Illinois House Bill 4215

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6)
Status: Introduced on December 1 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2026-05-13 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Newborn Metabolic Screening Act. Changes the short title of the Act to the Newborn Screening Act. Specifies that, for purposes of the Act, hearing disorders are a genetic, metabolic, or congenital anomaly for which newborns must be screened. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2026, the base fee for newborn screening services shall be $165. Provides that 22% of the base fee must be allocated to the Department of Public Health for the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program. Provides that other State and federal funds for expenses related to metabolic, hearing, or congenital disorder screening, follow-up, and treatment programs (rather than only metabolic screening, follow-up, and treatment programs) may also be placed in the Metabolic Screening and Treatment Fund. In provisions concerning the temporary testing of all blood and biological specimens, excludes hearing screenings. Makes conforming and technical changes to the title of the Act, the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Illinois Procurement Code, the Illinois Public Aid Code, and the Genetic Information Privacy Act. Effective immediately.

NEWBORN HEARING SCREENING

Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock [D]	Rep. Michelle Mussman [D]	Rep. Michael Crawford [D]	Rep. Janet Yang Rohr [D]
Rep. Maura Hirschauer [D]	Rep. Kevin Olickal [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-05-13	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal
2026-05-13	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
2026-05-07	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Crawford
2026-05-07	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
2026-05-07	House	Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
2026-03-27	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2026-03-27	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2026-03-18	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Appropriations-Health and Human Services Committee
2026-02-27	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2026-02-27	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock
2026-02-27	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
2026-02-11	House	Assigned to Appropriations-Health and Human Services Committee
2026-01-14	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2026-01-14	House	First Reading
2026-01-05	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
2025-12-01	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
20	2310	2310-90	Amended Code	Citation Text
30	500	1-10	Amended Code	Citation Text
305	5	5-5	Amended Code	Citation Text
410	240	0.01	Amended Code	Citation Text
410	240	2	Amended Code	Citation Text
410	240	Act title	Amended Code	Citation Text
410	513	30	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=4215&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=114&GA=104
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?LegDocId=205954&DocName=10400HB4215&DocNum=4215&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=164606&GAID=18&SessionID=114&SpecSess=&Session=
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus/FullText?LegDocId=209485&DocName=10400HB4215ham001&DocNum=4215&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=164606&GAID=18&SessionID=114&SpecSess=&Session=