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HB4276 - LIFE CARE FACILITY-DISCLOSURES
Janet Yang Yang Rohr, Michelle Mussman, Maura Hirschauer
Last updated 3 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of House Amendment No. 1 with the following changes. Clarifies that the pre-sale disclosure requirements apply only to life care contracts that are subject to refund. Provides that, upon request, current residents, former residents awaiting refunds, and the estates of former residents awaiting refunds shall be provided with the most recent entry fee refund disclosures. Provides that, if a payee for an entry fee refund cannot be determined, for purposes of calculating the data required in the pre-sale disclosure, a refund shall be considered complete when a new resident occupies the living unit.
STATUS
Passed
HB4629 - CONSUMER FRAUD-FEE DISCLOSURE
Stephanie A. Kifowit, Bob Morgan, Barbara Hernandez
Last updated 7 months ago
31 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Junk Fee Ban Act. Provides that it is a violation of the Act for a person to: (1) offer, display, or advertise an amount a consumer may pay for merchandise without clearly and conspicuously disclosing the total price; (2) fail, in any offer, display, or advertisement that contains an amount a consumer may pay, to display the total price more prominently than any other pricing information; (3) misrepresent the nature and purpose of any amount a consumer may pay, including the ability to refund the fees and the identity of any merchandise for which fees are charged; (4) fail to disclose clearly and conspicuously before the consumer consents to pay, the nature and purpose of any amount a consumer may pay that is excluded from the total price, including the ability to refund the fees and the identity of any merchandise for which fees are charged; or (5) offer, display, or advertise, including through direct offerings, third-party distribution, or metasearch referrals, a total price for a place of short-term lodging that does not include all required fees. Requires total price disclosures for retail mercantile establishments and food service establishments; and the disclosure of delivery fees. Provides for limitations of the Act. Provides that the Attorney General may enforce violations of the Act as an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Preempts home rule.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB5142 - PREGNANCY/POSTPARTUM CARE
Robyn Gabel, Anna Moeller, Mary Beth Canty
Last updated 4 months ago
67 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1 with changes. Further amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that coverage for abortion care may not impose any deductible, coinsurance, waiting period, or other cost-sharing limitation, except to the extent that the coverage would disqualify a high-deductible health plan from eligibility for a health savings account (rather than coverage for abortion care may not impose any deductible, coinsurance, waiting period, or other cost-sharing limitation that is greater than that required for other pregnancy-related benefits covered by the policy). Defines "perinatal doula" and "lactation consultant". Provides that coverage for postpartum services shall apply for all covered services rendered within the first 12 months after the end of pregnancy (rather than the coverage shall apply for at least one year after the end of pregnancy), except that a policy is not required to cover more than $8,000 for doula visits for each pregnancy and subsequent postpartum period. Provides that all outpatient coverage, other than health care services for home births, required under a provision concerning coverage for pregnancy, postpartum, and newborn care must be provided without cost sharing, except that, for mental health services, the cost-sharing prohibition does not apply to inpatient or residential services, and, for treatment of substance use disorders, the prohibition on cost-sharing applies to the levels of treatment below and not including Level 3.1 (Clinically Managed Low-Intensity Residential) established by the American Society of Addiction Medicine. Makes other changes. Effective January 1, 2026, except that certain changes to the Illinois Public Aid Code are effective January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
SB0001 - CHILDHOOD EDUCATION-TECH
Kimberly A. Lightford, Don Harmon, Julie A. Morrison
Last updated 5 months ago
87 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. Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that the Department of Early Childhood (rather than the Department of Children and Family Services) administers day care centers, day care homes, and group day care homes. 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, except the provisions amending the Child Care Act of 1969 take effect July 1, 2026.
STATUS
Passed
HB5395 - NETWORK ADEQUACY-STANDARDS
Anna Moeller, Robyn Gabel, Eva Dina Delgado
Last updated 4 months ago
83 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with changes that include the following. Requires the issuer of a network plan to submit a self-audit of its provider directory and a summary to the Department of Insurance, which the Department shall make publicly available. Makes changes to the information that must be provided in a network plan directory. Sets forth required actions if an issuer or the Department identifies a provider incorrectly listed in the provider directory. Removes provisions repealing the Short-Term, Limited-Duration Health Insurance Coverage Act and the related changes. Makes changes to provisions concerning confidentiality; transition of services; unreasonable and inadequate rates; the definitions of "excepted benefits" and "step therapy requirement"; off-formulary exception requests; algorithmic automated review processes; utilization review criteria; and adverse determinations. Makes other changes. Effective January 1, 2025, except that certain changes to the Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act take effect January 1, 2026.
STATUS
Passed
HR0690 - MEMORIAL-KAREN YARBROUGH
Emanuel Welch, Jehan A. Gordon-Booth, Robyn Gabel
Last updated 7 months ago
115 Co-Sponsors
Mourns the death of Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough.
STATUS
Passed
HB5455 - SCH CD-LICENSE BD/RECOGNITION
Fred Crespo, Sharon Chung, Barbara Hernandez
Last updated 9 months ago
44 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board may allow one member representing the Board of Higher Education and one member representing the Illinois Community College Board to serve as nonvoting, ex officio members on the Board. Specifies that certain community colleges are recognized schools or institutions.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3209 - PROP TX-CHARITABLE EXEMPTION
Karina Villa, Tracy Katz Muhl, Anne M. Stava-Murray
Last updated 3 months ago
30 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Property Tax Code. In provisions concerning charitable exemptions granted to limited liability companies, removes a requirement that the limited liability company must be a disregarded entity for federal and Illinois income tax purposes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB2132 - RUST BELT TO GREEN BELT PILOT
Marcus C. Evans, Jay C. Hoffman, Ann M. Williams
Last updated over 1 year ago
54 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Illinois Rust Belt to Green Belt Pilot Program Act. Creates the Illinois Rust Belt to Green Belt Fund as a special fund in the State treasury and makes a conforming change in the State Finance Act. Provides that the Fund shall be used by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to encourage and facilitate the employment of construction workforces located in underrepresented populations. Provides that applicants that are applying for a new utility-scale offshore wind project with the Illinois Power Agency shall file with the Department, as part of the applicant's application, an equity and inclusion plan. Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. In provisions concerning the procurement of renewable energy credits, provides that in addition to the amount of renewable energy credits to be procured from wind projects, the Illinois Power Agency shall procure at least 700,000 renewable energy credits, delivered annually for at least 20 years, from one new utility-scale offshore wind project. In provisions concerning the development of a long-term renewable resources procurement plan, provides that the total of renewable energy resources procured under the procurement plan shall be reduced for all retail customers based on the amount necessary to limit the annual estimated average net increase due to the costs of these resources included in the amounts paid by eligible retail customers in connection with electric service to no more than 4.25% of the amount paid per kilowatthour by those customers during the year ending May 31, 2009, and to no more than 4.5% of that amount as of the billing month following the expected date that a new utility-scale offshore wind project commences commercial operations and is expected to begin delivering power to the PJM Interconnection, LLC transmission grid. Provides that the Agency shall conduct at least one new utility-scale offshore wind procurement within 360 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Defines terms. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB2938 - MOSQUITO ABATE DIST-POWERS
Laura Fine, Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
Last updated 3 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. In provisions about the powers of the board of trustees of a mosquito abatement district, provides that the board has powers relating to the surveillance and monitoring of ticks and the surveillance, monitoring, and extermination of mosquitoes and rats (rather than, in the introduced bill, the surveillance, monitoring, and extermination of mosquitoes, flies, ticks, and vectors). Further amends the Mosquito Abatement District Act. Provides that the board of trustees of a mosquito abatement district, or its designee, for the limited purposes of cooperation with the Department of Public Health, shall conduct routine surveillance of Department-identified vectors (rather than mosquitoes) to detect the presence of vector-borne diseases (rather than mosquito-borne diseases) of public health significance. Limits the scope of the surveillance, and requires a mosquito abatement district, or its designee, to notify a forest preserve district or conservation district prior to or within 48 hours after accessing the respective forest preserve district's or conservation district's land for surveillance required by the Department. Requires the district to report to the Department of Public Health, in addition to the local certified public health department, the results of any positive mosquito, tick, or vector (rather than mosquito) samples infected with arboviral or bacterial infections (rather than arboviral infections). Requires the report to include the number of vectors (rather than mosquitoes) collected in the trapping device. Expands an illustrative list of arboviral or bacterial infections. Modifies the new definition of "vector" in the introduced bill and moves the definition into the provisions concerning surveillance of vectors.
STATUS
Passed
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