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Photo by Peter Hancock Gov. JB Pritzker, accompanied by members of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus and the health care community April 27 at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, signs a health care reform bill backed by the Black Caucus. Capitol News Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker declared health care "a right, not a privilege" Tuesday, April 27, as he signed a massive reform bill backed by the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus, the last of fo...

(Capitol News Illinois photo by Peter Hancock) Gov. JB Pritzker declared health care “a right, not a privilege” Tuesday as he signed a massive reform bill backed by the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus, the last of four policy pillars introduced as part of an anti-racism agenda last year. The “Illinois Health Care and Human Services Reform Act,” contained in House Bill 158, is a 224-page bill made up of over a dozen provisions meant to end inequities in the Illinois health care system on the basis of race, income and other socioeconomic factors. It also seeks to expand access to he...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday signed into law a wide-ranging bill promoting health care equity for Black, Hispanic and low-income patients by enhancing mental health services, requiring bias training for doctors and creating a community health worker program. "This legislation advances a key belief of mine that I know is shared by everyone standing with me and millions of residents across Illinois — health care is a right, not a privilege," Pritzker said at a bill-signing ceremony for House Bill 158 in Springfield at Memorial Medical Center's Memorial Center for Learning and Innovation. ...

(WSIL) -- Governor JB Pritzker today signed the Health Care and Human Services Reform Act into law Tuesday. The act aims to address health inequities and obstacles while establishing new programs, increasing oversight and trainings, building out a Community Health Worker certification and training program and improving transparency.  "It’s my privilege to sign the fourth and final pillar from the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus into law, the Illinois Health Care and Human Services Reform Act,” said Governor JB Pritzker. “This legislation advances a key belief of mine that I know i...

* Press release… In a major step forward in the work to expand health equity across Illinois, Governor JB Pritzker today signed the Health Care and Human Services Reform Act into law. The legislation, which represents the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus’ healthcare pillar, takes sweeping action to address health inequities and obstacles while establishing new programs, increasing oversight and trainings, building out a Community Health Worker certification and training program and improving transparency. “Today, it’s my privilege to sign the fourth and final pillar from the Illi...