Jan. 1 will ring in several new laws in Illinois although, because of the pandemic, significantly fewer than years past in addition to increasing the minimum wage employers can give their workers.
More than 250 new laws went into effect at the beginning of 2020. This coming year, there will be three.
Illinois lawmakers have been stymied by both COVID-19 restrictions on gatherings and also by existing laws. Because the Legislature cannot meet remotely, it was able to conduct business about four days this year.
That did give members the time to approve Senate Bill 667, which will cap many co-payments for prescription insulin at $100 for a 30-day supply, and House Bill 2818, which will provide the mechanism for victims of stalking or sexual assault to keep their addresses confidential. Also, House Bill 2708 will allow local law enforcement agencies to collect voluntary samples of DNA from the family members of missing people and submit them to the National Missing and Unidenti
New year ushering in just three new laws, but here s how they could affect you
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A new law that begins Jan. 1 will cap the amount a person has to pay for a month s supply of insulin at $100. The impact of the Illinois law remains to be seen, because it will not affect federally controlled insurance like Medicaid or Medicare.Tempura
Jan. 1 will ring in several new laws in Illinois although, because of the pandemic, significantly fewer than years past in addition to increasing the minimum wage employers can give their workers.
More than 250 new laws went into effect at the beginning of 2020. This coming year, there will be three.
WBGZ Radio 12/29/2020 |
By Cole Lauterbach - Illinois Radio Network
In most years, a raft of new laws go on the books on Jan. 1, but not this year.
With lawmakers largely on the sidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic, they didn t spend much time in Springfield in 2020 and didn t pass nearly as many new laws,
Typically, Illinois has
hundreds of new laws coming active on the first day of the subsequent new year but the COVID-19 pandemic put an abrupt halt to the legislative process.
However, a handful of new laws will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2021.
Illinois lawmakers enacted a cap on the cost of insulin at $100 per month that takes effect in 2021 but it doesn’t affect all residents.
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A new state law taking effect in January will make it easier for police to connect unidentified bodies to missing persons cases.
House Bill 2708 will require law enforcement to collect certain types of evidence such as DNA samples from remains they find. These will then be entered into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System federal database. Captain Abigail Keller, Zone 6 Commander, Illinois State Police, said this in turn will help missing persons investigations.
“It’s also going to allow us to enter that same kind of data, the DNA, the fingerprints, the X-rays, into the NamUs repository so that it can be cross-referenced with those unidentified human remains cases for potential matches, she said.