Full Text of HB3695 102nd General Assembly
HB3695 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 HB3695 Introduced 2/22/2021, by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Creates the Health and Wellness Impact Note Act. Requires the
Department of Public Health to prepare health and wellness
impact notes on bills introduced in the General Assembly.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Health | 5 | | and Wellness Impact Note Act. | 6 | | Section 5. Applicability. | 7 | | (a) Every bill, except those making a direct | 8 | | appropriation, the purpose or effect of which is to advance | 9 | | mental, physical, or social well being shall have prepared for | 10 | | it, before second reading in the chamber of introduction, a | 11 | | brief explanatory statement or note that shall include a | 12 | | reliable estimate of the anticipated impact. | 13 | | (b) Every proposed rule of an agency, the purpose or | 14 | | effect of which is to advance mental, physical, or social well | 15 | | being shall have prepared for it, before approval by the Joint | 16 | | Committee on Administrative Rules pursuant to the Illinois | 17 | | Administrative Procedure Act, a brief explanatory statement or | 18 | | note that shall include a reliable estimate of the anticipated | 19 | | impact. As used in this Act, "rule" and "agency" have the same | 20 | | meanings as in the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. | 21 | | (c) These statements or notes shall be known as Health and | 22 | | Wellness Impact Notes. |
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| 1 | | Section 10. Preparation. | 2 | | (a) The sponsor of each bill to which Section 5 applies, | 3 | | shall present a copy of the bill, with the request for a Health | 4 | | and Wellness Impact Note, to the Department of Public Health. | 5 | | The Health and Wellness Impact Note shall be prepared by the | 6 | | Department of Public Health and submitted to the sponsor of | 7 | | the bill within 5 calendar days, except that whenever, because | 8 | | of the complexity of the measure, additional time is required | 9 | | for the preparation of the Health and Wellness Impact Note, | 10 | | the Department of Public Health may inform the sponsor of the | 11 | | bill, and the sponsor may approve an extension of the time | 12 | | within which the note is to be submitted, not to extend, | 13 | | however, beyond May 15, following the date of the request. | 14 | | (b) The agency proposing a rule to which Section 5 | 15 | | applies, shall present a copy of the proposed rule, with the | 16 | | request for a Health and Wellness Impact Note, to the | 17 | | Department of Public Health. The Health and Wellness Impact | 18 | | Note shall be prepared by the Department of Public Health and | 19 | | submitted to the agency within 5 calendar days, except that | 20 | | whenever, because of the complexity of the measure, additional | 21 | | time is required for the preparation of the Health and | 22 | | Wellness Impact Note, the Department of Public Health may | 23 | | inform the agency, and the agency may approve an extension of | 24 | | the time within which the note is to be submitted. | 25 | | (c) If, in the opinion of the Department of Public Health, | 26 | | there is insufficient information to prepare a reliable |
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| 1 | | estimate of the anticipated impact, a statement to that effect | 2 | | can be filed and shall meet the requirements of this Act. | 3 | | Section 15. Vote on necessity of Health and Wellness | 4 | | Impact Notes. Whenever the sponsor of any bill is of the | 5 | | opinion that no Health and Wellness Impact Note is required, | 6 | | any member of either chamber may request that a note be | 7 | | obtained, and in that case the applicability of this Act shall | 8 | | be decided by the majority of those present and voting in the | 9 | | chamber of which the sponsor is a member. | 10 | | Section 20. Requisites and contents. The note shall be | 11 | | factual in nature, as brief and concise as may be, and shall | 12 | | provide a reliable estimate in dollars or other relevant units | 13 | | if possible, and, in addition, it shall include both the | 14 | | immediate effect and, if determinable or reasonably | 15 | | foreseeable, the long range effect of the measure. If, after | 16 | | careful investigation, it is determined that no dollar or | 17 | | other relevant unit estimate is possible, the note shall | 18 | | contain a statement to that effect, setting forth the reasons | 19 | | why no such estimate can be given. | 20 | | Section 25. Comment or opinion; technical or mechanical | 21 | | defects. No comment or opinion shall be included in the Health | 22 | | and Wellness Impact Note with regard to the merits of the | 23 | | measure for which the Health and Wellness Impact Note is |
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| 1 | | prepared; however, technical or mechanical defects may be | 2 | | noted. | 3 | | Section 30. Appearance of State officials and employees in | 4 | | support or opposition of measure. The fact that a Health and | 5 | | Wellness Impact Note is prepared for any bill or proposed rule | 6 | | shall not preclude or restrict the appearance before any | 7 | | committee of the General Assembly, or before the Joint | 8 | | Committee on Administrative Rules, of any official or | 9 | | authorized employee of the Department of Public Health who | 10 | | desires to be heard in support of or in opposition to the | 11 | | measure. | 12 | | Section 35. Amendment of bill necessitating statement of | 13 | | fiscal effect of proposed amendment. Whenever any committee of | 14 | | either chamber reports any bill with an amendment that will | 15 | | substantially affect the information or conclusion stated in | 16 | | the Health and Wellness Impact Note attached to the measure at | 17 | | the time of its referral to the committee, there shall be | 18 | | included with the report of the committee a statement of the | 19 | | effect of the change proposed by the amendment reported if | 20 | | desired by a majority of the committee. Whenever any bill is | 21 | | amended on the floor of either chamber to substantially affect | 22 | | the information or conclusion as stated in the Health and | 23 | | Wellness Impact Note attached to the bill before the | 24 | | amendment, a majority of the members of that chamber may |
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| 1 | | propose that no action shall be taken on the amendment until | 2 | | the sponsor of the amendment presents to the members a | 3 | | statement of the impact on the advancement of mental, | 4 | | physical, or social well being of the proposed amendment.
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