Lawmakers criticize Pritzker administration’s handling of noncitizen health care limits – Capitol News IL

Sen. Cristina Castro, an Elgin Democrat and member of the Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus, said that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services failed to consult stakeholders in the immigrant advocacy community when developing the rules. On the Republican side, Rep. Steven Reick said that the rules represented an “abdication” of the General Assembly's responsibility and that they should have been considered in legislation, not in administrative policy.