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Bill	MEDICAID-EYEGLASSES-SURGERY	Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision limiting medical assistance recipients to one pair of adult eyeglasses every 2 years, provides that the limitation does not apply to an individual who needs different eyeglasses following a surgical procedure such as cataract surgery. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	HB 2909	Illinois HB 2909 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	32	2	2017-02-09	2017-08-18	openstates	ocd-bill/72ada40f-c543-4307-a6f0-c846cb9d7da7	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2909&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=104410&SessionID=91&GA=100	61b68de34f228ae71331d7b7a595dcb2c866c67b6a12f9c0ecb615352366cc45	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 2909 (100th) — MEDICAID-EYEGLASSES-SURGERY

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. In a provision limiting medical assistance recipients to one pair of adult eyeglasses every 2 years, provides that the limitation does not apply to an individual who needs different eyeglasses following a surgical procedure such as cataract surgery. Effective immediately.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 107–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Antonio Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
• Robyn Gabel — primary (person)
• Thomas Cullerton — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-09 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robyn Gabel filing
• 2017-02-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-09 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-22 Assigned to Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-08 Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 012-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-03-08 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-03-08 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2017-03-08 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
• 2017-03-08 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Litesa E. Wallace
• 2017-03-08 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
• 2017-03-09 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-03-09 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-03-15 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 107-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-15 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
• 2017-03-16 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2017-03-16 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2017-03-17 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Julie A. Morrison
• 2017-03-21 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Thomas Cullerton
• 2017-03-22 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-03-22 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-03-27 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Muñoz
• 2017-04-25 Assigned to Human Services referral-committee
• 2017-05-03 Do Pass Human Services; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-05-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 4, 2017
• 2017-05-15 Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 16, 2017
• 2017-05-25 Third Reading - Passed; 053-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-25 Passed Both Houses
• 2017-06-23 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-08-18 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2017-08-18 Effective Date August 18, 2017
• 2017-08-18 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0135 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/72ada40f-c543-4307-a6f0-c846cb9d7da7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).