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| Bill | HOSPITAL-DISCHARGE NOTICE | Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Requires a hospital's discharge planner to provide the patient with information to enable the patient to contact the Department on Aging's case coordination unit. Requires that hospital procedures in connection with giving a discharge notice include prohibitions against discharges or referrals to unlicensed, uncertified, or unregistered facilities or service providers that are required to be licensed, certified, or registered. Effective immediately. | us/states/il | Illinois General Assembly | 94th | HB 2453 | Illinois HB 2453 (94th) |
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enacted | 3 | 58 | 2 | 2005-02-17 | 2005-07-26 | openstates | ocd-bill/f95b4deb-5192-4374-a606-6bfe534aab64 | http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2453&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=17539&SessionID=50&GA=94 | c663f695dba80e19c6823f6807bd46f082fd935a082195e62cdfc4c25abefac7 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Illinois HB 2453 (94th) — HOSPITAL-DISCHARGE NOTICE
Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Requires a hospital's discharge planner to provide the patient with information to enable the patient to contact the Department on Aging's case coordination unit. Requires that hospital procedures in connection with giving a discharge notice include prohibitions against discharges or referrals to unlicensed, uncertified, or unregistered facilities or service providers that are required to be licensed, certified, or registered. Effective immediately.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 58–1 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 117–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Coulson — primary (person)
- Martin A. Sandoval — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2005-02-17 Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
filing - 2005-02-17 First Reading
reading-1 - 2005-02-17 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2005-02-18 Assigned to Aging Committee
referral-committee - 2005-02-25 Do Pass / Short Debate Aging Committee; 020-000-000
committee-passage - 2005-02-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelo Saviano
- 2005-02-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell
- 2005-02-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michelle Chavez
- 2005-02-25 Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Rosemary Mulligan
- 2005-02-25 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
- 2005-02-28 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- 2005-03-03 Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2005-03-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2005-03-08 Recalled to Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2005-03-08 Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
reading-2 - 2005-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
- 2005-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lisa M. Dugan
- 2005-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. JoAnn D. Osmond
- 2005-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Careen M Gordon
- 2005-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Charles E. Jefferson
- 2005-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough
- 2005-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. John E. Bradley
- 2005-04-05 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jim Watson
- 2005-04-06 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Constance A. Howard
- 2005-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kevin Joyce
- 2005-04-07 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
- 2005-04-11 Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert F. Flider
- 2005-04-12 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Elizabeth Coulson
amendment-introduction - 2005-04-12 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
referral-committee - 2005-04-13 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000
committee-passage-favorable - 2005-04-13 House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted by Voice Vote
amendment-passage - 2005-04-13 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- 2005-04-14 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 117-000-000
reading-3, passage - 2005-04-15 Arrive in Senate
introduction - 2005-04-15 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 19, 2005
reading-1 - 2005-04-15 Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. George P. Shadid
- 2005-04-19 First Reading
reading-1 - 2005-04-19 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2005-04-21 Assigned to Health & Human Services
referral-committee - 2005-05-04 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. M. Maggie Crotty
- 2005-05-05 Do Pass Health & Human Services; 010-000-000
committee-passage - 2005-05-05 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 10, 2005
- 2005-05-10 Second Reading
reading-2 - 2005-05-10 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
- 2005-05-13 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. George P. Shadid
amendment-introduction - 2005-05-13 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules
referral-committee - 2005-05-16 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Health & Human Services
- 2005-05-17 Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
- 2005-05-18 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Health & Human Services
- 2005-05-18 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
- 2005-05-19 Third Reading - Passed; 058-001-000
reading-3, passage - 2005-05-19 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a)
amendment-failure - 2005-05-19 Passed Both Houses
- 2005-05-28 Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson
- 2005-06-17 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2005-07-26 Governor Approved
executive-signature - 2005-07-26 Effective Date July 26, 2005
- 2005-07-26 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0335
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f95b4deb-5192-4374-a606-6bfe534aab64. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).