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SB1497 - NURSING HOMES-RESIDENT CONSENT
Karina Villa, Maura Hirschauer, Suzanne M. Ness
Last updated over 1 year ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that devices used for positioning, including, but not limited to, bed rails and gait belts, shall not be considered to be physical restraints for purposes of the Act unless the device is used to restrain or otherwise limit the patient's freedom to move. Provides that a device used for positioning must be requested by the resident, the resident's guardian, or the resident's authorized representative, or the need for that device must be physically demonstrated by the resident and documented in the resident's care plan. Specifies that the physically demonstrated need of the resident for a device used for positioning must be revisited in every comprehensive assessment of the resident. Provides that psychotropic medication shall only be given in both emergency and nonemergency situations if the diagnosis of the resident supports the benefit of the medication and clinical documentation in the resident's medical record supports the benefit of the medication over the contraindications related to other prescribed medications. Removes a provision requiring a resident's medical emergencies to be documented.
STATUS
Passed
HB0361 - EMPLOYMENT-TECH
Lilian Jimenez, Dagmara Avelar, Hoan Huynh
Last updated almost 2 years ago
27 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Labor Dispute Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1290 - PET FOOD-DISCLOSE ALLERGENS
Jonathan Carroll, Dagmara Avelar, Barbara Hernandez
Last updated almost 2 years ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Commercial Feed Act of 1961. Provides that pet food and specialty pet food are misbranded if the label fails to disclose whether the pet food contains a major food allergen. Defines "major food allergen" as milk, eggs, fish, crustaceans, tree nuts, wheat, peanuts, soybeans, and food ingredients that contain protein derived from those foods.
STATUS
Introduced
SB1235 - PENCD-SURS-SERVICE CALCULATION
Robert F. Martwick, Karina Villa, Stephanie A. Kifowit
Last updated over 1 year ago
51 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Further amends the State Universities Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that beginning September 1, 2024, a provision excluding specified earnings in the determination of the final rate of earnings applies to an employee who has been employed at 1/2 time or less for 3 or more years. Adds an inseverability provision. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB1116 - INC TX-LGDF TRANSFERS
Anthony DeLuca, Stephanie A. Kifowit, Dagmara Avelar
Last updated almost 2 years ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Increases the amount transferred from the General Revenue Fund to the Local Government Distributive Fund. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1117 - HOSPICE PROGRAM LICENSING
Natalie A. Manley, Suzanne M. Ness, Maura Hirschauer
Last updated over 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
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 24 (rather than 20) persons per location. Provides that the number of licensed hospice residences shall not exceed 16 (rather than 5) located in counties meeting specified population requirements.
STATUS
Passed
HB2189 - ACCESS TO AFFORD INSULIN ACT
Jenn Ladisch Douglass, Lakesia Collins, Will Guzzardi
Last updated over 1 year ago
89 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Creates the Access to Affordable Insulin Act. Provides that the Department of Insurance shall offer a discount program that allows participants to purchase insulin at a discounted, post-rebate price. Sets forth provisions concerning the insulin discount program. Defines terms. Provides a July 1, 2025 effective date (rather than January 1, 2025).
STATUS
Passed
HB1245 - DPT RETURNING RESIDENT AFFAIRS
Justin D. Slaughter, Carol Ammons, Camille Lilly
Last updated almost 2 years ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Second Chance Public Health and Safety Act and amends the Freedom of Information Act, the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, and the Unified Code of Corrections. Contains declarations and findings. Creates the Department of Returning Resident Affairs and sets forth its powers in relation to returning residents (residents who have been detained, are defendants in criminal prosecutions, are incarcerated, or have been incarcerated) and other matters. Provides that the Department shall develop and administer the Second Chance State Program for returning residents and provides for the establishment of hub sites to provide specified services to eligible individuals and other elements of the Program. Provides for the appointment of a Director of Returning Resident Affairs who has experience working with or for a community-based organization and was incarcerated in an Illinois Department of Corrections facility for not less than one year, as well as an Assistant Director and a General Counsel. Contains provisions regarding other matters. Provides that the provisions of the Act are severable. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2231 - TNC ACT-COMMON CARRIER,TAXICAB
Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, Eva Dina Delgado, Curtis J. Tarver
Last updated over 1 year ago
56 Co-Sponsors
Further amends the Transportation Network Providers Act. Extends the Act's repeal date from September 1, 2023 to September 1, 2028. Provides that a provision which specifies that TNCs and TNC drivers are not common carriers, contract carriers, or motor carriers and do not provide taxicab or for-hire vehicle service becomes inoperative January 1, 2024. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB2173 - MEDICAID-COMM MENTAL HEALTH
Robyn Gabel, Michelle Mussman, Will Guzzardi
Last updated almost 2 years ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Rebuild Illinois Mental Health Workforce Act. In a provision concerning Medicaid funding for community mental health services, sets forth rate increases, to begin on and after January 1, 2024, for the following rates and services: the Mobile Crisis Response Medicaid Payment rate for all services provided under the S9484 procedure code; the Crisis Intervention Medicaid Payment rate for all levels of services provided under the H2011 procedure code; the Integrated Assessment and Treatment Planning Medicaid Payment rate for all levels of services provided under the H2000 procedure code; the Group and Family Therapy Medicaid Payment rate for all levels of services provided under the H0004 procedure code; the Community Support - Group Medicaid Payment rate for all levels of services provided under the H2015 procedure code; the Telepsychiatry Originating Site Medicaid Payment rate for services provided under the Q3014 procedure code; and the Medication Monitoring Medicaid Payment rate for services provided under the H2010 procedure code for medication monitoring provided by a physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, and all other levels of provider. Provides that no base Medicaid rate payment or any other payment for the provision of Medicaid community mental health services in place on January 1, 2023 shall be diminished or changed to make the reimbursement changes required by the amendatory Act. Provides that any payments required under the amendatory Act that are delayed due to implementation challenges or federal approval shall be made retroactive to January 1, 2024 for the full amount required by the amendatory Act.
STATUS
Introduced
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