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State Government Relations Update - May 30, 2018

Here are some bills IAFP supported that passed both both chambers and will be sent to the Governor.

HB 4383 Provides that disenrollment of a Medicaid enrollee from a managed care organization under contract with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall be in accordance with specified federal requirements whenever a contract is terminated between a Medicaid managed care health plan and a primary care provider that results in a disruption to the Medicaid enrollee's provider-beneficiary relationship.

HB 4736  IAFP co-signed a letter  in support with ICAAP. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall not require the following children to enroll in or transition to the State's managed care medical assistance program: (1) children who are authorized by the Department to receive in-home shift nursing services as required by federal regulations concerning Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment services; and (2) children made eligible for medical assistance through any home and community-based services waiver program for medically fragile and technology dependent children authorized under the Social Security Act.

SB 2572 Amends the School Code. Provides that a school board may determine the schedule or frequency of physical education courses, provided that a pupil in kindergarten through grade 12 engage in a course of physical education for a minimum of 150 minutes per week (rather than engage in a course of physical education for a minimum of 3 days per 5-day week). Effective July 1, 2018.

SB 2866 (link to our HPV resources) Department of Public Health must provide all students who are entering sixth grade and their parents or legal guardians with written information about the availability of a (rather than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommendation for children to be vaccinated with the) HPV vaccine so that they may be (rather than are) protected before ever being exposed to the virus.

SB 3015 With regard to the self-administration and self-carry of asthma medication, provides that a school district, public school, charter school, or nonpublic school may authorize a school nurse or trained personnel to (i) provide undesignated asthma medication to a student for self-administration only or to any personnel authorized under a student's Individual Health Care Action Plan or asthma action plan, plan pursuant to Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, or individualized education program plan to administer to the student that meets the student's prescription on file, (ii) administer undesignated asthma medication that meets the prescription on file to any student who has an Individual Health Care Action Plan or asthma action plan, plan pursuant to Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, or individualized education program plan that authorizes the use of asthma medication; and (iii) administer undesignated asthma medication to any person that the school nurse or trained personnel believes in good faith is having respiratory distress; defines "undesignated asthma medication" and "respiratory distress". Provides that a school district, public school, charter school, or nonpublic school may maintain a supply of asthma medication in any secure location that is accessible before, during, or after school where a person is most at risk. Provides that a training curriculum to recognize and respond to respiratory distress may be conducted online or in person. Specifies training requirements. Provides that a school district or school must follow up with the school nurse after the administration of undesignated asthma medication only if a school nurse is available.

SB 3503 IAFP signed onto a fact sheet - Provides that on or before June 1, 2019, every facility that houses a circuit court room shall include at least one lactation room or area for members of the public to express breast milk in private that is located outside the confines of a restroom and includes, at minimum, a chair, a table, and an electrical outlet, as well as a sink with running water where possible.

Last Updated on Wednesday, May 30, 2018 04:36 PM