republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/102nd/hb-3025.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "MEDICAID-TELEHEALTH-EPILEPSY"
description: "Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall reimburse epilepsy specialists, as defined by the Department by rule, who are authorized by Illinois law to provide epilepsy treatment services to persons with epilepsy or related disorders via telehealth. Provides that the Department shall establish, by rule, a method to reimburse providers for epilepsy treatment services provided by telehealth. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "HB 3025"
citation: "Illinois HB 3025 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keith R. Wheeler", "Laura Fine"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2021-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e235a5ea-f74b-43ce-9357-82a431744348"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3025&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=131947&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "ea20f642f1097e0399dda9c6544a2832d347eb1dbc2ae5d1d1f3720ed44d40c4"
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 3025 (102nd) — MEDICAID-TELEHEALTH-EPILEPSY

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall reimburse epilepsy specialists, as defined by the Department by rule, who are authorized by Illinois law to provide epilepsy treatment services to persons with epilepsy or related disorders via telehealth. Provides that the Department shall establish, by rule, a method to reimburse providers for epilepsy treatment services provided by telehealth. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB3025.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB3025eng.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB3025enr.pdf)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Keith R. Wheeler — primary (person)
- Laura Fine — primary (person)
- Amy Grant — cosponsor (person)
- C.D. Davidsmeyer — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Ugaste — cosponsor (person)
- Deanne M. Mazzochi — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Keicher — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Willis — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Croke — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Batinick — cosponsor (person)
- Martin McLaughlin — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Van Pelt — cosponsor (person)
- Robyn Gabel — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Spain — cosponsor (person)
- Seth Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Reick — cosponsor (person)
- Terra Costa Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Demmer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-18** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Keith R. Wheeler `filing`
- **2021-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-19** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Assigned to Appropriations-Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** Do Pass / Short Debate Appropriations-Human Services Committee; 024-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-04-13** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-04-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dan Ugaste
- **2021-04-15** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
- **2021-04-15** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-001-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Seth Lewis
- **2021-04-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jeff Keicher
- **2021-04-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer
- **2021-04-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mark Batinick
- **2021-04-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tom Demmer
- **2021-04-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ryan Spain
- **2021-04-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Steven Reick
- **2021-04-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Martin McLaughlin
- **2021-04-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deanne M. Mazzochi
- **2021-04-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Amy Grant
- **2021-04-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Terra Costa Howard
- **2021-04-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Margaret Croke
- **2021-04-15** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen Willis
- **2021-04-19** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-19** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-19** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
- **2021-04-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-19** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Assigned to Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** Do Pass Health; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 13, 2021
- **2021-05-12** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
- **2021-05-13** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-05-13** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 14, 2021
- **2021-05-24** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** May 25, 2021
- **2021-05-27** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-27** Passed Both Houses
- **2021-06-23** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-30** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-30** Effective Date July 30, 2021
- **2021-07-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0207 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e235a5ea-f74b-43ce-9357-82a431744348`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).