---
type: "Bill"
title: "INS-MENTAL HEALTH-OUTPT TRTMNT"
description: "Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group health benefit plan shall provide coverage for 60 (now 35) visits for outpatient treatment of mental illness. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 4202"
citation: "Illinois HB 4202 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 54
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-11-16"
last_action: "2006-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9124ea3-d5ca-4fb6-a9dc-9473c00ff761"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4202&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=22245&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "fe855cb8d41b5437822dfe31b1fafa246d753e4e252d80c0a8e262f326108177"
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 4202 (94th) — INS-MENTAL HEALTH-OUTPT TRTMNT

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. Provides that a group health benefit plan shall provide coverage for 60 (now 35) visits for outpatient treatment of mental illness. 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=09400HB4202&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=22245&DocNum=4202&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB4202eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=22245&DocNum=4202&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB4202enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=22245&DocNum=4202&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **43–13** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **82–31** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Donne E. Trotter — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey M. Schoenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly A. Lightford — cosponsor (person)
- Lou Lang — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2005-11-16** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lou Lang `filing`
- **2006-01-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-01-04** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-01-12** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2006-01-18** Assigned to Health Care Availability and Access Committee `referral-committee`
- **2006-01-24** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Availability and Access Committee; 009-002-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-01-24** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-01-25** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2006-01-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2006-01-26** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
- **2006-01-27** Fiscal Note Filed
- **2006-01-31** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
- **2006-01-31** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham
- **2006-01-31** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- **2006-01-31** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- **2006-01-31** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2006-01-31** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry Osterman
- **2006-01-31** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur L. Turner
- **2006-01-31** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
- **2006-01-31** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lovana Jones
- **2006-01-31** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elaine Nekritz
- **2006-01-31** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Annazette Collins
- **2006-01-31** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Calvin L. Giles
- **2006-01-31** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
- **2006-01-31** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar
- **2006-01-31** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Larry McKeon
- **2006-01-31** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- **2006-01-31** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cynthia Soto
- **2006-01-31** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
- **2006-01-31** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
- **2006-01-31** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 082-031-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-02-01** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2006-02-01** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 2, 2006 `reading-1`
- **2006-02-01** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, Jr.
- **2006-02-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2006-02-01** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-01** Assigned to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2006-03-15** Do Pass Health & Human Services; 007-004-000 `committee-passage`
- **2006-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 16, 2006
- **2006-03-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2006-03-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 22, 2006
- **2006-03-16** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2006-03-16** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2006-03-24** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
- **2006-03-27** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2006-03-27** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg
- **2006-03-30** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- **2006-03-30** Third Reading - Passed; 043-013-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2006-03-30** Passed Both Houses
- **2006-04-18** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2006-04-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2006-06-26** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2006-06-26** Effective Date June 26, 2006
- **2006-06-26** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0921 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9124ea3-d5ca-4fb6-a9dc-9473c00ff761`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).