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HB2719 - FAIR PATIENT BILLING-SCREENING
Dagmara Avelar, Anna Moeller, Lakesia Collins
Last updated about 1 year ago
47 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Fair Patient Billing Act. Requires a hospital to screen each uninsured patient, upon the uninsured patient's agreement, at the earliest reasonable moment for potential eligibility for public health insurance programs and financial assistance offered by the hospital. Requires all screening activities, including initial screenings and all follow-up assistance, to be provided in compliance with the Language Assistance Services Act and other applicable federal and State laws and regulations. Requires a hospital to screen an insured patient for hospital financial assistance in specified circumstances. Provides that a hospital may not pursue collection action against an uninsured patient unless the hospital has complied with the screening requirements and applied for and exhausted any discount available to the patient under specified provisions. Provides that a hospital may not refer a bill, or portion thereof, to a collection agency or attorney for collection action against an insured patient without first ensuring compliance with the screening requirements. Provides that the obligations of hospitals under the amendatory Act apply to services provided on or after the first day of the month that begins 180 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Defines terms. Amends the Community Benefits Act. Requires a hospital to make available to the public the number of uninsured patients who have declined or failed to respond to the screening for eligibility for public health insurance programs financial assistance offered by the hospital and the 5 most frequent reasons for declining. Amends the Hospital Uninsured Patient Discount Act. Provides that, if a patient declines to apply for a public health insurance program on the basis of concern for immigration-related consequences, the hospital may refer the patient to a free, unbiased resource, such as an Immigrant Family Resource Program, to address the patient's immigration-related concerns and assist in enrolling the patient in a public health insurance program and the hospital may still screen the patient for eligibility under hospital’s financial assistance policy. Requires hospitals to permit an uninsured patient to apply for a discount within 90 days of the completion of the screening under the Fair Patient Billing Act or denial of an application for a public health insurance program. Makes other and conforming changes.
STATUS
Passed
HB2776 - EPA-NOTICE LEAD PIPE REPLACE
Hoan Huynh, Dave Severin, Norma Hernandez
Last updated about 1 year ago
34 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Provides that the duty to electronically post information concerning progress made toward the replacement of lead service lines begins in 2023. Describes the specific data to be posted on the municipality's website. Provides that an affected municipality's duty to post the specified data terminates only when all lead service lines within the municipality have been replaced. Further specifies that the provisions added by the amendatory Act are not to be construed to replace, undermine, conflict with, or otherwise amend the responsibilities and requirements set forth in a separate lead service line reporting requirement in the Act. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB3203 - PREVENT FENTANYL EXPOSURE
Tony M. McCombie, Wayne Arthur Rosenthal, LaShawn K. Ford
Last updated about 1 year ago
52 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Overdose Prevention and Harm Reduction Act. Provides that a pharmacist may sell fentanyl test strips over-the-counter to the public to test for the presence of fentanyl, a fentanyl analogue, or a drug adulterant within a controlled substance. Provides that a county health department may distribute fentanyl test strips at the county health department facility for no fee. Amends the Drug Paraphernalia Control Act. Provides that "drug paraphernalia" does not include equipment, products, or materials to analyze or test for the presence of fentanyl, a fentanyl analogue, or a drug adulterant within a controlled substance.
STATUS
Passed
HB2862 - TELEHEALTH-RULES-ACUPUNCTURE
Edgar Gonzalez, Theresa Mah, Dagmara Avelar
Last updated about 1 year ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Day and Temporary Labor Services Act. Provides that no day and temporary labor service agency may send a day or temporary laborer to a place where a strike, a lockout, or other labor trouble exists without providing, at or before the time of dispatch, a statement, in writing and in a language that the day and temporary laborer understands, informing the day or temporary laborer of the labor dispute and the day or temporary laborer's right to refuse the assignment without prejudice to receiving another assignment. Provides that a day or temporary laborer who is assigned to work at a third party client for more than 60 calendar days shall be paid not less than the rate of pay and equivalent benefits as the lowest paid directly hired employee of the third party client with the same level of seniority at the company and performing the same or substantially similar work on jobs the performance of which requires substantially similar skill, effort, and responsibility, and that are performed under similar working conditions. Provides that upon a reasonable belief that a day and temporary labor service agency or a third party client is in violation of any part of the Act, an interested party may initiate a civil action in the county where the alleged offenses occurred or where any party to the action resides. Provides that before the assignment of an employee to a worksite employer, a day and temporary labor service agency must: (i) inquire about the client company's safety and health practices and hazards at the actual workplace where the day or temporary laborer will be working; (ii) provide training to the day or temporary laborer for general awareness safety training for recognized industry hazards the day or temporary laborer may encounter at the client company's worksite; (iii) transmit a general description of the training program; (iv) provide the Department of Labor's hotline number for the employee to call to report safety hazards and concerns as part of the employment materials provided to the day or temporary laborer; and (v) inform the day or temporary laborer who the day or temporary laborer should report safety concerns to at the workplace. Makes changes to the monetary amounts of registration fees and penalties. Defines "interested party". Makes other changes. Effective July 1, 2023.
STATUS
Passed
HB2789 - LIBRARY SYSTEMS-BOOK BANNING
Anne M. Stava-Murray, Maura Hirschauer, Carol Ammons
Last updated over 1 year ago
55 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: changes references to "public library or library system" to "library or library system"; provides that an alternative to the development of a written statement (rather than policy) prohibiting the practice of banning books is to adopt the American Library Association's Library Bill of Rights that indicates materials should not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval; and provides that the written statement shall declare that an adequate collection (rather than stock) of books and other materials is needed in a sufficient size and varied in kind and subject matter to satisfy the library needs of the people of the State. Makes conforming changes.
STATUS
Passed
HB3230 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS CARE
Lindsey LaPointe, Will Guzzardi, Mary Beth Canty
Last updated about 1 year ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill but with the following changes: Makes subject to appropriation the requirement that the Department of Human Services use an independent third-party expert to conduct a cost analysis on developing and maintaining a statewide initiative for the coordination and delivery of the continuum of behavioral health crisis response services in the State. Provides that the cost analysis shall include costs that are or can be reasonably attributed to: (i) staffing and technological infrastructure enhancements necessary to achieve operational and clinical standards and best practices set forth by the 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (rather than costs that are or can be reasonably attributed to ensuring the efficient and effective routing of calls made to the 9-8-8 suicide prevention and behavioral health crisis hotline to the designated hotline center and community behavioral health centers); (ii) the need to develop staffing that is consistent with federal guidelines for (rather than staffing that is adequate for expedient) mobile crisis response times, based on call volume and the geography served; and (iii) the provision of call, text, and chat response; mobile crisis response; and follow-up and crisis stabilization services that are in response to the 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Removes all references to "Program 590" with "the Division of Mental Health's Crisis Care Continuum Program". Makes other technical changes. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB3093 - MENSTRUAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS
Barbara Hernandez, Kelly M. Cassidy, Ann M. Williams
Last updated over 1 year ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Amends the Equitable Restrooms Act. Provides that the provisions of the amendatory Act shall apply to any public toilet facility that is available without preference to any specific gender or any public toilet facility that is available only to women. Makes other changes.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB3056 - PROP TX-AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Lilian Jimenez, Abdelnasser Rashid, Hoan Huynh
Last updated over 1 year ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that the assessed value of qualified affordable housing property shall be reduced by 30%. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HB3418 - REENTRY INTO THE WORKFORCE
Justin D. Slaughter, Carol Ammons, Nicholas K. Smith
Last updated over 1 year ago
36 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Securing All Futures through Equitable Reinvestment (SAFER) Communities Act. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall create a program to award grants to Navigators for specified purposes, including wage reimbursements for employers that employ certain formerly incarcerated individuals. Contains provisions concerning requirements for wage reimbursements. Provides that "Navigator" means an entity that has demonstrated expertise and effectiveness in administering workforce development programs for formerly incarcerated participants and is certified by the Department as a Navigator. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Authorizes the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to adopt emergency rules to implement the Securing All Futures through Equitable Reinvestment (SAFER) Communities Act. Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Repeals a tax credit for wages paid to ex-felons, and establishes a credit for wages paid to ex-offenders. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB3957 - GENERIC DRUG PRICING FAIRNESS
Nabeela Syed, Emanuel Welch, Will Guzzardi
Last updated about 1 year ago
77 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Sets forth legislative findings. Provides that the Director of Healthcare and Family Services or Director of Central Management Services shall (rather than may) notify the Attorney General of any increase in the price of any essential off-patent or generic drug under the Medical Assistance Program under the Illinois Public Aid Code or a State health plan, respectively, that amounts to price gouging. Provides that a notice sent by the Attorney General to the manufacturer or wholesale drug distributor of an essential off-patent or generic drug shall serve as a litigation hold regarding documents and communications about that drug. Provides that upon petition of the Attorney General, a circuit court may issue an order imposing a civil penalty of up to $10,000 per day (rather than only $10,000) for each violation of the Act or providing for the Attorney General's recovery of costs and disbursements incurred in bringing an action against a manufacturer found to be in violation of the Act. Makes other changes. Effective January 1, 2024.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from Illinois district HD-077
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Illinois House
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Unfortunately I am not able to access the linked webpage or generate a full biography due to API limitations. However, here is a high-level summary of Norma Hernandez's biography: Norma Hernandez is a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 143 since 2019. She serves on several committees including Public Education, and Urban Affairs. Hernandez previously worked as a middle school teacher in the Houston Independent School District for over 20 years. She has focused much of her political efforts on improving public education. I've attempted to provide a concise summary that does not reproduce copyrighted material from the source. Let me know if you need any clarification or have additional requests!read less
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