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SB3538 - LOC FIRST RESPONDER INSURANCE
Michael E. Hastings, Robert F. Martwick, Mike Simmons
Last updated 3 months ago
93 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Provides that the mental health counseling shall be included in the health insurance coverage for employees on and after June 1, 2025. Provides that the first responders eligible to receive the mental health counseling also include emergency medical services personnel dispatched pursuant to a 9-1-1 call (rather than medical services personnel, in the engrossed bill), public safety telecommunicators, emergency medical dispatchers, and mental health professionals employed and dispatched by any unit of local government in response to emergency crisis calls received on public emergency service lines instead of or in conjunction with law enforcement. Defines mental health counseling.
STATUS
Passed
SB3762 - LANGUAGE EQUITY AND ACCESS ACT
Karina Villa, Ram Villivalam, Javier Loera Cervantes
Last updated 4 months ago
55 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Language Equity and Access Act. Requires the Governor's Office of New Americans, in partnership with the Department of Human Services, to: prepare a Language Needs Assessment Report that identifies the languages spoken throughout the State; assist State agencies in the creation of language access plans; provide oversight and central coordination to State agencies in the implementation of language access requirements under this Act; ensure that each State agency develops an internal complaint and review process specific to the provision of language assistance services in addressing complaints in a timely manner; and perform other duties. Requires the Office and Department to work with State agencies to compile available United States Census data on language used across the State to inform the Language Needs Assessment Report. Provides that the report shall be updated every 10 years in conjunction with the decennial federal census. Requires each State agency to prepare and submit a language access plan to the Governor's Office of New Americans.
STATUS
Passed
HB5796 - $DCEO-CHILD ADVOCACY CTR
Angelica J. Guerrero-Cuellar, Kelly M. Cassidy, Terra Costa Howard
Last updated 8 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates $20,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for a grant to the Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center for the purpose of constructing a new building on the Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center’s campus as part of the Chicago Advocacy Network for Hope initiative. Effective July 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0773 - REGULATION-TECH
Don Harmon, Cristina Castro, Michael E. Hastings
Last updated 4 months ago
59 Co-Sponsors
Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Provides that provisions concerning infertility coverage apply only to coverage provided on or after January 1, 2024 and before July 1, 2026. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that no group policy of accident and health insurance that provides pregnancy-related benefits may be issued, amended, delivered, or renewed in this State on or after January 1, 2026 unless the policy contains coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility, including specified procedures. Provides that the coverage required shall include procedures necessary to screen or diagnose a fertilized egg before implantation. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance providing coverage for more than 25 employees that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026 shall provide, for individuals 45 years of age and older, coverage for an annual menopause health visit. Provides that the coverage shall not impose a deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other cost-sharing requirement. Makes other changes. 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 Service Organization Act, and the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SB3414 - INS-CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITOR
Julie A. Morrison, Steve Stadelman, Sally J. Turner
Last updated 5 months ago
52 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the bill, as amended by Senate Amendment No. 2, with the following changes. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or a managed care plan that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026 shall not impose a deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other cost-sharing requirement on the coverage of a one-month supply of continuous glucose monitors, including one transmitter if necessary, as provided under the provisions (instead of on the coverage of continuous glucose monitors). Effective July 1, 2024.
STATUS
Passed
HR0716 - CONGRATS-BELL ELEMENTARY SCH
Ann M. Williams
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Congratulates the 2023-2024 7th and 8th grade girls basketball team of Alexander Graham Bell Elementary School for winning the Chicago Public School district-wide championship, CPS Score!.
STATUS
Passed
HB5546 - JULIE-POSITIVE RESPONSE SYSTEM
Lawrence M. Walsh, Marcus C. Evans, Christopher D. Davidsmeyer
Last updated 5 months ago
43 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2025, all parties submitting alleged violations to the Illinois Commerce Commission shall use the forms provided and shall submit the alleged violations no later than 65 days after the discovery of the alleged violation. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2025, the Illinois Commerce Commission shall provide for public review a monthly report listing all of the submitted alleged violations reports it received in the prior month. Makes changes in provisions concerning watch and protect; planning design requests; joint meet notifications; emergency excavation or demolition; records of notice and marking of facilities; and penalties and liability. Defines terms. Effective January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
HB5835 - UTIL-2050 HEAT DECARBONIZATION
Ann M. Williams, Theresa Mah, Kelly M. Cassidy
Last updated 6 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that a gas utility may cease providing service if the Illinois Commerce Commission determines that adequate substitute service is available at a reasonable cost to support the existing end uses of the affected utility customers. Provides for cost-effective energy efficiency measures for natural gas utilities that supersede existing provisions concerning natural gas energy efficiency programs and take effect beginning January 1, 2025. Provides that gas main and gas service extension policies shall be based on the principle that the full incremental cost associated with new development and growth shall be borne by the customers that cause those incremental costs. Provides that, no later than 60 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Commission shall initiate a docketed rulemaking reviewing each gas public utility tariff that provides for gas main and gas service extensions without additional charge to new customers in excess of the default extensions as specified in administrative rule. Adds the Clean Building Heating Law Article to the Act, with provisions concerning emissions standards for heating in buildings, as well as related and other provisions. Adds the 2050 Heat Decarbonization Standard Article to the Act, with provisions concerning options for compliance, measures for customer emission reduction, customer emission reductions, tradable clean heat credits, banking of emission reductions, equity in emission reductions, enforcement, the 2050 Heat Decarbonization Pathways Study, gas infrastructure planning, a study on gas utility financial incentive reform, and reporting requirements. Adds the Statewide Navigator Program Law Article to the Act, with provisions concerning creation of a statewide navigator program, as well as related and other provisions. Amends the Energy Transition Act to add electrification industries to clean energy jobs. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB3158 - NATURAL ORG REDUCE REG-ACT
Kelly M. Cassidy, Mary Beth Canty, Laura Faver Dias
Last updated over 1 year ago
31 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill, with the changes proposed in House Amendment No. 1 and House Amendment No. 2, and the following additional changes. Requires the vessels used for natural organic reduction to be made of stainless steel, to be leakproof, to promote aerobic reduction, and to allow for the continuous monitoring of the reduction process. Requires the natural organic reduction facility to have a ventilation system. Requires the reduction facility to meet or exceed requirements set by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (rather than standards set by the Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Specifies that certain chemical analyses are to be performed by a laboratory accredited by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program. Provides that, in the case of an event where the health of the public may be at risk or there are signs at a facility of a potential health hazard, the Illinois Department of Public Health shall be consulted to assess the natural organic reduction facility. Makes other technical changes. Effective January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB4718 - IDNR-LAND TRANSFER-DEKALB CO
Mark L. Walker, Michelle Mussman, Maurice A. West
Last updated 10 months ago
34 Co-Sponsors
Authorizes the Director of Natural Resources to execute and deliver a quitclaim deed to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation for specified real property located in DeKalb County, subject to specified conditions. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
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