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| Bill | EMERGENCY SERVCS-PROHBT TRMS | Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department may develop and provide to the public and health care patients information regarding the categories or types of health care services available and their appropriate use. Amends the Emergency Medical Treatment Act. Provides that no person, facility, or entity shall hold itself out to the public as an "urgent", "urgi-", "emergi-", or "emergent" care center or use any other term that would give the impression that emergency medical treatment is provided by the person or entity or at the facility unless the facility is the emergency room of a facility licensed as a hospital or a facility licensed as a freestanding emergency center. Amends the Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act. Requires health care plans to provide their enrollees with clear information about their rights and responsibilities in obtaining referrals to and making appropriate use of health care facilities when access to their primary care physician is not readily available. Effective immediately. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 93rd | HB 81 | Illinois HB 81 (93rd) |
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enacted | 3 | 48 | 3 | 2003-01-06 | 2003-08-18 | openstates | ocd-bill/476dcd62-d8fb-4284-93d0-8b6d04ec270d | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=81&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=224&SessionID=3&GA=93 | 1b8da7761ee6e632e3beda59288f449dad0ca748f31aa3da8a9775964b3d9816 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 81 (93rd) — EMERGENCY SERVCS-PROHBT TRMS
Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Department may develop and provide to the public and health care patients information regarding the categories or types of health care services available and their appropriate use. Amends the Emergency Medical Treatment Act. Provides that no person, facility, or entity shall hold itself out to the public as an "urgent", "urgi-", "emergi-", or "emergent" care center or use any other term that would give the impression that emergency medical treatment is provided by the person or entity or at the facility unless the facility is the emergency room of a facility licensed as a hospital or a facility licensed as a freestanding emergency center. Amends the Managed Care Reform and Patient Rights Act. Requires health care plans to provide their enrollees with clear information about their rights and responsibilities in obtaining referrals to and making appropriate use of health care facilities when access to their primary care physician is not readily available. Effective immediately.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 58–0 (pass) · upper
- Concurrence — 113–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Mary E. Flowers — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2003-01-06 Prefiled with Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers
filing - 2003-01-08 First Reading
reading-1 - 2003-01-08 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2003-01-23 Assigned to Health Care Availability and Access Committee
referral-committee - 2003-01-29 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith P. Sommer
- 2003-01-29 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Frank Aguilar
- 2003-01-29 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- 2003-01-29 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia Bailey
- 2003-01-29 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Keith P. Sommer
- 2003-02-05 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Health Care Availability and Access Committee
amendment-introduction - 2003-02-05 House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Health Care Availability and Access Committee; 017-000-000
amendment-passage - 2003-02-05 Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Health Care Availability and Access Committee; 019-000-000
committee-passage - 2003-02-05 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2003-02-06 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2003-02-06 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2003-02-20 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2003-02-24 Fiscal Note Filed
- 2003-02-26 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2003-02-26 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
reading-1 - 2003-02-26 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Donne E. Trotter
- 2003-02-26 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Barack Obama
- 2003-02-26 First Reading
reading-1 - 2003-02-26 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2003-02-27 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Christine Radogno
- 2003-04-03 Assigned to Health & Human Services
referral-committee - 2003-04-14 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Donne E. Trotter
amendment-introduction - 2003-04-14 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2003-04-15 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health & Human Services
- 2003-04-16 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted
amendment-passage - 2003-04-16 Do Pass as Amended Health & Human Services; 009-000-000
committee-passage - 2003-04-16 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 29, 2003
- 2003-05-08 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- 2003-05-12 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2003-05-12 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 13, 2003
- 2003-05-15 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
- 2003-05-15 Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2003-05-15 Arrived in House
introduction - 2003-05-15 Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 1
- 2003-05-16 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Mary E. Flowers; Motion #1
- 2003-05-16 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2003-05-20 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Motion to Concur Recommends be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-002-000
- 2003-05-23 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2003
- 2003-05-27 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 House Concurs 113-001-000
- 2003-05-27 Passed Both Houses
- 2003-06-25 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2003-08-18 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2003-08-18 Effective Date August 18, 2003
- 2003-08-18 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 93-0540
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/476dcd62-d8fb-4284-93d0-8b6d04ec270d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).