---
type: "Bill"
title: "MED PRACTICE - FEE SPLITTING"
description: "Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Makes changes concerning the prohibition against fee splitting. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "96th"
identifier: "SB 69"
citation: "Illinois SB 69 (96th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2009-01-30"
last_action: "2009-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfb818af-310c-49d0-9005-cdf39ec65102"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=69&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=40314&SessionID=76&GA=96"
source_hash: "ec1c34baf0cd4372d0d98524833424a80c75cb50e80a2bd284bebfceb42435e1"
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 69 (96th) — MED PRACTICE - FEE SPLITTING

Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Makes changes concerning the prohibition against fee splitting. 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=09600SB0069&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=40314&DocNum=69&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB0069eng&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=40314&DocNum=69&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09600SB0069enr&GA=96&SessionId=76&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=40314&DocNum=69&GAID=10&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ira I. Silverstein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-01-30** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein `filing`
- **2009-01-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-01-30** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-18** Assigned to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-18** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-02-18** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-02-25** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities
- **2009-03-06** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Licensed Activities
- **2009-03-06** Postponed - Licensed Activities
- **2009-03-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-03-10** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-11** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Licensed Activities
- **2009-03-11** Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2009-03-12** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Held in Licensed Activities
- **2009-03-12** Do Pass as Amended Licensed Activities; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2009-03-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 17, 2009
- **2009-03-13** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-18** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2009-03-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 19, 2009
- **2009-03-25** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-03-25** Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a) `amendment-failure`
- **2009-03-25** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2009-03-25** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-25** Chief House Sponsor Rep. David E. Miller
- **2009-03-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2009-03-25** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-20** Assigned to Executive Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-23** Re-assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-06** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Health Care Licenses Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2009-05-06** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Health Care Licenses Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2009-05-06** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 009-000-001 `committee-passage`
- **2009-05-06** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-05-12** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2009-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2009-05-19** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2009-05-19** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
- **2009-05-19** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - May 20, 2009
- **2009-05-21** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. Ira I. Silverstein `filing`
- **2009-05-21** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-22** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Licensed Activities `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-26** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Licensed Activities; 008-000-000
- **2009-05-27** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 057-000-000
- **2009-05-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2009-06-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2009-08-24** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-24** Effective Date August 24, 2009
- **2009-08-24** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0608 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dfb818af-310c-49d0-9005-cdf39ec65102`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).