---
type: "Bill"
title: "EXT REV-PHYSICIAN LICENSURE"
description: "Amends the Health Carrier External Review Act. In the provision concerning standard external review, provides that before a determination on an appeal relating to a determination based on treatment being experimental or investigational is made, a physician licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 (instead of licensed to practice medicine in all its branches) shall certify that a certain situation is applicable. Contains a nonacceleration clause."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "HB 5079"
citation: "Illinois HB 5079 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-01-26"
last_action: "2010-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebcc9321-bc0d-4ce4-9aa8-0e71a991fbdf"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5079&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=49845&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "bddebd40623cc48c7b0dd285fb5af4fc84823b6c623514aa0fda461cfe31df9e"
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 5079 (96th) — EXT REV-PHYSICIAN LICENSURE

Amends the Health Carrier External Review Act. In the provision concerning standard external review, provides that before a determination on an appeal relating to a determination based on treatment being experimental or investigational is made, a physician licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 (instead of licensed to practice medicine in all its branches) shall certify that a certain situation is applicable. Contains a nonacceleration clause.

## 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=09600HB5079&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49845&DocNum=5079&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5079eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49845&DocNum=5079&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600HB5079enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=49845&DocNum=5079&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Greg Harris — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-01-26** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Greg Harris `filing`
- **2010-01-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-01-29** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-09** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Health Care Licenses Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2010-02-24** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Health Care Licenses Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2010-02-24** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-02-24** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-02** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-04** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-03-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-03-11** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-12** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2010-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-12** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Heather Steans
- **2010-03-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-12** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-06** Assigned to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-15** Do Pass Insurance; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 20, 2010
- **2010-04-21** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 22, 2010
- **2010-04-27** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- **2010-04-27** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-02** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-02** Effective Date January 1, 2011
- **2010-07-02** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0967 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ebcc9321-bc0d-4ce4-9aa8-0e71a991fbdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).