---
type: "Bill"
title: "ALTERN HLTH CARE-CHILD RESPITE"
description: "Amends the Alternative Health Care Delivery Act. Provides for a total of 9 (instead of 8) children's respite care alternative health care models, and requires that 2 (instead of one) of those models be located in the City of Chicago. Makes children's respite care center alternative health care models exempt from the requirement to obtain a certificate of need from the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board before receiving a license from the Department of Public Health. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 181"
citation: "Illinois SB 181 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2009-01-30"
last_action: "2009-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3dd94dc-03b2-45c0-bfea-a2c5303cb302"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=181&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=40648&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "3128aaa4275e9ff8d343567fd553ad21311552ae6fa8687480978893a79b0174"
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 SB 181 (96th) — ALTERN HLTH CARE-CHILD RESPITE

Amends the Alternative Health Care Delivery Act. Provides for a total of 9 (instead of 8) children's respite care alternative health care models, and requires that 2 (instead of one) of those models be located in the City of Chicago. Makes children's respite care center alternative health care models exempt from the requirement to obtain a certificate of need from the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board before receiving a license from the Department of Public Health. 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=09600SB0181&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=40648&DocNum=181&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB0181eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=40648&DocNum=181&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB0181enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=40648&DocNum=181&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Christine Radogno — primary (person)
- Michael W. Tryon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-01-30** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Christine Radogno `filing`
- **2009-01-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-01-30** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-10** Assigned to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-19** Do Pass Public Health; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-02-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 20, 2009
- **2009-02-20** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Kirk W. Dillard
- **2009-02-23** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
- **2009-03-30** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-03-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 31, 2009
- **2009-04-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** April 2, 2009
- **2009-04-02** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-04-03** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2009-04-03** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-03** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2009-04-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-04-06** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-20** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-28** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- **2009-04-29** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-04-29** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-04-30** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-04-30** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-05-07** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 116-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-07** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-05-07** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
- **2009-05-07** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandy Cole
- **2009-05-07** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael W. Tryon
- **2009-05-07** Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Removed Rep. Michael W. Tryon
- **2009-05-07** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael W. Tryon
- **2009-05-07** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. James D. Brosnahan
- **2009-06-05** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-04** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-04** Effective Date August 4, 2009
- **2009-08-04** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0129 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3dd94dc-03b2-45c0-bfea-a2c5303cb302`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).