---
type: "Bill"
title: "NURS HOME-EMERGENCY TRANSFER"
description: "Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that if an emergency transfer or discharge is ordered by a resident's attending physician because of a resident's physical or mental health needs (rather than a resident's health needs), then a facility is not required to provide a minimum written notice of 21 days and is also not required to have a discussion regarding the transfer with the resident and certain other parties. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "SB 3028"
citation: "Illinois SB 3028 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 54
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2014-02-07"
last_action: "2015-01-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4d8207b-fa83-4a53-b04c-9ad71166b81b"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3028&GAID=12&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=79324&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "903ef6b9f77cc3779930a4cc1379845adf457b400642c98e2193600a7fdd4251"
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 3028 (98th) — NURS HOME-EMERGENCY TRANSFER

Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that if an emergency transfer or discharge is ordered by a resident's attending physician because of a resident's physical or mental health needs (rather than a resident's health needs), then a facility is not required to provide a minimum written notice of 21 days and is also not required to have a discussion regarding the transfer with the resident and certain other parties. 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=09800SB3028&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=79324&DocNum=3028&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB3028eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=79324&DocNum=3028&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800SB3028enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=79324&DocNum=3028&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **84–23** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Arthur Turner — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick J. Verschoore — cosponsor (person)
- William R. Haine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-07** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein `filing`
- **2014-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-02-07** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-19** Assigned to Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-20** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. John G. Mulroe
- **2014-02-21** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- **2014-02-26** Do Pass Public Health; 006-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-02-26** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading February 27, 2014
- **2014-03-04** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. William Delgado
- **2014-03-05** Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Steven M. Landek
- **2014-03-05** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-03-05** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 6, 2014
- **2014-03-05** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dave Syverson
- **2014-03-06** Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan Kotowski
- **2014-03-06** Third Reading - Passed; 050-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-03-06** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2014-03-06** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang
- **2014-03-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2014-03-06** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-23** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 010-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2014-04-30** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-04-30** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
- **2014-04-30** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Patrick J. Verschoore
- **2014-05-06** Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
- **2014-05-07** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-05-23** Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 30, 2014
- **2014-05-30** Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-11-18** Approved for Consideration Rules Committee; 004-000-000
- **2014-11-18** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-11-26** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lou Lang `amendment-introduction`
- **2014-11-26** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2014-12-01** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Human Services Committee
- **2014-12-01** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Human Services Committee; 015-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-12-02** Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2014-12-02** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2014-12-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2014-12-02** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2014-12-02** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 084-023-002 `reading-3, passage`
- **2014-12-02** Secretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1
- **2014-12-02** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 1 - December 3, 2014
- **2014-12-03** Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. William R. Haine
- **2014-12-03** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. William R. Haine `filing`
- **2014-12-03** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2014-12-03** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to State Government and Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2014-12-03** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt State Government and Veterans Affairs; 009-000-000
- **2014-12-04** 3/5 Vote Required
- **2014-12-04** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Senate Concurs 045-000-000
- **2014-12-04** Passed Both Houses
- **2014-12-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-01-12** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2015-01-12** Effective Date January 12, 2015
- **2015-01-12** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1172 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4d8207b-fa83-4a53-b04c-9ad71166b81b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).