The health care legislation, approved along party lines in the House and with a lone Republican yes vote in the Senate, is designed to address racial disparities in the state’s health and human services systems, problems that have been highlighted by COVID-19, said state Sen. Mattie Hunter, a Chicago Democrat who sponsored the bill.
Illinois Senate sends Black Caucus health care overhaul and measure allowing permanent use of election drop boxes to Gov. J.B. Pritzker
