Illinois Representative Terra Costa Howard [D]

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ILHB5060Intro
25%
Appropriates $9,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Public Health for continued funding to the Illinois Association of Free and Charitable Clinics. Effective July 1, 2024.
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2024-06-29
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5045Intro
25%
Appropriates $5,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Public Health for Collaborative Care Demonstration Grants, as defined in the Psychiatry Practice Incentive Act, and related expenses. Effective July 1, 2024.
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2024-06-29
To House Rules Committee
ILHB3991Intro
25%
Appropriates $35,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for the New Arrival Student Grant Program. Effective July 1, 2023.
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2024-06-29
To House Rules Committee
ILHB3158Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill, with the changes proposed in House Amendment No. 1 and House Amendment No. 2, and the following additional changes. Requires the vessels used for natural organic reduction to be made of stainless steel...
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2024-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB4737Engross
50%
Amends the Governmental Joint Purchasing Act. Provides that a governmental unit may purchase a supply or service that is available on contracts from multiple contractors if the governmental unit determines that the selected contract best meets the go...
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2024-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0064Engross
50%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Provides that the definition of "sign" means any outdoor sign, display, device, notice, figure painting, drawing, message, placard, poster, billboard, or other thing, which i...
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2024-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB3141Engross
50%
Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department shall establish a maximum acceptable Global Warming Potential (GWP) standard for State purchases of vehicles, applianc...
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2024-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB0303Engross
50%
Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Prohibits, until February 1, 2027, the Chicago Board of Education from closing any attendance center within the school district that has selective admission requirements that apply to the...
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2024-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB3908Engross
50%
Creates the Firefighter Paid Family Leave Act. Provides that a firefighter shall receive 6 weeks of paid family leave that may be used: (1) for the birth of a child in order to care for the child; (2) to care for a newly adopted child under 18 years ...
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2024-06-26
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB0001PassCreates the Department of Early Childhood Act. Creates the Department of Early Childhood to begin operation on July 1, 2024 and transfers to it certain rights, powers, duties, and functions currently exercised by various agencies of State Government....
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2024-06-25
Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0594
ILHB4567Engross
50%
Amends the Illinois Library System Act. Provides that the rules and regulations established by the State Librarian for the administration of the Act shall be designed to promote security measures that provide safe and accessible library access. Provi...
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2024-06-13
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILSB3268PassAmends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes changes to the Medical Assistance Article. Provides that beginning with dates of service on and after January 1, 2025, add-on rates for the services delivered by physicians who are board certified in psychia...
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2024-06-10
Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr.
ILHB4718Intro
25%
Authorizes the Director of Natural Resources to execute and deliver a quitclaim deed to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation for specified real property located in DeKalb County, subject to specified conditions. Effective immediately.
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2024-05-31
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4486Intro
25%
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to establish a reimbursement code for music therapy services provided by licensed music therapists. Provides that, to be ...
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2024-05-31
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4739Intro
25%
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that in order to give providers more time to prepare for and implement changes to the Medicaid Mental Health Fee Schedule and to ensure that the quality and delivery of b...
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2024-05-31
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4189Intro
25%
Amends the Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development Act. Provides that a local government that has submitted a distressed location project as defined by Department of Natural Resources rule shall be eligible for assistance up to 100% for the acqu...
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2024-05-31
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4806Intro
25%
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that, for community-based providers serving persons with intellectual/developmental disabilities, subject to federal approval of any relevant Waiver Amendment, the r...
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2024-05-31
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4962Intro
25%
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish reimbursement rates that build toward livable wages for front-line personnel in residential and day programs and servic...
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2024-05-31
To House Rules Committee
ILHR0843PassMourns the murder of Officer Luis M. Huesca of the Chicago Police Department.
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2024-05-29
Resolution Adopted
ILHR0460PassDeclares February of 2024 as Turner Syndrome Awareness Month. Urges increased funding for Turner Syndrome research and support. Urges health care professionals, public schools, educators, and the public to become more familiar with Turner Syndrome in...
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2024-05-23
Resolution Adopted
ILHR0640PassDeclares March of 2024 as Nutrition Month.
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2024-05-23
Resolution Adopted
ILHR0613PassUrges the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) to continue taking appropriate action to facilitate equitable access to adolescent and adult vaccinations, including establishing appropriate programs and initiatives to raise public awareness on ...
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2024-05-23
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
ILHB1605Intro
25%
Amends the Gender Violence Act. Provides that "gender-related violence" includes sexual contact between a sexual organ of one person and an intimate part of another person in which a "sexually protective device" has been intentionally removed by the ...
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2024-05-22
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5796Intro
25%
Appropriates $20,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for a grant to the Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center for the purpose of constructing a new building on the Chicago Children’s Advocacy ...
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2024-05-22
To House Rules Committee
ILHR0820PassCongratulates Brian W. Caputo, Ph.D. on the occasion of his retirement as president of College of DuPage. Wishes him the best in all his future endeavors.
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2024-05-22
Resolution Adopted
ILHB5841Intro
25%
Amends the Commission on Equity and Inclusion Act. Requires the Commission to prepare and submit a report to the General Assembly evaluating whether the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority has met the equity goals of the Commission and Authority. Am...
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2024-05-22
To House Rules Committee
ILHB0587Engross
50%
Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that no administrator, agent, or employee of a hospital affiliate may abuse a patient in a facility operated by a hospital affiliate. Defines "hospital affiliate". Makes conforming changes.
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2024-05-21
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB5020Engross
50%
Reinserts the contents of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1 with the following changes. Makes changes concerning high school and community college partnership agreements, out-of-state dual credit contracts, and standards concerning dual cr...
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2024-05-20
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB4677Engross
50%
Creates the Illinois Caregiver Assistance and Resource Portal Act. Requires the Department on Aging, in consultation with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the Department of Public Health, and the Department of Veterans' Affairs, to b...
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2024-05-17
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB5313Engross
50%
Amends the Network Adequacy and Transparency Act. Provides that a network plan shall, at least annually, audit (instead of audit periodically) at least 25% of its provider directories for accuracy, make any corrections necessary, and retain documenta...
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2024-05-17
To Senate Assignments Committee
ILHB4112Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that no group policy of accident and health insurance providing coverage for more than 25 employees that provides pregnancy related benefits may be issued, amended, delivered, or renewed in this State on o...
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2024-05-16
To House Rules Committee
ILHB3301PassAmends the Unemployment Insurance Act. In provisions concerning the directory of new hires, provides that the definition of "newly hired employee" includes an individual under an independent contractor arrangement. Effective January 1, 2024.
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2024-05-15
Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes
ILHB5832Intro
25%
Creates the Family Amusement Wagering Prohibition Act. Prohibits a family amusement establishment from facilitating wagering on amusement games. Prohibits a family amusement establishment from engaging in advertising that promotes wagering on amuseme...
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2024-05-13
To House Rules Committee
ILHR0628PassDeclares June 9, 2024 as Race Amity Day. Invites communities across the United States of America to join in introspection and reflection on the beauty and richness of the diverse peoples of this great nation while reaching out with a spirit of amity ...
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2024-05-03
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
ILHR0610PassDeclares June 10, 2024 as FarmWeek Appreciation Day. Congratulates FarmWeek on its 50th anniversary and wishes the publication continued success.
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2024-05-03
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
ILHB5386Intro
25%
Creates the Wetlands and Small Streams Protection Act to restore protections for wetlands and small streams that were formerly protected from pollution and destruction by the Clean Water Act. Includes provisions concerning: exemptions; wetlands delin...
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2024-05-02
To House Rules Committee
ILHR0606PassDeclares March 12, 2024 as "Equal Pay Day". Encourages the citizens of this State to learn about the pay gap that women experience in society and to learn about these various dates that bring attention to the pay gap that specific groups experience.
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2024-04-30
Resolution Adopted 078-027-000
ILHB3721Intro
25%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Replaces references to "naturopathic physician" with "naturopathic doctor". Authorizes licensees under the Act to only use certain titles. Adds a provision requiring naturopa...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4449Intro
25%
Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. In a provision concerning law enforcement assistance for child protective investigators when responding to a high-risk report of child abuse or neglect, provides that when assistance is not availab...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4884Intro
25%
Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that if guardianship is necessary and the petition for guardianship is filed by a person, corporation, nonprofit organization, or other entity with no legally recognized relationship to the alleged person with...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4855Intro
25%
Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administration Code of Illinois. Requires (instead of allows) the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to accept payment by credit card for any fee, fine, or other charg...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4249Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. In provisions concerning the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program, expands the definition of "access" to means the right to inspect and copy the clinical and other records of a participant or resident, regardless of ...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4643Intro
25%
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. In a provision requiring the Department of Human Service' Division of Mental Health to implement a direct support professional credential pilot program, delays the pilot prog...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB0545Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Medical Assistance Article.
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5451Intro
25%
Creates the Department of Early Childhood Act. Creates the Department of Early Childhood to begin operation on July 1, 2024 and transfers to it certain rights, powers, duties, and functions currently exercised by various agencies of State Government....
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4596Intro
25%
Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides that an employee covered by federal regulations concerning airline flight crew employees shall be deemed to work 40 hours in each work week for the purpose of the ac...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5406Intro
25%
Amends the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act. Provides that, for the benefit of the physical and mental health of athletes, beginning in the 2024-2025 school year, all practices, games, or contests by a State high school athletic program or t...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB4504Intro
25%
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or before December 31, 2025 that provides coverage for prescription drugs m...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5380Intro
25%
Creates the Parental Digital Choice Act. Provides that the Act may be referred to as Sammy's Law. Provides that, before August 1, 2025, or within 30 days after a service becomes a large social media platform after August 1, 2025, a large social media...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
ILHB5551Intro
25%
Amends the Real Estate License Act of 2000. Provides that for licensure as a managing broker, the person must personally take and pass a written examination on Illinois specific real estate brokerage laws authorized by the Department of Financial and...
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2024-04-19
To House Rules Committee
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