Illinois Senate Bill 2337 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 26 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-05-21 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to ensure that patients experiencing opioid-related overdose or withdrawal are admitted on inpatient status, rather than observation status, for at least 48 hours from the time of admittance to a safety-net hospital. Prohibits managed care organizations from denying inpatient coverage to safety-net hospitals for patients presenting with opioid overdose or withdrawal diagnosis for at least 48 hours from the time of admittance.

DHFS-OPIOID OVERDOSE-INPATIENT

Sen. Kimberly Lightford [D]

Sen. Patricia Van Pelt [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-05-21	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2021-05-12	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
2021-05-10	Senate	Re-assigned to Health
2021-05-10	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 21, 2021
2021-05-07	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2021-04-30	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 7, 2021
2021-04-23	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As April 30, 2021
2021-04-20	Senate	Postponed - Health
2021-04-16	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 23, 2021
2021-03-31	Senate	To Subcommittee on Medicaid
2021-03-23	Senate	Assigned to Health
2021-02-26	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2021-02-26	Senate	First Reading
2021-02-26	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
305	5	5-41	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2337&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=110&GA=102
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/102/SB/10200SB2337.htm