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SB1754 - POLICE TRAINING-OUT-OF-STATE
Christopher Belt, Doris Turner, Kimberly A. Lightford
Last updated about 1 year ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that a waiver for specified training requirements for appointment as a full-time or part-time law enforcement or county corrections officer may be granted by reason of prior law enforcement or county corrections experience (rather than extensive prior law enforcement or county corrections experience), and adds that the experience may be obtained in Illinois, in any other state, or with an agency of the federal government. Adds requirements for agencies seeking a reciprocity waiver for training completed outside of Illinois. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board shall adopt uniform rules providing for a waiver process for a person previously employed and qualified as a law enforcement or county corrections officer under federal law or the laws of any other state or who has completed a basic law enforcement officer or correctional officer academy who would be qualified to be employed as a law enforcement officer or correctional officer by the federal government or any other state, including that the person shall successfully complete the following prior to the approval of a waiver: (1) a training program or set of coursework approved by the Board on the laws of the State relevant to the duties and training requirements of law enforcement and county correctional officers; (2) firearms training; and (3) successful passage of the equivalency certification examination. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Grants the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board emergency rulemaking authority to implement the provisions of the amendatory Act.
STATUS
Passed
HB2281 - MEDICAID-BEHAVIORAL ANALYST
Dagmara Avelar, Maura Hirschauer
Last updated over 1 year ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that to ensure a behavioral health clinic that is enrolled as a provider under the medical assistance program maintains staff who are licensed to engage in the practice of applied behavior analysis, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall, by rule, include a behavioral analyst licensed under the Behavior Analyst Licensing Act to the Department's definition of "licensed practitioner of the healing arts". Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2243 - SCH CD-STATE LITERACY PLAN
Kimberly A. Lightford, Christopher Belt, Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas
Last updated about 1 year ago
38 Co-Sponsors
Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall adopt and make available to school districts, by July 1, 2024, a rubric by which districts may evaluate curricula and select and implement evidence-based, culturally inclusive core reading instruction programs, a template to support districts when developing literacy plans, and guidance on practices for effective structures for training and deploying literacy coaches. Requires the State Board of Education to develop and make available training opportunities for educators in teaching reading on or before January 1, 2025. Provides that, in consultation with education stakeholders, the State Board of Education shall develop and adopt a comprehensive literacy plan for the State on or before January 31, 2024. Sets forth requirements for the comprehensive literacy plan. In the Educator Licensure Article of the Code, makes changes concerning educator testing and the requirements for educators trained in other states or counties. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
SB2195 - INS-PROSTHETIC DEVICE COVERAGE
Ann Gillespie, Laura Fine, Javier Loera Cervantes
Last updated about 1 year ago
26 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Accident and Health Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that with respect to an enrollee at any age, in addition to coverage of a prosthetic or custom orthotic device, benefits shall be provided for a prosthetic or custom orthotic device determined by the enrollee's provider to be the most appropriate model that is medically necessary for the enrollee to perform physical activities, as applicable, such as running, biking, swimming, and lifting weights, and to maximize the enrollee's whole body health and strengthen the lower and upper limb function. Provides that the requirements of the provisions do not constitute an addition to the State's essential health benefits that requires defrayal of costs by the State pursuant to specified federal law.
STATUS
Passed
HB2463 - DECEPTIVE PRACTICE-PREG CENTER
Terra Costa Howard, Dagmara Avelar, Kelly M. Cassidy
Last updated over 1 year ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Deceptive Practices of Limited Services Pregnancy Centers Act. Prohibits a limited services pregnancy center from using or employing any deception, fraud, false pretense, false promise, or misrepresentation, or the concealment, suppression, or omission of any material fact, with the intent that others rely upon the concealment, suppression or omission of such material fact: to interfere with an individual seeking to gain entry or access to a provider of abortion or emergency contraception; to induce an individual to enter or access the limited services pregnancy center; in advertising, soliciting, or otherwise offering pregnancy-related services; or in conducting, providing, or performing pregnancy-related services. Allows the Attorney General to enforce the Act when: it appears to the Attorney General that a limited services pregnancy center has engaged in, is engaging in, or is about to engage in any practice declared to be unlawful by the Act; the Attorney General receives a written complaint of the commission of a practice declared to be unlawful under the Act; or the Attorney General believes it to be in the public interest that an investigation should be made to ascertain whether a limited services pregnancy center has engaged in, is engaging in, or is about to engage in, any practice declared to be unlawful by the Act. Establishes the remedies available under the Act for violation of the Act, including preliminary or permanent injunction and a civil penalty not to exceed $50,000. Allows any party aggrieved by a violation of the Act to bring an action against any limited services pregnancy center that has committed such a violation, in which the court may award actual damages and any other relief the court deems proper. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2348 - INVEST KIDS-QUALIFIED SCHOOL
Kelly M. Cassidy, Maura Hirschauer, Anne M. Stava-Murray
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Invest in Kids Act. Provides that a qualified school that accepts scholarship students must comply with the provisions of federal and State laws and rules applicable to public schools pertaining to special education and instruction of English learners; the provisions of the School Code concerning charter schools; the provisions of the Illinois Humans Rights Act concerning public accommodations and educational institutions; and the provisions of the School Code concerning pregnancy and breastfeeding-related accommodations. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB2572 - PUB FUNDS-CONVERSION THERAPY
Laura Faver Dias, Kelly M. Cassidy, Anna Moeller
Last updated over 1 year ago
44 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with changes. Provides that the State shall not expend or invest any public funds in any organization, nonprofit organization, religious organization, or any other entity to be used for conversion therapy. Provides that any contract between the State and that organization shall be void to the extent that the contract is used or will be used for conversion therapy. Defines "conversion therapy".
STATUS
Engrossed
HB2474 - DAY CARE HOME CAPACITY
Suzanne M. Ness, Joyce Mason, Carol Ammons
Last updated over 1 year ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Directs the Department of Children and Family Services to amend its rules establishing licensing standards for group day care homes to provide a revised maximum authorized extended capacity for group day care homes that is applicable through July 1, 2025. Provides that the revised maximum extended capacity rules adopted by the Department shall, at a minimum, allow one caregiver and 2 assistants to have the option of caring for 2 additional children who are 30 months of age or older, as well as 2 additional children who are attending school full-time, notwithstanding any other provision of this Act. Requires the revised rules not only to provide that the second full-time assistant shall be present at all times when there are more than 12 children in the home, but also to prohibit the total capacity of the group day care home from exceeding 16 children. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB2450 - SURG ASSIST/TECH TITLE-MISC
Dagmara Avelar, Carol Ammons, Cyril Nichols
Last updated about 1 year ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that for health care professional license or registration renewals occurring on or after January 1, 2025, a health care professional who has continuing education requirements must complete at least a one-hour course in training on cultural competency. A health care professional may count this one hour for completion of this course toward meeting the minimum credit hours required for continuing education. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for health care professional license or registration renewals occurring on or after January 1, 2025, a health care professional whose license or registration renewal occurs every 2 years must complete all statutorily mandated topics within 3 renewal periods. Provides that if any additional statutorily mandated topics are added by law after the effective date of the amendatory Act, a health care professional whose license or registration renewal occurs every 2 years must complete all statutorily mandated topics within 4 renewal periods. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for health care professional license or registration renewals occurring on or after January 1, 2025, a health care professional whose license or registration renewal occurs every 3 years must complete all statutorily mandated topics within 2 renewal periods. Provides that if any additional statutorily mandated topics are added by law after the effective date of the amendatory Act, then a health care professional whose license or registration renewal occurs every 3 years must complete all statutorily mandated topics within 3 renewal periods. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall maintain on its website information regarding the current specific statutorily mandated training topics. Provides that each license or permit application or renewal form the Department provides to a health care professional must include a notification regarding the current requirements for the specific statutorily mandated topics. Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that in accordance with the requirement for prescribers of controlled substances to undergo training under the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 every prescriber who is licensed to prescribe controlled substances shall, during the pre-renewal period, complete one hour (rather than 3 hours) of continuing education on safe opioid prescribing practices offered or accredited by a professional association, State government agency, or federal government agency. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB2365 - SOCIAL WORK-EXAM ALTERNATE
Lindsey LaPointe, Mary E. Flowers, Norma Hernandez
Last updated about 1 year ago
50 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. In provisions concerning examination alternatives, provides that the examination alternative shall consist of at least 3,000 hours of supervised professional experience that is obtained within the 10 calendar years immediately preceding the date of application (rather than 2 years of supervised professional experience) and after the degree is obtained as established by rule. Removes provisions concerning qualified licensed clinical social work supervisors. Deletes the effective date provision.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from Illinois district HD-049
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Illinois House
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Maura Hirschauer is running as a Republican candidate for Texas House of Representatives, District 18. Hirschauer serves on the board of Lone Star Speech and Language Services. She is also a business partner and executive director at Five Stones Classical Academy. Hirschauer graduated from Liberty University with a B.S. in Communications and also attended graduate school at Liberty University. She is currently pursuing ministry training at Christ for the Nations Institute. Hirschauer has experience in marketing, development, communication strategy, fundraising, event planning, and public relations.read less
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