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| Bill | NURSING HOME-STAFFING-NURSES | Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that upon application by a facility, the Director of Public Health may grant or renew a waiver of certain staffing requirements for registered nurses, considering specified criteria, if the facility demonstrates to the Director's satisfaction that the facility is unable, despite diligent efforts, including offering wages at a competitive rate for registered nurses in the community, to employ the required number of registered nurses. Provides that the Director may not grant or renew such waivers for certain minimum nurse staffing requirements contained in federal regulations to facilities that are Medicare-certified or both Medicare-certified and Medicaid-certified. Provides that these waivers shall be reviewed quarterly by the Department of Public Health, including requiring a demonstration by the facility that it has continued to make diligent efforts to employ the required number of registered nurses, and shall be revoked for noncompliance with certain requirements. Effective immediately. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 100th | SB 626 | Illinois SB 626 (100th) |
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enacted | 3 | 42 | 2 | 2017-01-25 | 2017-08-18 | openstates | ocd-bill/2cef5be4-c3eb-4f81-b6f4-c3b896845393 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=626&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=100728&SessionID=91&GA=100 | 894953f73ae19e32b388fb857436c24944a699f4b9630154e20db164e38b6fae | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois SB 626 (100th) — NURSING HOME-STAFFING-NURSES
Amends the Nursing Home Care Act. Provides that upon application by a facility, the Director of Public Health may grant or renew a waiver of certain staffing requirements for registered nurses, considering specified criteria, if the facility demonstrates to the Director's satisfaction that the facility is unable, despite diligent efforts, including offering wages at a competitive rate for registered nurses in the community, to employ the required number of registered nurses. Provides that the Director may not grant or renew such waivers for certain minimum nurse staffing requirements contained in federal regulations to facilities that are Medicare-certified or both Medicare-certified and Medicaid-certified. Provides that these waivers shall be reviewed quarterly by the Department of Public Health, including requiring a demonstration by the facility that it has continued to make diligent efforts to employ the required number of registered nurses, and shall be revoked for noncompliance with certain requirements. Effective immediately.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 112–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Wm. Sam McCann — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2017-01-25 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Wm. Sam McCann
filing - 2017-01-25 First Reading
reading-1 - 2017-01-25 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2017-02-01 Assigned to Public Health
referral-committee - 2017-02-16 Postponed - Public Health
- 2017-03-02 Do Pass Public Health; 005-000-000
committee-passage - 2017-03-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 7, 2017
- 2017-03-07 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Wm. Sam McCann
amendment-introduction - 2017-03-07 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2017-03-08 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Public Health
- 2017-03-14 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2017-03-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 15, 2017
- 2017-03-29 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 To Subcommittee on Long Term Care
- 2017-04-05 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Reported Back To Public Health; 003-000-000
- 2017-04-05 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Public Health; 007-000-000
- 2017-04-19 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Wm. Sam McCann
amendment-introduction - 2017-04-19 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
referral-committee - 2017-04-25 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Public Health
- 2017-04-26 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Public Health; 005-000-000
- 2017-04-28 Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2017
reading-3 - 2017-05-02 Recalled to Second Reading
reading-2 - 2017-05-02 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; McCann
amendment-passage - 2017-05-02 Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; McCann
amendment-passage - 2017-05-02 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- 2017-05-02 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2017-05-03 Arrived in House
introduction - 2017-05-10 Chief House Sponsor Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer
- 2017-05-11 First Reading
reading-1 - 2017-05-11 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2017-05-15 Assigned to Human Services Committee
referral-committee - 2017-05-19 Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 26, 2017
- 2017-05-24 Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 012-000-000
committee-passage - 2017-05-24 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2017-05-24 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2017-05-24 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2017-05-26 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-001-000
reading-3, passage - 2017-05-26 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- 2017-05-26 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 . . . . . . . . . 100-0217
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2cef5be4-c3eb-4f81-b6f4-c3b896845393. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).