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HB4030 - $DPH-OCE
Theresa Mah, Will Guzzardi, Barbara Hernandez
Last updated over 1 year ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Appropriates $9,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Public Health for grants to the Illinois Association of Free and Charitable Clinics for expenses of free and charitable clinics. Provides that the funds shall be used to provide care or make referrals for uninsured or underinsured people living with acute and chronic health issues. Provides for reappropriations to the Department of Public Health. Effective July 1, 2023.
STATUS
Introduced
HR0101 - HONORS-REP. FRANCES ANN HURLEY
Emanuel Welch, LaShawn K. Ford, Frances Ann Hurley
Last updated over 1 year ago
118 Co-Sponsors
Honors and thanks State Representative Frances Ann Hurley for her years of dedicated service. Wishes her the best on her future success.
STATUS
Passed
HR0169 - RIVER CLEAN UP MONTH
Jackie Haas, Amy Elik, Dan Caulkins
Last updated over 1 year ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Declares the month of September 2023 as River Clean Up Month. Encourages chambers of commerce, convention and visitors bureaus, local economic development organizations, area groups and associations, and local schools and colleges to organize and coordinate local cleanup activities along portions of rivers and waterways in their area. Encourages the State of Illinois to promote September as River Clean Up Month.
STATUS
Passed
HB4427 - ASSISTED LIVING ADVISORY BOARD
Jenn Ladisch Douglass, Lindsey LaPointe, Dagmara Avelar
Last updated 5 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Provides that the Director of Aging shall consult with the Director of Public Health on the appointment of one representative of the Department on Aging (rather than consulting with the Director of Public Health on the appointment of all nonvoting members). Provides that, of the 3 voting members selected by the Director of Public Health from candidates recommended by consumer organizations that engage solely in advocacy or legal representation on behalf of senior citizens, at least one member must be a resident of an assisted living or shared housing establishment.
STATUS
Passed
SB1570 - MUNI CD-DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACTS
Kimberly A. Lightford, Rachel Ventura, Dan McConchie
Last updated over 1 year ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Municipal Design-build Contracts Division in the Illinois Municipal Code, which may be cited as the Municipal Design-build Authorization Act. Provides that a municipality may enter into design-build contracts. Includes scope and performance criteria for design-build contracts, a two-phase procedure for selection of contracts, requirements for submission of proposals, procedures for awarding contracts, and requirements of reports and evaluation of contracts. Provides that, if the total overall cost of a project is estimated to be less than $12,000,000, the municipality may combine the two-phase procedure for selection into one phase.
STATUS
Passed
HB2118 - HYPODERMIC SYRINGES-SALE
Michelle Mussman, Kelly M. Cassidy, Anne M. Stava-Murray
Last updated over 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Defines "applicable facility" to include the principal place of business of any government official who is collecting for transport, storage, treatment, transfer, or disposal hypodermic, intravenous, or other medical needles, or hypodermic or intravenous syringes, by reason of his or her official duties (instead of removing from the definition of “applicable facility” the principal place of business of any government official). Amends the Hypodermic Syringes and Needles Act. Deletes the minimum age of 18 for the purchase of hypodermic syringes and needles.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB1527 - INS-HEALTH BENEFITS
Laura Ellman, Laura M. Murphy, Napoleon Harris
Last updated over 1 year ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code to provide that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2024 shall provide coverage for compression sleeves. 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, the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act, and the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code.
STATUS
Passed
SB0457 - EDUCATION-TECH
Ram Villivalam, Adriane Johnson, Rachel Ventura
Last updated about 1 year ago
50 Co-Sponsors
Amends the School Code. Provides that, subject to appropriation, including funding for any administrative costs reasonably incurred by the State Board of Education, upon the execution of one or more required statewide master contracts entered by the State Board of Education and annually thereafter, the State Board of Education shall notify school districts of any prepackaged meal options, including, but not limited to, halal and kosher food options, available for purchase under a statewide master contract for the upcoming school year. Requires the State Board to enter into one or more statewide master contracts to purchase religious dietary food options, and sets forth provisions concerning the contracts. Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act. Provides that the University of Illinois Hospital shall offer religious dietary food options that comply with federal and State nutritional guidelines. Amends the Halal Food Act. Provides that any halal food product offered by a State-owned or State-operated facility shall be purchased from a halal-certified vendor; defines "State-owned or State-operated facility". Provides that any person, organization, or vendor falsely representing a food product it provides as halal or falsely representing itself as a halal-certified vendor is subject to penalties under the Act. Amends the Kosher Food Act. Defines "kosher". Makes substantially similar changes with regard to kosher food products at State facilities. Provides that a violation of the provisions concerning State facility kosher food products is a Class C misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class A misdemeanor for the second and each subsequent offense. Amends the Facilities Article of the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that any Department of Corrections facility that provides food services or cafeteria services for which food products are provided or offered for sale shall also offer religious dietary food options that comply with federal and State nutritional guidelines. Specifies that nothing in the provisions concerning Department of Corrections facilities providing religious dietary food options is intended to expand any Department of Corrections facility's obligations beyond that required under federal law. Contains a severability clause. Effective June 1, 2024.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB1721 - HEARING INSTRUMENT ACT-VARIOUS
Laura Fine, Julie A. Morrison, Laura M. Murphy
Last updated over 1 year ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes: Provides that before dispensing a hearing aid by mail or over the Internet to a resident of this State, an organization shall inform (i) the parent or guardian of a person age 17 or younger that he or she must obtain a prescription issued by a licensed audiologist or licensed physician that meets specified requirements or (ii) a person age 18 or older that he or she must obtain a prescription issued by a hearing instrument professional that meets specified requirements. Makes changes to provisions concerning hearing aids dispensed by prescription to persons age 17 or younger and prescription hearing aids for persons age 18 or older. Changes references from "hearing instrument dispenser" to "hearing instrument professional". Effective January 1, 2024.
STATUS
Passed
SB1814 - ASSISTED LIVING ADVISORY BOARD
Linda Holmes, Mattie Hunter, Dagmara Avelar
Last updated over 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act. Requires the Governor to establish an Assisted Living and Shared Housing Advisory Board with specified voting and nonvoting members. Provides that the Advisory Board shall be provided copies of any additions or changes to the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Establishment Code for review and comment prior to notice being given to the public. Contains other provisions.
STATUS
Passed
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