republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/93rd/hb-293.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AGING-APPLY MEDICAL ASSIST"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "93rd"
identifier: "HB 293"
citation: "Illinois HB 293 (93rd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 50
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2003-01-23"
last_action: "2003-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7762737d-8858-4e30-9f44-4dc9f8b258bd"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=293&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=623&SessionID=3&GA=93"
source_hash: "606f87e4619476d8b5cebca06e1e540e7d28c8ef06432dd466cbf0564fa71fa7"
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 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](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB0293&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=623&DocNum=293&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB0293eng&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=623&DocNum=293&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09300HB0293enr&GA=93&SessionId=3&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=623&DocNum=293&GAID=3&Session=&print=true)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7762737d-8858-4e30-9f44-4dc9f8b258bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).