Legislative News, 10/07/2020

Federal news

Call for Action [MLAConnect, 9/29/2020]

The MLA Governmental Relations Committee encourages members of the health sciences library community to share the statement, MLA/AAHSL Call for Transparency and Impartiality in the Dissemination of Health Information, with your elected officials. Help them understand how scientific evidence is being used to combat the CORONAVIRUS in your local areas and throughout your state. Let them know that interfering with or delaying the dissemination of scientific evidence is unacceptable and dangerous.

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State news

September was a busy month for our state legislature. Here are just a few items that may be of interest.

House Bill 4454 – Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. (https://legiscan.com/IL/bill/HB4454/2019) – added co-sponsors

House Bill 4692 – Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. (https://legiscan.com/IL/bill/HB4692/2019) – added co-sponsors

House Bill 5842 – Appropriates $15,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the African-American HIV/AIDS Response Fund. (https://legiscan.com/IL/bill/HB5842/2019) – filed

House Bill 5848 – Creates the Medical Direction By Law Enforcement Act.  (https://legiscan.com/IL/bill/HB5848/2019) – filed

House Joint Resolution – Declares racism a public health crisis.  (https://legiscan.com/IL/bill/HJR0128/2019) – filed

Senate Bill 0110 – Amends the Property Tax Code.  (https://legiscan.com/IL/bill/SB0110/2019) – chief sponsor change