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Bill	DHFS-LONG-TERM CARE SERVICES	Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to apply for all available federal funding to promote community inclusion and integration for persons with disabilities, regardless of age, and older adults so that those persons have the option to transition out of institutions and receive long-term care services and supports in the settings of their choice. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	102nd	SB 1977	Illinois SB 1977 (102nd)	bill		enacted	Laura Fine Suzanne Ness	3	30	2	2021-02-26	2021-08-20	openstates	ocd-bill/212b66c5-3ad2-4a74-a7cf-f0b815c1aeb4	https://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1977&GAID=16&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=134633&SessionID=110&GA=102	4ada322ba8ea9ac8f63aea3e929fa8dfa3ada537cee576b23bc3dfcafb88f565	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1977 (102nd) — DHFS-LONG-TERM CARE SERVICES

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to apply for all available federal funding to promote community inclusion and integration for persons with disabilities, regardless of age, and older adults so that those persons have the option to transition out of institutions and receive long-term care services and supports in the settings of their choice. 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 — 58–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 112–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Laura Fine — primary (person)
• Suzanne Ness — primary (person)
• Dagmara Avelar — cosponsor (person)
• Natalie A. Manley — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-26 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura Fine filing
• 2021-02-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-02-26 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2021-03-16 Assigned to Health referral-committee
• 2021-03-24 To Subcommittee on Medicaid
• 2021-04-07 Reported Back To Health; 005-000-000
• 2021-04-14 Do Pass Health; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2021-04-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 15, 2021
• 2021-04-20 Second Reading reading-2
• 2021-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading ** April 21, 2021
• 2021-04-23 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-26 Arrived in House introduction
• 2021-04-26 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Suzanne Ness
• 2021-04-27 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-04-27 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2021-05-04 Assigned to Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2021-05-12 Do Pass / Consent Calendar Human Services Committee; 015-000-000 committee-passage
• 2021-05-12 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Consent Calendar
• 2021-05-13 Second Reading - Consent Calendar reading-2
• 2021-05-13 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Consent Calendar reading-2
• 2021-05-14 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Consent Calendar
• 2021-05-18 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Natalie A. Manley
• 2021-05-21 Third Reading - Consent Calendar - First Day reading-3
• 2021-05-26 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Dagmara Avelar
• 2021-05-26 Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 112-000-000 passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-26 Passed Both Houses
• 2021-06-24 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-08-20 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2021-08-20 Effective Date August 20, 2021
• 2021-08-20 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0536 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/212b66c5-3ad2-4a74-a7cf-f0b815c1aeb4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).