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SB1087 - HEALTH-TECH
Jil Walker Tracy, John F. Curran, Randy E. Frese
Last updated 3 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Mold Remediation Registration Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall establish a public awareness campaign to assist the public in understanding the threat and importance of removing mold from indoor environments. Provides requirements for the Department to follow regarding the campaign. Defines terms. Provides that the Department must annually report to the Environment and Energy Committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate concerning the implementation of any federal regulations or State rules (instead of federal regulations) that establish scientific evidence concerning the health effects of mold and its byproducts on the training, certification, and licensing of parties providing mold remediation services. Provides that the Department shall (instead of may) adopt rules to implement a program establishing procedures for parties that provide mold remediation services to register with the State and provide evidence of an active third-party certification and evidence of financial responsibility (instead of only provide evidence of financial responsibility). Removes language exempting from the provisions of the Act persons licensed under the Structural Pest Control Act.
STATUS
Passed
SB3182 - BIRTH CERTIFICATE-STILLBIRTH
Lakesia Collins, Karina Villa, Rachel Ventura
Last updated 3 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that a hospital having custody of a fetus following a spontaneous fetal death occurring during or after a gestation period of at least 20 completed weeks must notify the gestational parent of the parent's right to receive a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth. Amends the Vital Records Act. Provides that after each fetal death that occurs in the State after a gestation period of at least 20 (rather than 26) completed weeks, or in cases where gestational age is uncertain, where the fetus weighs at least 350 grams, the person who files a fetal death certificate shall also prepare a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth. Requires the person who files a fetal death certificate to notify the gestational parent of the stillborn of that parent's right to request and receive a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB5529 - SOCIAL WORK-OPIOID ANTAGONIST
Maurice A. West, Jeff Keicher, Joyce Mason
Last updated 9 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act and the Good Samaritan Act. Provides that a licensed clinical social worker or licensed social worker may possess and administer opioid antagonists. Makes conforming changes. Provides that if a person employs a licensed clinical social worker or licensed social worker and the licensed clinical social worker or licensed social worker possess an opioid antagonist in a professional capacity, then the person must provide training in the administration of opioid antagonists and establish a policy to control the acquisition, storage, transportation, and administration of opioid antagonists. Makes other changes.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2660 - MASSAGE THERAPY-MISCONDUCT
Javier Loera Cervantes, Dave Syverson, Ram Villivalam
Last updated 4 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Massage Licensing Act. Requires a prosecuting attorney to provide notice to the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation of the licensed massage therapist's name, address, practice address, and license number and a copy of the criminal charges filed immediately after a licensed massage therapist has been charged with any of the following offenses: an offense for which the sentence includes registration as a sex offender; involuntary sexual servitude of a minor; the crime of battery against a patient, including any offense based on sexual conduct or sexual penetration, in the course of patient care or treatment; or a forcible felony. Provides that, if the victim of the crime the licensee has been charged with is a patient of the licensee, the prosecuting attorney shall also provide notice to the Department of the patient's name. Within 5 business days after receiving notice from the prosecuting attorney of the filing of criminal charges against the licensed massage therapist, requires the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation to issue an administrative order that the licensed massage therapist shall practice only with a chaperone during all patient encounters pending the outcome of the criminal proceedings. Provides that the chaperone shall be a licensed massage therapist or other health care worker licensed by the Department. Provides that the chaperone shall provide written notice to all of the licensed massage therapist's patients explaining the Department's order to use a chaperone. Requires the licensed massage therapist to provide a written plan of compliance with the administrative order that is acceptable to the Department within 5 business days after receipt of the administrative order. Provides that failure to comply with the administrative order, failure to file a compliance plan, or failure to follow the compliance plan shall subject the licensed massage therapist to temporary suspension of his or her license until the completion of the criminal proceedings.
STATUS
Passed
HB4255 - VEH CD-TOW TRUCK LIGHTS
Amy Elik, Kevin Schmidt, Jason Bunting
Last updated 4 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the use of green oscillating, flashing, or rotating lights, whether lighted or unlighted, is prohibited except on specified vehicles. Provides the conditions that must be satisfied for the lights on certain specified vehicles with green oscillating, flashing, or rotating lights to be lighted. Provides that fire department vehicles of local fire departments and State or federal firefighting vehicles, police vehicles of State, federal, or local authorities, and vehicles designated by local or State authority, while parked at an emergency scene, may use a steady-on illumination or steady-burn, or flashing green beacon or beacons if such steady-on, steady-burn, or flashing beacon is used to indicate an emergency operations command post or incident command location.
STATUS
Passed
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
HB4928 - NATIONAL PTSD AWARENESS DAY
Harry Benton, Diane Blair-Sherlock, Michael J. Kelly
Last updated 7 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB4966 - SPECIALTY PLATE FOR MOTORCYCLE
Jennifer Sanalitro, Michael J. Kelly, Dan Caulkins
Last updated 3 months ago
48 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Allows the Secretary of State to issue specialty plates to motorcycles. Makes corresponding changes.
STATUS
Passed
HB4742 - ORGAN DONATION-PART TIME
Jay C. Hoffman, Dagmara Avelar, Nabeela Syed
Last updated 7 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that, for a part-time employee using leave to serve as an organ donor, the employer shall calculate the daily average pay the part-time employee received during his or her previous 2 months of employment and compensate the part-time employee in the amount of the daily average pay for the leave days used. Makes other changes.
STATUS
Engrossed
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
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