{"id":16918,"date":"2024-08-30T16:22:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T16:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/?p=16918"},"modified":"2025-04-09T16:24:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T16:24:32","slug":"legislative-update-08-30-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/legislative-update-08-30-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Legislative Update, 08\/30\/2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Federal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As we get closer to the Presidential Election, it\u2019s important to stay aware of the promises and track records of the candidates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>KKF: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/compare-2024-candidates-health-care-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Compare the Candidates on Health Policy<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ballotpedia: <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Presidential_candidates_on_the_issues,_2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Presidential candidates on the issues, 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, a current Supreme Court case, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/case-files\/cases\/oklahoma-v-department-of-health-and-human-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Oklahoma v. Department of Health and Human Services<\/em><\/a>, could dramatically affect Federal regulations on Medicare and Medicaid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Illinois<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A couple of bills to watch:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SB3703 \u2013 NURSING STUDENT STIPEND PROG<\/strong> \u2013 Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that, subject to appropriation, beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall establish a nursing student stipend program to reimburse eligible applicants for the pre-licensure nursing program cost incurred during the previous academic year from a baccalaureate degree nursing program. Sets forth provisions concerning application for a stipend, the amount of the stipend, the pre-licensure nursing program cost, the distribution of funds, information on the stipend program, and rulemaking. Status \u2013 Re-referred to Assignments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More information is available <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240918152108\/https:\/\/legiscan.com\/IL\/bill\/SB3703\/2023\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>HB4823 \u2013 $IDPH-LOCAL HEALTH PROT GRANTS<\/strong> \u2013 Appropriates $10,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Public Health for local health protection grants for health protection programs. Status \u2013 Re-referred to Rules Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More information is available <a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/IL\/bill\/HB4823\/2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal As we get closer to the Presidential Election, it\u2019s important to stay aware of the promises and track records of the candidates. Meanwhile, a current Supreme Court case, Oklahoma v. Department of Health and Human Services, could dramatically affect Federal regulations on Medicare and Medicaid. Illinois A couple of bills to watch: SB3703 \u2013&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legislation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16918"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16919,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16918\/revisions\/16919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}