BREAST CANCER SCREEN,TREATMENT House SponsorsRep. Greg Harris-Barbara Flynn Currie-LaShawn K. Ford-Mike Boland-Monique D. Davis, Al Riley, Kathleen A. Ryg, Naomi D. Jakobsson, Karen May, Karen A. Yarbrough, Constance A. Howard, Elizabeth Coulson, Lou Lang, Joseph M. Lyons, George Scully, Jr., Elaine Nekritz, Eddie Washington, Sara Feigenholtz, David R. Leitch, Rosemary Mulligan, Ronald A. Wait, JoAnn D. Osmond, Tom Cross, Brent Hassert, Susana A Mendoza, Maria Antonia Berrios, Dennis M. Reboletti, James H. Meyer, Michael Tryon, Raymond Poe, Rich Brauer, Mike Bost, Renée Kosel, John E. Bradley, Linda Chapa LaVia, Daniel V. Beiser, Jack D. Franks, Paul D. Froehlich, Sandra M. Pihos, Harry R. Ramey, Jr., Bob Biggins, Robert W. Pritchard, Elga L. Jefferies, Cynthia Soto, Luis Arroyo, Harry Osterman and Arthur L. Turner Senate Sponsors(Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins-Heather Steans-David Koehler-Iris Y. Martinez-Mattie Hunter, Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson, Don Harmon, William Delgado, Kwame Raoul, Rickey R. Hendon, Jeffrey M. Schoenberg, Michael Noland, Linda Holmes, Carole Pankau, Gary Forby, Pamela J. Althoff, Christine Radogno, Ira I. Silverstein, Kimberly A. Lightford, Dan Cronin, Dan Kotowski, Kirk W. Dillard, John J. Millner, John M. Sullivan and Donne E. Trotter) 1/13/2009HouseSession Sine Die 305 ILCS 5/5-5from Ch. 23, par. 5-555 ILCS 5/5-1069from Ch. 34, par. 5-106965 ILCS 5/10-4-2from Ch. 24, par. 10-4-2215 ILCS 5/356gfrom Ch. 73, par. 968g215 ILCS 125/4-6.1from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1408.7215 ILCS 5/356g.5-1 new5 ILCS 375/6.1155 ILCS 5/5-1069.365 ILCS 5/10-4-2.3105 ILCS 5/10-22.3f215 ILCS 125/5-3from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1411.2215 ILCS 165/10from Ch. 32, par. 604215 ILCS 5/356gfrom Ch. 73, par. 968g5 ILCS 375/6.1155 ILCS 5/5-1069from Ch. 34, par. 5-106955 ILCS 5/5-1069.365 ILCS 5/10-4-2from Ch. 24, par. 10-4-265 ILCS 5/10-4-2.3105 ILCS 5/10-22.3f215 ILCS 125/4-6.1from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1408.7215 ILCS 165/10from Ch. 32, par. 604 Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois Insurance Code, and other Acts. Provides that on and after July 1, 2008, screening and diagnostic mammography shall be reimbursed under the medical assistance program at the same rate as the Medicare program's rates, including the increased reimbursement for digital mammography. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to take certain actions in relation to breast cancer screening and treatment, including establishment of bonus payments to mammography facilities meeting certain standards, a rate methodology for certain providers, and a performance goal for primary care providers; also requires the Department to establish a case-management or patient-navigation pilot program. Provides that a group or individual policy of accident and health insurance or managed care plan that is amended, delivered, issued, or renewed after the effective date of this amendatory Act must provide coverage for all medically necessary pain medication and pain therapy related to the treatment of breast cancer on the same terms and conditions that are generally applicable to coverage for other conditions. Provides that mandatory insurance coverage relating to mammography shall be provided at no cost to the insured and shall not be subject to an annual or lifetime maximum benefit. Makes other changes in relation to mammography coverage, and makes these changes to the Illinois Insurance Code also applicable to the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971, the Health Maintenance Organization Act, and other Acts. Sets forth a statement of legislative intent and provides that the bill's provisions may be referred to as the Reducing Breast Cancer Disparities Act. Effective immediately.House Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with provisions substantially similar to those of House Bill 5192, amending the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois Insurance Code, and other Acts, but with changes that include the following: (1) adds 2 items of required mammography coverage to provisions in the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Counties Code, and the Illinois Municipal Code to make these provisions consistent with those in the Illinois Insurance Code; and (2) makes changes in the definition of "low-dose mammography" and related provisions concerning mammography in the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Illinois Insurance Code, the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, and the Health Maintenance Organization Act to make these provisions uniform. Effective immediately.House Amendment No. 2 Provides that neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head under the jurisdiction of the Governor has any rulemaking authority under the amendatory Act, but that the Governor may suggest rules by filing them with the General Assembly and requesting that the General Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact the suggested rules into law, or take other appropriate action in the General Assembly's discretion.Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes provisions that restrict rulemaking. 2/14/2008HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Greg Harris 2/14/2008HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie 2/14/2008HouseFirst Reading 2/14/2008HouseReferred to Rules Committee 2/15/2008HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. LaShawn K. Ford 2/15/2008HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland 2/15/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley 2/19/2008HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis 2/20/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg 2/20/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson 2/20/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May 2/20/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough 2/20/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard 2/22/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson 2/22/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang 2/22/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Joseph M. Lyons 2/22/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. George Scully, Jr. 2/22/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz 2/22/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington 2/26/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz 2/27/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. David R. Leitch 3/3/2008HouseAssigned to Health Care Availability and Access Committee 3/4/2008HouseRe-assigned to Health & Healthcare Disparities Committee 3/13/2008HouseHouse Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Health & Healthcare Disparities Committee 3/13/2008HouseHouse Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Health & Healthcare Disparities Committee 3/13/2008HouseHouse Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Health & Healthcare Disparities Committee; by Voice Vote 3/13/2008HouseHouse Amendment No. 2 Adopted in Health & Healthcare Disparities Committee; by Voice Vote 3/13/2008HouseDo Pass as Amended / Short Debate Health & Healthcare Disparities Committee; 010-000-000 3/13/2008HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate 3/13/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan 3/13/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Ronald A. Wait 3/13/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond 3/13/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Cross 3/13/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Brent Hassert 3/13/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Susana A Mendoza 3/18/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios 3/19/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti 3/19/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. James H. Meyer 3/19/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Tryon 3/19/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Raymond Poe 3/19/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Rich Brauer 3/19/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Bost 3/19/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Renée Kosel 3/25/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley 3/28/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia 3/28/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel V. Beiser 4/1/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks 4/1/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich 4/1/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos 4/1/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry R. Ramey, Jr. 4/1/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Biggins 4/1/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard 4/1/2008HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate 4/1/2008HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate 4/2/2008HouseThird Reading - Short Debate - Passed 110-000-000 4/2/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Elga L. Jefferies 4/2/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto 4/3/2008SenateArrive in Senate 4/3/2008SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of First Reading 4/3/2008SenateChief Senate Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins 4/3/2008SenateAdded as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Heather Steans 4/3/2008SenateAdded as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler 4/3/2008SenateAdded as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez 4/3/2008SenateAdded as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter 4/3/2008SenateFirst Reading 4/3/2008SenateReferred to Rules 4/17/2008SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson 4/17/2008SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon 4/17/2008SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado 4/30/2008SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kwame Raoul 4/30/2008SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Rickey R. Hendon 4/30/2008SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg 5/1/2008SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael Noland 5/7/2008SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes 5/8/2008SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Carole Pankau 5/8/2008SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby 5/8/2008SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff 5/13/2008SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Christine Radogno 5/15/2008SenateAssigned to Human Services 5/15/2008SenateRule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 22, 2008; Substantive House Bills Out of Committee 5/19/2008SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins 5/19/2008SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules 5/20/2008SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Ira I. Silverstein 5/20/2008SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford 5/20/2008SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Cronin 5/20/2008SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Human Services 5/21/2008SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski 5/21/2008SenateSenate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted 5/22/2008SenateDo Pass as Amended Human Services; 009-000-000 5/22/2008SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 23, 2008 5/22/2008SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard 5/22/2008SenateSecond Reading 5/22/2008SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 23, 2008 5/22/2008SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John J. Millner 5/23/2008SenateRule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2008 5/27/2008SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John M. Sullivan 5/27/2008SenateAdded as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter 5/27/2008SenateThird Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 5/27/2008HouseArrived in House 5/27/2008HousePlaced on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1 5/30/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo 7/1/2008HouseRule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee 10/22/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Osterman 11/18/2008HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur L. Turner 1/13/2009HouseSession Sine Die