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HB2718 - AGING-HOMEMAKER WAGE INCREASE
Marcus C. Evans, Lindsey LaPointe, Edgar Gonzalez
Last updated over 1 year ago
36 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Provides that rates for homemaker services shall be increased to $29.64 beginning July 1, 2023 to sustain a minimum wage of $18 per hour for direct service workers. Requires rates in subsequent State fiscal years to be no lower than the rates in effect on July 1, 2023. Requires providers of in-home services to be required to certify to the Department on Aging that they remain in compliance with the mandated wage increase for direct service workers. Provides that fringe benefits, including, but not limited to, paid time off and payment for training, health insurance, travel, or transportation, shall not be reduced in relation to the rate increases described in the amendatory Act. Effective July 1, 2023.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2376 - EPA-DISPOSABLE FOOD CONTAINERS
Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, Lakesia Collins, Carol Ammons
Last updated over 1 year ago
42 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Defines terms. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2025, a retail establishment may not sell or distribute in this State a disposable food service container that is composed in whole or in part of polystyrene foam. Exempts specified entities from the prohibition until one year after the amendatory Act's effective date. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB2396 - SCH CD-FULL DAY KINDERGARTEN
Mary Beth Canty, Emanuel Welch, Dagmara Avelar
Last updated about 1 year ago
77 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the contents of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that, beginning with the 2027-2028 school year (instead of the 2023-2024 school year), each school board must establish a kindergarten with full-day attendance. Provides that the full-day kindergarten should be developmentally appropriate and provide opportunities for play-based learning. Provides that an elementary or unit school district that does not offer full-day kindergarten as of October 1, 2022, may, by action of the State Board of Education, apply for an extension of the 2027-2028 school year implementation deadline for 2 additional years if one of the specified criteria are met. Creates the Full-Day Kindergarten Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall conduct a statewide audit to inform the planning and implementation of full-day kindergarten in the State and shall, at a minimum, collect, analyze, and report specified criteria. Provides that the Task Force may recommend for an additional criterion that the State Board of Education may consider in granting a waiver to establish a full-day kindergarten. Sets forth the members of the Task Force and requirements to be a member. Provides that the Task Force shall meet at the call of the State Superintendent of Education or their designee, who shall serve as the chairperson. Provides that the State Board of Education shall provide administrative and other support to the Task Force. Provides that members of the Task Force shall serve without compensation. Provides that the Task Force shall issue an interim report by April 15, 2024 and a final report to the General Assembly and Governor's Office no later than November 15, 2024. Provides that upon issuing the final report, the Task Force is dissolved.
STATUS
Passed
HB2562 - PROPERTY-TEMP CONTROL-SENIORS
Hoan Huynh, Lilian Jimenez, Lakesia Collins
Last updated about 1 year ago
33 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Common Interest Community Association Act, the Condominium Property Act, and the Landlord and Tenant Act. Provides that when a common interest community building, condominium building, or residential rental property has a cooling system or heating system or both serving the entire building or premises, including individual units, the common interest community association, unit owner's association, or landlord shall comply with specified standards with respect to the individual units in which people or tenants live during the cooling and heating seasons. Provides that when a building or premises does not have a building-wide or premises-wide cooling system that serves individual units, then the association or landlord shall provide at least one indoor common gathering space for which a cooling system operates when the heat index exceeds 80 degrees Fahrenheit, and all occupants or tenants of the building or premises shall have free access to that cooled space. Provides that the provisions only apply to associations in which the initial declaration limits ownership, rental, or occupancy of a unit to a person 55 years of age or older, or to residential rental property in which rental or occupancy is limited to persons 55 years of age or older.
STATUS
Passed
HB2446 - ELEC CD-PRE-REGISTRATION
Nabeela Syed, Carol Ammons, Edgar Gonzalez
Last updated over 1 year ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Election Code. Allows the State Board of Elections to receive voter registration information provided by applicants using electronic voter registration portals (rather than the Board's website). Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person who is otherwise qualified to vote may preregister to vote on or after that person's 16th birthday, with the registration held in abeyance by the appropriate election authority until that individual attains the required age to vote. Requires preregistration to be completed using the online voter registration system or an electronic voter registration portal. Provides that for the purposes of the Code, an individual who is 16 years of age or older (rather than who is 17 years of age and who will be 18 years of age on the date of the general or consolidated election) shall be deemed competent to execute and attest to any voter registration forms.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2719 - FAIR PATIENT BILLING-SCREENING
Dagmara Avelar, Anna Moeller, Lakesia Collins
Last updated about 1 year ago
47 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Fair Patient Billing Act. Requires a hospital to screen each uninsured patient, upon the uninsured patient's agreement, at the earliest reasonable moment for potential eligibility for public health insurance programs and financial assistance offered by the hospital. Requires all screening activities, including initial screenings and all follow-up assistance, to be provided in compliance with the Language Assistance Services Act and other applicable federal and State laws and regulations. Requires a hospital to screen an insured patient for hospital financial assistance in specified circumstances. Provides that a hospital may not pursue collection action against an uninsured patient unless the hospital has complied with the screening requirements and applied for and exhausted any discount available to the patient under specified provisions. Provides that a hospital may not refer a bill, or portion thereof, to a collection agency or attorney for collection action against an insured patient without first ensuring compliance with the screening requirements. Provides that the obligations of hospitals under the amendatory Act apply to services provided on or after the first day of the month that begins 180 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Defines terms. Amends the Community Benefits Act. Requires a hospital to make available to the public the number of uninsured patients who have declined or failed to respond to the screening for eligibility for public health insurance programs financial assistance offered by the hospital and the 5 most frequent reasons for declining. Amends the Hospital Uninsured Patient Discount Act. Provides that, if a patient declines to apply for a public health insurance program on the basis of concern for immigration-related consequences, the hospital may refer the patient to a free, unbiased resource, such as an Immigrant Family Resource Program, to address the patient's immigration-related concerns and assist in enrolling the patient in a public health insurance program and the hospital may still screen the patient for eligibility under hospital’s financial assistance policy. Requires hospitals to permit an uninsured patient to apply for a discount within 90 days of the completion of the screening under the Fair Patient Billing Act or denial of an application for a public health insurance program. Makes other and conforming changes.
STATUS
Passed
HB2572 - PUB FUNDS-CONVERSION THERAPY
Laura Faver Dias, Kelly M. Cassidy, Anna Moeller
Last updated over 1 year ago
44 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with changes. Provides that the State shall not expend or invest any public funds in any organization, nonprofit organization, religious organization, or any other entity to be used for conversion therapy. Provides that any contract between the State and that organization shall be void to the extent that the contract is used or will be used for conversion therapy. Defines "conversion therapy".
STATUS
Engrossed
HB2721 - UTIL-WATER&SEWER SURCHARGE
Dagmara Avelar, Elizabeth Hernandez, Laura Faver Dias
Last updated over 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Public Utilities Act. In provisions concerning water and sewer surcharges, removes language allowing the Illinois Commerce Commission to authorize a water or sewer utility to file a surcharge which adjusts rates and charges to provide for recovery of costs associated with an investment in qualifying infrastructure plant. Makes a corresponding change.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2828 - PESTICID-MOSQUITO ABATE NOTIFY
Anna Moeller, Kambium Buckner, Laura Faver Dias
Last updated over 1 year ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Vector Control Act. Adds legislative findings to the Act. Defines "integrated vector management approach". Provides that an organization performing mosquito control as a public service shall submit to the Department of Public Health a written integrated vector management plan. Provides that this provision does not apply to the Department mosquito control grantees who are supervised by the Department on the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that this provision does not apply to a business or person regulated under the Structural Pest Control Act. Provides that a vector management organization shall establish and maintain a system of public notification prior to the use of wide-area chemical pesticides from the public right of way. Provides that a vector management plan shall consist of a plan for the prevention, biological, and nonchemical means of controlling disease vectors based upon scientific data prescribed by the Department. Effective January 1, 2024.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB2949 - STATE COMPTROLLER-STATE FAIR
Sue Scherer, Jenn Ladisch Douglass, Aaron M. Ortiz
Last updated about 1 year ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Asthma Inhalers at Recreational Camps Act. Renames the Act the Emergency Asthma Inhalers and Allergy Treatment for Children Act. Defines "after-school care program". Adds after-school care programs to provisions regarding recreational camps. Provides that after-school care program personnel who have completed specified training may carry undesignated epinephrine injectors and administer an injection to a child in certain circumstances. Provides that after-school care personnel may also carry undesignated asthma medication and administer undesignated asthma medication to a child in certain circumstances. Provides that if after-school care program personnel administer an undesignated epinephrine injection to a person and the after-school care program personnel believe in good faith the person is having an anaphylactic reaction, or if they administer undesignated asthma medication to a person and believe in good faith the person is experiencing respiratory distress, then the after-school care program and its employees and agents, acting in accordance with standard protocols and the prescription, shall not incur liability or be subject to professional discipline, except for willful and wanton conduct, as a result of any injury arising from the use of the injection or medication, notwithstanding whether notice was given to or authorization was given by the child's parent or guardian or by specified medical professionals. Requires the after-school care personnel to inform the parents or guardians of the child, in writing, of the limited liability. Requires the parent or guardian to sign a statement acknowledging the limited liability and to also indemnify and hold harmless the after-school care program and its employees. Provides that the changes made by the amendatory Act apply to actions filed on or after the amendatory Act’s effective date. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from Illinois district HD-062
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Illinois House
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Laura Faver Dias was born and raised in Medford, NJ. She graduated from Shawnee High School in 1991. She went on to graduate from Rutgers University in 1996 with a bachelor's degree in marketing. After college, Laura began a career in pharmaceutical sales and marketing. She worked for several major companies before starting a consulting business focused on pharmaceutical marketing strategy. Laura lives in Medford with her husband and three children. She has been involved with local education issues for many years. In 2021, she decided to run for state office to have a greater impact on improving New Jersey's education system.read less
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