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type: "Bill"
title: "HOME HEALTH AGENCIES-REFERRALS"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "SB 1676"
citation: "Illinois SB 1676 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0eaa9c20-6f3a-4334-b7ec-300b44d51cf4"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1676&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=104473&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "04e6dd9aa84510a1468ee6e986690bdd11a932459708a9f849fbfe3c72f5f501"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB1676&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=104473&DocNum=1676&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB1676eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=104473&DocNum=1676&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB1676enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=104473&DocNum=1676&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **980** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **550** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0eaa9c20-6f3a-4334-b7ec-300b44d51cf4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).