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type: "Bill"
title: "INS CD-CONTRACTING PROCEDURES"
description: "Amends the Accident and Health Insurance Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions concerning contracting procedures, replaces language concerning changes to the fee schedule with language providing that an insurer, health maintenance organization, independent practice association, or physician hospital organization shall provide all contracted health care professionals or health care providers with notice of any changes to the fee schedule at least 90 days before the effective date of the change, that the right to advance notice of changes to the fee schedule cannot be waived by the health care professional or provider, and that changes to the fee schedule cannot be applied retroactively from the effective date of the changes. Provides that if the changes to the fee schedule include a reduction in fees greater than 3% of the Medicare rate established for the current calendar year, the health care professional or health care provider may propose alternative changes to the fee schedule. Provides that any changes to the fee schedule must be final at least 30 days before the effective date of the changes. Provides that fee schedule information must be provided directly to the contracted health care professional or health care provider (rather than may be made available) by mail, e-mail, or telephone, and that this information may also be provided by newsletter, website listing, or other reasonable method."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "HB 4941"
citation: "Illinois HB 4941 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laura Fine", "Theresa Mah"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-25"
last_action: "2022-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76a4475c-0564-4f8b-9cb5-39f8d353825a"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4941&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=139402&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "17696c5debbbc3d5b74a3bad9faf6618b97f946f750f995450de186736102457"
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 4941 (102nd) — INS CD-CONTRACTING PROCEDURES
Amends the Accident and Health Insurance Article of the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions concerning contracting procedures, replaces language concerning changes to the fee schedule with language providing that an insurer, health maintenance organization, independent practice association, or physician hospital organization shall provide all contracted health care professionals or health care providers with notice of any changes to the fee schedule at least 90 days before the effective date of the change, that the right to advance notice of changes to the fee schedule cannot be waived by the health care professional or provider, and that changes to the fee schedule cannot be applied retroactively from the effective date of the changes. Provides that if the changes to the fee schedule include a reduction in fees greater than 3% of the Medicare rate established for the current calendar year, the health care professional or health care provider may propose alternative changes to the fee schedule. Provides that any changes to the fee schedule must be final at least 30 days before the effective date of the changes. Provides that fee schedule information must be provided directly to the contracted health care professional or health care provider (rather than may be made available) by mail, e-mail, or telephone, and that this information may also be provided by newsletter, website listing, or other reasonable method.
## 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/10200HB4941.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB4941eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB4941ham001.pdf)
4. **Senate Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB4941sam001.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB4941enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **560** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence, Amendment 1 — **1130** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **1010** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Laura Fine — primary (person)
- Theresa Mah — primary (person)
- Bob Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Camille Y. Lilly — cosponsor (person)
- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Van Pelt — cosponsor (person)
- Sue Scherer — cosponsor (person)
- Thaddeus Jones — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-25** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Theresa Mah `filing`
- **2022-01-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-01-27** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Assigned to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** Do Pass / Short Debate Insurance Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2022-03-01** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Theresa Mah `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-01** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Insurance Committee
- **2022-03-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02** Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Insurance Committee; 017-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-03** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thaddeus Jones
- **2022-03-03** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan
- **2022-03-04** House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2022-03-04** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 101-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-07** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-03-07** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-07** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Laura Fine
- **2022-03-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-03-07** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-15** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- **2022-03-16** Assigned to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Do Pass Insurance; 011-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading
- **2022-03-23** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 24, 2022
- **2022-03-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura Fine `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-24** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-28** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Insurance
- **2022-03-30** Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Patricia Van Pelt
- **2022-03-30** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Insurance; 014-000-000
- **2022-03-31** Recalled to Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-31** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Fine `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-31** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
- **2022-03-31** Third Reading - Passed; 056-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-31** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2022-03-31** Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- **2022-04-03** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Theresa Mah
- **2022-04-03** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
- **2022-04-07** Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 113-000-000
- **2022-04-07** House Concurs
- **2022-04-07** Passed Both Houses
- **2022-04-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
- **2022-04-07** Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sue Scherer
- **2022-05-06** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-27** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-27** Effective Date January 1, 2023
- **2022-05-27** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0957 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76a4475c-0564-4f8b-9cb5-39f8d353825a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).