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Bill	AGING-APPLY MEDICAL ASSIST	Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Requires all financially eligible applicants and recipients (now, all applicants and recipients) of services of the Department on Aging to apply for medical assistance under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	93rd	HB 293	Illinois HB 293 (93rd)	bill		enacted		3	50	2	2003-01-23	2003-07-02	openstates	ocd-bill/7762737d-8858-4e30-9f44-4dc9f8b258bd	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=293&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=623&SessionID=3&GA=93	606f87e4619476d8b5cebca06e1e540e7d28c8ef06432dd466cbf0564fa71fa7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois HB 293 (93rd) — AGING-APPLY MEDICAL ASSIST

Amends the Illinois Act on the Aging. Requires all financially eligible applicants and recipients (now, all applicants and recipients) of services of the Department on Aging to apply for medical assistance under Article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code.

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 — 57–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 112–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Antonio Munoz — cosponsor (person)
• Maria Antonia Berrios — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-01-23 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mary K. O'Brien filing
• 2003-01-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-01-23 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2003-01-29 Assigned to Aging Committee referral-committee
• 2003-02-04 Fiscal Note Filed
• 2003-02-05 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg
• 2003-02-06 Do Pass / Short Debate Aging Committee; 014-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-02-06 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-02-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Julie Hamos
• 2003-02-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce
• 2003-02-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Bill Mitchell
• 2003-02-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Larry McKeon
• 2003-02-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
• 2003-02-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
• 2003-02-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2003-02-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ronald A. Wait
• 2003-02-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
• 2003-02-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Gary Forby
• 2003-02-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
• 2003-02-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack McGuire
• 2003-02-06 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Suzanne Bassi
• 2003-02-06 Co-Sponsor Rep. Julie Hamos
• 2003-02-20 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2003-02-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2003-02-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert Rita
• 2003-02-26 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelo Saviano
• 2003-02-26 Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios
• 2003-02-28 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-02-28 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
• 2003-03-04 Arrive in Senate introduction
• 2003-03-04 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading March 5, 2003 reading-1
• 2003-03-19 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robin Kelly
• 2003-03-19 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez
• 2003-03-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2003-03-19 Referred to Rules referral-committee
• 2003-03-20 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2003-03-24 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles A. Hartke
• 2003-04-03 Assigned to Health & Human Services referral-committee
• 2003-04-16 Do Pass Health & Human Services; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2003-04-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 29, 2003
• 2003-04-30 Second Reading reading-2
• 2003-04-30 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 1, 2003
• 2003-05-01 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Antonio Munoz
• 2003-05-07 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2003-05-07 Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2003-05-07 Passed Both Houses
• 2003-06-05 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2003-07-02 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2003-07-02 Effective Date January 1, 2004
• 2003-07-02 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0085 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7762737d-8858-4e30-9f44-4dc9f8b258bd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).