| Representative Flowers' Passed Legislation |
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| Bill Number; Public Act Number | Description |
| HB 68; PA 102-0256 | Requires each hospital to report the number of female patients who died during a given reporting period on a quarterly basis under the Hospital Report Card Act. |
| HB 88; PA 102-0178 | Requires that an otherwise eligible person shall be eligible to receive TANF cash assistance regardless of whether they have been convicted of a drug-related offenses. |
| HB 728; PA 102-0414 | Increases the number of birth center facilities that may be licensed under the Alternative Health Care Delivery Act |
| HB 1779; PA 102-0203 | Requires Medicaid and private health insurance companies to provide coverage for medically-indicated biomarker testing. |
| HB 2914; PA 102-0451 | Requires DCFS to submit an annual report to the General Assembly detailing racial disparities in DCFS involvement during the previous fiscal year. |
| HB 3267; PA 102-0470 | Creates the Advisory Commission on Reducing the Disproportionate Representation of African-American Children in Foster Care |
| HB 3914; PA 102-0617 | Requires each State agency to establish the goal of increasing diversity on interview panels in order to increase State employment opportunities provided to women, minority persons, and specified other persons. |
| HB 5013; PA 102-0964 | A law to increase access to choices during pregnancy, birth, and the 12 months postpartum; requires Medicaid health plans to reimburse out-of-network providers for any pregnancy-related health care service covered by the Illinois Medicaid program. Permits licensed Certified Professional Midwives to provide services at any facility licensed under Illinois’ Birth Center Licensing Act. |
| HB 1; PA 101-38 | A task force to reduce infant and maternal mortality rates for African Americans |
| HB 2433; PA 101-0091 | A law requiring every hospital to maintain on-site the proper instruments for taking a pregnant patient's blood pressure. |
| HB 3129; PA 101-0103 | A law that narrows criteria under which Illinois Department of Human Services may discontinue a family's TANF benefits; excludes 75% of TANF grants from becoming subject to penalty reductions. |
| HB 347; PA 101-182 | A law to make it more difficult for individuals convicted of elder abuse to recover from their victims’ estates |
| HB 2438; PA 101-386 | A law requiring health insurance companies to cover mental health services for postpartum depression |
| HB 2895; PA 101-390 | A law requiring all birthing facilities to comply with mandatory continuing education about the management of severe maternal hypertension and obstetric hemorrhage. Mandates IDPH to develop an initiative to reduce peripartum racial and ethnic disparities, in collaboration with the Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative. |
| HB 2; PA 101-445 | A law affirming that all pregnant women have certain health care rights during labor and delivery |
| HB 3; PA 101-0446 | A law requiring each hospital to report to IDPH facility-level racial disparities in maternal child health outcomes, including: preterm birth, infant mortality, and maternal mortality. |
| HB 5; PA 101-447 | A law to ensure access to substance use services for pregnant and postpartum women |
| HB 3511; PA 101-512 | Maternal Mental Health Conditions Education, Early Diagnosis, and Treatment Act |
| HB 2896; PA 101-273 | Diversity in Health Care Professions Task Force |
| HB 2800; PA 100-265 | The Perinatal HIV Prevention Act |
| HB 736; PA 100-347 | Establishment of a small business grant program for low-income individuals who are interested in becoming entrepreneurs |
| SB 1696; PA 100-459 | Illinois Muslim American Advisory Council Act |
| HB 163; PA 99-84 | A law prohibiting the Illinois State Board of Education from having separate performance standards for students based on race or ethnicity |
| SB 1775; PA 99-351 | Safeguard Our Children Act |
| HB 3284; PA 99-416 | Opportunities for At Risk Women Act |
| HB 105; PA 97-280 | Patients' Right to Know Act |
| HB286; PA 97-245 | Administration of Psychotropic Medications to Children Act |
| SB 1157; PA 94-242 | Public Health Program Beneficiary Employer Disclosure Law |
| SB 1157; PA 94-242 | Illinois Adverse Health Care Events Reporting Law of 2005 |
| SB251; PA 91-617 | Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act |
| HB4999; PA 94-885 | Fair Patient Billing Act |
| SB 59; PA 93-563 | Hospital Report Card Act |
| HB612; PA 94-407 | Illinois Family Case Management Act |
| HB 8; PA 98-1050 | A law assuring pregnant women job security through "reasonable accommodation" |
| HB 81; PA 93-540 | Re-branding free-standing "Emergent" Care Centers |
| HB 486; PA 93-981 | A law that prohibits hospitals from promulgating policies or implementing practices that determine differing standards of obstetrical care based on patient's source of payment or ability to pay |
| HB 192; PA 95-0282 | A law requiring the Illinois Department of Public Health to effect policies and procedures to monitor and control infections from MDRO's (Multi-drug resistant organisms), MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) and Clostridium, especially as these impact health care facilities |
| HB 890; PA 84-462 | A law requiring the Illinois Department of Public Health to develop hospital standards of perinatal care which assure that families are provided information to assist in obtaining special education for children with disabilities |
| HB 3999; PA 96-411 | A law that rebranded existing programs into the Golden Apple Scholars of Illinois |
| HB 2942; PA 85-1313 | A law that established March 4 as a commemorative holiday for Chicago School District 299 to be known as Mayors' Day, when past chief executive officers of Chicago are honored, particularly Richard J. Daley and Harold Washington |
