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Bill	MEDICAID-DENTAL HYGIENIST	Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that a licensed dental hygienist working under the supervision of a dentist and employed by a federally qualified health center shall be reimbursed for dental services provided to medical assistance recipients at the federally qualified health center's encounter rate. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	100th	SB 2491	Illinois SB 2491 (100th)	bill		enacted		3	33	2	2018-01-31	2018-08-19	openstates	ocd-bill/cfd5ef80-1259-4b62-b9a3-080b204cb08c	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2491&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=109229&SessionID=91&GA=100	3ed0066670edac25c301c8045333c7bc6b82debbed1d4719c97af5133ddae2a5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2491 (100th) — MEDICAID-DENTAL HYGIENIST

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that a licensed dental hygienist working under the supervision of a dentist and employed by a federally qualified health center shall be reimbursed for dental services provided to medical assistance recipients at the federally qualified health center's encounter rate. 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 — 108–0 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dave Syverson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-31 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dave Syverson filing
• 2018-01-31 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-01-31 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2018-02-07 Assigned to Human Services referral-committee
• 2018-02-21 Postponed - Human Services
• 2018-02-27 Postponed - Human Services
• 2018-03-01 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Dave Syverson amendment-introduction
• 2018-03-01 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2018-03-13 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Human Services
• 2018-03-13 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2018-03-14 Do Pass as Amended Human Services; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-03-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 10, 2018
• 2018-04-10 Second Reading reading-2
• 2018-04-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 11, 2018
• 2018-04-12 Third Reading - Passed; 055-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-04-12 Arrived in House introduction
• 2018-04-12 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
• 2018-04-13 First Reading reading-1
• 2018-04-13 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2018-04-26 Assigned to Appropriations-Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2018-05-17 Do Pass / Short Debate Appropriations-Human Services Committee; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2018-05-18 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-05-21 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2018-05-21 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2018-05-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2018-05-23 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 108-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2018-05-23 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
• 2018-05-23 Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Thaddeus Jones
• 2018-05-23 Passed Both Houses
• 2018-06-21 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-08-19 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2018-08-19 Effective Date August 19, 2018
• 2018-08-19 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0974 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cfd5ef80-1259-4b62-b9a3-080b204cb08c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).