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+type: "Bill"
+title: "HOSPITAL-DISCHARGE NOTICE"
+description: "Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Requires a hospital's discharge planner to provide the patient with information to enable the patient to contact the Department on Aging's case coordination unit. Requires that hospital procedures in connection with giving a discharge notice include prohibitions against discharges or referrals to unlicensed, uncertified, or unregistered facilities or service providers that are required to be licensed, certified, or registered. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "94th"
+identifier: "HB 2453"
+citation: "Illinois HB 2453 (94th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 58
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2005-02-17"
+last_action: "2005-07-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f95b4deb-5192-4374-a606-6bfe534aab64"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2453&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=17539&SessionID=50&GA=94"
+source_hash: "c663f695dba80e19c6823f6807bd46f082fd935a082195e62cdfc4c25abefac7"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
+---
+
+# Illinois HB 2453 (94th) — HOSPITAL-DISCHARGE NOTICE
+
+Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Requires a hospital's discharge planner to provide the patient with information to enable the patient to contact the Department on Aging's case coordination unit. Requires that hospital procedures in connection with giving a discharge notice include prohibitions against discharges or referrals to unlicensed, uncertified, or unregistered facilities or service providers that are required to be licensed, certified, or registered. Effective immediately.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB2453&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=17539&DocNum=2453&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB2453eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=17539&DocNum=2453&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB2453enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=17539&DocNum=2453&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **58–1** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson — cosponsor (person)
+- Elizabeth Coulson — primary (person)
+- Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2005-02-17** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elizabeth Coulson `filing`
+- **2005-02-17** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2005-02-17** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2005-02-18** Assigned to Aging Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2005-02-25** Do Pass / Short Debate Aging Committee; 020-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2005-02-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelo Saviano
+- **2005-02-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell
+- **2005-02-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Chavez
+- **2005-02-25** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
+- **2005-02-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
+- **2005-02-28** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2005-03-03** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2005-03-03** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2005-03-08** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2005-03-08** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
+- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
+- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
+- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen M Gordon
+- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
+- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
+- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
+- **2005-04-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
+- **2005-04-06** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
+- **2005-04-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce
+- **2005-04-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
+- **2005-04-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
+- **2005-04-12** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Elizabeth Coulson `amendment-introduction`
+- **2005-04-12** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2005-04-13** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2005-04-13** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2005-04-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2005-04-14** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2005-04-15** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2005-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 19, 2005 `reading-1`
+- **2005-04-15** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. George P. Shadid
+- **2005-04-19** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2005-04-19** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2005-04-21** Assigned to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2005-05-04** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
+- **2005-05-05** Do Pass Health & Human Services; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2005-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2005
+- **2005-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
+- **2005-05-13** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. George P. Shadid `amendment-introduction`
+- **2005-05-13** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2005-05-16** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health & Human Services
+- **2005-05-17** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
+- **2005-05-18** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Health & Human Services
+- **2005-05-18** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
+- **2005-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 058-001-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2005-05-19** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
+- **2005-05-19** Passed Both Houses
+- **2005-05-28** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
+- **2005-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2005-07-26** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2005-07-26** Effective Date July 26, 2005
+- **2005-07-26** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0335 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f95b4deb-5192-4374-a606-6bfe534aab64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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