IL Senate passes bill providing taxi, rideshare vouchers for sexual assault survivor healthcare

IL Senate passes bill providing taxi, rideshare vouchers for sexual assault survivor healthcare – WAND (Decatur)

Illinois currently requires treatment hospitals to provide vouchers to pay for ambulance, forensic, lab, and follow-up healthcare services for survivors. However, this legislation could allow people to use the voucher to help get transportation to and from hospitals or other treatment centers.

IL Senate passes bill providing taxi, rideshare vouchers for sexual assault survivor healthcare

The Illinois Senate passed a bill Thursday to allow sexual assault survivors to use vouchers to pay for taxis or rideshare services like Uber and Lyft.

Senate passes Glowiak Hilton bill to help sexual assault survivors get home after treatment

SPRINGFIELD – After experiencing a sexual assault, survivors often face the added stress of figuring out how to get to a safe location once their medical exam is complete. To help ease this burden, State Senator Suzy Glowiak Hilton advanced a bill that would expand the state’s sexual assault services voucher program to cover transportation following treatment. “No one should be left stranded after a traumatic experience,” said Glowiak Hilton (D-…