---
type: "Bill"
title: "MHDD CD-FACIILITY DIRECTOR"
description: "Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. In the definition of \"facility director\", provides that a designee of the facility director may include a clinical professional counselor. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "97th"
identifier: "HB 4037"
citation: "Illinois HB 4037 (97th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2012-01-23"
last_action: "2012-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b9901fa-2fa6-4918-9524-a43ad9a42188"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4037&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=63267&SessionID=84&GA=97"
source_hash: "d635660d245aeeed1470b78c40ea31186fe22536ef989f3c49162d979fc539cf"
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 4037 (97th) — MHDD CD-FACIILITY DIRECTOR

Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. In the definition of "facility director", provides that a designee of the facility director may include a clinical professional counselor. 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=09700HB4037&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=63267&DocNum=4037&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB4037eng&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=63267&DocNum=4037&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09700HB4037enr&GA=97&SessionId=84&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=63267&DocNum=4037&GAID=11&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Elaine Nekritz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-01-23** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elaine Nekritz `filing`
- **2012-01-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-01-25** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-06** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2012-02-22** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 005-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-02-22** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-02-28** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2012-02-28** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2012-03-01** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-03-06** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2012-03-06** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 7, 2012 `reading-1`
- **2012-03-23** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Christine J. Johnson
- **2012-03-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2012-03-26** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-11** Assigned to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-25** Do Pass Human Services; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2012-04-25** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 26, 2012
- **2012-05-02** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2012-05-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 3, 2012
- **2012-05-15** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-05-15** Passed Both Houses
- **2012-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2012-07-06** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-06** Effective Date July 6, 2012
- **2012-07-06** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0753 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b9901fa-2fa6-4918-9524-a43ad9a42188`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).