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type: "Bill"
title: "COMMUNITY BEHAV HEALTH CARE"
description: "Creates the Community Behavioral Health Care Professional Loan Repayment Program Act. Creates the Community Behavioral Health Care Professional Loan Repayment Program to be administered by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission. Provides that the Program shall provide loan assistance, subject to appropriation, to eligible mental health and substance use professionals practicing in a community mental health center in an underserved or rural federally designated Mental Health Professional Shortage Area. Provides that applicants must enter into a minimum 2-year contract. Provides that the Commission may extend the contract a third or fourth year to individual applicants upon completion of the initial 2-year obligation. Provides that the Commission may extend the contract a third or fourth year to individual applicants upon completion of the initial 2-year obligation. Provides that Program participants who, for any reason, fail to begin or complete the required period of obligated service shall be liable to the Commission for an amount equal to the number of months of obligated service not completed multiplied by $2,500 and interest on the amount at the maximum legal prevailing rate, as determined by the Treasurer of the United States from the date of breach."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "HB 5109"
citation: "Illinois HB 5109 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 51
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-08-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb872780-1c00-40d6-9710-f8a32742305c"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5109&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=110662&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "8224cd92987d72f66b81ec217d11d9c2072acaf71d63836bbddb4fba2ac18d62"
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 5109 (100th) — COMMUNITY BEHAV HEALTH CARE
Creates the Community Behavioral Health Care Professional Loan Repayment Program Act. Creates the Community Behavioral Health Care Professional Loan Repayment Program to be administered by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission. Provides that the Program shall provide loan assistance, subject to appropriation, to eligible mental health and substance use professionals practicing in a community mental health center in an underserved or rural federally designated Mental Health Professional Shortage Area. Provides that applicants must enter into a minimum 2-year contract. Provides that the Commission may extend the contract a third or fourth year to individual applicants upon completion of the initial 2-year obligation. Provides that the Commission may extend the contract a third or fourth year to individual applicants upon completion of the initial 2-year obligation. Provides that Program participants who, for any reason, fail to begin or complete the required period of obligated service shall be liable to the Commission for an amount equal to the number of months of obligated service not completed multiplied by $2,500 and interest on the amount at the maximum legal prevailing rate, as determined by the Treasurer of the United States from the date of breach.
## 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=10000HB5109&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=110662&DocNum=5109&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB5109eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=110662&DocNum=5109&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000HB5109enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=110662&DocNum=5109&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1010** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **420** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Emil Jones, III — cosponsor (person)
- John G. Mulroe — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly A. Lightford — cosponsor (person)
- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Lou Lang — primary (person)
- Michael E. Hastings — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Van Pelt — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-02-15** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Lou Lang `filing`
- **2018-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** Assigned to Mental Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Deb Conroy
- **2018-03-08** Do Pass / Short Debate Mental Health Committee; 022-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-03-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Fine
- **2018-03-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
- **2018-03-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
- **2018-03-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sara Feigenholtz
- **2018-03-08** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Mussman
- **2018-03-14** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2018-03-16** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lou Lang `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-16** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Mental Health Committee
- **2018-03-29** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Lou Lang `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-29** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-09** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Mental Health Committee
- **2018-04-13** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Mental Health Committee; 017-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-19** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2018-04-19** House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-04-20** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 101-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-20** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan Carroll
- **2018-04-23** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-04-23** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Heather A. Steans
- **2018-04-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-04-23** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-26** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
- **2018-04-27** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-01** Assigned to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** Do Pass Human Services; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-09** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2018
- **2018-05-09** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Cristina Castro
- **2018-05-09** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Melinda Bush
- **2018-05-09** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Emil Jones, III
- **2018-05-09** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- **2018-05-09** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael E. Hastings
- **2018-05-09** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. John G. Mulroe
- **2018-05-10** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
- **2018-05-16** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-05-16** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 17, 2018
- **2018-05-18** Third Reading - Passed; 042-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-18** Passed Both Houses
- **2018-05-24** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
- **2018-06-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-08-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2018-08-14** Effective Date January 1, 2019
- **2018-08-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0862 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb872780-1c00-40d6-9710-f8a32742305c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).