Federal news
Bills to watch
· H.R.990 Recognizing racism as a national crisis and the need for a truth and reconciliation process. This resolution recognizes racism as a national public health crisis and supports the creation of a truth and reconciliation process to address historic, enduring systemic and structural racism against black people. [Introduced 6/4/20]
· S.B.3917 A bill to establish a home-based telemental health care demonstration program for purposes of increasing mental health services in rural medically underserved populations and for individuals in farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. [Introduced 6/9/20]
In the news
Alexander pushes for passage of pandemic planning law this year [Roll Call, 6/9/20]
Will the Supreme Court’s landmark LGBTQ decision impact health care discrimination rules? [Roll Call, 6/17/20]
Coronavirus economy drains Social Security, Medicare coffers [Roll Call, 6/18/20]
State news
Just a reminder to check the ILA website’s Advocacy page. They do a great job of keeping us up to date on legislative progress. To see what was just signed into law, visit https://www.ila.org/advocacy/legislative-issues/illinois-legislative-issues