Lori Cowdrey Benso | Executive Director, Healthcare Council | 217-725-6522
The purpose of the Healthcare Council is to develop and take actions to achieve affordable, accessible, efficient, high-quality healthcare options for the employers and residents of our state. We advocate for market-based solutions that encourage innovation in healthcare delivery – and work against costly mandates and burdensome regulations. Through quarterly meetings, the Council brings together the diverse voices of the healthcare community and provides a forum to interact with government and private sector leaders at the highest levels.
January 14, 2022

Session Update:

The General Assembly has canceled session for next week. However, Committee hearings have been scheduled. The list below contains the current Committees scheduled for next week.

Committees Scheduled the Week of January 17th:


01-18-22      House – Insurance - 2:00 pm
                       Virtual Room 3: www.ilga.gov
                     
  • HB 4337 - INS-Domestic Violence Coverage

01-19-22      House – House Prescription Drug Affordability - 3:00 pm
                       Virtual Room 4: www.ilga.gov
                     
  • HB 1780 - Drug Take Back Act
  • HB 3630 - INS-PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS 

01-20-22      House – Mental Health & Addiction - 10:00 am
                       Virtual Room 3: www.ilga.gov
                     
  • HB 4317 - Commission Mental Health Reform

    
01-18-22      Senate – Health - 1:00 pm
                       Virtual Room 2: www.ilga.gov

  • SB 2977 - Hospital Licensing - Abuse
 

On the Federal Front:

Supreme Court Blocks Biden Administration’s COVID-19 Vaccine-Test Mandate For Private Employers, Allows Vaccine Requirement For Health Care Workers
The Washington Post reported on Thursday, the Supreme Court “stopped the Biden administration’s vaccination-or-testing requirement for the nation’s largest employers,” but it “allowed a different and smaller policy to go forward, requiring vaccinations for most health-care workers at the facilities that receive Medicaid and Medicare funds.” The Occupational Safety and Health Administration mandate “would have applied to 84 million people,” and “the health-care worker requirement covers about 10 million.” 



Illinois Chamber Webinar: Detection is Your Super Power!
 
On January 27th, the Illinois Chamber will host a security-focused webinar titled "Detection is your super power."
 
Protecting a network against a hacker used to mean that you had to be on your game 100%, but the hacker only needed to be right once to get in. With Detection, however, the tables are turned, and they’re on your territory. Detection becomes your advantage, as they have to avoid making any mistakes and all you have to do is watch and wait. Join Stel Valavanis, CEO of Onshore Security, to hear more about how Panoptic Cyberdefense gives us the super power to see all and stop bad actors in their tracks.
 
Register here.





List of Key Dates:

Request for bill drafting: House-January 14
 
Bill introduction: House-January 28; Senate-January 21
 
Governor’s State of the State & Budget Address: February 2
 
Substantive Bills Out of Committee, Chamber of Origin: House-February 18; Senate-February 10
 
Third Reading Substantive Bills, Chamber of Origin: House-March 4; Senate-February 25
 
Bills Out of Committee, Second Chamber: House & Senate-March 25
 
Third Reading Substantive Bills, Second Chamber: House & Senate-April 1
 
Adjournment: April 8



 
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