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HB0255 - CONSERVATION-TECH
Emanuel Welch, Michelle Mussman, Daniel M. Swanson
Last updated about 1 month ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Youth and Young Adult Conservation Education Act. Directs the Department of Natural Resources to establish a Youth and Young Adult Conservation Program in order to provide educational and employment opportunities to youth and young adults of this State while furthering the development and maintenance of the State's natural resources. Sets out various programmatic requirements. Specifies that the Department of Natural Resources is to have the full cooperation of various other State agencies in carrying out the Act. Specifies that funding for the Act and its programs are to be provided by State and federal funds. Authorizes the Department to enter into agreements to implement the Act. Grants the Department rulemaking authority to implement and administer the Act.
STATUS
Passed
HB0612 - REVENUE-TECH
Stephanie A. Kifowit, Emanuel Welch, Brandun Schweizer
Last updated 3 months ago
29 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Property Tax Code. In a Section granting a homestead exemption to veterans with disabilities, provides that property that is used as a qualified residence by a veteran who was a member of the United States Armed Forces during World War II is exempt from taxation regardless of the veteran's level of disability. Provides that a veteran who qualifies as a result of his or her service in World War II need not reapply for the exemption. Makes changes concerning service-connected disabilities. Makes changes concerning surviving spouses. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB5269 - DCFS-YOUTH IN CARE-MENTAL HLTH
Stephanie A. Kifowit, Julie A. Morrison, Laura Fine
Last updated 5 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Children and Family Services Act. In a provision requiring the Holistic Mental Health Care for Youth in Care Task Force to submit quarterly reports to the Governor and General Assembly, removes a requirement that the report includes recommendations resulting from the Task Force's study regarding mental health and wellness services provided to youth in care. Changes the deadline date for the Task Force's final report to December 31, 2025 (rather than December 31, 2024). Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB0897 - TRANSPORTATION-TECH
Don Harmon, Julie A. Morrison
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Taxi Safety Act of 2007. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
STATUS
Introduced
HB5304 - HIGHWAY WORK ZONE SAFETY ACT
Jaime M. Andrade, Dave Vella, Wayne Arthur Rosenthal
Last updated 5 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Highway Work Zone Safety Act. Establishes the Highway Work Zone Speed Control Pilot Program. Provides that the Program's purpose is to enforce the speed limits established for construction or maintenance speed zones. Requires the Department of Transportation to install and operate an automated traffic control system only when highway construction and maintenance is occurring and when workers are present. Requires the Department to conduct a public safety campaign and post signage to inform drivers about the use of an automated traffic control system that detects speeds in excess of a work zone speed limit. Requires an automated traffic control system used in the Program to undergo an annual calibration check performed by an independent calibration laboratory. Provides that the Department shall employ automated traffic control system operators to operate an automated traffic control system at a construction or maintenance speed zone. Enumerates the duties and training requirements of an automated traffic control system operator. Limits the use of a photograph or recorded image captured by an automated traffic control system. Creates a presumption that the owner of a motor vehicle that is the subject of a photograph or recorded image was operating the motor vehicle when the photograph or recorded image was obtained through an automated traffic control system. Allows the presumption to be rebutted if specified conditions are met. Grants rulemaking authority to the Department. Defines terms. Repeals the Automated Traffic Control Systems in Highway Construction or Maintenance Zones Act. Makes conforming changes.
STATUS
Engrossed
SR0971 - PRINT DISABILITY VOTERS
Julie A. Morrison
Last updated 5 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Expresses support for ensuring that voters with a print disability may exercise their right to vote in a manner that is full and equal. Urges election authorities in the State to conduct outreach to voters with a print disability to inform these voters of the options available to them to exercise their right to vote privately and independently.
STATUS
Introduced
HB5395 - NETWORK ADEQUACY-STANDARDS
Anna Moeller, Robyn Gabel, Eva Dina Delgado
Last updated 3 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
HB5417 - HIV TLC ACT
Kelly M. Cassidy, Margaret Noble Croke, Gregg Johnson
Last updated 5 months ago
41 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Deletes references to the role of HIV Treatment Innovation Coordinator. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that an individual or group policy of accident and health insurance amended, delivered, issued, or renewed in the State after January 1, 2026 (instead of January 1, 2025) shall provide coverage for home test kits for sexually transmitted infections, including any laboratory costs of processing the kit, that are deemed medically necessary or appropriate and ordered directly by a clinician (instead of a clinician or furnished through a standing order) for patient use. Amends the AIDS Confidentiality Act. Defines "conditional approval" to mean Illinois AIDS Drug Assistance Program approval within one business day after submission of documentation of Illinois residency, Program Agreement form, and attestation of remaining eligibility requirements (instead of approval within 24 hours after submission of the materials). Deletes a requirement that an applicant seeking conditional approval must document resident in the State. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall establish one Rapid Start for HIV Treatment pilot site per HIV Care Connect Region (instead of 8 pilot sites throughout the State). Provides that the Department may implement the pilot program in accordance with industry standards informed by the most current Health Resources and Services Administration guidance on HIV care and treatment (in addition to the most current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance). Provides that the Department shall compile reports from each of the pilot sites on the operation of the pilot program upon completion of the pilot period (instead of publishing a report on the operation of the program 15 months after the pilot sites have launched). Makes other changes. Amends the County Jail Act. Removes a provision that required a report by the Department of Corrections to include whether the warden of the jail had sought certain information from the Department of Public Health or community-based organizations certified to provide HIV/AIDS testing.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB3522 - MEDICAID-COMM MENTAL HLTH CNTR
Karina Villa, Rachel Ventura, Julie A. Morrison
Last updated 8 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning on January 1, 2025, rates for psychiatric evaluations performed by community mental health centers and substance use disorder treatment providers and practitioners as set forth on the Department of Healthcare and Family Services' Practitioner Fee Schedule shall be increased to $237.57. Provides that beginning on January 1, 2025, rates for medication monitoring performed by community mental health centers and substance use disorder treatment providers and practitioners as set forth on the Department's Practitioner Fee Schedule shall be increased to $140.77 per quarter hour. Provides that no existing or future reimbursement rates or add-ons shall be reduced or changed to address these rate increases. Provides that no later than October 1, 2024, the Department shall submit any necessary application to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for a waiver or State Plan amendment to implement the requirements of the amendatory Act. Provides that beginning in State Fiscal Year 2025, and every State fiscal year thereafter, reimbursement rates for those community-based mental health and substance use disorder services shall be adjusted upward by an amount equal to the Consumer Price Index-U from the previous year, not to exceed 5% in any State fiscal year. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3637 - UTIL-TIME-OF-USE PRICING
William Cunningham, Laura M. Murphy, Julie A. Morrison
Last updated 8 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Municipal and Cooperative Electric Utility Planning and Transparency Act. Provides that, by November 1, 2024, and by November 1 every 3 years thereafter, all electric cooperatives with members in the State, municipal power agencies, and municipalities shall file with the Illinois Power Agency an integrated resource plan. Sets forth provisions concerning the plan. Amends the Illinois Power Agency Act. Authorizes the Illinois Power Agency to develop capacity procurement plans and conduct competitive procurement processes for the procurement of capacity needed to ensure environmentally sustainable long-term resource adequacy across the State at the lowest cost over time. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Changes the cumulative persisting annual savings goals for electric utilities that serve less than 3,000,000 retail customers but more than 500,000 retail customers for the years of 2024 through 2030. Provides that the cumulative persisting annual savings goals beyond the year 2030 shall increase by 0.9 (rather than 0.6) percentage points per year. Changes the requirements for submitting proposed plans and funding levels to meet savings goals for an electric utility serving more than 500,000 retail customers (rather than serving less than 3,000,000 retail customers but more than 500,000 retail customers). Provides that an electric utility that has a tariff approved within one year of the amendatory Act shall also offer at least one market-based, time-of-use rate for eligible retail customers that choose to take power and energy supply service from the utility. Sets forth provisions regarding the Illinois Commerce Commission's powers and duties related to residential time-of-use pricing. Provides that each capacity procurement event may include the procurement of capacity through a mix of contracts with different terms and different initial delivery dates. Sets forth the requirements of prepared capacity procurement plans. Requires each alternative retail electric supplier to make payment to an applicable electric utility for capacity, receive transfers of capacity credits, report capacity credits procured on its behalf to the applicable regional transmission organization, and submit the capacity credits to the applicable regional transmission organization under that regional transmission organization's rules and procedures. Makes other changes.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
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Senator from Illinois district SD-029
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Illinois Senate
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Julie A. Morrison is a former Democratic member of the Illinois State Senate, representing District 29. She was first elected to the chamber in 2006. She left office on January 11, 2017. Morrison earned her B.S. in education/special education from National College of Education in 1981. Her professional experience includes working as a local school board member.read less
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