Illinois 94th Regular Session Status: Passed House

HB 1044 — HEALTH-EMPLOYER DISCLOSURE ACT

Last action — Third Reading - Standard Debate - Lost 041-062-001

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

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Summary

Creates the Public Health Program Beneficiary Employer Disclosure Act. Provides that an applicant for benefits under Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program, or a person requesting uncompensated care in a hospital, must identify the employer or employers of the proposed beneficiary of the health care benefits provided under that program. Requires the Department of Public Aid to submit to the General Assembly an annual report, beginning in 2007, identifying all such identified employers who employ 25 or more public health program beneficiaries. Provides for public access to the report.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

40 added · 47 removed

Plain-language change summary

The bill HB 1044 has been amended to require the Department of Public Aid to compile and submit an annual report detailing employers who provide health insurance for employees receiving public health assistance. This report will focus on employers with over 100 employees and at least 50 beneficiaries from public health access programs. This change improves transparency about employer health insurance offerings, ensuring that decision-makers have access to important data regarding employer participation in public health programs. It's a significant step toward potentially addressing healthcare access and improving the effectiveness of public health initiatives.

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*LRB09406812DRJ36915b* HB1044 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois and 2006 HB1044 Introduced 02/03/05, by Rep.
HB1044 Engrossed LRB094 06812 DRJ 36915 b AN ACT concerning health.
Mary E.
Flowers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act Creates the Public Health Program Beneficiary Employer Disclosure Act.
Provides that an applicant for benefits under Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program, or a person requesting uncompensated care in a hospital, must identify the employer or employers of the proposed beneficiary of the health care benefits provided under that program.
Requires the Department of Public Aid to submit to the General Assembly an annual report, beginning in 2007, identifying all such identified employers who employ 25 or more public health program beneficiaries.
Provides for public access to the report.
LRB094 06812 DRJ 36915 b A BILL FOR HB1044 LRB094 06812 DRJ 36915 b AN ACT concerning health.
Reporting of disclosed information.
Reporting of employer-provided health insurance information.
(a) On or before March 1 of each year, beginning in 2007, the Department of Public Aid shall submit to the General Assembly a report identifying all employers identified under Section 10 who employ 25 or more public health program beneficiaries.
(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Department of Public Aid or its successor agency, in collaboration with the Department of Human Services and the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, shall annually prepare a public health access program beneficiary employer report to be submitted to the General Assembly.
In determining whether the 25-employee threshold is met, the Department shall include all public health program beneficiaries employed by the employer and its subsidiaries at all locations within the State.
For the purposes of this Section, a "public health access program beneficiary" means a person who receives medical assistance HB1044 Engrossed - 2 - LRB094 06812 DRJ 36915 b under Title XIX or XXI of the federal Social Security Act.
The report shall include (i) each employer’s name (and, as appropriate, HB1044 - 2 - LRB094 06812 DRJ 36915 b the names of its subsidiaries that employ public health program beneficiaries), (ii) its location or locations in the State, (iii) the total number of its employees and dependents who are enrolled in each public health program, and (iv) the total cost to the State of providing benefits under a public health program for the employees and enrolled dependents of each named employer.
Subject to federal approval, the report shall provide the following information for each employer who has more than 100 employees and 50 or more public health access beneficiaries:
The report shall not include the name of any individual public health program beneficiary and is confidential and subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
(1) The name and address of the qualified employer.
(b) In addition to filing the report with the General Assembly, the Department shall make the report available to the public by posting the report on the Department’s official website.
(2) The number of public health access program beneficiaries.
The Department also shall make a copy of the report available to a member of the public upon request.
(3) The number of public health access program beneficiaries who are spouses or dependents of employees of the employer.
(4) Information on whether the employer offers health insurance benefits to employees and their dependents.
(5) Information on whether the employer receives health insurance benefits through the company.
(6) Whether an employer offers health insurance benefits, and, if so, information on the level of premium subsidies for such health insurance.
(7) The cost to the State of Illinois of providing public health access program benefits for the employer’s employees and enrolled dependents.
(b) The report shall not include the names of any individual public health access program beneficiary and shall be subject to privacy standard both in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and in Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act.
(c) The first report shall be submitted on or before October 1, 2006, and subsequent reports shall be submitted on or before that date each year thereafter.
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Action History

  1. Third Reading - Standard Debate - Lost 041-062-001

  2. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate

  3. Balanced Budget Note Filed As Amended by HA 2

  4. Balanced Budget Note Filed

  5. Housing Affordability Impact Note Filed As Amended by HA 2

  6. Housing Affordability Impact Note Filed As Amended by HA 1

  7. Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate

  8. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote

  9. State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed As Amended by HA 2

  10. Home Rule Note Filed As Amended by HA 2

  11. Judicial Note Filed As Amended by HA 2

  12. State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed As Amended by HA 1

  13. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Human Services Committee; 007-004-000

  14. Judicial Note Requested by Rep. William B. Black; As Amended by HA 2

  15. Home Rule Note Requested by Rep. William B. Black; As Amended by HA 2

  16. Balanced Budget Note Requested by Rep. William B. Black; As Amended by HA 2

  17. State Mandates Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. William B. Black; As Amended by HA 2

  18. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Human Services Committee

  19. Fiscal Note Filed As Amended by HA 1

  20. Fiscal Note Filed As Amended by HA 2

  21. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee

  22. House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers

  23. Housing Affordability Impact Note Requested by Rep. William B. Black; As Amended by HA 1

  24. State Mandates Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. William B. Black; As Amended by HA 1

  25. Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. William B. Black; As Amended by HA 1

  26. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted - Lost Human Services Committee; 006-002-000

  27. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Human Services Committee

  28. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee

  29. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers

  30. Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate

  31. Second Reading - Short Debate

  32. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Milton Patterson

  33. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire

  34. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J Verschoore

  35. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks

  36. State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed

  37. State Mandates Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Terry R. Parke

  38. Fiscal Note Filed

  39. Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. William B. Black

  40. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Standard Debate

  41. Do Pass / Standard Debate Human Services Committee; 007-002-002

  42. Assigned to Human Services Committee

  43. Referred to Rules Committee

  44. First Reading

  45. Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers

Sponsors

  • Mary E. Flowers · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 182 not signed on · 4 voted No

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (1)

  • Mary E. Flowers

Not signed on (182)

182 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Third Reading

Failed 41 Yea · 62 Nay · 15 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 3458014
Democrat 6201
Republican 1200
Total 4162015
% of votes cast 35%53%0%13%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Sacia — Nay
Saviano — Nay
Schmitz — Not Voting
Schock — Nay
Acevedo — Yea
Bassi — Nay
Mathias — Nay
Beaubien — Nay
Beiser — Yea
Bellock — Nay
Berrios — Not Voting
Biggins — Nay
Mautino — Nay
Black — Not Voting
Boland — Yea
May — Not Voting
Bost — Nay
Brauer — Nay
Brosnahan — Nay
Moffitt — Nay
Hamos — Yea
Hultgren — Not Voting
Jakobsson — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Osmond — Nay
Kosel — Nay
Bailey — Yea
Lyons, Joseph — Yea
Dugan — Yea
Dunkin — Yea
Lang — Nay
Leitch — Nay
Lindner — Nay
Madigan — Yea
McAuliffe — Yea
McGuire — Yea
McCarthy — Yea
Bradley, John — Yea
Mendoza — Nay
Meyer — Nay
Burke — Yea
Millner — Nay
Nekritz — Yea
Howard — Yea
Pihos — Nay
Davis, Monique — Yea
Scully — Yea
Lyons, Eileen — Nay
Sommer — Nay
Tryon — Nay
Reitz — Nay
Turner — Yea
Verschoore — Yea
Washington — Yea
Younge — Yea
Bradley, Richard — Nay
Brady — Nay
Mitchell, Bill — Nay
Hannig — Nay
Sullivan — Nay
Mitchell, Jerry — Nay
Chavez — Yea
Currie — Yea
D'Amico — Yea
Dunn — Nay
Eddy — Nay
Flider — Nay
Flowers — Yea
Franks — Yea
Fritchey — Yea
Froehlich — Nay
Giles — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Granberg — Nay
Hassert — Nay
Krause — Nay
Watson — Nay
McKeon — Not Voting
Molaro — Not Voting
Mulligan — Nay
Munson — Nay
Myers — Nay
Jones — Not Voting
Phelps — Nay
Soto — Not Voting
Tenhouse — Not Voting
Wait — Nay
Winters — Nay
Yarbrough — Not Voting
Churchill — Nay
Colvin — Not Voting
Coulson — Nay
Cross — Nay
Cultra — Nay
Daniels — Nay
Graham — Not Voting
Holbrook — Nay
Jenisch — Nay
Osterman — Yea
Parke — Nay
Patterson — Yea
Poe — Nay
Pritchard — Nay
Reis — Nay
Ryg — Nay
Chapa LaVia — Not Voting
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Jay Hoffman Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Michael J. Kelly Democrat Not Voting
Nicholas K. Smith Democrat Nay
Patrick J. Joyce Democrat Nay
Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat Yea
Sara Feigenholtz Democrat Yea
William "Will" Davis Democrat Yea
Brad Stephens Republican Nay
Chapin Rose Republican Nay
Chris Miller Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 1044 do?
Creates the Public Health Program Beneficiary Employer Disclosure Act. Provides that an applicant for benefits under Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program, or a person requesting uncompensated care in a hospital, must identify the employer or employers of the proposed beneficiary of the health care benefits provided under that program. Requires the Department of Public Aid to submit to the General Assembly an annual report, beginning in 2007, identifying all such identified employers who employ 25 or more public health program beneficiaries. Provides for public access to the report.
Who sponsors HB 1044?
HB 1044 is sponsored by Mary E. Flowers.
What is the current status of HB 1044?
This bill died with 94th Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HB 1044?
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