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Legislative Update – Week of February 7
February 7, 2011Like much of the rest of Illinois, the House and Senate had to cancel their scheduled session days in Springfield last week due to the snow emergency. Again, bills were introduced without the members being present during perfunctory session days. Members are scheduled to retu to Springfield February 8th at noon. Although relatively few, committee […]
Update: Out-of-Network Bill in Illinois
February 4, 2011ICEP has leaed that the Goveor’s office is not likely to take any action on HB 5085 until close to the February 15 deadline. His staff is interested in what alteatives the interested parties can agree upon by that date. No action is likely this week, however, since legislative sessions were cancelled due to the […]
Legislative Update – Week of January 28
February 3, 2011The following legislative report from ICEP’s lobbyists is from the week of January 28; the report was delayed due to closures caused by the weather. Legislative sessions were cancelled the week of February 1 due to the weather, so there is no updated activity.While the House and Senate were not in Springfield this week, bills […]
Weekly Legislative Update – Week of January 14
January 18, 2011The House and Senate began the new 97th General Assembly on Wednesday, January 12th after an interesting and busy end to the last General Assembly that resulted in a hike in both the personal and corporate income taxes. Perfunctory session is scheduled for several days yet in January but, the members are not scheduled to […]
End-of-Session Legislative Report – Week of January 12
January 14, 2011The House and Senate brought the 96th General Assembly to an end very early Wednesday moing and began the 97th General Assembly just a few hours later that same day. Retuing to Springfield after the holiday break brought a full agenda and significant expectations. While an agreement had been announced by the Goveor and Senate […]
Legislative Veto Session Update – Week of December 6
December 6, 2010After completion of the last week, the House and Senate have left Springfield until January. While there are many issues that have yet to be addressed, there was a considerable amount of action at the Capitol on a variety of high profile issues. The House and Senate passed legislation this last week legalizing civil unions […]
Legislative Veto Session Update – Week of November 22
November 22, 2010The House and Senate spent the last week in Springfield conducting the first of two weeks of the annual “Veto Session.” The veto session is generally reserved for acting on bills that had some veto action taken by the Goveor. However, this session time also provides the General Assembly with an opportunity to take action […]
EMS & Trauma Strategic Plan Finalized
September 1, 2010The Illinois Department of Public Health, Division of EMS and Highway Safety, has released its 5-Year Strategic Plan. The plan is the result of about three years of work of a mutildisciplinary group of approximately 150 individuals representing emergency medical systems (EMS) and trauma communities.In March 2010, an updated version of the Strategic Plan Draft […]
Legislative End-of-Session Report Released
August 11, 2010The Legislative End-of-Session report prepared by Illinois Strateges, LLC., for ICEP has just been released. The report reviews the year’s progress on budget and political issues as well as status of bills of interest to ICEP and the emergency medicine community.Download 2010 Legislative End-of-Session Report
Weekly Legislative Update – June 1, 2010
June 1, 2010Early on during last week, it appeared that the House and Senate would get a budget passed and off to the Goveor by the end of the week. Depending upon your perspective, it may be a positive that the two chambers did not put together all of the components needed to complete their work for the […]