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SB2715 - AGING-OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM
Lakesia Collins, Karina Villa, Laura M. Murphy
Last updated 4 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Provides that all records containing resident, participant, and complainant information collected by the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program are confidential and shall not be disclosed outside of the program without a lawful subpoena or the permission of the State Ombudsman. Permits the State Ombudsman, at his or her discretion, to disclose resident or participant information if it is in the best interest of the resident or participant. Requires the Department on Aging to establish procedures for the disclosure of program records by the State Ombudsman. Provides that the procedures shall prohibit disclosure of a resident's identity in case records unless the resident gives consent.
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
SB0328 - AUTOMATIC CONTRACT RENEWAL
Suzanne Glowiak Hilton, Doris Turner, Steve Stadelman
Last updated over 1 year ago
45 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Provides that any person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation that sells or offers to sell any products or services to a consumer pursuant to a contract, where such contract automatically renews unless the consumer cancels the contract, shall (i) disclose the automatic renewal offer terms clearly and conspicuously in the contract before the subscription or purchasing agreement is fulfilled and in visual proximity, or in the case of an offer conveyed by voice, in temporal proximity, to the request for consent to the offer; (ii) not charge the consumer's credit or debit card or other payment mechanism for an automatic renewal service without first obtaining the consumer's consent to the contract containing the automatic renewal offer terms; (iii) provide an acknowledgment that includes the automatic renewal offer terms, cancellation policy, and information regarding how to cancel, which may be accomplished by linking to a resource that provides instructions that account for different platforms and services, in a manner that is capable of being retained by the consumer; and (iv) if the offer includes a free gift or trial, disclose how to cancel the contract, which may be accomplished by linking to a resource that provides instructions that account for different platforms and services, and allow the consumer to cancel before the consumer pays for the good or services. Provides that the Act does not apply to a contract for the sale of any product or service by a provider that is subject to Article XXII of the Public Utilities Act. Provides that the Act does not apply to a party regulated by the Director of the Department of Insurance or an affiliate of such party. Provides that the Act does not apply to a party, or an affiliate of the party, regulated by the Director of the Department of Insurance. Defines "automatic renewal offer terms".
STATUS
Passed
SB2633 - FIREARMS-DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Celina Villanueva, Ram Villivalam, Julie A. Morrison
Last updated about 1 year ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Firearms Restraining Order Act to include in the definition of "petitioner" an intimate partner. Amends the Protective Orders Article of the Code of Criminal Procedures of 1963 and the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Provides that, if the petitioner seeks a court order prohibiting the respondent from possessing firearms, firearm ammunition, and firearm parts that could be assembled to make an operable firearm, the court shall immediately issue a search warrant directing seizure of firearms at the time an ex parte or final order of protection is issued, if the court finds, based on the facts presented that: (1) probable cause exists that the respondent possesses firearms, ammunition, or firearm parts that could be assembled to make an operable firearm; (2) probable cause exists to believe that the respondent poses a danger of causing personal injury to the petitioner or child by having in the respondent, custody or control, or by purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm, ammunition, or firearm parts that could be assembled to make an operable firearm and that the danger is imminent and present; and probable cause exists that firearms, ammunition, or firearm parts that could be assembled to make an operable firearm are located at the residence, vehicle, or other property of the respondent.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3519 - PRETREATED SEED BAN-ETHANOL
Karina Villa
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Illinois Pesticide Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall produce ethanol using seeds that have been treated with a pesticide.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3762 - LANGUAGE EQUITY AND ACCESS ACT
Karina Villa, Ram Villivalam, Javier Loera Cervantes
Last updated 4 months ago
55 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Language Equity and Access Act. Requires the Governor's Office of New Americans, in partnership with the Department of Human Services, to: prepare a Language Needs Assessment Report that identifies the languages spoken throughout the State; assist State agencies in the creation of language access plans; provide oversight and central coordination to State agencies in the implementation of language access requirements under this Act; ensure that each State agency develops an internal complaint and review process specific to the provision of language assistance services in addressing complaints in a timely manner; and perform other duties. Requires the Office and Department to work with State agencies to compile available United States Census data on language used across the State to inform the Language Needs Assessment Report. Provides that the report shall be updated every 10 years in conjunction with the decennial federal census. Requires each State agency to prepare and submit a language access plan to the Governor's Office of New Americans.
STATUS
Passed
SB3629 - CRIM PRO-VACATE SENT-IMMIGRANT
Karina Villa, Robert Peters, Natalie Toro
Last updated 9 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that a defendant who, prior to the effective date of the amendatory Act, had been barred by time limitations from filing a motion to vacate because the court failed to advise the defendant and the defendant shows that conviction of the offense to which the defendant pleaded guilty, guilty but mentally ill, or nolo contendere may have the consequence for the defendant of deportation, exclusion from admission to the United States, or denial of naturalization under the laws of the United States, may pursue the following remedies. Provides that any person, regardless of criminal custody status, may file a petition to vacate a conviction or sentence if the person asserts any of the following reasons: (1) the conviction or sentence is legally invalid due to prejudicial error damaging the petitioner's ability to meaningfully understand, defend against, or knowingly accept the actual or potential adverse immigration consequences of a conviction or sentence; or (2) newly discovered evidence of actual innocence exists that requires vacation of the conviction or sentence as a matter of law or in the interests of justice. Establishes time periods for filing the petition and establishes when the petitions are not timely filed. Provides that there is a presumption of legal invalidity if the petitioner pleaded guilty or nolo contendere under a statute that provided that, upon completion of specific requirements, the arrest and conviction shall be deemed never to have occurred, if the petitioner complied with these requirements, and if the disposition under the statute has been, or potentially could be, used as a basis for adverse immigration consequences. Provides that crime victims shall be given notice by the State's Attorney's office of petitions filed under this provision as required in the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. Provides that remedies under this provision shall apply to convictions and sentences in existence prior to the effective date of the amendatory Act.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3780 - MEDICAID-NONOPIOID MEDS
Karina Villa
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, whenever a licensed health care practitioner prescribes a nonopioid medication for the treatment of acute pain, neither the Department of Healthcare and Family Services nor a managed care organization contracted with the Department shall deny coverage of the nonopioid prescription drug in favor of an opioid prescription drug or require a patient to try an opioid prescription drug prior to providing coverage of the nonopioid prescription drug. Provides that in establishing and maintaining the Illinois Medicaid Preferred Drug List, the Department shall ensure that no nonopioid drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment or management of pain shall be disadvantaged or discouraged with respect to coverage relative to any opioid or narcotic drug for the treatment or management of pain on the Illinois Medicaid Preferred Drug List, where impermissible disadvantaging or discouragement includes, without limitation: designating any such nonopioid drug as a nonpreferred drug if any opioid or narcotic drug is designated as a preferred drug; or establishing more restrictive or more extensive utilization controls, including, but not limited to, more restrictive or more extensive prior authorization or step therapy requirements, for such nonopioid drug than the least restrictive or extensive utilization controls applicable to any such opioid or narcotic drug. Makes the provisions of the amendatory Act applicable to (i) a nonopioid drug immediately upon its approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment or management of pain, regardless of whether such drug has been reviewed by the Department for inclusion on the Illinois Medicaid Preferred Drug List and (ii) drugs provided under a contract between the Department and a managed care organization.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2277 - PROP TX-INTEREST
Paul Faraci, Linda Holmes, Mike Simmons
Last updated over 1 year ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the interest penalty for the delinquent payment of taxes shall be waived if the county treasurer determines that: (i) the delinquency occurred because the subject tax bill was mailed to an incorrect address or e-mailed to an e-mail address other than the e-mail address provided to the county treasurer by the taxpayer or property owner by January 1 of the applicable tax year; (ii) the mistake was not the fault of the property owner or any other entity liable for the payment of the tax; and (iii) the amount of delinquent taxes is paid in full before the annual tax sale at which the delinquent taxes would be sold. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB3520 - MEDICAL-LASER HAIR REMOVAL
Karina Villa
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Provides that rules adopted by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation concerning light emitting devices for patient care or treatment shall not require a delegating physician to be present in person to supervise a laser hair removal consultation, examination, or procedure if the laser hair removal consultation, examination, or procedure is performed in an office or practice setting by a physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse, registered nurse, or licensed practical nurse and the delegating physician is available by two-way, real-time interactive communication.
STATUS
Introduced
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