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SB 2900 — PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS
Last action — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0581
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Summary
Amends various Acts to add physician assistants to provisions applicable to physicians, including adding physician assistant members to various committees and boards. Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act. Specifies that the physician assistant who may make a determination of disability for the purposes of an Illinois Persons with a Disability Identification Card is a physician assistant who has been delegated the authority to make this determination by his or her supervising physician. Amends the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act. Adds the President of the Illinois Academy of Physician Assistants or his or her designee to the Illinois Advisory Council on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependency. Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Adds representative of a professional organization representing physician assistants to various task forces and councils. Requires that the Department of Public Health consult with the Illinois Academy of Physician Assistants in developing the summary of health care for women and that the summary be distributed to physician assistants. Requires that the Department of Public Health consult with a statewide professional organization representing physician assistants in developing the POLST form. Makes other changes.
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The bill SB 2900 has been updated from its engrossed version to the enrolled version, with all previous lines being replaced. This change signifies that the bill has completed its legislative process and has been finalized, meaning it is now ready for signing into law or further action. This matters as it indicates a move forward in the legislative process, bringing any proposed measures in the bill closer to implementation.
SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b AN ACT concerning regulation.
(ii) reduce or ameliorate the physical, mental, or developmental effects of an illness, condition, injury, SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 2 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b disease, or disability;
During the appeals process, any challenge to medical necessity may be viewed as SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 3 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b reasonable only if the review includes a licensed health care professional with the same category of license as the professional who ordered or referred the service in question and with expertise in the most current and effective treatment.
Any qualified elector who has secured an Illinois Person with a Disability Identification Card in accordance with the Illinois Identification Card Act, indicating that the person named thereon has a Class 1A or Class 2 disability or any qualified voter who has a permanent physical incapacity of such a nature as to make it improbable that he will be able to be present at the polls at any future election, or any voter who is a resident of (i) a federally operated veterans' home, hospital, or facility located in Illinois or (ii) a facility licensed or certified pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act, the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the ID/DD Community Care Act, or the MC/DD Act and has a condition or disability of such a nature as to make it improbable that he will be able to be present at the polls at any future election, may secure a voter's identification card for persons with disabilities or a SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 4 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b nursing home resident's identification card, which will enable him to vote under this Article as a physically incapacitated or nursing home voter.
Upon the receipt of either the sworn-to application and the physician's, advanced practice nurse's, or a physician assistant's affidavit or proof that the applicant has secured an Illinois Person with a Disability Identification SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 5 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b Card indicating that the person named thereon has a Class 1A or Class 2 disability, the county clerk or board of election commissioners shall issue a voter's identification card for persons with disabilities or a nursing home resident's identification card.
The holder of a voter's identification card for persons with disabilities or a nursing home resident's identification SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 6 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b card may make application by mail for an official ballot within the time prescribed by Section 19-2.
For the purposes of this Section, "federally operated veterans' SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 7 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b home, hospital, or facility" means the long-term care facilities at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Illiana Health Care System, Edward Hines, Jr.
(2) The voter's physician, advanced practice nurse, or SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 8 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b physician assistant completes a Certificate of Attending Health Care Professional Physician in a form substantially as follows:
(3) Any person who is registered to vote in the same precinct as the admitted voter or any legal relative of the admitted voter may present such voter's vote by mail ballot SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 9 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b application, completed as prescribed in paragraph 1, accompanied by the physician's, advanced practice nurse's, or a physician assistant's certificate, completed as prescribed in paragraph 2, to the election authority.
After depositing the ballot in the return envelope and securely sealing the envelope, such voter shall give the envelope to the SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 10 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b precinct voter or the relative who shall deliver it to the election authority in sufficient time for the ballot to be delivered by the election authority to the election authority's central ballot counting location before 7 p.m.
The report shall also provide information on interventions that would be effective in reducing the rate of fatal or nonfatal drug overdose and shall include an analysis of drug overdose information reported to the Department of Public Health pursuant to subsection (e) of Section 3-3013 of the Counties Code, Section 6.14g of the Hospital Licensing Act, SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 11 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b and subsection (j) of Section 22-30 of the School Code.
The Director may develop and disseminate curricula for use by professionals, organizations, individuals, or committees interested in the prevention of fatal and nonfatal drug overdose, SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 12 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b including, but not limited to, drug users, jail and prison personnel, jail and prison inmates, drug treatment professionals, emergency medical personnel, hospital staff, families and associates of drug users, peace officers, firefighters, public safety officers, needle exchange program staff, and other persons.
(2) The Director may provide advice to State and local officials on the growing drug overdose crisis, including the prevalence of drug overdose incidents, programs SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 13 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b promoting the disposal of unused prescription drugs, trends in drug overdose incidents, and solutions to the drug overdose crisis.
(A) Policies and projects to encourage persons, including drug users, to call 911 when they witness a SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 14 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b potentially fatal drug overdose.
(4) In addition to moneys appropriated by the General Assembly, the Director may seek grants from private foundations, the federal government, and other sources to SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 15 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b fund the grants under this Section and to fund an evaluation of the programs supported by the grants.
(2) A person who is not otherwise licensed to administer an opioid antagonist may in an emergency administer without fee an opioid antagonist if the person has received the patient information specified in paragraph (4) of this subsection and believes in good faith SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 16 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b that another person is experiencing a drug overdose.
The Director of the Division of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, in consultation with statewide organizations representing SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 17 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b physicians, pharmacists, advanced practice nurses, physician assistants, substance abuse programs, and other interested groups, shall develop and disseminate to health care professionals, community-based organizations, substance abuse programs, and other organizations training materials in video, electronic, or other formats to facilitate the provision of such patient information.
"Patient" includes a person who is not at risk of opioid overdose but who, in the judgment of the physician, advanced practice nurse, or physician assistant, may be in SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 18 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b a position to assist another individual during an overdose and who has received patient information as required in paragraph (2) of this subsection on the indications for and administration of an opioid antagonist.
(2) Every publicly or privately owned ambulance, special emergency medical services vehicle, non-transport vehicle, or ambulance assist vehicle, as described in the SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 19 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act, which responds to requests for emergency services or transports patients between hospitals in emergency situations must possess opioid antagonists.
SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 20 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b (2) Study the feasibility of establishing a self-insurance plan for State property and prepare estimates of the costs of reinsurance for risks beyond the realistic limits of the self-insurance.
(7) Prepare and, in the discretion of the Director, implement a plan providing for the purchase of public liability insurance or for self-insurance for public liability or for a combination of purchased insurance and SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 21 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b self-insurance for public liability (i) covering the State and drivers of motor vehicles owned, leased, or controlled by the State of Illinois pursuant to the provisions and limitations contained in the Illinois Vehicle Code, (ii) covering other public liability exposures of the State and its employees within the scope of their employment, and (iii) covering drivers of motor vehicles not owned, leased, or controlled by the State but used by a State employee on State business, in excess of liability covered by an insurance policy obtained by the owner of the motor vehicle or in excess of the dollar amounts that the Department shall determine to be reasonable.
The term "employee" as used in this subdivision (7) and in subdivision (11) means a person while in the employ of the State who is a member of the staff or personnel of a State agency, bureau, board, commission, committee, department, university, or college or who is a State officer, elected official, commissioner, member of or ex officio member of a State agency, bureau, board, commission, committee, department, university, or college, or a member of the National Guard while on active duty pursuant to orders of the Governor of the State of SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 22 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b Illinois, or any other person while using a licensed motor vehicle owned, leased, or controlled by the State of Illinois with the authorization of the State of Illinois, provided the actual use of the motor vehicle is within the scope of that authorization and within the course of State service.
(8) Charge, collect, and receive from all other agencies of the State government fees or monies equivalent SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 23 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b to the cost of purchasing the insurance.
The amount of all reimbursements shall be deposited into the Workers' Compensation Revolving Fund which is hereby created as a SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 24 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b revolving fund in the State treasury.
For claims filed on or after July 1, 2013, the Department shall retain responsibility for certain administrative payments including, but not limited to, payments to the private vendor contracted to perform services under subdivision (10b) of this Section, payments related to travel expenses for employees of the Office of the Attorney General, and payments to internal Department staff responsible for the oversight and management of any contract awarded pursuant to subdivision (10b) of this SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 25 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b Section.
SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 26 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b (10b) No later than January 1, 2013, the chief procurement officer appointed under paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of Section 10-20 of the Illinois Procurement Code (hereinafter "chief procurement officer"), in consultation with the Department of Central Management Services, shall procure one or more private vendors to administer the program providing payments for workers' compensation liability with respect to the employees of all State agencies.
(10c) The procurement of private vendors for the administration of the workers' compensation program for SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 27 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b State employees is subject to the provisions of the Illinois Procurement Code and administration by the chief procurement officer.
(10e) By September 15, 2012, the Department of Central Management Services shall prepare a plan to effectuate the transfer of responsibility and administration of the workers' compensation program for State employees to the SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 28 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b selected private vendors.
Whenever and to the extent that a State employee operates a motor vehicle or engages in other activity covered by self-insurance under this Section, the State of Illinois shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the employee against any claim in tort filed against the employee for acts or omissions within the scope of the employee's employment in any proper judicial forum and not settled pursuant to this subdivision (11), provided that this obligation of the State of Illinois shall not exceed a SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 29 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b maximum liability of $2,000,000 for any single occurrence in connection with the operation of a motor vehicle or $100,000 per person per occurrence for any other single occurrence, or $500,000 for any single occurrence in connection with the provision of medical care by a licensed physician, advanced practice nurse, or physician assistant employee.
The plan shall be funded through appropriations from the General Revenue Fund specifically designated for that purpose, except that indemnification expenses for SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 30 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b employees of the Department of Transportation, the Illinois State Police, and the Secretary of State shall be paid from the Road Fund.
Subject to sufficient appropriation, the Director is authorized to pay any wage claim presented to the Director SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 31 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b that is supported by a final settlement or final judgment when the chief officer of the State agency employing the claimant certifies to the Director that the claim is a valid wage claim and that the fiscal year and lapse period have expired.
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Inherent in this right is the foster parent's responsibility to support activities that will promote the child's right to SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 33 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b relationships with his or her own family and cultural heritage.
(8) The right to be notified of scheduled meetings and staffings concerning the foster child in order to actively SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 34 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b participate in the case planning and decision-making process regarding the child, including individual service planning meetings, administrative case reviews, interdisciplinary staffings, and individual educational planning meetings;
SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 35 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b (10) The right to be given reasonable written notice of (i) any change in a child's case plan, (ii) plans to terminate the placement of the child with the foster parent, and (iii) the reasons for the change or termination in placement.
(14) The right to be informed of the Foster Parent Hotline established under Section 35.6 of the Children and Family Services Act and all of the rights accorded to SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 36 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b foster parents concerning reports of misconduct by Department employees, service providers, or contractors, confidential handling of those reports, and investigation by the Inspector General appointed under Section 35.5 of the Children and Family Services Act.
The Steering Committee shall include a representative from SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 37 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b each Network.
A member from each Network may choose a representative who may serve on the Steering SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 38 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b Committee.
7-1-97.) SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 39 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b (20 ILCS 1705/14) (from Ch.
If and when it shall appear to the facility director of the Chester Mental Health Center that it is necessary to confine SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 40 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b persons in order to maintain security or provide for the protection and safety of recipients and staff, the Chester Mental Health Center may confine all persons on a unit to their rooms.
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SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 41 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b The facility director of the Chester Mental Health Center may authorize the temporary use of transport devices on a civil recipient when necessary in the course of transport of the civil recipient outside the facility to maintain custody or security.
The facility shall keep a monthly record listing all transports, including those transports for which use of transport devices was not sought, those for which use of transport devices was sought but denied, and each instance in which transport devices are used, circumstances indicating the need for use of transport devices, time of application of transport devices, time of release from those devices, and any SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 42 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b adverse events.
If and when it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Department that any person confined in the Chester Mental Health Center is not or has ceased to be such a source of danger to the public as to require his subjection to the regimen of the center, the Department is hereby authorized to transfer such person to any State facility for treatment of persons with mental illness or habilitation of persons with SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 43 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b developmental disabilities, as the nature of the individual case may require.
The SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 44 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b changes added to this Section by this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly are inoperative on and after June 30, 2015.
"Authorized direct care staff" means non-licensed persons who have successfully completed a medication administration SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 45 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b training program approved by the Department of Human Services and conducted by a nurse-trainer.
(i) calculate the insulin dosage needed when the dose is dependent upon a blood glucose test result, or (ii) administer insulin to individuals who require blood glucose monitoring greater than 3 times daily, unless directed SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 46 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b to do so by the registered nurse.
"Training program" means a standardized medication administration training program approved by the Department of Human Services and conducted by a registered professional nurse for the purpose of training persons employed or under contract to provide direct care or treatment to individuals receiving SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 47 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b services to administer medications and provide self-administration of medication training to individuals under the delegation and supervision of a nurse-trainer.
(D) Have satisfactorily completed the Health and Safety component of a Department of Human Services SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 48 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b authorized direct care staff training program.
(d) Medication self-administration shall meet the SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 49 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b following requirements:
(2) Each individual shall be presumed to be competent SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 50 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b to self-administer medications if:
and SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 51 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b (iii) full signatures provided for all initials used.
A direct care staff person who fails to meet criteria for delegated authority to administer SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 52 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b medication, including, but not limited to, failure of the written test on 2 occasions shall be given consideration for shift transfer or reassignment, if possible.
SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 53 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b (Source:
(1) The health care professional has an oral or written agreement with an athletic team to provide health care SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 54 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b services to the athletic team members, coaching staff, and families traveling with the athletic team for a specific sporting event to take place in this State.
SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 55 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b (20 ILCS 2305/7) (from Ch.
SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 56 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b (a) The Department of Public Health, utilizing available federal funds, State funds appropriated for that purpose, or other available funding as provided for in this Section, shall establish, promote, and maintain an Osteoporosis Prevention and Education Program to promote public awareness of the causes of osteoporosis, options for prevention, the value of early detection, and possible treatments (including the benefits and risks of those treatments).
(H) Availability of osteoporosis diagnostic SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 57 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b treatment services in the community.
The State Board of Health shall assist the SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 58 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b Department in implementing this Section.
(c) The summary shall also include the medically viable alternative methods for the treatment of breast cancer, SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 59 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b including, but not limited to, hormonal, radiological, chemotherapeutic, or surgical treatments or combinations thereof.
(c-15) The summary shall also inform individuals, in layman's terms, of the meaning and consequences of "dense breast tissue" under the guidelines of the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System of the American College of Radiology SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 60 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b and potential recommended follow-up tests or studies.
"The information contained in this brochure regarding SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 61 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b recommendations for early detection and diagnosis of breast disease and alternative breast disease treatments is only for the purpose of assisting you, the patient, in understanding the medical information and advice offered by your physician.
SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 62 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b (3) Establishment and promotion of referral services and screening programs.
SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 63 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b (3) Administrative costs of the Department shall not exceed 10% of the funds allocated to the Program.
(6) The Department or any entity funded by the program SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 64 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b may disclose the confidential information to medical personnel and fiscal intermediaries of the State to the extent necessary to administer the Program, and to other State public health agencies or medical researchers if the confidential information is necessary to carry out the duties of those agencies or researchers in the investigation, control, or surveillance of prostate cancer.
1-1-00.) (20 ILCS 2310/2310-425) (was 20 ILCS 2310/55.66) SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 65 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b Sec.
(c) The Department shall distribute the summary to hospitals, public health centers, and health care SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 66 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b professionals physicians who are likely to treat medical conditions described in paragraph (1) of subsection (a).
SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 67 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b (a) The Department of Public Health shall prepare and publish the summary of advance directives law, as required by the federal Patient Self-Determination Act, and related forms.
The form shall meet the SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 68 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b published minimum requirements to nationally be considered a practitioner orders for life-sustaining treatment form, or POLST, and may be referred to as the Department of Public Health Uniform POLST form.
(2) the transmission of CMV to pregnant women and women SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 69 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b who may become pregnant;
Health care professionals and providers may, but are not required to, use the materials developed by the Department for distribution to SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 70 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b parents of newborn infants.
The Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, the President of the Illinois Senate, SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 71 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b the Minority Leader of the Illinois House of Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the Illinois Senate may each appoint 2 representatives to the Council.
SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 72 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b (3) one member who currently serves as a community health worker in Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, Randolph, St.
the Executive Director of the Illinois Community College Board, the SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 73 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b Director of Children and Family Services, the Director of Aging, the Director of Public Health, the Director of Employment Security, the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation, the Director of Healthcare and Family Services, and the Secretary of Human Services.
SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 74 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b (6) support, advocacy, and health system navigation for clients;
(b) Subject to appropriation and the annual receipt of SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 75 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b funds, the Authority shall make grants from the Foreclosure Prevention Program Fund derived from fees paid as specified in subsection (a) of Section 15-1504.1 of the Code of Civil Procedure as follows:
SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 76 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b (b-1) Subject to appropriation and the annual receipt of funds, the Authority shall make grants from the Foreclosure Prevention Program Graduated Fund derived from fees paid as specified in paragraph (1) of subsection (a-5) of Section 15-1504.1 of the Code of Civil Procedure, as follows:
SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 77 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b (b-5) As used in this Section:
A hardship shall exist in instances in which the borrower is SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 78 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b confined to his or her home due to a medical condition, as verified in writing by a physician, advanced practice nurse, or physician assistant, or the borrower resides 50 miles or more from the nearest approved counseling agency.
(b) The Executive Director and 8 directors shall be SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 79 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b appointed to 3-year staggered terms by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.
health care consumers, consumer advocates, physicians, physician assistants, nurses, hospitals, federally qualified health centers as defined in Section 1905(l)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act and any subsequent amendments thereto, health plans or third-party payors, employers, long-term care providers, pharmacists, SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 80 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b State and local public health entities, outpatient diagnostic service providers, behavioral health providers, home health agency organizations, health professional schools in Illinois, health information technology, or health information research.
(g) Directors of the Authority, members of the Advisory Committee, and any other advisory committee and subcommittee SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 81 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b members may be reimbursed for ordinary and contingent travel and meeting expenses for their service at the rate approved for State employee travel.
In the case of a leasehold interest in SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 82 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b property, the lease must be for a single family residence.
Issuance of an Illinois Person with a Disability SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 83 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b Identification Card stating that the claimant is under a Class 2 disability, as defined in Section 4A of the Illinois Identification Card Act, shall constitute proof that the person named thereon is a person with a disability for purposes of this Act.
(2) The person with a disability must be liable by contract with the owner or owners of record for paying the SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 84 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b apportioned property taxes on the property of the cooperative or life care facility.
In counties with fewer than 3,000,000 inhabitants, the SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 85 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b chief county assessment officer shall provide to each person granted a homestead exemption under this Section a form to designate any other person to receive a duplicate of any notice of delinquency in the payment of taxes assessed and levied under this Code on the person's qualifying property.
SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 86 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b "Applicant" means an individual who has filed an application under this Section.
For taxable year 1999 only, the Chief County Assessment Officer SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 87 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b shall review (i) all taxable years for which the applicant applied and qualified for the exemption and (ii) the existing base year.
SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 88 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b "Internal Revenue Code of 1986" means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any successor law or laws relating to federal income taxes in effect for the year preceding the taxable year.
SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 89 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b (c) Beginning in taxable year 1994, a senior citizens assessment freeze homestead exemption is granted for real property that is improved with a permanent structure that is occupied as a residence by an applicant who (i) is 65 years of age or older during the taxable year, (ii) has a household income that does not exceed the maximum income limitation, (iii) is liable for paying real property taxes on the property, and (iv) is an owner of record of the property or has a legal or equitable interest in the property as evidenced by a written instrument.
(i) through taxable year 2005 and for taxable year 2007 and thereafter, the amount of this exemption shall be the equalized assessed value of the residence in the taxable year for which SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 90 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b application is made minus the base amount;
SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 91 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b When the applicant is a surviving spouse of an applicant for a prior year for the same residence for which an exemption under this Section has been granted, the base year and base amount for that residence are the same as for the applicant for the prior year.
In the instance of a cooperative where a homestead exemption has been granted under this Section, the cooperative association or its management firm shall credit the savings resulting from that exemption SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 92 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b only to the apportioned tax liability of the owner who qualified for the exemption.
SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 93 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b For taxable year 1994 only, in counties having less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, to receive the exemption, a person shall submit an application by February 15, 1995 to the Chief County Assessment Officer of the county in which the property is located.
The Department shall establish, by rule, a method for verifying the accuracy of affidavits filed by applicants under this Section, and the Chief County Assessment SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 94 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b Officer may conduct audits of any taxpayer claiming an exemption under this Section to verify that the taxpayer is eligible to receive the exemption.
In order to receive the extension provided in this paragraph, the applicant shall provide the Chief County Assessment Officer with a signed statement from the applicant's physician, advanced practice nurse, or physician assistant stating the nature and extent of the SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 95 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b condition, that, in the physician's, advanced practice nurse's, or physician assistant's opinion, the condition was so severe that it rendered the applicant incapable of filing the application in a timely manner, and the date on which the applicant regained the capability to file the application.
In counties having less than 3,000,000 inhabitants, if an applicant was denied an exemption in taxable year 1994 and the denial occurred due to an error on the part of an assessment official, or his or her agent or employee, then beginning in SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 96 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b taxable year 1997 the applicant's base year, for purposes of determining the amount of the exemption, shall be 1993 rather than 1994.
Except as provided in this Section, all information SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 97 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b received by the chief county assessment officer or the Department from applications filed under this Section, or from any investigation conducted under the provisions of this Section, shall be confidential, except for official purposes or pursuant to official procedures for collection of any State or local tax or enforcement of any civil or criminal penalty or sanction imposed by this Act or by any statute or ordinance imposing a State or local tax.
Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 of the State Mandates Act, SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 98 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b no reimbursement by the State is required for the implementation of any mandate created by this Section.
(6) on the basis that the circumstances suggest that SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 99 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b the disappearance may be voluntary;
(3) the missing person's identifying marks, such as SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 100 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b birthmarks, moles, tattoos, and scars;
(17) information on the missing person's electronic communications devices, such as cellular telephone numbers SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 101 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b and e-mail addresses;
(E) the description of possible means of transportation, including make, model, color, license number, and Vehicle Identification Number of a SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 102 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b vehicle;
and (C) that any DNA samples provided for the missing SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 103 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b person case are provided on a voluntary basis and will be used solely to help locate or identify the missing person and will not be used for any other purpose.
SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 104 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b (A) DNA samples from family members or from the missing person along with any needed documentation, or both, including any consent forms, required for the use of State or federal DNA databases, including, but not limited to, the Local DNA Index System (LDIS), State DNA Index System (SDIS), and National DNA Index System (NDIS);
SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 105 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b (Source:
Provided, that there may also, at the discretion of the board, be a consulting staff of physicians and surgeons, which staff may be appointed by the president, subject to the approval of the board, and provided further, that the Board may contract with any recognized training school or any program for health professionals for health care services the nursing of SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 106 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b any or all of such sick or mentally ill or persons in need of mental treatment.
(3) "Post-partum" means, as determined by her physician, advanced practice nurse, or physician assistant, the period immediately following delivery, including the entire period a woman is in the hospital or SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 107 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b infirmary after birth.
(b) A county department of corrections shall not apply security restraints to a prisoner that has been determined by a qualified medical professional to be pregnant and is known by the county department of corrections to be pregnant or in SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 108 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b postpartum recovery, which is the entire period a woman is in the medical facility after birth, unless the corrections official makes an individualized determination that the prisoner presents a substantial flight risk or some other extraordinary circumstance that dictates security restraints be used to ensure the safety and security of the prisoner, her child or unborn child, the staff of the county department of corrections or medical facility, other prisoners, or the public.
No order for therapeutic restraints shall be written unless medical or mental health personnel, after personally observing and examining the prisoner, are clinically SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 109 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b satisfied that the use of therapeutic restraints is justified and permitted in accordance with hospital policies and applicable State law.
(6) The county department of corrections shall provide SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 110 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b adequate corrections personnel to monitor the pregnant prisoner during her transport to and from the hospital and during her stay at the hospital.
The written report shall not contain any individually identifying information of any SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 111 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b prisoner.
If the county board undertakes a plan under which the county pays only a portion of the premium or charge, the county board SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 112 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b shall provide for withholding and deducting from the compensation of those employees who consent to join the plan the balance of the premium or charge for the insurance.
SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 113 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b (2) An annual mammogram for women 40 years of age or older.
(d-10) When health care services are available through contracted providers and a person does not comply with plan provisions specific to the use of contracted providers, the SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 114 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b requirements of subsection (d-5) are not applicable.
The offered coverage for prosthetic devices and reconstructive surgery shall be subject to the deductible and coinsurance conditions applied to the mastectomy, and all other terms and conditions applicable to SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 115 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b other benefits.
(f) The county board may, by ordinance, arrange to provide SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 116 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b group life, health, accident, hospital, and medical insurance, or any one or a combination of those types of insurance, under this Section to retired former employees and retired former elected or appointed officials of the county.
The board shall expend not more than $20,000 for the SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 117 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b purchase of any such land or the erection of buildings without a 2/3 vote of all its members in counties of 300,000 or more population, or a favorable vote of at least a majority of all its members in counties under 300,000 population.
To make appropriations from the county treasury for the purchase of land and the erection of buildings for the home, and to defray the expenses necessary for the care and SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 118 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b maintenance of the home and for providing maintenance, personal care and nursing services to the patients therein, and to cause an amount sufficient for those purposes to be levied upon the taxable property of the counties and collected as other taxes and further providing that in counties with a population of not more than 1,000,000 to levy and collect annually a tax of not to exceed .1% of the value, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, of all the taxable property in the county for these purposes.
SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 119 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b The proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
to NO SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 120 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b ........
SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 121 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b (65 ILCS 5/10-1-38.1) (from Ch.
SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 122 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b If any positions which have been vacated because of reduction in forces or displacement and abolition of positions, are reinstated, such members and officers of the Fire Department or of the Police Department as are furloughed from the said positions shall be notified by registered mail of such reinstatement of positions and shall have prior right to such positions if otherwise qualified, and in all cases seniority shall prevail.
Such reductions and removals shall be in strict compliance SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 123 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b with seniority and in no event shall any officer or member be reduced more than one rank in a reduction of force.
Written application for such reinstated position must be made by the furloughed person within 30 days after notification as above provided and such SB2900 EngrossedEnrolled - 124 - LRB099 20672 SMS 45286 b person may be required to submit to examination by physicians, advanced practice nurses, or physician assistants of both the board of fire and police commissioners and the appropriate pension board to determine his physical fitness.
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Action History
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Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0581
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Effective Date January 1, 2017
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Governor Approved
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Sent to the Governor
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Passed Both Houses
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Smiddy
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Katherine Cloonen
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry Costello, II
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Sente
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Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-001-000
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Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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Second Reading - Short Debate
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Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 010-000-000
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Margo McDermed
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Adam Brown
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Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregory Harris
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Martwick
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Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
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Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
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Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandon W. Phelps
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Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Wojcicki Jimenez
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Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Tim Butler
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Referred to Rules Committee
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First Reading
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Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Zalewski
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Arrived in House
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Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000
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Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pat McGuire
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Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 20, 2016
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Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Martinez
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Second Reading
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Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Licensed Activities and Pensions; 010-000-000
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Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities and Pensions
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Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Connelly
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Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
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Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
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Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 7, 2016
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Do Pass as Amended Licensed Activities and Pensions; 009-000-000
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Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
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Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
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Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities and Pensions
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Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
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Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
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Assigned to Licensed Activities and Pensions
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Referred to Assignments
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First Reading
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Filed with Secretary by Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
Sponsors
- Iris Y. Martinez · Cosponsor
- Jr. Jaime M. Andrade · Cosponsor
- Adam Brown · Cosponsor
- Margo McDermed · Cosponsor
- Carol Sente · Cosponsor
- II Jerry Costello · Cosponsor
- Katherine Cloonen · Cosponsor
- Mike Smiddy · Cosponsor
- Martin J. Moylan · Cosponsor
- Napoleon Harris III · Cosponsor
- Robert F. Martwick · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →0 sponsors · 11 co-sponsors · 172 not signed on
Sponsors (0)
None.
Co-sponsors (11)
- Iris Y. Martinez
- Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. Democrat
- Adam Brown
- Margo McDermed
- Carol Sente
- Jerry Costello, II
- Katherine Cloonen
- Mike Smiddy
- Martin J. Moylan
- Napoleon Harris III Democrat
- Robert F. Martwick Democrat
Not signed on (172)
172 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 172 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 76 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Democrat | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 110 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| % of votes cast | 93% | 1% | 0% | 6% |
How each member voted (118)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Sandack | — | Yea |
| Skoog | — | Yea |
| Smiddy | — | Yea |
| Sommer | — | Yea |
| Zalewski | — | Yea |
| Acevedo | — | Yea |
| Andersson | — | Yea |
| Anthony | — | Yea |
| Arroyo | — | Yea |
| Batinick | — | Yea |
| Beiser | — | Yea |
| Bellock | — | Yea |
| Bourne | — | Yea |
| Breen | — | Yea |
| Brown | — | Yea |
| Butler | — | Yea |
| McAsey | — | Yea |
| Costello | — | Yea |
| Frese | — | Yea |
| Ives | — | Yea |
| Jesiel | — | Yea |
| Jimenez | — | Yea |
| Lang | — | Yea |
| Leitch | — | Yea |
| Jones | — | Yea |
| McAuliffe | — | Yea |
| McDermed | — | Yea |
| Sente | — | Yea |
| Stewart | — | Yea |
| Bennett | — | Yea |
| Tabares | — | Yea |
| Thapedi | — | Yea |
| Bradley | — | Yea |
| Demmer | — | Yea |
| Durkin | — | Yea |
| Flowers | — | Yea |
| Kay | — | Yea |
| Madigan | — | Yea |
| Brady | — | Yea |
| McSweeney | — | Yea |
| Mitchell, Bill | — | Yea |
| Moffitt | — | Yea |
| Mitchell, Christian | — | Yea |
| Nekritz | — | Yea |
| Phelps | — | Yea |
| Burke, Daniel | — | Yea |
| Burke, Kelly | — | Yea |
| Soto | — | Not Voting |
| Tryon | — | Not Voting |
| Turner | — | Yea |
| Unes | — | Yea |
| Harris, David | — | Yea |
| Verschoore | — | Yea |
| Wheeler, Barbara | — | Yea |
| Harris, Gregory | — | Yea |
| Wallace | — | Yea |
| Wheeler, Keith | — | Yea |
| Wehrli | — | Yea |
| Williams | — | Yea |
| Hernandez | — | Yea |
| Willis | — | Yea |
| Winger | — | Yea |
| Yingling | — | Yea |
| Davis, Monique | — | Not Voting |
| Sullivan | — | Not Voting |
| Cavaletto | — | Yea |
| Cloonen | — | Yea |
| Conroy | — | Yea |
| Currie | — | Yea |
| D'Amico | — | Yea |
| Drury | — | Nay |
| Dunkin | — | Not Voting |
| Fortner | — | Yea |
| Franks | — | Yea |
| Hays | — | Yea |
| Hurley | — | Yea |
| Jackson | — | Yea |
| Phillips | — | Yea |
| Pritchard | — | Yea |
| Reaves-Harris | — | Not Voting |
| Reis | — | Yea |
| Riley | — | Yea |
| Chapa LaVia | — | Yea |
| Anna Moeller | Democrat | Yea |
| Anthony DeLuca | Democrat | Yea |
| Camille Y. Lilly | Democrat | Yea |
| Carol Ammons | Democrat | Yea |
| Elgie R. Sims, Jr. | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Emanuel "Chris" Welch | Democrat | Yea |
| Fred Crespo | Democrat | Yea |
| Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. | Democrat | Yea |
| Jay Hoffman | Democrat | Yea |
| Jehan Gordon-Booth | Democrat | Yea |
| Julie A. Morrison | Democrat | Yea |
| Kelly M. Cassidy | Democrat | Yea |
| La Shawn K. Ford | Democrat | Yea |
| Laura Fine | Democrat | Yea |
| Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. | Democrat | Yea |
| Marcus C. Evans, Jr. | Democrat | Yea |
| Martin J. Moylan | Democrat | Yea |
| Michelle Mussman | Democrat | Yea |
| Natalie A. Manley | Democrat | Yea |
| Rita Mayfield | Democrat | Yea |
| Robert "Bob" Rita | Democrat | Yea |
| Robert F. Martwick | Democrat | Yea |
| Robyn Gabel | Democrat | Yea |
| Sara Feigenholtz | Democrat | Yea |
| Sonya M. Harper | Democrat | Yea |
| Stephanie A. Kifowit | Democrat | Yea |
| Sue Scherer | Democrat | Yea |
| Will Guzzardi | Democrat | Yea |
| William "Will" Davis | Democrat | Yea |
| Charles Meier | Republican | Yea |
| Christopher "C.D." Davidsmeyer | Republican | Yea |
| Joe C. Sosnowski | Republican | Yea |
| John M. Cabello | Republican | Yea |
| Norine K. Hammond | Republican | Yea |
| Terri Bryant | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 58 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 98% | 0% | 0% | 2% |
How each member voted (59)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Sandoval | — | Yea |
| Luechtefeld | — | Yea |
| Althoff | — | Yea |
| Martinez | — | Yea |
| Barickman | — | Yea |
| Bertino-Tarrant | — | Yea |
| Biss | — | Yea |
| Bivins | — | Yea |
| Muñoz | — | Yea |
| Landek | — | Yea |
| Link | — | Yea |
| Manar | — | Yea |
| McCann | — | Yea |
| McCarter | — | Yea |
| Harris | — | Yea |
| Bennett | — | Yea |
| McConnaughay | — | Yea |
| Mulroe | — | Yea |
| McGuire | — | Yea |
| Noland | — | Yea |
| Nybo | — | Yea |
| Oberweis | — | Yea |
| Radogno | — | Yea |
| Brady | — | Yea |
| Sullivan | — | Yea |
| Silverstein | — | Yea |
| Cullerton, T. | — | Yea |
| Cullerton | — | Yea |
| Steans | — | Yea |
| Trotter | — | Yea |
| Bush | — | Yea |
| Clayborne | — | Not Voting |
| Connelly | — | Yea |
| Forby | — | Yea |
| Haine | — | Yea |
| Hutchinson | — | Yea |
| Raoul | — | Yea |
| Righter | — | Yea |
| Van Pelt | — | Yea |
| Bill Cunningham | Democrat | Yea |
| David Koehler | Democrat | Yea |
| Don Harmon | Democrat | Yea |
| Emil Jones, III | Democrat | Yea |
| Eva-Dina Delgado | Democrat | Yea |
| Julie A. Morrison | Democrat | Yea |
| Kimberly A. Lightford | Democrat | Yea |
| Lakesia Collins | Democrat | Yea |
| Laura M. Murphy | Democrat | Yea |
| Laura M. Murphy | Democrat | Yea |
| Linda Holmes | Democrat | Yea |
| Mattie Hunter | Democrat | Yea |
| Michael E. Hastings | Democrat | Yea |
| Steve Stadelman | Democrat | Yea |
| Chapin Rose | Republican | Yea |
| Dan McConchie | Republican | Yea |
| Dave Syverson | Republican | Yea |
| Neil Anderson | Republican | Yea |
| Sue Rezin | Republican | Yea |
| Travis Weaver | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does SB 2900 do?
- Amends various Acts to add physician assistants to provisions applicable to physicians, including adding physician assistant members to various committees and boards. Amends the Illinois Identification Card Act. Specifies that the physician assistant who may make a determination of disability for the purposes of an Illinois Persons with a Disability Identification Card is a physician assistant who has been delegated the authority to make this determination by his or her supervising physician. Amends the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act. Adds the President of the Illinois Academy of Physician Assistants or his or her designee to the Illinois Advisory Council on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependency. Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Adds representative of a professional organization representing physician assistants to various task forces and councils. Requires that the Department of Public Health consult with the Illinois Academy of Physician Assistants in developing the summary of health care for women and that the summary be distributed to physician assistants. Requires that the Department of Public Health consult with a statewide professional organization representing physician assistants in developing the POLST form. Makes other changes.
- Who sponsors SB 2900?
- SB 2900 is sponsored by Iris Y. Martinez, Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. (Democrat), Adam Brown, Margo McDermed, Carol Sente, Jerry Costello, II, Katherine Cloonen, Mike Smiddy, Martin J. Moylan, Napoleon Harris III (Democrat), and Robert F. Martwick (Democrat).
- What is the current status of SB 2900?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 18, 2016. Enacted.
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