---
type: "Bill"
title: "ALTERN HLTH CARE-RESID REHAB"
description: "Amends the Alternative Health Care Delivery Act. Increases the number of authorized community-based residential rehabilitation center alternative health care models from 2 to 5. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 2527"
citation: "Illinois SB 2527 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-01-12"
last_action: "2010-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80b17580-37f8-44b3-a31b-e69ad8dc9d59"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2527&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=49185&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "43391636fbbf9f91f236d4132766768ef0e52e625d6cb82c17b0896ed20a4990"
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 2527 (96th) — ALTERN HLTH CARE-RESID REHAB

Amends the Alternative Health Care Delivery Act. Increases the number of authorized community-based residential rehabilitation center alternative health care models from 2 to 5. 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=09600SB2527&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49185&DocNum=2527&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2527eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49185&DocNum=2527&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB2527enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=49185&DocNum=2527&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dan Kotowski — primary (person)
- Elizabeth Coulson — cosponsor (person)
- Rosemary Mulligan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-01-12** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dan Kotowski `filing`
- **2010-01-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-01-12** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-04** Assigned to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-10** Do Pass Human Services; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-02-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 16, 2010
- **2010-02-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-02-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading February 23, 2010
- **2010-03-11** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-03-11** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2010-03-12** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Mark L. Walker
- **2010-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-03-12** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-16** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2010-03-22** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-14** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2010-04-14** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-04-14** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
- **2010-04-20** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2010-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2010-04-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2010-04-21** Passed Both Houses
- **2010-04-21** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
- **2010-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-16** Effective Date July 16, 2010
- **2010-07-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1071 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80b17580-37f8-44b3-a31b-e69ad8dc9d59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).