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HR0624 - CONGRATS-LEWIS COLLENS
Margaret Noble Croke
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Congratulates Lewis Collens on the occasion of being named a 2024 Lincoln Laureate of the Order of Lincoln. Recognizes his service and dedication to the residents of Illinois.
STATUS
Passed
HB5046 - PSYCH PRACT-INCENTIVE-GRANTS
Jenn Ladisch Douglass, Lindsey LaPointe, Yolonda Morris
Last updated 9 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Psychiatry Practice Incentive Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall establish a Collaborative Care Demonstration Grant program and set criteria for the program. Provides that the Director of Public Health may establish a program, and criteria for the program, to provide grants, training, and technical assistance to eligible primary health care practices to support implementation of the program. Establishes the purposes and use of the grants. Provides that grants awarded under the program shall be for a minimum amount of $100,000. Provides that the minimum award amount shall increase by $1,000 per 1% share of patients to be seen by the awardee during the applicable grant period that are expected to be enrolled in Medicaid, up to $500,000 total per award. Provides that the Director of Public Health may solicit proposals from and enter into grant agreements with eligible collaborative care technical assistance centers to provide technical assistance to primary health care practices on providing behavioral health integration services through the psychiatric Collaborative Care Model, including, but not limited to, recipients of grants under the program. Provides that the Director of Public Health may develop and implement a public awareness campaign to raise awareness about the psychiatric Collaborative Care Model. Provides that the program is subject to appropriation. Defines terms. Effective July 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
HB5134 - SEX OFFENDER REG-HUM TRAFFICK
Nicole La Ha, Dan Ugaste, Amy L. Grant
Last updated 9 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Sex Offender Registration Act. Includes trafficking in persons, involuntary servitude, and involuntary sexual servitude of a minor in the definition of "sex offense" under the Act.
STATUS
Introduced
HB5451 - DEPARTMENT OF EARLY CHILDHOOD
Mary Beth Canty, Joyce Mason, Camille Lilly
Last updated 9 months ago
50 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Department of Early Childhood Act. Creates the Department of Early Childhood to begin operation on July 1, 2024 and transfers to it certain rights, powers, duties, and functions currently exercised by various agencies of State Government. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2026 the Department of Early Childhood shall be the lead State agency for administering and providing early childhood education and care programs and services to children and families including: home-visiting services; early intervention services; preschool services; child care services; licensing for day care centers, day care homes, and group day care homes; and other early childhood education and care programs and administrative functions historically managed by the State Board of Education, the Department of Human Services, and the Department of Children and Family Services. Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that the Department of Early Childhood (rather than the Department of Children and Family Services) administers day care centers, day care homes, and group day care homes. Makes conforming changes to various Acts including the Department of Human Services Act, the Illinois Early Learning Council Act, the Illinois Procurement Code, the School Code, the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Early Intervention Services System Act and the Children and Family Services Act. Effective immediately, except the provisions amending the Child Care Act of 1969 take effect July 1, 2026.
STATUS
Introduced
HB5051 - PRIOR AUTH-PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
Jenn Ladisch Douglass, Gregg Johnson, Kelly M. Cassidy
Last updated 9 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Prior Authorization Reform Act. Provides that a health insurance issuer may not require prior authorization for a prescription drug prescribed to a patient by a health care professional for 6 or more consecutive months, regardless of whether the prescription drug is a non-preferred medication pursuant to the patient's health insurance coverage; or for specified prescription drugs, including insulin, human immunodeficiency virus prevention medication; human immunodeficiency virus treatment medication; viral hepatitis medication; estrogen; and progesterone.
STATUS
Introduced
HR0582 - IL COURTS-LGBTQ+ & HIV ED
Eva Dina Delgado, Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, Kevin John Olickal
Last updated 7 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Urges the Illinois Supreme Court and relevant authorities to require, as a consistent part of continuing education, LGBTQ+ and HIV cultural competency education for all attorneys, judges, and courtroom staff in the State of Illinois.
STATUS
Passed
HB5230 - LOTTERY-FINANCIAL FUNCTIONS
Margaret Noble Croke
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Provides that the State Lottery Fund shall receive from the sale of lottery tickets or shares consisting of the net of commissions and fees representing those expenses that are directly proportionate to the sale of tickets or shares at the agent location and prizes of $600 or less (rather than less than $600) which have been validly paid at the agent level. Makes a conforming change. Provides that the Department of Lottery may pay any prize (rather than prizes up to $25,000) from funds held by the Department in an account separate and apart from all public moneys of the State. Removes provisions allowing moneys in the account to be deposited by the Department into the Public Treasurers' Investment Pool or used to pay amounts to deferred prize winners. Allows the Department to contract (rather than the State Treasurer with the consent of the Director of the Lottery) with any person or corporation, including, without limitation, a bank, banking house, trust company or investment banking firm, to perform such financial functions, activities, or services in connection with operation of the lottery. Allows, with the consent of the Director, the State Treasurer to act as an agent of the Department to perform the financial functions as the Director may prescribe. Removes language requiring the Director to prepare and send to the State Comptroller vouchers requesting payment from the Deferred Lottery Prize Winners Trust Fund to deferred prize winners.
STATUS
Introduced
HB5229 - DEPT OF THE LOTTERY-VARIOUS
Margaret Noble Croke, William Cunningham, Laura M. Murphy
Last updated 7 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Removes a provision requiring the Governor to select a private manager for the total management of the Lottery by September 15, 2010 and provisions requiring the Department of Lottery to endeavor to expeditiously terminate the existing contracts in support of the lottery in effect on July 13, 2009 and transfer those functions to the private manager. Removes a provision allowing the compensation of the private manager to consist of a fee for services and a performance-based bonus as consideration for managing the lottery, including terms that may provide the private manager with an increase in compensation if lottery revenues grow by a specified percentage in a given year. Removes language voiding specified requests for proposal offered by the Department on December 22, 2008. Makes other changes.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB5231 - SHARED APPRECIATION AGREEMENTS
Margaret Noble Croke
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill, as amended by House Amendment No. 1, with the following changes. In the changes to the Residential Mortgage License Act of 1987 in provisions about shared appreciation agreement consumer counseling and disclosures, provides that, notwithstanding any provision in the Act to the contrary, before (rather than prior to) taking any legally binding action on a shared appreciation agreement, the borrower or borrowers shall be provided counseling (removing a cross-reference to a definition of counseling in the Residential Real Property Disclosure Act and a reference that the borrower or borrowers shall be provided counseling regardless of the county in which the property is located). Removes changes to the Residential Real Property Disclosure Act from the introduced bill, and further amends the Residential Real Property Disclosure Act by defining "counseling". Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB5313 - INS-NETWORK ADEQUACY-DIRECTORY
Margaret Noble Croke, Lindsey LaPointe, Maurice A. West
Last updated 7 months ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Network Adequacy and Transparency Act. Provides that a network plan shall, at least annually, audit (instead of audit periodically) at least 25% of its provider directories for accuracy, make any corrections necessary, and retain documentation of the audit. Provides that the network plan shall submit the audit to the Department of Insurance (instead of to the Director of Insurance upon request). Provides that the Department shall make the audit publicly available. Provides that a network plan shall include in the print format provider directory (i) a detailed description of the process to dispute charges for out-of-network providers or facilities that were incorrectly listed as in-network prior to the provision of care and (ii) a telephone number and email address to dispute those charges. Makes changes to the information that must be provided in a network plan's electronic and print directory. Requires the Director to conduct random audits of the accuracy of provider directories for at least 10% of plans each year. Provides that a consumer who incurs a cost for inappropriate out-of-network charges for a provider, facility, or hospital that was listed as in-network prior to the provision of services may file a verified complaint with the Department, and the Department shall conduct an investigation of the verified complaint and determine whether the complaint is sufficient. Provides that, upon a finding of sufficiency, the Director shall have the authority to levy a fine for not less than the cost incurred by the consumer for inappropriate out-of-network charges for a provider, facility, or hospital that was listed in-network. Provides that the fines collected by the Director shall be remitted to the consumer.
STATUS
Engrossed
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