Federal
White House requests $22.4B in COVID-19 funding, $3.9B in monkeypox funding (The Hill, 9/2/22)
White House requires immediate public access to all U.S.-funded research papers by 2025 (Science, 8/26/22); see also Office of Science and Technology Policy public access memo (8/25/22) and Breakthroughs for All: Delivering Equitable Access to America’s Research (OSTP blog, 8/25/22)
Illinois
Two new items of interest coming out of the Illinois House:
HR931 – CONGRATS-WILLIAM RIBBING, M.D. – Congratulates William Ribbing, M.D. for receiving the 2022 Rural Physician Lifetime of Service Award and commends him for his compassion and dedication to his patients and for filling such a tremendous void in rural medicine over the past 45 years in Southern Illinois. https://legiscan.com/IL/bill/HR0931/2021 [filed 8/29/22]
HB5800 – OPTOMETRY-ONLINE CONTINUE ED – Amends the Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987. Provides that beginning April 1, 2024, all continuing education may be completed online through live, real-time presentations or by pre-recorded video provided by an approved continuing education sponsor. Provides that an approved continuing education sponsor is a person, firm, association, corporation, or another entity that has been recommended by the Illinois Optometric Licensing and Disciplinary Board to coordinate and present continuing education courses or programs and approved by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. https://legiscan.com/IL/bill/HB5800/2021 [filed 9/2/22]