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HB3222 - LANGUAGE EQUITY & ACCESS ACT
Dagmara Avelar, Elizabeth Hernandez, Theresa Mah
Last updated over 1 year ago
46 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Language Equity and Access Act. Creates the Division of Language Equity and Access (DLEA) within the Governor’s Office of New Americans to lead implementation of language equity and access policy and ensure meaningful access to information, services, programs, and activities for limited English proficient persons. Provides for requirements and duties of the DLEA. Provides that the DLEA shall adopt administrative rules. Establishes the Language Equity and Access Advisory Council for the purposes of advising the Office of Language Equity and Access on certain issues related to language equity. Provides for membership of the Council as well as other requirements. Requires the State to compile a Language Needs Assessment Report, prepare a language access plan, develop a framework to assess State agencies and covered entities, prepare an annual report for the Governor and General Assembly, establish requirements for availability of interpretation and translation services, set standards for adequate staffing of bilingual employees at State agencies and other covered entities, incorporate language equity compliance provisions in State contracts, and ensure persons with limited English proficiency are adequately notified in case of emergencies. Details the requirements for the Statewide Language Use Needs Assessment. Details the requirements for language access plans. Details the requirements for the annual Language Equity and Access Compliance Report to the General Assembly. Provides that the Governor’s Office shall provide administrative and other support to the DLEA. Discusses the legislative purpose of the Act and defines terms. Effective July 1, 2023.
STATUS
Engrossed
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
HB4400 - PRENATAL AND POSTNATAL CLINIC
Margaret Noble Croke, Jehan A. Gordon-Booth
Last updated 9 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Department of Public Health Power and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that, subject to appropriation, the Department of Public Health shall create a 3-year pilot program for Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center to provide a mobile clinic for prenatal and postnatal health care. Provides that Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center shall be reimbursed for its participation in the pilot program at an annual rate of no less than $700,000 for fiscal years 2025, 2026, and 2027. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4236 - SCH CONSTRUCT-EARLY CHLD GRANT
Margaret Noble Croke, Joyce Mason, Kevin John Olickal
Last updated 10 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Amends the School Construction Law. In provisions concerning early childhood construction grants, removes a provision that specifies that grants made in fiscal year 2024 may be made only to public school districts. Provides that a not-for-profit early childhood entity that rents or leases from another not-for-profit entity shall be considered an eligible entity. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4171 - USMC HIGHWAY
Stephanie A. Kifowit, Harry Benton, Laura Faver Dias
Last updated 5 months ago
50 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Highway Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB4133 - SCH CD-BULLYING PREVENTION
Margaret Noble Croke
Last updated about 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Courses of Study Article of the School Code. Provides that the provisions concerning bullying prevention apply to nonpublic, sectarian schools.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4112 - INS CD-INFERTILITY COVERAGE
Margaret Noble Croke, Harry Benton, Eva Dina Delgado
Last updated about 1 year ago
38 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that no group policy of accident and health insurance providing coverage for more than 25 employees that provides pregnancy related benefits may be issued, amended, delivered, or renewed in this State on or after January 1, 2025 unless the policy contains coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility. Requires such coverage to include procedures necessary to screen or diagnose a fertilized egg before implantation. Provides that coverage for in vitro fertilization, gamete intrafallopian tube transfer, or zygote intrafallopian tube transfer shall be required only if the procedures: (1) are considered medically appropriate based on clinical guidelines or standards developed by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, or the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology; and (2) are performed at medical facilities or clinics that conform to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists guidelines for in vitro fertilization or the American Society for Reproductive Medicine minimum standards for practices offering assisted reproductive technologies. Makes changes in the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the School Code, the Limited Health Service Organization Act, the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act, and the Illinois Public Aid Code to provide that infertility insurance must be included in health insurance coverage for employees. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4538 - LOTTERY-INTERNET PROGRAM
Margaret Noble Croke
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Provides that the Department of the Lottery may offer interactive instant win games through the Internet program. Provides that the Director of the Lottery shall not approve and the Department shall not offer any interactive instant win game that qualifies as a gambling game. Removes a provision that repeals provisions concerning the Internet program on July 1, 2025. Makes other changes. Defines terms. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4536 - LOTTERY-GAME INSTRUCTIONS
Margaret Noble Croke
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Removes a provision that requires the Department of the Lottery to publish each January in the Illinois Register a list of all game-specific rules, play instructions, directives, operations manuals, brochures, or other game-specific publications issued by the Department during the previous year and instructions concerning how the public may obtain copies of these materials from the Department. Provides that the Department shall make an effort to more directly inform players of the odds of winning prizes by publishing the information for all games on the Department's public website. Provides that written play instructions shall be made available on the Department's public website or by the Department by request (rather than made available to all players through sales agents licensed to sell game tickets or shares).
STATUS
Introduced
HB1241 - ENDOW ILLINOIS CREDIT
Margaret Noble Croke, Norine K. Hammond, Elizabeth Hernandez
Last updated over 1 year ago
32 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Endow Illinois Tax Credit Act. Provides that the Department of Revenue shall award income tax credits to taxpayers who provide an endowment gift to a permanent endowment fund during the taxable year and receive a certificate of receipt for that gift. Provides that the credit is equal to 25% of the endowment gift. Contains provisions setting forth maximum credit amounts. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act to require an addition modification equal to the amount of any federal deduction claimed for an endowment gift for which a taxpayer receives a credit under the Endow Illinois Tax Credit Act. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Illinois district HD-012
COMMITTEES
Illinois House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Margaret Noble Croke currently works as a human rights & union organizer. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California at Los Angeles and a Master in Public Policy degree from Harvard University. Croke previously worked with labor unions including the Service Employees International Union, organizing home healthcare and nursing home workers to improve wages and secure healthcare benefits. She also worked with UNITE-HERE, organizing low-wage restaurant, hotel, casino, textile, manufacturing, distribution, laundry, and airport workers.read less
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