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Bill	HOME HEALTH AGENCIES-REFERRALS	Amends the Home Health, Home Services, and Home Nursing Agency Licensing Act. Provides that a hospital licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act, hospital operated under the University of Illinois Hospital Act, facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act, or health care provider licensed under any Act of this State that receives funds from the State may not refer a patient or the family of a patient to a home health agency, home nursing agency, or home services agency unless the agency is licensed under the Home Health, Home Services, and Home Nursing Agency Licensing Act.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	SB 1676	Illinois SB 1676 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	26	2	2017-02-09	2017-08-11	openstates	ocd-bill/0eaa9c20-6f3a-4334-b7ec-300b44d51cf4	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1676&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=104473&SessionID=91&GA=100	04e6dd9aa84510a1468ee6e986690bdd11a932459708a9f849fbfe3c72f5f501	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1676 (100th) — HOME HEALTH AGENCIES-REFERRALS

Amends the Home Health, Home Services, and Home Nursing Agency Licensing Act. Provides that a hospital licensed under the Hospital Licensing Act, hospital operated under the University of Illinois Hospital Act, facility licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act, or health care provider licensed under any Act of this State that receives funds from the State may not refer a patient or the family of a patient to a home health agency, home nursing agency, or home services agency unless the agency is licensed under the Home Health, Home Services, and Home Nursing Agency Licensing Act.

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 — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Cunningham — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-09 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Bill Cunningham filing
• 2017-02-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-09 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2017-02-28 Assigned to Human Services referral-committee
• 2017-03-08 Postponed - Human Services
• 2017-03-15 Do Pass Human Services; 010-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-03-15 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 16, 2017
• 2017-04-06 Second Reading reading-2
• 2017-04-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 25, 2017
• 2017-04-27 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-27 Arrived in House introduction
• 2017-04-27 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
• 2017-04-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-04-27 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2017-05-09 Assigned to Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2017-05-10 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley
• 2017-05-17 Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 011-000-000 committee-passage
• 2017-05-17 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-05-18 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2017-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2017-05-19 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 098-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-19 Passed Both Houses
• 2017-06-16 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-08-11 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2017-08-11 Effective Date January 1, 2018
• 2017-08-11 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0099 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0eaa9c20-6f3a-4334-b7ec-300b44d51cf4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).