Healthcare

in committee · Illinois · House Apr 11, 2025

HB 2728: DHFS-SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Repeals provisions that require: (i) the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to consult with stakeholders and General Assembly members for input on a plan to develop enhanced Medicaid rates for substance use disorder treatment and mental health treatment in underserved communities; and (ii) the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the Department of Human Services to collaborate to review coverage and billing requirements for substance use prevention and recovery and mental health services with the goal of identifying disparities and streamlining coverage and billing requirements to reduce the administrative burden for providers and medical assistance beneficiaries. Effective January 1, 2026.

Topics ✗ HealthcareOpposes HealthcareRepeals requirements for enhanced Medicaid rates and stakeholder collaboration for substance use/mental health treatment in underserved communities, weakening coverage expansion efforts.85% confidence

Sub-Topics Substance Abuse

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in committee · Illinois · House Feb 6, 2025

HB 2620: ABORTION-72 HR WAITING PERIOD

Amends the Reproductive Health Act. Provides that no person shall perform or induce an abortion unless at least 72 hours prior thereto the health care professional who is to perform or induce the abortion has conferred with the patient and discussed with the patient the indicators, contraindicators, and risk factors in light of the patient's medical history and medical condition.

Topics ✗ HealthcareOpposes HealthcareRestricts abortion access via mandatory 72-hour waiting period, limiting patient choice in reproductive healthcare services.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Women's Health

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in committee · Illinois · Senate Feb 7, 2025

SB 2474: YOUTH HEALTH PROTECTION ACT

Creates the Youth Health Protection Act. Provides that a medical doctor shall not prescribe, provide, administer, or deliver puberty-suppressing drugs or cross-sex hormones and shall not perform surgical orchiectomy or castration, urethroplasty, vaginoplasty, mastectomy, phalloplasty, or metoidioplasty on biologically healthy and anatomically normal persons under the age of 18 for the purpose of treating the subjective, internal psychological condition of gender dysphoria or gender discordance. Provides that any efforts to modify the anatomy, physiology, or biochemistry of a biologically healthy person under the age of 18 who experiences gender dysphoria or gender discordance shall be considered unprofessional conduct and shall be subject to discipline by the licensing entity or disciplinary review board. Provides that no medical doctor or mental health provider shall refer any person under the age of 18 to any medical doctor for chemical or surgical interventions to treat gender dysphoria or gender discordance. Contains definitions, a statement of purpose, and legislative findings. Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987 to make related changes.

Topics ✗ HealthcareOpposes HealthcareProhibits medical treatments for gender dysphoria in minors, restricting access to specific healthcare services under the guise of 'protection'.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Mental Health

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in committee · Illinois · House Feb 20, 2025

HB 1336: PARENTAL NOTICE OF ABORTION

Creates the Parental Notice of Abortion Act of 2025, with provisions similar to those of the Parental Notice of Abortion Act of 1995. Effective immediately.

Topics ✗ HealthcareOpposes HealthcareMandates parental notice for abortion, restricting access to reproductive healthcare services.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Women's Health

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in committee · Illinois · House Feb 18, 2025

HB 3532: PARENTS MATTER ACT-CONSENTS

Amends the Reproductive Health Act. Requires any health care professional, entity, person, clinic, or school to obtain the written consent from a minor's parent or guardian before any health care professional, entity, person, clinic, or school may provide a minor who is under the age of 18 years any non-emergency medical procedure, medication, pharmaceutical, or any gender-modification procedure, gender-identification counseling, or gender therapy.

Topics ✗ HealthcareOpposes HealthcareRequires parental consent for minors' gender-related healthcare, restricting access to services under the Reproductive Health Act amendment.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Primary Care Women's Health

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signed · Illinois · Senate Aug 1, 2025

SB 1774: DHFS-SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Repeals provisions that require: (i) the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to consult with stakeholders and General Assembly members for input on a plan to develop enhanced Medicaid rates for substance use disorder treatment and mental health treatment in underserved communities; and (ii) the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the Department of Human Services to collaborate to review coverage and billing requirements for substance use prevention and recovery and mental health services with the goal of identifying disparities and streamlining coverage and billing requirements to reduce the administrative burden for providers and medical assistance beneficiaries. Effective January 1, 2026.

Topics ✗ HealthcareOpposes HealthcareRepeals requirements for enhanced Medicaid rates and collaboration on mental health/substance use treatment, weakening coverage improvements and program development.92% confidence

Sub-Topics Substance Abuse

in committee · Illinois · House Mar 21, 2025

HB 3243: REPEAL REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ACT

Creates the Illinois Abortion Law of 2025, with provisions similar to those of the Illinois Abortion Law of 1975 before its repeal by Public Act 101-13, as well as including provisions defining "viability" and "fetal heartbeat" and restricting the performance of an abortion to a patient who resides in the State. Creates the Partial-birth Abortion Ban Act of 2025 and the Abortion Performance Refusal Act of 2025, with provisions similar to those of the Partial-birth Abortion Ban Act and the Abortion Performance Refusal Act before their repeal by Public Act 101-13. Creates the Parental Notice of Abortion Act of 2025, with provisions similar to those of the Parental Notice of Abortion Act of 1995 before its repeal by Public Act 102-685. Amends various Acts by restoring the language that existed before the amendment of those Acts by Public Acts 101-13 and 102-1117. Repeals the Reproductive Health Act, the Abortion Care Clinical Training Program Act, the Lawful Health Care Activity Act, the Protecting Reproductive Health Care Services Act, and the Youth Health and Safety Act. Effective immediately.

Topics ✗ HealthcareOpposes HealthcareRestricts abortion access by repealing reproductive health protections and imposing new limitations on procedures, directly limiting patient access to reproductive healthcare services.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Women's Health

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in committee · Illinois · House Jan 28, 2025

HB 1792: SCH CHILDREN-COVID-19 VACCINE

Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning the health examinations and immunizations that school children are required to receive, provides that a child may not be required to submit proof of having received an immunization against COVID-19 upon enrolling in school nor may a child already enrolled in school be required to receive an immunization against COVID-19. Amends the Communicable Disease Prevention Act. Pursuant to the School Code provisions, prohibits the Department of Public Health from adopting any rules that require children to receive an immunization against COVID-19. Effective immediately.

Topics ✗ HealthcareOpposes HealthcareBill prohibits school vaccine mandates under public health law, restricting a key public health initiative and limiting required immunizations for children.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Public Health

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in committee · Illinois · House Mar 21, 2025

HB 1804: IEMA-OHS STATE PROJECTS FUND

Amends the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. Specifies that the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security shall not award grants from the IEMA State Projects Fund to those entities whose primary purpose is to provide reproductive health care services (rather than medical or mental health services). Effective immediately.

Topics ✗ HealthcareOpposes HealthcareBill explicitly restricts IEMA fund grants to entities providing reproductive health care services, defunding a specific healthcare sector per its language.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Women's Health

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in committee · Illinois · House Mar 21, 2025

HB 1333: REPEAL REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ACT

Repeals the Reproductive Health Act. Creates the Illinois Abortion Law of 2025 containing the provisions of the Illinois Abortion Law of 1975 before its repeal by Public Act 101-13, as well as provisions defining "viability" to include when, in the medical judgment of the attending physician based on the particular facts of the case before the attending physician, the unborn child has a fetal heartbeat, and defining "fetal heartbeat" as the cardiac activity or the steady and repetitive rhythmic contraction of the fetal heart within the gestational sac. Creates the Partial-birth Abortion Ban Act of 2025 and the Abortion Performance Refusal Act of 2025 containing the provisions of the Partial-birth Abortion Ban Act and the Abortion Performance Refusal Act before their repeal by Public Act 101-13. Amends various Acts by restoring the language that existed before the amendment of those Acts by Public Act 101-13. Effective immediately.

Topics ✗ HealthcareOpposes HealthcareRepeals Reproductive Health Act, reinstates restrictive abortion law with heartbeat definition, limiting access to abortion services.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Women's Health

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