Bill Text: IL HB3695 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Creates the Health and Wellness Impact Note Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to prepare health and wellness impact notes on bills introduced in the General Assembly.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3695 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB3695-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Health | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | and Wellness Impact Note Act.
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6 | Section 5. Applicability. | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | (a) Every bill, except those making a direct | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | appropriation, the purpose or effect of which is to advance | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | mental, physical, or social well being shall have prepared for | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | it, before second reading in the chamber of introduction, a | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | brief explanatory statement or note that shall include a | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | reliable estimate of the anticipated impact. | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | (b) Every proposed rule of an agency, the purpose or | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | effect of which is to advance mental, physical, or social well | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | being shall have prepared for it, before approval by the Joint | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | Committee on Administrative Rules pursuant to the Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | Administrative Procedure Act, a brief explanatory statement or | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | note that shall include a reliable estimate of the anticipated | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | impact. As used in this Act, "rule" and "agency" have the same | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | meanings as in the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | (c) These statements or notes shall be known as Health and | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | Wellness Impact Notes.
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1 | Section 10. Preparation. | ||||||
2 | (a) The sponsor of each bill to which Section 5 applies, | ||||||
3 | shall present a copy of the bill, with the request for a Health | ||||||
4 | and Wellness Impact Note, to the Department of Public Health. | ||||||
5 | The Health and Wellness Impact Note shall be prepared by the | ||||||
6 | Department of Public Health and submitted to the sponsor of | ||||||
7 | the bill within 5 calendar days, except that whenever, because | ||||||
8 | of the complexity of the measure, additional time is required | ||||||
9 | for the preparation of the Health and Wellness Impact Note, | ||||||
10 | the Department of Public Health may inform the sponsor of the | ||||||
11 | bill, and the sponsor may approve an extension of the time | ||||||
12 | within which the note is to be submitted, not to extend, | ||||||
13 | however, beyond May 15, following the date of the request. | ||||||
14 | (b) The agency proposing a rule to which Section 5 | ||||||
15 | applies, shall present a copy of the proposed rule, with the | ||||||
16 | request for a Health and Wellness Impact Note, to the | ||||||
17 | Department of Public Health. The Health and Wellness Impact | ||||||
18 | Note shall be prepared by the Department of Public Health and | ||||||
19 | submitted to the agency within 5 calendar days, except that | ||||||
20 | whenever, because of the complexity of the measure, additional | ||||||
21 | time is required for the preparation of the Health and | ||||||
22 | Wellness Impact Note, the Department of Public Health may | ||||||
23 | inform the agency, and the agency may approve an extension of | ||||||
24 | the time within which the note is to be submitted. | ||||||
25 | (c) If, in the opinion of the Department of Public Health, | ||||||
26 | there is insufficient information to prepare a reliable |
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1 | estimate of the anticipated impact, a statement to that effect | ||||||
2 | can be filed and shall meet the requirements of this Act.
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3 | Section 15. Vote on necessity of Health and Wellness | ||||||
4 | Impact Notes. Whenever the sponsor of any bill is of the | ||||||
5 | opinion that no Health and Wellness Impact Note is required, | ||||||
6 | any member of either chamber may request that a note be | ||||||
7 | obtained, and in that case the applicability of this Act shall | ||||||
8 | be decided by the majority of those present and voting in the | ||||||
9 | chamber of which the sponsor is a member.
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10 | Section 20. Requisites and contents. The note shall be | ||||||
11 | factual in nature, as brief and concise as may be, and shall | ||||||
12 | provide a reliable estimate in dollars or other relevant units | ||||||
13 | if possible, and, in addition, it shall include both the | ||||||
14 | immediate effect and, if determinable or reasonably | ||||||
15 | foreseeable, the long range effect of the measure. If, after | ||||||
16 | careful investigation, it is determined that no dollar or | ||||||
17 | other relevant unit estimate is possible, the note shall | ||||||
18 | contain a statement to that effect, setting forth the reasons | ||||||
19 | why no such estimate can be given.
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20 | Section 25. Comment or opinion; technical or mechanical | ||||||
21 | defects. No comment or opinion shall be included in the Health | ||||||
22 | and Wellness Impact Note with regard to the merits of the | ||||||
23 | measure for which the Health and Wellness Impact Note is |
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1 | prepared; however, technical or mechanical defects may be | ||||||
2 | noted.
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3 | Section 30. Appearance of State officials and employees in | ||||||
4 | support or opposition of measure. The fact that a Health and | ||||||
5 | Wellness Impact Note is prepared for any bill or proposed rule | ||||||
6 | shall not preclude or restrict the appearance before any | ||||||
7 | committee of the General Assembly, or before the Joint | ||||||
8 | Committee on Administrative Rules, of any official or | ||||||
9 | authorized employee of the Department of Public Health who | ||||||
10 | desires to be heard in support of or in opposition to the | ||||||
11 | measure.
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12 | Section 35. Amendment of bill necessitating statement of | ||||||
13 | fiscal effect of proposed amendment. Whenever any committee of | ||||||
14 | either chamber reports any bill with an amendment that will | ||||||
15 | substantially affect the information or conclusion stated in | ||||||
16 | the Health and Wellness Impact Note attached to the measure at | ||||||
17 | the time of its referral to the committee, there shall be | ||||||
18 | included with the report of the committee a statement of the | ||||||
19 | effect of the change proposed by the amendment reported if | ||||||
20 | desired by a majority of the committee. Whenever any bill is | ||||||
21 | amended on the floor of either chamber to substantially affect | ||||||
22 | the information or conclusion as stated in the Health and | ||||||
23 | Wellness Impact Note attached to the bill before the | ||||||
24 | amendment, a majority of the members of that chamber may |
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1 | propose that no action shall be taken on the amendment until | ||||||
2 | the sponsor of the amendment presents to the members a | ||||||
3 | statement of the impact on the advancement of mental, | ||||||
4 | physical, or social well being of the proposed amendment.
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