the cost of implementing the pilot program. Provides that the Director shall determine the geographic area to be included in the pilot program and may contract with an independent entity for the purpose of developing and implementing the pilot program. Contains provisions on required activities under the pilot program, including the distribution of Medicaid Smart Cards to designated recipients; measures the Department might take to implement the pilot program; annual evaluations; reporting requirements; extension or expansion of the pilot program; the confidentiality of health information; reports to the Inspector General; and rulemaking authority. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 3/31/2017 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2/23/2017 - To Public Benefits Subcommittee
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| | State Bill Page: | HB704 |
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| HB705 | MEDICAID-VENDOR FRAUD (REP. PATRICIA BELLOCK) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of the Code to the contrary, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services' Inspector General shall report all suspected cases of provider fraud involving a vendor, a medical provider, or any other provider authorized to participate in the medical assistance program to the State's Attorney of the county where the alleged fraud occurred or, when appropriate, to the Office of the Attorney General or to the Offices of the several United States Attorneys in Illinois. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 3/31/2017 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2/23/2017 - To Public Benefits Subcommittee
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| | State Bill Page: | HB705 |
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| HB706 | PHARMA DISPOSAL-DOCTORS-NURSES (REP. PATRICIA BELLOCK) Amends the Safe Pharmaceutical Disposal Act. Provides that in the absence of a police officer, State Police officer, coroner, or medical examiner at the scene of a death, a nurse or physician may dispose of unused medication found at the scene while engaging in the performance of his or her duties. Provides that anyone authorized to dispose of unused medications under the Act, and his or her employer, employees, or agents shall incur no civil liability, criminal liability, or professional discipline, except for willful or wanton misconduct, as a result of any injury arising from his or her good faith disposal or non-disposal of unused medication. Defines "nurse" and "physician". Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987 and the Nurse Practice Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Removes references to physicians in provisions concerning the disposal of unused medications and deletes the definition for "physician". Adds language providing that a nurse may dispose of any unused medications under provisions concerning the disposal of unused medications at the scene of a death only after consulting with any investigating law enforcement agency to ensure that the unused medications will not be needed as evidence in an investigation. Removes language providing that authorized individuals shall not be civilly liable for disposing of unused medications and removes an exception for cases of willful or wanton conduct. Removes provisions amending the Medical Practice Act of 1987 and Nurse Practice Act. Makes other changes. |
| | Current Status: | 8/25/2017 - Effective Date August 25, 2017
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| | Recent Status: | 8/25/2017 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0345
8/25/2017 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | HB706 |
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| HB707 | CONT SUB-WHITHHOLD INFO (REP. PATRICIA BELLOCK) Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides various penalties for knowingly withholding information from a practitioner from whom a person seeks to obtain a controlled substance or a prescription for a controlled substance. Provides that a health care practitioner with the intent to provide a controlled substance or combination of controlled substances that are not medically necessary to his or her patient or an amount of controlled substances that is not medically necessary for his or her patient, may not provide a controlled substance or a prescription for a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception, subterfuge, or concealment of a material fact. Provides that a violation is a Class 4 felony for the first offense and a Class 3 felony for each subsequent offense. The fine for the first offense shall be not more than $100,000. The fine for each subsequent offense shall not be more than $200,000. |
| | Current Status: | 3/21/2017 - Tabled
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| | Recent Status: | 3/21/2017 - Motion Prevailed
3/21/2017 - Motions in Writing
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| | State Bill Page: | HB707 |
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| HB735 | MEDICAID REDETERMINATIONS (REP. MARY FLOWERS) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that a redetermination of eligibility for medical assistance benefits shall be conducted once every 12 months. Effective January 1, 2018. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 3/31/2017 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
3/8/2017 - To HS Medicaid Subcommittee
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| | State Bill Page: | HB735 |
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| HB1338 | REGULATION-TECH (REP. JONATHAN CARROLL; SEN. JENNIFER BERTINO-TARRANT) Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning accident and health policies.
House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. 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. Excludes medications contained in intraperitoneal solutions from language prohibiting a health care institution, or any employee, staff person, contractor, or other person acting under the direction or supervision of a health care institution, from discharging, disposing of, flushing, pouring, or emptying any unused medication into a public wastewater collection system or septic system. |
| | Current Status: | 7/20/2018 - Effective Date January 1, 2019
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| | Recent Status: | 7/20/2018 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0612
7/20/2018 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1338 |
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| HB1443 | HEALTH-TECH (REP. KATHLEEN WILLIS) Amends the Community Health Center Expansion Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the reporting requirement for grant recipients.
House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Right of Minors to Consent to Counseling Services or Psychotherapy on an Outpatient Basis Act. Removes from the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code the provisions about a minor 12 years of age or older requesting and receiving counseling services or psychotherapy on an outpatient basis. Places these provisions in the new Act. Provides that counseling services or psychotherapy provided under these provisions 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 only under the Professional Counselor and Clinical Professional Counselor Licensing and Practice Act or the Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act). Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Removes from the Admission of Minors Article of the Code, the provisions concerning minors 12 years of age or older request to receive counseling services or psychotherapy on an outpatient basis. Places these provisions in a new Article of Chapter III of the Code. Provides that counseling services or psychotherapy provided under this Section 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 (rather than the Professional Counselor and Clinical Professional Counselor Licensing and Practice Act or the Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act). Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 7/20/2018 - Effective Date July 20, 2018
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| | Recent Status: | 7/20/2018 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0614
7/20/2018 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1443 |
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| HB1447 | HEALTH-TECH (REP. NATALIE MANLEY) Amends the Mercury-Free Vaccine Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Hospice Program Licensing Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health's standards for hospices owning or operating hospice residences shall address the number of persons who may be served in a hospice residence, which shall not exceed 20 (rather than 16) persons per location. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 8/10/2018 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0744
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| | Recent Status: | 8/10/2018 - Effective Date August 10, 2018
8/10/2018 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1447 |
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| HB1790 | REGULATION-TECH (REP. MICHAEL ZALEWSKI) Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning licensure without examination. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 5/25/2017 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
3/31/2017 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| | State Bill Page: | HB1790 |
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| HB2358 | DHFS-MCO-RX DRUG FORMULARY (REP. PATRICIA BELLOCK) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires managed care organizations under contract with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to follow a standard prescription drug formulary established by the Department by rule. Requires the Department to adopt any rules necessary to implement the provision. Effective January 1, 2018. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 3/31/2017 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
3/8/2017 - To HS Medicaid Subcommittee
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| | State Bill Page: | HB2358 |
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| HB2383 | MHDDAA-STAFF ADM MEDS (REP. RANDY FRESE) Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that the provision requiring the Department of Human Services to develop a training program for authorized direct care staff to administer medications under the supervision and monitoring of a registered professional nurse applies to (i) all residential (rather than all programs) for persons with a developmental disability in settings of 16 persons or fewer that are funded or licensed by the Department of Human Services and that distribute or administer medications, and (ii) all day programs certified to serve persons with developmental disabilities by the Department of Human Services. Provides that the training program for authorized direct care staff shall include educational and oversight components for staff who work in day programs that are similar to those for staff who work in residential programs. Effective January 1, 2018.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Amends the MC/DD Act. Provides that violations cited against a facility as a result of actions involving administration of medication by direct care staff of day programs certified to serve persons with developmental disabilities by the Department of Human Services under the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act will not result in specified violations, penalties, or fines under the MC/DD Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall notify the Division of Developmental Disabilities of the Department of Human Services when it becomes aware of a medication error at a day program or that a resident is injured or is subject to alleged abuse or neglect at a day program. Makes similar changes in the ID/DD Community Care Act. |
| | Current Status: | 8/11/2017 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0050
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| | Recent Status: | 8/11/2017 - Effective Date January 1, 2018
8/11/2017 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | HB2383 |
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| HB2384 | MEDICAID-SNAP-DRUG TEST-LINK (REP. ALLEN SKILLICORN) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that as a condition of initial eligibility for medical assistance benefits provided under the State's Medical Assistance program or, subject to federal approval, benefits provided under the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), an applicant must pass a drug screening. Provides that as a condition of continued eligibility for such benefits, a recipient must pass random drug screenings as prescribed by the Department of Human Services. Requires the Department to adopt rules requiring applicants for TANF benefits or SNAP benefits to actively seek work in order to qualify for such benefits. Provides that the rules adopted by the Department shall be in compliance with those rules under the Unemployment Insurance Act and adopted by the Department of Employment Security requiring unemployed individuals to actively seek employment in order to qualify for unemployment insurance benefits. Requires the Department to adopt rules that allow recipients of TANF benefits or SNAP benefits to experience a gradual reduction in benefits as earnings increase. Increases the penalties for using another person's cash assistance benefits or SNAP benefits. Contains provisions requiring photo identification when using a LINK card to obtain SNAP benefits or cash. Provides that no recipient of TANF benefits shall use his or her benefits to purchase lottery tickets or to patronize any casino or licensed establishment that operates video gaming terminals for the purpose of engaging in gambling or video gaming activities. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 10/3/2017 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer
3/31/2017 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| | State Bill Page: | HB2384 |
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| HB2392 | PHARMACY-PRESCRIPTION LIMITS (REP. MARY FLOWERS) Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Requires that at least one registered pharmacy technician be on duty whenever the practice of pharmacy is conducted. Requires that pharmacies fill no more than 10 prescriptions per hour. Requires 10 pharmacy technician hours per 100 prescriptions filled. Prohibits pharmacies from requiring pharmacists to participate in advertising or soliciting activities that may jeopardize patient health, safety, or welfare and any activities or external factors that interfere with the pharmacist's ability to provide appropriate professional services. Provides that a pharmacist shall receive specified break periods. Provides that a pharmacy may not require a pharmacist to work during a break period, shall make available a break room meeting specified requirements, shall keep a complete and accurate record of the break periods and may not require a pharmacist to work more than 8 hours a workday. Provides for enforcement and penalties. Provides whistleblower protections for an employee of a pharmacy if the pharmacy retaliates against the employee for certain actions. Requires pharmacies to maintain a record of any errors in the receiving, filling, or dispensing of prescriptions. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 3/31/2017 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
3/3/2017 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
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| | State Bill Page: | HB2392 |
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| HB2436 | MEDICARE FOR ALL HEALTH CARE (REP. MARY FLOWERS) Creates the Illinois Medicare for All Health Care Act. Provides that all individuals residing in the State are covered under the Illinois Health Services Program for health insurance. Sets forth the health coverage benefits that participants are entitled to under the Program. Sets forth the qualification requirements for participating health providers. Sets forth standards for provider reimbursement. Provides that it is unlawful for private health insurers to sell health insurance coverage that duplicates the coverage of the Program. Provides that investor-ownership of health delivery facilities is unlawful. Provides that the State shall establish the Illinois Health Services Trust to provide financing for the Program. Sets forth the requirements for claims billing under the Program. Provides that the Program shall include funding for long-term care services and mental health services. Provides that the Program shall establish a single prescription drug formulary and list of approved durable medical goods and supplies. Creates the Pharmaceutical and Durable Medical Goods Committee to negotiate the prices of pharmaceuticals and durable medical goods with suppliers or manufacturers on an open bid competitive basis. Sets forth provisions concerning patients' rights. Provides that the employees of the Program shall be compensated in accordance with the current pay scale for State employees and as deemed professionally appropriate by the General Assembly. Effective January 1, 2018. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 4/28/2017 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
4/28/2017 - House Bills on Second Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | HB2436 |
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| HB2506 | HEALTH MAINTENANCE BD-ABOLISH (REP. LAURA FINE) Amends the Health Maintenance Organization Act. Abolishes the Health Maintenance Advisory Board and makes a corresponding change. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 8/11/2017 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0063
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| | Recent Status: | 8/11/2017 - Effective Date August 11, 2017
8/11/2017 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | HB2506 |
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| HB2507 | MEDICAID-DIALYSIS FUNDING (REP. SARA FEIGENHOLTZ) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of law, the add-on Medicaid payments to hospitals and freestanding chronic dialysis centers established under the Illinois Administrative Code for dates of service July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2015 shall be restored and in effect for dates of service on and after July 1, 2015 with no end date for such payments. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 3/31/2017 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
3/20/2017 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Melissa Conyears-Ervin
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| | State Bill Page: | HB2507 |
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| HB2511 | MEDICAID-EXCEPTION TO RX LIMIT (REP. SARA FEIGENHOLTZ) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that drugs prescribed for residents of licensed long-term care facilities shall not be subject to prior approval as a result of the 4-prescription limit. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 5/9/2018 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
4/27/2018 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| | State Bill Page: | HB2511 |
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| HB2530 | NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS (REP. ROBYN GABEL) Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Provides for the licensure of naturopathic physicians. Makes conforming changes in various other Acts. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 3/31/2017 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2/22/2017 - Assigned to House Health Care Licenses
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| | State Bill Page: | HB2530 |
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| HB2531 | DRUG SUBSTITUTION-GENERICS (REP. NORINE HAMMOND) Amends the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Deletes provisions requiring manufacturers to provide the Director of Public Health with a notification containing product technical bioequivalence information no later than 60 days prior to specified generic drug product substitution. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 8/11/2017 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0065
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| | Recent Status: | 8/11/2017 - Effective Date August 11, 2017
8/11/2017 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | HB2531 |
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| HB2534 | CS-SYNTHETIC DRUGS AND ANALOGS (REP. AVERY BOURNE; SEN. ANTONIO MUÑOZ) House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Eliminates duplications from the list of Schedule I controlled substances. Adds various synthetic drugs and cannabinoids to the list of Schedule I controlled substances. Adds 6-Monoacetylmorphine and Thiafentanyl to the Schedule II list of controlled substances. Lists all hydrocodone derivatives as Schedule II controlled substances. Lists Methorphan optical isomers as a single drug. Deletes references to dihydrocodeinone from the statute concerning the unlawful manufacture or delivery, or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver a controlled substance. Defines "controlled substance analog" for the purpose of the provisions of the unlawful manufacture or delivery, or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver a controlled substance and for the provisions concerning the unlawful possession of a controlled substance, as a substance which is not approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration or, if approved, is not dispensed or possessed in accordance with State or federal law. |
| | Current Status: | 8/25/2017 - Effective Date January 1, 2018
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| | Recent Status: | 8/25/2017 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0368
8/25/2017 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | HB2534 |
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| HB2600 | PROMPT PAYMENT-LATE PAYMENT (REP. DAVID HARRIS) Amends the State Prompt Payment Act. Provides that after the effective date of the amendatory Act, if for 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, payment is not issued to the payee in a timely manner under the Section, an interest penalty of 8% per year of any amount approved and unpaid shall apply, applied pro rata for the amount of time the bill remains unpaid. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions concerning timely payment for health care services, provides that the interest to be charged on late payments of periodic payments, payments by independent practice associations and physician-hospital organizations, and payments by health insurers, health maintenance organizations, managed care plans, health care plans, preferred provider organizations, and third party administrators shall be 8% per year. Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Provides that the program of health benefits offered under the Act is subject to certain provisions of the Illinois Insurance Code concerning late payments and assignability except as otherwise provided. Effective January 1, 2018. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 3/31/2017 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2/22/2017 - Assigned to House Executive
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| | State Bill Page: | HB2600 |
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| HB2624 | HEALTH INS RATE REVIEW ACT (REP. LAURA FINE; SEN. BILL CUNNINGHAM) Creates the Health Insurance Rate Review Act. Creates the independent quasi-judicial Health Insurance Rate Review Board to ensure insurance rates are reasonable and justified. Sets forth duties and prohibited activities concerning the Board. Creates the Health Insurance Rate Review Board Nomination Panel to provide a list of nominees to the Governor for appointment to the Health Insurance Rate Review Board. Sets forth the procedures for nomination. Provides requirements and procedures for health carriers to file current and proposed rates and rate schedules with the Health Insurance Rate Review Board. Provides that the Board shall review and approve or disapprove all rates and rate schedules filed or used by a health carrier. Sets forth provisions concerning rate standards, public notice, hearings, and the disapproval and approval of rates and rate schedules.
Fiscal Note (Dept of Insurance)
As currently drafted it is difficult to quantify the fiscal impact associated with this legislation. However, the legislation would create and undue administrative burden to the Illinois Department of Insurance and is duplicative of the regulatory functions the Department performs.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Short-Term, Limited-Duration Health Insurance Coverage Act. Provides disclosure requirements for policies, applications, and sales and marketing materials for short-term, limited-duration health insurance policies. Requires coverage subject to the Act to be approved by the Department of Insurance before it is issued or delivered. Requires a health issuer who intends to deliver or issue a short-term, limited-duration health insurance policy to file certain documents with the Department. Authorizes the Department to adopt rules to carry out the provisions of the Act. Effective January 1, 2019. |
| | Current Status: | 11/28/2018 - Total Veto Stands - No Positive Action Taken
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| | Recent Status: | 11/28/2018 - Consideration of Governor's Veto Total Vetoes
11/27/2018 - Consideration of Governor's Veto Total Vetoes
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| | State Bill Page: | HB2624 |
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| HB2662 | PROMPT PAY-INVOICES/CONTRACTS (REP. STEPHANIE KIFOWIT) Amends the State Prompt Payment Act. Provides that in order to receive payment under the Act, State agencies shall submit all invoices to the State Comptroller within 30 days after receiving sufficient information to create a proper bill or invoice. Provides that no contracts shall be entered into by a State agency without appropriation authority for the term of the contract. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 3/31/2017 - House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
3/31/2017 - House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| | State Bill Page: | HB2662 |
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| HB2694 | PATIENT RIGHTS-TRANSITION (REP. GREG HARRIS) Amends the Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act. In provisions concerning transition of services, provides that the health care plan shall not modify an enrollee's coverage of a drug during the plan year if the drug has been previously approved for coverage by the plan for a medical condition, the plan's prescribing provider continues to prescribe the drug for the medical condition, and the patient continues to be an enrollee of the health care plan. Provides specific prohibited modifications of drug coverage in the health plan. Provides that the provisions do not prohibit a health care plan from requiring a pharmacist to effect generic substitutions of prescription drugs. Provides that the provisions do not prohibit the addition of prescription drugs to a health care plan's list of covered drugs during the coverage year. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 5/17/2017 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin
4/6/2017 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
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| | State Bill Page: | HB2694 |
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| HB2708 | CONTROLLED SUB-INFO RELEASE (REP. TOM DEMMER) Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services may release information received by the central repository to select representatives of the Department of Children and Family Services through the indirect online request process. Provides that access shall be established by the Prescription Monitoring Program Advisory Committee by rule.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Provides that access to the confidential information in the central repository by representatives of the Department of Children and Family Services shall be established by an intergovernmental agreement between the Department of Children and Family Services and the Department of Human Services (rather than the Prescription Monitoring Program Advisory Committee by rule). |
| | Current Status: | 8/18/2017 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0125
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| | Recent Status: | 8/18/2017 - Effective Date January 1, 2018
8/18/2017 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | HB2708 |
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| HB2742 | PHARM-AUTOMATIC REFILLS (REP. MICHAEL ZALEWSKI) Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Requires the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to adopt rules requiring pharmacy prescription systems, including, but not limited to, electronic systems, to contain mechanisms to require prescription discontinuation orders to be forwarded to a pharmacy, to require patient verification features for pharmacy automated prescription refills, and to require that automated prescription refills notices clearly communicate to patients the medication name, dosage strength, and any other information required by the Department governing the use of automated dispensing and storage systems. Provides that the rules shall ensure that discontinued medications are not automatically dispensed to a patient by a pharmacist or by any automatic refill dispensing system whether prescribed through electronic or paper prescriptions. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 3/31/2017 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
3/16/2017 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margo McDermed
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| | State Bill Page: | HB2742 |
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| HB2793 | MEDICAID-AUTISM SPECTRUM (REP. GREG HARRIS) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that all children with autism spectrum disorder who are otherwise eligible for medical assistance shall receive coverage for any medically necessary evidenced-based treatment prescribed by a physician licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 or a licensed practitioner of the healing arts as defined in the Illinois Administrative Code. Effective July 1, 2017. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 3/31/2017 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
3/9/2017 - To Medicaid Subcommittee
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| | State Bill Page: | HB2793 |
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| HB2798 | OPIOID OVERDOSE REPORTING (REP. JERRY COSTELLO) Amends the Counties Code. Provides that in every case in which an opioid overdose is determined to be a contributing factor in a death, the coroner shall report the death and the age, gender, race, and county of residence, if known, of the decedent to the Department of Public Health. Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act and the Hospital Licensing Act. Requires every hospital to report the age, gender, race, and county of residence, if known, of each patient diagnosed as having an opioid overdose to the Department within 48 hours of the diagnosis. Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department to adopt rules to implement the reporting requirements. Requires the Department to annually report to the General Assembly the data collected. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 10/11/2017 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie Phelps Finnie
4/28/2017 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| | State Bill Page: | HB2798 |
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| HB2853 | MHDDAA-STAFF ADM MEDS (REP. RANDY FRESE) Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that the provision requiring the Department of Human Services to develop a training program for authorized direct care staff to administer medications under the supervision and monitoring of a registered professional nurse applies to (i) all residential (rather than all programs) for persons with a developmental disability in settings of 16 persons or fewer that are funded or licensed by the Department of Human Services and that distribute or administer medications, and (ii) all day programs certified to serve persons with developmental disabilities by the Department of Human Services. Effective January 1, 2018. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 3/31/2017 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2/22/2017 - Assigned to House Human Services
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| | State Bill Page: | HB2853 |
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| HB2892 | WORKER COMP-FILL PRESCRIPTIONS (REP. BARBARA WHEELER) Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides that no medical provider shall be reimbursed for a supply of prescriptions filled outside of a licensed pharmacy except when there exists no licensed pharmacy within 5 miles of the prescribing physician's practice. Provides that, if there exists no licensed pharmacy within 5 miles of the prescribing physician's practice, no medical provider shall be reimbursed for a prescription, the supply of which lasts for longer than 72 hours from the date of injury or 24 hours from the date of first referral to the medical service provider, whichever is greater, filled and dispensed outside of a licensed pharmacy. Provides that the limitations on filling and dispensing prescriptions do not apply if there exists a pre-arranged agreement between the medical provider and a preferred provider program regarding the filling of prescriptions outside a licensed pharmacy. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 5/28/2018 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monica Bristow
5/28/2018 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
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| | State Bill Page: | HB2892 |
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| HB2908 | MEDICAID-UTILIZATION CONTROLS (REP. PATRICIA BELLOCK) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions concerning medical assistance for the treatment of alcohol dependence or opioid dependence, provides that on or after July 1, 2017 such coverage may be subject to utilization controls or prior authorization mandates consistent with the most current edition of the American Society of Addiction Medicine's National Practice Guideline for the Use of Medications in the Treatment of Addiction Involving Opioid Use, as now or hereafter revised, or any successor publication (rather than on or after July 1, 2015 such coverage shall not be subject to any (1) utilization control, other than those established under the American Society of Addiction Medicine patient placement criteria, (2) prior authorization mandate, or (3) lifetime restriction limit mandate). Provides that on or after July 1, 2017, opioid antagonists prescribed for the treatment of an opioid overdose may be subject to (A) utilization controls or (B) prior authorization mandates consistent with the most current edition of the American Society of Addiction Medicine's National Practice Guideline for the Use of Medications in the Treatment of Addiction Involving Opioid Use, as now or hereafter revised, or any successor publication. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 3/31/2017 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
3/8/2017 - To HS Medicaid Subcommittee
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| | State Bill Page: | HB2908 |
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| HB2914 | HEAL ACT (REP. ROBYN GABEL) Creates the Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) Act. Imposes a tax on distributors of sugar-sweetened beverages in the State at the rate of $0.01 per ounce. Contains provisions concerning the distribution of the proceeds from the tax. Creates a multi-sector Advisory Council for Health and Wellness to govern the distribution of the proceeds. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Illinois Wellness Fund. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 3/31/2017 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
3/8/2017 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
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| | State Bill Page: | HB2914 |
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| HB2933 | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT-VARIOUS (REP. CYNTHIA SOTO) Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal date of the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987 from January 1, 2018 to January 1, 2028. Amends the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987. Reorganizes the Act by adding titles and renumbering provisions. Replaces references to "supervising physicians" with references to "collaborating physicians" throughout the Act. Replaces references to "supervision agreement" with references to "collaborative agreement" throughout the Act. Adds provisions concerning continuing education. In provisions concerning grounds for disciplinary action, provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation may refuse to issue or renew a physician assistant license or discipline a licensee for willfully or negligently violating a patient's confidentiality, except as required by law, or failing to provide copies of medical records as required by law. Amends various Acts to conform references and terminology. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 4/28/2017 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
4/28/2017 - House Bills on Second Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | HB2933 |
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| HB2951 | PHARM-LABEL REQUIREMENTS (REP. ANN WILLIAMS) Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Except when dispensing manufacturers' samples or other legend drugs in a maximum 72 hour supply, requires persons licensed under the Act to label samples consistent with specified labeling requirements (rather than maintain a book or file of prescriptions as required in the Pharmacy Practice Act). Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 3/31/2017 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2/22/2017 - Assigned to House Health Care Licenses
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| | State Bill Page: | HB2951 |
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| HB2956 | INS CD-ABUSE DETERRENT OPIOIDS (REP. EMILY MCASEY) Amends the Illinois Insurance Code, the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the School Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, the Limited Health Service Organization Act, the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act, and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Prohibits insurers from requiring that a covered individual first use an opioid analgesic drug product without abuse-deterrence labeling claims before providing coverage for an abuse-deterrent opioid analgesic drug product. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 3/31/2017 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
3/24/2017 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
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| | State Bill Page: | HB2956 |
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| HB2957 | INS CD-SYNCHRONIZATION (REP. LAURA FINE) Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that every policy of accident and health insurance amended, delivered, issued, or renewed after the effective date of the amendatory Act that provides coverage for prescription drugs shall provide for synchronization of prescription drug refills on at least one occasion per insured per year provided that certain conditions are met. Requires insurers to provide prorated daily cost-sharing rates when necessary. Makes conforming changes in the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the School Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, the Limited Health Services Organization Act, the Voluntary Health Services Plan Act, and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Effective immediately.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - In provisions amending the Illinois Insurance Code, defines "synchronization" to mean the coordination of medication refills for a patient taking 2 or more medications for one or more chronic conditions (rather than for a chronic condition) such that the patient's medications are refilled on the same schedule for a given time period. For a policy of health and accident insurance to provide for synchronization of prescriptions drug refills, the prescription drugs must be covered by the policy's clinical coverage policy or have been approved by a formulary exceptions process, among other specified conditions. |
| | Current Status: | 8/18/2017 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0138
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| | Recent Status: | 8/18/2017 - Effective Date August 18, 2017
8/18/2017 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | HB2957 |
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| HB2979 | REGULATION-TECH (REP. MARY FLOWERS) Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning licensure without examination. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 3/31/2017 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2/22/2017 - Assigned to House Executive
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| | State Bill Page: | HB2979 |
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| HB3161 | DHS-OPIOID ABUSE-WEBSITE (REP. NATALIE MANLEY) Amends the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to create and maintain a website to educate the public on heroin and prescription opioid abuse. Provides that at a minimum, the website shall include: (i) information on the warning signs of heroin and prescription opioid addiction; (ii) helpful hints for parents on how to discuss the dangers of heroin and prescription opioid addiction with their children; (iii) information on available treatment options and services; (iv) a listing of the toll-free number established by the Department to provide information and referral services for persons with questions concerning substance abuse and treatment; and (v) links to flyers and resources for download. Provides that the Department shall adopt any rules necessary to implement the new provisions.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Further amends the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act. In a provision setting forth the functions of the Department of Human Services under the Act, provides that, in partnership with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the Department of Human Services shall act as one of the principal State agencies for the sole purpose of calculating the maintenance of effort requirement under a specified provision of the Public Health Service Act and the Code of Federal Regulations. |
| | Current Status: | 9/8/2017 - Effective Date June 1, 2018
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| | Recent Status: | 9/8/2017 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0494
9/8/2017 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | HB3161 |
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| HB3208 | TOBACCO PRODUCTS-UNDER 21 (REP. MELISSA CONYEARS-ERVIN) Amends the Prevention of Tobacco Use by Minors and Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products Act. Changes the name of the Act to the Prevention of Tobacco Use by Persons under 21 Years of Age and Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products Act. Raises the age for whom tobacco products, electronic cigarettes, and alternative nicotine products may be sold to and possessed by from at least 18 years of age to at least 21 years of age. Defines "electronic cigarette". Repeals the Smokeless Tobacco Limitation Act. Amends various other Acts to make conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 4/13/2018 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
4/12/2018 - House Health & Healthcare Disparities |
| | State Bill Page: | HB3208 |
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| HB3285 | INS CD-SYNCHRONIZE MEDICATION (REP. ROBERT RITA) Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that all entities providing prescription drug coverage shall permit and apply a prorated daily cost-sharing rate to prescriptions that are dispensed by a pharmacy for less than a 30-day supply if the prescriber or pharmacist indicates the fill or refill could be in the best interest of the patient or is for the purpose of synchronizing the patient's chronic medications. Provides that no entity providing prescription drug coverage shall deny coverage for the dispensing of any drug prescribed for the treatment of a chronic illness that is made in accordance with a plan among the insured, the prescriber, and a pharmacist to synchronize the refilling of multiple prescriptions for the insured. Provides that no entity providing prescription drug coverage shall use payment structures incorporating prorated dispensing fees determined by calculation of the days' supply of medication dispensed. Provides that dispensing fees shall be determined exclusively on the total number of prescriptions dispensed. Establishes criteria for an entity conducting audits (either on-site or remotely) of pharmacy records. Provides that the Department of Insurance and Director of Insurance shall have the authority to enforce the provisions of the Act and impose financial penalties. Effective January 1, 2018. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 3/31/2017 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2/22/2017 - Assigned to Insurance: Health & Life Committee
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| | State Bill Page: | HB3285 |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 6/4/2018 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0587
6/4/2018 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | HB3342 |
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| HB3388 | HOME MED EQUIP/PHARMACY-OXYGEN (REP. JEHAN GORDON-BOOTH) Amends the Home Medical Equipment and Services Provider License Act and the Pharmacy Practice Act. Requires a home medical equipment and services provider that provides or a pharmacist that dispenses pressurized oxygen or any oxygen delivery system to a patient to inform the municipal fire department or fire protection district that serves the patient of the patient's oxygen use in his or her home in case of a fire. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 3/31/2017 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
3/16/2017 - To Fire Service Subcommittee
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| | State Bill Page: | HB3388 |
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| HB3395 | LICENSING-CRIMINAL CONVICTION (REP. ARTHUR TURNER) Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Includes federal or State public records in the definition of "expunge". Amends various Acts related to occupational and professional licensing. Provides that no consideration shall be given to convictions entered prior to the date of the application, where the applicant has completed any sentence imposed for that conviction, including any period of mandatory supervised release. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 4/28/2017 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
4/28/2017 - House Bills on Second Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | HB3395 |
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| HB3414 | DRUG ABUSE-ELECTION-PUBLIC AID (REP. BILL MITCHELL) Amends the Election Code. Requires substance abuse testing as a condition for filing nomination papers for the office of State Representative or State Senator. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall require a drug test to screen each individual who applies for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). Provides that the cost of drug testing shall be the responsibility of the individual tested and that an individual who tests positive for controlled substances shall be ineligible to receive TANF benefits for one year after the date of the positive drug test, unless the individual meets certain requirements. Contains provisions concerning notice; persons required to comply with the drug testing requirements; persons exempted from the drug testing requirements; circumstances under which an applicant who fails a drug test has the right to take one or more additional tests; and other matters. Effective January 1, 2018. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 10/3/2017 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer
3/31/2017 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| | State Bill Page: | HB3414 |
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| HB3462 | PHARMACY PRACTICE-VARIOUS (REP. MICHAEL ZALEWSKI) Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal date of the Pharmacy Practice Act from January 1, 2018 to January 1, 2028. Amends the Pharmacy Practice 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. Provides for the licensure (rather than registration) of registered pharmacy technicians, registered certified pharmacy technicians, and pharmacists, and makes conforming changes. Removes provision allowing each member of the State Board of Pharmacy to receive a per diem payment in an amount determined from time to time by the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation for attendance at meetings of the Board and conducting other official business of the Board. Changes references to "Director" to references to "Secretary" or "Department" throughout the Act. Eliminates the position of deputy pharmacy coordinator. Makes changes in provisions concerning definitions, duties of the Department, inactive status, pharmacists in charge, nonresident pharmacy licenses, record retention, automated pharmacy systems, remote prescription processing, and discipline. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
House Floor Amendment No. 3 - In provisions amending the Regulatory Sunset Act, provides that the repeal date of the Pharmacy Practice is extended to January 1, 2020 (rather than January 1, 2019). Provides that appointments to the Collaborative Pharmaceutical Task Force shall be made by the specified person or his or her designee. Changes the date that voting members of the Task Force shall vote on recommendations from September 1, 2018 to September 1, 2019. Changes the date the Department of Financial and Regulation shall propose rules for adoption or recommend legislation to the General Assembly from October 1, 2018 to October 1, 2019. Repeals provisions concerning the Task Force on October 1, 2020 (rather than October 1, 2019).
House Floor Amendment No. 4 - Changes the month the Department of Financial and Regulation shall propose rules for adoption or recommend legislation to the General Assembly from October to November. Changes the month the provisions concerning the Collaborative Pharmaceutical Task Force are repealed from October to November.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - In provisions amending the Pharmacy Practice Act, removes provisions concerning automated pharmacy systems and remote dispensing. |
| | Current Status: | 9/8/2017 - Effective Date September 8, 2017
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| | Recent Status: | 9/8/2017 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0497
9/8/2017 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | HB3462 |
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| HB3479 | MEDICAID-MCCN-PHARMACY RATES (REP. SARA FEIGENHOLTZ; SEN. TIM BIVINS) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In addition to other specified actions required under the Code, requires a managed care community network that contracts with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to establish, maintain, and provide a fair and reasonable reimbursement rate to pharmacy providers for pharmaceutical services, prescription drugs and drug products, and pharmacy or pharmacist-provided services. Provides that the reimbursement methodology shall not be less than the current reimbursement rate utilized by the Department for prescription and pharmacy or pharmacist-provided services and shall not be below the actual acquisition cost of the pharmacy provider. Requires a managed care community network to ensure that the pharmacy formulary used by the managed care community network and its contract providers is no more restrictive than the Department's pharmaceutical program. Effective July 1, 2018. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 7/1/2018 - Senate Floor Amendment No. 5 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
5/31/2018 - House Bills on Second Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | HB3479 |
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| HB3522 | REVENUE-VARIOUS (REP. ROBERT MARTWICK) Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2018, the rate of tax for individuals, trusts, and estates shall be: (1) 4% of the portion of the taxpayer's net income from $0 to $7,500; (2) 5.84% of the portion of the taxpayer's net income exceeding $7,500 but not exceeding $15,000; (3) 6.27% of the portion of the taxpayer's net income exceeding $15,000 but not exceeding $225,000; and (4) 7.65% of the portion of the taxpayer's net income exceeding $225,000. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Education Property Tax Relief Fund. Provides that moneys in the Fund shall be distributed to school districts, and sets forth the distribution formula. Provides that transfers from the Tobacco Settlement Recovery Fund to the Budget Stabilization Fund shall cease upon the first transfer of moneys into the Budget Stabilization Fund under the provisions of the amendatory Act. Amends the Budget Stabilization Act. Provides for minimum funding levels to be maintained in the Budget Stabilization Fund and for the transfer of specified amounts to the Budget Stabilization Fund if minimum funding levels are not maintained. Makes other changes. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that, beginning on January 1, 2018, the rate of tax shall be 5.75% (currently, 6.25%). Amends various Acts to make conforming changes. Amends the Aircraft Use Tax Law and the Watercraft Use Tax Law. Provides that the rate of tax under those Act shall be 5.75% (currently, 6.25%). Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 4/26/2018 - Tabled
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| | Recent Status: | 4/26/2018 - Motion Prevailed
4/26/2018 - Motions in Writing
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| | State Bill Page: | HB3522 |
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| HB3572 | COST LIST-PHRMCY BENEFITS MNGR (REP. CYNTHIA SOTO) Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides regulation for the creation of a list of drugs used to set the maximum allowable cost on which reimbursement to a pharmacy or pharmacist may be based. Provides that before a pharmacy benefits manager places or continues a particular drug on a maximum allowable cost list, the drug shall meet specified requirements. Provides for the duties of a pharmacy benefits manager in his or her use of a maximum allowable cost list. Provides for a reasonable administrative appeal procedure to allow pharmacies to challenge maximum allowable costs and reimbursements made under a maximum allowable cost for a specific drug. Provides that a pharmacy benefits manager shall not reimburse a pharmacy or pharmacist in this State in an amount less than the amount that the pharmacy benefits manager reimburses a pharmacy benefits manager affiliate for providing the same pharmacist services. Provides that a pharmacy or pharmacist may decline to provide pharmacist services to a patient or pharmacy benefits manager if, as a result of a maximum allowable cost list, a pharmacy or pharmacist is to be paid less than the pharmacy acquisition cost of the pharmacy providing pharmacist services. Provides that a violation of the provisions concerning maximum allowable cost lists and pharmacy benefits managers is a deceptive trade practice. Amends the Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act to make a conforming change. Defines terms. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 3/31/2017 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
3/1/2017 - Assigned to House Health Care Licenses
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| | State Bill Page: | HB3572 |
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| HB3607 | INS CD-DRUG SYNCHRONIZATION (REP. MARCUS EVANS) Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides procedures for conducting pharmacy audits under the Third Party Prescription Programs Article. Prohibits an audit entity from using extrapolation to calculate penalties or amounts to be charged back, unless otherwise required by federal requirements. Defines terms. Contains provisions concerning notice of an audit, confidentiality, records, audit reporting, compensation, interest accrual, and appeal of a final audit report. Makes other changes. Provides that all entities providing prescription drug coverage shall permit and apply a prorated daily cost-sharing rate to prescriptions that are dispensed by a pharmacy for less than a 30-day supply if the prescriber or pharmacist indicates the fill or refill could be in the best interest of the patient or is for the purpose of synchronizing the patient's chronic medications. Provides that no entity providing prescription drug coverage shall deny coverage for the dispensing of any drug prescribed for the treatment of a chronic illness that is made in accordance with a plan among the insured, the prescriber, and a pharmacist to synchronize the refilling of multiple prescriptions for the insured. Provides that no entity providing prescription drug coverage shall use payment structures incorporating prorated dispensing fees determined by calculation of the days' supply of medication dispensed. Provides that dispensing fees shall be determined exclusively on the total number of prescriptions dispensed. Provides that the Department of Insurance and the Director shall have the authority to enforce the provisions of the Act and impose financial penalties. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 3/31/2017 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
3/1/2017 - Assigned to House Health Care Licenses
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| | State Bill Page: | HB3607 |
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| HB3833 | PHARMACISTS-HEALTH CARE SRVCS (REP. DAN BRADY) Amends the Care of Students with Diabetes Act, the Illinois Insurance Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, the Limited Health Service Organization Act, the Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act, the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act, and the Health Care Services Lien Act to add pharmacy or pharmacist-provided services to the types of health services under the Acts and to add pharmacists as health care providers or health care professionals under the Acts. Effective January 1, 2018. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 3/31/2017 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
3/7/2017 - Re-assigned to House Health Care Licenses
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| | State Bill Page: | HB3833 |
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| HB3844 | MEDICAID-DIABETES EDUCATION (REP. TIM BUTLER) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to provide medical assistance coverage for diabetes education provided by a certified diabetes education provider for children with Type 1 diabetes who are under the age of 18. Defines "certified diabetes education provider" to mean a professional who has undergone training and certification under conditions approved by the American Association of Diabetes Educators or a successor association of professionals. Defines "Type 1 diabetes" to have the meaning ascribed to it by the American Diabetes Association or any successor association. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 3/31/2017 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
3/9/2017 - To Medicaid Subcommittee
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| | State Bill Page: | HB3844 |
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| HB3910 | CONTROLLED SUB-EMS PERSONNEL (REP. KATHLEEN WILLIS) Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that emergency medical services personnel may administer Schedule II, III, IV, or V controlled substances to a person in the scope of their employment without a written, electronic, or oral prescription of a prescriber. Defines emergency medical services personnel. Includes "emergency medical services personnel" in the definition of "practitioner" under the Act. |
| | Current Status: | 8/22/2017 - Effective Date January 1, 2018
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| | Recent Status: | 8/22/2017 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0280
8/22/2017 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | HB3910 |
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| HB4078 | REPEAL/RESTORE VARIOUS-SB9 (REP. DAVID MCSWEENEY) If and only if Senate Bill 9 of the 100th General Assembly becomes law in the form in which it was amended by House Amendment No. 3, repeals the State Tax Lien Registration Act and the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act created by that bill. Repeals provisions of Senate Bill 9 of the 100th General Assembly that would have repealed the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act on January 1, 2018. Changes various Acts by restoring language deleted by Senate Bill 9 of the 100th General Assembly and deleting language added by Senate Bill 9 of the 100th General Assembly. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 7/18/2017 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Allen Skillicorn
7/6/2017 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. John M. Cabello
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| | State Bill Page: | HB4078 |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 11/28/2018 - Consideration of Governor's Veto Total Vetoes
11/27/2018 - Consideration of Governor's Veto Total Vetoes
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| | State Bill Page: | HB4096 |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 8/24/2018 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1051
8/24/2018 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | HB4100 |
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| HB4103 | HIGHER ED CENTERS EXCELLENCE (REP. DAN BRADY) Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Requires the Board of Higher Education to establish a uniform admission process online, which must be used at all public institutions of higher education; sets forth what components this admission process must include. Requires the Board (i) to ensure that any high school student in this State with a 3.0 cumulative grade point average or better on a 4.0 scale (or the equivalent on a 5.0 scale) receives access to the opportunity of higher education and (ii) to guarantee admission to a public university; requires cooperation by the State Board of Education, high schools, and public universities. Requires the Board to conduct a study of the academic programs offered at each public university campus. Sets forth the Board's duties concerning the study. Requires the Board to use the results of the study and other specified factors to determine which academic programs should be prioritized at campuses of public universities and to create and designate Higher Education Strategic Centers of Excellence. Requires the Board to work with the Illinois Community College Board to develop recommendations to integrate community colleges into this plan. Sets forth additional Board of Higher Education duties concerning evaluating programmatic expansions and new programs and studying student financial aid and multi-year budgeting. Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities to make conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 10/12/2017 - Referred to House Rules
10/12/2017 - FIRST READING
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| | State Bill Page: | HB4103 |
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| HB4146 | PATIENT RIGHTS-TRANSITION (REP. LAURA FINE; SEN. MICHAEL HASTINGS) Amends the Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act. In provisions concerning transition of services, provides that the health care plan shall not modify an enrollee's coverage of a drug during the plan year if the drug has been previously approved for coverage by the plan for a medical condition, the plan's prescribing provider continues to prescribe the drug for the medical condition, and the patient continues to be an enrollee of the health care plan. Provides specific prohibited modifications of drug coverage in the health plan. Provides that the provisions do not prohibit a health care plan from requiring a pharmacist to effect generic substitutions of prescription drugs. Provides that the provisions do not prohibit the addition of prescription drugs to a health care plan's list of covered drugs during the coverage year. Provides that the provisions do not apply to a health care plan as defined in the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 or medical assistance under the Illinois Public Aid Code. Effective immediately.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - In language providing that a health care plan is not prohibited from requiring a pharmacist to effect substitutions of prescription drugs, provides that the health care plan is not prohibited from requiring a pharmacist to effect substitutions consistent with provisions from the Pharmacy Practice Act that allow a pharmacist to substitute an interchangeable biologic for a prescribed biologic product and select a generic drug determined to be therapeutically equivalent by the United States Food and Drug Administration and in accordance with the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
Fiscal Note, House Committee Amendment No. 1 (Dept. of Central Management Services)
The fiscal impact to the Department of Central Management Services is negligible.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act. During an enrollee's plan year, prohibits a health care plan from removing a drug from its formulary or negatively changing its preferred or cost-tier sharing unless, at least 60 days before making the formulary change, the health care plan provides certain notifications to current and prospective enrollees and prescribing providers. Provides that the notification to a prescribing provider shall include a one-page form and may direct the provider to an electronic portal through which the provider may certify that coverage of the drug for the enrollee is medically necessary. Provides that if a provider certifies that a drug is medically necessary, the health care plan shall authorize coverage for the drug based solely on the provider's assertion that coverage is medically necessary and prohibits the health care plan from making certain modifications to the coverage related to the covered drug. Provides that the provisions do not prevent a health care plan from removing a drug from its formulary or denying an enrollee coverage if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration calls into question the clinical safety of the drug, the drug manufacturer notifies the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of a manufacturing discontinuance or potential discontinuance, or the drug manufacturer removes the drug from the market. Provides that the provisions do not prohibit a health care plan from requiring a pharmacist to effect generic substitutions of prescription drugs. Provides that the provisions apply to a policy or contract that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2019. Provides that the provisions do not apply to a health care plan as defined in the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 or medical assistance under the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the provisions concerning transition of services shall not be construed to prohibit the addition of prescription drugs to a health care plan's list of covered drugs during the coverage year. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 8/24/2018 - Effective Date August 24, 2018
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| | Recent Status: | 8/24/2018 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1052
8/24/2018 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | HB4146 |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 4/13/2018 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
4/11/2018 - House Appropriations-Human Services |
| | State Bill Page: | HB4164 |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 11/28/2018 - Consideration of Governor's Veto Total Vetoes
11/27/2018 - Consideration of Governor's Veto Total Vetoes
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| | State Bill Page: | HB4165 |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 4/13/2018 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
4/11/2018 - House Appropriations-Human Services |
| | State Bill Page: | HB4166 |
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| HB4180 | TANF-SUBSTANCE ABUSE TESTING (REP. DAVID REIS) Amends the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that not later than 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act, the Department of Human Services shall, by emergency rule, establish a program of substance abuse testing as a condition of eligibility for benefits under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. Provides that the Department shall require applicants for TANF benefits to submit to substance abuse testing before a final determination of eligibility. Provides that an applicant shall be ineligible for TANF benefits if (i) the applicant tests positive for substance abuse or (ii) the applicant refuses to submit to substance abuse testing. Provides that if an applicant tests negative for substance abuse and meets all the other eligibility requirements for TANF benefits, the cost of administering the substance abuse test to the applicant shall be deducted from the applicant's first benefits payment. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 4/13/2018 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
4/10/2018 - To HS Medicaid Subcommittee
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| | State Bill Page: | HB4180 |
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| HB4181 | DHS-LINK CARD-PHOTO ID (REP. DAVID REIS) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that on and after January 1, 2019, electronic benefits transfer ("LINK") cards used to obtain Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits or cash shall contain the name and photo of the primary cardholder and, at the option of the primary cardholder, the names of secondary holders who are authorized to use the card. Establishes that an individual may only use the LINK card if the photo on the card matches the user or he or she presents a current and valid photo identification that confirms that he or she is a secondary user listed on the card. Provides that on the effective date of the amendatory Act the Department of Human Services shall begin the process of transitioning to the use of LINK cards which contain the name and photo of the primary cardholder and list the names of all authorized users of the card. Requires the transition to be completed no later than January 1, 2019. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 1/24/2018 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Severin
1/17/2018 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Terri Bryant
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| | State Bill Page: | HB4181 |
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| HB4218 | FOID-PATIENT DEFINITION (REP. BARBARA WHEELER) Amends the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act. Defines "patient" for purposes of the Act as a person who: is admitted as an in-patient or resident of a public or private mental health facility for mental health treatment under the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code as an informal admission, a voluntary admission, a minor admission, an emergency admission, or an involuntary admission; or is otherwise provided mental health treatment as an in-patient or resident by a public or private mental health facility, unless the treatment was solely for an alcohol abuse disorder and no other secondary substance abuse disorder or mental illness; or a person who voluntarily or involuntarily receives mental health treatment as an out-patient or is otherwise provided services by a public or private mental health facility, and who poses a clear and present danger to himself, herself, or to others. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 4/27/2018 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
4/27/2018 - House Bills on Second Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | HB4218 |
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| HB4246 | LOCAL GOV CONVENTION EXPENSES (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 entered into before the effective date of the Act. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 1/16/2018 - Referred to House Rules
1/16/2018 - FIRST READING
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| | State Bill Page: | HB4246 |
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| HB4247 | CONVENTION SPACE APPROPRIATION (REP. DAVID MCSWEENEY) Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that, for contracts entered into on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, State appropriations may not be expended to rent or pay for access to physical space for booths, hospitality suites, or other physical space for units of local government, school districts, community college districts, or other taxing bodies at a convention or gathering of personnel. Excludes appropriations for physical space expenditures at any convention or gathering of public safety personnel. Effective immediately.
House Committee Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Provides that a State agency shall not expend public funds to rent or pay for access to physical space for booths, hospitality suites, or other physical space at a convention or gathering of personnel. Provides that those provisions do not apply to public funds expended under a contract entered into before the effective date of the amendatory Act or to public funds expended for physical space at any convention or gathering of public safety personnel. Defines "State agency" as the departments of the executive branch of State government listed in Section 5-15 of the Departments of State Government Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 4/27/2018 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
4/27/2018 - House Bills on Second Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | HB4247 |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 2/13/2018 - House Cities & Villages1/16/2018 - Referred to House Rules
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| | State Bill Page: | HB4248 |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 4/18/2018 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Randy E. Frese
4/13/2018 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| | State Bill Page: | HB4263 |
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| HB4270 | GOOD SAMARITAN ACT-FREE CLINIC (REP. DAVID OLSEN) Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Provides that a free medical clinic shall not be liable for civil damages as a result of acts or omissions in providing medical treatment, diagnosis, or advice, except for willful or wanton misconduct. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 4/13/2018 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
4/10/2018 - House Tort Liability Law Subcommittee |
| | State Bill Page: | HB4270 |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 4/13/2018 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
4/12/2018 - House Committee Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee
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| | State Bill Page: | HB4277 |
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| HB4289 | MEDICAID-AUTISM SPECTRUM (REP. GREG HARRIS) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that all children with autism spectrum disorder who are otherwise eligible for medical assistance shall receive coverage for any medically necessary evidence-based treatment prescribed by a physician licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 to practice medicine in all of its branches or a licensed practitioner of the healing arts as defined in the Illinois Administrative Code. Effective July 1, 2018. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 4/13/2018 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
4/11/2018 - House Appropriations-Human Services |
| | State Bill Page: | HB4289 |
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| HB4297 | TOBACCO PRODUCTS-UNDER 21 (REP. CAMILLE LILLY) Amends the Prevention of Tobacco Use by Minors and Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products Act. Changes the name of the Act to the Prevention of Tobacco Use by Persons under 21 Years of Age and Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products Act. Raises the age for whom tobacco products, electronic cigarettes, and alternative nicotine products may be sold to and possessed by from at least 18 years of age to at least 21 years of age. Defines "electronic cigarette". Repeals the Smokeless Tobacco Limitation Act. Amends various other Acts to make conforming changes.
House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Makes it a Class A misdemeanor for a person who is under 21 years of age (formerly 18) in the furtherance or facilitation of obtaining any tobacco product to display or use a false or forged identification card or to transfer, alter, or deface an identification card. Makes other technical changes.
House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Provides that the report to the General Assembly by the Illinois Liquor Control Commission based on a study of the impact of Public Act 95-634 on the business of soliciting, selling, and shipping wine from inside and outside of this State directly to residents of this State. shall 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. Provides that a person shall not distribute without charge samples of any tobacco product to any other person, regardless of age, except for smokeless tobacco in an adult-only facility (current law prohibits the distribution of free samples of a tobacco product, regardless of age: (1) within a retail establishment selling tobacco products, unless the retailer has verified the purchaser's age with a government issued identification; (2) from a lunch wagon; or (3) on a public way as a promotion or advertisement of a tobacco manufacturer or tobacco product). |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 5/17/2018 - House Floor Amendment No. 2 Home Rule Note Filed as Amended
5/2/2018 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monica Bristow
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| | State Bill Page: | HB4297 |
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| HB4330 | BIOMETRIC DATA-COMMERCIAL USE (REP. SAM YINGLING) Amends the Biometric Information Privacy Act. Provides that except to the extent necessary for an employer to conduct background checks or implement employee security protocols, a private entity may not require a person or customer to provide his or her biometric identifier or biometric information as a condition for the provision of goods or services. Provides that the new provisions do not apply to: (i) companies that provide medical services; (ii) law enforcement agencies; or (iii) governmental entities. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 4/13/2018 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
4/10/2018 - House Commercial Law Subcommittee |
| | State Bill Page: | HB4330 |
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| HB4331 | OPIOID OVERDOSE REPORTING (REP. JOHN CONNOR; SEN. PATRICIA VAN PELT) Amends the Counties Code. Provides that in every case in which an opioid overdose is determined to be a contributing factor in a death, the coroner shall report the death and the age, gender, race, and county of residence, if known, of the decedent to the Department of Public Health. Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act and the Hospital Licensing Act. Requires every hospital to report the age, gender, race, and county of residence, if known, of each patient diagnosed as having an opioid overdose to the Department within 48 hours of the diagnosis. Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department to adopt rules to implement the reporting requirements. Requires the Department to annually report to the General Assembly the data collected.
House Floor Amendment No. 1 - In the provisions of the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois concerning opioid overdose reporting, provides that the annual report to the General Assembly shall 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. Provides that the report shall be provided electronically to any member of the General Assembly upon request.
House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Removes provisions amending the University of Illinois Hospital Act and the Hospital Licensing Act. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 7/1/2018 - Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
7/1/2018 - Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 1/26/2018 - Referred to House Rules
1/26/2018 - FIRST READING
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| | State Bill Page: | HB4359 |
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| HB4392 | IDPH-MAMMOGRAPHY INFORMATION (REP. MICHAEL MCAULIFFE; SEN. THOMAS CULLERTON) Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall require every provider of mammography services to, if a patient's mammogram demonstrates dense breast tissue, provide notification to the patient in any summary of the mammography report sent to the patient pursuant to the federal Mammography Quality Standards Act that shall include, but not be limited to, certain information. |
| | Current Status: | 8/10/2018 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0749
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| | Recent Status: | 8/10/2018 - Effective Date January 1, 2019
8/10/2018 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | HB4392 |
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| HB4436 | PSYCHOTROPIC-ELECTROCONVULSIVE (REP. LINDA CHAPA LAVIA) Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that notwithstanding any of the provisions of the Code concerning the administration of psychotropic medication and electroconvulsive therapy, psychotropic medication or electroconvulsive therapy may be administered pursuant to a power of attorney for health care under the Powers of Attorney for Health Care Law or a declaration for mental health treatment under the Mental Health Treatment Preference Declaration Act over the objection of the recipient if the recipient has not revoked the power of attorney or declaration for mental health treatment as provided in the relevant statute. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 2/13/2018 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
1/31/2018 - Referred to House Rules
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| | State Bill Page: | HB4436 |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 8/23/2018 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1042
8/23/2018 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | HB4440 |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 4/13/2018 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
4/11/2018 - House Appropriations-Human Services |
| | State Bill Page: | HB4443 |
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| HB4450 | HEALTH-TECH (REP. BRIAN STEWART) Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 1/31/2018 - Referred to House Rules
1/31/2018 - FIRST READING
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| | State Bill Page: | HB4450 |
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| HB4475 | SCH CD-INFLUENZA VACCINE INFO (REP. LAURA FINE) Amends the School Code. Requires the school board of a school district to include information about influenza and influenza vaccinations in accordance with the latest recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention when it provides information on immunizations, infectious diseases, medications, or other school health issues to the parents or guardians of students. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 4/13/2018 - House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
4/13/2018 - House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| | State Bill Page: | HB4475 |
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| HB4511 | HOSPITAL-HEALTH INSURANCE POST (REP. MARTIN MOYLAN) Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act and Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that each hospital shall post, in each facility that has an emergency room, a notice in a conspicuous location in the emergency room with information about how to enroll in health insurance through the Illinois health insurance marketplace. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 2/21/2018 - Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Martin J. Moylan
2/2/2018 - Referred to House Rules
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| | State Bill Page: | HB4511 |
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| HB4515 | PHYSICIAN-DISCIPLINE EXEMPTION (REP. DANIEL SWANSON; SEN. DALE FOWLER) Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Exempts physicians from disciplinary action by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation based solely upon the licensee's recommendation or provision of a treatment method for Lyme disease or other tick-borne disease if specified criteria are met. Effective immediately.
House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Lyme Disease Prevention and Protection Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall establish the Lyme Disease Prevention, Detection, and Outreach Program to advise the Department on disease prevention and surveillance and provider and public education relating to the disease. Provides that the Department shall continue to support the vector-borne disease epidemiologist coordinator who is responsible for overseeing the program. Provides that the program shall meet specified requirements to raise awareness about and to promote prevention of Lyme disease. Creates the Lyme Disease Task Force. Provides language concerning the duties and membership of the Task Force. Provides that the Department shall prepare a report annually indicating all efforts under the Act, and the report shall be posted on the Department's website and distributed to the General Assembly and the Task Force. Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall not take disciplinary or non-disciplinary actions against a physician for experimental treatment for Lyme Disease or other tick-borne diseases. |
| | Current Status: | 11/30/2018 - Effective Date January 1, 2019
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| | Recent Status: | 11/30/2018 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1137
11/15/2018 - Amendatory Veto Overridden Both Houses
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| | State Bill Page: | HB4515 |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 11/30/2018 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1138
11/28/2018 - Both Houses Override Total Veto
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| | State Bill Page: | HB4645 |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 8/21/2018 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1005
8/21/2018 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | HB4650 |
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| HB4679 | INS CODE-SURPRISE BILLS (REP. JUSTIN SLAUGHTER) Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Defines "surprise bill" to mean a bill for health care services received by certain out-of-network providers in which the enrollee did not knowingly elect to obtain those services from an out-of-network provider. Provides that a carrier shall require an enrollee to pay only certain expenses of a surprise bill that would be imposed for health care services if the services were rendered by a network provider. Provides for reimbursement to the out-of-network provider or enrollee at the average network rate, unless the carrier and out-of-network provider agree otherwise. Provides that if a carrier has an inadequate network, as determined by the Director of Insurance, the carrier shall ensure that the enrollee obtains covered service at no greater cost to the enrollee than if the service was obtained from a network provider or make other arrangements acceptable to the Director. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 2/7/2018 - Referred to House Rules
2/7/2018 - FIRST READING
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| | State Bill Page: | HB4679 |
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| HB4696 | USE/OCC TX-PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (REP. DAVID OLSEN) Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that, beginning on January 1, 2019, the tax is not imposed on prescription medicines or prescription drugs. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 2/13/2018 - Referred to House Rules
2/13/2018 - FIRST READING
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| | State Bill Page: | HB4696 |
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| HB4699 | GOOD SAMARITAN ACT-EPINEPHRINE (REP. JONATHAN CARROLL) Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Provides that a person who in good faith and without fee administers epinephrine to another person who is suffering from a severe allergic reaction shall not be liable for civil damages as a result of his or her acts or omissions, except for willful or wanton misconduct on the part of the person in administering the epinephrine. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 2/13/2018 - Referred to House Rules
2/13/2018 - FIRST READING
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| | State Bill Page: | HB4699 |
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| HB4707 | CONTROLLED SUB-HYDROCODONE (REP. SUE SCHERER; SEN. OMAR AQUINO) Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Changes the classification of Hydrocodone from a Schedule II controlled substance to a Schedule I controlled substance. Amends the Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987 to make a conforming change.
House Floor Amendment No. 3 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Prescription Drug Task Force Act. Creates the Prescription Drug Task Force. Prescribes membership. Provides that the Task Force may seek the assistance of the Departments of Human Services, Financial and Professional Regulation, and Public Health in performing its duties. Provides that the Task Force shall: (1) study prescription opioid abuse in this State; (2) study the over-prescription of opioids such as Hydrocodone and Oxycodone; (3) recommend whether restrictions on prescriptions of opioids should be enacted by the General Assembly; and (4) recommend any other legislation, including amendments to the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, that would have the effect of reducing opioid addiction and abuse. Provides that after completion of its duties, the Task Force shall report its recommendations to the General Assembly. Provides that the report to the General Assembly shall 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. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall provide administrative and other support to the Task Force. Effective immediately.
House Floor Amendment No. 4 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Prescription Drug Task Force Act. Creates the Prescription Drug Task Force. Prescribes membership. Provides that the Task Force may seek the assistance of the Departments of Human Services, Financial and Professional Regulation, and Public Health in performing its duties. Provides that the Task Force shall: (1) study prescription opioid abuse in this State; (2) study the over-prescription of opioids such as Hydrocodone and Oxycodone; (3) recommend whether restrictions on prescriptions of opioids should be enacted by the General Assembly; and (4) recommend any other legislation, including amendments to the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, that would have the effect of reducing opioid addiction and abuse. Provides that after completion of its duties, the Task Force shall report its recommendations to the General Assembly. Provides that the report to the General Assembly shall 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. Provides that the Task Force shall focus its efforts in a manner that best utilizes the unique skills and perspectives of the experts on the Task Force. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall provide administrative and other support to the Task Force. Effective immediately.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill. Deletes provision that the Prescription Drug Task Force shall recommend whether restrictions on prescriptions of opioids should be enacted by the General Assembly. Increases membership on the Task Force from 19 to 25 members. Provides that one member shall be from a statewide organization representing physician assistants (rather than physicians). Adds to the Task Force: (1) 2 members who are representatives of providers of addiction treatment services, appointed by the Secretary of Human Services; (2) 2 members who are public defenders, appointed by the Attorney General; and (3) 2 members who are physicians licensed to practice medicine in all its branches, including one physician specializing in pain management and one physician specializing in emergency medicine, nominated by a statewide organization representing physicians licensed to practice medicine in all its branches, appointed by the Secretary of Human Services. Provides that The Task Force shall submit a report of its recommendations to the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2019. Provides that the Act is repealed on January 1, 2021. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 8/20/2018 - Effective Date August 20, 2018
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| | Recent Status: | 8/20/2018 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0989
8/20/2018 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | HB4707 |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 11/30/2018 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1141
11/28/2018 - Amendatory Veto Overridden Both Houses
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| | State Bill Page: | HB4771 |
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| HB4795 | SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER ACT (REP. TOM DEMMER) Amends the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act. Changes the short title of the Act to the Substance Use Disorder Act. Removes the terms "addict", "addiction", "alcoholic", "alcoholism", and "substance abuse" and their corresponding definitions. Requires the Department of Human Services to reduce the incidence of substance use disorders (rather than reduce the incidence and consequences of the abuse of alcohol and other drugs). Defines "substance use disorder". Requires the Department to design, coordinate, and fund prevention, early intervention, treatment, and other recovery support services for substance use disorders that are accessible and address the needs of at-risk individuals and their families. Requires the Department to develop a comprehensive plan on the provision of such services; assist other State agencies in developing and establishing substance use disorder services for the agencies' clients; adopt medical and clinical standards on how to determine a substance use disorder diagnosis; and other matters. Contains provisions concerning the licensing of substance use disorder treatment providers; licensure categories and services; the identification of individuals who need substance use disorder treatment using "SBIRT"; patients' rights; services for pregnant women, mothers, and criminal justice clients; and other matters. Repeals a provision of the Act establishing the Committee on Women's Alcohol and Substance Abuse Treatment. Repeals a provision of the Act setting forth the powers and duties of the Medical Advisory Committee. Makes conforming changes concerning the Substance Use Disorder Act to several Acts including the Department of Human Services Act, the Children and Family Services Act, and the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Effective January 1, 2019.
House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Further amends the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act. Defines the terms "designated program", "recovery", "recovery support", "substance use disorder", and "withdrawal management". Restores all references to "designated program". Requires the Department of Human Services to promulgate regulations to identify and disseminate best practice guidelines that can be utilized by publicly and privately funded programs as well as for levels of payment to government funded programs that provide prevention, early intervention, treatment, and other recovery support services for substance use disorders and those services referenced in specified provisions of the Substance Use Disorder Act. Requires the Department to identify and disseminate evidence-based best practice guidelines as maintained in administrative rule that can be utilized to determine a substance use disorder diagnosis. Requires the Department to encourage all health and disability insurance programs to include substance use disorder treatment as a covered service and to use evidence-based best practice criteria as maintained in administrative rule and as required in Public Act 99-0480 in determining the necessity for such services and continued stay (rather than to use the clinical standards adopted by the Department in determining medical necessity for such services and criteria for continuing stay). Requires the Department to post on its website a licensed provider directory updated at least quarterly. In provisions allowing an individual who is charged with or convicted of a crime to receive substance use disorder treatment from a designated program as a condition of probation, requires case management services to be delivered by the designated program. Makes other changes. |
| | Current Status: | 8/10/2018 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0759
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| | Recent Status: | 8/10/2018 - Effective Date January 1, 2019
8/10/2018 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | HB4795 |
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| HB4825 | INS CD-SYNCHRONIZE MEDICATION (REP. MARCUS EVANS) Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that all entities providing prescription drug coverage shall permit and apply a prorated daily cost-sharing rate to prescriptions that are dispensed by a pharmacy for less than a 30-day supply if the prescriber or pharmacist indicates the fill or refill could be in the best interest of the patient or is for the purpose of synchronizing the patient's chronic medications. Provides that no entity providing prescription drug coverage shall deny coverage for the dispensing of any drug prescribed for the treatment of a chronic illness that is made in accordance with a plan among the insured, the prescriber, and a pharmacist to synchronize the refilling of multiple prescriptions for the insured. Provides that no entity providing prescription drug coverage shall use payment structures incorporating prorated dispensing fees determined by calculation of the days' supply of medication dispensed. Provides that dispensing fees shall be determined exclusively on the total number of prescriptions dispensed. Establishes criteria for an entity conducting audits (either on-site or remotely) of pharmacy records. Provides that the Department of Insurance and Director of Insurance shall have the authority to enforce the provisions of the Act and impose financial penalties. Effective January 1, 2019. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 2/14/2018 - Referred to House Rules
2/14/2018 - FIRST READING
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| | State Bill Page: | HB4825 |
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| HB4900 | GENERIC DRUG PRICING FAIRNESS (REP. WILL GUZZARDI; SEN. LINDA HOLMES) Creates the Illinois Generic Drug Pricing Fairness Act. Provides that a manufacturer or wholesale drug distributor shall not engage in price gouging in the sale of an essential off-patent or generic drug. Provides that the Director of Healthcare and Family Services or Director of Central Management Services may notify the Attorney General of any increase in the price of any essential off-patent or generic drug under the Medical Assistance Program under the Illinois Public Aid Code or a State health plan, respectively, that amounts to price gouging. Provides that whenever the Attorney General has reason to believe that a manufacturer or wholesale drug distributor of an essential off-patent or generic drug has violated the Act, the Attorney General shall send a notice to the manufacturer or wholesale drug distributor requesting a specified statement. Provides that within 45 days after receipt of the request, the manufacturer or wholesale drug distributor shall submit the statement to the Attorney General. Provides that to accomplish the objectives and carry out the duties prescribed in the Act, the Attorney General may issue subpoenas or examine under oath any person to determine whether a manufacturer or wholesale drug distributor has violated the Act. Provides that upon petition of the Attorney General, a circuit court may issue specified orders against violations of the Act. Contains provisions concerning the disclosure of financial information provided by a manufacturer or wholesale drug distributor to the Attorney General. Effective January 1, 2019. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 5/22/2018 - Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
5/18/2018 - Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
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| | State Bill Page: | HB4900 |
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| HB4907 | CONTROL SUB-PMP&ADV COMMITTEE (REP. MICHAEL MCAULIFFE; SEN. MICHAEL HASTINGS) Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services, in consultation with the Advisory Committee, shall adopt rules allowing licensed prescribers or pharmacists who have registered to access the Prescription Monitoring Program to authorize a licensed or non-licensed designee (rather than any designee) employed in that licensed prescriber's office or licensed pharmacist's pharmacy and who has received training in the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act to consult the Prescription Monitoring Program on their behalf. Requires the Clinical Director of the Prescription Monitoring Program to select 6 members (rather than 5 members), 3 physicians, 2 pharmacists, and one dentist, of the Prescription Monitoring Program Advisory Committee to serve as members of the peer review subcommittee. Effective immediately.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Reinserts the provisions of the bill. Provides that the Department of Human Services, in consultation with the Advisory Committee, shall adopt rules allowing licensed prescribers or pharmacists who have registered to access the Prescription Monitoring Program to authorize a licensed or non-licensed designee employed in that licensed prescriber's office or a licensed designee in a licensed pharmacist's pharmacy, and who has received training in the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (rather than a designee) to consult the Prescription Monitoring Program on their behalf. Effective immediately.
House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Provides that the annual report of the peer review subcommittee to the General Assembly shall 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: | 8/15/2018 - Effective Date August 14, 2018
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| | Recent Status: | 8/15/2018 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0861
8/14/2018 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | HB4907 |
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| HB4995 | DRUGS-PRIOR AUTHORIZATION FORM (REP. FRED CRESPO) Amends the Illinois Insurance Code and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires that on or before July 1, 2019, the Department of Insurance and Department of Healthcare and Family Services to jointly develop a uniform prior authorization form to be used by prescribing providers to request prior authorization for prescription drug benefits. Provides that on and after January 1, 2020, or 6 months after the uniform prior authorization form is developed, whichever is later, health insurers, managed care organizations, and fee-for-service medical assistance programs that provide prescription drug benefits shall utilize and accept the uniform prior authorization form and prescribing providers may use the uniform prior authorization form. Provides criteria for developing the uniform prior authorization form. Provides requirements and limitations of prior authorization requests. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 2/14/2018 - Referred to House Rules
2/14/2018 - FIRST READING
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| | State Bill Page: | HB4995 |
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| HB5016 | MEDICAL CANNABIS-FINGERPRINTS (REP. ANN WILLIAMS) Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act. Removes the fingerprinting and background check requirements for a prospective qualifying patient or designated caregiver. Provides that each applicant for a registry identification card shall sign an affidavit stating that the applicant has not been convicted of violation of a state or federal controlled substance law, the Cannabis Control Act, or the Methamphetamine and Community Protection Act that was classified as a felony in the jurisdiction where the person was convicted. Provides that an applicant may sign the affidavit if the applicant was convicted of a felony under the Cannabis Control Act, but the crime that the applicant was convicted of under the Cannabis Control Act is not considered a felony at the time the affidavit is signed. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 4/13/2018 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
4/9/2018 - To Criminal Administration and Enforcement Subcommittee
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| | State Bill Page: | HB5016 |
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| HB5095 | DEPT-INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY (REP. JAIME ANDRADE, JR.) Creates the Department of Innovation and Technology Act to codify the changes made in Executive Order 2016-001. Creates the Department of Innovation and Technology. Abolishes the Information Technology Office (also known as the Office of the Chief Information Officer) within the Office of the Governor and transfers its functions, personnel, and property to Department of Innovation and Technology. Provides for the transfer of information technology functions, including related personnel and property, from specified State agencies, boards, and commissions to the Department of Innovation and Technology. Provides for the powers and responsibilities of the Department of Innovation and Technology, including specified programs and initiatives. Provides for the appointment of the Secretary and Assistant Secretary of Innovation and Technology by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that the Secretary shall serve as the Chief Information Officer of the State. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code concerning the leasing for dark fiber networks. Amends the Open Meetings Act, the Gubernatorial Boards and Commissions Act, the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the State Fire Marshal Act, the Illinois Century Network Act, the State Finance Act, the Grant Information Collection Act, the Illinois Pension Code, the Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Act, the Public Aid Code, the Methamphetamine Precursor Tracking Act, the Workers' Compensation Act, and the Workers' Occupational Diseases Act to make conforming changes and other changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 2/16/2018 - Referred to House Rules
2/16/2018 - FIRST READING
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| | State Bill Page: | HB5095 |
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| HB5351 | TELEHEALTH-DIABETES (REP. RYAN SPAIN; SEN. LINDA HOLMES) Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions concerning coverage for telehealth services, if an individual or group policy of accident or health insurance provides coverage for telehealth services, it must provide coverage for licensed dietitians, nutritionists, and diabetes educators who counsel senior diabetes patients in the patients' homes to remove the hurdle of transportation for patients to receive treatment. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services may authorize licensed dietitians, nutritionists, and diabetes educators to counsel senior diabetes patients in the patients' homes to remove the hurdle of transportation for patients to receive treatment.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - In provisions amending the Illinois Insurance Code concerning requirements if an individual or group policy provides coverage for telehealth, provides that the individual or group policy must provide coverage for licensed dietitian nutritionists and certified diabetes educators (rather than licensed dietitians, nutritionists, and diabetes educators). In provisions amending the Illinois Public Aid Code, provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services may authorize licensed dietitian nutritionists and certified diabetes educators (rather than rather than licensed dietitians, nutritionists, and diabetes educators) to counsel senior diabetes patients in the patients' homes to remove the hurdle of transportation for patients to receive treatment. |
| | Current Status: | 8/21/2018 - Effective Date January 1, 2019
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| | Recent Status: | 8/21/2018 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1009
8/21/2018 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | HB5351 |
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| HB5442 | CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE-REPORTING (REP. JIM DURKIN) Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that, for the purposes of the Act, "public body" does not include a Metropolitan Enforcement Group (MEG) Policy Board or drug task force composed or created by any combination of local law enforcement agencies. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits drug-induced homicide when he or she violates delivery of a controlled substance or methamphetamine or a similar law of another jurisdiction, by unlawfully delivering a controlled substance to another, and the injection, inhalation, absorption, or ingestion of any amount of that controlled substance is a contributing cause of the person's death. Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that controlled substances which are lawfully administered in hospitals or institutions licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act shall be reported under (rather than, exempt from) specified reporting provisions under the Act, and the prescription for the controlled substances ordered and the quantity actually administered (rather than, the reporting requirement only applies for more than a 72-hour supply of a discharge medication to be consumed outside of the hospital or institution). Provides that the information required to be transmitted under the prescription monitoring program must be transmitted not later than the end of the business day on which a controlled substance is dispensed, or at such other time as may be required by the Department of Human Services by administrative rule (rather than, at the end of the next business day on which the controlled substance is dispensed). |
| | Current Status: | 4/13/2018 - House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
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| | Recent Status: | 4/12/2018 - Tabled
4/12/2018 - Tabled Pursuant to Rule 22(g)-5
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| | State Bill Page: | HB5442 |
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| HB5482 | DFPR LICENSURE-IMMIGRATION (REP. WILL GUZZARDI) Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall allow an applicant to provide his or her individual taxpayer identification number as an alternative to provide a social security number when applying for a license. Provides that no applicant shall be denied a license solely based on his or her immigration status or citizenship status. Makes conforming changes in the School Code, Pharmacy Practice Act, and the Attorney Act. Makes other changes. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 11/15/2018 - Consideration of Governor's Veto Total Vetoes
11/14/2018 - Consideration of Governor's Veto
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| | State Bill Page: | HB5482 |
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| HB5496 | MED PRACTICE ACT-RENEWALS (REP. REGINALD PHILLIPS) Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation may not refuse to renew, or take disciplinary action concerning, the license of any physician who continues prescribing previously prescribed medications to existing patients for 90 days after the expiration of his or her license if the physician's license is not timely renewed because of a clerical issue in the physician's renewal application. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 4/13/2018 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
4/10/2018 - House Health Care Licenses |
| | State Bill Page: | HB5496 |
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| HB5611 | DEPT-INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY (REP. JAIME ANDRADE, JR.; SEN. BILL CUNNINGHAM) Creates the Department of Innovation and Technology Act to codify the changes made in Executive Order 2016-001. Creates the Department of Innovation and Technology. Abolishes the Information Technology Office (also known as the Office of the Chief Information Officer) within the Office of the Governor and transfers its functions, personnel, and property to Department of Innovation and Technology. Provides for the transfer of information technology functions, including related personnel and property, from specified State agencies, boards, and commissions to the Department of Innovation and Technology. Provides for the powers and responsibilities of the Department of Innovation and Technology, including specified programs and initiatives. Provides for the appointment of the Secretary and Assistant Secretary of Innovation and Technology by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate. Provides that the Secretary shall serve as the Chief Information Officer of the State. Amends various Act and Codes to make conforming changes. Repeals Sections in the Department of Central Management Services Law. Effective immediately.
House Committee Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill, and modifies the definition of "information technology". Inserts provisions creating the Illinois Information Security Improvement Act. Creates the Office of the Statewide Chief Information Security Officer within the Department of Innovation and Technology. Provides for the duties and powers of the Office. Creates the position of Statewide Chief Information Security Officer to serve as the head of the Office. Provides for the qualifications, powers, and duties of the Statewide Chief Information Security Officer, and for the appointment of the Statewide Chief Information Security Officer by the Secretary of Innovation and Technology. Defines terms. Makes conforming and other changes.
House Floor Amendment No. 4 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill, and modifies the definition of "information technology". Inserts provisions creating the Illinois Information Security Improvement Act. Creates the Office of the Statewide Chief Information Security Officer within the Department of Innovation and Technology. Provides for the duties and powers of the Office. Creates the position of Statewide Chief Information Security Officer to serve as the head of the Office. Provides for the qualifications, powers, and duties of the Statewide Chief Information Security Officer, and for the appointment of the Statewide Chief Information Security Officer by the Secretary of Innovation and Technology. In provisions of the State Employees Article of the Illinois Pension Code concerning the alternative retirement annuity, provides that eligible creditable service for purposes of the alternative retirement annuity includes service as an employee who was transferred to the Department of Central Management Services by Executive Order No. 2003-10 or Executive Order No. 2004-2 or transferred to the Department of Innovation and Technology by Executive Order No. 2016-1, or both, and was entitled to eligible creditable service for services immediately preceding the transfer. Provides that a person to which these provisions apply is entitled to eligible creditable service for service credit earned under the Article on and after his or her transfer by Executive Order No. 2003-10, Executive Order No. 2004-2, or Executive Order No. 2016-1. Further amends the State Employees Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that any benefit increase that results from the amendatory Act is excluded from the definition of "new benefit increase". Defines terms. Makes conforming and other changes. |
| | Current Status: | 7/20/2018 - Effective Date July 20, 2018
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| | Recent Status: | 7/20/2018 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0611
7/20/2018 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | HB5611 |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 2/16/2018 - Referred to House Rules
2/16/2018 - FIRST READING
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| | State Bill Page: | HB5658 |
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| HB5747 | PHARMACY-BIRTH CONTROL (REP. MICHELLE MUSSMAN) Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Provides that "practice of pharmacy" includes the prescribing and dispensing of hormonal contraceptive patches and self-administered oral hormonal contraceptives. Defines "hormonal contraceptive patch" as a transdermal patch applied to the skin of a patient, by the patient or by a practitioner, that releases a drug composed of a combination of hormones that is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration to prevent pregnancy and "self-administered oral hormonal contraceptive" as a drug composed of a combination of hormones that is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration to prevent pregnancy and that the patient to whom the drug is prescribed may take orally. Allows pharmacists to prescribe and dispense contraceptives to a person over 18 years of age and a person under 18 years of age only if the person has evidence of a previous prescription from a primary care or a women's health care practitioner. Requires the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to adopt rules to establish standard procedures for pharmacists to prescribe contraceptives. Provides requirements for the rules to be adopted by the Department. Provides that all State and federal laws governing insurance coverage of contraceptive drugs and products shall apply to the provisions. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 4/11/2018 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
4/3/2018 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John C. D'Amico
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| | State Bill Page: | HB5747 |
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| HB5769 | DRUGS-PRIOR AUTHORIZATION FORM (REP. DEB CONROY; SEN. DAVE SYVERSON) Amends the Illinois Insurance Code and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires that on or before July 1, 2019, the Department of Insurance and Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall jointly develop a uniform prior authorization form to be used by prescribing providers to request prior authorization for prescription drug benefits. Provides that on and after January 1, 2020, health insurers and managed care organizations that provide prescription drug benefits shall utilize and accept the uniform prior authorization form and prescribing providers may use the uniform prior authorization form. Provides criteria for developing the uniform prior authorization form. Provides requirements and limitations of prior authorization requests. Effective January 1, 2019. |
| | Current Status: | 1/15/2019 - BILL DEAD - No Positive Action Taken - Amendatory Veto
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| | Recent Status: | 1/11/2019 - Governor Amendatory Veto
12/27/2018 - Sent to the Governor
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| | State Bill Page: | HB5769 |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 4/13/2018 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
4/10/2018 - House Human Services |
| | State Bill Page: | HB5804 |
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| HB5944 | PRESCRIPTION MONITORING REPORT (REP. KATIE STUART) Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that the information required to be transmitted under the prescription monitoring program must be transmitted not later than the end of the business day on which a controlled substance is dispensed, or at such other time as may be required by the Department of Human Services by administrative rule (rather than, at the end of the next business day on which the controlled substance is dispensed). |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 11/7/2018 - Referred to House Rules
11/7/2018 - FIRST READING
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| | State Bill Page: | HB5944 |
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| HR16 | URGE CONGRESS-VETS-MEDS REFILL (REP. JEHAN GORDON-BOOTH) Urges Congress to pass legislation in support of the establishment of VA emergency prescription refill programs nationwide to ensure that, in emergency situations, veterans may receive medication directly from their local pharmacy and VA facility. |
| | Current Status: | 6/22/2017 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
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| | Recent Status: | 6/22/2017 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
6/22/2017 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Halpin
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| | State Bill Page: | HR16 |
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| HR30 | ZOMBIE PREPAREDNESS MONTH (REP. EMANUEL WELCH) Designates October 2017 as "Zombie Preparedness Month" in the State of Illinois, and urges all Illinoisans to educate themselves about natural disasters and take steps to create a stockpile of food, water, and other emergency supplies that can last up to 72 hours. |
| | Current Status: | 2/9/2017 - RESOLUTION ADOPTED
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| | Recent Status: | 2/9/2017 - ADOPTED BY HOUSE Adopted in the House by voice vote.
2/9/2017 - Resolutions
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| | State Bill Page: | HR30 |
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| HR59 | SELF-CARE MONTH (REP. KELLY CASSIDY) Recognizes the importance of improving awareness of self-care and the value it represents to the citizens of Illinois. Supports increased consumer empowerment through the development of new nonprescription medicines and the appropriate switch of certain prescription medicines to nonprescription. Acknowledges that over-the-counter medicines can greatly improve and reduce costs to the public health system. Encourages consumers, healthcare practitioners, policymakers and regulators to communicate the benefits of self-care. Recognizes February of 2017 as Self-Care Month in Illinois. |
| | Current Status: | 6/22/2017 - RESOLUTION ADOPTED Adopted by Voice Vote.
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| | Recent Status: | 6/22/2017 - Resolutions Order of Resolutions
6/21/2017 - Resolutions Order of Resolutions
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| | State Bill Page: | HR59 |
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| HR69 | HEROIN ADDICTION AWARENESS DAY (REP. DANIEL BEISER) Encourages the Illinois Department of Human Services to address heroin addiction and implement evidence-based practices for medication-assisted treatment services. Designates November 4, 2017 as Heroin Addiction Awareness Day in the State of Illinois. |
| | Current Status: | 5/11/2017 - RESOLUTION ADOPTED Adopted by Voice Vote.
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| | Recent Status: | 5/11/2017 - Resolutions Order of Resolutions
5/10/2017 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine K. Hammond
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| | State Bill Page: | HR69 |
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| HR88 | PRESCRIPT DRUGS COST - FEDS (REP. MARY FLOWERS) Urges the federal government to monitor the ever-increasing costs of prescription drugs and to take any necessary action to reduce the out-of-pocket expenses for those purchasing medications. |
| | Current Status: | 5/11/2017 - RESOLUTION ADOPTED Adopted by Voice Vote.
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| | Recent Status: | 5/11/2017 - Resolutions Order of Resolutions
5/10/2017 - Resolutions Order of Resolutions
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| | State Bill Page: | HR88 |
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| HR100 | MEDICAID MCOS AUDIT (REP. FRED CRESPO) Directs the Auditor General to conduct an audit of Medicaid MCOs, which includes a comparison of State expenditures between MCOs and fee-for-service entities.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Deletes everything and replaces it with similar language. |
| | Current Status: | 5/31/2017 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Litesa E. Wallace
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| | Recent Status: | 5/31/2017 - RESOLUTION ADOPTED 094-009-000
5/31/2017 - Resolutions Order of Resolutions
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| | State Bill Page: | HR100 |
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| HR116 | FOOD & DRUGS - NO SALES TAX (REP. DAVID MCSWEENEY) Declares opposition to raising the sales taxes on food and drugs. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 5/29/2018 - Resolutions Order of Resolutions
12/7/2017 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
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| | State Bill Page: | HR116 |
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| HR121 | CONGRESSS - MARIJUANA POLICY (REP. LOU LANG) Urges Congress to amend federal law, including the Controlled Substances Act, to explicitly allow states to set their own marijuana and hemp policies without federal interference.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Deletes everything and replaces it with similar language. |
| | Current Status: | 5/16/2017 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. David Harris
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| | Recent Status: | 5/16/2017 - RESOLUTION ADOPTED as Amended
5/16/2017 - Resolutions Order of Resolutions
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| | State Bill Page: | HR121 |
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| HR445 | AM. HEALTH CARE ACT-OPPOSE (REP. GREG HARRIS) Urges opposition to the American Health Care Act. |
| | Current Status: | 6/28/2017 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Scott Drury
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| | Recent Status: | 6/28/2017 - RESOLUTION ADOPTED as Amended
6/28/2017 - House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted
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| | State Bill Page: | HR445 |
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| HR592 | HEROIN - STATE OF EMERGENCY (REP. LA SHAWN FORD) Urges Governor Bruce Rauner to declare a state of emergency in Illinois due to the ongoing heroin crisis. Urges the Director of the Department of Public Health, Nirav Shah, to create a comprehensive plan to combat the heroin crisis. Urges the State of Illinois to fully fund the Heroin Crisis Act. |
| | Current Status: | 10/26/2017 - RESOLUTION ADOPTED Adopted by Voice Vote.
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| | Recent Status: | 10/26/2017 - RESOLUTION ADOPTED
10/26/2017 - Resolutions Order of Resolutions
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| | State Bill Page: | HR592 |
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| HR711 | MENTAL HEALTHCARE EMERGENCY (REP. LOU LANG) Declares a Mental Healthcare Emergency in Illinois and urges the consideration of a comprehensive legislative package to address the community mental health and substance disorder workforce and behavioral healthcare access crisis in Illinois by the end of the 100th General Assembly. |
| | Current Status: | 5/17/2018 - RESOLUTION ADOPTED Adopted by Voice Vote.
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| | Recent Status: | 5/17/2018 - Resolutions Order of Resolutions
5/16/2018 - Resolutions Order of Resolutions
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| | State Bill Page: | HR711 |
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| HR845 | DRUG DROP-OFF BOXES-FUNDS (REP. CHARLES MEIER) Urges the Office of the Comptroller to look into why funds for drug disposal drop-off boxes and mail back programs have yet to be released. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 7/2/2018 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
4/19/2018 - House Transportation Subcommittee |
| | State Bill Page: | HR845 |
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| SB6 | $FY17 VARIOUS (SEN. HEATHER STEANS; REP. MARY FLOWERS) Senate Floor Amendment No. 7 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Makes various appropriations and reappropriations for specified purposes. Amends Public Act 99-524 by changing and adding various appropriations, reappropriations, and other provisions. Provides that the appropriation authority granted in specified provisions does not supersede any court order directing the expenditure of funds for fiscal years 2016 or 2017. Provides that, except as otherwise provided, specified appropriations may be used for all costs incurred before July 1, 2017. Some provisions are effective immediately; other provisions take effect on July 1, 2017.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 8 - Changes and deletes certain appropriations. |
| | Current Status: | 7/6/2017 - Effective Date July 6, 2017
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| | Recent Status: | 7/6/2017 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0021
7/6/2017 - Both Houses Override Total Veto
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| | State Bill Page: | SB6 |
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| SB8 | PROCUREMENT-OMNIBUS (SEN. DON HARMON; REP. MARGO MCDERMED) House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the State Officials and Employee Ethics Act. Requires the ethics training of Executive Branch employees to include the duties and responsibilities of State employees under certain provisions of the Illinois Procurement Code. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Makes changes to the applicability of the Code, including removing certain exemptions to the Code and adding certain exemptions pertaining to contracts for domestic or international trade shows and railroad or utility contracts for the relocation of utilities. Re-enacts and makes changes to provisions of the Code concerning the applicability of the Code to artistic and musical services and to public institutions of higher education. Requires State agencies to respond promptly in writing to all inquiries and comments of the Procurement Policy Board. Provides that State purchasing officers shall have the authority to review any contract, change order, or contract amendment prior to execution, and requires officers to report any known misconduct, waste, or inefficiency with respect to State procurement. Provides that the Executive Ethics Commission may (rather than shall) appoint procurement compliance monitors; makes changes to the terms of the monitors. Provides that chief procurement officers, State purchasing officers, and procurement compliance monitors owe a fiduciary duty to the State. Requires the Department of Central Management Services to furnish written instructions and information on how to register for the Illinois Procurement Bulletin to certain businesses. Allows for the usage of an electronic procurement system. Increases the small purchase threshold from $10,000 to $100,000, and makes corresponding changes. Requires a bidder or offeror to be a legal entity prior to submitting a bid, offer, or proposal. Requires a bidder or offeror to be authorized to conduct business in Illinois prior to execution of the contract (rather than prior to submitting the bid, offer, or proposal). Provides for the use of best value procurement methods by institutions of higher education, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of Natural Resources; sets forth requirements to use the method. Provides that the requirement to use soybean oil-based inks in State printing contracts only applies to offset printing services, and not digital printing services; allows the use of vegetable oil-based inks. Allows for the appointment of multiple small business specialists. Requires not less than 10% of the total amount dollar amount of State contracts to be established as a goal for awarding to small businesses. Makes changes to reporting and disclosure requirements. Repeals the Small Business Contracts Act. Amends the Governmental Joint Purchasing Act. Allows chief procurement officers to authorize the purchase or lease of supplies and services which have been procured through a competitive process. Allows a chief procurement officer to declare certain joint purchasing contracts void or ratified. Allows for other methods of joint purchases. Amends the State Prompt Payment Act. Requires contractors to pay lower-tiered subcontractors and material suppliers when payment is received, and sets forth grievance procedures. Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons with Disabilities Act to create the Special Committee on Minority, Female, Persons with Disabilities, and Veterans Contracting. Requires the Special Committee to review State procurement laws to determine what changes should be made to increase participation of minority-owned businesses, female-owned businesses, businesses owned by persons with disabilities, and veterans-owned businesses. Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act to make changes to the definition of "eligible bidder". Makes other changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 8/9/2017 - Effective Date August 9, 2017
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| | Recent Status: | 8/9/2017 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0043
8/9/2017 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | SB8 |
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| SB9 | BUDGET ECON STABILIZ/VIDEO TAX (SEN. TOI HUTCHINSON) Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the State Tax Lien Registration Act. Provides that the Department of Revenue shall establish and maintain a public database known as the State Tax Lien Registry. Creates the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act. Contains provisions for the disposition of abandoned property. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act, the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Cannabis and Controlled Substances Tax Act, and the Title Insurance Act to make conforming changes. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that, beginning on July 1, 2017, the rate of tax shall be (i) 4.95% for individuals, trusts, and estates and (ii) 7% for corporations. Increases the earned income tax credit. Provides that the education expense credit, the credit for residential real property taxes, and the standard exemption are subject to certain income limitations. Reinstates the research and development credit. Creates a credit for instructional materials and supplies. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that the incentive for gasohol sunsets on July 1, 2017 (instead of December 31, 2018). Provides that the incentives for majority blended ethanol fuel and certain biodiesel blends apply through December 31, 2023 (instead of December 31, 2018). Makes changes to the graphic arts exemption. Effective immediately, except that certain provisions take effect on January 1, 2018. |
| | Current Status: | 7/6/2017 - Effective Date January 1, 2018; Some provisions
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| | Recent Status: | 7/6/2017 - Effective Date July 6, 2017; Some provisions
7/6/2017 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0022
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| | State Bill Page: | SB9 |
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| SB12 | WORKERS' COMP-VARIOUS (SEN. WILLIAM BRADY) Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Exempts from public inspection certain information collected by the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission from self-insureds and papers, documents, reports, or evidence relevant to a workers' compensation fraud investigation conducted by the Department of Insurance. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 regarding workers' compensation fraud penalties. Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Makes changes concerning: accidental injuries considered to be "arising out of and in the course of the employment" if an employee is required to travel away from the employer's premises; the maximum compensation rate for a period of temporary total incapacity; wage differential benefits to professional athletes; limitations on the number of chiropractic, occupational therapy, or physical therapy visits an injured worker may receive for injuries; compensation awards for injuries to the shoulder and hip; the maximum allowable payment for certain service categories; the assignment and reassignment of arbitrators to hearing sites; the creation of an evidence based drug formulary; the duties of the Workers' Compensation Edit, Alignment, and Reform Commission; additional compensation awards where there has been a vexatious delay in the authorization of medical treatment or the payment or intentional underpayment of compensation; annual reports on the state of self-insurance for workers' compensation in Illinois; and other matters. Effective immediately, but this Act does not take effect at all unless Senate Bills 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 13 of the 100th General Assembly become law. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 10/10/2017 - Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. William E. Brady
8/4/2017 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| | State Bill Page: | SB12 |
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| SB42 | BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION ACT (SEN. DONNE TROTTER) Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the FY2018 Budget Implementation Act. Provides that the purpose of the Act is to make the changes in State programs that are necessary to implement FY2018 budget recommendations. Provides that certain provisions of Article 30 are dependent upon Senate Bill 9 of the 100th General Assembly becoming law. Effective immediately.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 - Further amends the State Finance Act. In a Section relating to fund transfers, removes a reference to the Illinois Veterans' Rehabilitation Fund. Further amends the Regional Transportation Authority Act. In a Section relating to the Public Transportation Fund, restores a paragraph relating to fund transfers deleted by Senate Amendment 2. |
| | Current Status: | 5/31/2018 - Senate Bills on Third Reading
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| | Recent Status: | 7/6/2017 - Effective Date July 6, 2017
7/6/2017 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0023
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| | State Bill Page: | SB42 |
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| SB70 | NETWORK ADEQUACY TRANSPARENCY (SEN. LINDA HOLMES) Creates the Network Adequacy and Transparency Act. Provides that administrators and insurers, prior to going to market, must file with the Department of Insurance for review and approval a description of the services to be offered through a network plan, with certain criteria included in the description. Provides that the network plan shall demonstrate to the Department, prior to approval, a minimum ratio of full-time equivalent providers to plan beneficiaries and maximum travel and distance standards for plan beneficiaries, which shall be established annually by the Department based upon specified sources. Provides that the Department shall conduct quarterly audits of network plans to verify compliance with network adequacy standards. Establishes certain notice requirements. Provides that a network plan shall provide for continuity of care for its beneficiaries under certain circumstances and according to certain requirements. Provides that a network plan shall post electronically a current and accurate provider directory and make available in print, upon request, a provider directory subject to certain specifications. Provides that the Department is granted specific authority to issue a cease and desist order against, fine, or otherwise penalize any insurer or administrator for violations of any provision of the Act. Makes other changes. Effective January 1, 2018. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 5/5/2017 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
4/14/2017 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Wm. Sam McCann
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| | State Bill Page: | SB70 |
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| SB73 | DRUG MANUFACTURER-PRICES (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) Amends the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Adds provision concerning prescription drug price increases. Requires manufacturers of prescription drugs to notify State purchasers, health insurers, health care service plan providers, and pharmacy benefit managers of specified increases in drug prices at least 30 days before such increase and the cost of specified new prescription drugs 3 days before the commercial availability of a new drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or within 3 days after approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration if the new drug will be made commercially available within 3 days of such approval. Provides that within 30 days after such notifications, prescription drug manufacturers shall report specified information to the Department of Public Health and requires the Department to publish such information on its website. Provides that failure to report such information to specified entities shall result in a specified administrative penalty. Provides that the Department may adopt rules and issue guidance to implement these provisions and shall be responsible for enforcing these provisions. Contains provisions concerning the confidentiality of pricing information. Repeals provisions concerning prescription drug price increases on January 1, 2022. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 1/4/2019 - Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. John J. Cullerton
5/19/2017 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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| | State Bill Page: | SB73 |
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| SB77 | MEDICAID-SNAP-DRUG TEST-LINK (SEN. KYLE MCCARTER) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that as a condition of initial eligibility for medical assistance benefits provided under the State's Medical Assistance program or, subject to federal approval, benefits provided under the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), an applicant must pass a drug screening. Provides that as a condition of continued eligibility for such benefits, a recipient must pass random drug screenings as prescribed by the Department of Human Services. Requires the Department to adopt rules requiring applicants for TANF benefits or SNAP benefits to actively seek work in order to qualify for such benefits. Provides that the rules adopted by the Department shall be in compliance with those rules under the Unemployment Insurance Act and adopted by the Department of Employment Security requiring unemployed individuals to actively seek employment in order to qualify for unemployment insurance benefits. Requires the Department to adopt rules that allow recipients of TANF benefits or SNAP benefits to experience a gradual reduction in benefits as earnings increase. Increases the penalties for using another person's cash assistance benefits or SNAP benefits. Contains provisions requiring photo identification when using a LINK card to obtain SNAP benefits or cash. Provides that no recipient of TANF benefits shall use his or her benefits to purchase lottery tickets or to patronize any casino or licensed establishment that operates video gaming terminals for the purpose of engaging in gambling or video gaming activities. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 3/17/2017 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
3/8/2017 - To Subcommittee on Special Issues (HS)
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| | State Bill Page: | SB77 |
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| SB79 | DHS-MEDICAID-SNAP-DRUG TESTING (SEN. KYLE MCCARTER) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that as a condition of initial eligibility for medical assistance benefits provided under the State's Medical Assistance program or, subject to federal approval, benefits provided under the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), an applicant must pass a drug screening. Provides that as a condition of continued eligibility for such benefits, a recipient must pass random drug screenings as prescribed by the Department of Human Services. Requires the Department to (i) provide notice of drug testing to each applicant at the time of application; (ii) advise each applicant, before the test is conducted, that the applicant may, but shall not be required to, advise the agent administering the test of any prescription or over-the-counter medication the applicant is taking; (iii) ensure each applicant being tested a reasonable degree of dignity while producing and submitting a sample for drug testing, consistent with the need of the State to ensure the reliability of the sample; (iii) provide any applicant who tests positive with a list of licensed substance abuse treatment providers; and other matters. Provides that an applicant who tests positive and is denied medical assistance benefits or SNAP benefits as a result may reapply for those benefits after 6 months if the applicant verifies the successful completion of a substance abuse treatment program. Exempts persons with children in the assistance unit, persons with disabilities, persons who are 65 year of age or older, or persons who reside at a facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act or the ID/DD Community Care Act from the drug testing requirements. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 3/17/2017 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
3/8/2017 - To Subcommittee on Special Issues (HS)
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| | State Bill Page: | SB79 |
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| SB193 | ATTY GEN-WORKER PROTECT UNIT (SEN. KWAME RAOUL; REP. SILVANA TABARES) Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance must provide coverage for medically necessary preventative physical therapy for insureds diagnosed with multiple sclerosis without any treatment limitation or calendar year maximum. Removes requirements that coverage under this provision be subject to the same waiting period, cost sharing limitation, treatment limitation, calendar year maximum, or other limitation as provided for other physical or rehabilitative therapy benefits.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Deletes language in the introduced bill that provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance must provide coverage for medically necessary preventative physical therapy for insureds diagnosed with multiple sclerosis without any treatment limitation or calendar year maximum. Provides that coverage concerning multiple sclerosis preventative physical therapy shall be subject to the same deductible and coinsurance requirements or other limitations as provided for other physical or rehabilitative therapy benefits covered by the policy. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance shall offer an exception process from treatment limitations for individuals diagnosed with primary or secondary progressive multiple sclerosis. Provides requirements for the exception process and that a health insurer shall, within 72 hours after receiving an exception request, either approve or deny the request. Provides that coverage required by the provisions shall be subject to certain other general exclusions and limitations of the policy.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
House Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Attorney General Act. Creates the Worker Protection Unit within the Office of the Illinois Attorney General to intervene in, initiate, enforce, and defend all criminal or civil legal proceedings on matters and violations relating to specified statutes. Provides further powers and requirements of the Attorney General in the Worker Protection Unit. Creates the Worker Protection Task Force. Provides for the purposes and composition of the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly regarding its progress no later than December 1, 2018. Repeals the Task Force December 1, 2019. |
| | Current Status: | 5/30/2018 - Total Veto Stands
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| | Recent Status: | 5/30/2018 - Consideration of Governor's Veto Total Vetoes
5/29/2018 - Override Governor Veto - House Lost 067-049-000
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| | State Bill Page: | SB193 |
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| SB308 | PROFESSIONAL LIC-NONCITIZENS (SEN. IRIS MARTINEZ; REP. LINDA CHAPA LAVIA) Senate Committee 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 no person shall be prohibited from receiving a license because he or she is not a citizen of the United States. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation may grant a license to a person who meets certain requirements along with the requirements of the applicable professional Act. Provides that the Department may adopt any rules necessary to implement the provisions. Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Removes the requirement that each individual seeking licensure as a registered pharmacist provide evidence to the Department that he or she is a United States citizen or legally admitted alien. |
| | Current Status: | 5/19/2017 - Third Reading - Short Debate - Lost 046-050-000
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| | Recent Status: | 5/19/2017 - THIRD READING Bill Failed Third Reading in the House by 046-050-000.
5/19/2017 - Senate Bills on Third Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | SB308 |
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| SB317 | REGULATION-TECH (SEN. JOHN MULROE) Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Provides that "practice of pharmacy" includes the administration of injections of hydroxyprogesterone caproate and medroxyprogesterone acetate, pursuant to a valid prescription, by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches, upon completion of certain training, and meeting certain notification requirements.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Provides that "practice of pharmacy" includes the administration of injections of alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate (rather than hydroxyprogesterone caproate and medroxyprogesterone acetate), pursuant to a valid prescription, by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches, upon completion of certain training, and meeting certain notification requirements. |
| | Current Status: | 8/18/2017 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0208
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| | Recent Status: | 8/18/2017 - Effective Date January 1, 2018
8/18/2017 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | SB317 |
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| SB336 | CANNABIS-MEDICAL CONDITIONS (SEN. DON HARMON; REP. MICHAEL HALPIN) Amends the Party Line Emergency Act. Makes a technical change concerning the short title.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act. Through June 30, 2020, includes in the definition of "debilitating medical condition" any other medical condition for which an opioid has been or could be prescribed by a physician based on generally accepted standards of care. Provides that an individual whose initial application is submitted as an alternative to opioid treatment shall have specified provisions relating to fingerprints and background checks waived. Provides that within 30 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Department of Public Health shall adopt emergency rules to expedite approval for individuals who submit an application as an alternative to opioid treatment. Provides that an individual issued a registry card under these provisions who is seeking renewal of the registry card must comply with specified renewal requirements. Provides that the Department may waive an excluded offense for a cultivation center agent, dispensing organization, qualifying patient, or designated caregiver if the person demonstrates that the violation of State or federal law was the result of opioid addiction or dependence. Provides that the Department's annual report under the Act shall include specified information concerning applicants seeking an alternative to opioid treatment. Defines "opioid".
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Removes certain language from legislative findings provisions.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act. Adds provisions concerning an opioid prescription pilot program. Provides that notwithstanding provisions concerning the registration of qualifying patients and designated caregivers and the issuance of registry identification cards, a person who has received a physician certification for a medical condition that an opioid has been or could be prescribed for by a physician based on generally accepted standards of care is entitled to purchase medical cannabis from a dispensing organization. Sets forth the procedure for a person to purchase medical cannabis under these provisions. Provides that upon dispensing medical cannabis to a person, the dispensing organization must provide the person with an endorsement card to certify that the person is in lawful possession of medical cannabis. Provides that a person who wishes to continue use of medical cannabis shall apply for a registration card with the Department of Public Health. Provides that these provisions are inoperative on and after July 1, 2020. Provides that for the purposes of the Act and to clarify the legislative findings on the lawful use of cannabis, an individual in possession of an endorsement card from a dispensary organization under provisions concerning an opioid prescription pilot program shall not be considered an unlawful user or addicted to narcotics solely as a result of his or her endorsement card. Provides that through June 30, 2020, "debilitating medical condition" includes any other medical condition for which an opioid has been or could be prescribed by a physician based on generally accepted standards of care. Removes provisions requiring a qualifying patient or designated caregiver to get fingerprinted and go through a background check. Makes corresponding changes. Deletes the definition of "excluded offense" for a qualifying patient or designated caregiver. Removes provisions providing that the Department shall revoke the card of a qualifying patient or designated caregiver convicted of an excluded offense. Deletes provisions concerning the eligibility of a person who has been convicted of a felony under specified Acts to receive a registry identification card. Provides that the Department may deny an application or renewal for a qualifying patient or a designated caregiver chosen by a qualifying patient whose registry identification card was granted if he or she violated any requirement of the Act. Provides that a physician who certifies a debilitating medical condition for a qualifying patient may notify the Department in writing if the physician has reason to believe that either the registered qualifying patient has ceased to suffer from a debilitating medical condition or that continued use of medical cannabis would result in contraindication with the patient's other medication. Provides that the Department shall revoke the patient's registry identification card after receiving the physician's notification. Provides that if a registered qualifying patient's certifying physician notifies the Department in writing that continued use of medical cannabis would result in contraindication with the patient's other medication, the card shall become null and void. Provides that the Department's annual report under the Act shall include specified information concerning applicants seeking an alternative to opioid treatment. Defines "bona fide physician-patient relationship", "endorsement card", and "opioid". Makes other changes. |
| | Current Status: | 8/29/2018 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1114
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| | Recent Status: | 8/29/2018 - Effective Date August 28, 2018
8/28/2018 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1114
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| | State Bill Page: | SB336 |
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| SB350 | PUBLIC AID-TECH (SEN. DAVID KOEHLER) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning sanctions against TANF recipients. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 8/4/2017 - Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
8/4/2017 - Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| | State Bill Page: | SB350 |
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| SB602 | REGULATION-TECH (SEN. JOHN MULROE) Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning licensure without examination. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 1/24/2017 - Referred to Senate Assignments
1/24/2017 - FIRST READING
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| | State Bill Page: | SB602 |
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| SB625 | NURSE PRACTICE ACT-VARIOUS (SEN. IRIS MARTINEZ) Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal of the Nurse Practice Act from January 1, 2018 to January 1, 2028. Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Defines "focused assessment", "full practice authority", "oversight", and "postgraduate advanced practice nurse". Changes references of "advanced practice nurse" and "APN" to "advanced practice registered nurse" and "APRN" throughout the Act. Replaces provisions regarding nursing delegation with provisions that prohibit specified actions. Provides other guidelines for delegation of nursing activities and medication administration. Makes changes to education program requirements, qualifications for licensure, the scope of practice, and continuing education for LPN and RN licensees. Provides that a written collaborative agreement is required for all postgraduate advanced practice registered nurses until specific requirements have been met. Provides that postgraduate advanced practice registered nurses may enter into written collaborative agreements with collaborating advanced practice registered nurses or physicians (rather than collaborating physicians or podiatric physicians). In provisions concerning prescriptive authority for postgraduate advanced practice registered nurses, sets forth the requirements for postgraduate advanced practice registered nurses to have prescriptive authority and the limitations of such authority. Makes changes to provisions concerning the grounds for disciplinary action under the Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to prepare a report regarding the moneys appropriated from the Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund to the Department of Public Health for nursing scholarships. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal date of the Nurse Practice Act from January 1, 2018 to January 1, 2028. Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Eliminates the position of Assistant Nursing Coordinator. Eliminates the Advanced Practice Nursing Board. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation may provide notice to a licensee or applicant by certified or registered mail to the address of record or by email to the email address of record. Provides provisions for change of address of record and email address of record, application for license, confidentiality of any information collected by the Department in the course of an examination or investigation of a license or applicant, and disposition by a consent order. Changes references to "advanced practice nurse" to references to "advanced practice registered nurse" throughout the Act and in other Acts. Changes references to "Illinois Center for Nursing" to references to "Illinois Nursing Workforce Center". Makes changes concerning definitions, application of the Act, unlicensed practice, prohibited acts, Department powers and duties, nursing delegation, qualifications for licensed practical nurse, registered nurse, and advanced practice registered nurse licensure, registered nurse education program requirements, registered nurse scope of practice, grounds for disciplinary action, intoxication and drug abuse, the Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund, investigations, notices, hearings, use of stenographers and transcripts, review under the Administrative Review Law, certification of records, the Center for Nursing Advisory Board, and medication aide licensure requirements. Repeals provisions concerning registered nurse externship permits, rosters, liability of the State, hearing officers, and orders for rehearings. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 8/4/2017 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
7/4/2017 - Senate Bills on Third Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | SB625 |
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| SB626 | NURSING HOME-STAFFING-NURSES (SEN. SAM MCCANN) Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that upon application by a facility, the Director of Public Health may grant or renew a waiver of certain staffing requirements for registered nurses, considering specified criteria, if the facility demonstrates to the Director's satisfaction that the facility is unable, despite diligent efforts, including offering wages at a competitive rate for registered nurses in the community, to employ the required number of registered nurses. Provides that the Director may not grant or renew such waivers for certain minimum nurse staffing requirements contained in federal regulations to facilities that are Medicare-certified or both Medicare-certified and Medicaid-certified. Provides that these waivers shall be reviewed quarterly by the Department of Public Health, including requiring a demonstration by the facility that it has continued to make diligent efforts to employ the required number of registered nurses, and shall be revoked for noncompliance with certain requirements. Effective immediately.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Adds language providing that the Director of Public Health may grant or renew a whole or partial waiver of certain staffing requirements for registered nurses. Provides that a facility in compliance with the terms of a waiver of certain staffing requirements shall not be subject to fines or penalties for violating the registered nurse staffing requirements of specified provisions of the Nursing Home Care Act.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Adds language providing that the Director of Public Health may grant or renew a whole or partial waiver of certain staffing requirements for registered nurses. Provides that a facility in compliance with the terms of a waiver of certain staffing requirements shall not be subject to fines or penalties imposed by the Department of Public Health for violating the registered nurse staffing requirements of specified provisions of the Nursing Home Care Act. |
| | Current Status: | 8/18/2017 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0217
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| | Recent Status: | 8/18/2017 - Effective Date August 18, 2017
8/18/2017 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | SB626 |
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| SB636 | PHARMACY-DIALYSIS DRUGS (SEN. TERRY LINK) Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Provides that the Act shall not apply to, or in any manner interfere with, the sale or distribution of dialysate, drugs, or devices necessary to perform home renal dialysis for patients with chronic kidney failure, provided that certain conditions are met. Effective immediately.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the introduced bill with the following changes: Provides that the exemption applies to dialysate or devices (rather than dialysate, drugs, or devices) necessary to perform home peritoneal renal dialysis for patients with end-stage renal disease, provided that certain conditions are met. Provides that among the conditions, the dialysate is comprised of dextrose or icodextrin and that the dialysate or devices are delivered only upon receipt of a physician's prescription by a licensed pharmacy in which the prescription is processed in accordance with provisions set forth in the Act, and the transmittal of an order from the licensed pharmacy to the manufacturer or the manufacturer's agent (rather than the dialysate, drugs, or devices are delivered only by the manufacturer or the manufacturer's agent and only upon receipt of a physician's order). Provides that the exemption does not include any other drugs for peritoneal dialysis, except dialysate comprised of dextrose or icodextrin. Provides that all records of sales and distributions of dialysate to patients made pursuant to the provisions must be retained in accordance with provisions concerning record retention in the Act. |
| | Current Status: | 8/18/2017 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0218
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| | Recent Status: | 8/18/2017 - Effective Date August 18, 2017
8/18/2017 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | SB636 |
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| SB642 | NURSES-APRN SCOPE OF PRACTICE (SEN. HEATHER STEANS) Amends the Nurse Practice Act. In provisions concerning scope of practice, written collaborative agreements, temporary practice with a collaborative agreement, prescriptive authority with a collaborative agreement, titles, advertising, continuing education, and reports relating to professional conduct and capacity, changes references of "advanced practice nurse" and "APN" to "advanced practice registered nurse" and "APRN". Provides that a written collaborative agreement is required for all postgraduate advanced practice registered nurses until specific requirements have been met. Provides that postgraduate advanced practice registered nurses may enter into written collaborative agreements with collaborating advanced practice registered nurses or physicians (rather than collaborating physicians or podiatric physicians). In provisions concerning prescriptive authority for postgraduate advanced practice registered nurses, sets forth the requirements for postgraduate advanced practice registered nurses to have prescriptive authority and the limitations of such authority. Defines "full practice authority" and provides requirements for it to be granted to an advanced practice registered nurse. Removes provisions concerning advanced practice nursing in hospitals, hospital affiliates, or ambulatory surgical treatment centers, except the provision for anesthesia services and the provision requiring advanced practice registered nurses to provide services in accordance with other Acts. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 8/4/2017 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
7/4/2017 - Senate Bills on Third Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | SB642 |
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| SB655 | MEDICAL PRACTICE-REPORTING (SEN. JOHN MULROE) Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Provides that every physician shall report to the Secretary of State certain medical conditions of a driver that are likely to cause loss of consciousness or any loss of ability to safely operate a motor vehicle within 10 days of the physician becoming aware of the condition. Provides that the Secretary of State, in conjunction with the Driver's License Medical Advisory Board, shall determine by administrative rule the temporary conditions not required to be reported. Provides that all information furnished to the Secretary shall be deemed confidential and for the privileged use of the Secretary. Provides that physicians who make the report required by this Section shall be immune from civil or criminal liability for a motor vehicle accident caused by the medical condition. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 5/9/2017 - Senate Bills on Third Reading
5/9/2017 - House Bills on Second Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | SB655 |
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| SB660 | VETERANS' HEALTH INS PROGRAM (SEN. MICHAEL HASTINGS) Amends the Veterans' Health Insurance Program Act of 2008. Changes the short title of the Act to the Veterans' Supplemental Health Insurance Program Act of 2008. Makes conforming changes in the Illinois Public Aid Code and State Finance Act. Changes references in the Act from "Veterans' Health Insurance Program" to "Veterans' Supplemental Health Insurance Program". Provides that enrollment in the Program is limited to individuals at or below 200% of the federal poverty level (currently, enrollment is based on the availability of funds and may be capped based on the availability of funds appropriated for the Program). Makes conforming changes in eligibility provisions concerning household income requirements. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall adopt rules concerning covered services that must include dental preventative and restorative services. Removes a provision providing that the spouse of a veteran is ineligible for coverage under the Program for a minimum period of 3 months if the required monthly premium is not paid. Removes a provision stating that the Program is not an entitlement. Makes changes to provisions concerning legislative intent.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Veterans' Employment Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 8/4/2017 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
7/4/2017 - Senate Bills on Third Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | SB660 |
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| SB677 | NURSE LICENSURE COMPACT (SEN. WILLIAM BRADY) 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: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 9/30/2018 - Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. William E. Brady
4/25/2018 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
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| | State Bill Page: | SB677 |
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| SB680 | EXPIRED UNUSED DRUG DISPOSAL (SEN. WILLIAM BRADY; REP. SILVANA TABARES) Amends the Safe Pharmaceutical Disposal Act. Provides that used, expired, or unwanted pharmaceuticals collected by a city, village, or municipality under the Act may be destroyed in a drug destruction device by a law enforcement agency. Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Expands the definition of "drug evidence" in the provision for drug destruction by a law enforcement agency to include any used, expired, or unwanted pharmaceuticals collected under the Safe Pharmaceutical Disposal Act.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Adds to the pharmaceutical disposal provision that a county may authorize the use of a county facility as a location for a container suitable as a receptacle for disposal of used, expired, or unwanted pharmaceuticals. Adds to the current locations for display of a pharmaceutical disposal container of the city hall or police department, any other facility of a county, city, village, or municipality. Provides that a county, city, village, or municipality shall provide continuous or regular notice to the public regarding the availability of the city, village, or municipality's receptacle for used, expired, or unwanted pharmaceuticals. Adds to the definition of "drug destruction device" that the device has been approved by the Environmental Protection Agency. Changes references in the pharmaceutical disposal provision from "illegal drug" to "drug".
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Safe Pharmaceutical Disposal Act. Provides that any county or municipality may authorize the use of its city hall, police department, or any other facility under its control to display a container suitable for use as a receptacle for used, expired, or unwanted pharmaceuticals. Provides that the county or municipality shall provide continuous or regular notice to the public regarding the availability of the receptacle. Provides that to the extent allowed under federal law, pharmaceuticals collected may be disposed of in a drug destruction device under the Environmental Protection Act. Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Defines "drug destruction device" as a device that is used exclusively for that purpose, or to the extent allowed under federal law, to destroy pharmaceuticals collected under the Safe Pharmaceutical Disposal Act. Restores "illegal" within the definitions of "drug evidence", "illegal drug", and "non-retrievable". Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 11/28/2018 - Senate Bills on Second Reading
9/30/2018 - Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. William E. Brady
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| | State Bill Page: | SB680 |
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| SB682 | INS-LIFE AND HEALTH GUARANTY (SEN. JOHN MULROE) House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the Emergency Opioid and Addiction Treatment Access Act. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions concerning mental and emotional disorders, requires a substance use disorder treatment provider or facility to notify an insurer or managed care organization of the initiation of treatment for a covered person. Provides a covered person the right to an external review if an insurer determines that benefits are no longer medically necessary. Requires a substance use disorder treatment provider or facility to provide an insurer advanced notice of the planned discharge of a patient. Provides that the benefits required in the provisions shall be provided to all covered persons with a diagnosis of substance use disorder or conditions, and the presence of additional related or unrelated diagnoses shall not be a basis to reduce or deny the benefits required by the provisions. Effective January 1, 2019. |
| | Current Status: | 8/22/2018 - Effective Date January 1, 2019
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| | Recent Status: | 8/22/2018 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1023
8/22/2018 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | SB682 |
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| SB702 | CONTROLLED SUB-U-47700 (SEN. KYLE MCCARTER) Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Adds 3,4-Dichloro-N-[2-(dimethylamino)cyclohexyl]-N-methylbenzamide (some trade or other name: U-47700) as a Schedule I controlled substance. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 7/6/2017 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
7/6/2017 - Senate Bills on Third Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | SB702 |
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| SB708 | NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS (SEN. IRIS MARTINEZ) Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Provides for the licensure of naturopathic physicians. Makes conforming changes in various other Acts. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 3/17/2017 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
3/9/2017 - Postponed - Licensed Activities and Pensions
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| | State Bill Page: | SB708 |
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| SB769 | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS-VARIOUS (SEN. IRIS MARTINEZ) Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal date of the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987 from January 1, 2018 to January 1, 2028. Amends the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987. 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. Provides provisions concerning confidentiality of information collected by the Department in the course of an examination or investigation. Makes changes in provisions concerning the application of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, definitions, supervision requirements, prescriptive authority, physician assistants in hospitals, hospital affiliates, or ambulatory surgical treatment centers, application for licensure, identification, qualifications for licensure, Department powers and duties, fees, expiration and renewal of license, grounds for disciplinary action, investigation notices, hearings, hearing officers, restoration of license, administrative review, and certification of the record. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 3/17/2017 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
3/16/2017 - Postponed - Licensed Activities and Pensions
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| | State Bill Page: | SB769 |
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| SB772 | PODIATRY PRACTICE-VARIOUS (SEN. MELINDA BUSH) Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act by extending the repeal date of the Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987 from January 1, 2018 to January 1, 2028. Amends the Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987. Defines "email address of record" and "address of record". 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. Makes changes in provisions concerning the Podiatric Medical Licensing Board, grounds for disciplinary action, appointment of a hearing officer, and certification of records. Provides provisions concerning confidentiality of information collected by the Department in the course of an examination or investigation. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Removes the repeal of provisions of the Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987 concerning administrative review and venue. |
| | Current Status: | 12/13/2017 - Effective Date January 1, 2018
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| | Recent Status: | 12/13/2017 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0564
12/13/2017 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | SB772 |
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| SB892 | CONTROLLED SUB-INFO RELEASE (SEN. JIL TRACY) Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services may release information received by the central repository to select representatives of the Department of Children and Family Services through the indirect online request process. Provides that access shall be established by the Prescription Monitoring Program Advisory Committee by rule.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Provides that access to the confidential information in the central repository by representatives of the Department of Children and Family Services shall be established by an intergovernmental agreement between the Department of Children and Family Services and the Department of Human Services (rather than the Prescription Monitoring Program Advisory Committee by rule). |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 4/26/2017 - Referred to House Rules
4/26/2017 - FIRST READING
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| | State Bill Page: | SB892 |
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| SB900 | NURSE PRACTICE ACT-VARIOUS (SEN. WILLIAM BRADY) Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal date of the Nurse Practice Act from January 1, 2018 to January 1, 2028. Amends the Nurse Practice Act. Eliminates the position of Assistant Nursing Coordinator. Eliminates the Advanced Practice Nursing Board. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation may provide notice to a licensee or applicant by certified or registered mail to the address of record or by email to the email address of record. Provides provisions for change of address of record and email address of record, application for license, confidentiality of any information collected by the Department in the course of an examination or investigation of a license or applicant, and disposition by a consent order. Changes references to "advanced practice nurse" to references to "advanced practice registered nurse" throughout the Act and other Acts. Changes references to "Illinois Center for Nursing" to references to "Illinois Nursing Workforce Center". Makes changes concerning definitions, application of the Act, unlicensed practice, prohibited acts, Department powers and duties, nursing delegation, qualifications for LPN, RN, and APRN licensure, RN education program requirements, grounds for disciplinary action, intoxication and drug abuse, the Nursing Dedicated and Professional Fund, investigations, notices, hearings, use of stenographers and transcripts, review under the Administrative Review Law, certification of records, the Center for Nursing Advisory Board, and medication aide licensure requirements. Removes provisions concerning registered nurse externship permits, rosters, liability of the State, hearing officers, and orders for rehearings. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 9/30/2018 - Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. William E. Brady
3/17/2017 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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| | State Bill Page: | SB900 |
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| SB902 | PHARMACY PRACTICE-VARIOUS (SEN. DALE RIGHTER) Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal date of the Pharmacy Practice Act from January 1, 2018 to January 1, 2028. Amends the Pharmacy Practice 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. Provides for the licensure (rather than registration) of registered pharmacy technicians, registered certified pharmacy technicians, and pharmacists, and makes conforming changes. Removes provision allowing each member of the State Board of Pharmacy to receive a per diem payment in an amount determined from time to time by the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation for attendance at meetings of the Board and conducting other official business of the Board. Changes references to "Director" to references to "Secretary" or "Department" throughout the Act. Eliminates the position of deputy pharmacy coordinator. Makes changes in provisions concerning definitions, duties of the Department, inactive status, pharmacists in charge, nonresident pharmacy licenses, record retention, automated pharmacy systems, remote prescription processing, and discipline. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the introduced bill with the following changes: In provisions amending the Regulatory Sunset Act, provides that the repeal date of the Pharmacy Practice is extended to January 1, 2020 (rather than January 1, 2028). Further amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Creates the Collaborative Pharmaceutical Task Force to discuss how to further advance the practice of pharmacy in a manner that recognizes the needs of specified interests. Provides for the voting and non-voting membership of the Task Force. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall provide administrative support to the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall meet at least monthly. Provides that no later than September 1, 2019, voting members of the Task Force shall vote on recommendations concerning the certain standards. Provides that no later than November 1, 2019, the Department, in direct consultation with the Task Force, shall propose rules for adoption that are consistent with the Task Force's recommendations, or recommend legislation to the General Assembly, concerning the certain standards. Repeals provisions concerning the Task Force on November 1, 2020. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 5/9/2017 - Referred to House Rules
5/9/2017 - FIRST READING
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| | State Bill Page: | SB902 |
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| SB904 | INS CD-CONT ED ADVISRY COUNCIL (SEN. MICHAEL HASTINGS; REP. CHRISTIAN MITCHELL) Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Creates an advisory council within the Department of Insurance to review and make recommendations to the Department regarding rules to be adopted by the Department concerning continuing education courses, course materials, curriculum, and credentials of instructors. Provides that the members shall be appointed by the Director of Insurance. Provides criteria for membership, length of terms, term limits, and quorum. Provides that a member of the advisory council or a designee of the Director shall be permitted access to any classroom or any educational offering while instruction is in progress to monitor the instruction for any class that has been submitted to the Department for continuing education credit under the provisions of the Code. Effective immediately.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Removes provisions allowing a member of the advisory council or a designee of the Director of Insurance access to any classroom or educational offering while instruction is in progress to monitor the instruction for any class that has been submitted to the Department of Insurance for continuing education credit.
House Committee Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Workers' Compensation Act in relation to fees and electronic claims. Requires a provider to bill an employer or its designee directly. Provides that the employer or the insurer must send to the provider an explanation of benefits. Requires employers and insurers to pay interest to providers at the rate of 2% per month for services rendered on and after the effective date of this amendatory Act if the bill is not paid promptly. Authorizes providers to bring an action in circuit court to enforce the payment procedures with regard to services rendered on and after the effective date of this amendatory Act. Requires the Director of Insurance to adopt rules to ensure that providers have the opportunity to comply with requests for records by employers and insurers. Imposes penalties upon employers and insurers that fail to comply with the electronic claims process. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 11/29/2018 - Effective Date November 27, 2018
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| | Recent Status: | 11/29/2018 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1117
11/27/2018 - Amendatory Veto Overridden Both Houses
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| | State Bill Page: | SB904 |
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| SB947 | HEALTH-TECH (SEN. OMAR AQUINO) Creates the Accountability in Prescription Drug Prices Act. Contains only a short title provision. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 2/7/2017 - Referred to Senate Assignments
2/7/2017 - FIRST READING
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| | State Bill Page: | SB947 |
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| SB1226 | MHDDAA-STAFF ADM MEDS (SEN. SCOTT BENNETT) Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that the provision requiring the Department of Human Services to develop a training program for authorized direct care staff to administer medications under the supervision and monitoring of a registered professional nurse applies to (i) all residential (rather than all programs) for persons with a developmental disability in settings of 16 persons or fewer that are funded or licensed by the Department of Human Services and that distribute or administer medications, and (ii) all day programs certified to serve persons with developmental disabilities by the Department of Human Services. Provides that the training program for authorized direct care staff shall include educational and oversight components for staff who work in day programs that are similar to those for staff who work in residential programs. Effective January 1, 2018.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 1/8/2019 - House Floor Amendment No. 4 Home Rule Note Filed as Amended
1/8/2019 - Sponsor Removed Sen. Chapin Rose
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| | State Bill Page: | SB1226 |
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| SB1241 | REGULATION-TECH (SEN. WILLIAM HAINE) Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning licensure without examination. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 2/7/2017 - Referred to Senate Assignments
2/7/2017 - FIRST READING
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| | State Bill Page: | SB1241 |
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| SB1446 | DEPOSIT STATE MONEY-INVESTMENT (SEN. DAVID KOEHLER; REP. KATHLEEN WILLIS) House Committee Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. 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: | 11/8/2017 - Total Veto Stands
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| | Recent Status: | 11/8/2017 - Motions in Writing
11/8/2017 - Consideration of Governor's Veto Total Vetoes
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| | State Bill Page: | SB1446 |
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| SB1544 | DHFS-LONG TERM CARE CLAIMS (SEN. JOHN MULROE) House Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires long term care facilities to submit new admissions with associated admission documents (rather than admission documents) through the Medical Electronic Data Interchange or the Recipient Eligibility Verification System or directly to the Department of Human Services within 45 calendar days (rather than 15 days) of the facility receiving required prescreening information. Removes a provision requiring long term care facilities to enter data for new admissions into the Medical Electronic Data Interchange or the Recipient Eligibility Verification System or successor system within 5 days of the facility receiving required prescreening information. |
| | Current Status: | 8/25/2017 - Effective Date January 1, 2018
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| | Recent Status: | 8/25/2017 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0449
8/25/2017 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | SB1544 |
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| SB1546 | INS CD-SYNCHRONIZATION (SEN. JOHN MULROE) Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that every policy of accident and health insurance amended, delivered, issued, or renewed after the effective date of the amendatory Act that provides coverage for prescription drugs shall provide for synchronization of prescription drug refills on at least one occasion per insured per year provided that certain conditions are met. Requires insurers to provide prorated daily cost-sharing rates when necessary. Makes conforming changes in the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the School Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, the Limited Health Services Organization Act, the Voluntary Health Services Plan Act, and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 8/4/2017 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
7/4/2017 - Senate Bills on Third Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | SB1546 |
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| SB1585 | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT-VARIOUS (SEN. IRIS MARTINEZ; REP. MICHAEL HALPIN) Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal date of the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987 from January 1, 2018 to January 1, 2028. Amends the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987. Replaces references to "supervising physician" with references to "collaborating physician" throughout the Act. Replaces references to "supervision agreement" with references to "collaborative agreement" throughout the Act. Makes conforming changes in the Medical Practice Act of 1987 and the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Removes references to "alternate supervising physician". Adds provisions concerning continuing education. 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. Provides language concerning confidentiality of information collected by the Department in the course of an examination or investigation. Makes changes in provisions concerning the application of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, definitions, advertising, billing, the use of titles, collaboration requirements, prescriptive authority, physician assistants in hospitals, hospital affiliates, or ambulatory surgical treatment centers, unlicensed practice, application for licensure, identification, qualifications for licensure, Department powers and duties, fees, expiration and renewal of a license, grounds for disciplinary action, investigation notices, hearings, hearing officers, restoration of a license, administrative review, and certification of the record. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code to allow the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to provide for the legally authorized services of licensed physician assistants. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 8/25/2017 - Effective Date August 25, 2017
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| | Recent Status: | 8/25/2017 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0453
8/25/2017 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | SB1585 |
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| SB1596 | MEDICAID-UTILIZATION CONTROLS (SEN. DALE RIGHTER) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions concerning medical assistance for the treatment of alcohol dependence or opioid dependence, provides that on or after July 1, 2017 such coverage may be subject to utilization controls or prior authorization mandates consistent with the most current edition of the American Society of Addiction Medicine's National Practice Guideline for the Use of Medications in the Treatment of Addiction Involving Opioid Use, as now or hereafter revised, or any successor publication (rather than on or after July 1, 2015 such coverage shall not be subject to any (1) utilization control, other than those established under the American Society of Addiction Medicine patient placement criteria, (2) prior authorization mandate, or (3) lifetime restriction limit mandate). Provides that on or after July 1, 2017, opioid antagonists prescribed for the treatment of an opioid overdose may be subject to (A) utilization controls or (B) prior authorization mandates consistent with the most current edition of the American Society of Addiction Medicine's National Practice Guideline for the Use of Medications in the Treatment of Addiction Involving Opioid Use, as now or hereafter revised, or any successor publication. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 5/5/2017 - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
5/5/2017 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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| | State Bill Page: | SB1596 |
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| SB1604 | PHARMACY-PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (SEN. WILLIAM BRADY) Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Provides that if a physician or other authorized prescriber does not prohibit drug product substitution, a pharmacist shall dispense a brand name drug product as a substitute for an unavailable nonbrand name drug product specified in the prescription. Provides that if the substitute drug product has a unit price greater than the unavailable drug product specified in the prescription, then the pharmacist shall dispense that substitute drug product at the lesser unit price of the drug product specified in the prescription. Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act to extend the repeal date for the Pharmacy Practice Act to January 1, 2020. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 11/15/2018 - Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. William E. Brady
4/7/2017 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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| | State Bill Page: | SB1604 |
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| SB1607 | CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES MONITOR (SEN. KWAME RAOUL; REP. ELGIE SIMS) Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Before issuing a prescription for a Schedule II, III, IV, or V controlled substance, a prescriber or his or her designee shall access the prescription monitoring program to determine compliance with the pharmacy and medication shopping provisions of the Act. Provides that within one year of the effective date of the bill, the Department shall adopt rules requiring all Electronic Health Records Systems to interface with the Prescription Monitoring Program application program on or before January 1, 2021 to ensure that all providers have access to specific patient records during the treatment of their patients. These rules shall also address the electronic integration of pharmacy records with the Prescription Monitoring Program to allow for faster transmission of the information required under the Act. Provides that the Department shall establish actions to be taken if a prescriber's Electronic Health Records System does not effectively interface with the Prescription Monitoring Program within the required timeline. Provides that the Department of Human Services, in consultation with the Advisory Committee, shall adopt rules allowing licensed prescribers or pharmacists who have registered to access the Prescription Monitoring Program to authorize a designee to consult the Prescription Monitoring Program on their behalf. The rules shall include reasonable parameters concerning a practitioner's authority to authorize a designee, and the eligibility of a person to be selected as a designee.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Restores language of the law that when a person has been identified as having 3 or more prescribers or 3 or more pharmacies, or both, that do not utilize a common electronic file for controlled substances within the course of a continuous 30-day period, the Prescription Monitoring Program may (rather than shall) issue an unsolicited report to the prescribers, dispensers, and their designees informing them of the potential medication shopping.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Reinserts the provisions of the bill as amended by Senate Amendments Nos. 1 and 2. Deletes provision that a prescriber who receives the report from the Prescription Monitoring Program concerning a person who has been identified as having 3 or more prescribers or 3 or more pharmacies, or both, either personally or through an agent at his or her place of practice, shall be prohibited from issuing a controlled substance to that same person unless the prescriber signs a statement on the prescription acknowledging receipt of the report. Deletes that if a pharmacy or pharmacist receives a prescription for a person he or she knows or should know to be the subject of the report, and the prescriber fails to provide the required acknowledgement, the pharmacy or pharmacist must contact the prescriber and obtain a signature on the acknowledgement before filling the prescription. Provides that if an unsolicited report is issued to a prescriber or prescribers, then the report must also be sent to the applicable dispensing pharmacy. Restores provision that nothing in this provision shall be construed to create a requirement that any prescriber, dispenser, or pharmacist report any patient activity, or prescribe or refuse to prescribe or dispense any medications. Also provides that a prescriber who prescribes a Schedule II, III, IV, or V controlled substance in the course of oncology treatment, a condition associated with oncology, or hospice care is exempt from having to check the Prescription Monitoring Program prior to prescribing the controlled substance. |
| | Current Status: | 1/8/2018 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0575
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| | Recent Status: | 1/8/2018 - Effective Date January 8, 2018
1/8/2018 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | SB1607 |
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| SB1609 | INS CD-ABUSE DETERRENT OPIOIDS (SEN. MELINDA BUSH) Amends the Illinois Insurance Code, the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the School Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, the Limited Health Service Organization Act, the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act, and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Prohibits insurers from requiring that a covered individual first use an opioid analgesic drug product without abuse-deterrence labeling claims before providing coverage for an abuse-deterrent opioid analgesic drug product. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 5/5/2017 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
4/7/2017 - Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 5, 2017
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| | State Bill Page: | SB1609 |
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| SB1660 | WORKER COMP-FILL PRESCRIPTIONS (SEN. KYLE MCCARTER) Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Provides that no medical provider shall be reimbursed for a supply of prescriptions filled outside of a licensed pharmacy except when there exists no licensed pharmacy within 5 miles of the prescribing physician's practice. Provides that, if there exists no licensed pharmacy within 5 miles of the prescribing physician's practice, no medical provider shall be reimbursed for a prescription, the supply of which lasts for longer than 72 hours from the date of injury or 24 hours from the date of first referral to the medical service provider, whichever is greater, filled and dispensed outside of a licensed pharmacy. Provides that the limitations on filling and dispensing prescriptions do not apply if there exists a pre-arranged agreement between the medical provider and a preferred provider program regarding the filling of prescriptions outside a licensed pharmacy. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 5/5/2017 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
4/7/2017 - Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 5, 2017
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| | State Bill Page: | SB1660 |
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| SB1790 | PHARMACY-EMERGENCY REFILLS (SEN. STEVE STADELMAN) Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Provides that a pharmacist may exercise professional judgment to dispense an emergency supply of medication for a chronic disease or condition if the pharmacist is unable to obtain refill authorization from the prescriber when certain conditions are met. Provides that the emergency supply must be limited to the amount needed for the emergency period as determined by the pharmacist but the amount shall not exceed a 30-day supply. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 8/18/2017 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0237
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| | Recent Status: | 8/18/2017 - Effective Date August 18, 2017
8/18/2017 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | SB1790 |
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| SB1815 | NALOXONE-LIABILITY EXEMPTIONS (SEN. CHAPIN ROSE) Amends the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act. Provides that any health care professional and any EMS Medical Director who, acting in good faith, directly or by standing order, prescribes or dispenses an opioid antidote to: (a) a patient who, in the judgment of the health care professional, is capable of administering the drug in an emergency, or (b) a person who is not at risk of opioid overdose but who, in the judgment of the health care professional, may be in a position to assist another individual during an opioid-related drug overdose and who has received basic instruction on how to administer an opioid antagonist shall not, as a result of his or her acts or omissions, except willful and wanton misconduct, be liable for civil damages when administering naloxone in an emergency situation. Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Provides that any law enforcement officer or fireman, any emergency medical technician, and any first responder who in good faith provides emergency care, including the administration of an opioid antagonist, without fee or compensation to any person shall not, as a result of his or her acts or omissions, except willful and wanton misconduct, be liable for civil damages when administering naloxone in an emergency situation. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 3/17/2017 - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
3/17/2017 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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| | State Bill Page: | SB1815 |
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| SB1815 | NALOXONE-LIABILITY EXEMPTIONS (SEN. CHAPIN ROSE) Amends the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act. Provides that any health care professional and any EMS Medical Director who, acting in good faith, directly or by standing order, prescribes or dispenses an opioid antidote to: (a) a patient who, in the judgment of the health care professional, is capable of administering the drug in an emergency, or (b) a person who is not at risk of opioid overdose but who, in the judgment of the health care professional, may be in a position to assist another individual during an opioid-related drug overdose and who has received basic instruction on how to administer an opioid antagonist shall not, as a result of his or her acts or omissions, except willful and wanton misconduct, be liable for civil damages when administering naloxone in an emergency situation. Amends the Good Samaritan Act. Provides that any law enforcement officer or fireman, any emergency medical technician, and any first responder who in good faith provides emergency care, including the administration of an opioid antagonist, without fee or compensation to any person shall not, as a result of his or her acts or omissions, except willful and wanton misconduct, be liable for civil damages when administering naloxone in an emergency situation. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 3/17/2017 - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
3/17/2017 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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| | State Bill Page: | SB1815 |
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| SB1816 | PHARMACY PRACTICE ACT-SUNSET (SEN. DALE RIGHTER) Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal date of the Pharmacy Practice Act from January 1, 2018 to January 1, 2028. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 3/17/2017 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
3/16/2017 - Postponed - Licensed Activities and Pensions
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| | State Bill Page: | SB1816 |
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| SB1844 | INS CD-SYNCHRONIZE MEDICATION (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that all entities providing prescription drug coverage shall permit and apply a prorated daily cost-sharing rate to prescriptions that are dispensed by a pharmacy for less than a 30-day supply if the prescriber or pharmacist indicates the fill or refill could be in the best interest of the patient or is for the purpose of synchronizing the patient's chronic medications. Provides that no entity providing prescription drug coverage shall deny coverage for the dispensing of any drug prescribed for the treatment of a chronic illness that is made in accordance with a plan among the insured, the prescriber, and a pharmacist to synchronize the refilling of multiple prescriptions for the insured. Provides that no entity providing prescription drug coverage shall use payment structures incorporating prorated dispensing fees determined by calculation of the days' supply of medication dispensed. Provides that dispensing fees shall be determined exclusively on the total number of prescriptions dispensed. Establishes criteria for an entity conducting audits (either on-site or remotely) of pharmacy records. Provides that the Department of Insurance and Director of Insurance shall have the authority to enforce the provisions of the Act and impose financial penalties. Effective January 1, 2018. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 1/6/2019 - Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. John J. Cullerton
5/12/2017 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Connelly
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| | State Bill Page: | SB1844 |
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| SB1844 | INS CD-SYNCHRONIZE MEDICATION (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that all entities providing prescription drug coverage shall permit and apply a prorated daily cost-sharing rate to prescriptions that are dispensed by a pharmacy for less than a 30-day supply if the prescriber or pharmacist indicates the fill or refill could be in the best interest of the patient or is for the purpose of synchronizing the patient's chronic medications. Provides that no entity providing prescription drug coverage shall deny coverage for the dispensing of any drug prescribed for the treatment of a chronic illness that is made in accordance with a plan among the insured, the prescriber, and a pharmacist to synchronize the refilling of multiple prescriptions for the insured. Provides that no entity providing prescription drug coverage shall use payment structures incorporating prorated dispensing fees determined by calculation of the days' supply of medication dispensed. Provides that dispensing fees shall be determined exclusively on the total number of prescriptions dispensed. Establishes criteria for an entity conducting audits (either on-site or remotely) of pharmacy records. Provides that the Department of Insurance and Director of Insurance shall have the authority to enforce the provisions of the Act and impose financial penalties. Effective January 1, 2018. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 1/6/2019 - Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. John J. Cullerton
5/12/2017 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Connelly
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| | State Bill Page: | SB1844 |
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| SB1888 | MEDICAID-MCCN-PHARMACY RATES (SEN. SAM MCCANN) Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In addition to other specified actions required under the Code, requires a managed care community network that contracts with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to establish, maintain, and provide a fair and reasonable reimbursement rate to pharmacy providers for pharmaceutical services, prescription drugs and drug products, and pharmacy or pharmacist-provided services. Provides that the reimbursement methodology shall not be less than the current reimbursement rate utilized by the Department for prescription and pharmacy or pharmacist-provided services and shall not be below the actual acquisition cost of the pharmacy provider. Requires a managed care community network to ensure that the pharmacy formulary used by the managed care community network and its contract providers is no more restrictive than the Department's pharmaceutical program. Effective July 1, 2018. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 5/5/2017 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
4/7/2017 - Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 5, 2017
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| | State Bill Page: | SB1888 |
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| SB1944 | HYPODERMIC SYRINGES-REPEAL (SEN. CHRIS NYBO) Repeals the Hypodermic Syringes and Needles Act. Amends the Environmental Protection Act, the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act, and the Unified Code of Corrections to make conforming changes. Effective January 1, 2018. |
| | Current Status: | 8/24/2017 - Effective Date January 1, 2018
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| | Recent Status: | 8/24/2017 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0326
8/24/2017 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | SB1944 |
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| SB1971 | COST LIST-PHRMCY BENEFITS MNGR (SEN. OMAR AQUINO) Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides regulation for the creation of a list of drugs used to set the maximum allowable cost on which reimbursement to a pharmacy or pharmacist may be based. Provides that before a pharmacy benefits manager places or continues a particular drug on a maximum allowable cost list, the drug shall meet specified requirements. Provides for the duties of a pharmacy benefits manager in his or her use of a maximum allowable cost list. Provides for a reasonable administrative appeal procedure to allow pharmacies to challenge maximum allowable costs and reimbursements made under a maximum allowable cost for a specific drug. Provides that a pharmacy benefits manager shall not reimburse a pharmacy or pharmacist in this State in an amount less than the amount that the pharmacy benefits manager reimburses a pharmacy benefits manager affiliate for providing the same pharmacist services. Provides that a pharmacy or pharmacist may decline to provide pharmacist services to a patient or pharmacy benefits manager if, as a result of a maximum allowable cost list, a pharmacy or pharmacist is to be paid less than the pharmacy acquisition cost of the pharmacy providing pharmacist services. Provides that a violation of the provisions concerning maximum allowable cost lists and pharmacy benefits managers is a deceptive trade practice. Amends the Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act to make a conforming change. Defines terms. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 4/7/2017 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
3/17/2017 - Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 7, 2017
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| SB2011 | CONTROLLED SUB-SCHED II (SEN. WILLIAM BRADY) Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that a registered pharmacist filling a prescription for an opioid substance listed in Schedule II may dispense the prescribed substance in a lesser quantity than the recommended full quantity indicated on the prescription if requested by the patient provided that the prescription complies with the requirements of the Act. Provides that the remaining quantity in excess of the quantity requested by the patient shall be void. Provides that if the dispensed quantity is less than the recommended full quantity, the pharmacist or his or her designee shall, within a reasonable time following a reduction in quantity but not more than 7 days, notify the prescribing practitioner of the quantity actually dispensed. Provides that nothing in this provision shall be interpreted to conflict with or supersede any other requirement established in the Act for a prescription of an opiate substance or any requirements or conditions for drug substitutions established in the Act. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 11/15/2018 - Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. William E. Brady
8/4/2017 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| | State Bill Page: | SB2011 |
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| SB2038 | SCH CD-EPINEPHRINE INJECTOR (SEN. CHAPIN ROSE) Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning epinephrine administration, provides that epinephrine may be administered with a glass vial, auto-injector, ampule, or pre-filled syringe. Makes conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 8/4/2017 - Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
8/4/2017 - Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
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| SB2058 | PHARMACY-ELECTRONIC PRESCRIP (SEN. CHAPIN ROSE) Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. Provides that, beginning on January 1, 2022, all prescriptions orders for drugs or medical devices must be electronically transmitted to the patient's pharmacy of choice. Requires the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to adopt rules governing the use of electronically transmitted prescription orders. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 8/4/2017 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
7/4/2017 - Senate Bills on Second Reading
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| SB2189 | MEDICAID SMART CARD (SEN. WILLIAM BRADY) 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: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 12/21/2018 - Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. William E. Brady
4/13/2018 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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| | State Bill Page: | SB2189 |
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| SB2190 | MEDICAID-VENDOR FRAUD (SEN. WILLIAM BRADY) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of the Code to the contrary, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services' Inspector General shall report all suspected cases of provider fraud involving a vendor, a medical provider, or any other provider authorized to participate in the medical assistance program to the State's Attorney of the county where the alleged fraud occurred or, when appropriate, to the Office of the Attorney General or to the Offices of the several United States Attorneys in Illinois. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 12/21/2018 - Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. William E. Brady
5/12/2017 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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| | State Bill Page: | SB2190 |
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| SB2191 | DHFS-MCO-RX DRUG FORMULARY (SEN. WILLIAM BRADY) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires managed care organizations under contract with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to follow a standard prescription drug formulary established by the Department by rule. Requires the Department to adopt any rules necessary to implement the provision. Effective January 1, 2018. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 12/21/2018 - Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. William E. Brady
4/13/2018 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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| | State Bill Page: | SB2191 |
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| SB2201 | MEDICAID REDETERMINATIONS (SEN. KYLE MCCARTER) Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that a redetermination of eligibility for medical assistance benefits shall be conducted every 3 months. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 5/12/2017 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
5/12/2017 - To Subcommittee on Special Issues (HS)
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| | State Bill Page: | SB2201 |
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| SB2226 | EPINEPHRINE LIABILITY-POLICE (SEN. CHRIS NYBO; REP. CAROL SENTE) Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with changes. Deletes language in the introduced bill providing 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. Deletes language in the introduced bill providing that health care personnel may not be subject to civil or professional liability for providing or not providing a standing order or prescription for an epinephrine auto-injector under the State Police Act or Illinois Police Training Act. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 7/31/2018 - Effective Date July 31, 2018
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| | Recent Status: | 7/31/2018 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0648
7/31/2018 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | SB2226 |
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| SB2241 | NO TAXPAYER FUNDING ABORTION (SEN. DAN MCCONCHIE) Creates the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act. Provides that neither the State nor any of its subdivisions may authorize the use of, appropriate, or expend funds to pay for an abortion or to cover any part of the costs of a health plan that includes coverage of abortion or to provide or refer for an abortion, unless a woman who suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness that would, as certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death if an abortion is not performed. Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971 and the Illinois Public Aid Code. Excludes from the programs of health benefits and services authorized under those Acts coverage for elective abortions as provided in the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act. Prohibits a physician who has been found guilty of performing an abortion procedure in a willful and wanton manner upon a woman who was not pregnant when the abortion procedure was performed from participating in the State's Medical Assistance Program. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall require a written statement, including the required opinion of a physician, to accompany a claim for reimbursement for abortions or induced miscarriages or premature births. Makes other changes. Amends the Problem Pregnancy Health Services and Care Act. Permits the Department of Human Services to make grants to nonprofit agencies and organizations that do not use those grants to refer or counsel for, or perform, abortions. Contains provisions regarding applicability and preempts home rule. Effective on the earlier of the effective date of Public Act 100-538 or June 1, 2018. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 5/16/2018 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Connelly
4/13/2018 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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| | State Bill Page: | SB2241 |
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| SB2255 | PROMPT PAYMENT-INTEREST (SEN. LAURA MURPHY) Amends the State Prompt Payment Act. Provides that, for bills approved for payment on or after July 1, 2018, the prompt payment interest rate for the fiscal year shall be the greater of (i) 3% or (ii) 2 times the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index For All Urban Consumers during the 12-month period immediately preceding the first day of the fiscal year (currently, 1% generally and 2% for certain bills submitted under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code). Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 5/3/2018 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
4/27/2018 - Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 3, 2018
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| | State Bill Page: | SB2255 |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 7/1/2018 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
5/31/2018 - Consideration Postponed
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| | State Bill Page: | SB2262 |
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| SB2332 | TOBACCO PRODUCTS-UNDER 21 (SEN. JULIE MORRISON; REP. MONICA BRISTOW) Amends the Prevention of Tobacco Use by Minors and Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products Act. Changes the name of the Act to the Prevention of Tobacco Use by Persons under 21 Years of Age and Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products Act. Raises the age for whom tobacco products, electronic cigarettes, and alternative nicotine products may be sold to and possessed by from at least 18 years of age to at least 21 years of age. Defines "electronic cigarette". Repeals the Smokeless Tobacco Limitation Act. Amends various other Acts to make conforming changes.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Makes it a Class A misdemeanor for a person who is under 21 years of age (formerly 18) in the furtherance or facilitation of obtaining any tobacco product to display or use a false or forged identification card or to transfer, alter, or deface an identification card. Makes other technical changes.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Provides that the report to the General Assembly by the Illinois Liquor Control Commission based on a study of the impact of Public Act 95-634 on the business of soliciting, selling, and shipping wine from inside and outside of this State directly to residents of this State. shall 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. Provides that a person shall not distribute without charge samples of any tobacco product to any other person, regardless of age, except for smokeless tobacco in an adult-only facility (current law prohibits the distribution of free samples of a tobacco product, regardless of age: (1) within a retail establishment selling tobacco products, unless the retailer has verified the purchaser's age with a government issued identification; (2) from a lunch wagon; or (3) on a public way as a promotion or advertisement of a tobacco manufacturer or tobacco product). |
| | Current Status: | 11/29/2018 - Total Veto Stands
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| | Recent Status: | 11/29/2018 - Consideration of Governor's Veto Total Vetoes
11/28/2018 - 3/5 Vote Required
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| | State Bill Page: | SB2332 |
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| SB2440 | INS CD-MENTAL HEALTH/ADDICTION (SEN. JULIE MORRISON) Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides than an insurer that amends, delivers, issues, or renews a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or a qualified health plan that provides coverage for hospital or medical treatment and for treatment of a mental, emotional, nervous, or substance use disorder or condition shall submit an annual report to the Department of Insurance or, with respect to medical assistance, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services on or before March 1 containing specific information. Provides that the Director of Insurance cannot certify an insurer's policy if the insurer fails to submit all specific information required. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 4/27/2018 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
4/13/2018 - Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 27, 2018
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| | State Bill Page: | SB2440 |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 8/17/2018 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0925
8/17/2018 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | SB2524 |
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| SB2529 | PROF REG-STUDENT LOAN DEFAULT (SEN. STEVE STADELMAN) Amends various acts to remove provisions allowing or requiring licensing authorities to deny, not renew, suspend, or revoke professional licenses for defaulting on an educational loan or scholarship provided by or guaranteed by a State agency. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 4/13/2018 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
3/14/2018 - Senate Licensed Activities and Pensions |
| | State Bill Page: | SB2529 |
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| SB2653 | PROF REG-STUDENT LOAN DEFAULT (SEN. WILLIAM BRADY) Amends various acts to remove provisions allowing or requiring licensing authorities to deny, not renew, suspend, or revoke professional licenses for defaulting on an educational loan or scholarship provided by or guaranteed by a State agency. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 12/21/2018 - Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. William E. Brady
4/27/2018 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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| | State Bill Page: | SB2653 |
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| SB2654 | SCH CD-INFLUENZA VACCINE INFO (SEN. MATTIE HUNTER; REP. FRED CRESPO) Amends the School Code. Requires the school board of a school district to include information about influenza and influenza vaccinations in accordance with the latest recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention when it provides information on immunizations, infectious diseases, medications, or other school health issues to the parents or guardians of students.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Public Health to develop or approve and publish informational materials for school districts in this State regarding influenza and influenza vaccinations and meningococcal disease and meningococcal vaccinations in accordance with the latest recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Amends the School Code to require a school board of a school district to include the informational materials developed or approved by the Department when it provides information on immunizations, infectious diseases, medications, or other school health issues to the parents or guardians of students.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Provides that the Department of Public Health shall develop, provide, or approve (rather than develop or approve) the informational materials in accordance with the latest information provided by (rather than the latest recommendations of) the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Makes a conforming change. |
| | Current Status: | 8/19/2018 - Effective Date January 1, 2019
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| | Recent Status: | 8/19/2018 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0977
8/19/2018 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | SB2654 |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 5/31/2018 - Senate Bills on Third Reading
5/31/2018 - Senate Bills on Third Reading
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| | State Bill Page: | SB2827 |
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| SB2834 | SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER ACT (SEN. DAVE SYVERSON) Amends the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act. Changes the short title of the Act to the Substance Use Disorder Act. Removes the terms "addict", "addiction", "alcoholic", "alcoholism", and "substance abuse" and their corresponding definitions. Requires the Department of Human Services to reduce the incidence of substance use disorders (rather than reduce the incidence and consequences of the abuse of alcohol and other drugs). Defines "substance use disorder". Requires the Department to design, coordinate, and fund prevention, early intervention, treatment, and other recovery support services for substance use disorders that are accessible and address the needs of at-risk individuals and their families. Requires the Department to develop a comprehensive plan on the provision of such services; assist other State agencies in developing and establishing substance use disorder services for the agencies' clients; adopt medical and clinical standards on how to determine a substance use disorder diagnosis; and other matters. Contains provisions concerning the licensing of substance use disorder treatment providers; licensure categories and services; the identification of individuals who need substance use disorder treatment using "SBIRT"; patients' rights; services for pregnant women, mothers, and criminal justice clients; and other matters. Repeals a provision of the Act establishing the Committee on Women's Alcohol and Substance Abuse Treatment. Repeals a provision of the Act setting forth the powers and duties of the Medical Advisory Committee. Makes conforming changes concerning the Substance Use Disorder Act to several Acts including the Department of Human Services Act, the Children and Family Services Act, and the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Effective January 1, 2019.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Further amends the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act. Defines the terms "designated program", "recovery", "recovery support", "substance use disorder", and "withdrawal management". Restores all references to "designated program". Requires the Department of Human Services to promulgate regulations to identify and disseminate best practice guidelines that can be utilized by publicly and privately funded programs as well as for levels of payment to government funded programs that provide prevention, early intervention, treatment, and other recovery support services for substance use disorders and those services referenced in specified provisions of the Substance Use Disorder Act. Requires the Department to identify and disseminate evidence-based best practice guidelines as maintained in administrative rule that can be utilized to determine a substance use disorder diagnosis. Requires the Department to encourage all health and disability insurance programs to include substance use disorder treatment as a covered service and to use evidence-based best practice criteria as maintained in administrative rule and as required in Public Act 99-0480 in determining the necessity for such services and continued stay (rather than to use the clinical standards adopted by the Department in determining medical necessity for such services and criteria for continuing stay). Requires the Department to post on its website a licensed provider directory updated at least quarterly. In provisions allowing an individual who is charged with or convicted of a crime to receive substance use disorder treatment from a designated program as a condition of probation, requires case management services to be delivered by the designated program. Makes other changes. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 4/27/2018 - Referred to House Rules
4/27/2018 - FIRST READING
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 4/13/2018 - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
4/13/2018 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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| | State Bill Page: | SB2849 |
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| SB2866 | HPV-INFORMATION-VACCINATIONS (SEN. LINDA HOLMES; REP. LAURA FINE) Amends the Communicable Disease Prevention Act. Provides that the Department must provide all students (currently, all female students) who are entering sixth grade and their parents or legal guardians written information about the link between human papillomavirus and specified kinds of cancer, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommendation for children to be vaccinated with the HPV vaccine (currently, written information about the link between human papillomavirus and cervical cancer and the availability of a HPV vaccine). Provides that the Department shall adopt emergency rules to the extent necessary to administer the Department's responsibilities under the amendatory Act no later than July 1, 2019. Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that beginning on January 1, 2020, the definition for "eligible individual" for provisions concerning human papillomavirus vaccinations includes male children under the age of 18 that meet specified conditions.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: In the provisions of the Communicable Disease Prevention Act, provides that the Department of Public Health must provide all students who are entering sixth grade and their parents or legal guardians with written information about the availability of a (rather than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommendation for children to be vaccinated with the) HPV vaccine so that they may be (rather than are) protected before ever being exposed to the virus. Makes changes to a Section heading. |
| | Current Status: | 8/7/2018 - Effective Date January 1, 2019
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| | Recent Status: | 8/7/2018 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0741
8/7/2018 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | SB2866 |
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| SB2881 | SALES TAX-REDUCED RATE-CONDOMS (SEN. OMAR AQUINO; REP. SONYA HARPER) Amends the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that female and male condoms, incontinence products, diapers, and baby wipes shall be taxed by the State at a rate of 1% (currently, 6.25%). Provides that the net revenue from the 1% tax collected from the sale of those products shall be deposited into the State and Local Sales Tax Reform Fund. Amends the Use Tax, Service Occupation Tax, and Service Occupation Use Tax Acts to make conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 11/28/2018 - House Executive11/27/2018 - Motion to Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed
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| | State Bill Page: | SB2881 |
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| SB2889 | EPINEPHRINE ADMINISTRATION ACT (SEN. CHAPIN ROSE; REP. NORINE HAMMOND) Creates the Epinephrine Administration Act. Provides that a health care practitioner may prescribe epinephrine pre-filled syringes in the name of an authorized entity where allergens capable of causing anaphylaxis may be present. Provides that an authorized entity may acquire and stock a supply of undesignated epinephrine pre-filled syringes provided the undesignated epinephrine pre-filled syringes are stored in a specified location. Requires each employee, agent, or other individual of the authorized entity to complete a specified training program before using a pre-filled syringe to administer epinephrine. Provides that a trained employee, agent, or other individual of the authorized entity may either provide or administer an epinephrine pre-filled syringe to a person whom the employee, agent, or other individual believes in good faith is experiencing anaphylaxis. Provides that training under the Act shall be valid for 2 years. Requires the Department of Public Health to approve training programs, to list the approved programs on the Department's website, and to include links to training providers' websites on the Department's website. Contains provisions concerning costs, limitations, and rulemaking. Defines terms. Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning epinephrine administration, provides that epinephrine may be administered with a pre-filled syringe. Makes conforming changes.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Amends the Epinephrine Auto-Injector Act and changes the short title to the Epinephrine Injector Act. Makes a corresponding change in the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Defines "epinephrine injector" as including an auto-injector for the administration of epinephrine or a pre-filled syringe used for the administration of epinephrine that contains a pre-measured dose of epinephrine that is equivalent to the dosages used in an auto-injector. Deletes the definition for "epinephrine auto-injector". Changes references from "epinephrine auto-injector" to "epinephrine injector". Removes the provisions creating the Epinephrine Administration Act.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Provides that the definition of "epinephrine injector" includes an auto-injector approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the administration of epinephrine and (rather than or) a pre-filled syringe approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration and used for the administration of epinephrine that contains a pre-measured dose of epinephrine that is equivalent to the dosages used in an auto-injector |
| | Current Status: | 8/10/2018 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0799
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| | Recent Status: | 8/10/2018 - Effective Date January 1, 2019
8/10/2018 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | SB2889 |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 11/15/2018 - Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. William E. Brady
4/13/2018 - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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| | State Bill Page: | SB2917 |
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| SB2952 | CONTROL SUB-PMP&ADV COMMITTEE (SEN. MELINDA BUSH) Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services, in consultation with the Advisory Committee, shall adopt rules allowing licensed prescribers or pharmacists who have registered to access the Prescription Monitoring Program to authorize a licensed or non-licensed designee (rather than any designee) employed in that licensed prescriber's office or licensed pharmacist's pharmacy and who has received training in the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act to consult the Prescription Monitoring Program on their behalf. Requires the Clinical Director of the Prescription Monitoring Program to select 6 members (rather than 5 members), 3 physicians, 2 pharmacists, and one dentist, of the Prescription Monitoring Program Advisory Committee to serve as members of the peer review subcommittee. Effective immediately.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that to ensure the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act privacy of an individual's prescription data reported to the Prescription Monitoring Program received from a retail dispenser under this Act, the data shall be stored and isolated from any other database and remain under the full and complete control of the Prescription Monitoring Program. Provides that as an active step to address the current opioid crisis in this State and to prevent and reduce addiction resulting from a sports injury or an accident, the Prescription Monitoring Program and the Department of Public Health shall coordinate a continuous review of the Prescription Monitoring Program and the Department of Public Health data to determine if a patient may be at risk of opioid addiction. Each patient discharged from any medical facility with an International Classification of Disease, 10th edition code related to a sport or accident injury shall be subject to the data review. If the discharged patient is dispensed a controlled substance, the Prescription Monitoring Program shall alert the patient's prescriber and dispenser as to the addiction risk and urge each to follow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines or his or her respective profession's treatment guidelines related to the patient's injury. This provision is inoperative on or after January 1, 2024. Provides that membership in the Prescription Monitoring Program Advisory Committee shall consist of 12 members appointed by the Clinical Director of the Prescription Monitoring Program. The current Advisory Committee shall continue to serve until January 1, 2019. At the first meeting of 2019 lots shall be drawn and 4 members shall serve 3 years, 4 members shall serve 2 years, and 4 members shall serve one year. Members may serve more than one term but no more than 3 terms. Nominations shall be submitted by the professional associations representing prescribers and dispensers. If there are more nominees than membership positions for a prescriber or dispenser category, the Clinical Director of the Prescription Monitoring Program shall appoint a member or members for each profession from the nominations to serve on the advisory committee. Provides that the Advisory Committee shall select from its members 7 members of the Peer Review Committee (now peer review subcommittee) composed of: (1) 2 physicians; (2) one pharmacist; (3) one dentist; (4) one advanced practice registered nurse; (5) one physician assistant; and (6) one optometrist or ophthalmologist. Provides that the Peer Review Committee member, whose profession is the same as the prescriber or dispenser being reviewed, shall prepare a preliminary report and recommendation for any non-action or action. The Prescription Monitoring Program Clinical Director and staff shall provide the necessary assistance and data as required. Effective immediately.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 - Increases the membership on the Peer Review Committee from 7 to 9 members. Adds one additional physician and one additional pharmacist to the Committee.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 4 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of Senate Amendment No. 2 with changes. Provides that the Department of Public Health's Prescription Monitoring Program Administrator shall receive, store, and maintain a prescription record users database which shall be the Prescription Information Library. Provides that to ensure the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act privacy of an individual's prescription data reported to the Prescription Monitoring Program received from a retail dispenser under this Act, and in order to execute the duties and responsibilities under this Act and rules for disclosure under this Act, the Clinical Director of the Prescription Monitoring Program or his or her designee shall maintain direct access to all Prescription Monitoring Program data. Any request for Prescription Monitoring Program data from any other department or agency must be approved in writing by the Clinical Director of the Prescription Monitoring Program or his or her designee unless otherwise permitted by law. Prescription Monitoring Program data shall only be disclosed as permitted by law. Increases the membership on the Peer Review Committee from 7 to 11 members. Adds one additional physician, two additional pharmacists, and one veterinarian to the Committee. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 8/26/2018 - Effective Date August 26, 2018
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| | Recent Status: | 8/26/2018 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1093
8/26/2018 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | SB2952 |
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| SB3015 | SCH CD-ASTHMA MEDICATION (SEN. DAVID KOEHLER; REP. ARTHUR TURNER) Amends the School Code. With regard to the self-administration and self-carry of asthma medication, provides that a school district, public school, charter school, or nonpublic school may authorize a school nurse or trained personnel to (i) provide undesignated asthma medication to a student for self-administration only or to any personnel authorized under a student's Individual Health Care Action Plan or asthma action plan, plan pursuant to Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, or individualized education program plan to administer to the student that meets the student's prescription on file, (ii) administer an undesignated asthma medication that meets the prescription on file to any student who has an Individual Health Care Action Plan or asthma action plan, plan pursuant to Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, or individualized education program plan that authorizes the use of asthma medication; and (iii) administer an undesignated asthma medication to any person that the school nurse or trained personnel believes in good faith is having respiratory distress; defines "undesignated asthma medication" and "respiratory distress". Changes the definition of "asthma medication" to mean quick-relief asthma medication that is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of respiratory distress. Provides that a school nurse or trained personnel may administer undesignated asthma medication to any person whom the school nurse or trained personnel in good faith believes to be experiencing respiratory distress (i) while in school, (ii) while at a school-sponsored activity, (iii) while under the supervision of school personnel, or (iv) before or after normal school activities. Provides that a school district, public school, charter school, or nonpublic school may maintain a supply of an asthma medication in any secure location where a person is most at risk. Provides that a training curriculum to recognize and respond to respiratory distress may be conducted online or in person. Specifies training requirements. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 - Provides that, within 24 hours after the administration of an undesignated asthma medication, a school district, public school, charter school, or nonpublic school must follow up with the school nurse as provided under the provision in the School Code governing the administration of asthma medication. Removes the immediate effective date of the bill.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. With regard to the self-administration and self-carry of asthma medication, provides that a school district, public school, charter school, or nonpublic school may authorize a school nurse or trained personnel to (i) provide undesignated asthma medication to a student for self-administration only or to any personnel authorized under a student's Individual Health Care Action Plan or asthma action plan, plan pursuant to Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, or individualized education program plan to administer to the student that meets the student's prescription on file, (ii) administer undesignated asthma medication that meets the prescription on file to any student who has an Individual Health Care Action Plan or asthma action plan, plan pursuant to Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, or individualized education program plan that authorizes the use of asthma medication; and (iii) administer undesignated asthma medication to any person that the school nurse or trained personnel believes in good faith is having respiratory distress; defines "undesignated asthma medication" and "respiratory distress". Changes the definition of "asthma medication" to mean quick-relief asthma medication, including albuterol or other short-acting bronchodilators, that is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of respiratory distress. Provides that a school nurse or trained personnel may administer undesignated asthma medication to any person whom the school nurse or trained personnel in good faith believes to be experiencing respiratory distress (i) while in school, (ii) while at a school-sponsored activity, (iii) while under the supervision of school personnel, or (iv) before or after normal school activities. Provides that a school district, public school, charter school, or nonpublic school may maintain a supply of asthma medication in any secure location that is accessible before, during, or after school where a person is most at risk. Provides that a training curriculum to recognize and respond to respiratory distress may be conducted online or in person. Specifies training requirements. Makes other changes.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 3 - Provides that a school district or school must follow up with the school nurse after the administration of undesignated asthma medication only if a school nurse is available. |
| | Current Status: | 8/3/2018 - Effective Date January 1, 2019
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| | Recent Status: | 8/3/2018 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0726
8/3/2018 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | SB3015 |
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| 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
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| | Recent Status: | 8/21/2018 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1018
8/21/2018 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | SB3048 |
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| SB3116 | PODIATRIC PHYSICIAN (SEN. MATTIE HUNTER) 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.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Nurse Practice Act. In provisions concerning collaborative agreements, provides that an advanced practice registered nurse who had a written collaborative agreement with a podiatric physician immediately before September 20, 2017, may enter into a new collaborative relationship with a podiatric physician. Makes conforming changes. |
| | Current Status: | 8/26/2018 - Effective Date August 26, 2018
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| | Recent Status: | 8/26/2018 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-1096
8/26/2018 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | SB3116 |
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| SB3170 | PHARMACY-PRESCRIPTIONS (SEN. STEVE STADELMAN) Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act and the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Provides that a prescription for medication other than controlled substances shall be valid for up to 15 months from the date issued for the purpose of refills, unless the prescription states otherwise. |
| | Current Status: | 8/13/2018 - Effective Date January 1, 2019
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| | Recent Status: | 8/13/2018 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0804
8/13/2018 - GOVERNOR APPROVED
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| | State Bill Page: | SB3170 |
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| SB3184 | CONTROLLED SUB-LICENSE POSSESS (SEN. SCOTT BENNETT) Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Creates the offense of unauthorized request or possession of a prescriber's Illinois controlled substance license or United States Drug Enforcement Administration registration. Provides that a person commits the offense when he or she knowingly: (1) requests the license number or registration number other than for: (A) prescribing or dispensing controlled substances; (B) insurance processing related to controlled substances; (C) professional employment; or (D) collecting credentials data under the Health Care Professional Credentials Data Collection Act; (2) possesses without authorization the prescriber's Illinois controlled substance license or United States Drug Enforcement Administration registration or prescriber's Illinois controlled substance license number or United States Drug Enforcement Administration registration number; or (3) uses the prescriber's Illinois controlled substance license number or United States Drug Enforcement Administration registration number to obtain any medication or to create a fraudulent prescription or order. Provides that a violation is a Class 4 felony for the first offense and a Class 3 felony for each subsequent offense. Provides that the fine for the first offense may not exceed $100,000 and the fine for each subsequent offense may not exceed $200,000. Adds a purpose clause concerning the opioid crisis. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 4/27/2018 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
4/24/2018 - Postponed - Criminal Law
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| | State Bill Page: | SB3184 |
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| SB3431 | CONTROLLED SUB-SCHED II (SEN. SUE REZIN) Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that when issuing a prescription for an opiate to a patient 18 years of age or older for outpatient use for the first time, a practitioner may not issue a prescription for more than a 7-day supply. Provides that a practitioner may not issue an opiate prescription to a person under 18 years of age for more than a 7-day supply at any time and shall discuss with the parent or guardian of the person under 18 years of age the risks associated with opiate use and the reasons why the prescription is necessary. Provides that notwithstanding this provision, if, in the professional medical judgment of a practitioner, more than a 7-day supply of an opiate is required to treat the patient's acute medical condition or is necessary for the treatment of chronic pain management, pain associated with a cancer diagnoses, or for palliative care, then the practitioner may issue a prescription for the quantity needed to treat that acute medical condition, chronic pain, pain associated with a cancer diagnosis, or pain experienced while the patient is in palliative care. Provides that the condition triggering the prescription of an opiate for more than a 7-day supply shall be documented in the patient's medical record and the practitioner shall indicate that a non-opiate alternative was not appropriate to address the medical condition. Provides that these provisions do not apply to medications designed for the treatment of substance abuse or opioid dependence. Effective immediately. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 4/19/2018 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Chris Nybo
4/13/2018 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
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| | State Bill Page: | SB3431 |
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| SB3498 | MANAGED CARE-FORMULARY CHANGES (SEN. ELGIE SIMS) Amends the Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act. Requires a policy or plan sponsor to notify the prescribing physician and the patient in writing 60 days before making a formulary change that alters the terms of coverage or discontinues coverage for a prescribed drug that the patient is receiving. Contains provisions for receiving the notice electronically. Provides that a policy or plan sponsor may provide the patient with the written notification, along with a 60-day supply of the prescription drug, at the time the patient requests a refill. Provides that nothing in the provisions prohibits insurers or pharmacy benefit managers from using certain managed pharmacy care tools so long as an exception process is in place allowing the prescriber to petition for coverage a non-preferred drug if sufficient clinical reasons justify an exception to the normal protocol. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 4/27/2018 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
4/13/2018 - Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 27, 2018
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| | State Bill Page: | SB3498 |
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| SB3642 | INS-PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGER (SEN. SAM MCCANN) Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that the Third Party Prescription Program Act does not apply to pharmacy benefits managers. Creates the Pharmacy Benefits Managers Article in the Code. Requires all pharmacy benefits managers doing business in the State to register with the Director of Insurance. Includes provisions on applications for registration, discipline of registered pharmacy benefits managers, examinations, fines, multi-source generic lists, reimbursements, restricted pharmacy fees, audits, and review by the Director. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 11/7/2018 - Referred to Senate Assignments
11/7/2018 - FIRST READING
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| | State Bill Page: | SB3642 |
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| SR27 | SAFE PASSAGES INITIATIVES (SEN. DAVID KOEHLER) Supports Safe Passages Initiatives and encourages all police departments in the State to research and implement Safe Passages Initiatives in their respective cities and counties. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 8/4/2017 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
1/24/2017 - Assigned to Senate Local Government
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| | State Bill Page: | SR27 |
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| SR1344 | RECOGNIZE-SEN. DONNE TROTTER (SEN. JOHN CULLERTON) Recognizes Sen. Donne E. Trotter for his service to the State of Illinois. |
| | Current Status: | 1/30/2018 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III
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| | Recent Status: | 1/30/2018 - Prevailed to Suspend Rule 3-6(a)
1/30/2018 - Moved to Suspend Rule Sen. John J. Cullerton; 3-6(a)
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| | State Bill Page: | SR1344 |
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| SR1397 | ANTIBIOTICS DISPOSAL-SUPERBUGS (SEN. CHAPIN ROSE) Urges the U.S. Congress to review existing federal laws for the disposal of unused antibiotics and to pass new laws to prevent the creation of "superbugs" and to fund research into the treatment of, and creation of, new drugs to fight antibiotic resistant "superbugs". |
| | Current Status: | 5/31/2018 - RESOLUTION ADOPTED
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| | Recent Status: | 5/31/2018 - Resolutions Secretary's Desk - Resolutions
5/30/2018 - Resolutions Secretary's Desk
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| | State Bill Page: | SR1397 |
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| SR2073 | S.E. DUPAGE POLLUTION (SEN. SAM MCCANN) Condemns the Governor's Office's response to the developing health crisis in Southeast DuPage County and demands the Governor's Office and the Illinois EPA's prompt and unreserved cooperation with the Illinois Attorney General's Office, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, local governments, and stakeholders affected in order to expeditiously resolve this crisis. |
| | Current Status: | 1/9/2019 - Session Sine Die
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| | Recent Status: | 11/7/2018 - Referred to Senate Assignments
11/7/2018 - Filed with Secretary Wm. Sam McCann
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| | State Bill Page: | SR2073 |
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