SEE LATEST
SPONSORED LEGISLATION
HB4472 - HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY
Nabeela Syed, Emanuel Welch, Lilian Jimenez
Last updated 8 months ago
27 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Health Care Availability and Access Board Act. Establishes the Health Care Availability and Access Board to protect State residents, State and local governments, commercial health plans, health care providers, pharmacies licensed in the State, and other stakeholders within the health care system from the high costs of prescription drug products. Contains provisions concerning Board membership and terms; staff for the Board; Board meetings; circumstances under which Board members must recuse themselves; and other matters. Provides that the Board shall perform the following actions in open session: (i) deliberations on whether to subject a prescription drug product to a cost review; and (ii) any vote on whether to impose an upper payment limit on purchases, payments, and payor reimbursements of prescription drug products in the State. Permits the Board to adopt rules to implement the Act and to enter into a contract with a qualified, independent third party for any service necessary to carry out the powers and duties of the Board. Creates the Health Care Availability and Access Stakeholder Council to provide stakeholder input to assist the Board in making decisions as required by the Act. Contains provisions concerning Council membership, member terms, and other matters. Provides that the Board shall adopt the federal Medicare Maximum Fair Price as the upper payment limit for a prescription drug product intended for use by individuals in the State. Provides that the Attorney General shall have authority to enforce the Act and may pursue any available remedy under State law when enforcing the Act. Effective 180 days after becoming law.
STATUS
Introduced
HR0668 - LATINAS IN GOVERNMENT
Lilian Jimenez
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Celebrates the impact and contributions of contemporary Latinas in the State of Illinois. Acknowledges the value of Latinas and the essential role they play in our multicultural, multigenerational democracy. Recognizes the importance of accurate and timely data on Latinas living in the United States and the role that the U.S. Census Bureau plays in delivering data that impacts the political and economic power and influence of Latina.
STATUS
Passed
HB5249 - MEDICAID-NUTRITION THERAPY
Norma Hernandez, Barbara Hernandez, Marcus C. Evans
Last updated 8 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that subject to federal approval, within 12 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act, nutrition care services and medical nutrition therapy provided by a registered dietitian licensed under the Dietitian Nutritionist Practice Act who is acting within the scope of his or her license shall be covered under the medical assistance program. Provides that the covered services may be aimed at prevention, delay, management, treatment, or rehabilitation of a disease or condition and include nutrition assessment, nutrition intervention, nutrition counseling, and nutrition monitoring and evaluation. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to apply for any federal waiver or Title XIX State Plan amendment, if required, to implement the amendatory Act. Permits the Department to adopt any rules, including standards and criteria, necessary to implement the amendatory Act.
STATUS
Introduced
HB5286 - ELECTRIC VEHICLES-REBATE
Ann M. Williams, Robert Rita, Matt Hanson
Last updated 8 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Electric Vehicle Rebate Act. Provides that the term "electric vehicle" means a vehicle that is exclusively powered by and refueled by electricity, is plugged in to charge, and is legally permitted to drive on all public roadways, including interstate highways. Excludes from the definition of "electric vehicle" off-road electric vehicles, including golf carts; neighborhood electric vehicles; electric scooters; and electric vehicles with a maximum speed below 45 miles per hour. Removes a definition for "environmental justice community". Limits the electric vehicle rebate to low-income people beginning on July 1, 2024. Adds a rebate for electric motorcycles of $1,500 beginning on July 1,2024, $750 beginning on July 1,2026, and $500 beginning on July 1, 2028. Lengthens the time for applying for the rebate to 120 days beginning in July 2024. Allows for deposits into the Electric Vehicle Fund from any fund for certain specified purposes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB3476 - VEH CD-SCHOOL BUS PERMITS
Jaime M. Andrade, Wayne Arthur Rosenthal, Lamont J. Robinson
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Removes language classifying motor vehicles of the first division used and registered as school buses as vehicles of the second division. In provisions concerning school bus driver permits, provides that the Secretary of State shall offer for issuance a separate permit valid only for the operation of first division vehicles being operated as school buses. Provides that the written test an applicant for a school bus driver permit must pass shall be a first division or second division written test. Requires the Secretary of State, in conjunction with the Illinois State Board of Education, to develop a separate classroom course and refresher course for operation of vehicles of the first division being operated as school buses. Provides that regional superintendents of schools, working with the Illinois State Board of Education, shall offer the course. Effective July 1, 2023.
STATUS
Introduced
HB5550 - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE-REMEDIES
Theresa Mah, Lilian Jimenez, Will Guzzardi
Last updated 5 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Safe Homes Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB5431 - PREGNANT PRISONERS-RESTRAINTS
Kelly M. Cassidy, Robyn Gabel, Yolonda Morris
Last updated about 2 months ago
60 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Further amends the County Department of Corrections Law, the Health Care Violence Prevention Act, and the County Jail Act to replace use of "prisoner" with "committed person". In the County Department of Corrections Law, the Unified Code of Corrections, and the County Jail Law, requires the Department of Public Health to provide the flyers that must be provided to pregnant committed persons, and provides that, when a person with a uterus is committed to a county jail or State correctional facility, the person shall take a pregnancy test. In the County Department of Corrections Law and the Unified Code of Corrections: (i) provides that reports a sheriff, the Department of Corrections, and the Department of Juvenile Justice must submit under the provisions must be provided to the Jail and Detention Standards Unit of the Department of Corrections (removing the requirement to submit the report to the General Assembly and the Office of the Governor in the County Department of Corrections Law); (ii) modifies the reporting requirements; (iii) and provides that other qualified medical professionals (in addition to a physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant) may determine that the postpartum period is longer than 6 weeks. In the County Department of Corrections Law, defines "participant" as an individual placed into an electronic monitoring program and makes conforming changes. Makes other changes.
STATUS
Passed
HB5156 - TENANTS RIGHT TO ORGANIZE
Norma Hernandez, Lilian Jimenez, Camille Lilly
Last updated 8 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Tenants' Right to Organize Act. Provides that tenants receiving tenant-based rental assistance in the form of partial rent subsidy from any county, municipal, State, or federal source have the right to establish, operate, and participate in a resident organization for the purpose of addressing issues related to their living environment, which includes the terms and conditions of their tenancy as well as activities related to housing and community development. Provides that tenants may not be retaliated against for asserting these rights. Requires housing authorities to: (i) recognize legitimate tenant organizations; (ii) solicit comments from all legitimate tenant organizations not less than once each year; and (iii) meaningfully respond in writing no later than 60 days after receiving a comment from a legitimate tenant organization. Requires each owner of a rental housing development that receives federal low-income housing tax credits (LIHTC) to: (1) recognize legitimate resident organizations; and (2) not retaliate against any tenant because of his or her association with a legitimate resident organization. Requires housing authorities and owners of LIHTC rental housing developments to allow tenants and tenant organizers to conduct, without having to obtain prior permission, certain activities related to the establishment or operation of a tenant organization, including distributing leaflets, convening regularly scheduled tenant organization meetings in a space on-site and accessible to tenants, and other activities. Provides that if a housing authority or owner of a LIHTC rental housing development takes adverse action against a tenant who is a member of a tenant organization, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that such adverse action is an act of retaliation. Requires the Illinois Housing Development Authority to establish enforcement protocols and annually submit reports to the General Assembly with data summarizing the number of outstanding tenant complaints and the average close time for tenant complaints. Provides that implementation of the Act is contingent on the enactment of the federal Tenants' Right to Organize Act.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1287 - PROP TX-DESCRIPTIONS
William Davis, Stephanie A. Kifowit, Tracy Katz Muhl
Last updated over 1 year ago
29 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that, in counties in which the county board so provides, by ordinance or resolution, owners of income-producing properties in the county shall file physical descriptions of their properties with the chief county assessment officer upon request of the chief county assessment officer. Sets forth the period of time during which those provisions apply. Provides that the request for information shall include an individualized statement specifying all physical description information that the assessor's office has on record or recorded against the property and shall contain a statement that the owner may confirm the information if no changes are required. Imposes certain penalties if the property owner fails to respond to a request for information. Amends the Freedom of Information Act to provide that financial records and data related to real estate income, expenses, and occupancy submitted by or on behalf of a property owner to a chief county assessment officer, except if submitted as part of an assessment appeal, are exempt from disclosure. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB3373 - CD CORR-EARNED REENTRY
Carol Ammons, Mary E. Flowers, Will Guzzardi
Last updated over 1 year ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that notwithstanding to the contrary, any provision of the Code, the Post-Conviction Hearing Article of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, or the Habeas Corpus Article or the relief from judgments provision of the Code of Civil Procedure, a person serving terms of imprisonment, including terms of natural life, in a Department of Corrections institution or facility is eligible for earned reentry if he or she has served a term of imprisonment specified as follows: (1) for the first year following the effective date of the amendatory Act, a person is eligible for earned reentry if he or she has served a term of imprisonment of at least 35 consecutive years: (2) for the second year following the effective date of the amendatory Act, a person is eligible for earned reentry if he or she has served a term of imprisonment of at least 25 consecutive years; and (3) for the third year following the effective date of the amendatory Act and each year thereafter, a person is eligible for earned reentry if he or she has served a term of imprisonment of at least 20 consecutive years. Establishes factors that the Prisoner Review Board shall consider in determining whether a candidate should obtain earned reentry. Provides that every incarcerated person may bring legal counsel or an advocate of his or her choice to the earned reentry hearing. Provides that an incarcerated person may not be barred from any programming because his or her maximum out date is not in the near future. Provides that every incarcerated person may attend and testify at his or her earned reentry hearing in person or by video-conference or may have counsel or an advocate read a statement. Provides that hearings for earned reentry shall be administered by the Prisoner Review Board. Effective January 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Illinois district HD-004
COMMITTEES
Illinois House
BIRTH
--
ABOUT
Lilian Jimenez is a contractor, providing mediation services to Rhode Island courts. She was a member of the Rhode Island Senate from 2006 to 2020, serving as Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Environment & Agriculture. She also served as a senator on the Housing and Municipal Government and Judiciary Committees. Jimenez graduated from Rhode Island College, and did graduate work at the University of New Haven Graduate School in Community Psychology. She was elected to the Rhode Island House of Representatives in 2004. She lives in Providence.read less
OFFICES HELD
Illinois House from Illinois
NEXT ELECTION