MEDICAID-LUNG TRANSPLANTS
- Introduced Feb 17, 2023
- In committee Feb 17, 2023
- Died
- Passed the Senate
- To the governor
- Became law
What it does
The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to provide medical assistance coverage for lung transplantation, including double lung transplantation, to any person otherwise eligible for medical assistance who receives a diagnosis of COVID-19-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome from a physician licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 and who meets all other requirements for transplantation.
Every action
12 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.
- HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Joyce Mason
- HouseFirst Reading
- CommitteeReferred to Rules Committee · House Rules
- CommitteeAssigned to Appropriations-Health & Human Services Committee · House Approp-Health & Human Services
- CommitteeTo Medicaid & Managed Care Subcommittee · House Medicaid & Managed Care Subcommitte
- HouseCommittee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule May 19, 2023
- HouseAdded Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
- HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
- HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
- HouseAdded Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Faver Dias
- CommitteeRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee · House Rules
- HouseSession Sine Die
Roll calls
No recorded votes on this bill yet.
Sponsors
The member who introduced it, joined by 4 cosponsors: 4 Democrats.
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Joyce MasonD Primary sponsor · District 61
All 4 cosponsors
From Illinois's official records (www.ilga.gov), checked Nov 13, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.