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in committee · Illinois · House May 6, 2026

HB 5764: END-OF-LIFE OPTIONS CHANGES

Amends the End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act. Deletes provisions requiring a health care professional or health care entity unable or unwilling to carry out aid in dying to refer the individual to another health care professional or health care entity. Repeals provisions concerning the signing of a death certificate and the contents of a death certificate for a death under the Act. Effective September 12, 2026.

Topics ✗ HealthcareOpposes HealthcareBill removes mandatory referral requirements for healthcare professionals, restricting patient access to aid-in-dying services and limiting professional obligations.90% confidence

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in committee · Illinois · Senate Feb 6, 2026

SB 3920: YOUTH HEALTH PROTECTION ACT

Creates the Youth Health Protection Act. Provides that a medical doctor shall not prescribe, provide, administer, or deliver puberty-suppressing drugs or cross-sex hormones and shall not perform surgical orchiectomy or castration, urethroplasty, vaginoplasty, mastectomy, phalloplasty, or metoidioplasty on biologically healthy and anatomically normal persons under the age of 18 for the purpose of treating the subjective, internal psychological condition of gender dysphoria or gender discordance. Provides that any efforts to modify the anatomy, physiology, or biochemistry of a biologically healthy person under the age of 18 who experiences gender dysphoria or gender discordance shall be considered unprofessional conduct and shall be subject to discipline by the licensing entity or disciplinary review board. Provides that no medical doctor or mental health provider shall refer any person under the age of 18 to any medical doctor for chemical or surgical interventions to treat gender dysphoria or gender discordance. Contains definitions, a statement of purpose, and legislative findings. Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987 to make related changes.

Topics ✗ HealthcareOpposes HealthcareBill prohibits medical procedures for gender dysphoria treatment in minors, restricting healthcare access for a specific condition under healthcare services.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Mental Health

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in committee · Illinois · Senate May 22, 2026

SB 4012: MEDICAID-MIUR-MENTAL HLTH

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning October 1, 2026, for rate year 2027 and thereafter, the Medicaid inpatient utilization rate, as defined and used in the determination of eligibility for specified inpatient adjustment payments to hospitals, shall be modified to exclude, from both the numerator and denominator, all days reimbursed by the Department of Human Services for mental health services provided under a specified provision of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 as contracted by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Effective immediately.

Topics ✗ HealthcareOpposes HealthcareExcludes mental health days from Medicaid reimbursement calculations, reducing potential funding for mental health services under inpatient adjustment payments.92% confidence

Sub-Topics Medicaid Mental Health

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in committee · Illinois · Senate May 22, 2026

SB 3755: MEDICAID-READMISSION DATA

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Removes provisions requiring the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to: (i) establish benchmarks for hospitals to measure and align payments to reduce potentially preventable hospital readmissions, inpatient complications, and unnecessary emergency room visits; (ii) publish provider-specific historical readmission data and anticipated potentially preventable targets 60 days prior to the start of the program; and (iii) adopt policies and rates of reimbursement for readmission services and other payments.

Topics ✗ HealthcareOpposes HealthcareBill removes requirements for hospitals to reduce preventable readmissions and publish data, weakening Medicaid quality oversight and accountability measures.85% confidence

Sub-Topics Hospitals Medicaid

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in committee · Illinois · Senate Feb 2, 2026

SB 3144: MEDICAID-SLF-DEMENTIA CARE

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions concerning the supportive living facilities program, removes a provision permitting applications for the expansion of supportive living dementia care settings, involving sites not approved by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, to include new elderly non-dementia units in addition to new dementia care units.

Topics ✗ HealthcareOpposes HealthcareRemoves provision allowing non-dementia units in dementia care expansions, restricting program scope and limiting broader elderly care access under Medicaid.90% confidence

Sub-Topics Medicaid

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in committee · Illinois · House Feb 6, 2026

HB 4745: MEDICAID-SUPPORTIVE LIVING

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions concerning the supportive living facilities program, removes a provision that permits the expansion of supportive living dementia care settings to include elderly non-dementia units in addition to new dementia care units, if the supportive living site is not located within 4 miles of an existing supportive living program site in specified counties.

Topics ✗ HealthcareOpposes HealthcareRemoves provision allowing expansion of dementia care settings, restricting program growth and limiting access to supportive living options.90% confidence

Sub-Topics Medicaid

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in committee · Illinois · Senate Feb 23, 2026

SB 3921: ULTRASOUND OPPORTUNITY ACT

Creates the Ultrasound Opportunity Act. Sets forth legislative findings and definitions. Provides that at any facility where abortions are performed, the physician who is to perform the abortion, the referring physician, or another qualified person working in conjunction with either physician shall offer any woman seeking an abortion after 8 weeks of gestation an opportunity to receive and view an active ultrasound of her unborn child by someone qualified to perform ultrasounds at the facility, or at a facility listed in a listing of local ultrasound providers provided by the facility, prior to the woman having any part of an abortion performed or induced and prior to the administration of any anesthesia or medication in preparation for the abortion. Provides that the requirements of the Act shall not apply when, in the medical judgment of the physician performing or inducing the abortion, there exists a medical emergency. Contains a severability provision. Effective immediately.

Topics ✗ HealthcareOpposes HealthcareMandates ultrasound offer for abortions after 8 weeks, adding procedural barriers that limit patient access to abortion services, a healthcare service.85% confidence

Sub-Topics Women's Health

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in committee · Illinois · Senate Feb 6, 2026

SB 3842: MHDD CD-TRANSGENDER

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Expands the definition of "mental illness" to include transgenderism, or the condition of identifying with a gender other than the one assigned at birth.

Topics ✗ HealthcareOpposes HealthcareExpands 'mental illness' definition to include transgender identity, potentially restricting access to gender-affirming care by misclassifying it under mental health.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Mental Health

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in committee · Illinois · Senate Feb 5, 2026

SB 3650: HEALTH FACILITY-VACCINE DELAY

Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Defines "covered facility" as any long-term care facility, assisted living establishment or shared housing establishment, supportive living facility, ID/DD facility, MC/DD facility, community living facility, community-integrated living arrangement, or Alzheimer's disease management center alternative health care model licensed under the Alternative Health Care Delivery Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall establish rules requiring a covered facility to notify a resident or the resident's power of attorney or representative whenever the covered facility determines that a vaccination recommended by the Department cannot be administered to the resident within the time frame established by the Department.

Topics ✗ HealthcareOpposes HealthcareBill title explicitly references 'VACCINE DELAY' for health facilities, implying restriction on timely vaccine administration, which limits public health efforts and patient access to preventive care.85% confidence

Sub-Topics Long-Term Care Public Health

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passed · Illinois · House Apr 17, 2026

HB 5313: MEDICAID-READMISSION DATA

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Removes provisions requiring the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to: (i) establish benchmarks for hospitals to measure and align payments to reduce potentially preventable hospital readmissions, inpatient complications, and unnecessary emergency room visits; (ii) publish provider-specific historical readmission data and anticipated potentially preventable targets 60 days prior to the start of the program; and (iii) adopt policies and rates of reimbursement for readmission services and other payments.

Topics ✗ HealthcareOpposes HealthcareRemoves requirements for hospitals to reduce preventable readmissions and publish data, weakening Medicaid accountability measures.85% confidence

Sub-Topics Hospitals Medicaid

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