Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB4700

Amends the Substance Use Disorder Act. In provisions requiring the Department of Human Services to establish a public education program regarding gambling disorders, requires the program to (i) promote public awareness to create a gambling informed State regarding the impact of gambling disorders on individuals, families, and communities and the stigma that surrounds gambling disorders and (ii) use screening, crisis intervention, treatment, public awareness, prevention, in-service training, and other innovative means to decrease the incidents of suicide attempts related to a gambling disorder or gambling issues. Requires the Department to determine a statement regarding obtaining assistance with a gambling disorder, which each licensed gambling establishment owner shall post and each master sports wagering licensee shall include on the master sports wagering licensee's portal, Internet website, or computer or mobile application. Permits the Department: to provide advice to State and local officials on gambling disorders; to support gambling disorder prevention, recognition, treatment, and recovery projects; to collaborate with other community-based organizations, substance use disorder treatment centers, or other health care providers engaged in treating individuals who are experiencing gambling disorder; and to perform other actions. Permits the Department to award grants to create or support local gambling prevention, recognition, and response projects. Makes other changes.

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Substance Use Disorder Act. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Replaces all references to "minorities" with "marginalized community members". Provides that "marginalized community members and other specific priority populations" may include, but shall not be limited to, groups such as women, children, persons who use intravenous drugs, persons with AIDS or who are HIV infected, veterans, African-Americans, Latinxs/Hispanics (rather than Puerto Ricans), Asian-Americans, the elderly, persons in the criminal justice system, persons experiencing homelessness, persons who are clients of services provided by other State agencies, persons with disabilities, and such other specific populations as the Department of Human Services may from time to time identify. In provisions concerning licensure categories and services, provides that the categories of an intervention service are DUI Evaluation, DUI Risk Education, Designated Program, Harm Reduction Program, and Recovery Homes for persons in any stage of recovery from a substance use or gambling disorder. Provides that harm reduction programs may include overdose prevention sites and services. Provides that overdose prevention sites and services are under the Harm Reduction category of intervention licensure which may be issued if and when legal authorization is adopted to allow for these services and upon adoption of administrative or funding rules that govern the delivery of the services.

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the FY2023 Budget Implementation Act. Makes the changes necessary to implement the State budget for fiscal year 2023. Effective immediately, except that (i) some specified provisions take effect on July 1, 2022 and (ii) other specified provisions take effect upon becoming law or on the date Senate Bill 3023 of the 102nd General Assembly takes effect, whichever is later.

Further amends the Broadband Infrastructure Advancement Act. Removes provisions prohibiting the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity from adopting specified emergency rules. Furthers amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes changes in provisions concerning Medicaid rates for supportive living services. Makes changes in provisions concerning pandemic-related stability payments made to ambulance service providers.

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