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+type: "Bill"
+title: "PRIMARY STROKE CENTER"
+description: "Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that the Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health shall develop a working group to advise the Department on Primary Stroke Center Systems; that this work group shall have representation from the following groups: EMS Medical Directors; hospital administrators; neurologists from accredited Primary Stroke Centers; EMS Coordinators; stroke advocates; fire chiefs in Illinois; private ambulance providers; and a representative from the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council; and that this group shall also develop and submit a statewide stroke assessment tool to the Department for final approval, a copy of which shall be disseminated to all EMS Systems for adoption no later than January 15, 2011. Effective immediately."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
+legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
+session: "96th"
+identifier: "HB 2244"
+citation: "Illinois HB 2244 (96th)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 66
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2009-02-17"
+last_action: "2009-08-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3318114a-1f0b-49eb-a06d-eeab5aedf626"
+source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2244&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=44072&SessionID=76&GA=96"
+source_hash: "f02c12b438481289f17982564809f1768ab7cc373e62c657f04b35dd6dd4cad0"
+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 2244 (96th) — PRIMARY STROKE CENTER
+
+Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that the Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health shall develop a working group to advise the Department on Primary Stroke Center Systems; that this work group shall have representation from the following groups: EMS Medical Directors; hospital administrators; neurologists from accredited Primary Stroke Centers; EMS Coordinators; stroke advocates; fire chiefs in Illinois; private ambulance providers; and a representative from the State Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council; and that this group shall also develop and submit a statewide stroke assessment tool to the Department for final approval, a copy of which shall be disseminated to all EMS Systems for adoption no later than January 15, 2011. 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=09600HB2244&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=44072&DocNum=2244&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB2244eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=44072&DocNum=2244&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB2244enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=44072&DocNum=2244&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third Reading — **58–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- A. J. Wilhelmi — cosponsor (person)
+- Bob Biggins — primary (person)
+- Dan Duffy — cosponsor (person)
+- Don Harmon — cosponsor (person)
+- John J. Millner — cosponsor (person)
+- Pamela J. Althoff — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2009-02-17** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Bob Biggins `filing`
+- **2009-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2009-02-18** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2009-02-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
+- **2009-02-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Daniel J. Burke
+- **2009-02-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
+- **2009-02-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
+- **2009-02-23** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2009-03-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
+- **2009-03-05** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
+- **2009-03-10** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelo Saviano
+- **2009-03-11** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Human Services Committee `amendment-introduction`
+- **2009-03-11** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Human Services Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2009-03-11** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2009-03-11** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2009-03-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
+- **2009-03-11** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Paul D. Froehlich
+- **2009-03-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
+- **2009-03-12** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin
+- **2009-03-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
+- **2009-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
+- **2009-03-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kay Hatcher
+- **2009-03-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
+- **2009-03-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Timothy L. Schmitz
+- **2009-03-17** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
+- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
+- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
+- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Al Riley
+- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
+- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandy Cole
+- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
+- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Renée Kosel
+- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William B. Black
+- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
+- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
+- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ronald A. Wait
+- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Raymond Poe
+- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rich Brauer
+- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
+- **2009-03-18** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John D. Cavaletto
+- **2009-03-18** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2009-03-18** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
+- **2009-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2009-03-18** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Dan Cronin
+- **2009-03-18** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2009-03-18** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
+- **2009-03-19** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Heather Steans
+- **2009-03-19** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Cronin
+- **2009-04-06** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon
+- **2009-04-22** Assigned to Public Health `referral-committee`
+- **2009-04-22** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. A. J. Wilhelmi
+- **2009-04-23** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
+- **2009-04-30** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
+- **2009-05-05** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Duffy
+- **2009-05-06** Do Pass Public Health; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
+- **2009-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2009
+- **2009-05-11** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John J. Millner
+- **2009-05-12** Second Reading `reading-2`
+- **2009-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 18, 2009
+- **2009-05-19** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
+- **2009-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2009-05-19** Passed Both Houses
+- **2009-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2009-08-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
+- **2009-08-14** Effective Date January 1, 2010
+- **2009-08-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0514 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3318114a-1f0b-49eb-a06d-eeab5aedf626`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).
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