Illinois Public Health Association
Prepared by: Brittan Bolin
E-mail: [email protected]
Report created on February 6, 2015
HB108
IL UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE ACT (FLOWERS M) Creates the Illinois Universal
Health Care Act. Provides that all individuals residing in the State are covered under
the Illinois Health Services Program for health insurance. Sets forth the health
coverage benefits that participants are entitled to under the Program. Sets forth the
qualification requirements for participating health providers. Sets forth standards for
provider reimbursement. Provides that it is unlawful for private health insurers to
sell health insurance coverage that duplicates the coverage of the Program. Provides
that investor-ownership of health delivery facilities is unlawful. Provides that the
State shall establish the Illinois Health Services Trust to provide financing for the
Program. Sets forth the requirements for claims billing under the Program. Provides
that the Program shall include funding for long-term care services and mental health
services. Provides that the Program shall establish a single prescription drug
formulary and list of approved durable medical goods and supplies. Creates the
Pharmaceutical and Durable Medical Goods Committee to negotiate the prices of
pharmaceuticals and durable medical goods with suppliers or manufacturers on an
open bid competitive basis. Sets forth provisions concerning patients' rights.
Provides that the employees of the Program shall be compensated in accordance
with the current pay scale for State employees and as deemed professionally
appropriate by the General Assembly.
Current Status: 2/4/2015 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
State Bill Page: HB108
HB122
INS-FEEDING-SUPPLEMENTS (FLOWERS M) Amends the Illinois Insurance Code
to provide that accident and health insurance policies and managed care plans must
provide coverage for intravenous feeding, prescription nutritional supplements, and
hospital patient assessments. Makes corresponding changes in the State Employees
Group Insurance Act of 1971, Counties Code, Illinois Municipal Code, School Code,
Health Maintenance Organization Act, Voluntary Health Services Plans Act, and
Illinois Public Aid Code. Amends the Emergency Medical Treatment Act to provide
that every hospital licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act shall comply with the
Hospital Emergency Service Act. Amends the Hospital Emergency Service Act in a
provision concerning the Department of Public Health's rules regarding hospital
emergency services. Repeals the provision concerning long-term acute care
hospitals. Amends the Health Carrier External Review Act. Sets forth provisions
concerning standard information for application forms; medical underwriting; the
requirement to send to the applicant a copy of the health care service plan contract
along with a notice; rescission and cancellation; postcontract investigation; and
continuation. Makes changes in the provision concerning standard external review.
Amends the Medical Patient Rights Act. Provides that each patient has a right to be
informed of his or her inpatient or outpatient status. Amends the State Mandates Act
to require implementation without reimbursement by the State. Effective
immediately.
Current Status: 2/3/2015 - Assigned to House Insurance
State Bill Page: HB122
HB124
MIN WAGE-$15 PER HOUR (FLOWERS M) Amends the Minimum Wage Law.
Increases the minimum wage to $15 per hour on October 1, 2015. Effective
immediately.
Current Status: 1/14/2015 - Referred to Rules Committee
Report Position: Support
State Bill Page: HB124
HB125
MEDICAID-PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (FLOWERS M) Amends the Medical
Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Removes a provision requiring the
Department of Healthcare and Family Services to impose limitations on prescriptions
drugs such that the Department shall not provide reimbursement for more than 4
prescriptions, including 3 brand name prescriptions, for distinct drugs in a 30-day
period, unless prior approval is received for all prescriptions in excess of the 4prescription limit; and removes certain exemptions to the 4-prescription limit.
Current Status: 2/3/2015 - Assigned to House Appropriations-Human
Services
State Bill Page: HB125
HB132
FOOD HANDLING-FARMERS MARKETS (TRYON M) Amends the Food Handling
Regulation Enforcement Act. Provides that the provisions and rules set forth in a
Section concerning farmers' markets only apply to that Section (currently, the entire
Act). Effective immediately.
Current Status: 2/3/2015 - Assigned to House Consumer Protection
Report Position: Support
State Bill Page: HB132
HB133
FOOD LABELING-SEAFOOD (THAPEDI A) Amends the Illinois Food, Drug and
Cosmetic Act. Provides that any label of fresh, frozen, or processed fish or shellfish,
wild or farm raised, offered for sale at wholesale or retail shall clearly identify (1)
the species of fish or shellfish by its common name, (2) whether the fish or shellfish
was farm raised or wild caught, and (3) whether the fish or shellfish was caught
domestically or imported. Provides that a retail food facility that sells or offers for
sale any fresh, frozen, or processed fish or shellfish, wild or farm raised, may not
knowingly misidentify or misbrand (1) the country of origin of the fish or shellfish or
(2) whether the fish or shellfish was farm raised or wild caught. Sets forth provisions
concerning misbranding and the presumption of knowledge.
Current Status: 2/3/2015 - Assigned to House Consumer Protection
State Bill Page: HB133
HB174
LOCAL GOVT DISSOLUTION ACT (MCSWEENEY D) Creates the Local
Government Dissolution Act. Provides that electors may petition for a referendum at
the next general election to dissolve a non-home rule unit of local government. Sets
forth the requirements for the petition, together with the form and requirements for
the ballot referendum. Provides for the transfer of all real and personal property,
and any other assets, together with all personnel, contractual obligations, and
liabilities of the dissolving unit of local government to the receiving unit of local
government. Amends the Election Code to provide exceptions for the Local
Government Dissolution Act. Effective immediately.
Current Status: 2/3/2015 - Assigned to House Executive
State Bill Page: HB174
HB175
OPEN MEETINGS-REVIEW (MCSWEENEY D) Amends the Open Meetings Act.
Provides that a request for review may be filed not later than 60 days after the
discovery of an alleged violation of the Act (instead of 60 days after the alleged
violation) if facts concerning the violation are not discovered within 60 days after the
alleged violation but are discovered at a later date by a person utilizing reasonable
diligence. Effective immediately.
Current Status: 2/3/2015 - Assigned to House Judiciary - Civil
State Bill Page: HB175
HB184
IDPH-CMV PUBLIC EDUCATION (NEKRITZ E) Amends the Department of Public
Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires
the Department of Public Health to establish and conduct a public education
program to inform pregnant women and women who may become pregnant
regarding cytomegalovirus.
Current Status: 2/3/2015 - Assigned to House Human Services
Report Position: Support
State Bill Page: HB184
HB235
INS CODE-DENTAL ANESTHESIA (FINE L) Amends the Illinois Insurance Code.
Provides that individual or group policies of accident and health insurance amended,
delivered, issued, or renewed after the effective date of the Act shall cover charges
incurred, and anesthetics provided, in conjunction with dental care that is provided
to a covered individual in a dental office, oral surgeon's office, hospital, or
ambulatory surgical treatment center if the individual is under age 26 and has been
diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder as defined in Section 10 of the Autism
Spectrum Disorders Reporting Act.
Current Status: 2/3/2015 - Assigned to House Special Needs Services
Report Position: Support
State Bill Page: HB235
HB270
MEDICAID-KIDS-ELIGIBILITY (VERSCHOORE P) Amends the Medical Assistance
Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that in accordance with applicable
federal law and regulations, children who apply for medical assistance shall be
presumed eligible for medical services provided under the State's medical assistance
program, including dental services, pending a formal eligibility determination by the
Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Provides that the Department shall
adopt any rules necessary to implement this provision.
Current Status: 2/3/2015 - Assigned to House Human Services
Report Position: Support
State Bill Page: HB270
HB336
MEDICAID-RX LIMITS-EXEMPTIONS (CHAPA LAVIA L) Amends the Medical
Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that drugs in the following
therapeutic classes shall not be subject to prior approval as a result of the 4prescription limit: immunosuppressant drugs, oncolytic drugs, anti-retroviral drugs,
"antipsychotic drugs, and, on or after July 1, 2015, anti-depressant and anti-anxiety
drugs" (rather than immunosuppressant drugs, oncolytic drugs, anti-retroviral drugs,
and, on or after July 1, 2014, antipsychotic drugs). Effective immediately.
Current Status: 1/28/2015 - Referred to House Rules
Report Position: Support
State Bill Page: HB336
HB421
NURSE-COLLABORATION-PRESCRIBE (FEIGENHOLTZ S) Amends the Nurse
Practice Act. Eliminates the requirement for a written collaborative agreement for all
advanced practice nurses. Eliminates the requirement for an anesthesia plan for
certified registered nurse anesthetists. Removes references to a written collaborative
agreement and anesthesia plan throughout the Act. Repeals certain Sections of the
Act and a Section of the Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987 concerning written
collaborative agreements. Amends various other Acts to make related changes.
Effective immediately.
Current Status: 2/4/2015 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
Report Position: Neutral
State Bill Page: HB421
HB424
HOME BIRTH SAFETY ACT (MORRISON T) Creates the Home Birth Safety Act.
Provides for the licensure of midwives by the Department of Financial and
Professional Regulation. Creates the Illinois Midwifery Board. Sets forth provisions
concerning qualifications, grounds for disciplinary action, and administrative
procedures. Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act to set a repeal date for the new Act
of January 1, 2026. Also amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987, the Nurse
Practice Act, and the Illinois Public Aid Code to make related changes. Effective
immediately.
Current Status: 2/5/2015 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
Report Position: Monitor
State Bill Page: HB424
HB1335
RIGHT TO TRY ACT (HARRIS G) Creates the Right to Try Act. Provides that an
eligible patient with a terminal illness who has considered all other treatment
options approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration may acquire
from a manufacturer an investigational drug, biological product, or device that has
successfully completed Phase I of a clinical trial, but has not been approved for
general use by the United States Food and Drug Administration. Provides that a
manufacturer may, but is not required to, provide an investigational drug, biological
product, or device to an eligible patient, either with or without receiving
compensation. Provides that an accident and health insurer may, but is not required
to, provide coverage for an eligible patient seeking such a drug, product, or device.
Contains a penalty provision. Defines required terms. Contains legislative findings.
Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Provides that the Department of Financial
and Professional Regulation may not revoke, suspend, place on probation,
reprimand, refuse to issue or renew, or take any other disciplinary or nondisciplinary action against the license or permit of a physician to practice medicine
based solely on the physician's recommendation to an eligible patient regarding, or
prescription for, or treatment with an investigational drug, biological product, or
device.
Current Status: 2/4/2015 - Referred to House Rules
State Bill Page: HB1335
HB1344
MEDICAID-DEMONSTRATION PROJECT (HARRIS G) Amends the Illinois Public
Aid Code. Prohibits the State from accepting any special terms and conditions for
federal approval of any Medicaid research and demonstration project waiver
proposal submitted to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on June
4, 2014. Requires the State to immediately withdraw all pending Section 1115
research and demonstration project waiver proposals submitted on or after June 4,
2014. Provides that the State shall not submit to the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services any Section 1115 demonstration project waiver proposal without
first receiving specific statutory authority detailing the parameters of the proposal
prior to its submission for federal approval. Effective immediately.
Current Status: 2/4/2015 - Referred to House Rules
State Bill Page: HB1344
HB1372
FOOD PREP-INDOOR PLAY AREAS (MUSSMAN M) Amends the Sanitary Food
Preparation Act. Requires that all premises of a permitted food establishment,
including indoor play areas, be kept clean, fully operative, and in good repair. Sets
forth specific requirements for an owner or operator of a permitted food
establishment with an indoor play area. Sets forth mandatory procedures for when
vomiting or fecal accidents occur in or around an indoor play area. Sets forth
provisions concerning signage.
Current Status: 2/4/2015 - Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michelle Mussman
State Bill Page: HB1372
HB1487
INC TX-CHECKOFF-MENTAL HEALTH (FORD L) Amends the Illinois Income Tax
Act. Creates an income tax checkoff for the Mental Health Income Tax Checkoff
Fund. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Fund. Provides that moneys in the
Fund may be used by the Department of Public Health for the purpose of making
grants to providers of mental health services in the State. Effective immediately.
Current Status: 2/5/2015 - Filed with the Clerk by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
State Bill Page: HB1487
HB1514
DHFS-DIABETES PREVENTION (PRITCHARD R) Amends the Illinois Public Aid
Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to create a 3-year
Diabetes Prevention Pilot Program to establish an evidence-based diabetes
prevention program in St. Clair County, DeKalb County, and Rock Island County
from funds appropriated for that purpose. Provides that the Department shall
designate a single community-based, not-for-profit provider of healthy living
services to manage and administer the pilot program; and that the designated
provider shall receive reimbursement under the medical assistance program for the
diabetes prevention programs established under the pilot program. Grants the
Department rulemaking authority. Effective immediately.
Current Status: 2/6/2015 - Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard
State Bill Page: HB1514
HR7
CREATES-TASK FORCE MENTAL DIAG (FLOWERS M) Creates the Task Force on
Mental Health Diagnosis within Illinois Law. Describes the duties of the task force
and provides that the task force submit a final report by December 31, 2016.
Current Status: 1/28/2015 - Referred to House Rules
State Bill Page: HR7
SB26
LOCAL GOVT-WEB NOTICE PUBLISH (MORRISON J) Amends the Local Records
Act. When required to publish in a newspaper, requires all units of local government
and school boards that maintain a website to additionally publish notices, agendas,
records, or other information or material that is required to be published in a
newspaper by law or court order to their website.
Current Status: 1/28/2015 - Assigned to Senate Local Government
State Bill Page: SB26
SB46
FOOD HANDLING REGULATION (MARTINEZ I) Amends the Food Handling
Regulation Enforcement Act. Provides that any individual seeking a food service
sanitation manager certificate or a food service sanitation manager instructor
certificate must receive a passing score on the examination set by the certification
exam provider accredited under standards developed and adopted by the
Conference for Food Protection or its successor organization (rather than a score of
at least 75% on the examination).
Current Status: 2/3/2015 - Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J.
Althoff
State Bill Page: SB46
SB49
FOOD HANDLING-FARMERS MARKETS (KOEHLER D) Amends the Food
Handling Regulation Enforcement Act. Provides that the provisions and rules set
forth in a Section concerning farmers' markets only apply to that Section (currently,
the entire Act). Effective immediately.
Current Status: 1/28/2015 - Assigned to Senate Public Health
Report Position: Support
State Bill Page: SB49
SB54
INSURANCE-MAMMOGRAMS (MULROE J) Amends the Illinois Insurance Code
and the Health Maintenance Organization Act. Includes breast tomosynthesis in the
definition of "low-dose mammography".
Current Status: 2/6/2015 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
Report Position: Support
State Bill Page: SB54
SB658
BLOOD DONATION-PHYSICIAN EXAM (LINK T) Amends the Blood Donation
Act. Provides that no person may donate blood without having first been examined
by a physician and determined to be in sufficient health so as to ensure that no
physical harm should result from donating blood. Authorizes the Department of
Public Health to adopt rules to implement the requirement.
Current Status: 1/28/2015 - Referred to Senate Assignments
Report Position: Oppose
State Bill Page: SB658
SB661
HEPATITIS C SCREENING ACT (MULROE J) Creates the Hepatitis C Screening
Act. Provides that every individual born between the years of 1945 and 1965 who
receives health services from a hospital as an inpatient or in the emergency
department of a hospital or who receives primary care services in an outpatient
department of a hospital or who receives health services from a health care
practitioner providing primary care shall be offered a hepatitis C-related test, unless
the health care practitioner providing the services reasonably believes that certain
conditions are present. Effective January 1, 2016.
Current Status: 2/3/2015 - Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J.
Althoff
Report Position: Support
State Bill Page: SB661
SB734
GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOOD (KOEHLER D) Creates the Genetically
Engineered Food Labeling Act. Provides that beginning on the effective date of the
Act, any food offered for retail sale in this State is misbranded if it is entirely or
partially produced with genetic engineering and that fact is not disclosed in a certain
manner. Provides that the Act shall not be construed to require either the listing or
identification of any ingredient or ingredients that were genetically engineered, nor
that the term "genetically engineered" be placed immediately preceding any
common name or primary product descriptor of a food. Provides that until the
effective date of the Act, any processed food that would be subject to the provision
concerning the labeling of genetically engineered foods solely because it includes
one or more materials produced by genetic engineering is not misbranded provided
that the engineered materials in the aggregate do not account for more than a
certain amount of the total weight of the processed food. Sets forth provisions
concerning applicability and the right of action for violations, damages, and
attorneys' fees. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall adopt rules
necessary to implement the Act. Defines terms. Contains a severability provision.
Effective January 1, 2017.
Current Status: 2/6/2015 - Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y.
Collins
Report Position: Support
State Bill Page: SB734
SB748
DENTAL RESPONDER-DEFINITION (BARICKMAN J) Amends the Illinois Dental
Practice Act. Changes the term "dental emergency responder" to "dental responder".
Changes the definition of the term to mean a dentist or dental hygienist who is
appropriately certified in disaster preparedness, immunizations, and dental
humanitarian medical response consistent with the Society of Disaster Medicine and
Public Health and training certified by the National Incident Management System or
the National Disaster Life Support Foundation (rather than a dentist or dental
hygienist who is appropriately certified in emergency medical response, as defined
by the Department of Public Health). Makes corresponding changes in the provisions
concerning dental emergency responders.
Current Status: 2/3/2015 - Referred to Senate Assignments
State Bill Page: SB748
SB751
GOOD SAMARITAN-DENTISTS; SHOTS (HASTINGS M) Amends the Good
Samaritan Act. Provides that a dentist who administers vaccinations as provided in
the Illinois Dental Practice Act at a public health clinic operated pursuant to the
Public Health District Act, without charge to the patient or the receipt of a fee or
compensation from that clinic, shall not be liable for civil damages as a result of his
or her acts or omissions in providing vaccinations, except for willful or wanton
misconduct. Makes a corresponding change.
Current Status: 2/3/2015 - Referred to Senate Assignments
State Bill Page: SB751
SB788
MEDICAID-MANAGED CARE (STEANS H) Amends the Medical Assistance Article
of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family
Services to develop and implement an algorithm that is based on quality scores and
other operational proficiency criteria developed, defined, and adopted by the
Department, by rule, to automatically assign Medicaid enrollees served under the
Family Health Plan and the Integrated Care Program and those Medicaid enrollees
eligible for medical assistance pursuant to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act into managed care entities, including Accountable Care Entities, Care
Coordination Entities, Children with Special Needs Care Coordination Entities,
Managed Care Community Networks, and Managed Care Organizations. Provides
that the algorithm developed and implemented shall favor assignment into managed
care entities with the highest quality scores and levels of compliance with the
operational proficiency criteria established.
Current Status: 2/5/2015 - Referred to Senate Assignments
State Bill Page: SB788
SB815
MEDICAID-INCOME VERIFICATION (RIGHTER D) Amends the Illinois Public Aid
Code. In a provision concerning the Department of Healthcare and Family Services'
proposed Medicaid integrated eligibility system, provides that until the system is
operational the Department shall (rather than may) enter into a contract with the
vendor selected as necessary to obtain certain electronic data matching. Provides
that no later than 70 days (rather than 60 days) after the effective date of the
amendatory Act, the Chief Procurement Officer for General Services, in consultation
with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, shall conduct and complete
any procurement necessary to procure a vendor to verify eligibility for assistance
under the Code. Effective immediately.
Current Status: 2/5/2015 - Referred to Senate Assignments
State Bill Page: SB815
SR90
HIV SERVICES - DCFS & IDPH (MORRISON J) Requests that the Department of
Children and Family Services and the Department of Public Health collaborate and
devise policy recommendations regarding HIV supportive services and prevention.
Current Status: 1/28/2015 - Referred to Senate Assignments
Report Position: Support
State Bill Page: SR90
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