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Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to design, implement, and maintain a statewide program to provide voluntary short-term universal newborn home visiting services to all Illinois families with newborn infants for the purpose of promoting the physical, mental, and social well-being of newborn infants and their parents or caregivers. Requires the Department to: (i) consider recommendations from the Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems grant report when adopting rules to implement the universal newborn home visiting program; and (ii) consult, coordinate, and collaborate with specified stakeholders when designing the universal newborn home visiting program. Contains provisions concerning grant awards for the establishment or expansion of local universal newborn home visiting programs; criteria for the selection of eligible service models; program requirements; program data collection and reporting; and other matters. Effective July 1, 2027.
Introduced
Feb 3, 2026
Last Action
Mar 13, 2026
Session
IL 104th
Sponsors
1 primary · 14 co
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Laura Faver Dias
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Beth Canty
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Maura Hirschauer
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 012-000-000
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nicolle Grasse
Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Laura Faver Dias
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Maurice A. West, II
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary Gill
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Nabeela Syed
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez
Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Theresa Mah
Assigned to Human Services Committee
Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lilian Jiménez
Referred to Rules Committee
First Reading
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Laura Faver Dias
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House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez
Kelly M. Cassidy
Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
Maurice A. West, II