---
type: "Bill"
title: "DHS-MENTAL HLTH-RECORDS"
description: "Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to record the menstrual cycles of every woman of child-bearing age who is admitted to and remains in a mental health facility for more than 60 days. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 3468"
citation: "Illinois HB 3468 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2011-02-24"
last_action: "2011-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0614fc5c-3848-4ce5-912f-aed265289ea1"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3468&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=60854&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "4e6af2fe7bbf481d47f0b4274d97ca0dabf9522d8fb057854ee42ceefd308c18"
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 3468 (97th) — DHS-MENTAL HLTH-RECORDS

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to record the menstrual cycles of every woman of child-bearing age who is admitted to and remains in a mental health facility for more than 60 days. 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=09700HB3468&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=60854&DocNum=3468&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB3468eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=60854&DocNum=3468&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB3468enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=60854&DocNum=3468&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **111–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Elizabeth Hernandez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-24** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez `filing`
- **2011-02-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-02-24** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-01** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-09** Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-03-09** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-03-17** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2011-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2011-04-06** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 111-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-04-07** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2011-04-07** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-07** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
- **2011-04-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2011-04-07** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-27** Assigned to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-05** Do Pass Human Services; 008-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 6, 2011
- **2011-05-05** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale A. Righter
- **2011-05-05** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. John O. Jones
- **2011-05-05** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Gary Forby
- **2011-05-06** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2011-05-06** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 10, 2011
- **2011-05-12** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2011-05-12** Passed Both Houses
- **2011-06-10** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2011-07-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-14** Effective Date July 14, 2011
- **2011-07-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0138 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0614fc5c-3848-4ce5-912f-aed265289ea1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).