---
type: "Bill"
title: "ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CARE MODELS"
description: "Amends the Alternative Health Care Delivery Act. In provisions regarding demonstration program requirements, requires there to be 6 (rather than 4) birth center alternative health care models in the demonstration program located in the area comprising Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties, 2 (rather than one) of which shall be owned or operated by a federally qualified health center. Provides that one birth center alternative health care model in the demonstration program shall be located within Planning Area A-3 to address the disparate perinatal and child health outcomes in Planning Area A-3. Provides that birth centers located in Planning Area A-3 or operated by a federally qualified health center are exempt from the requirements of the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act or successor Acts. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "HB 738"
citation: "Illinois HB 738 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mary E. Flowers", "Patricia Van Pelt"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 57
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-08-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95fe01f1-a1c0-4b25-822d-167f8bf58b9e"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=738&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=129276&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "e5454e81d958d0e6c3a4215b5feccc722ea7081720d552fb3db16f03aef12461"
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 738 (102nd) — ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CARE MODELS

Amends the Alternative Health Care Delivery Act. In provisions regarding demonstration program requirements, requires there to be 6 (rather than 4) birth center alternative health care models in the demonstration program located in the area comprising Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties, 2 (rather than one) of which shall be owned or operated by a federally qualified health center. Provides that one birth center alternative health care model in the demonstration program shall be located within Planning Area A-3 to address the disparate perinatal and child health outcomes in Planning Area A-3. Provides that birth centers located in Planning Area A-3 or operated by a federally qualified health center are exempt from the requirements of the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act or successor Acts. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0738.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0738eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0738ham001.pdf)
4. **House Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0738ham002.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0738enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mary E. Flowers — primary (person)
- Patricia Van Pelt — primary (person)
- Amy Grant — cosponsor (person)
- Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Belt — cosponsor (person)
- Cyril Nichols — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Conroy — cosponsor (person)
- Debbie Meyers-Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Jacqueline Y. Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Willis — cosponsor (person)
- LaToya Greenwood — cosponsor (person)
- Lakesia Collins — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsey LaPointe — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Croke — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Luft — cosponsor (person)
- Martin McLaughlin — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Simmons — cosponsor (person)
- Robyn Gabel — cosponsor (person)
- Terra Costa Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Demmer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-08** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robyn Gabel `filing`
- **2021-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2021-03-01** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
- **2021-03-02** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** Re-assigned to Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-22** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Availability & Accessibility Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-23** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-03-25** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
- **2021-04-06** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. LaToya Greenwood
- **2021-04-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-04-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy
- **2021-04-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
- **2021-04-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
- **2021-04-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margaret Croke
- **2021-04-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
- **2021-04-21** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-04-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Debbie Meyers-Martin
- **2021-04-22** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-22** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lakesia Collins
- **2021-04-22** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Cyril Nichols
- **2021-04-22** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-22** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-04-22** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Grant
- **2021-04-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Luft
- **2021-04-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin McLaughlin
- **2021-04-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Demmer
- **2021-04-22** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2021-04-23** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 27, 2021 `reading-1`
- **2021-04-28** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
- **2021-04-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-28** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
- **2021-05-03** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Mike Simmons
- **2021-05-03** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2021-05-04** Assigned to Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** Do Pass Health; 013-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 13, 2021
- **2021-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2021
- **2021-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 25, 2021
- **2021-05-27** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-20** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-20** Effective Date August 20, 2021
- **2021-08-20** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0414 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95fe01f1-a1c0-4b25-822d-167f8bf58b9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).