LOC FIRST RESPONDER INSURANCE Senate SponsorsSen. Michael E. Hastings-Robert F. Martwick, Mike Simmons, Patrick J. Joyce, Meg Loughran Cappel, Michael W. Halpin, Mike Porfirio, Suzy Glowiak Hilton, Laura M. Murphy, Rachel Ventura, Sara Feigenholtz, Laura Fine, Javier L. Cervantes, Linda Holmes, David Koehler, Ram Villivalam, Napoleon Harris, III, Celina Villanueva, Julie A. Morrison, Mary Edly-Allen, Adriane Johnson, Elgie R. Sims, Jr., Paul Faraci, Willie Preston, Doris Turner, Christopher Belt, Bill Cunningham and Steve Stadelman House Sponsors(Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar-Michael J. Kelly-La Shawn K. Ford-Natalie A. Manley-Harry Benton, Jaime M. Andrade, Jr., Martin J. Moylan, Jay Hoffman, Sharon Chung, Joyce Mason, Dagmara Avelar, Mary Gill, Brad Stephens, Jennifer Sanalitro, Michael J. Coffey, Jr., Nicole La Ha, William "Will" Davis, Ann M. Williams, Kelly M. Cassidy, Abdelnasser Rashid, Gregg Johnson, Jenn Ladisch Douglass, Will Guzzardi, Laura Faver Dias, Carol Ammons, Anthony DeLuca, Dave Vella, Jawaharial Williams, Barbara Hernandez, Kevin John Olickal, Mary Beth Canty, Nicholas K. Smith, Lance Yednock, Maurice A. West, II, Michelle Mussman, Katie Stuart, Justin Slaughter, Robert "Bob" Rita, Martin McLaughlin, Sonya M. Harper, Janet Yang Rohr, Bob Morgan, Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, Rita Mayfield, Tracy Katz Muhl, Kam Buckner, Marcus C. Evans, Jr., Kevin Schmidt, John M. Cabello, Diane Blair-Sherlock, Kelly M. Burke, Edgar Gonzalez, Jr., Hoan Huynh, Lindsey LaPointe, Aaron M. Ortiz, Bradley Fritts, Anne Stava-Murray, Patrick Sheehan, Brandun Schweizer, Sue Scherer, Norma Hernandez, Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez, Emanuel "Chris" Welch, Stephanie A. Kifowit and Matt Hanson) 8/9/2024SenatePublic Act . . . . . . . . . 103-1011 55 ILCS 5/5-1069from Ch. 34, par. 5-106965 ILCS 5/10-4-2.4 newAmends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code. Provides that, if a municipality or county, including a home rule municipality or county, is a self-insurer for purposes of providing health insurance coverage for its employees, the insurance coverage shall include mental health counseling for any employee who is a first responder, including police and corrections officers, deputy sheriffs, firefighters, or emergency medical services personnel, without imposing a deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other cost-sharing requirement on the coverage provided. Specifies that this requirement does not apply to the extent such coverage would disqualify a high-deductible health plan from eligibility for a health savings account pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code. Limits home rule powers by providing that the requirement that mental health counseling be included in health insurance coverage is an exclusive power and function of the State.House Floor Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the engrossed bill with the following changes. Provides that the mental health counseling shall be included in the health insurance coverage for employees on and after June 1, 2025. Provides that the first responders eligible to receive the mental health counseling also include emergency medical services personnel dispatched pursuant to a 9-1-1 call (rather than medical services personnel, in the engrossed bill), public safety telecommunicators, emergency medical dispatchers, and mental health professionals employed and dispatched by any unit of local government in response to emergency crisis calls received on public emergency service lines instead of or in conjunction with law enforcement. Defines mental health counseling.House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adds reference to:70 ILCS 705/6.3 newAdds provisions amending the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that, if a fire protection district is a self-insurer for purposes of providing health insurance coverage for its employees, the insurance coverage shall include, on and after June 1, 2025, mental health counseling for any employee who is a first responder without imposing a deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other cost-sharing requirement on the coverage provided, except that this requirement does not apply to the extent such coverage would disqualify a high-deductible health plan from eligibility for a health savings account under a specified provision of the Internal Revenue Code. Defines the terms "first responder" and "mental health counseling". 2/9/2024SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Michael E. Hastings 2/9/2024SenateFirst Reading 2/9/2024SenateReferred to Assignments 2/20/2024SenateAssigned to Local Government 2/22/2024SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Robert F. Martwick 2/22/2024SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons 2/22/2024SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Patrick J. Joyce 2/22/2024SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel 2/22/2024SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Halpin 2/23/2024SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Porfirio 2/23/2024SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton 2/26/2024SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy 3/7/2024SenateDo Pass Local Government; 007-003-000 3/7/2024SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 12, 2024 3/7/2024SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura 3/7/2024SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sara Feigenholtz 3/12/2024SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine 3/13/2024SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Javier L. Cervantes 3/13/2024SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes 3/13/2024SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler 3/14/2024SenateSecond Reading 3/14/2024SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 20, 2024 3/15/2024SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam 3/21/2024SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Napoleon Harris, III 4/10/2024SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Celina Villanueva 4/10/2024SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison 4/10/2024SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mary Edly-Allen 4/11/2024SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Adriane Johnson 4/11/2024SenateThird Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 4/11/2024SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Elgie R. Sims, Jr. 4/11/2024SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Paul Faraci 4/11/2024HouseArrived in House 4/12/2024HouseChief House Sponsor Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar 4/12/2024HouseAdded Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Kelly 4/12/2024SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Willie Preston 4/15/2024HouseAdded Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford 4/15/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. 4/15/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin J. Moylan 4/15/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jay Hoffman 4/15/2024HouseFirst Reading 4/15/2024HouseReferred to Rules Committee 4/16/2024SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Doris Turner 4/16/2024SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt 4/16/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sharon Chung 4/16/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Joyce Mason 4/16/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar 4/16/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Gill 4/16/2024SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Bill Cunningham 4/16/2024SenateAdded as Co-Sponsor Sen. Steve Stadelman 4/16/2024HouseAdded Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley 4/16/2024HouseAdded Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Benton 4/16/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Brad Stephens 4/16/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Sanalitro 4/16/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael J. Coffey, Jr. 4/16/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicole La Ha 4/16/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. William "Will" Davis 4/16/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams 4/16/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy 4/16/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid 4/16/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregg Johnson 4/16/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jenn Ladisch Douglass 4/16/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi 4/16/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias 4/16/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons 4/16/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Anthony DeLuca 4/16/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Dave Vella 4/16/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jawaharial Williams 4/16/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Hernandez 4/16/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin John Olickal 4/16/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty 4/16/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicholas K. Smith 4/16/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lance Yednock 4/16/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II 4/16/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman 4/16/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart 4/16/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Justin Slaughter 4/17/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita 4/17/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin McLaughlin 4/17/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper 4/17/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Janet Yang Rohr 4/17/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan 4/17/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz 4/17/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield 4/17/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Tracy Katz Muhl 4/17/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kam Buckner 4/17/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. 4/17/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Schmidt 4/17/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. John M. Cabello 4/17/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Diane Blair-Sherlock 4/17/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Burke 4/17/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Edgar Gonzalez, Jr. 4/18/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Hoan Huynh 4/18/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe 4/18/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Aaron M. Ortiz 4/18/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Bradley Fritts 4/18/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Anne Stava-Murray 4/18/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick Sheehan 4/18/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Brandun Schweizer 4/18/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer 4/18/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Norma Hernandez 4/19/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez 4/24/2024HouseAssigned to Insurance Committee 4/30/2024HouseDo Pass / Short Debate Insurance Committee; 015-000-000 5/1/2024HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate 5/3/2024HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar 5/3/2024HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee 5/6/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch 5/13/2024HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Insurance Committee 5/14/2024HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Insurance Committee; 012-000-000 5/15/2024HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar 5/15/2024HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee 5/15/2024HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Insurance Committee 5/16/2024HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Insurance Committee; 013-000-000 5/16/2024HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate 5/16/2024HouseHeld on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate 5/17/2024HouseThird Reading/Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 24, 2024 5/21/2024HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted 5/21/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit 5/21/2024HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted 5/21/2024HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate 5/21/2024HouseThird Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 5/21/2024HouseAdded Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Matt Hanson 5/21/2024SenateSecretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1, 2 5/21/2024SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1, 2 - May 22, 2024 5/23/2024SenateHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Michael E. Hastings 5/23/2024SenateHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments 5/23/2024SenateHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Michael E. Hastings 5/23/2024SenateHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments 5/23/2024SenateHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Local Government 5/23/2024SenateHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Local Government 5/23/2024SenateHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Local Government; 008-000-000 5/23/2024SenateHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Local Government; 008-000-000 5/24/2024SenateHouse Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 057-000-000 5/24/2024SenateHouse Floor Amendment No. 2 Senate Concurs 057-000-000 5/24/2024SenateSenate Concurs 5/24/2024SenatePassed Both Houses 6/21/2024SenateSent to the Governor 8/9/2024SenateGovernor Approved 8/9/2024SenateEffective Date January 1, 2025 8/9/2024SenatePublic Act . . . . . . . . . 103-1011