---
type: "Bill"
title: "HOME HLTH SRVCS-PHYSICIAN ASST"
description: "Amends the Home Health, Home Services, and Home Nursing Agency Licensing Act. Provides that \"home health services\" includes services prescribed by a physician assistant licensed under the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "98th"
identifier: "HB 2839"
citation: "Illinois HB 2839 (98th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2013-08-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0e0d583-93fc-4ef3-962c-2b1d9a270300"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2839&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=74672&SessionID=85&GA=98"
source_hash: "06a269641fb5895cf5c6d89a36f27dd837c47136a1c617fa3d7d1d7f07fa5eea"
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 2839 (98th) — HOME HLTH SRVCS-PHYSICIAN ASST

Amends the Home Health, Home Services, and Home Nursing Agency Licensing Act. Provides that "home health services" includes services prescribed by a physician assistant licensed under the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987. 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=09800HB2839&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=74672&DocNum=2839&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB2839eng&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=74672&DocNum=2839&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09800HB2839enr&GA=98&SessionId=85&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=74672&DocNum=2839&GAID=12&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jim Durkin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Patricia R. Bellock `filing`
- **2013-02-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-02-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-27** Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Jim Durkin
- **2013-03-04** Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-12** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jim Durkin `amendment-introduction`
- **2013-03-12** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-14** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health Care Licenses Committee
- **2013-03-20** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Health Care Licenses Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2013-03-20** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 007-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-03-20** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-04-12** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2013-04-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2013-04-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2013-04-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-001 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-04-15** Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2013-04-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- **2013-04-16** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2013-04-16** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-16** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. William R. Haine
- **2013-04-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-04-16** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-23** Assigned to Licensed Activities and Pensions `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-01** Do Pass Licensed Activities and Pensions; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-01** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 2, 2013
- **2013-05-07** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-07** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 8, 2013
- **2013-05-15** Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2013-05-15** Passed Both Houses
- **2013-06-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-08-09** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-09** Effective Date August 9, 2013
- **2013-08-09** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0261 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0e0d583-93fc-4ef3-962c-2b1d9a270300`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).