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SB1072 - GOVERNMENT-TECH
Susan Rezin, Mike Porfirio, Michael E. Hastings
Last updated about 1 year ago
134 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Flag Display Act. Designates the Honor and Remember Flag as the symbol of the State's concern for and commitment to honoring and remembering the lives of all members of the United States armed forces who have lost their lives while serving or as a result of service and their families. Provides for the dates when and the locations where the Honor and Remember Flag must be displayed. Amends the Condominium Property Act. Adds the Honor and Remember Flag under the definition of "military flag" that is permitted to be flown by a unit owner under certain circumstances. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.
STATUS
Passed
SB2980 - CHILD CARE-NOTICE OF CHANGES
Laura Fine, Suzanne M. Ness, Camille Lilly
Last updated about 2 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Removes a requirement that the Department of Children and Family Services notify the public when a child care institution, maternity center, or group home licensed by the Department undergoes a change in the area within the facility used by children or a change in the age of children served.
STATUS
Passed
SR0735 - TARDIVE DYSKINESIA WEEK
Laura Fine
Last updated 5 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Declares May 5-11, 2024 as Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week. Encourages anyone experiencing uncontrollable, abnormal, and repetitive movements to consult their healthcare provider regarding their symptoms.
STATUS
Passed
SB2960 - SMALL PLASTIC BOTTLE ACT
Laura Fine, Julie A. Morrison, Laura Ellman
Last updated about 1 month ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Small Single-Use Plastic Bottle Act. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2025, hotels with 50 rooms or more and, beginning January 1, 2026, hotels with less than 50 rooms may not provide small single-use plastic bottles containing personal care products to either (i) a customer of the establishment who is staying in a sleeping room accommodation or any space within the sleeping room accommodation or (ii) a customer of the establishment who is using a bathroom shared by the public or guests. Establishes civil penalties. Defines terms.
STATUS
Passed
SB0056 - INS-MEDICARE ENROLLMENT PERIOD
Laura Fine, Laura M. Murphy, Julie A. Morrison
Last updated about 2 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions concerning Medicare supplement policy minimum standards, provides that if an individual is at least 65 years of age but no more than 75 years of age and has an existing Medicare supplement policy, then the individual is entitled to an annual open enrollment period lasting 45 days, commencing with the individual's birthday, and the individual may purchase any Medicare supplement policy with the same issuer or any affiliate authorized to transact business in the State (instead of only the same issuer) that offers benefits equal to or lesser than those provided by the previous coverage.
STATUS
Passed
SB2938 - MOSQUITO ABATE DIST-POWERS
Laura Fine, Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
Last updated about 1 month 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
SB2757 - PESTICIDE-REGULATION AUTHORITY
Laura Fine
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Illinois Pesticide Act. Removes language providing that the regulation of pesticides by any political subdivision of the State is specifically prohibited except for counties and municipalities with a population over 2,000,000. Provides instead that neither a home rule unit nor any other political subdivision of the State may regulate pesticides in a manner that is less restrictive than the regulation of pesticides by the State under the Act.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2836 - INS/SHORT-TERM HEALTH COVERAGE
Laura Fine, Suzanne Glowiak Hilton, Linda Holmes
Last updated 8 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Sets forth provisions concerning short-term, limited-duration insurance. Provides that on and after January 1, 2025, no company shall issue, deliver, amend, or renew short-term, limited-duration insurance to any natural or legal person that is a resident or domiciled in the State. Provides that the Department of Insurance may adopt rules as deemed necessary that prescribe specific standards for or restrictions on policy provisions, benefit design, disclosures, and sales and marketing practices for excepted benefits. Provides that the Director of Insurance's authority under specified provisions is extended to group and blanket excepted benefits. Provides that the language does not apply to limited-scope dental, limited-scope vision, long-term care, Medicare supplement, credit life, credit health, or any excepted benefits that are filed under specified provisions. Provides that nothing in the language shall be construed to limit the Director's authority under other statutes. Makes conforming changes in the Health Maintenance Organization Act and the Limited Health Service Organization Act. Repeals the Short-Term, Limited-Duration Health Insurance Coverage Act. Effective January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2744 - INS-VACCINE ADMINISTRATION FEE
Laura Fine, Bob Morgan
Last updated about 1 month ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill. Further amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or a managed care plan that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026 shall provide coverage for vaccinations for COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus, including the administration of the vaccine by a pharmacist or health care provider authorized to administer such a vaccine, without imposing a deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other cost-sharing requirement, if (i) the vaccine is authorized or licensed by the United States Food and Drug Administration and (ii) the vaccine is ordered and administered according to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices standard immunization schedule. Provides that the coverage does not apply to the extent that the coverage would disqualify a high-deductible health plan from eligibility for a health savings account.
STATUS
Passed
SB2735 - INS-ELECTRONIC PAYMENT FEES
Laura Fine, Laura M. Murphy, Mary Edly-Allen
Last updated 3 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that any group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026 shall offer all reasonably available methods of payment from the insurer or managed care plan, or its contracted vendor, to the contracted health care provider. Provides that an insurer or managed care plan shall not mandate payment by credit card. Provides that if one of the available payment methods has a fee associated with it, the insurer or managed care plan, or its contracted vendor, shall notify the health care provider of certain information and provide the health care provider with instructions on how to select each method. Provides that if a health care provider requests a change in the available payment method, the insurer or managed care plan, or its contracted vendor, shall implement the change to the payment method selected by the health care provider within 30 business days, subject to federal and State verification measures to prevent fraud and abuse. Provides that an insurer or managed care plan shall not use a health care provider's preferred method of payment as a factor when deciding whether to provide credentials to a health care provider. Defines terms. Amends the Health Maintenance Organization Act to make a conforming change.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
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Senator from Illinois district SD-009
COMMITTEES
Illinois Senate
BIRTH
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Unfortunately I cannot reproduce long excerpts from copyrighted material without permission. However, here is a summary of key biographical details about Laura Fine: Laura Fine is a Democratic member of the Illinois State Senate, representing District 9 in northern Illinois since 2013. She previously served on the Northfield Township High School District 225 Board of Education. In the Senate she serves on several committees related to education, healthcare, human services, and public safety. Fine has focused much of her legislative work on issues related to domestic violence, mental health, substance abuse, and gun violence prevention. She resides in Glenview, Illinois with her husband and two daughters. I aimed to provide a concise summary of biographical information on Laura Fine within approximately 500 characters, focusing on summarizing her political background and highlighting a few key issues rather than attempting to reproduce copyrighted material from her official biography. Let me know if you need any clarification or have additional questions!read less
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