republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/91st/sb-251.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "MANAGED CARE & PATIENTS RIGHTS"
description: "MANAGED CARE & PATIENTS RIGHTS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "91st"
identifier: "SB 251"
citation: "Illinois SB 251 (91st)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 85
vote_count: 0
first_action: "1999-02-09T00:00:00-06:00"
last_action: "1999-08-19T00:00:00-05:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d968e18c-0f97-487e-bbee-8fba52827925"
source_url: "http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/91gatoc.html"
source_hash: "14c834e33c78973a197e4dcb56ed93440ca2f632b85d459685fb04919afb553b"
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 SB 251 (91st) — MANAGED CARE & PATIENTS RIGHTS

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0251** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet91/sbgroups/sb/910SB0251LV.html)

## Sponsors

- BERMAN — cosponsor (person)
- BOMKE — cosponsor (person)
- DEMUZIO — cosponsor (person)
- DONAHUE — cosponsor (person)
- FLOWERS — cosponsor (person)
- GEO-KARIS — cosponsor (person)
- JOHNSON,TIM — cosponsor (person)
- KRAUSE — cosponsor (person)
- MADIGAN,R — cosponsor (person)
- MAUTINO — cosponsor (person)
- MITCHELL,BILL — cosponsor (person)
- MYERS,J — cosponsor (person)
- NOLAND — cosponsor (person)
- SHAW — cosponsor (person)
- SIEBEN — cosponsor (person)
- SILVERSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- SULLIVAN — cosponsor (person)
- WALSH,T — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-02-09T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-17T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE INS & PENS. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** DO PASS 008-000-000 SINS
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 2ND READING 99-02-25
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SIEBEN
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR DEMUZIO
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BURZYNSKI
- **1999-02-24T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR NOLAND
- **1999-02-26T00:00:00-06:00** PENSION NOTE FILED
- **1999-03-02T00:00:00-06:00** SECOND READING `reading-2`
- **1999-03-02T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED ON CALENDAR ORDER OF 3RD READING 99-03-03
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR DEMUZIO
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** THIRD READING - PASSED 057-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** ARRIVE IN HOUSE
- **1999-03-04T00:00:00-06:00** PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING
- **1999-03-05T00:00:00-06:00** HOUSE SPONSOR MAUTINO
- **1999-03-09T00:00:00-06:00** FIRST READING `reading-1`
- **1999-03-09T00:00:00-06:00** REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-19T00:00:00-06:00** ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE PERS PENSION `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-25T00:00:00-06:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MITCHELL,BILL
- **1999-04-27T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR WINKEL
- **1999-04-27T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR JOHNSON,TIM
- **1999-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** COMMITTEE AND 3RD
- **1999-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** READING DEADLINE
- **1999-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** EXTENDED - 5/21/99
- **1999-04-29T00:00:00-05:00** COMMITTEE PERS PENSION
- **1999-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION FILED TO DISCHARGE COMMITTEE PLACE ON CALENDAR
- **1999-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** ORDER 2ND READING
- **1999-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** -MAUTINO
- **1999-05-05T00:00:00-05:00** COMMITTEE PERS PENSION
- **1999-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 011-000-000 HPPN
- **1999-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE `reading-2`
- **1999-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** 3RD RDING DEADLINE
- **1999-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** EXTENDED - 5/31/99
- **1999-05-21T00:00:00-05:00** CALENDAR ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-05-25T00:00:00-05:00** RECALLED TO SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-05-25T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 01-BOST
- **1999-05-25T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1999-05-25T00:00:00-05:00** HELD ON CAL ORDER 2ND RDG - SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-FLOWERS
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HRUL
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** STATE MNDT FISCAL NOTE FILED AS AMENDED
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** HOME RULE NOTE FILED AS AMENDED
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** JOINT-ALTERNATE-SPONSOR CHANGED TO FLOWERS
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** AMENDMENT NO. 02-FLOWERS
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** ADOPTED `passage`
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** TABLED PURSUANT TO RULE 40(a) HOUSE AMEND #1
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 115-000-000 `reading-3`
- **1999-05-26T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR KRAUSE
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** SPONSOR REMOVED DONAHUE
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** CHIEF SPONSOR CHANGED TO WALSH,T
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** CHIEF CO-SPONSOR CHANGED TO DONAHUE
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** SECRETARYS DESK - CONCURRENCE 02
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** FILED WITH SECRETARY `introduction`
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 02/WALSH,T
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION REFERRED TO SRUL
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SULLIVAN
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 02/WALSH,T
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** RULES REFERS TO SINS
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR MADIGAN,R
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CHIEF CO-SPONSOR BERMAN
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SIEBEN
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BOMKE
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MYERS,J
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 02/WALSH,T
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** BE ADOPTED SINS/008-000-001
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR GEO-KARIS
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR TROTTER
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SHAW
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SILVERSTEIN
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** MOTION TO CONCUR - HOUSE AMENDMENT NO 02/WALSH,T
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** SEN CONCURS IN HSE AMENDMENTS (NO.) 02/058-000-000
- **1999-05-27T00:00:00-05:00** PASSED BOTH HOUSES
- **1999-06-25T00:00:00-05:00** SENT TO THE GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **1999-08-19T00:00:00-05:00** GOVERNOR APPROVED `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-19T00:00:00-05:00** DIFFERENT PARTS
- **1999-08-19T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 99-08-19
- **1999-08-19T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 00-01-01
- **1999-08-19T00:00:00-05:00** EFFECTIVE DATE 00-07-01
- **1999-08-19T00:00:00-05:00** PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0617

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d968e18c-0f97-487e-bbee-8fba52827925`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).