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HB 81 — EMERGENCY SERVCS-PROHBT TRMS
Last action — Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0540
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 06, 2003. Enacted.
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Summary
Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department may develop and provide to the public and health care patients information regarding the categories or types of health care services available and their appropriate use. Amends the Emergency Medical Treatment Act. Provides that no person, facility, or entity shall hold itself out to the public as an "urgent", "urgi-", "emergi-", or "emergent" care center or use any other term that would give the impression that emergency medical treatment is provided by the person or entity or at the facility unless the facility is the emergency room of a facility licensed as a hospital or a facility licensed as a freestanding emergency center. Amends the Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act. Requires health care plans to provide their enrollees with clear information about their rights and responsibilities in obtaining referrals to and making appropriate use of health care facilities when access to their primary care physician is not readily available. Effective immediately.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
14 added · 14 removedPlain-language change summary
The latest version of Bill HB 81 has made several key changes in the wording to improve clarity and ensure precision. Specifically, it replaced certain terms to better align with the bill's intent and to make it easier for the public to understand. This matters because clear language helps avoid confusion and ensures that the provisions of the bill can be effectively implemented.
HB0081 EngrossedEnrolled LRB093 03479 AMC 03507 b AN ACT concerning health care.
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This Act takes effect upon HB0081 EngrossedEnrolled -4- LRB093 03479 AMC 03507 b becoming law.
Action History
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Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0540
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Effective Date August 18, 2003
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Governor Approved
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Sent to the Governor
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Passed Both Houses
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Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 113-001-000
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Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2003
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Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-002-000
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Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
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Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Mary E. Flowers; Motion #1
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Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
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Arrived in House
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Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000
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Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
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Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2003
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Second Reading
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Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
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Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 29, 2003
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Do Pass as Amended Health & Human Services; 009-000-000
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Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
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Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health & Human Services
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Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
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Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Donne E. Trotter
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Assigned to Health & Human Services
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Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christine Radogno
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Referred to Rules
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First Reading
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Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Barack Obama
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Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
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Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
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Arrive in Senate
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Fiscal Note Filed
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Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000
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Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
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Second Reading - Short Debate
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Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
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Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Health Care Availability and Access Committee; 019-000-000
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Health Care Availability and Access Committee; 017-000-000
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House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Health Care Availability and Access Committee
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Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith P. Sommer
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Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Bailey
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Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
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Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Frank Aguilar
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Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith P. Sommer
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Assigned to Health Care Availability and Access Committee
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Referred to Rules Committee
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First Reading
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Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers
Sponsors
- Mary E. Flowers · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →0 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 182 not signed on · 1 voted No
Sponsors (0)
None.
Co-sponsors (1)
- Mary E. Flowers
Not signed on (182)
182 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 182 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 103 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Democrat | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 113 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 96% | 1% | 0% | 3% |
How each member voted (118)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Saviano | — | Yea |
| Schmitz | — | Yea |
| Slone | — | Yea |
| Sommer | — | Yea |
| Soto | — | Yea |
| Krause | — | Yea |
| Acevedo | — | Yea |
| Aguilar | — | Yea |
| Bassi | — | Yea |
| Beaubien | — | Yea |
| Bellock | — | Yea |
| Berrios | — | Yea |
| Biggins | — | Yea |
| Black | — | Yea |
| Boland | — | Yea |
| May | — | Yea |
| Bost | — | Yea |
| Brauer | — | Yea |
| Brosnahan | — | Yea |
| Capparelli | — | Yea |
| McAuliffe | — | Yea |
| Morrow | — | Yea |
| Mulligan | — | Not Voting |
| Nekritz | — | Yea |
| Jakobsson | — | Yea |
| Jefferson | — | Yea |
| Pankau | — | Yea |
| Leitch | — | Yea |
| Lindner | — | Yea |
| Parke | — | Yea |
| Phelps | — | Yea |
| Pihos | — | Yea |
| Lyons, Eileen | — | Yea |
| Bailey | — | Yea |
| Lyons, Joseph | — | Yea |
| Dunkin | — | Yea |
| Dunn | — | Yea |
| Eddy | — | Yea |
| Reitz | — | Yea |
| Mathias | — | Yea |
| Mautino | — | Yea |
| McCarthy | — | Yea |
| McKeon | — | Yea |
| Mendoza | — | Yea |
| Meyer | — | Yea |
| Millner | — | Yea |
| Moffitt | — | Yea |
| Molaro | — | Yea |
| Munson | — | Yea |
| McGuire | — | Yea |
| Myers | — | Yea |
| Tenhouse | — | Yea |
| Turner | — | Yea |
| Bradley, Richard | — | Yea |
| Verschoore | — | Yea |
| Brady | — | Yea |
| Wait | — | Yea |
| Washington | — | Yea |
| Mitchell, Bill | — | Yea |
| Hannig | — | Yea |
| Burke | — | Yea |
| Mitchell, Jerry | — | Yea |
| Sullivan | — | Yea |
| Howard | — | Yea |
| Watson | — | Yea |
| Jones | — | Yea |
| Churchill | — | Yea |
| Colvin | — | Yea |
| Coulson | — | Yea |
| Cross | — | Yea |
| Flider | — | Yea |
| Flowers | — | Yea |
| Forby | — | Yea |
| Franks | — | Yea |
| Fritchey | — | Yea |
| Froehlich | — | Yea |
| Giles | — | Yea |
| Granberg | — | Yea |
| Grunloh | — | Yea |
| Hamos | — | Yea |
| Hassert | — | Yea |
| Holbrook | — | Yea |
| Hultgren | — | Yea |
| Kurtz | — | Yea |
| Lang | — | Yea |
| Davis, Monique | — | Yea |
| Davis, Steve | — | Yea |
| Madigan | — | Yea |
| Novak | — | Yea |
| O'Brien | — | Yea |
| Osmond | — | Yea |
| Osterman | — | Yea |
| Scully | — | Not Voting |
| Cultra | — | Yea |
| Currie | — | Yea |
| Daniels | — | Yea |
| Graham | — | Not Voting |
| Kosel | — | Yea |
| Winters | — | Yea |
| Wirsing | — | Yea |
| Yarbrough | — | Yea |
| Younge | — | Yea |
| Poe | — | Yea |
| Ryg | — | Yea |
| Sacia | — | Yea |
| Chapa LaVia | — | Yea |
| Eva-Dina Delgado | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Jay Hoffman | Democrat | Yea |
| Lakesia Collins | Democrat | Yea |
| Michael J. Kelly | Democrat | Yea |
| Nicholas K. Smith | Democrat | Yea |
| Patrick J. Joyce | Democrat | Yea |
| Robert "Bob" Rita | Democrat | Yea |
| Sara Feigenholtz | Democrat | Yea |
| William "Will" Davis | Democrat | Yea |
| Brad Stephens | Republican | Nay |
| Chapin Rose | Republican | Yea |
| Chris Miller | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 50 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 58 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 98% | 0% | 0% | 2% |
How each member voted (59)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Sandoval | — | Yea |
| Soden | — | Yea |
| Luechtefeld | — | Yea |
| Althoff | — | Yea |
| Martinez | — | Yea |
| Bomke | — | Yea |
| Burzynski | — | Yea |
| Halvorson | — | Yea |
| Obama | — | Yea |
| Silverstein | — | Yea |
| Sullivan, D. | — | Yea |
| Brady | — | Yea |
| Sullivan, J. | — | Yea |
| Haine | — | Yea |
| Petka | — | Yea |
| Lauzen | — | Yea |
| Jacobs | — | Yea |
| Jones, J. | — | Yea |
| Jones, W. | — | Yea |
| Link | — | Yea |
| Watson | — | Yea |
| Cullerton | — | Yea |
| Maloney | — | Yea |
| Demuzio | — | Yea |
| Meeks | — | Yea |
| Munoz | — | Not Voting |
| Schoenberg | — | Yea |
| Shadid | — | Yea |
| Sieben | — | Yea |
| Trotter | — | Yea |
| Viverito | — | Yea |
| Winkel | — | Yea |
| Wojcik | — | Yea |
| Clayborne | — | Yea |
| Cronin | — | Yea |
| Crotty | — | Yea |
| DeLeo | — | Yea |
| Dillard | — | Yea |
| Garrett | — | Yea |
| Geo-Karis | — | Yea |
| Hendon | — | Yea |
| Woolard | — | Yea |
| Peterson | — | Yea |
| Radogno | — | Yea |
| Rauschenberger | — | Yea |
| Righter | — | Yea |
| Risinger | — | Yea |
| Ronen | — | Yea |
| Roskam | — | Yea |
| Rutherford | — | Yea |
| del Valle | — | Yea |
| Don Harmon | Democrat | Yea |
| Emanuel "Chris" Welch | Democrat | Yea |
| Emil Jones, III | Democrat | Yea |
| Kimberly A. Lightford | Democrat | Yea |
| Lakesia Collins | Democrat | Yea |
| Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. | Democrat | Yea |
| Mattie Hunter | Democrat | Yea |
| Dave Syverson | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 104 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Democrat | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 115 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 97% | 0% | 0% | 3% |
How each member voted (118)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Saviano | — | Yea |
| Schmitz | — | Yea |
| Scully | — | Yea |
| Slone | — | Yea |
| Sommer | — | Yea |
| Soto | — | Yea |
| Acevedo | — | Yea |
| Aguilar | — | Yea |
| Mathias | — | Yea |
| Bassi | — | Yea |
| Beaubien | — | Yea |
| Bellock | — | Yea |
| Berrios | — | Yea |
| Biggins | — | Yea |
| Black | — | Yea |
| Boland | — | Yea |
| Bost | — | Yea |
| Brauer | — | Yea |
| Brosnahan | — | Yea |
| Brunsvold | — | Yea |
| Capparelli | — | Yea |
| McAuliffe | — | Yea |
| Moffitt | — | Yea |
| Mulligan | — | Yea |
| Dunkin | — | Yea |
| Eddy | — | Yea |
| Hassert | — | Yea |
| Nekritz | — | Yea |
| Jakobsson | — | Yea |
| Jefferson | — | Yea |
| Lang | — | Yea |
| Leitch | — | Yea |
| Lindner | — | Yea |
| Pankau | — | Yea |
| Parke | — | Yea |
| Phelps | — | Yea |
| Pihos | — | Yea |
| Bailey | — | Yea |
| Lyons, Eileen | — | Yea |
| Lyons, Joseph | — | Yea |
| Reitz | — | Yea |
| Dunn | — | Yea |
| Flider | — | Yea |
| Mautino | — | Yea |
| May | — | Yea |
| McCarthy | — | Yea |
| McKeon | — | Yea |
| Mendoza | — | Yea |
| Meyer | — | Yea |
| Millner | — | Yea |
| Molaro | — | Yea |
| Morrow | — | Yea |
| McGuire | — | Yea |
| Munson | — | Yea |
| Myers | — | Yea |
| Bradley, Richard | — | Yea |
| Tenhouse | — | Yea |
| Brady | — | Yea |
| Turner | — | Yea |
| Wait | — | Yea |
| Washington | — | Yea |
| Winters | — | Yea |
| Hannig | — | Yea |
| Mitchell, Bill | — | Yea |
| Burke | — | Yea |
| Mitchell, Jerry | — | Yea |
| Sullivan | — | Yea |
| Watson | — | Yea |
| Jones | — | Yea |
| Churchill | — | Yea |
| Colvin | — | Yea |
| Coulson | — | Yea |
| Cross | — | Yea |
| Cultra | — | Yea |
| Flowers | — | Yea |
| Forby | — | Yea |
| Franks | — | Yea |
| Fritchey | — | Yea |
| Froehlich | — | Yea |
| Giles | — | Yea |
| Graham | — | Yea |
| Granberg | — | Yea |
| Hamos | — | Yea |
| Hartke | — | Yea |
| Holbrook | — | Yea |
| Hultgren | — | Yea |
| Krause | — | Yea |
| Kurtz | — | Yea |
| Davis, Monique | — | Yea |
| Davis, Steve | — | Yea |
| Howard | — | Not Voting |
| Madigan | — | Not Voting |
| Novak | — | Yea |
| O'Brien | — | Yea |
| Osmond | — | Yea |
| Osterman | — | Yea |
| Wirsing | — | Yea |
| Yarbrough | — | Yea |
| Younge | — | Yea |
| Currie | — | Yea |
| Daniels | — | Yea |
| Kosel | — | Yea |
| Poe | — | Yea |
| Ryg | — | Yea |
| Sacia | — | Yea |
| Chapa LaVia | — | Yea |
| Eva-Dina Delgado | Democrat | Yea |
| Jay Hoffman | Democrat | Yea |
| Lakesia Collins | Democrat | Yea |
| Michael J. Kelly | Democrat | Yea |
| Nicholas K. Smith | Democrat | Yea |
| Patrick J. Joyce | Democrat | Yea |
| Robert "Bob" Rita | Democrat | Yea |
| Sara Feigenholtz | Democrat | Yea |
| William "Will" Davis | Democrat | Yea |
| Brad Stephens | Republican | Not Voting |
| Chapin Rose | Republican | Yea |
| Chris Miller | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does HB 81 do?
- Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department may develop and provide to the public and health care patients information regarding the categories or types of health care services available and their appropriate use. Amends the Emergency Medical Treatment Act. Provides that no person, facility, or entity shall hold itself out to the public as an "urgent", "urgi-", "emergi-", or "emergent" care center or use any other term that would give the impression that emergency medical treatment is provided by the person or entity or at the facility unless the facility is the emergency room of a facility licensed as a hospital or a facility licensed as a freestanding emergency center. Amends the Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act. Requires health care plans to provide their enrollees with clear information about their rights and responsibilities in obtaining referrals to and making appropriate use of health care facilities when access to their primary care physician is not readily available. Effective immediately.
- Who sponsors HB 81?
- HB 81 is sponsored by Mary E. Flowers.
- What is the current status of HB 81?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 06, 2003. Enacted.
- Where can I track HB 81?
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