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HB3523 - SCH CD-SCH TRUSTEE BOND
Janet Yang Yang Rohr, Anne M. Stava-Murray, Terra Costa Howard
Last updated over 1 year ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Reinserts the contents of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that the penalty of the bond shall be determined by the school board in an amount no less than 10% of the amount of all bonds, notes, mortgages, moneys, and effects (instead of providing that for those school districts that have a designation of recognition or review according to the State Board of Education's School District Financial Profile System, the penalty of the bond shall be determined by the school board in an amount no less than 10% of the amount of all bonds, notes, mortgages, moneys, and effects and that for all other school districts, the penalty of the bond shall be 25% of all bonds, notes, mortgages, moneys, and effects). Provides that a treasurer shall, before receiving any borrowed money, execute a bond with a surety company authorized to do business in this State (instead of with 2 or more persons having an interest in real estate, who shall not be trustees, or a surety company authorized to do business in this State). Effective immediately.
STATUS
Passed
HB3639 - INS-HEALTH/EPINEPHRINE COST
Joyce Mason, Jawaharial Williams, Jonathan Carroll
Last updated about 1 year ago
51 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Accident and Health Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that an insurer that provides coverage for medically necessary epinephrine injectors shall limit the total amount that an insured is required to pay for a twin-pack of medically necessary epinephrine injectors at an amount not to exceed $60, regardless of the type of epinephrine injector. Provides that nothing in the provisions prevents an insurer from reducing an insured's cost sharing by an amount greater than the specified amount. Provides that the Department of Insurance may adopt rules as necessary to implement and administer the provisions.
STATUS
Passed
HB4074 - IMDMA-ADDITIONAL FEES
Terra Costa Howard
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that when maintenance or child support is paid through the clerk of the circuit court in a county of 500,000 inhabitants or less, the order shall direct the obligor to pay to the clerk all fees imposed by the county board under a debt collection provision of the Clerks of Court Act.
STATUS
Introduced
HJR0020 - AFFIRM EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT
Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, Katie Stuart, Terra Costa Howard
Last updated over 1 year ago
35 Co-Sponsors
Urges the Administration of President Biden to publish and certify without delay the Equal Rights Amendment as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Urges Congress to pass a joint resolution affirming the Equal Rights Amendment as the Twenty-Eighth Amendment. Calls on other states to join in this action by passing the same or similar resolutions.
STATUS
Passed
HR0262 - MATERNAL MORTALITY
Mary E. Flowers, Sonya M. Harper, Joyce Mason
Last updated over 1 year ago
22 Co-Sponsors
States that Illinois hospitals should be required to report instances of preterm birth, infant mortality, and maternal mortality within reporting under the Hospital Report Card Act, including racial and ethnic information about the mother and the disparity of these occurrences across racial and ethnic groups. Urges the Illinois Department of Public Health to work with the review committees to implement policy and corrective actions to address causes of preventable maternal death.
STATUS
Passed
HR0309 - CONGRATS-ROY NEWTON
Terra Costa Howard
Last updated over 1 year ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Congratulates Roy Newton on his retirement as chief of police for the city of Lombard.
STATUS
Passed
SJR0030 - URGES-SUPPORT 211 ILLINOIS
William Cunningham, Julie A. Morrison, Carol Ammons
Last updated over 1 year ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Recognizes the dire need for statewide expansion of 211 Illinois services to prevent Illinois individuals and families who are experiencing poverty and/or financial hardship from requiring child welfare system involvement. Recognizes the importance of supportive funding for services that promote child and family well-being and prevent children from entering the child welfare system. Urges state agencies serving children and families to utilize data generated by the 211 Illinois online dashboard to identify gaps in services and to develop resources and services to fill the identified gaps. Recognizes state funding is necessary to adequately support the expansion and maintenance of 211 Illinois statewide and the community-based organizations that ultimately provide the supportive services. Urges support for prioritizing funding efforts dedicated to preventing the need for child welfare related services in counties that have been identified as experiencing gaps in offered services based on data collected from 211 Illinois.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB3569 - DHFS-DHS-DIRECT SUPPORT WAGE
Michelle Mussman, Mary E. Flowers, Lindsey LaPointe
Last updated over 1 year ago
30 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that for community-based providers serving persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities, the rates taking effect for services delivered on or after January 1, 2024 shall be increased sufficiently to: (i) provide a minimum $4.00 per hour wage increase over the wages in for front-line personnel; and (ii) provide wages for all other residential non-executive direct care staff, excluding direct support personnel, at the U.S. Department of Labor's average wage. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that for ID/DD facilities and MC/DD facilities, the rates taking effect for services delivered on or after January 1, 2024 shall be increased sufficiently to: (i) provide a minimum $4.00 per hour wage increase over the wages in for front-line personnel; and (ii) provide wages for all other residential non-executive direct care staff, excluding direct support personnel, at the U.S. Department of Labor's average wage. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. Grants the Departments of Human Services and Healthcare and Family Services emergency rulemaking authority. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
HR0219 - NEURODIVERSITY IN HIGHER ED
Terra Costa Howard, Norine K. Hammond, Katie Stuart
Last updated over 1 year ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Encourages Illinois' institutions of higher education to embrace the neurodiversity paradigm and adopt a statement of inclusivity of neurodivergent individuals that appreciates and embraces the fact that every student is different and should be encouraged to reach their full potential.
STATUS
Passed
HB4249 - AGING-LONG TERM OMBUDSMAN
Terra Costa Howard, Yolonda Morris
Last updated 10 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. In provisions concerning the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program, expands the definition of "access" to means the right to inspect and copy the clinical and other records of a participant or resident, regardless of age, with the express written consent of the participant or resident, or if consent is given orally, visually, or through the use of auxiliary aids and services, such consent is documented contemporaneously by a representative of the Office of State Long Term Care Ombudsman. In provisions requiring long term care facilities, supportive living facilities, assisted living establishments, and shared housing establishments to permit Office representatives to examine and copy a resident's clinical and other reports, includes reports of incidents or occurrences involving the resident that were made to other State agencies.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Illinois district HD-042
COMMITTEES
Illinois House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Terra Costa Howard is a former member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing District 12A. She assumed office in January 2019. Howard earned her B.A. in Political Science from Goucher College in 2003 and her J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2009. Her professional experience includes working as an attorney.read less
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