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 period of May 20, 2025 to May 23, 2025:
NOTE: Friday, May 23, 2025, is the 3rd Reading Deadline for substantive bills.
House Appropriations-Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
May 20, 2025, 2:00 p.m.
Capital Building, Room 118
Springfield, IL
HB 1879, Representative Terra Costa Howard
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.
- To file an electronic witness slip on HB 1879: Click
House Human Services Committee
May 21, 2025, 8:00 a.m.
Stratton Building, Room C-1
Springfield, IL
HR 171, Representative La Shawn K. Ford
Urges the Illinois General Assembly to reconsider the repeal of the 2013 Medicaid funding trigger law and to protect those who may be impacted by federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid funding cuts. Urges the Illinois General Assembly to take decisive budget actions in the healthcare arena and to aggressively advocate for Medicaid protection and expansion to ensure no vulnerable resident is left behind and no hospital, clinic, or emergency department is threatened out of existence.
House Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools Committee
May 21, 2025, 2:00 p.m.
Capitol Building, Room 115
Springfield, IL
SB 1920, HA 1, HA 2, Representative Laura Faver Dias
Amends the School Code. Provides that, no later than July 1, 2026, the State Board of Education shall encourage districts to collect teaching resources to support American Sign Language programs. Provides that the teaching resources may include, but need not be limited to, (i) the importance and benefits of American Sign Language instruction for early ages and the prevalence of American Sign Language in the United States, (ii) information on ways to implement American Sign Language instruction into kindergarten through grade 8 curriculum, and (iii) information on how to properly administer American Sign Language instruction for students in kindergarten through grade 8.
- To read the full text of SB 1920 as introduced: Click
- To read the full text of HA 1 (which adds provisions regarding the use of Artificial Intelligence in elementary and secondary education): Click
- To read the full text of HA 2 (which adds provisions regarding the use of Artificial Intelligence in elementary and secondary education): Click
- To file an electronic witness slip on SB 1920: Click
House Appropriations-Public Safety & Infrastructure Committee
May 21, 2025, 4:00 p.m.
Stratton Building, Room C-1
Springfield, IL
HB 1438, Representative Kevin John Olickal
Appropriates $1,500,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the
Independent Corrections Ombudsperson for the Office’s ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2025.
- To file an electronic witness slip on HB 1438: Click
House Appropriations-Health and Human Services Committee
May 22, 2025, 8:30 a.m.
Capitol Building, Room 114
Springfield, IL
SUBJECT MATTER: HB 3734
HB 3734, Representative Camille Y. Lilly
Amends the Aid to the Aged, Blind or Disabled Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the General Assembly finds it necessary to take measures to increase the amount of cash assistance provided to qualifying Illinoisans under the Aid to the Aged, Blind or Disabled (AABD) program to reach a standard compatible with health and well-being. Provides that the amount of AABD aid granted to a person shall be determined by the Department of Human Services in such a manner as to produce assistance payments that bring the person’s total monthly income from countable sources, as determined by the Department, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits, if applicable, and AABD aid to an amount that is: (i) no less than 85% of the federal poverty level in effect for the month aid is paid, beginning July 1, 2025; (ii) no less than 90% of the federal poverty level in effect for the month aid is paid, beginning July 1, 2026; (iii) no less than 95% of the federal poverty level for the month aid is paid, beginning July 1, 2027; and (iv) no less than 100% of the federal poverty level in effect for the month aid is paid, beginning on and after July 1, 2028. Provides that the amendatory Act shall not result in any reduction in the amount of aid payable to a person determined eligible for aid prior to July 1, 2025. Effective July 1, 2025.
- To read the full text of HB 3734: Click
- To file a witness slip for the subject matter hearing: Click
(Note: the subject matter hearing will also include the following non-disability specific bills: HB 1376, HB 3018, HB 3767, HB 4026, HB 4046)
HB 2364, 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, 2025.
- To file an electronic witness slip on HB 2364: Click
HB 3268, HA 1, Representative Hoan Huynh
Provides legislative findings. Appropriates specified amounts to the Department of
Public Health for grants, expenses, and administrative costs of programs relating to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and human immunodeficiency virus; the Getting to Zero-Illinois plan to end the HIV epidemic by 2030; the prevention, screening, and treatment services to address sexually transmitted infection cases; and the PrEP4Illinois Program to provide client navigation for pre-exposure prophylaxis services and medication access. Contains other provisions. Effective July 1, 2025.
- To read the full text of HB 3268: Click
- To read the full text of HB 3268, HA 1: Click
- To file an electronic witness slip on HB 3268: Click
HB 3076, 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, 2025.
- To file an electronic witness slip on HB 3076: Click
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 program
and related services for formerly incarcerated individuals. Effective July 1, 2025.
Senate Higher Education Committee
May 21, 2025, 9:00 a.m.
Capitol Building, Room 400
Springfield, IL
HB 3385, SA 1, Senator Karina Villa
Amends the Mental Health Early Action on Campus Act. Provides that the expert panel designated by the board of trustees to develop and implement policies and procedures shall be comprised of at least 2 administrators, 2 members of faculty, and one mental health professional. Requires each public college or university to provide at least 3 licensed mental health professionals or less than if the benchmark ratio falls under 3. Provides that the mental health professionals must be employed by the public college or university. Provides that service hours for the mental health professionals should be informed by campus utilization data and may include in-person and telehealth modalities to ensure access to the mental health professionals.
- To read the full text of HB 3385: Click
- To read the full text of SA 1: Click
- To file an electronic witness slip on HB 3385: Click
Senate Judiciary Committee
May 21, 2025, 4:30 p.m.
Capitol Building, Room 400
Springfield, IL
HB 2387, Senator Laura Fine
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Provides that the circuit court has jurisdiction under the Admission, Transfer and Discharge Procedures for the Mentally Ill Chapter of the Code over persons not charged with a felony who are subject to involuntary admission on an inpatient basis. Provides that the circuit court has jurisdiction over all persons who are subject to involuntary admission on an outpatient basis under the Admission on an Outpatient Basis by Court Order Article of that Chapter of the Code, whether or not they are charged with a felony. Provides that a petition that the respondent is subject to involuntary admission on an outpatient basis must be accompanied by one certificate (rather than 2 certificates) of a physician, qualified examiner, psychiatrist, advanced practice psychiatric nurse, or clinical psychologist which certifies that the respondent is subject to involuntary admission on an outpatient basis. Provides that a court order placing the respondent in the care and custody of a relative or other person willing and able to properly care for him or her or committing the respondent to alternative treatment at a community mental health provider may include provisions requiring that the respondent participate in: case management services, individual or group therapy, day or partial day programs, educational or vocational training, supervised living, assertive community treatment team services, substance use disorder treatment and testing and any other service that would help prevent relapse or deterioration resulting in hospitalization. Provides that the court may also order the custodian or treatment provider to file periodic reports with the court, and provide copies to the State’s Attorney and respondent’s counsel, reflecting the respondent’s participation in treatment and his or her clinical condition. Provides that the circuit court has jurisdiction over all persons who are subject to involuntary admission on an outpatient basis and provides that the provision is inoperative on and after January 1, 2030. Provides that unless the respondent is charged with a felony, an order of care and custody may grant the custodian the authority to admit a respondent to a hospital if the respondent fails to comply with the conditions of the order. Provides that noncompliance with an order placing the respondent in the care and custody of a relative or other person willing and able to properly care for him or her or committing the respondent to alternative treatment at a community mental health provider shall not be a basis for a finding of contempt. Makes amendatory changes to the Clerks of Courts Act.
NOTE: If you wish to take any action regarding any of these bills/issues, you may wish to file an electronic witness slip and/or or submit oral or written testimony to the committee holding the hearing and/or contact the members of the committee conducting the hearing and/or the legislators in your home district. The names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all legislators, both Representatives and Senators, can be found on the Illinois General Assembly website at www.ilga.gov. You may check this website to find out if any of the committee hearing dates or times have been changed, which may happen upon very short notice.
For additional information, please contact:
Cheryl R. Jansen
Public Policy Director
cherylj2@equipforequality.org
217-303-8543
