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SB3203 - INS CD-INHALER COVERAGE
Mattie Hunter, Javier Loera Cervantes, Willie Preston
Last updated about 2 months ago
56 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or before December 31, 2025 that provides coverage for prescription drugs may not deny or limit coverage for prescription inhalers (instead of prescription inhalants) based upon any restriction on the number of days before an inhaler refill may be obtained if, contrary to those restrictions, the inhalants have been ordered or prescribed by the treating physician and are medically appropriate. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026 that provides coverage for prescription drugs shall limit the total amount that a covered person is required to pay for a covered prescription inhaler to an amount not to exceed $25 per 30-day supply, and provides that nothing in the provisions prevents a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan from reducing a covered person's cost sharing to an amount less than the cap. Makes a conforming change. Provides that coverage for prescription inhalers shall not be subject to any deductible, except to the extent that the coverage would disqualify a high-deductible health plan from eligibility for a health savings account. Authorizes rulemaking and enforcement by the Department of Insurance. Amends the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. Provides that the program of health benefits shall provide coverage for prescription inhalers under the Illinois Insurance Code.
STATUS
Passed
HB0817 - STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH
Emanuel Welch, Dave Vella, Jehan A. Gordon-Booth
Last updated 4 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may designate areas as Quantum Computing Campuses. Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, the Electricity Excise Tax Law, the Telecommunications Excise Tax Act, the Simplified Municipal Telecommunications Tax Act, and the Gas Use Tax Law to make conforming changes. Amends the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. Provides that a business that intends to establish a new battery energy storage solution facility at a designated location in Illinois may receive a designation as a High Impact Business. Provides that a restriction on designating businesses located in an Enterprise Zone as high impact businesses does not apply to grocery stores. Repeals provisions concerning certified payments for high impact businesses. Amends the River Edge Redevelopment Zone Act. Provides that a River Edge Redevelopment Zone may overlap with an Enterprise Zone. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may certify a specified number of additional pilot River Edge Zones. Amends the Economic Development for a Growing Economy Tax Credit Act. Provides that certain credits under the Act may be taken against the taxpayer's withholding tax liability. Contains provisions concerning work hours at the project location. Amends the Reimagining Energy and Vehicles in Illinois Act. Adds provisions concerning credits awarded for research and development activities related to aircraft. Amends the Manufacturing Illinois Chips for Real Opportunity (MICRO) Act. Extends the provisions of the Act to quantum computer manufacturers. Specifies that, in order to receive credit for construction expenses under the Act, a company must provide the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity with evidence that a certified third-party executed an Agreed-Upon Procedure (AUP) verifying the construction expenses or accept the standard construction wage expense estimated by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that 2 or more taxing districts may agree to abate a portion of the real property taxes otherwise levied or extended by those taxing districts on a REV Illinois Project facility. Provides that abatements for REV project facilities may not exceed a period of 30 consecutive years. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to extend the sunset of the research and development credit. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act and the Film Production Services Tax Credit Act of 2008. Provides that taxpayers who have been awarded a tax credit under the Film Production Services Tax Credit Act of 2008 shall pay a fee to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Sets forth the amount of the fee. Provides that the fee shall be deposited into the Illinois Production Workforce Development Fund. Provides that, beginning on July 1, 2024, a taxpayer is no longer required to pay a fee to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for the transfer of credits under the Film Production Services Tax Credit Act of 2008. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB3652 - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE-REMEDIES
Robert Peters, Celina Villanueva, Lakesia Collins
Last updated about 2 months ago
32 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Summary of Rights for Safer Homes Act. Requires the Department of Human Rights to create a summary form advising tenants who have suffered domestic violence or sexual violence of the rights that they have under Illinois law that provide protection in their ability to have safe housing. Requires landlords to attach a copy of the summary as the first page of any written residential lease entered into with a tenant.
STATUS
Passed
SB3219 - GROCERY INITIATIVE-GRANTS
Doris Turner, Patrick J. Joyce, Christopher Belt
Last updated about 2 months ago
32 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Grocery Initiative Act. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may, subject to appropriation, provide grants for equipment upgrades for farmer-owned grocery stores or markets.
STATUS
Passed
SB3615 - DEPT JUV JUSTICE-RESIDENT-FUND
Robert F. Martwick, Mary Edly-Allen, Mary Beth Canty
Last updated about 2 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Department of Juvenile Justice shall not be required to keep in an interest-bearing bank account deposited moneys of persons who have or receives money while in an institution or facility of the Department of Juvenile Justice unless the annual interest earned would exceed the total annual costs and fees, including, but not limited to, transaction fees, associated with maintaining the account. Provides that any interest or other income which may be earned from moneys deposited with the Department by a resident of the Department of Juvenile Justice (rather than in excess of $200) shall accrue to the individual's account if the monthly interest attributable to an individual's account exceeds $1. Provides that all other balances shall accrue to the Residents' Benefit Fund.
STATUS
Passed
HB4430 - INC TX-SMALL BUSINESS CREDIT
Debbie Meyers-Martin, Lindsey LaPointe, Martin McLaughlin
Last updated 9 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a credit for certain small businesses in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 10% of the property taxes paid by the qualified small business during the taxable year for eligible real property or (ii) $1,500. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HJR0071 - NATIVE AMERICAN MASCOTS-SCHOOL
Maurice A. West, Carol Ammons, Lilian Jimenez
Last updated 4 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Urges the State Board of Education to conduct a study on the number of schools, school districts, and other public school associations across the State that currently utilize Native American names, logos, and mascots. Urges the State Board of Education, through conversations with local schools and school districts, to collect findings on what the cost would be for these individual schools and districts to remove and change Native American names, mascots, and logos. Urges the State Board of Education to include its findings in a written report to the General Assembly no later than December 31, 2024. Urges schools, school districts, and other public school associations to consider and plan for changing these harmful Native American names, mascots, and logos. Urges the State Board of Education to use all tools available to work towards the immediate end of the practice of using racial slurs as team names in Illinois schools.
STATUS
Engrossed
HR0613 - IDPH-IL IMMUNIZATION STRATEGY
Camille Lilly, Anne M. Stava-Murray, Carol Ammons
Last updated 4 months ago
50 Co-Sponsors
Urges the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) to continue taking appropriate action to facilitate equitable access to adolescent and adult vaccinations, including establishing appropriate programs and initiatives to raise public awareness on the importance of adolescent and adult vaccinations. Urges the IDPH to continue working with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), in-state healthcare providers, and patients to implement an effective and actionable state immunization strategy that includes adult immunizations. Urges the IDPH to continue increasing community resilience to communicable and other emerging disease threats. Urges the IDPH to continue determining goals on which to center the immunization plan. Urges the IDPH to continue exploring federal funding opportunities and partnerships to support vaccine awareness and access programs aligned with the goals established in the state immunization strategy.
STATUS
Passed
SB1289 - INS-DENTAL CARE/REIMBURSEMENT
Laura Fine, Julie A. Morrison, Linda Holmes
Last updated 2 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Safety and Aid for the Environment in Carbon Capture and Sequestration Act (which may be referred to as the SAFE CCS Act). Sets forth provisions regarding: ownership and conveyance of pore space; integration and unitization of ownership interests; surface access for pore space owners; compensation for damages to the surface; and additional landowner rights. Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Act. Requires the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security (i) to obtain training services and support for local emergency services and support for local emergency services and disaster agencies for training, exercises, and equipment related to carbon dioxide pipelines and sequestration and (ii) to provide $5,000 per year to the Illinois Fire Service Institute for first responder training. Amends the Public Utilities Act. Requires, prior to any pipeline for the transportation of carbon dioxide becoming operational, the Illinois Fire Service Institute to develop and offer at least one course for first responders who respond when carbon dioxide is released from a pipeline or a sequestration facility. Provides that a provision related to entering upon, taking, or damaging private property for construction purposes by a public utility applies to the exercise of eminent domain powers by an owner or operator of a pipeline designed, constructed, and operated to transport and to sequester carbon dioxide to which the Illinois Commerce Commission has granted a certificate. Provides that the Common Carriers by Pipeline Article does not apply to a new carbon dioxide pipeline. Amends the Carbon Dioxide Transportation and Sequestration Act. Provides that the Illinois Commerce Commission may grant an application for a certificate of authority authorizing the construction and operation of a carbon dioxide pipeline if, additionally, the applicant has applied for any and all other federal permits necessary to construct and operate a carbon dioxide pipeline, the applicant has held at least 2 prefiling public meetings to receive public comment concerning the proposed carbon dioxide pipeline in each county where the pipeline is to be located, the applicant has directly contacted the owner of each parcel of land located within 2 miles of the proposed pipeline route, advising them of the proposed pipeline route and of the date and time of each public meeting to be held in the county in which each landowner's property is located, and the applicant has prepared and submitted a detailed emergency operations plan. Prohibits the Commission from issuing any certificate of authority until the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has adopted final revisions to its pipeline safety rules and the Commission has verified that the submitted application complies with those finalized rules. Provides that any applicant that has been granted a certificate of authority may, under certain circumstances, enter upon the property of any landowner who has refused permission for entrance upon that property. Provides that any person or entity that has been granted a certificate of authority authorizing the construction and operation of a carbon dioxide pipeline shall be assessed an annual fee per pipeline system operated in the State, plus an additional fee per mile of carbon dioxide pipeline in length that is physically operated or proposed to be operated in the State. Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Prohibits a person from (i) injecting any carbon dioxide stream produced by a carbon dioxide capture project into a Class II well or a Class VI well converted from a Class II well, for purposes of enhanced oil or gas recovery, (ii) selling or transporting concentrated carbon dioxide stream produced by a carbon dioxide capture project for use in enhanced oil or gas recovery, and (iii) operating a carbon sequestration activity in a manner that causes, threatens, or allows the release of carbon dioxide so as to tend to cause water pollution in the State. Makes other changes. Creates the Carbon Sequestration Title of the Act. Sets forth provisions regarding: carbon capture permit requirements; reports on minimum carbon capture standards and the deployment of carbon capture and sequestration technology; minimum carbon dioxide capture efficiency rulemaking authority; reports on the status and impact of carbon capture and sequestration; prohibitions; sequestration permits and application contents; sequestration permit application fees; public participation; closure; financial assurance; insurance; the ownership of carbon dioxide and liability; and the creation of the Carbon Sequestration Long-Term Trust Fund, the Water Resources Fund, the Environmental Justice Grant Fund, and the Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Administrative Fund. Makes corresponding changes in the State Finance Act. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HR0847 - MED INFO-FAMILY ASSISTANCE
Lilian Jimenez
Last updated 4 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Recognizes and honors the memory of Benjamin Lucas Pantoja and acknowledges the significant efforts of his mother, Yolanda Carrillo, in advocating for better support and resources for families dealing with medical issues and losses. Expresses support for the ongoing legislative efforts to close the gap in information and resources provided to affected families, ensuring they receive the proper guidance and assistance in navigating their options during such difficult times.
STATUS
Introduced
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Representative from Illinois district HD-004
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Illinois House
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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
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