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type: "Bill"
title: "CHIP-ELIGIBILITY-AWARD AMOUNT"
description: "Amends the Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan Act. Provides that a person is not eligible for coverage under the Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan if the person has or later receives benefits or funds from a settlement, judgment, or award resulting from an accident or injury and the remaining amount exceeds $500,000 (rather than $100,000)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 197"
citation: "Illinois HB 197 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-01-13"
last_action: "2005-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c43f80a-d6fe-44a6-8137-eca92f04129e"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=197&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=14410&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "c6d98b19d20c85fe068d79061aad0da7c554f3bf29307473b17c938747852cad"
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 197 (94th) — CHIP-ELIGIBILITY-AWARD AMOUNT
Amends the Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan Act. Provides that a person is not eligible for coverage under the Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan if the person has or later receives benefits or funds from a settlement, judgment, or award resulting from an accident or injury and the remaining amount exceeds $500,000 (rather than $100,000).
## 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=09400HB0197&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14410&DocNum=197&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0197eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14410&DocNum=197&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB0197enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=14410&DocNum=197&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
## Votes
- Third Reading — **1150** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **590** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Carolyn H. Krause — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2005-01-13** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Carolyn H. Krause `filing`
- **2005-01-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-01-13** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-01-26** Assigned to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-01** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Insurance Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-02-01** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Insurance Committee; 016-000-000 `amendment-passage`
- **2005-02-01** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Insurance Committee; 016-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-02-02** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-02-02** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-02-02** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-02-02** Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
- **2005-02-03** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-02-15** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-02-15** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading February 16, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-02-16** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Adeline Jay Geo-Karis
- **2005-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-16** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-20** Do Pass Insurance; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-04-20** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 21, 2005
- **2005-05-04** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 5, 2005
- **2005-05-11** Third Reading - Passed; 059-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-11** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-06-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-06-14** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-06-14** Effective Date January 1, 2006
- **2005-06-14** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0017 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c43f80a-d6fe-44a6-8137-eca92f04129e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).