103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3700

 

Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Camille Y. Lilly

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    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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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Health
5and Wellness Impact Note Act.
 
6    Section 5. Applicability.
7    (a) Every bill the purpose or effect of which is to advance
8mental, physical, or social well-being, except those making a
9direct appropriation, shall have prepared for it, before
10second reading in the chamber of introduction, a brief
11explanatory statement or note that shall include a reliable
12estimate of the anticipated impact.
13    (b) Every proposed rule of an agency, the purpose or
14effect of which is to advance mental, physical, or social
15well-being shall have prepared for it, before approval by the
16Joint Committee on Administrative Rules pursuant to the
17Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, a brief explanatory
18statement or note that shall include a reliable estimate of
19the anticipated impact. As used in this Act, "rule" and
20"agency" have the same meanings as in the Illinois
21Administrative Procedure Act.
22    (c) These statements or notes shall be known as Health and
23Wellness Impact Notes.
 

 

 

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1    Section 10. Preparation.
2    (a) The sponsor of each bill to which Section 5 applies
3shall present a copy of the bill, with the request for a Health
4and Wellness Impact Note, to the Department of Public Health.
5The Health and Wellness Impact Note shall be prepared by the
6Department of Public Health and submitted to the sponsor of
7the bill within 5 calendar days, except that whenever, because
8of the complexity of the measure, additional time is required
9for the preparation of the Health and Wellness Impact Note,
10the Department of Public Health may inform the sponsor of the
11bill, and the sponsor may approve an extension of the time
12within which the note is to be submitted, not to extend,
13however, beyond May 15, following the date of the request.
14    (b) The agency proposing a rule to which Section 5 applies
15shall present a copy of the proposed rule, with the request for
16a Health and Wellness Impact Note, to the Department of Public
17Health. The Health and Wellness Impact Note shall be prepared
18by the Department of Public Health and submitted to the agency
19within 5 calendar days, except that whenever, because of the
20complexity of the measure, additional time is required for the
21preparation of the Health and Wellness Impact Note, the
22Department of Public Health may inform the agency and the
23agency may approve an extension of the time within which the
24note is to be submitted.
25    (c) If, in the opinion of the Department of Public Health,

 

 

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1there is insufficient information to prepare a reliable
2estimate of the anticipated impact, a statement to that effect
3can be filed and shall meet the requirements of this Act.
 
4    Section 15. Vote on the necessity of Health and Wellness
5Impact Notes. Whenever the sponsor of any bill is of the
6opinion that no Health and Wellness Impact Note is required,
7any member of either chamber may request that a note be
8obtained, and in that case, the applicability of this Act
9shall be decided by the majority of those present and voting in
10the chamber of which the sponsor is a member.
 
11    Section 20. Requisites and contents. The note shall be
12factual in nature, as brief and concise as may be, and shall
13provide a reliable estimate in dollars or other relevant
14units, if possible, and shall include both the immediate
15effect and, if determinable or reasonably foreseeable, the
16long-range effect of the measure. If, after careful
17investigation, it is determined that no dollar or other
18relevant unit estimate is possible, the note shall contain a
19statement to that effect setting forth the reasons why no such
20estimate can be given.
 
21    Section 25. Comment or opinion; technical or mechanical
22defects. No comment or opinion shall be included in the Health
23and Wellness Impact Note with regard to the merits of the

 

 

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1measure for which the Health and Wellness Impact Note is
2prepared; however, technical or mechanical defects may be
3noted.
 
4    Section 30. Appearance of State officials and employees in
5support of or in opposition to measure. The fact that a Health
6and Wellness Impact Note is prepared for any bill or proposed
7rule shall not preclude or restrict the appearance before any
8committee of the General Assembly, or before the Joint
9Committee on Administrative Rules, of any official or
10authorized employee of the Department of Public Health who
11desires to be heard in support of or in opposition to the
12measure.
 
13    Section 35. Amendment of bill necessitating statement of
14effect of proposed amendment. Whenever any committee of either
15chamber reports any bill with an amendment that will
16substantially affect the information or conclusion stated in
17the Health and Wellness Impact Note attached to the measure at
18the time of its referral to the committee, there shall be
19included with the report of the committee a statement of the
20effect of the change proposed by the amendment reported if
21desired by a majority of the committee. Whenever any bill is
22amended on the floor of either chamber to substantially affect
23the information or conclusion as stated in the Health and
24Wellness Impact Note attached to the bill before the

 

 

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1amendment, a majority of the members of that chamber may
2propose that no action shall be taken on the amendment until
3the sponsor of the amendment presents to the members a
4statement of the impact on the advancement of mental,
5physical, or social well-being of the proposed amendment.