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in committee · Illinois · House Mar 27, 2026

HB 5442: MEDICAID-HOSP ACCESS PAYMENTS

Amends the Hospital Provider Funding Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions requiring the Department to establish the fixed pool directed payment amounts for specific classes of hospitals listed in the Code, provides that, beginning January 1, 2027, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall remove from the list the following hospital classes: (i) hospital inpatient services for public hospitals and (ii) hospital outpatient services for public hospitals. Requires the Department to instead, subject to any necessary federal approval, enter into intergovernmental agreements with the respective governing bodies to ensure continued access for those services in rural areas of the State. Provides that the Department shall reinstate the described hospital classes if federal approval is not received. Effective January 1, 2027.

Topics ✗ HealthcareOpposes HealthcareRemoves public hospitals from Medicaid payment eligibility, defunding critical access points for vulnerable populations and reducing healthcare access.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Hospitals Medicaid

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in committee · Illinois · Senate Feb 6, 2026

SB 3846: PUB AID-PROOF OF INCOME

Amends the Administration Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Prohibits the Department of Human Services and the Department of Healthcare and Family Services from allowing any recipient of cash assistance or medical assistance provided under the Code or any applicant or recipient of benefits provided under the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to submit any income self-attestation form or document as proof of income. Requires the Departments to apply for any federal waivers or approvals necessary to implement the amendatory Act.

Topics ✗ HealthcareOpposes HealthcareRestricts income proof methods for medical assistance recipients, potentially limiting access to healthcare benefits by creating administrative barriers.85% confidence

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in committee · Illinois · Senate Mar 13, 2026

SB 2796: MHDD-INVOLUNTARY ADMISSION

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Removes a requirement that at least one mental health examiner testify in person at an involuntary admission hearing.

Topics ✗ HealthcareOpposes HealthcareRemoves requirement for mental health examiner testimony at involuntary hearings, potentially weakening patient safeguards in mental health admissions process.85% confidence

Sub-Topics Mental Health

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in committee · Illinois · Senate May 26, 2026

SB 3105: CONVERSION THERAPY-NO FUNDING

Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that the State shall not expend or invest any public funds in any organization, nonprofit organization, religious organization, or any other entity to be used for conversion therapy. Provides that the State shall not enter into any contract for the provision of conversion therapy. Provides that any contract entered into or renewed after the effective date of the amendatory Act that is used or will be used for conversion therapy shall be void and unenforceable as contrary to public policy. Defines "conversion therapy".

Topics ✗ Budget & TaxesOpposes Budget & TaxesBill explicitly prohibits state funding for conversion therapy, defunding a specific activity under state budget management per State Finance Act amendment.95% confidence ✗ HealthcareOpposes HealthcareDefunds conversion therapy, a harmful mental health practice, restricting public funding for non-evidence-based care under healthcare services.95% confidence

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in committee · Illinois · House Apr 17, 2026

HB 4580: HOSPITAL-RULES-NURSING HOMES

Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Removes provisions requiring the Department on Aging to adopt rules to address instances when a case coordination unit is unable to complete an assessment in a hospital prior to the discharge of a patient 60 years or older to a nursing home to ensure that the patient is able to access nursing home care, the nursing home is not penalized for accepting the admission, and the patient's timely discharge from the hospital is not delayed, to the extent permitted under federal law or regulation.

Topics ✗ HealthcareOpposes HealthcareRemoves requirements ensuring timely hospital discharge to nursing homes without penalizing facilities, weakening patient access safeguards.85% confidence

Sub-Topics Hospitals Long-Term Care

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in committee · Illinois · House Feb 23, 2026

HB 4482: GENDER REASSIGNMENT PROCEDURES

Creates the Prohibition on Gender Reassignment Procedures Act. Sets forth findings. Defines terms. Provides that a health care provider shall not perform or offer to perform on a minor, or administer or offer to administer to a minor, a medical procedure if the performance or administration of the procedure is for the purpose of: (1) enabling the minor to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the minor's sex; or (2) treating purported discomfort or distress from a discordance between the minor's sex and asserted identity. Provides for a private right of action for a minor or a parent of a minor that was injured as a result of the Act and a right of action for the Attorney General. Provides that a violation constitutes a potential threat to public health, safety, and welfare and emergency action shall be taken by an alleged violator's appropriate regulatory authority. Provides that a minor upon whom a medical procedure is performed or administered must not be held liable for violating the Act. Makes other changes.

Topics ✗ HealthcareOpposes HealthcareProhibits gender reassignment procedures for minors, restricting access to specific healthcare services under medical treatment provisions.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Public Health

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in committee · Illinois · Senate Jan 29, 2026

SB 3055: HOSPITAL-PHYSICIANS-JUDGMENT

Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. In the definition of "professional judgment", removes language providing that situations in which an employing entity does not interfere with an employed physician's professional judgment includes reasonable referral restrictions that do not, in the reasonable professional judgment of the physician, adversely affect the health or welfare of the patient. Effective immediately.

Topics ✗ HealthcareOpposes HealthcareRemoves physician referral protections, allowing hospitals to impose restrictions without patient welfare safeguards, potentially limiting access to care.85% confidence

Sub-Topics Hospitals Medical Licensing

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in committee · Illinois · House Jan 14, 2026

HB 4381: ASSISTED SUICIDE

HB 4381 repeals Illinois' existing End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act. This bill directly affects terminally ill patients who previously had access to a legal framework for physician aid in dying under the repealed law. The key provision is the complete removal of the statute, ending the current program without establishing new provisions. The repeal would eliminate the specific process allowing qualified patients to request and receive aid in dying through a physician. The bill does not create new policies but reverses the existing legal mechanism.

Topics ✗ HealthcareOpposes HealthcareRepeals law enabling physician aid in dying, eliminating patient access to end-of-life healthcare option under current framework90% confidence

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in committee · Illinois · House Feb 3, 2026

HB 4655: PHARMACY-REFUSAL TO DISPENSE

Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. In provisions exempting the practice of specified professionals and their prescribing of such drugs, medicines, or poisons as may seem appropriate to the professionals, provides that this exemption is without regard to whether such drugs, medicines, or poisons are not typically prescribed by such licensed individuals or by licensed individuals in a same or similar specialty or are self-prescribed, with the exception of controlled substances. Provides that a licensee does not act in good faith when the licensee refuses to compound, fill, or dispense prescriptions of physicians licensed to practice medicine in all its branches solely because the prescriptions are not typically issued by that physician or by physicians in the same or similar specialty or are self-prescribed, with the exception of controlled substances. Provides that it is a violation of specified provisions for any prescriber or dispenser to adopt a contrary policy. Effective immediately.

Topics ✗ HealthcareOpposes HealthcareBill allows pharmacists to refuse dispensing medications without typical practice restrictions, potentially limiting patient access to healthcare services.90% confidence

Sub-Topics Prescription Drugs

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in committee · Illinois · Senate Mar 13, 2026

SB 2757: SHORT-TERM HEALTH INSURANCE

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Repeals provisions prohibiting short-term, limited-duration insurance and makes conforming changes. Amends the Health Maintenance Organization Act and the Limited Health Service Organization Act to make conforming changes. Reenacts the Short-Term, Limited-Duration Health Insurance Coverage Act.

Topics ✗ HealthcareOpposes HealthcareRepeals prohibitions on short-term health insurance, enabling limited-duration plans with fewer coverage requirements than ACA-compliant plans, reducing comprehensive coverage standards.90% confidence

Sub-Topics Insurance

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