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SB2662 - YOUTH VAPING-ADVERTISING
Julie A. Morrison, Meg Loughran Cappel, Adriane Johnson
Last updated 3 months ago
36 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Preventing Youth Vaping Act. Restricts a manufacturer, distributor, or retailer from advertising, marketing, or promoting an electronic cigarette in a manner that is likely to cause a parent, legal guardian, teacher, or other adult to mistake the electronic cigarette for a product that is not a tobacco product.
STATUS
Passed
SB3777 - DEPARTMENT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD
Kimberly A. Lightford, Julie A. Morrison, Adriane Johnson
Last updated 9 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Department of Early Childhood Act. Creates the Department of Early Childhood to begin operation on July 1, 2024 and transfers to it certain rights, powers, duties, and functions currently exercised by various agencies of State Government. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2026 the Department of Early Childhood shall be the lead State agency for administering and providing early childhood education and care programs and services to children and families including: home-visiting services; early intervention services; preschool services; child care services; licensing for day care centers, day care homes, and group day care homes; and other early childhood education and care programs and administrative functions historically managed by the State Board of Education, the Department of Human Services, and the Department of Children and Family Services. Makes conforming changes to various Acts including the Department of Human Services Act, the Illinois Early Learning Council Act, the Illinois Procurement Code, the School Code, the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Early Intervention Services System Act and the Children and Family Services Act. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3350 - FENTANYL TEST STRIPS
Laura Ellman, Karina Villa, Sally J. Turner
Last updated 3 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that specified hospitals and other organizations deemed eligible by the Department of Public Health shall be enrolled to receive fentanyl test strips from the Department and distribute fentanyl test strips upon enrollment in the Drug Overdose Prevention Program. Removes a provision requiring every law enforcement agency and fire department that responds to emergency medical calls to possess fentanyl test strips and to distribute fentanyl test strips to the public at no charge. Removes a provision requiring every health care facility to possess fentanyl test strips and to make available fentanyl test strips to the public. Provides that the needle and hypodermic syringe access program shall provide access to fentanyl test strips if feasible.
STATUS
Passed
SB3173 - COUNTY/MUNI-BROADBAND PROJECTS
Donald P. DeWitte, Linda Holmes, Adriane Johnson
Last updated 3 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill, but adds that nothing in the provisions shall be construed to authorize a county to lease, license, or otherwise grant access to or use of infrastructure that the county does not own or control to public or private entities to facilitate the delivery of broadband services.
STATUS
Passed
SB3739 - NETWORK ADEQUACY-STANDARDS
Robert Peters, Julie A. Morrison, Mattie Hunter
Last updated 9 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Network Adequacy and Transparency Act. Adds definitions. Provides that the minimum ratio for each provider type shall be no less than any such ratio established for qualified health plans in Federally-Facilitated Exchanges by federal law or by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Provides that the maximum travel time and distance standards and appointment wait time standards shall be no greater than any such standards established for qualified health plans in Federally-Facilitated Exchanges by federal law or by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Makes changes to provisions concerning network adequacy, notice of nonrenewal or termination, transition of services, network transparency, administration and enforcement, provider requirements, and provider directory information. Amends the Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act. Makes changes to provisions concerning notice of nonrenewal or termination and transition of services. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to authorize the Department of Insurance to adopt emergency rules implementing federal standards for provider ratios, time and distance, or appointment wait times when such standards apply to health insurance coverage regulated by the Department of Insurance and are more stringent than the State standards extant at the time the final federal standards are published. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to make a conforming change. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3426 - REVENUE-VARIOUS
Christopher Belt, Adriane Johnson, Jay C. Hoffman
Last updated 3 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Makes changes concerning the exemption for materials, parts, equipment, components, and furnishings incorporated into or upon an aircraft. Amends the Liquor Control Act of 1934. Provides that the tax imposed on manufacturers or importing distributors of alcoholic liquor containing not less than 0.5% alcohol by volume nor more than 10% alcohol by volume, other than cider, wine, or beer, is imposed at the rate of $0.231 per gallon. Amends the Motor Fuel Tax Law. Sets forth the method for calculating the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for the purpose of the annual adjustment in the tax rate. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SB0771 - REGULATION-TECH
Don Harmon, Laura Ellman, David Koehler
Last updated almost 2 years ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Makes a technical change in the short title Section.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2209 - CHILD HUNGER-BREAKFAST GRANT
Christopher Belt, Natalie Toro, Javier Loera Cervantes
Last updated almost 2 years ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Childhood Hunger Relief Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall award grants of up to $5,000 per school site on a competitive basis to eligible school districts, regional superintendents of schools, or entities approved by the State Board of Education for nonrecurring expenses incurred in initiating a school breakfast after the bell program. Sets forth what the grants may be used for and who gets preference for a grant.
STATUS
Introduced
HB5421 - LAKE MICH MONITORING-REPORTING
Kimberly Du Buclet, Joyce Mason, Don Harmon
Last updated 7 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning investigations by the Department of Natural Resources.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB2653 - OPERATING ROOM SAFETY ACT
Doris Turner, Javier Loera Cervantes, Ram Villivalam
Last updated 10 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Operating Room Patient Safety Act. Provides that each surgical technologist hired or contracted by a health care facility on or after January 1, 2026 shall meet specified educational, certification, or experiential requirements. Provides that nothing in the Act prohibits an individual from performing surgical technology services if the individual is acting within the scope of the individual's license or registration or is a student or intern under the direct supervision of a licensed health care provider. Provides that a health care facility may employ or otherwise contract with an individual to perform surgical technology services and functions who does not meet those requirements if the health care facility makes a diligent and thorough effort and, after such an effort is completed, the facility is unable to employ or contract with a sufficient number of qualified surgical technologists who satisfy the requirements of the Act. Provides that the health care facility shall maintain documentation of its efforts.
STATUS
Introduced
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