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Connor Bill Connecting Mental Health Service Providers and Troubled Teens Signed into Law

Jul 25, 2019 | Connor

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. John Connor, D-Lockport, is combatting tragic school shootings and promoting suicide prevention with a bill requiring the Department of Human Services (DHS) to provide a database of resources available to people around troubled teens to...

Bristow Tours Chestnut Health Systems in Granite City to Discuss Mental Health

Jul 24, 2019 | Bristow

ALTON, Ill. – State Rep. Monica Bristow, D-Alton, toured Chestnut Health Systems in Granite City last week to meet with staff and to learn more about the organization’s local work surrounding mental health. “As a member of the House Mental Health Committee, I...

Flowers’ Bill Requiring Better Blood Pressure Services for Pregnant Women Becomes Law

Jul 24, 2019 | Flowers

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A new law sponsored by state Rep. Mary Flowers, D-Chicago, will now demand hospitals to provide better blood pressure services to pregnant women, helping save their lives.“It is unconscionable to think that in the United States, and even Illinois,...

Ammons Vital Criminal Justice Reform Measure Signed Into Law by Pritzker

Jul 24, 2019 | Ammons

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A progressive reform championed by state Rep. Carol Ammons, D-Urbana, which eliminates current fees that inmates at both the Department of Corrections and Department of Juvenile Justice have to pay in order to receive potentially lifesaving medical...

Gong-Gershowitz Bill to Protect Reproductive Rights Becomes Law

Jun 13, 2019 | Gong-Gershowitz

CHICAGO, Ill. –State Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, D-Glenview, released the following statement after attending the historic signing of the Reproductive Health Act (RHA), which protects women’s right to choose in Illinois:“100 years ago, Illinois demonstrated its...

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