AARON WINTERS
Executive Director
Healthcare Council
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May 7, 2018
Good morning, Healthcare Council. Both the Illinois House and Senate are in session this week starting tomorrow. Committee deadlines in both Chambers are approaching - this Friday, May 11 for the Senate and Friday, May 18 in the House, with third reading deadlines on May 25 for both chambers. Budget talks between the Governor's Office of Management and Budget and the legislative caucuses continue, although at a snails pace. On to the update!
Fundraiser Tonight In Springfield
The Illinois Chamber of Commerce, Shattuck & Associates and the Illinois Life Insurance Council are hosting a fundraiser for Rep. Anthony DeLuca (D- Chicago Heights) tonight at the Chamber's offices in Springfield. Details below. If you are in town, we hope you can join us.
Rep. Anthony DeLuca (D - Chicago Heights)
Monday, May 7, 4:30 - 6:30PM
Illinois Chamber of Commerce
215 East Adams Street, Springfield, IL 62701
Tickets: $150/person
Sponsorship's Available: $250-$500-$1000
Please Make Checks Payable To:
Friends for State Rep. Anthony DeLuca
852 Mackler Drive
Committee Postings for the Week
As always, please let me know if you are taking a position on any bills posted for committee.
We expect further talks regarding the spate of mental health related bills this week, including HB68, HB5464, SB338 and SB2440.
HB4146, the frozen drug formulary bill that passed out of the House two weeks ago, is posted for the Senate Special Committee on the Oversight of Medicaid Managed Care Committee (even though Medicaid is carved out of the bill) later this week. Sen. Steans held a meeting with proponents and opponents last week. It's our hope that a negotiated resolution can be reached.
Date: May 7, 2018 - 10 am
Location:
C-600, 6th Floor Michael A. Bilandic Building - Chicago
SUBJECT MATTER: SJRCA 4 (Equal Rights Amendment)
House Insurance: Health & Life Committee
Date: May 8, 2018 - 2 pm
Location: Room C-1 Stratton Building - Springfield
Healthcare Bills Posted:
SB2513 - Burke - Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Creates an advisory council within the Department of Insurance to review and make recommendations to the Department regarding rules to be adopted by the Department concerning continuing education courses, course materials, curriculum, and credentials of instructors.
SB3491 - Harris - Amends the Network Adequacy and Transparency Act. Provides that the Act does not apply to an individual or group policy for dental or vision insurance. Provides that a network plan shall not be subject to any fines or penalties for information that the provider submits that is inaccurate or incomplete.
Senate Public Health Committee
Date: May 8, 2018 - 2 pm
Location: 400 Capitol - Springfield
Healthcare Bills Posted:
HB1042 - Hutchinson - Amends the Legislative Commission Reorganization Act of 1984. Provides that the Architect of the Capitol, in conjunction with the Board of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol and the Secretary of State, shall designate at least one mothers' lactation and wellness room in each building located in the State Capitol Building, the Howlett Building, and the Stratton Building. Provides that the design and specifications of the rooms shall comply with the recommendations of the American Institute of Architects. Effective immediately.
HB1338
- Morrison - Amends the Safe Pharmaceutical Disposal Act. Provides that "unused medication" means any unopened, expired, or excess medication that has been dispensed for patient or resident care and that is in a liquid or solid form (rather than in a solid form). Makes related changes. Excludes medications contained in intraperitoneal solutions from language prohibiting a health care institution, or any employee, staff person, contractor, or other person acting under the direction or supervision of a health care institution, from discharging, disposing of, flushing, pouring, or emptying any unused medication into a public wastewater collection system or septic system.
HB1447- Bertino-Tarrant - Amends the Hospice Program Licensing Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health's standards for hospices owning or operating hospice residences shall address the number of persons who may be served in a hospice residence, which shall not exceed 20 (rather than 16) persons per location. Effective immediately.
HB4331 - Bertino-Tarrant - Amends the Counties Code. Provides that in every case in which an opioid overdose is determined to be a contributing factor in a death, the coroner shall report the death and the age, gender, race, and county of residence, if known, of the decedent to the Department of Public Health.
HB4392 - Mulroe - Provides that if a patient's mammogram demonstrates dense breast tissue, the Department of Public Health shall require every provider of mammography services to include (rather than the Department shall require every provider of mammography services to, if a patient's mammogram demonstrates dense breast tissue, provide notification to the patient) in any summary of the mammography report sent to the patient in accordance with (rather than pursuant to) the federal Mammography Quality Standards Act a specified notice (rather than that shall include, but not be limited to, certain information). Makes changes to the language of the required notice (formerly, information). Provides that a facility that performs mammography may update the language in the specified notice to reflect advances in science and technology, as long as it continues to notify patients about dense breast tissue and its effect on the accuracy of mammograms and encourage patients to discuss the issue with their health care provider. Provides that these provisions do not create a duty of care or other legal obligation beyond the duty to provide notice as set forth in these provisions. Makes other changes.
HB4515- Nybo - Creates the Lyme Disease Prevention and Protection Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall establish the Lyme Disease Prevention, Detection, and Outreach Program to advise the Department on disease prevention and surveillance and provider and public education relating to the disease. Provides that the Department shall continue to support the vector-borne disease epidemiologist coordinator who is responsible for overseeing the program. Provides that the program shall meet specified requirements to raise awareness about and to promote prevention of Lyme disease. Creates the Lyme Disease Task Force.
HB4707 - Bush - Creates the Prescription Drug Task Force Act. Creates the Prescription Drug Task Force. Prescribes membership. Provides that the Task Force may seek the assistance of the Departments of Human Services, Financial and Professional Regulation, and Public Health in performing its duties. Provides that the Task Force shall: (1) study prescription opioid abuse in this State; (2) study the over-prescription of opioids such as Hydrocodone and Oxycodone; (3) recommend whether restrictions on prescriptions of opioids should be enacted by the General Assembly; and (4) recommend any other legislation, including amendments to the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, that would have the effect of reducing opioid addiction and abuse.
HB4745 - Mulroe - Provides that the Illinois Procurement Code shall not apply to, among other subjects, procurement expenditures necessary for the Department of Public Health to provide the delivery of timely newborn screening services in accordance with the Newborn Metabolic Screening Act.
HB4771 - Tracy - Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires long-term care providers to submit all changes in resident status, including, but not limited to, death, discharge, changes in patient credit, third party liability, and Medicare coverage to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services through the Medical Electronic Data Interchange System, the Recipient Eligibility Verification System, or the Electronic Data Interchange System under a specified schedule. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to serve as the lead agency assuming primary responsibility for the full implementation of provisions concerning expedited long-term care eligibility determinations, renewals, enrollments, and payments, including the establishment and operation of the expedited long-term care system. Provides that beginning on June 29, 2018, provisional eligibility must be issued to any individual who has not received a final eligibility determination on the individual's application for Medicaid or Medicaid long-term care benefits or a notice of an opportunity for a hearing within the federally prescribed deadlines for the processing of such applications. Requires the Department to maintain the individual's provisional Medicaid enrollment status until a final eligibility determination is approved or the individual's appeal has been adjudicated and eligibility is denied. Provides that the Department or the managed care organization, if applicable, must reimburse providers for all services rendered during an individual's provisional eligibility period.
HB4848 - Althoff - Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of the law in recognition of service provided, a health care facility or health care practitioner shall provide without charge one complete copy of a patient's records if: (1) the patient is an indigent homeless veteran; and (2) the records are being requested by the patient or a person, entity, or organization presenting a valid authorization for the release of records signed by the patient or the patient's legally authorized representative, for the purpose of supporting a claim for federal veterans' disability benefits.
HB4892 - Harris - Amends the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act. Provides that the Health Facilities and Services Review Board may approve the transfer of an existing permit without regard to whether the permit to be transferred has yet been financially committed, except for permits to establish a new facility or category of service. Provides requirements for the reporting of financial commitments by permit holders. Removes existing provisions regarding annual reporting by permit holders. Removes provisions concerning major construction projects. Modifies provisions regarding the application for permits or exemptions, and exemption regulations. Modifies provisions regarding the approval of a permit application. Modifies the powers and duties of the Board and Board staff. Makes changes regarding the revision of criteria, standards, and rules; the giving of written notice of the reduction in hospital service; and issues concerning bed inventory. Makes specified provisions concerning fines for permit holders also apply to exemption holders under the Act. Makes conforming and other changes. Effective immediately.
HB4907 - Syverson - Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Reinserts the provisions of the bill. Provides that the Department of Human Services, in consultation with the Advisory Committee, shall adopt rules allowing licensed prescribers or pharmacists who have registered to access the Prescription Monitoring Program to authorize a licensed or non-licensed designee employed in that licensed prescriber's office or a licensed designee in a licensed pharmacist's pharmacy, and who has received training in the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (rather than a designee) to consult the Prescription Monitoring Program on their behalf. Effective immediately.
HB5011 - Koehler - Amends the Food Handling Regulation Enforcement Act. Provides that a food service sanitation manager certificate issued by the Department of Public Health under provisions concerning food service sanitation manager certification before January 1, 2018 is valid until the expiration date stated on the certificate. Effective January 1, 2018
HB5111- Steans - Creates the Behavioral Health Workforce Education Center Task Force Act. Creates the Behavioral Health Workforce Education Center Task Force. Establishes membership. Provides that the Task Force shall meet to organize and select a chairperson from the non-governmental members of the Task Force upon appointment of a majority of the members. Provides that the chairperson shall be elected by a majority vote of the members of the Task Force. Provides that the Board of Higher Education shall provide technical support and administrative assistance to the Task Force and shall be responsible for administering its operations and ensuring that the requirements of this Act are met. Provides that the Task Force may consult with any persons or entities it deems necessary to carry out its purposes. Provides that the members of the Task Force shall receive no compensation for serving as members of the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall study the concepts presented in House Bill 5111, as introduced, of the 100th General Assembly, Provides that the Task Force shall consider the fiscal means by which the General Assembly might most effectively fund implementation of the concepts presented in House Bill 5111, as introduced, of the 100th General Assembly. Effective immediately.
Senate Judiciary Committee
Date: May 8, 2018 - 3:30 pm
Location: 400 Capitol - Springfield
Healthcare Bills Posted:
HB4309 - Bush - Creates the Frail Elderly Individual Family Visitation Protection Act. Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Kasem/Baksys Visitation Law. Defines "family caregiver", "family member", "frail elderly individual", and "petitioner". Provides that if a family caregiver unreasonably prevents a family member from visiting the frail elderly individual, the court, upon a verified petition by the family member, may order the family caregiver to permit such visitation as the court deems reasonable and appropriate under the circumstances.
HB4595 - Biss - Creates the Illinois Employers Mutual Insurance Company Article in the Code and establishes the Company as a nonprofit, independent public corporation. Chamber opposes.
HB4911 - Weaver - Amends the Health Care Services Lien Act. Adds to the definition of "health care provider" ambulatory surgical treatment facilities accredited by one of the following organizations: the American Association for the Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgical Facilities; the Joint Commission (formerly the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations); the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program; or the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care. Provides that the amendatory changes apply to causes of action accruing on or after the effective date.
HB4949 - Steans - Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unlawful practice for any person to engage in misleading or false advertising or promotion that misrepresents the need to seek mental health disorder or substance use disorder treatment outside of the State of Illinois.
Senate Human Services Committee
Date: May 8, 2018 - 3:45 pm
Location:
409 Capitol - Springfield
Healthcare Bills Posted:
HB1443
- Koehler - Creates the Right of Minors to Consent to Counseling Services or Psychotherapy on an Outpatient Basis Act. Removes from the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code the provisions about a minor 12 years of age or older requesting and receiving counseling services or psychotherapy on an outpatient basis.
HB3479 - Manar - Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In addition to other specified actions required under the Code, requires a managed care community network that contracts with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to establish, maintain, and provide a fair and reasonable reimbursement rate to pharmacy providers for pharmaceutical services, prescription drugs and drug products, and pharmacy or pharmacist-provided services. Provides that the reimbursement methodology shall not be less than the current reimbursement rate utilized by the Department for prescription and pharmacy or pharmacist-provided services and shall not be below the actual acquisition cost of the pharmacy provider. Requires a managed care community network to ensure that the pharmacy formulary used by the managed care community network and its contract providers is no more restrictive than the Department's pharmaceutical program. Effective January 1, 2018.
HB4340 - Connelly - Amends the Human Trafficking Resource Center Notice Act. To the list of entities required to post the notice under the Act, adds massage establishments; public gatherings and special events conducted on property open to the public that require the issuance of a permit from the unit of local government; public and private elementary and secondary schools; and establishments registered under the Tattoo and Body Piercing Establishment Registration Act.
HB4665 - Bush - Provides that the Division of Developmental Disabilities of the Department of Human Services shall implement a direct support professional credential pilot program to assist and attract persons into the field of direct support, advance direct support as a career, and professionalize the developmental disabilities field to promote workforce recruitment and retention efforts, advance skills and competencies, and further ensure the health, safety, and well-being of persons being served.
HB4686 - Bivins - Amends the Guardians For Adults With Disabilities Article of the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that the court shall not appoint as guardian an employee of an agency that is directly providing residential services to the ward.
HB4687- Bennett - Amends the Guardians for Adults With Disabilities Article of the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that an adult child, spouse, adult grandchild, parent or adult sibling (instead of an adult child) may petition for visitation privileges with the ward.
HB4936 - Bivins - Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that notwithstanding any State licensing law to the contrary, the Department of Human Services shall adopt rules, which shall be implemented within 6 months after the effective date of the bill, that would allow a person who has completed a psychiatric training program certification from any branch of the United States Armed Forces with at least one year of experience in a mental health setting to be recognized as a mental health professional for purposes of programs authorized or funded by the Department under the standards of practice and under the direction of a licensed mental health professional as authorized by the Department.
HB5104 - Sims - Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Deletes provision that the Department of Corrections shall require the committed person receiving medical or dental services on a non-emergency basis to pay a $5 co-payment to the Department for each visit for medical or dental services. Provides that neither the Department of Corrections nor the Department of Juvenile Justice may require a committed person or person committed to any facility operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice to pay any co-payment for receiving medical or dental services.
HB5109 - Steans - Creates the Community Behavioral Health Care Professional Loan Repayment Program Act. Beginning on July 1, 2019, creates the Community Behavioral Health Care Professional Loan Repayment Program to be administered by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission. Provides that the program shall provide loan repayment assistance, subject to appropriation, to eligible mental health and substance use professionals practicing in a community mental health center in an underserved or rural federally designated Mental Health Professional Shortage Area. Provides that the Commission shall award a grant to each qualified applicant for a maximum of 4 years; specifies grant amounts and eligibility and work requirements.
HB5245 - Morrison - Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Provides that the Department of Public Health may not approve a sexual assault transfer plan unless a treatment hospital has agreed, as a part of an areawide treatment plan, to accept sexual assault survivors from the proposed transfer hospital and a transfer to the treatment hospital would not unduly burden the sexual assault survivor. Provides that in counties with a population of less than 1,000,000, the Department may not approve a sexual assault transfer plan for a hospital located within a 20-mile radius of a 4-year public university, not including community colleges, unless there is a treatment hospital with a sexual assault treatment plan approved by the Department within a 20-mile radius of the 4-year public university. Makes several changes to provisions requiring sexual assault-related training for certain employees of treatment hospitals and treatment hospitals with approved pediatric transfer and Department personnel that conduct on-site reviews of approved sexual assault treatment plans. Provides that the Department, in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General, shall adopt administrative rules by January 1, 2020 establishing a process for physicians and physician assistants to provide documentation of training and clinical experience that meets specified guidelines in order to qualify as a sexual assault forensic examiner. Provides that a qualified medical provider must provide specified medical forensic, information, medication, photo documentation, instruction, referral, and medical advocacy services by January 1, 2021 (rather than 2023). Provides that by January 1, 2021 (rather than 2023), every hospital with a treatment plan approved by the Department shall employ or contract with a qualified medical provider.
HB5308 - Van Pelt - Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall not require any person incarcerated in a facility of the Department of Corrections who is eligible for medical assistance under this Article to pay a fee as a co-payment for services. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Prohibits the Department of Corrections from requiring committed persons receiving medical or dental treatment or services to pay a fee as a co-payment for such treatment or services (rather than authorizing the Department to require committed persons receiving medical or dental services on a non-emergency basis to pay a co-payment for each medical or dental visit).
HB5463 - Koehler - Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that specific to the individual client assessment tool, each individual living in a community integrated living arrangement shall receive an annual client assessment. Provides that the annual client assessment shall be completed using the Health Risk Screening Tool. Provides that beginning January 1, 2019, each individual shall receive his or her annual client assessment via the web-based Health Risk Screening Tool. Provides that the Health Risk Screening Tool shall replace the current paper-based version of the assessment. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall make changes to the Illinois Administrative Code to correspond with this online version of the Health Risk Screening Tool. Effective immediately.
HB5636 - Schimpf - Amends the Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act. Provides that the designated agency that administers the State plan to protect and advocate the rights of persons with developmental disabilities under the requirements of the federal Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act shall submit to the Department of Human Services an annual report to be made available to the public.
Senate Appropriations I & II
Date: May 9, 2018 - 8:30 am
Location:
212 Capitol - Springfield
Subject Matter:
The Governor's FY 19 Cost-Saving Initiatives
House Human Services Committee
Date: May 9, 2018 - 9 am
Location: Room C-1 Stratton Building - Springfield
Healthcare Bills Posted:
SB456 - Lilly - Amends the Newborn Metabolic Screening Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to provide all newborns with a screening test for spinal muscular atrophy using a method that determines the presence or absence of the intact or normal SMN1 gene, beginning on the earlier of July 1, 2020 or within 6 months after specified events have occurred. Provides that the Department is authorized to implement an additional fee for the screening upon the effective date of the amendatory Act in order to accumulate the resources for start-up and other costs associated with implementation of the screening and thereafter to support the costs associated with screening. Provides that if the Department has not implemented statewide screening for spinal muscular atrophy within 36 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act, then the Department shall cease collecting any additional fees related to the screening.
SB2446- Manley - Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to reimburse psychiatrists and federally qualified health centers for mental health services provided by advanced practice registered nurses certified in psychiatric and mental health nursing to medical assistance recipients via telepsychiatry. Effective immediately.
SB2524- Breen - Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Creates the Pharmaceutical Disposal Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall coordinate a statewide public information campaign to highlight the benefits of and opportunities to properly dispose of pharmaceutical products.
SB2835 - Sauer - Amends the Developmental Disability and Mental Disability Services Act. Repeals the Family Assistance Law for Children with Mental Disabilities Article of the Act. Effective immediately.
SB2996- Willis - Amends the Lead Poisoning Prevention Act. Provides that "elevated blood lead level" means a blood lead level in excess of the limits (currently, those considered within the permissible limits) established under State rules (currently, State and federal rules). Provides that "lead poisoning" means having an elevated blood lead level (rather than the condition of having blood lead levels in excess of those considered safe under State and federal rules). Provides that no later than 180 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Department of Public Health shall submit proposed amended rules to the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules to update: the definition of elevated blood lead level to be in accordance with the most recent childhood blood lead level reference value from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; the current requirements for the inspection of regulated facilities occupied by children based on the updated definition of elevated blood lead level or the history of lead hazards; and any other existing rules that will assist the Department in its efforts to prevent, reduce, or mitigate the negative impact of instances of lead poisoning among children.
SB3532
- Wallace - Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Creates the Sepsis Review Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall study sepsis early intervention and the prevention of loss of life from sepsis. Provides that the Task Force's study shall include, but not be limited to, patients' rights, advances in medical technology, medical record sharing, and best practices. Contains provision concerning the membership of the Task Force. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall provide the Task Force with administrative and other support. Effective immediately.
House Judiciary - Civil Committee
Date: May 9, 2018 - 9 am
Location:
Room 413 Stratton Building - Springfield
Bills Posted:
SB2437
- Andersson- Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that if a judgment of dissolution of marriage is entered after an insured has designated the insured's spouse as a beneficiary under a life insurance policy in force at the time of entry, the designation of the insured's former spouse as beneficiary is not effective unless: (1) the judgment designates the insured's former spouse as the beneficiary; (2) the insured redesignates the former spouse as the beneficiary after entry of the judgment; or (3) the former spouse is designated to receive the proceeds in trust for, on behalf of, or for the benefit of a child or a dependent of either former spouse. Provides that if a designation is not effective, the proceeds of the policy are payable to the named alternative beneficiary or, if there is not a named alternative beneficiary, to the estate of the insured. Provides that an insurer that pays the proceeds of a life insurance policy to the beneficiary under a designation that is not effective is liable for payment of the proceeds to the entitled person or estate only if: (A) before payment of the proceeds to the designated beneficiary, the insurer receives written notice at the home office of the insurer from an interested person that the designation is not effective; and (B) the insurer has not filed an interpleader.
House Health Care Licenses Committee
Date: May 9, 2018 - 10 am
Location: Room 114 Capitol Building - Springfield
Healthcare Bills Posted:
SB2419
- Burke - Amends the Registered Surgical Assistant and Registered Surgical Technologist Title Protection Act. Provides that a person qualifies for registration as a surgical assistant if he or she is currently certified by the National Commission for the Certification of Surgical Assistants (rather than the National Surgical Assistant Association). Provides that in order for a registrant to renew his or her surgical assistant registration or surgical technologist registration, he or she must maintain certain current certification.
SB2587
- Olsen -Amends the Telehealth Act. Provides that "health care professionals" includes dentists.
SB2618- Gabel - Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal date of the Environmental Health Practitioner Licensing Act from January 1, 2019 to January 1, 2029. Amends the Environmental Health Practitioner Licensing Act. Provides that applicants and licensees shall provide the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation with a valid address and email address and inform the Department of any changes within 14 days. Makes changes to the grounds by which the Department may refuse to issue, renew, revoke, suspend, or discipline a license because of the applicant's or licensee's criminal history. Removes duplicate provisions concerning record of proceedings. Adds provisions concerning confidentiality of a complaint against a licensee. Replaces "Director" with "Secretary" in order to update references to the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
SB3170 - Wallace - Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act and the Illinois Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Provides that a prescription for medication other than controlled substances shall be valid for up to 15 months from the date issued for the purpose of refills, unless the prescription states otherwise.
SB3395- Demmer - Amends the Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act and the Illinois Physical Therapy Act. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation may issue an occupational therapist, occupational therapy assistant, physical therapist, or physical therapist assistant license to an applicant who is licensed under another jurisdiction upon filing an application, paying the required fee, and meeting requirements established by rule (rather than if the requirements for licensure in that jurisdiction were, at the date of licensure, substantially equivalent to the requirements in force in this State on that date or equivalent to the requirements of this Act).
House State Government Administration Committee
Date: May 9, 2018 - 3 pm
Location:
Room 122B Capitol Building - Springfield
Healthcare Bills Posted:
SB2254
- Severin -Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates May 17th of each year as Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) Awareness Day to be observed throughout the State as a day to encourage the people of Illinois to help increase public awareness of this particularly aggressive form of cancer affecting children.
SB2903 - Bryant - Provides for the issuance of standard Illinois Identification Cards and limited-term Illinois Identification Cards to persons upon conditional release or absolute discharge from the custody of the Department of Human Services if, among other requirements, they present a document (rather than 2 documents) proving their Illinois residence address. Provides that documents proving residence address may include any official document of the Department of Human Services showing the person's address after release and a Secretary of State prescribed verification form (rather than certificate of residency form). Effective July 1, 2019 (rather than January 1, 2019).
SB3075 - Halpin - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Children and Family Services Act, Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act, and the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Departments of Children and Family Services, Human Services, Juvenile Justice, and Corrections shall submit quarterly reports to the General Assembly on (1) the number of reported assaults on employees at each facility; (2) the number of reported incidents of resident sexual aggression towards employees at each facility including sexual assault, residents exposing themselves, sexual touching, and sexually offensive language; and (3) the number of employee injuries resulting from resident violence at each facility including descriptions of the nature of the injuries, the number of injuries requiring medical treatment at the facility, the number of injuries requiring outside medical treatment and the number of days off work per injury.
SB3217
- Demmer -Amends the Freedom of Information Act. To the list of exemptions under the Act, adds certain records that relate to or affect the security of detention facilities requested by persons who are committed to the Department of Human Services Division of Mental Health. Effective immediately.
SB3503
- Cassidy -Amends the Counties Code. Provides that on or before June 1, 2019, every facility that houses a circuit court room shall include at least one lactation room or area for members of the public to express breast milk in private that is located outside the confines of a restroom and includes, at minimum, a chair, a table, and an electrical outlet, as well as a sink with running water where possible. Provides that the lactation rooms and areas shall also meet with reasonable minimum standards prescribed by the Supreme Court of Illinois, which the Supreme Court is requested to create, including requirements for posting of notice to the public regarding location and access to lactation rooms and areas, as well as requirements for the addition of a sink with running water in the event of renovation to the facilities. Requests the Supreme Court to create minimum standards for training of courthouse staff and personnel regarding location and access to lactation rooms and areas for all people present in the courthouse who need to use lactation rooms and areas.
Senate Special Committee on the Oversight of Medicaid Managed Care
Date: May 9, 2018 - 4 pm
Location: 400 Capitol - Springfield
Healthcare Bills Posted:
HB4096 - Steans - Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires Medicaid managed care organizations (rather than managed care entities) that provide services under the Code to use a pharmacy formulary that is no more restrictive by drug class than the Department of Healthcare and Family Services' preferred drug list (rather than the Department's pharmaceutical program). Provides that beginning January 1, 2019 and continuing through January 1, 2022, the Department shall require each Medicaid managed care organization to list as preferred on the Medicaid managed care organization's preferred drug list at least the same number, and no fewer, of drugs per drug class as are listed on the Department's preferred drug list. Prohibits the Department from adopting any rules or policies that prohibit a Medicaid managed care organization from: (1) covering additional drugs that are not listed on the Department's preferred drug list; (2) submitting all covered drugs listed on the Department's preferred drug list and additional drugs covered by the Medicaid managed care organization as qualified encounters to be used for appropriate purposes; or (3) removing from the Medicaid managed care organization's preferred drug list any prior approval requirements, step therapy, or other utilization controls applicable under the Department's preferred list. Requires the Department to develop a standardized format for all Medicaid managed care organization preferred drug lists by January 1, 2019 and to allow Medicaid managed care organizations 6 months from the completion date of the standardized format to comply with the new Preferred Drug List format. Requires each Medicaid managed care organization to post its preferred drug list on its website without restricting access and to update the preferred drug list posted on its website no less than 30 days prior to the date upon which any update or change takes effect.
HB4146 - Steans - Frozen formulary for health insurance plans. Chamber is opposed but talks continue.
HB4650 - Morrison - Amends the Illinois Controlled Substance Act. In a provision allowing pharmacists to authorize a designee to consult the Prescription Monitoring Program on their behalf, defines "pharmacist" to include, but be not limited to, a pharmacist associated with a health maintenance organization or a Medicaid managed care entity providing services under the Illinois Public Aid Code. Effective immediately.
HB4736 - Koehler - Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall not require the following children to enroll in or transition to the State's managed care medical assistance program: (1) children who are authorized by the Department to receive in-home shift nursing services as required by federal regulations concerning Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment services; and (2) children made eligible for medical assistance through any home and community-based services waiver program for medically fragile and technology dependent children authorized under the Social Security Act. Provides that any children who meet the criteria under item (1) or (2) and who are enrolled in the State's managed care medical assistance program on or before the effective date of the amendatory Act shall be given the option to disenroll from the State's managed care medical assistance program and receive medical assistance coverage under the State's traditional fee-for-service program.
Senate Insurance Committee
Date: May 9, 2018 - 5 pm
Location: Room 400 Capitol - Springfield
Healthcare Bills Posted:
SB2388 - Steans - Creates the
Short-Term, Limited-Duration Health Insurance Coverage Act and regulates short-term health insurance policies.
HB1336 - Raoul - Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Prohibits an insurer that sells a policy of automobile insurance from increasing the policy premium, canceling the policy, or refusing to renew the policy solely because the insured or another person who customarily operates an automobile covered by the policy has had an accident while operating a motor vehicle in response to an emergency when the insured was responding to a call to duty as a volunteer EMS provider. Provides that the prohibition also applies to all personal umbrella policies. Effective immediately.
HB2617 - Murphy - Insurance mandate to cover medically necessary expenses for standard fertility preservation services when a necessary medical treatment may directly or indirectly cause iatrogenic infertility to an enrollee.
HB4516 - Morrison - Amends the Illinois Insurance Code, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, and the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act to require coverage for hearing instruments and related services for all individuals under the age of 18 when a hearing care professional prescribes a hearing instrument when medically necessary.
HB4821 - Morrison - Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that no individual or group policy of accident and health insurance amended, issued, delivered, or renewed in the State after the effective date of the amendatory Act that covers the treatment of stage 4 advanced, metastatic cancer shall limit or exclude coverage for a drug by mandating that the insured shall first be required to fail to successfully respond to a different drug or prove a history of failure of the drug unless the use of the drug is consistent with best practices for the treatment of stage 4 advanced, metastatic cancer and is supported by peer-reviewed medical literature.
House Aging Committee
Date: May 10, 2018 - 10 am
Location:
Room D-1 Stratton Building - Springfield
Healthcare Bills Posted:
SB2469
- Moeller -Amends the Respite Program Act. In a provision requiring the Director of the Department on Aging to submit an annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly detailing the progress of the respite care services provided under the Act, provides that the report shall also include an estimate of the demand for respite care services over the next 10 years.
JCAR Update
There are no proposed healthcare-related rules since our last update.
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