Updated May 26
DUE MAY 27
Please sign a witness slip as a PROPONENT for HB3498.
This bill easily passed with bipartisan support in the House with 110 YEAS. The Insurance Committee Chairman in the Senate, however, is holding up the bill in favor of a bill he authored. The bill he authored is nowhere near as robust as HB3498.
HB3498 ensures that we will have access to telemental healthcare outside the pandemic. Before the pandemic, only a handful of insurance plans allowed you to see your regular therapist by telehealth. HB3498 increases access by forcing insurance to cover telehealth the same as an in-person session. Research has shown that telemental health is just as effective as in-person. HB3498 doesn't force people to use telehealth but it gives them the option to if they want/need to!
Updated May 24
ACTION ALERT
It's the news we have been waiting forHB 1711, to ban the sale of puppy mill pets, is in the IL Senate AG Committee AND scheduled for a hearing on MAY 27!
Complete a WITNESS SLIP, as a PROPONENT, with this link. 
Call the members of the AG Committee and ask for their support (We hear they are getting lots of calls from the opposition),ACTION NEEDED! HB3582 will be heard at the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, May 25 at 3:30pm. We need a massive showing of support via witness slips:
This trauma-informed, survivor-centered bill expands VESSA to help ensure that more survivors in Illinois can return to work in the wake of violence with supportive workplace policies and job protections that prohibit discrimination. #SurvivorsWork
I: IDENTIFICATION
Fill out the Identification section with your information.
For the Firm/business or agency and Title fields, write “self” unless you are authorized by a company or business to use their name on the witness slip.
II: REPRESENTATION
If you’re not authorized to appear on behalf of any group, fill in NA or “self”.
III: POSITION
Under position, select PROPONENT
IV: TESTIMONY
Complete the Testimony section. Check the “Record of Appearance Only” box. This will allow your position on the piece of legislation to be known without having to physically appear.
Type what is displayed in the CAPTCHA box. Click in the box next to “I Agree to the ILGA Terms of Agreement”. Click Create (SLIP)You are done!
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