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type: "Bill"
title: "EVIDENCE-HEALTH CARE RECORDS"
description: "Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. In a Section concerning the examination of health care records, provides that \"health care practitioner\" includes any therapist or counselor. Deletes language requiring a health care facility or health care practitioner to provide without charge one complete copy of a patient's records if the patient is an indigent homeless veteran in order to facilitate the person's application for federal veterans' disability benefits. Provides instead that complete copies of a patient's records shall be provided to the patient or other person authorized by the patient for the purpose of supporting a claim for: (1) federal veterans' disability benefits; or (2) federal Social Security or Supplemental Security Income benefits, or both, under any title of the Social Security Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "102nd"
identifier: "HB 714"
citation: "Illinois HB 714 (102nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz", "Laura Fine"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 43
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ac60849-f8d4-4a08-89fe-a59b1d14f8fe"
source_url: "https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=714&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=129235&SessionID=110&GA=102"
source_hash: "72e7c03e487a1f9ebdaf3047c1e1e6e5a8fc13e42cd0e05595b8d8266e36cafb"
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 714 (102nd) — EVIDENCE-HEALTH CARE RECORDS
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. In a Section concerning the examination of health care records, provides that "health care practitioner" includes any therapist or counselor. Deletes language requiring a health care facility or health care practitioner to provide without charge one complete copy of a patient's records if the patient is an indigent homeless veteran in order to facilitate the person's application for federal veterans' disability benefits. Provides instead that complete copies of a patient's records shall be provided to the patient or other person authorized by the patient for the purpose of supporting a claim for: (1) federal veterans' disability benefits; or (2) federal Social Security or Supplemental Security Income benefits, or both, under any title of the Social Security Act.
## 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/10200HB0714.pdf)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0714eng.pdf)
3. **House Amendment 001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0714ham001.pdf)
4. **House Amendment 002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0714ham002.pdf)
5. **House Amendment 003** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0714ham003.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/PDF/10200HB0714enr.pdf)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1170** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **570** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz — primary (person)
- Laura Fine — primary (person)
- Bob Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Ammons — cosponsor (person)
- Laura M. Murphy — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-08** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz `filing`
- **2021-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Assigned to Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-04** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Human Services Committee
- **2021-03-19** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-19** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Bob Morgan
- **2021-03-23** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Human Services Committee
- **2021-03-23** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Human Services Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-23** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 014-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-23** House Committee Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-08** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-04-08** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-08** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Human Services Committee
- **2021-04-14** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Human Services Committee; 013-000-000 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-20** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Carol Ammons
- **2021-04-20** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2021-04-21** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 22, 2021 `reading-1`
- **2021-04-22** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Christopher Belt
- **2021-04-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-22** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Laura Fine
- **2021-04-28** Assigned to Veterans Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** Do Pass Veterans Affairs; 005-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 13, 2021
- **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
- **2021-05-26** Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Laura M. Murphy
- **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 January 1, 2022
- **2021-07-30** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0183 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ac60849-f8d4-4a08-89fe-a59b1d14f8fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).