The following are disability-related bills and/or issues pending in the Illinois General Assembly that are scheduled to be heard in committee during the week of March 24, 2026:
NOTE: Friday, March 27, 2026, is the deadline to pass substantive House bills out of committee in the House and substantive Senate Bills out of committee in the Senate.
House Appropriations-Elementary & Secondary Education Committee Hearing
March 24, 2026, 2:00 p.m.
Capitol Building, Room 118 and Virtual Room 2 www.ilga.gov
Springfield, IL
SUBJECT MATTER: FY27 Budget Requests – HB 5701 (Illinois Department of Early Childhood), Illinois Federation of Teachers (IFT), and Illinois Association of Regional School Superintendents (IARRS)
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HB 1879, Representative Margaret DeLaRosa
Appropriates $4,500,000 to the State Board of Education for grants to school districts to contract with organizations that directly provide students and school-based staff with mental telehealth services that are billed to Medicaid and commercial insurance plans. Effective July 1, 2025.
HB 5575, Representative Kevin John Olickal
Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Requires each school district to provide transportation to all students with an Individualized Education Program, based solely on the student’s eligibility for special education. Provides that the transportation shall be provided at no cost and is presumed necessary for a free appropriate public education. Provides that the type, method, route, and accommodations for transportation shall be individualized to the student’s needs. Sets forth how mileage shall be determined and verified. Requires school districts to maintain mileage records, provide the mileage records to parents or guardians within 10 business days of request, and include the mileage records in the student’s educational record. Establishes transportation restrictions for school districts. Allows parents or guardians to seek relief for the failure to provide transportation as a denial of a free appropriate public education. Allows the State Board of Education to adopt rules to implement the provisions. Effective July 1, 2026.
House Insurance Committee
March 24, 2026, 2:00 p.m.
Stratton Building, Room C-1
Springfield, IL
HB 5497, Representative Laura Faver Dias
Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that any policy of insurance amended, delivered, issued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2027 that provides coverage for emergency services for medical or surgical conditions shall also provide coverage for behavioral health emergency services on coverage terms no more restrictive than those applied to emergency services for medical or surgical conditions. Requires coverage for post-stabilization services. Sets forth provisions concerning behavioral health emergency services parity; coverage of services provided by nonlicensed staff performing under direct supervision; restrictions on prior authorization, utilization review, and cost sharing; reimbursement rates; and rulemaking. Amends the Network Adequacy and Transparency Act. Includes behavioral health emergency services providers in network adequacy determinations under the Act. Establishes provisions concerning rulemaking for the Department of Insurance; behavioral health emergency services requirements for health insurance issuers; and enforcement coordination with specified federal law. Effective January 1, 2027.
House Financial Institutions and Licensing Committee
March 24, 2026, 4:00 p.m.
Capitol Building, Room 122
Springfield, IL
HB 4767, Representative Katie Stuart
Amends the Adult Protective Services Act. Expands the list of mandated reporters to include investment advisers, investment adviser representatives, dealers and salespersons, and employees of financial institutions who have direct contact with eligible adults who are clients of the financial institution and have access to the financial information of the institution’s clients. Permits a financial institution to place a transactional hold on an eligible adult’s account if the institution’s employees have a reasonable suspicion that a transaction or disbursement from the eligible adult’s account may involve, facilitate, result in, or contribute to financial exploitation of the eligible adult. Provides that transactional holds must be followed by an internal review that satisfies the internal policies of the financial institution that issued the hold. Further provides that a financial institution that uses a transactional hold must create internal policies regarding identifying and reporting financial exploitation of eligible adults and transactional holds. Contains provisions on the duration of initial transactional holds and extended transactional holds; requirements on notification to law enforcement, especially in cases involving financial fraud that is outside the Act’s scope; civil immunity for any financial institution and its employees who place a transactional hold on an eligible adult’s account in good faith; mandated reporter training for specified employees of a financial institution; and other matters. Makes conforming changes to the Illinois Securities Law of 1953, the Illinois Banking Act, the Savings Bank Act, Illinois Credit Union Act, and the Criminal Code of 2012. Effective January 1, 2027.
House Judiciary-Criminal Committee
March 24, 2026, 4:00 p.m.
Stratton Building, Room D-1
Springfield, IL
HB 1428, Representative Kevin John Olickal
Creates the Isolated Confinement Restriction Act. Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Nelson Mandela Act. Provides that a committed person may not be in isolated confinement for more than 10 consecutive days. Provides that a committed person may not be in isolated confinement for more than 10 days in any 180-day period. Provides that the provision of basic needs and services, such as nutritious food, clean water, hygiene supplies, clothing, bedding and mattress, religious materials, legal materials, access to grievance forms, and access to medical and mental health, shall not be restricted as a form of punishment or discipline for committed persons in isolated confinement. Provides that a committed person in protective custody may opt out of that status by providing informed, voluntary, written refusal of that status. Provides that a committed person shall not be placed in isolated confinement if the committed person: (1) is 21 years of age or younger; (2) is 55 years of age or older; (3) has a disability as defined in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; or (4) is pregnant or postpartum. Provides that nothing in the Act is intended to restrict any rights or privileges a committed person may have under any other statute, rule, or regulation. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
HB 4434, Representative Nicole Grasse
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Creates the End-of-life Care Peer Support Program. Provides that the program is available to terminally ill persons committed to the Department of Corrections. Provides that the program shall be administered by the Department of Corrections in partnership with certain health care providers. Provides that individual patients may accept or decline care or participation in the program. Provides that individual patients shall define the scope of peer support, including the option to opt out of certain aspects of support. Provides that patient care plans shall be developed with the individual patient, the patient’s peer support attendants, and the interdisciplinary team. Provides that participating patients shall be subject to the least restrictive security measures possible, with access to comfort items such as blankets, memorabilia, music, and books. Provides that participating patients shall have the following rights: (1) the right to dignity, privacy, respect, and culturally competent care; (2) the right to request peer support services; (3) the right to refuse services; and (4) the right to request family visitation. Provides that all participants in the program, including patients and peer support attendants, shall have access to grief counseling and mental health care services as needed. Provides that the program shall be funded through: (1) the Individual Benefit Fund; (2) direct appropriations from the General Revenue Fund; and (3) federal appropriations if applicable.
HB 5308, Representative Maura Hirschauer
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that if the court orders an unfit defendant to be placed in the custody of the Department of Human Services, during the period of time required to determine bed and placement availability at the designated facility, the defendant may (rather than shall) remain in jail. Makes technical changes in a provision concerning credit for good behavior.
House Education Policy Committee
March 25, 2026, 8:00 a.m.
Capitol Building Room 122 and Virtual Room 4, www.ilga.gov
Springfield, IL
HB 4855, Representative Janet Yang Rohr
Amends the Children’s Mental Health Act. Requires each school district to ensure that every student in grades K-12 receives direct instruction in social and emotional learning no fewer than 4 times each academic year, approximately once per academic quarter. Requires social and emotional learning instruction to be delivered by a trained professional, provided during a class period, and address age-appropriate competencies as outlined in the Illinois Learning Standards for Social/Emotional Learning. Requires classroom teachers to reinforce social and emotional learning concepts through integrated academic curriculum and classroom practices. Requires each school district to provide professional development to assist educators in aligning instructional practices with social and emotional learning principles. Effective January 1, 2028.
HB 5477, Representative Christopher “C. D”. Davidsmeyer
Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning a school board’s suspension or expulsion of pupils, provides that a student who is determined to have initiated sexual activity with another individual without that individual’s consent, a sexual assault, or an attempted sexual assault at a school, a school-sponsored activity or event, or an activity or event that bears a reasonable relationship to school shall be expelled for a period of not less than one year. Provides that (i) a student initiates sexual activity with another individual without that individual’s consent if the student uses force or a threat of force to make the other individual perform a nonconsensual sexual act; (ii) a student initiates a sexual assault if the student commits an act of sexual penetration and uses force or a threat of force; and (iii) a student initiates an attempted sexual assault if, with the intent to commit a sexual assault, the student commits an act that constitutes a substantial step toward the commission of a sexual assault. Allows the expulsion requirement to be modified by the superintendent of the school district and the superintendent’s determination to be modified by the school board on a case-by-case basis. Provides that the expulsion shall be construed in a manner consistent with the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and a student who is subject to expulsion may be eligible for a transfer to an alternative school program. Effective immediately.
HB 5488, Representative Laura Faver Dias
Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Allows the parent or guardian of a student or a student if the student is at least 18 years of age or emancipated to request an impartial, federal Section 504 due-process hearing. Within 3 business days after receipt of the request, requires a school district, special education joint agreement, or other educational entity to appoint a qualified, impartial hearing officer and to notify the hearing officer of the appointment. Requires a hearing officer to disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest to the parties. Sets forth requirements for the request, the notification of a hearing officer appointment, the response to complaints, and amendments to hearing requests. Sets forth the responsibilities of the hearing officer and the hearing procedures. Sets forth the qualification requirements to be a hearing officer. Requires the State Board of Education to create a training module for hearing officers, conduct the training, and determine whether an individual is appropriately qualified. Provides that the provisions apply to all Section 504 impartial due-process hearings requested after January 1, 2027 in cases regarding the identification, evaluation, eligibility, accommodations, or educational placement of a student who, because of a disability, is in need of or is believed to be in need of accommodations or services from a school district, special education joint agreement, or other educational entity. Provides that nothing in the provisions may be construed to require a party in a Section 504 complaint to exhaust administrative remedies prior to commencing a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction.
House Human Services Committee
March 25, 2026, 8:00 a.m.
Stratton Building, Room C-1
Springfield, IL
HB 1122, Representative Charles Meier
Amends the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act. In a provision requiring a facility licensed under the Act to notify the Department of Human Services when emergency calls are made from the facility, provides that the notification is required regardless of whether the Office of the Inspector General has substantiated the allegations or the call resulted in a criminal charge, arrest, or incarceration. Provides that the Department shall adopt by rule a definition for “emergency calls”.
HB 3823, Representative Elizabeth “Lisa” Hernandez
Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Provides that the Pathways for Community Integration Network program is established in the Department of Human Services. Provides that the program shall create a network of community integration providers to foster pathways to safety, well-being, and economic security. Permits the Department to adopt any rules necessary to implement the program.
HB 3853, Representative Hoan Huynh
Creates the Protective Medical Equipment Freedom Act. Provides that every individual has the right to wear protective medical equipment in any place of public accommodation where they have a lawful right to be without obligation to disclose health status or any other protected information, and no person, entity, or authority shall deny, restrict, or infringe upon this right. Operators and public officials shall not discriminate against or penalize medical device wearers for exercising their right to wear protective medical equipment. Discrimination under this Act includes, but is not limited to: denial of service; eviction from premises; any form of harassment to remove or refrain from wearing such equipment for any amount of time; and specified actions taken by employers. Sets forth provisions concerning protection against retaliation; exceptions for security requirements and operational safety; enforcement by the Attorney General; and penalties for violating the Act. Effective immediately.
HB 4208, Representative Charles Meier
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that, subject to federal approval, any individual who is initially approved to provide personal care services as a live-in caregiver under the Adults with Developmental Disabilities Waiver or the Support Waiver for Children and Young Adults but is subsequently ordered by the Department of Human Services to complete mandatory electronic visit verification (EVV) training on account of the individual submitting an incomplete or insufficient application for the live-in caregiver exemption from EVV requirements shall be allowed a one-time waiver of the mandatory EVV training if: (i) the individual’s application for the live-in caregiver exemption was determined by the Department to be incomplete or insufficient due to missing documentation; (ii) the individual is otherwise eligible for the live-in caregiver exemption; and (iii) the individual has not previously been ordered to complete mandatory EVV training. Provides that, subject to federal approval, any individual who is approved for the live-in caregiver exemption either through formal application or a waiver shall be required to renew the exemption by written application every 5 years. Effective immediately.
HB 4584, HA 1, HA 2, Representative Lisa Davis
Amends the Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities Act. Requires direct service workers employed by the Department of Human Services, or an agency contracted with the Department, to provide services under the Home Services Program to complete at least 2 hours of dementia training at the start of their employment and annually thereafter. Requires the training to cover subjects concerning Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, safety risks, and communication and behavior. Requires the Department to provide contractors with dementia training curriculum on the required subjects. Provides that any other laws or rules that impose more rigorous dementia training for direct service workers under the Home Services Program shall apply. Exempts from the training requirements direct service workers who provide proof that they obtained equivalent dementia training in compliance with another law or rule. For personal assistants covered by a collective bargaining agreement, requires the Department to establish, in consultation with the joint training committee created under the collective bargaining agreement, different parameters and specific topics for curriculum covering dementia training.
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HB 4728, Representative Laura Faver Dias
Amends the Community Living Facilities Licensing Act, the MC/DD Act, the ID/DD Community Care Act, the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act, and the Child Care Act of 1969. Requires the State agencies responsible for licensing facilities under those Acts to adopt, by December 31, 2026, rules requiring a facility to disclose upon initial application for licensure and on a quarterly basis thereafter, whether the facility, its subsidiaries, affiliates, parent companies, or contractual service providers are owned, managed, or contained within a fund owned or managed by an asset management company; and if so, to make certain disclosures about the asset management company’s assets, the facility’s debt, and other matters. Requires the State agencies to also adopt rules requiring such a facility to provide written notice of transactions and copies of agreements which would (i) sell or otherwise dispose of a material amount of the facility’s assets or (ii) transfer control, responsibility, or governance of a material amount of the facility’s assets or operations. Prohibits facilities owned or managed by an asset management company from engaging in certain transactions or actions that would result in the facility issuing debt-funded dividends or perform any other similar action causing the facility to become financially distressed. Provides that a violation of these requirements and prohibitions constitutes an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Requires the State agencies to publish disclosures, written notices, and copies of agreements submitted by facilities on the agencies’ public websites. Imposes similar requirements and prohibitions on adult day service providers serving individuals with developmental disabilities under the Illinois Act on the Aging and providers of adult developmental training services under the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Effective immediately.
HB 4785, HA 1, Representative Lindsey LaPointe
Creates the Preventing Crisis Cost Shifting to Medicaid Act. Provides that the General Assembly finds that (i) behavioral health crisis services, including crisis call centers, mobile crisis response, and crisis stabilization and receiving services, function as essential public health infrastructure and must be available statewide without regard to insurance status; and (ii) commercial health insurance policies issued or administered in the State generally do not provide comprehensive coverage for the full continuum of behavioral health crisis services, resulting in the cost of such services being disproportionately borne by Medicaid, local governments, and taxpayers. Requires specified entities (surcharge payors) that are authorized to issue or administer a policy or contract of accident and health insurance or a health maintenance organization contract in the State to pay a behavioral health crisis assessment to the Department of Human Services for deposit into the Statewide 9-8-8 Trust Fund. Exempts Medicaid managed care organizations from paying the behavioral health crisis assessment. Permits the Department to update the total behavioral health crisis assessment amount as necessary to ensure the continued availability, quality, or geographic equity of the statewide behavioral health crisis system. Requires the Department to establish an appropriate mechanism for enforcing a surcharge payor’s liability, which may include accrued interest on unpaid liabilities at a rate not to exceed 18% per annum and late fees or penalties at a rate not to exceed 5% per month. Provides that the enforcement mechanism may also include notification to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to offset payments on the surcharge payor’s claims. Provides that the Department of Human Services shall not direct the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to offset claims payments unless the surcharge payor has maintained an outstanding liability to the Statewide 9-8-8 Trust Fund for a period longer than 45 days and has received proper notice of pending enforcement.
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HB 4868, Representative Amy Elik
Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Requires each facility to notify the appropriate regional office of the Department of Public Health within 24 hours, or by the end of the next business day, after each reportable incident or accident. Requires the facility to send a narrative summary of each reportable incident or accident to the Department within 5 days after the incident or accident.
HB 5102, Representative Suzanne M. Ness
Amends the Community Services Act. Adds community day services to the list of service categories covered under the Act. Defines “community day services” to mean a Home and Community-Based Waiver day program that is certified by the Department of Human Services and provides assistance with gaining, maintaining, or improving skills and functioning to individuals with developmental disabilities. Makes conforming changes to the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act.
HB 5315, Representative Dagmara Avelar
Amends the Rebuild Illinois Mental Health Workforce Act. Provides that, subject to federal approval, for dates of service on and after July 1, 2026, the Medicaid reimbursement rates for Assertive Community Treatment and Community Support Team services shall be increased by an amount appropriated for the purposes enumerated in the Act. Effective July 1, 2026.
HB 5324, Representative Tracy Katz Muhl
Amends the Nursing Home Care Act and the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013. Provides that, to facilitate timely applications for Supplemental Security Income or Social Security Disability Insurance, facilities shall assess residents using the Social Security Administration screener to check eligibility for Social Security benefits within 30 days after admission to a facility. If the resident is likely eligible, requires the facility to assist the resident with completing an application within 60 days after admission to a facility. Provides that, within 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act, facilities shall conduct a one-time assessment of all current residents and complete a Social Security Administration screener for all residents without income and without a pending Supplemental Security Income or Social Security Disability Insurance application. Twice per year, requires each facility to publicly post on the facility’s website the number of residents screened and the number of applications initiated. Effective immediately.
HB 5458, Representative Charles Meier
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that notwithstanding any other law or rule to the contrary, a State-operated developmental center funded, certified, or licensed by the Department of Human Services shall readmit, upon request, any former resident who transferred to and currently receives services at a licensed community-integrated living arrangement, if the former resident consents or if the former resident has a guardian with placement authority and that guardian consents based on a determination that the former resident’s medical needs cannot be met by the program of services administered by the community-integrated living arrangement. Effective immediately.
HB 5605, Representative Anne Stava
Creates the Community Supported Living Arrangement Services Act. Provides that the Department of Human Services, Division of Developmental Disabilities shall work in coordination with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to develop, implement, and operate, and to submit, through the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, amendments to the Illinois Adults with Developmental Disabilities Section 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Services Waiver, subject to approval by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Provides for establishment of provider licensing, certification, and oversight standards for Community Supported Living-24 Hour services consistent with existing State authority for community-based residential services, but with the person’s own home not requiring licensing or Bureau of Accreditation, Licensure and Certification reviews. Provides for 24-hour availability of trained personnel for individuals with intense physical, medical, or behavioral support needs. Contains provisions regarding: covered services; enrollment; the use of tools such as the Health Risk Screening Tool; housing independence; staffing and workforce standards; phased implementation; Person-Centered Plans; dignity of risk; compliance with mandates; quality assurance; evaluations; a Community Supported Living Advisory Council; reports; fiscal issues; administrative issues; and other matters. Effective immediately.
House Judiciary – Civil Committee
March 25, 2026, 8:00 a.m.
Capitol Building, Room 114
and
March 26, 2026, 2:00 p.m.
Capitol Building, Room 118
Springfield, IL
HB 1198, Representative Margaret A. DeLaRosa
Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that if guardianship is necessary under law 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 a disability, the court shall appoint the State Guardian or county public guardian as the temporary and permanent guardian of the person or estate or both except in counties in which there is no sitting county public guardian.
HB 2579, Representative Suzanne M. Ness
Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Requires the form for an application for a marriage license to include whether either party is under a court-ordered guardianship in any State in the United States. Provides that a county clerk shall issue a license to marry and a marriage certificate form, among other requirements, upon being furnished satisfactory proof that neither party to the marriage is under a court-ordered guardianship, or that if at least one party is under a court-ordered guardianship, there has been a judicial determination that the marriage is in the best interests of the person or persons under court-ordered guardianship. Amends the Guardians For Adults With Disabilities Article of the Probate Act of 1975. Requires the court, when determining whether a marriage is in the best interests of a ward, to follow (rather than consider) specified standards. Provides that if a best interests hearing is not held before a judicial officer prior to a ward entering into marriage, then the marriage is without legal effect and void ab initio. Provides that any person who knowingly enters a marriage with a ward without following the required procedures shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony.
HB 4077, Representative Rick Ryan
Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that when a child with a disability that substantially impairs the child’s ability to make independent decisions regarding parental relationships reaches the age of majority, the court may allocate parenting time by considering the specified factors as modified by the child’s capacity’s and expressed preferences.
HB 4359, Representative Nicolle Grasse
Creates the Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression in Long-Term Care Bill of Rights Act. Establishes rights for a client who lives in a long-term care facility, or who receives home care services from a home care provider, from discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived sex, actual or perceived sexual orientation, actual or perceived gender identity, actual or perceived gender expression, or actual or perceived HIV status. Provides that an aggrieved person may enforce violations of the Act against a long-term care facility or a home care provider and the staff of the long-term care facility or home care provider through a civil action. Sets forth provisions concerning gender identity in client records; required training for all long-term care facilities and home care providers; arbitration agreements; interpretation of the Act; and enforcement of rights, including civil penalties and other administrative actions. Amends the Assisted Living and Shared Housing Act, the Nursing Home Care Act, and the Home Health, Home Services, and Home Nursing Agency Licensing Act to require compliance with the Sexual orientation, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression in Long-Term Care Bill of Rights Act. Amends the Adult Protective Services Act to include intentional misgendering and unlawful discrimination in the definition of “abuse”.
HB 4750, Representative Justin Cochran
Creates the Mental Health Warning for Social Media Act. Provides that the operator of a social media platform shall ensure that a clear and conspicuous mental health warning label that complies with specified requirements: (1) appears each time a user accesses the social media platform; and (2) remains visible until the user takes specified actions. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall develop guidelines establishing requirements for the warning labels. Provides that the operator of a social media platform shall display a clear and conspicuous pop-up notification at least once every 30 minutes that a user has actively used the platform that informs the user of specified information. Provides that a violation of any of the provisions of the Act is an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act to make a conforming change.
HB 4845, HA 1, Representative Jay Hoffman
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Creates an authorization and form for the release of an incapacitated person’s health care records. Provides that an incapacitated person’s health care records must be released upon written request of the guardian of the incapacitated person or by an agent appointed by the incapacitated person under a power of attorney for health care. Provides that, if no guardian or agent exists and the incapacitated person did not specifically object to disclosure of the incapacitated person’s records in writing, then an incapacitated person’s health care records must be released upon the written request of a person in one of these categories: (1) the incapacitated person’s spouse; or (2) if there is no spouse, any one or more of the following: (i) an adult child of the incapacitated person, (ii) a parent of the incapacitated person, or (iii) an adult sibling of the incapacitated person. Provides that the named authorized relative upon request for records of a incapacitated person, shall provide the facility or practitioner with a statement of a treating health care provider that the person is incapacitated. Effective immediately.
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HB 4848, Representative Nabeela Syed
Creates the Protective Medical Equipment Freedom Act. Provides that all individual in the State have the right to wear protective medical equipment in any place of public accommodation where they have a lawful right to be without obligation to disclose health status or any other protected information, and no person, entity, or authority shall deny, restrict, or infringe upon this right. Provides that operators and public officials shall not discriminate against or penalize medical device wearers for exercising their right to wear protective medical equipment. Provides that discrimination under the Act includes, but is not limited to: denial of service; eviction from premises; any form of harassment to remove or refrain from wearing such equipment for any amount of time; specified actions taken by employers; and provision of unequal goods, services, facilities, advantages, or accommodations. Sets forth provisions concerning the protection against retaliation, the exceptions for security requirements, operational safety, age and identity restricted products, and financial institution customer identification, and an undue hardship exemption. Effective immediately.
HB 4924, HA 1, Representative Lindsey LaPointe
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that the circuit court has jurisdiction over persons who are: (1) subject to involuntary admission on an inpatient basis; or (2) in need of treatment by psychotropic medication and electroconvulsive therapy. Provides that no respondent who has pending felony charges may be ordered to undergo a program of hospitalization in a mental health facility operated by the Department of Human Services unless the Department agrees to the program of hospitalization. Removes provisions granting the circuit court jurisdiction, until January 1, 2030, over all persons subject to involuntary admission on an outpatient basis.
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HB 4967, HA 1, Representative Kevin John Olickal
Amends the Illinois Civil Rights Act of 2003. Prohibits an otherwise qualified individual with a disability, as defined by the Environmental Barriers Act, from being excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination solely by reason of the individual’s disability under any of the following: (i) any program or activity operating inside Illinois and receiving federal financial assistance; (ii) any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance that passes through or is administered by State, county, or local government; (iii) any activity regulated by the State that receives federal financial assistance; or (iv) any program or activity receiving State, county, or local government financial assistance. Provides that a State agency that has an existing mechanism for enforcing federal Section 504 rights under the federal Rehabilitation Act may also enforce provisions of the Act. Authorizes the Attorney General to commence a civil action to enforce the provisions of this Act in any appropriate circuit court if the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that any person or group of persons is engaged in a pattern of discrimination prohibited by this Act. Provides that disability discrimination under the Act includes violations of the substantive rights provided in the federal regulations adopted under the federal Rehabilitation Act. Provides that these rights constitute a minimum set of rights that may not be reduced. Requires the Secretary of State to maintain a copy of the regulations in a manner that is easily available to the public such as on a website in a searchable format. Makes the Act severable.
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HB 5272, Representative Debbie Meyers-Martin
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. In regard to involuntary admissions, provides that a circuit court has jurisdiction over persons who are subject to involuntary admission (rather than jurisdiction over persons not charged with a felony who are subject to involuntary admission).
HB 5278, Representative Bob Morgan
Amends the Illinois Power of Attorney Act. Provides that a power of attorney not otherwise invalidated or revoked is suspended on the appointment of the Office of State Guardian or public guardian as a temporary, limited, or plenary guardian of the principal. Provides that after the appointment the court may revoke a power of attorney only if the named agent or successor agent under the power of attorney received notice of a petition for guardianship of the principal in accordance with the Probate Act of 1975, and that the agent failed to assert authority as agent before appointment of the Office of State Guardian or public guardian. Provides that if an agent or successor agent under a power of attorney does not receive notice of the petition for guardianship of the principal or an individual does not know that the individual was named as an agent or successor agent under a power of attorney for the principal, that agent, successor agent, or individual may petition the court presiding over the guardianship to lift the suspension of the agency upon a showing by clear and convincing evidence that it is in the principal’s best interests to reinstate the agency so that the agent, successor agent, or individual may act in accordance with the terms of the agency. Provides that notice of a petition to lift the suspension of the agency and a copy of the petition shall be given to the guardian, the person with a disability, to those persons whose names and addresses are listed in the petition for guardianship under the Probate Act of 1975, and any guardian ad litem not less than 14 days before the hearing.
HB 5288, Representative William “Will” Davis
Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that an individual under guardianship who understands the nature, effect, duties, and obligations of marriage does not lose the right to marry without the prior consent of the individual, the guardian, or authorization of the court with some exceptions. Allows a court to remove the right to marry if removal is included as requested relief in a petition for a limited or plenary guardian or upon application of the guardian, and the court finds by clear and convincing evidence after an evidentiary hearing that the individual lacks the capacity to understand the nature, effect, duties, and obligations of a decision to marry. Provides conditions in which an individual from whom the right to marry has been removed may nonetheless marry. Provides that a marriage entered into by one or more individuals from whom the right to marry has been removed is void with some exceptions. Permits a guardian to contest the validity of a marriage under the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act.
HB 5329, Representative Lindsey LaPointe
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that whenever psychotropic medication or electroconvulsive therapy is refused under a specified provision at least once that day, the psychiatrist or advanced practice psychiatric nurse (instead of the physician) shall determine and state in writing the reasons why the recipient did not meet the criteria for the administration of medication or electroconvulsive therapy and whether the recipient meets the standard for administration of psychotropic medication or electroconvulsive therapy under a provision concerning the administration of psychotropic medication and electroconvulsive therapy upon application to a court. Provides that a petition requesting that the court authorize treatment with psychotropic medication shall specify the full names of the medications and anticipated range of dosage that comprise such treatment. Provides that no administration of psychotropic medication or electroconvulsive therapy without the informed consent of the recipient may be authorized unless at least one psychiatrist or advanced practice psychiatric nurse who has examined the recipient testifies in person at the hearing. Makes other changes to definitions and provisions concerning administration of psychotropic medication and electroconvulsive therapy upon application to a court.
HB 5365, Representative Michelle Mussman
Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Requires that a guardian ad litem in a petition seeking a guardianship of an adult with alleged disability to inquire with the respondent before the hearing on whether a supported decision-making agreement is an appropriate alternative to guardianship or a limited guardianship is an appropriate alternative to plenary guardianship. Requires that the court make the same inquiry at the hearing and advise the respondent of the right to modify an adjudication of disability using a limited guardianship or termination of guardianship with a supported decision-making agreement. Amends the Supported Decision-Making Agreement Act. Allows the existence of a supported decision-making agreement to be entered into evidence for purposes other than as evidence of capacity or incapacity. Requires that a support decision-making agreement must be written in plain language and include the following: (1) a list of the areas in which both the principal requests support and the supporter agrees to provide support; (2) the supporter’s agreement that the supporter is not disqualified from acting as a supporter under the Act; (3) the supporter’s agreement that the supporter will complete the training required by the Act; (4) a statement that a supporter is not authorized to make a decision for the principal; and ( 5) information about how to report suspicion that an adult with a disability is being abused, neglected, or exploited by the supporter. Requires that a supported decision-making agreement must be signed by the principal and each supporter. Provides that the principal may use reasonable modifications, such as assistive technology or physical assistant, to sign the agreement. Provides that a supported decision-making agreement should be reviewed by the principal and all supporters every 2 years and, updated as needed, in the same manner as an initial supported decision-making agreement is executed. Makes other changes.
House Housing Committee
March 25, 2026, 10:00 a.m.
Stratton Building, Room 413
Springfield, IL
HB 5198, Representative Tracy Katz Muhl
Amends the Affordable Housing Planning and Appeal Act. Requires non-exempt local governments to provide residents with notice and the opportunity for comment at a public hearing prior to adopting an affordable housing plan. Requires a non-exempt local government to provide proof of its compliance with the notice and public hearing requirements when it submits a copy of its affordable housing plan to the Illinois Housing Development Authority. Expands the list of information that must be provided in the affordable housing plan to include, (i) an identification of “specific lands” (rather than “lands”) within the jurisdiction that are most appropriate for the construction of affordable housing, (ii) proposed timelines to commence “specific actions and deadlines” (rather than “actions”) to implement the components of the affordable housing plan, and (iii) incentives, including certain measures to address the need for affordable housing, that the local government may provide for the purpose of attracting affordable housing. In a provision permitting certain persons to appeal a local government’s denial of a proposed affordable housing plan, expands the list to include a service provider that is under contract to provide services for potential residents of a proposed supportive housing project or community-integrated living arrangement that is included in the proposed affordable housing plan. Contains provisions concerning final actions or decisions by the governing body of the local government on the proposed affordable housing plans; appeal procedures and timelines; and other matters. Expands the Illinois Housing Development Authority’s rulemaking authority to include the adoption of rules and regulations concerning the substance of affordable housing plans consistent with the changes made in the amendatory Act.
House Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools Committee
March 25, 2026, 2:00 p.m.
Capitol Building, Room 115
Springfield, IL
HB 4674, HA 1, Representative Maurice A. West, II
Amends the School Code. Requires a policy on bullying to establish escalating interventions for students who engage in known, pervasive, and persistent bullying. Provides that in the event of the death by suicide of a student enrolled in a school district, the school district shall initiate a complete and transparent investigation to determine whether bullying or harassment related to the educational environment played a contributing role; sets forth investigation requirements. Requires the school district, upon completion of the investigation, to prepare a written investigative report summarizing findings, conclusions, and recommended corrective actions; sets forth report requirements. Allows the State Board of Education to review the report for compliance and to require a corrective action plan or an additional review if deficiencies are identified.
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House Immigration & Human Rights Committee
March 25, 2026, 2:00 p.m.
Capitol Building, Room 122
Springfield, IL
HB 5068, Representative Tracy Katz Muhl
Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that for charges alleging violations under the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or the Illinois Human Rights Act, if the EEOC issues a right to sue, the Department will issue a Departmental right to sue. Provides that if the complainant does not file a written request with the Department to review the EEOC’s determination within 35 days after receipt of the Department’s notice, the Department shall issue to the complainant, within 10 business days after the expiration of the 35-day period, a Departmental right to sue notice stating that the complainant has the right, within 90 days after receipt of the Department’s notice, to either file the complainant’s own complaint with the Human Rights Commission or commence a civil action in the appropriate circuit court. Requires the Department, within 10 days of the date on which the charge was filed, to serve a copy of the charge on the respondent and provide all parties with a notice of the complainant’s right to opt out of the investigation within 60 days to commence an action in circuit court and the complainant’s right to request a Departmental right to sue notice after 60 days has elapsed to file in the Human Rights Commission or commence a civil action in circuit court. Provides that within 10 business days of receipt of the complainant’s request to opt out of the investigation, the Director shall issue an opt out notice to commence an action in circuit court to the parties. Provides that a Departmental right to sue notice does not constitute a finding of substantial evidence or of a lack of substantial evidence. Requires that any Departmental right to sue notice to state that the complainant shall have 90 days from the date of receipt of the notice to either file the complainant’s own complaint with the Human Rights Commission or commence a civil action in the appropriate circuit court.
HB 5386, Representative Will Guzzardi
Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that in the Articles governing employment, financial credit, and public accommodations it is a civil rights violation to use criteria or methods including practices, policies, and groups of practices or policies that has the effect of subjecting individuals to discrimination prohibited under the Act. Changes the definition of “unlawful discrimination” to mean discrimination against a person, whether by purpose or effect, because of his or her actual or perceived: race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, marital status, order of protection status, disability, military status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, reproductive health decisions, or unfavorable discharge from military service as those terms are defined in the Act.
House Labor & Commerce Committee
March 25, 2026, 2:00 p.m.
and
March 26, 2026, 2:00 p.m.
Capitol Building, Room 114 and Virtual Room 1, www.ilga.gov
Springfield, IL
HB 3483, Representative Anna Moeller
Creates the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program Act. Creates the Division of Paid Family and Medical Leave within the Department of Labor. Requires the Division to establish and administer a paid family and medical leave insurance program that provides benefits to employees. Provides that the program shall be administered by the Deputy Director of the Division. Sets forth eligibility requirements for benefits under the Act. Provides that a self-employed individual may elect to be covered under the Act. Contains provisions concerning disqualification from benefits; compensation for leave; the amount and duration of benefits; payments for benefits under the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program Fund; employer equivalent plans; annual reports by the Department; hearings; penalties; notice; the coordination of leave provided under the Act with leave allowed under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, a collective bargaining agreement, or any local county or municipal ordinance; rulemaking; and other matters. Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program Fund. Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Exempts certain documents collected by the Division of Paid Family and Medical Leave from the Act’s disclosure requirements. Effective immediately.
House State Government Administration Committee
March 25, 2026, 2:00 p.m.
and
March 26, 2026, 4:00 p.m.
Stratton Building, Room C-1
Springfield, IL
HB 4872, Representative Amy Elik
Amends the State Treasurer Act. Provides that qualified expenses related to special needs services include elementary and secondary school expenses incurred as a result of a recognized disability or an individualized education program. Makes conforming changes to the definition of “eligible educational institution”. Defines “recognized disability” as a physical, developmental, or learning disability recognized by the State Board of Education.
House Appropriations-Health and Human Services Committee
March 26, 2026, 8:00 a.m.
Capitol Building, Room 114 and Virtual Room 1, www.ilga.gov
Springfield, IL
SUBJECT MATTER: FY 27 Budget Requests: HB 5668 (Human Rights Commission), Torture Inquiry Relief Commission (TIRC), HB 5639, (Illinois Department of Human Rights), and HB 5653 (Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs), HB 5668, HB 5639, HB 5653
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HB 55, Representative Charles Meier
Amends the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act. Removes provisions allowing the Department of Human Services to conduct site visits to an agency licensed under the Act, or to any program or placement certified by the agency, and inspect the records or premises, or both, of such agency, program or placement as it deems appropriate, for the purpose of determining compliance with the Act, the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, and applicable Department rules and regulations. Requires the Department to establish a system of regular, ongoing, and unannounced on-site inspections, that shall occur at least annually, of each agency licensed under the Act or any program or placement certified by an agency licensed under the Act under the Department’s jurisdiction. Provides that the inspections shall be conducted by the Department’s central office to achieve specified goals.
HB 1016, Representative John M. Cabello
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to establish and administer a Seniors Deserve Dignity Program that provides monthly supplemental personal needs payments to persons residing in supportive living facilities who receive medical assistance and a personal needs allowance as specified in the Illinois Administrative Code. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2025, a qualifying person shall receive a monthly supplemental personal needs payment in the amount of $30 so that the person’s total monthly personal needs allowance is no less than $120. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2026, a qualifying person shall receive a monthly supplemental personal needs payment in the amount of $60 so that the person’s total monthly personal needs allowance is no less than $150. Requires a qualifying person’s monthly supplemental personal needs payment amount to be adjusted for inflation beginning July 1, 2027 and every July 1 thereafter. Provides that the monthly supplemental personal needs payments shall not be considered income for purposes of determining eligibility or the amount of assistance for any public aid benefit provided under State law. Grants the Department rulemaking authority. Effective July 1, 2025.
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HB 1134, Representative Charles Meier
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2026, the personal needs allowance for a qualifying medical assistance recipient who is a resident in a facility licensed under the Community-Integrated Living Arrangements Licensure and Certification Act shall equal $100. Provides that, beginning January 1, 2027, the personal needs allowance shall increase annually at the same rate as the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment to take effect on January 1 of each year.
HB 1568, Representative Hoan Huynh
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In provisions concerning medical assistance for employed persons with disabilities and employed persons with a medically improved disability, provides that, subject to federal approval, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall eliminate income eligibility standards for such persons to the extent permitted by federal law and shall eliminate the consideration of assets when determining such persons eligibility for medical assistance to the extent permitted by federal law.
HB 2364, Representative Maurice A, West, II
Appropriates $7,500,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for the purpose of making a grant to the Illinois Network of Centers for Independent Living to administer and implement the Home Modification Program. Effective July 1, 2026.
HB 2713, Representative Dagmara Avelar
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to require Medicaid managed care organizations to reimburse at no less than 100% of the Medical Assistance program’s Durable Medical Equipment fee schedule for the same service or item of durable medical equipment, complex rehab technology, prosthetics, orthotics, or supplies. Provides that the reimbursement requirement shall also apply to a Medicaid managed care organization’s subcontractors and third-party administrators. Provides that the Department has the authority to implement the reimbursement requirement on and after July 1, 2025 and prior to the completion of any regulatory process undertaken in order to effect such change. Effective July 1, 2025.
HB 2869, Representative Charles Meier
Amends the Administration Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, in consultation with the Department of Human Services, to submit the necessary application to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to amend the State’s home and community-based services waiver programs for children and adults with developmental disabilities to provide coverage under the Home-Based Services Program for any therapeutic recreation programs offered by park districts, health clubs, and community colleges.
HB 3043, Representative Maurice A. West, II
Creates the Criminal Justice Special Advocates Program for People with Disabilities Act. Provides that subject to appropriation for this purpose, the Department of Human Services shall establish a 3-year, 5-county pilot program to provide a minimum of one criminal justice special advocate in each selected county to serve the advocacy and support needs of an individual with an intellectual disability or a developmental disability involved in the criminal justice system of the county. Contains provisions concerning the selection of counties; the qualifications and duties of criminal justice special advocates; and Department evaluation and reporting requirements.
HB 3162, Representative Maurice A. West, II
Makes various appropriations from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services and the Illinois Housing Development Authority for housing programs and related services for formerly incarcerated individuals. Effective July 1, 2025.
HB 4179, Representative Charles Meier
in addition to any amounts heretofore appropriated for Community-Based Services for Persons with Developmental Disabilities and for Intermediate Care Facilities for the Developmentally Disabled and Alternative Community Programs, appropriates $10,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services to fund transition grants awarded under the Section 14(c) transition program to assist community agencies with active or pending 14(c) certificates transition away from subminimum wages for workers with disabilities. Effective immediately.
HB 4188, Representative Norine K. Hammond
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that beginning January 1, 2027, for a person who is a resident in a facility licensed under the ID/DD Community Care Act or the MC/DD Act for whom payments are made under the Article throughout a month and who is determined to be eligible for medical assistance, the State shall pay an amount in addition to the minimum monthly personal needs allowance authorized under the Social Security Act so that the person’s total monthly personal needs allowance from both State and federal sources equals $90. Provides that beginning January 1, 2028, the personal needs allowance described in the amendatory Act shall increase annually at the same rate as the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment to take effect on January 1 of each year.
HB 4448, Representative Robyn Gabel
Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Safe Place to Go Act. Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, in collaboration with the Department of Human Services’ Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery, to apply for a Medicaid State Plan amendment or federal waiver within 12 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act to draw federal financial participation for crisis triage and stabilization services provided by behavioral health urgent care centers to support adults or children 5 years of age and older who are in an active mental health crisis and adults 18 years of age and older in a substance use crisis. Sets forth the services provided by behavioral health urgent care centers that shall be covered, including, but not limited to, crisis triage services, crisis stabilization services, and medication monitoring. Contains provisions concerning the use of the Illinois Mental Health Crisis Assessment Tool to determine an individual’s eligibility or medical need for crisis stabilization services; telehealth and on-site services; safe sobering services; linkages to enable rapid transition to next level of care; length of stay; the development of a single bundle rate for crisis triage services and 2 separate per diem reimbursement rates for crisis stabilization services and safe sobering services; no prior authorization requirements; and the establishment of a working group to provide meaningful input on the establishment, operations, staffing, and financing of behavioral health urgent care centers. Requires the Department to adopt rules within 6 months after federal approval of its State Plan amendment or federal waiver application, if granted. Effective immediately.
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HB 4449, Representative Maurice A. West, II
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 frontline personnel in residential and day programs and service coordination agencies serving persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Provides that for community-based providers serving persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities, subject to federal approval of any relevant Waiver Amendment, the rates taking effect for services delivered on or after January 1, 2027 shall include an increase in the rate methodology sufficient to provide a $1.20 per hour wage rate increase for all direct support professionals and all other frontline personnel who are not subject to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ average wage increases and who work in residential and community day services settings. Prohibits community-based providers from using the rate increases for operational or administrative expenses. Requires rate increases that are sufficient to provide wages for all residential non-executive direct care staff. Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the rates for ID/DD and MC/DD facilities for services delivered on or after January 1, 2027 shall include a $1.20 per hour wage increase for all direct support professionals and other frontline personnel who are not subject to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ average wage increases. Provides that changes to the rate methodologies are subject to federal approval. Grants emergency rulemaking authority to the Departments of Human Services and Healthcare and Family Services to implement the rate increases. Effective immediately.
HB 4568, Representative Lindsey LaPointe
Appropriates $352,200,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for grants and administrative expenses of the Home Illinois Program. Effective July 1, 2026.
HB 4586, Representative Maurice A, West, II
Appropriates $7,500,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for the purpose of making a grant to the Illinois Network of Centers for Independent Living to administer and implement the Home Modification Program. Effective July 1, 2026.
HB 4691, Representative Tracy Katz Muhl
Amends the Developmental Disability and Mental Disability Services Act. In provisions limiting the funding amount for home-based services provided by the Department of Human Services to an adult with a mental disability, provides that the Department may exceed such funding limits for an adult with a mental disability whose service and support needs require a higher level of funding based on a determination of need administered by the Department or its service coordination agent. Provides that such service and support needs must be incorporated into the service plan of the adult with a mental disability and must align with criteria adopted by the Department. Permits the Department to limit the use of the funds to services and supports the adult with a mental disability requires to continue to live in the community. Permits the Department to adopt rules. Effective immediately.
HB 4783, Representative Michelle Mussman
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that for dates of service beginning on and after January 1, 2027, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall, for healthcare common procedure coding system codes relating to complex rehabilitation technology wheelchair repair and accessories, apply a reimbursement rate under the Medical Assistance program equivalent to the maximum fee paid in Illinois under the federal Medicare program, including fees under the KU modifier, if applicable. Effective immediately.
HB 4784, Representative Lindsey LaPointe
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that any person who was initially determined to be eligible for medical assistance and is receiving institutional services or home and community-based services as authorized under the Article shall be presumed eligible for a continuation of coverage for such services during any redetermination process, unless the person experiences a material change in financial circumstances that results in the loss of eligibility. Requires any person who experiences a material change in financial circumstances that results in the loss of eligibility to notify the Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Permits the Department to conduct a redetermination of eligibility. Requires the Department to notify the person before the commencement of any redetermination and after the redetermination is concluded along with the results of the redetermination and the effective date of any eligibility change. Requires the Department to seek federal authorization, no later than January 1, 2028, to exempt persons with disabilities who are otherwise eligible for medical assistance from annual eligibility redeterminations, except that a full redetermination shall be conducted at least once every 5 years, regardless of whether a material change in financial circumstances has occurred.
HB 4787, Representative Sharon Chung
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that, on and after January 1, 2027, certain services shall be eligible for reimbursement at approved programs through the Brain Injury waiver for eligible individuals over the age of 21, including, but not limited to: (1) case management; (2) nursing services; (3) medical oversight by consulting medical director; (4) physical therapy; and (5) occupational therapy. Requires the Department of Human Services to reimburse approved programs at the rates in effect for the Home and Community-Based Services Waiver program most recently approved. Effective January 1, 2027.
HB 4812, Representative Lillian Jiminez
| Appropriates $10,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for the Housing is Recovery program. Effective July 1, 2026. |
HB 4827, Representative Anna Moeller
Appropriates $40,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services to provide on-going housing assistance for persons needing affordable housing in order to transition into less restrictive community housing from a long-term care facility regulated under Title 77, 59, or 89 of the Illinois Administrative Code. Effective July 1, 2026.
HB 4828, Representative Anna Moeller
Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Provides that all housing assistance payments payable from funds appropriated to the Department of Human Services in State Fiscal Year 2027 for the purpose of providing ongoing housing assistance to long-term care residents seeking to transition to less restrictive community housing shall be structured to ensure that housing assistance recipients pay no more than 30% of their income as housing costs and may relocate to a different residence that meets applicable Department rules without losing eligibility for such housing assistance payments. Effective July 1, 2026.
HB 4850, Representative Gregg Johnson
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Provides that beginning July 1, 2026, the Department of Human Services shall reissue the original cost and wage survey for costs associated with the administration of services to persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities in community day services that was contained in the Department’s Guidehouse Rate Study. Provides that the cost and wage survey shall be used to effectuate rate increases in transportation funding for the administration of community day services to persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities and may include provider contact information, total costs of employee salaries and benefits, staff turnover, and other information. Requires the Department to adopt rules. Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to file an amendment to the Home and Community-Based Services Waiver Program for Adults with Developmental Disabilities that removes the 5 hour per day billing maximums at community day services. Provides that the amendment shall not modify monthly and yearly billing maximums for community day services. Provides that implementation is contingent on federal approval. Effective July 1, 2026.
HB 4969, Representative Laura Faver Dias
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to file an amendment to the Home and Community-Based Services Waiver Program for Adults with Developmental Disabilities that shall include an increase in the rate methodology sufficient to provide for a wage rate of 150% of the statewide, regional, or local minimum wage for services delivered on or after January 1, 2027, for all direct support personnel and all other frontline personnel who are not subject to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ average wage increases and who work in residential and community day services settings. Provides that for services delivered on or after January 1, 2027, the rates shall include adjustments to employment-related expenses as defined by rule by the Department. Requires the Department to adopt rules, including emergency rules, to implement the rate increases. Contains provisions on benchmark rates for therapy and counseling for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities; tiered rates for community day services; community integration supports for community day services; and benchmark rates for CILA transportation cost and for the supported employment program for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to submit a Title XIX State Plan amendment to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that shall include an increase in the rate methodology sufficient to provide for a wage rate of 150% of the statewide, regional, or local minimum wage for services delivered on or after January 1, 2027, for all direct support personnel and all other frontline personnel at ID/DD and MC/DD facilities. Provides that the State Plan amendment shall provide wage increases for all residential non-executive direct care staff. Effective immediately.
HB 5029, Representative Maurice A. West II
Appropriates $16,358,900 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services Rehabilitation Services Bureau for grants to independent living centers. Effective July 1, 2026.
HB 5467, Representative Maurice A. West, II
Appropriates $5,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Human Services for Assisted Outpatient Treatment related projects. Effective July 1, 2026.
House Restorative Justice & Public Safety Committee
March 26, 2026, 8:00 a.m.
Capitol Building, Room 115
Springfield, IL
HB 5298, Representative Will Guzzardi
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the annual reports submitted by the Director of Corrections and the Director of Juvenile Justice to the Governor and General Assembly shall include various statistics concerning committed persons aged 18 or older, but younger than 22, who are incarcerated in the Department of Corrections or transferred to Department of Juvenile Justice facilities to participate in the High School Diploma Program.
House Mental Health & Addiction Committee
March 26, 2026, 10:00 a.m.
Stratton Building, Room 413
Springfield, IL
HB 2356, Representative Dan Ugaste
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that, if a person is determined to pose a clear and present danger to himself, herself, or to others by a physician, clinical psychologist, or qualified examiner, whether employed by the State, by any public or private mental health facility or part thereof, or by a law enforcement official or a school administrator, then the physician, clinical psychologist, or qualified examiner shall notify the Department of Human Services and a law enforcement official or school administrator shall notify the Illinois State Police and the appropriate local law enforcement agency (rather than shall notify the Illinois State Police), within 24 hours of making the determination that the person poses a clear and present danger.
HB 4476, Representative Lindsey LaPointe
Amends the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013. Provides that each consumer shall be offered at least 15 hours of treatment programming per week and encouraged to attend the treatment domains that meet the consumer’s needs, as reflected in the consumer’s treatment plans. Provides that each consumer’s program engagement and attendance shall be documented in the consumer’s clinical record, and each consumer shall be prompted to attend programming regularly as documented in the consumer’s clinical record at least quarterly. Effective July 1, 2026.
HB 4495, Representative Lindsey LaPointe
Provides that the amendatory Act may be referred to as the Strengthen Linkage to Follow-Up Care after a Behavioral Health Crisis Act. Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that for purposes of timely linking an individual to follow-up mental health care immediately after a behavioral health crisis, when mobile crisis response services are provided to someone in a behavioral health crisis, the Illinois Medicaid-Crisis Assessment Tool approved by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall enable the delivery of community support services, medication monitoring, and other specified services when delivered by the same provider, for up to 30 days without beginning, performing, or completing an integrated assessment and treatment plan. Provides that such services shall be billed separate from mobile crisis response services. Prohibits the Department from imposing more stringent requirements on its Illinois Medicaid-Crisis Assessment Tool than those requirements that exist on the effective date of the amendatory Act, as long as the services provided are delivered under the supervision of a licensed practitioner of the healing arts. Requires the Department to file any rules necessary to implement the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
HB 4542, Representative Amy L. Grant
Amends the Developmental Disability and Mental Disability Services Act. Provides that in one’s “own home” means that an adult with a mental disability lives alone; or that an adult with a mental disability is in full-time residence with his or her parents, legal guardian, or other relatives; or that an adult with a mental disability is in full-time residence in a setting not subject to licensure under the Nursing Home Care Act, the Specialized Mental Health Rehabilitation Act of 2013, the ID/DD Community Care Act, the MC/DD Act, or the Child Care Act of 1969 with 5 (rather than 3) or fewer other adults unrelated to the adult with a mental disability who do not provide home-based services to the adult with a mental disability.
HB 5468, Representative Kelly M. Cassidy
Amends the Community Emergency Services and Support Act. Replaces all references to the Division of Mental Health of the Department of Human Services with the Department of Human Services throughout the Act. Provides that 9-1-1 public safety answering points shall screen specific types of law enforcement calls and follow approved protocols and processes under the Act to identify callers experiencing behavioral health crises and to refer them for a behavioral health response. Provides that 9-1-1 public safety answering points shall open and follow the emergency medical dispatch protocols established under the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act at the start of all emergency calls to ensure the protocols are used and applied consistently and uniformly to ensure that information related to behavioral health emergency calls is available for data collection and can be used to determine which calls should be referred for a behavioral health response. Provides that, among other things, each Regional Advisory Committee or subregional committee must (1) review regional and subregional crisis response system capacities and resources to inform planning and implementation and to foster collaboration across all sectors of the system and (2) determine the need for and make a plan to support local communities to develop and use other resources to create additional mobile mental health relief provider services to expand the capacity to provide more immediate service coverage. Amends the Emergency Telephone System Act. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2027, all public safety answering points shall use the protocols established under the Community Emergency Services and Support Act to identify behavioral and mental health-related emergencies that do not require a law enforcement response. Amends the Illinois State Police Law. Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training programs shall include, among other things, community response options including, the community response options under the Community Emergency Services and Support Act. Makes other changes.
Senate Judiciary Committee
March 25, 2026, 3:45 p.m.
Capitol Building, Room 400
Springfield, IL
SB 3750, SA 1, Senator Laura Fine
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that whenever psychotropic medication or electroconvulsive therapy is refused under a specified provision at least once that day, the psychiatrist or advanced practice psychiatric nurse (instead of the physician) shall determine and state in writing the reasons why the recipient did not meet the criteria for the administration of medication or electroconvulsive therapy and whether the recipient meets the standard for administration of psychotropic medication or electroconvulsive therapy under a provision concerning the administration of psychotropic medication and electroconvulsive therapy upon application to a court. Provides that a petition requesting that the court authorize treatment with psychotropic medication shall specify the full names of the medications and anticipated range of dosage that comprise such treatment. Provides that no administration of psychotropic medication or electroconvulsive therapy without the informed consent of the recipient may be authorized unless at least one psychiatrist or advanced practice psychiatric nurse who has examined the recipient testifies in person at the hearing. Makes other changes to definitions and provisions concerning administration of psychotropic medication and electroconvulsive therapy upon application to a court.
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Senate Appropriations—Health and Human Services Committee
March 25, 2026, 5:00 p.m.
Capitol Building, Room 212
Springfield, IL
SUBJECT MATTER: FY27 Budget Request IDHR, SB4100FY27 Budget Request IDVA, SB4113FY27 Budget Request IHRC, SB4126FY27 Budget Request ICDD, SB4130
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SB 3777, Senator Adriane Johnson
Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that in the Articles governing employment, financial credit, and public accommodations it is a civil rights violation to use criteria or methods including practices, policies, and groups of practices or policies that has the effect of subjecting individuals to discrimination prohibited under the Act. Changes the definition of “unlawful discrimination” to mean discrimination against a person, whether by purpose or effect, because of his or her actual or perceived: race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, marital status, order of protection status, disability, military status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, reproductive health decisions, or unfavorable discharge from military service as those terms are defined in the Act.
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Cheryl R. Jansen
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cherylj2@equipforequality.org
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